yeah I know

 

:'( next on the line.. 6speed HLSD swap! lmao

 

is that a bov on the intake? or a pressure gauge

 

its a fuel pressure regulator. lol

 

definetly would love a 3.5 in my max! the swap looks good nice car. i know ive never heard of any other 3.5 ae max's around where i live

 

You stole my line about the hockey stick!!

It's the first think I noticed. I had one holding up my hatch for a coiuple years.

My son blows threw a stick every copuple weeks. I should sell them as hood and hatch holders.

Sweet swap nbby the way. Did you have the timing chain and tensioners replaced before you did the swap?

I'm assuming the issue with a 02 Altima is the same as the Maxima 3.5's.

 

im still useing my 3.0 timing chain. it only had 120k on it.

 

what is the blue metal piece in the pic? pressure display sensor attached to it?

 

reading FTW

 

ahh a late night fail for me

 

Cool, how did you blow the 3.0?

 

nice job

 

lol spent 2300 and didnt buy 10 dollar hood shocks lmfao

 

i went from 3rd to 2nd.

 

there gona blow anyway. its not like i open my hood everyday.

 

Numbers that close...seems like it will be a driver's race everytime. Not enough of a difference to make any REAL claims...at least IMO...

 

I will be doing this next year! Hopefully I will be able to get a 6mt with HLSD and ecu and stuff!

 

I actually started the hybrid 3.5 swap and realized it would be more expensive for me to convert the VQ35DE timing, TB, fuel rails, etc. I ended up selling my hybrid swap stuff and I got the full 3.5 swap for about the same price either way.
Of course labor wise, most automotive techs would be wise enough to charge big $$$ for a electronics intense ECU/harness swap the 3.5 requires. but in reality, they really cost the same and take about the same hours. Most techs are not up to, or don't want to mess with the task of swapping the ECU and harness. I wasn't up to the task of swapping parts!

 

Good stuff but you're not the first unfortunately lol. There's one up here in Canada with the 3.5 for quite some time now, also has many more mods than you. But good work regardless.

 

well if he was on here and announced it then it matters, but as far as i concern, or care, the OP is first

 

u got any close ups of the throttle cable bracket? i wanna do this swap in the future and i need to see different variations.

 

hell yeah!

 

Its been done before. This guy guy local did it. At first i didnt believe him when he told me.. so i had to actually see it. Its a 2001 AE with a 02 motor and transmission. It rides real smooth. He had a smashed 02 max and swapped everything. Hes got bose from the 02 and hes got an 02 GLE cluster. Heres a pic

 

nice work man, any signs of oil burning, or is it good?. i used hood struts from a lexus GX470, hood opens pretty high, but it works for me..why didnt you try and get a tranny from a I30t, thats LSD, cuz i know the AE tranny aint cheap. sucks that you dont have LSD anymore. Almost like you had to give up something for something, give up LSD for 3.5 motor

 

sorry bud lol, guy in charlotte nc named ARTHUR has done this before

 

yeah it burns some oil. I already have put a quart of oil already.