dukelubas

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So my engine blew up today so I'm in the market for a VQ35DE or VQ30DE-K to perform a complete swap.

Ok so I thought I was in the classified 5-th gen forum. Guess not. Mods please move.

HotshotVQ35

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Unklejoe

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Just out of curiosity, how many miles did you have on it and what caused it to blow up?

asma123

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I liked the vq30 more mainly because (I think) It sounded meaner and I liked how it had more torque so I could feel the pull much more than the vq35. On the other hand the vq35 looks a lot nicer and has more hp. It's really up to you. OH and one more thing the vq30 consumes less gas so that's a plus

dukelubas

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I had just over 160k miles. I'm not exactly sure what caused it honestly. I was sitting at a light and all of a sudden it stalled. I started it back up and all I heard was major valve tap. I quickly pulled into a parking lot but apparently the damage has been done. Obviously I lost oil pressure but I'm not sure why.

Grand_hustle17

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i was going to post the same thing... all u really need there

Unklejoe

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Hmm. Shame it went so early. Good luck with the new engine.

AEMAXIMA01

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Fixed

Plus, if driven correctly, the vq35 shouldn't consume hardly any more gas than the vq30. I've read on here about some 6th gen owners getting 30+ mpg.

You don't buy a maxima for gas efficiency.