I know alot of people here swap the 3.5 into the engine bays but has anyone ever thought about putting a v8 in our cars?Is this something that could be done or would it take alot of work in order to do it.Some was tellin me that Nissan takes the old motor from the Z and puts that into the Maxima when a new one comes out for the Z is this true?any insight on this would be great.

 

Hmm, let's see how fun this gets.

Open for now ..

But srsly, you PW'd to post this?

 

WTF? The motor in the 350Z is completely different from Maxima's.

 

thats what I thought.thanks for clearing that up for me I thought the guy was talkin out his ***.

 

But srsly, you PW'd to post this?[/quote]

what is PW'd

 

Postwhored

 

rofl im not tryin to PW this was an idea i had earlier at work

 

More like a fantasy.

We can have similar power with the right mods, and for far less work.

 

There are very few traverse mounted FWD V8s that would be an option for this.

The LS4 would be a prime option (basically a LS1, came in some GM FWD SS cars), but is far too wide to even consider.

Back to the drawing board... lol

 

Yeah no offense man but it makes no sense. Just way, way way too much custom fab work for it too be worth it. Its possible, sure, anything is with enough money.

Go Turbo, that will cost you enough.

 

To do a v8 swap of any v8 to the max would be way to much work. A v8 in a FWD car would be no fun. Bunch of over steer due to the increased weight.
Would also be very nose heavy and im sure there are no suspension setups that are designed for our car to hadle the extra lbs up front.
If you were to do it you would need to:
Find a donor car for a RWD setup.
Fab up the design to hold the Rearend in the rear.
Fab up a tranny tunnel
Fab up a new front subframe to hold the v8
possibly do some firewall work to get the length of the v8 to work in the EB
Find new mounting spots for lines, hoses and such.
the gas tank is in the way of where the driveshaft would have to go
Ect, Ect , Ect

Would it be fun to drive.. oh yea
Would it cost a boat load of money.. def alot more than the car is worth or more than what you would get in return.
Ive thought of this but only if i had all the money to play with and just wanted to try something.
But to just say you had a v8.. way to much work for anyone on here im betting

 

i hear you.i was sitting in a truck drivin for 2hrs and got thinkin about this.does Nissan make anything RWD other then the Z and of course the trucks and suvs.

 

I just want to note here that the aluminum LS engines only weigh 50-75lbs more than VQs, according to Z forums. V8s aren't all iron hogs these days...

 

I was actually thinking two 4 bangers, one for the front tires and one for the rear, oh and obviously awd....

OP if you want an 8, go get an f body, LS variant or mustang

 

Buy an Infiniti M37 and swap the motor with Nissan's 420 hp 5.6 liter v8. Then you'll have an Infiniti M56!
But wait (do I even need to say it?...) doesn't Infiniti already make an M56?


This actually got me thinking, weren't the old M30 and J30 RWD?
An LS4 powered M30 drop top would be sweet!

 

I know they dont all weigh a crap load but that makes it seem the vq is a hefty engine.

But doing it fwd would be a waste. If someone had the money (or if i did) i would do the v8 swap/rwd and im sure that would be mag worthy. It would def be a sedan not to f with

imagine a evo or sti or even a ss cam or cobra pulling up against a v8 powered max pushing 400-500. Wouldnt that be a moment of shock

 

When people play the v-8 "no replacement for displacement" argument.

I always ask them- what was the fastest stock Trans Am ever made?

 

Yes, or an M45, or Q45 ..

Why not wait for the M56 or get the M45?

 

The M56 is brilliant. I just wish the FX would have evolved better in styling

 

Do it.

 

Dude, add some f'ing spaces between sentences.

 

The entire Infinti line?

 

LS9 FWD FTL

 

Not sure if this is a sarcastic or troll statement, but the LS1 TAs can hit 10s NA, or just I/H/E+100 shot. And displacement has a good bit to do with it, aside from the quality of the engine.

 

yes but that was a turbo ta. Not a NA TA. Put a stock v6 against a stock v8 and most time sthe v8 is more capable

 

sparks your not talking about a from the factory stock TA are u? From the factory the best one the ws6 with the ls1 could do a high 12 low 13 bone stock. But if you're referring t oa NA but modified TA all day it can hit the 10s with some head, cam, exhaust, intake and comp work. LS engines are very capable blocks to make gobs of power. My goal for my 68 camaro is a LSx 427 block with a turbo to get at the 600-700 mark

 

By 10s NA, I mean head/cam/+I/H/E. And no i don't mean built, I just mean head/cam/I/H/E. There are cam only (+ boltons) guys who have hit 10s, but that's not commonplace.

Bah a 427 LSX can easily do 600whp NA with the right combination of parts.

 

OT i know but this is a LS engine.... someday in my camaro

 

Way too much work. Honestly, to do it right you'd need to convert to rear wheel drive. I know that Jay Leno had a FWD Toronado converted to rear wheel drive using a Corvette chassis but he can afford to do custom conversions like that.

 

this is a very good friend of myn, 4g63 (aka eclpise motor) mated to a tremic 6 speed out of a camaro ss in a e30 style bmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4gHA...eature=related

 

.....you would have to be a die hard maxima fan to want to put her through that kind of tranformation....

.....and who's to say such a matchup hasnt already happened? im sure theres has been some high HP maxima roll races against SS camaros and Cobras...

 

dude you have to make some serious power even to touch a factory cobra from a roll lol. cars go 11's out of the box with a good tire and sick driver

 

agreed.. but that guy that put the turbo on his max by SFR. I know it wouldnt take a Cobra or ss camaro but it might give a good run though

 

for the weight id rather buy a hatch shell and cram it in there... why not invest the money into boost and 200 shot of nitrous and bore the 3.5 to a 3.7, i mean this is serious cash in one sentence here... def not worth it....

 

It's a Maxima.

 

400 hp on a max should get you into the 11's....it gets evo's there with the same HP..... (whp)

 

It takes a lot more than '400HP' to run those numbers.

400 hp would spin and wheel hop all day without some in depth suspension mods.

overall, it's a waste of time and money... but isn't all car modding? If you're acutally considering this you should have about 10- 20,000 that you're tired of looking at.

 

I think u missed the "stock." The 89 3.8T was their fastest stock TA

 

1973 455 SD T/A's were deep into the 13s with low compression.

 

the 7.5, no way that tank could hang un modded(it was a beauty tho), . the 89 was basically a lighter Grand National