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Can a 2003 5 speed auto tranny be put in a 2000 with a 3.0?

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Old 05-09-2013, 05:15 AM
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Can a 2003 5 speed auto tranny be put in a 2000 with a 3.0?
Sorry guy ive been looking theough old threads and i have found a real answer yet. Im looking to put a 5 speed auto in my max but i need to know if its difficult to wire up or is it plug and play ? NEED HELP!
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Old 05-09-2013, 05:38 AM
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Um, 2003 Maxima's only came with 4 speed automatic transmissions, not 5spd.
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Old 05-09-2013, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by TallTom
Um, 2003 Maxima's only came with 4 speed automatic transmissions, not 5spd.
My fault.. But is it a plug and play or i have so diffcult rewiring to do?
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Are you talking about the 4AT or 5AT?

Either way,

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...s-5a-5-5g.html
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Swapping in a auto? Hmmm
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Originally Posted by Maverick4189
Swapping in a auto? Hmmm
Sacrilege if he has an MT.
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:24 AM
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If he turns his 4AT into a 5AT, Hope to god he doesn't get one of the bad 5ATs from the 6th gen...which is really the only 5AT he can get...which makes the point moot.
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Amerikaner83
If he turns his 4AT into a 5AT, Hope to god he doesn't get one of the bad 5ATs from the 6th gen...which is really the only 5AT he can get...which makes the point moot.
Truth^

If you have the 4AT now keep it and don't go for the 5at from the 6th gen. If your looking for more power out of your maxima do a 5spd swap.
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Originally Posted by a33nismo
Truth^

If you have the 4AT now keep it and don't go for the 5at from the 6th gen. If your looking for more power out of your maxima do it right with a 6MT swap.
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Old 05-09-2013, 09:08 AM
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I have a driven a 6th gen with a six speed before on the highways of NJ MAN WHAT A CAR and it might just be my next. HUGE night and day difference between it and my 5th gen auto here. Screw automatic and do the driving yourself, get a 6th gen 6 speed.
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Originally Posted by Amerikaner83
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X2 idk how I survived without my 6MT
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Woulda been cool to dyno before and after.
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Before was 243.7/238.1 Dyno now is 257.8/255.1 that's on two different dynos though haven't made it back to the other yet
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Originally Posted by Maverick4189
X2 idk how I survived without my 6MT


congrats on getting the swap done!

more HP to the wheels, better gas mileage, lsd, faster ETs, it's a win win all over. The auto just robs so much power it's crazy.

Sorry there were no bolts in the swap. I completely forgot about them.
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Originally Posted by Maverick4189
Before was 243.7/238.1 Dyno now is 257.8/255.1 that's on two different dynos though haven't made it back to the other yet
Be nice to be on the same dyno, but if it were the same type of dyno with the same correction factor (assuming dynojet) that's awesome right there.

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Before was 243.7/238.1
These numbers were nearly my exact numbers before the 3" exhaust and test pipe, might want to look into that.
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A 3" will be coming up soon. Both were done on mustang dynos one at the performance shop the other and my buddy's motor shop. I'm waiting to get most my mods done before I make the 3.5 hour drive to the Dyno jet and get a tune
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Originally Posted by defiance
I have a driven a 6th gen with a six speed before on the highways of NJ MAN WHAT A CAR and it might just be my next. HUGE night and day difference between it and my 5th gen auto here. Screw automatic and do the driving yourself, get a 6th gen 6 speed.
Or I can keep my 5.5 gen 6 Speed and go faster.
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Originally Posted by YGG
Or I can keep my 5.5 gen 6 Speed and go faster.
Clear offset in weight but possibly makes up for it with the final drive. So, who knows.
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Old 05-09-2013, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
Clear offset in weight but possibly makes up for it with the final drive. So, who knows.
Yeah, it may but I'm not worried about who's Maxima gets to 140mph first. I'm not sure where that would come into play, but screw practicality, we all want the best so we pick apart the flaws of other cars where it might not even matter in the real world.
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Originally Posted by YGG
Yeah, it may but I'm not worried about who's Maxima gets to 140mph first. I'm not sure where that would come into play, but screw practicality, we all want the best so we pick apart the flaws of other cars where it might not even matter in the real world.
5.5 gen clearly looks better.
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Originally Posted by YGG
Or I can keep my 5.5 gen 6 Speed and go faster.

No, im saying that if I had the chance and funds to swap to a six speed I would go for one out of a 6th gen. It just has a better design to it, better ratios and feels great !
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
5.5 gen clearly looks better.
100% true, even the Nissan parts rep agreed while I was trying to get my oil cooler line sorted today. (Still not sorted, ordered wrong part after giving me the wrong part in the first place, should be Maxing around again tomorrow finally)

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No, im saying that if I had the chance and funds to swap to a six speed I would go for one out of a 6th gen. It just has a better design to it, better ratios and feels great !
Also true.
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