How to tell if you have a vq35 engine
11-05-2019, 02:50 PM
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How to tell if you have a vq35 engine
I have gone through posts and can’t find how to tell if I have an vq35 engine. I have a 2002 se manual and I did run across a post that said they started it on 5th gen. Is this true and if so how can you tell by looking at the engine?
11-05-2019, 05:28 PM
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Look at the plate on the firewall:
https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...ml#post8767071
https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...ml#post8767071
11-05-2019, 08:01 PM
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now now, dont frighten the little ones. We were all ignorant at one point, maybe some more than others...
OP, you have a 3.5 motor. 2000-2001 came only as 3.0liter, 2002-2003 came only as 3.5liter. You could very easily find this out yourself by looking at the plate on your firewall, or the sticker in your door jam, or just googling it, but theres your answer. If you have a 6 speed trans, that would also be another dead giveaway.
edit; supposing none of that info was available, you could tell several ways. 3.0s have a throttle cable where 3.5s have electronic throttle. 3.0s have metal valve covers, 3.5s are plastic. 3.0s have black plastic intake manifold where the 3.5s have aluminum.
OP, you have a 3.5 motor. 2000-2001 came only as 3.0liter, 2002-2003 came only as 3.5liter. You could very easily find this out yourself by looking at the plate on your firewall, or the sticker in your door jam, or just googling it, but theres your answer. If you have a 6 speed trans, that would also be another dead giveaway.
edit; supposing none of that info was available, you could tell several ways. 3.0s have a throttle cable where 3.5s have electronic throttle. 3.0s have metal valve covers, 3.5s are plastic. 3.0s have black plastic intake manifold where the 3.5s have aluminum.
Last edited by Slamrod; 11-05-2019 at 08:05 PM.
11-05-2019, 08:07 PM
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now now, dont frighten the little ones. We were all ignorant at one point, maybe some more than others...
OP, you have a 3.5 motor. 2000-2001 came only as 3.0liter, 2002-2003 came only as 3.5liter. You could very easily find this out yourself by looking at the plate on your firewall, or the sticker in your door jam, or just googling it, but theres your answer. If you have a 6 speed trans, that would also be another dead giveaway.
edit; supposing none of that info was available, you could tell several ways. 3.0s have a throttle cable where 3.5s have electronic throttle. 3.0s have metal valve covers, 3.5s are plastic. 3.0s have black plastic intake manifold where the 3.5s have aluminum.
OP, you have a 3.5 motor. 2000-2001 came only as 3.0liter, 2002-2003 came only as 3.5liter. You could very easily find this out yourself by looking at the plate on your firewall, or the sticker in your door jam, or just googling it, but theres your answer. If you have a 6 speed trans, that would also be another dead giveaway.
edit; supposing none of that info was available, you could tell several ways. 3.0s have a throttle cable where 3.5s have electronic throttle. 3.0s have metal valve covers, 3.5s are plastic. 3.0s have black plastic intake manifold where the 3.5s have aluminum.
11-06-2019, 04:59 AM
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Look at the plate on the firewall:
https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...ml#post8767071
https://maxima.org/forums/4th-genera...ml#post8767071
11-07-2019, 06:43 AM
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all in perspective, you didn't mention that in your original question. if you specifically said hey i don't currently have access to the car, but was wondering if you can figure out engine type by vin, or by the year and model, may have avoided such answers. also generally speaking you can check the engine and specs of any production car online which is why we were all slightly confused in answering your question. chances are you don't have a modified car with an engine transplant etc and you could trust what the production year specs were on the car will match the car you are wondering about.
11-07-2019, 01:49 PM
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all in perspective, you didn't mention that in your original question. if you specifically said hey i don't currently have access to the car, but was wondering if you can figure out engine type by vin, or by the year and model, may have avoided such answers. also generally speaking you can check the engine and specs of any production car online which is why we were all slightly confused in answering your question. chances are you don't have a modified car with an engine transplant etc and you could trust what the production year specs were on the car will match the car you are wondering about.
The bottom line is these youth, are clueless.
I picked up two cars recently a 03 ford Explorer V8 and a Nissan Armada V8 05 , i looked up these cars and knew instantly what they were. And i have never driven them.
11-07-2019, 02:44 PM
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I was merely making a joke.
JSutter: The birth years for millenials range from 1981-1996
A millenial myself, I am on the earlier band of that classification. All age-related classifications carry their specific groups that deviate from the norm that each group loves chastising one another for. Millenials just happen to be the current soup du jour to pick on. Gen Z'ers are next in line to catch the generational whipping, and so forth. Rinse, repeat.
JSutter: The birth years for millenials range from 1981-1996
A millenial myself, I am on the earlier band of that classification. All age-related classifications carry their specific groups that deviate from the norm that each group loves chastising one another for. Millenials just happen to be the current soup du jour to pick on. Gen Z'ers are next in line to catch the generational whipping, and so forth. Rinse, repeat.
11-07-2019, 02:52 PM
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I was merely making a joke.
JSutter: The birth years for millenials range from 1981-1996
A millenial myself, I am on the earlier band of that classification. All age-related classifications carry their specific groups that deviate from the norm that each group loves chastising one another for. Millenials just happen to be the current soup du jour to pick on. Gen Z'ers are next in line to catch the generational whipping, and so forth. Rinse, repeat.
JSutter: The birth years for millenials range from 1981-1996
A millenial myself, I am on the earlier band of that classification. All age-related classifications carry their specific groups that deviate from the norm that each group loves chastising one another for. Millenials just happen to be the current soup du jour to pick on. Gen Z'ers are next in line to catch the generational whipping, and so forth. Rinse, repeat.
11-07-2019, 03:13 PM
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Negative. The generations have been getting dumber and weaker since the R types were killed off in WWII. Plenty of scientific study and evidence supporting this, it is not a theory. I make fun of millennials for being this way, I don't blame them for how they became this way (boomers breeding generation daycare and single parent families). I'm just doing my part to make the world a better place. If I can **** off just one millennial enough he grows some *****, I have done my job, god knows his parent(s) didn't.
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