Since apparently JWT won't sell to just anybody the spacer rings needed to fit VQ30 timing gears onto VQ35 cams, I am willing to engineer and fabricate spacer rings. In order to do this, I need a VQ30 cam to take measurements from. I would rather not use the present cams in my engine right now to do this.

So, I'm sure some of you motorheads out there have a spare VQ30 cam or two lying around and filling up your garage. Would you consider letting me borrow it, for the good of the org?

I'll pay for shipping both ways.

 

I have a set. Which one do you need? Intake cam??

 

I don't think it matters, but maybe it would be better to look at both to be sure.

email me at s.manifold@mail.utexas.edu and we can talk about this offline.

 

You've got mail...

 

Did this happen, yet?

 

Tilley was able to order the spacers as he's a business or something. He also said he was going to make these.

 

hey i can send you my vq30 cams and the 35 cams. if you want

 

Thanks. Nismology is sending me some cams. They haven't arrived yet, though.

 

well pm me if you need them

 

I had no prob buying them from JWT but they were shocked at first when I told them what I was using them for I was on the phone with them for hours.

 

What do they make them for, for heaven's sake? Are they made specifically for retrofitting VQ35 cams into VQ30 heads? If so, then why would they be surprised that Maxima owners want to do this? It doesn't make sense to me, except in the context of a very condescending attitude to us Maxima owners.

 

I forgot what JWT was using them for I think they said they designed them only for clearance issues for a specific model. It was never intended by my understanding for the VQ30. One of the tech guys at JWT couldn't comprehend exactly what I was doing, this is while I'm on the phone with him for at least an hour. Then he finally gets an engineer that designs most of there cams on the phone and he was allot better to talk to, he didn't understand at first I mean he knows the purpose of the spacers but he didn't know why I needed them for what I was doing, (Hybrid swap) This was all new to them they didn’t know anything about this swap until now. So now I understand why now the price has been bumped up, before you know it they prob will make a kit and post it on the website.

 

wow way to make the price go up.

 

Don't you realize...they make them for all those 2001-2003 VQ35 Pathfinder "racecars" out there that want to run later/aftermarket VQ35 cams.

Jackazzes at JWT didn't even know what they had...japmaxSE/myself opened that can of worms for JWT, however instead of them embracing it, they view it as losing VQ30 JWT cam sales because now VQ30s can run any one of the numerous VQ35 cams available.

 

Damn I know I kick myself in the *** everytime I think about it

Tilley better hop on that and start making them.

I wish I could have time and make them, there's about 4 people I know here alone that need those spacers.

 

Yep now I remember that's exactly what they told me they were used for.

 

Any progress?

 

Still waiting on some cams.

 

i have cams off a 99 motor. i not gonna need them for a while.

 

i will ship mine to you on saturday steph

 

Any progress??????

 

I have cams if you still need them.

 

I have cams, ANYTHING of the motor may you need..

I have it all sitting in my garage if it'll help

 

Nothing has shown up in the mail. People are having a hard time making it down to the post office, I guess.

But I can't point the finger of blame, since I still have that Pathfinder IACV all boxed up and sitting in my car ready to send you, Alex. But I inadvertently deleted the message where you gave me your mailing address. Send it to me again.

 

Haha...I thought about that the other day and was going to ask. Then I remembered you pretty much said it wasn't going to work.

Worth a shot I guess, but do NOT go out of your way and make a special trip on my part. Next time you go to the PO, just send it my way.

 

BTW, I'm going to have Cattman order me a set from JWT and then I'll have a machinist quote me a price on duplicating these to see if it's reasonable in say 10-sets or 20-sets max.

 

Looks like Cattman talked to somebody at JWT and they didn't have a problem selling him a set.

I'll see what I can do to hopefully help you guys out.

 

it's in the mail

 

Stephen is not going to need it now that I have a set on the way...

Either A)I'll find a place to make more or B)I'll send my set to Stephen to duplicate. It would probably be easier to duplicate the actual spacers, then measure off the cam/head/timing chain.

 

well, it's enroute