It's alive!!! 3.5 swap with cams
03-20-2006, 07:59 AM
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It's alive!!! 3.5 swap with cams
Worked all weekend and got the car back together. 3.5 swap with JWT knockoff cams, and also did a transmission rebuild by myself. I replaced the differential bearings and the input shaft bearings. I will dyno in two weeks, and hit up the track shortly thereafter. I only drove it for about 15 minutes, and it is a beast, it pulls so much harder than my 3.0 engine. Sorry I have have any more pics or info yet.
I have a short video shot on my digital camera that is 8 mb if someone would like to host it. Shows the car idleing and gently revving with the cutout open.
I have a short video shot on my digital camera that is 8 mb if someone would like to host it. Shows the car idleing and gently revving with the cutout open.
03-20-2006, 08:00 AM
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03-20-2006, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 96sleeper
Worked all weekend and got the car back together. 3.5 swap with JWT knockoff cams, and also did a transmission rebuild by myself. I replaced the differential bearings and the input shaft bearings. I will dyno in two weeks, and hit up the track shortly thereafter. I only drove it for about 15 minutes, and it is a beast, it pulls so much harder than my 3.0 engine. Sorry I have have any more pics or info yet.
I have a short video shot on my digital camera that is 8 mb if someone would like to host it. Shows the car idleing and gently revving with the cutout open.
I have a short video shot on my digital camera that is 8 mb if someone would like to host it. Shows the car idleing and gently revving with the cutout open.
Sounds good.
I can host your video if you want. email to maximase@rogers.com
03-20-2006, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jime
I have those cams installed too but engine will go back in shortly.
Sounds good.
I can host your video if you want. email to maximase@rogers.com
Sounds good.
I can host your video if you want. email to maximase@rogers.com
03-20-2006, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by 96sleeper
Sent, thanks. Let me know if you get it ok.
http://jime.homeip.net/vid/
03-20-2006, 10:35 AM
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Congrats!!! Another one on the list
Why do you have your engine out?
Originally Posted by JClaw
Sounds nice. I have my engine out now and I can't decide if I want to put cams in it. What is the brand of the JWT knockoffs?
03-20-2006, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JClaw
Sounds nice. I have my engine out now and I can't decide if I want to put cams in it. What is the brand of the JWT knockoffs?
03-20-2006, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hightuner
It sounds beasty :P
Nice whit the 3.0 cover .
Congrat what s the harder part of the swap ??
Nice whit the 3.0 cover .
Congrat what s the harder part of the swap ??
Trying to do the engine at the same time as a transmission rebuild was a mistake on my part. It was way too much to keep track of in my limited space. It took me 3 weeks from start to finish, alot of which was spent waiting on parts. Only engine I have ever had apart is my VW rail buggy engine, this was quite different. The transmission was overwhelming when I first took it apart, but it was pretty easy to finish with the FSM. Making sure the cam timing was correct was the only part that I was nervous on, drilling the cams and then making sure it was all lined up left alot to go wrong.
The hardest part was setting the engine and tranny together from the top side, I am glad I had two friends over for help, I would have never gotten it.
03-20-2006, 01:45 PM
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Doesnt work for me? The download that is.
03-20-2006, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by chris'smax
damn you, you beat me to it . I am going to be using the Nismo 3.5L cams. How is the idle?
. I am going to be using the Nismo 3.5L cams. How is the idle?The idle is good at 900-950 rpm, anything below that and it wants to die after being revved. It will idle at normal rpm once its warm, but when you blip the throttle it will die. I still need to work on the cold start though, it wants to die right after I start it.
03-20-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by 96sleeper
The idle is good at 900-950 rpm, anything below that and it wants to die after being revved. It will idle at normal rpm once its warm, but when you blip the throttle it will die. I still need to work on the cold start though, it wants to die right after I start it.
did you try the IACV re-learning procedure?
03-20-2006, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by chris'smax
did you try the IACV re-learning procedure?
96sleeper- Your car sounds great. It doesn't seem to be as loud as mine was when I had my cutout open.
03-20-2006, 03:39 PM
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did you try the IACV re-learning procedure?
Sounds mean....when are you going to dyno?
96sleeper- Your car sounds great. It doesn't seem to be as loud as mine was when I had my cutout open.
cams should be in tommorow
03-20-2006, 08:22 PM
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03-20-2006, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gtr_rider
now you post up an alternate link.
:car does sound sick though.
03-21-2006, 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by chillin014
i want it badddddddddddddddddddddddddd.
what kind of cut out is that? where do you have it placed in your exhaust? i love the sound.
what kind of cut out is that? where do you have it placed in your exhaust? i love the sound.
quicktimeperformance.com, it is in the test pipe.
Sorry the video is not that great, but it is all I could do quickly. I will do another one later that is better. I just wanted to show how a maxima can sound like a V8 at idle.
03-21-2006, 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by chillin014
Alright, thanks.
Awesome man...how much did you pay for the motor?
Awesome man...how much did you pay for the motor?
03-21-2006, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 96sleeper
$500 with free delivery for a 2k2 maxima engine with 24,000 miles. I wasn't planning on the swap, but I could not turn it down.
Damn dude, find me something like that with shipping
03-21-2006, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevlo911
Damn dude, find me something like that with shipping
car-part.com
The engine was listed for $760, I called and asked about the harness since I needed the injector clips. He told me the harnesses were cut off, so I said no thanks. He called me back and asked if I would buy it for $500 as is. I said sure, and when I got it, the harness was still on the engine, it had just been cut on the main branch where it went through the firewall. So, I lucked out.