MarcL

I finnished the project back in May, but was too busy touring with the car to give proper thanks.. so THANKS!


http://www.deloreanmidatlantic.com/s...c2k6/page3.htm

GoalieKeg

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FWD VQ35 in a rear engine delorian! I'd like to know how the 915 gearbox bolted up...interesting.

MarcL

I used an adaptor to moung the VQ35 to the 915... It fits nice in a DeLorean.

SDot82

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just wondering, why didn't you use the rwd VQ35?

DandyMax

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Haha cool. How much ground clearance do you have under the back there? From the one pic it looks like the engine's pretty low but it could just be the pic angle.

Any 1/4 mile times or dyno #'s? If the curb weight of that thing is around 2700-2800 lbs it's an easy 12 second car.

MDeezy

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Wow. . . i didnt see that one comming. Damn nice.

for dyno# 1/4 times etc.

MarcL

Why would it matter which VQ35 I use? I did not use the Nissan trans.

MarcL

Yes, it is kinda low.. Already dented the oil pan once! I need to come up with some sort of cover to put over the whole thing.. The oil filter sticking out the back it not very attractive either.

No times, never had it on the track... Did not dyno it, but I expect it would be the same as you guys are seeing from the same engine setup. The only "performance" mod on the engine is the exhaust system. I have a 350Z plenum I want to put on, but am still looking for a lower intake (I realized later the lower IM for the Maxima and 350Z are not the same).

My Kenwood car stereo has a built in G-Meter. I have gotten readings as high as 1G of acceleration.

gtr_rider

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Wow, thats new..

liqidvenom

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now thats a swap i love hearing about. thats great man...i think i was one parkway the other day and saw a delorean...i would have hated to come across u and lose to one and be confused

Nismo3112

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That's awesome...

Fred Allen Burge

Awesome swap man, very cool. I'd suggest a regular oil filter relocation kit from Summit or JEGS if the filter bothers you. That way all you'd see from the bottom would be the adapter block and two stainless steel oil lines leading up to the engine bay.

What flywheel/clutch combo did you use?

Fred

doc2278

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THATS STOOOPID COOL!!!!!!!!!

Cliff Clavin

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Outstanding swap!

I have always loved the body style of the Delorean, but the 130 hp engine is weak by today's standards and you vastly improved on that.

Have fun with it and keep up the good work.

JClaw

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Oh yeah. Nothing feels better than swapping in an engine with more than double output of the original one.

Has to be one of the most original Delorean swaps out there

killerVQ30DE

Well it matters (unless I'm completely wrong ) because you could have used the 350Z engine which is meant to have better cams to put out more power

95BLKMAX

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Cams are the same on all 2nd gen VQ35s (include Murano, Altima, Maxima, and G35/350Z NON REV-UP motors). Reason you THINK what you think is because the RWD VQ35s have alot more room for cam timing adjustment than the FWD counterparts.

Which would be a good thing to have concidering that you have FWD timing equipment and you are going to put a Z33 IM that was shown on this Forum by MexiMax to not perform as well as the FWD IM. Most concluded that it was due to the FWD timing equipment not being able to make the necessary adjustments to more efficiently use the superior flow characteristics of the Z33 plenum. So you might wanna read that thread.

Anyways you did a great job! I would have never thought of sticking that motor on a delorian. Enjoy that thing and go dyno/ take it to the track

WielkiWaac

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daaaamn that thing takes off like crazy.

es_amixam

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Man, that's one hell of a swap! Congrats on the work.

MarcL

The flywheel is custom made, and uses the 1996 index wheel on it for the Crank sensor pickup. The clutch/pressure plate is standard Porsche.

MarcL

Got a link?

SDot82

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http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=475915

MarcL

Gee, that sucks.. I just thew away all of the CVTV parts from my engine..

I need to go with the 350Z IM anyway, the Maxima intake is too high for the engine cover to fit back on... I just hope it does not hurt the performance too much.

Maybe I should take this car to a Nissan tuner? Most of what I know about this engine came from this forum!

SDot82

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If you purchase the spacer for the manifold it should help things out.

MarcL

I am still looking for the lower IM from a 350z.. I have the upper and lower plenum, but did not realize the lower intake is also different! As soon as I get that, I will put the whole thing on.

If someone wants to do a before/after dyno, I'd be happy to bring the car somewhere within a reasonable distance for another datapoint on this IM swap.

Delvin

Creative. I'm interested in knowing what Tilley helped out with.

MarcL

Well, he gave me the details on how to make the VQ35 run on the 96ECU, drilled my cams, and sold me most of the parts I needed off of the VQ30 for a reasonable price.

Most people doing the VQ35 conversion are replacing a VQ30, so they have the parts already! I didnt.

Grace_Imports

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Getting rid of the junk PRV FTW!!!

MarcL

Kinda OT for this forum, but the PRV is a nice powerplant. It was used for many years on lots of cars in Europe. There were 450HP twin turbo versions. It is an all alluminum design, with wet liners. It looks a lot like a VQ (ignoring the 90 degree design because it was supposed to be a V8).

The major problem with these engines for people in the United States it is was only used in a few cars, all from the "gas crunch" time of the 1980's. We never got any high-performance versions over here in the states. These engines have been known to go over 1 million miles without any major work done to them.

DeLorean purchased their engines from Renault... The same company that now "merged" with Nissan! (and soon will own General Motors).

SR20DEN

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Judging from the pictures I saw when you first made this post, that is what I had assumed you did. And although I'm certain you're happy with the swap and power you're making vs. what you had, you really could have made more power overall if you used the 2k2 Maxima ECU and everything that came with the OE VQ35 without much more installation.

MarcL

A few months back, when I was on this list asking about how to make it work with the 2K2 ecu, I was told by a few people it "had never been done". I was told the 2K2 ecu needed to see the rest of the system. It needed the transmission, and body control system in place. On particular detail brought to my attention was drive by wire.

The 96 ECU only needs a few sensors to run. I used the diagram on Jim Wolf website for getting it going:

http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/wol...ORENGSWAPS.PDF

Is there something similar for the 2K2?

Keep in mind, if you have a 2K2 maxima, and transplant the entire guts to a 96 Maxima it is a different project than trying to put it in a DeLorean.

How much more power would I get from the 2K2 setup? Maybe I will convert this engine back at a later date.