i got a complete 00-01 maxima engine in my 96 max and i wanted to put it back to stock...

i know comple things is different....

cams: i know that the 00-01 camjs are slightly bigger...can i put my 3.0 cams back in??? would i need to adjust the valves????

intake manifold and upper plenum: i know how to swap it back and i will be doing that soon...

block: i know that the bottom of my 96 block was strong, is the 00-01 block the same??? any difference???

anything else am i missing???

 

umm curious as to why you want to?

 

For whatever reason you want to do this, if you have the 00VI hooked up to activate when/as it should, IMHO you'll be quite disappointed with changing back to 4th gen specs.
Basically, unless you're a glutton for punishment, don't waste your time changing the cams - you'll never notice any difference. The rest of it is basically doing the reverse of the 00VI modification.

 

the reason im doing this is because my maxima is no where near how fast as what i had it when i had a complete 96 motor in it....so i wanna put everything back to stock and start from the beginning....

 

Trouble shooting the problems would be much easier and faster.

Also if you have ridden in or driven fast cars lately you'd think your car is slower then normal and might blame it on the new engine.....

~Alex

 

The things you're thinking about "changing back" are not making your car seem slower unless they're not functioning properly. On the other hand, there's a bunch of things on the engine you swapped in which could be in poor shape and would definitely cause a drop off in performance (rings, valves, coils, injectors, etc.). Make no doubt about it, with everything in equal condition, the 00-01 engine will clearly outperform the 95-99 (at least IMNSHO).
What you're proposing doing sounds like a typical hack mechanic: keep replacing stuff until the problem finally goes away! Take a hint from guys on the org with lots of experience - troubleshoot, identify and fix the problem.

 

^^
In a nutshell....

Obviously your car is not set-up properly. You should be making more power, but you have not optimized it yet. Going back to ALL 96 components wont get you better performance.

 

You're late

 

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