I have a VQ30DET Intake manifold on the way and I am going to take a hit for the good of the community I have been told that the VQ30DET Intake Manifold flows much better than the stock manifold, and so I thought it might be good for some gains. I am going to do a VQ30DET swap, but before I did, i thought I would get a baseline dyno on my 01 AE w/ a DE-K, then install the VQ30DET Intake Manifold (and make it work) and then Dyno again to see what kind of gains (if any) I was able to acheive.

The Manifold should ship to me tomorrow and I hope to have the baseline dyno done this weekend, and the Intake installed and the New Dyno done next weekend. I will post a brief How to on the install of the manifold in this thread as well as my Dyno results. It should be interesting Check back here later this week for pics of the Manifold!

-Ryan

 

Pics (once you get it of course) and how much?

I'm curious as well

 

You heard that the VQ30DET flow better, which is true. But you forgot to mention you already have a DE-K intake which flows better than the DET.

 

This should really be interesting, since the VQ30DET donor engine is probably RWD. The inlet for the throttle body will be pointed in a peculiar direction for a FWD application.

 

 

Yep, it's RWD alright!

Man, that's pretty.

 

nice mann! i have one too i recently picked up. Looks really nice and gonna install soon hopefully if all goes well!

 

I mainly want to do it just because. I have found that you never really know for sure with cars until you try it. The maxima is CERTAINLY no exception.

I still havent decided what turbo setup I will use, I might do an SC'er with high boost also, but we will see Either way, I will be using the VQ30DET Intake Manifold to keep it as JDM as possible.

I would imagine I am going to run into signifigant issues with removing the VI Intake Manifold and the ECU trying to engage the VI. If anyone could chime in with how I am going to get around not having a VIAS anymore, I would appreciate it

-Ryan

 

You shouldnt have to do anything. The ECU will just try to engage the VIAS, send the signal, and nothing will happen.

You will obviously need a tune once you do this, making up for the lack of a VIAS.

 

OK im gonna put my flame suit on and ask where i can find info on this engine and also the DE-K. I was not aware these engines existed. Thanks.

 

You weren't aware the DE-K existed? The VQ30DET I can imagine, since it was never released stateside.

What sort of info? Just physical specs like bore, stroke, etc?

DE-K info will be in the FSM.

There's some VQ30DET info here: http://www.vq30det.com/
Pretty much google VQ30DET, and you'll find a bunch of info.

 

Where did you find that pic of my engine?

It's in my S13 now.

 

PICS OR LIES!


what ecu you using?

 

I'm so happy this is happening, and I wouldn't even be suprised if the manifold you have is the same one that I was so close to getting my hands on for this exact purpose, than the seller stopped responding once I was ready & willing w/money in hand.

Also, if you have the rear valve cover, I could use that, I'm pretty sure it would allow me (on the '02vi car) to not have a coil-wire electrical taped to a F150 sparkplug wire for cylinder#3.

Hopefully somebody will beat me to what I really want to see- a de-k manifold on a 3.5, I'll be portmatching one to a set of 3.5 heads but it's going on a 3.0

Please hurry up and do this, all you need to do is before & after runs and the actuall swap is ****, just extend a couple wires and some stupid ****.

 

Already in the works...

 

you know with this manifold...spark plug changing will be easier

 

Read the url of the of the first pic.

This is an old pic.


I'm using a 4th gen ecu, but it doesn't run just yet.

 

get that thing running!!

 

Noobs. The VQ30DET manifold in a Maxima has already been done. Groundbreaking this is not.

 

then do you care to share.

 

Tilley did this a while ago:


See http://www.dynomagic.com/thefast_others.htm for more pictures.

 

I never said it was groundbreaking, I just want people to see what kind of gains if any they can get from just the manifold. This might be a viable option for S/C guys or guys w/ pre 00 VQ's that dont want to go MEVI or 00VI.

-Ryan

 

Ding ding ding, we have a wiener!

Now, does anyone know who he got the idea from? Here is a hint, he was banned years ago, and pretty much all his post were erased, along with any hint of his user name. He has managed to create a few new names over the years, though he thinks we have not noticed.

 

It will be interesting to see how it runs on a N/A motor. I reckon you'll make a fair bit on the top - but you'll lose a fair bit of low end torque due to reduced intake velocity (short wide runner vs long skinny runners)

 

I think you are making a good point by doing so, please let us know how it goes.

 

he was banned because the people in charge tend to act like children just like him?

 

I remember this and everytime I saw that pic I wondered wtf kind of IM that was.

 

There is maybe one to two mods still around who was in charge when he was here. This was during Jambo's time, if you even remember him.

 

Do any of you know anyone selling just the exhaust manifolds for the VQ30det!? or where I can purchase them from?

 

Why would you want the stock exhaust manifolds? You cant really use them

Update:

Dyno was rescheduled for Monday at 1:30PM (PST) This will be 3 baseline pulls. No sign of the VQ30DET Parts yet. Will report back here w/ Dyno results

(Current Mods are just a Berk Intake and Fidanza Aluminum Flywheel/Exedy Stage 2 Clutch)

-Ryan

 

Arent the VQ30det a 2 piece set-up for each manifold!? I would like to see if that would work for a turbo set-up on my 3.5. I originally wanted to try out some 350Z manifolds, but IIRC, they wont clear the firewall.

 

The porting will be way off on your 3.5, wont work very well

 

vq30 exhaust manifolds will bolt up to a vq35 and vise-versa...

 

But it was boosted, and done all at once.

We're looking for some before and after n/a pulls, at least that's what I want to see.

 

PERFECT! Go get it done, preferably before I chop 4 heads up Portmatching a 3.5 dbw tb & adaptor?

 

Exactly! There's no difference to the VQ30 and VQ35 manifolds other than the pre cats.... So the VQ30det's are different in the way the face... towards the tranny side of the motor, which would be ideal for a VQ30 or VQ35 fwd turbo set up.

 

Here is the baseline Dyno, seems higher than I thought it would be. This is an 01 AE w/ a Berk Intake, and Fidanza Flywheel.

 

Are you documenting the build? If so where? Don't think ive seen a documented vq30det swap (in s-chassis) although its been talked about allot.

 

For anyone looking

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Turbo...ayphotohosting