Yeah, the VQ35 FSM shows a diagram of the lobes sticking outward from the heads in a certain manner. If they look anywhere close to that and you have the arrows/indicators lined up with the proper chain link, you should be in good shape.

 

Definitely...

if memory serves cly 1 and 4 should look like " / \" for the lobes.

 

Oh ok. I can't remember which cylinders I was looking at according to the FSM, but I remember the lobes looking like "\ /".

 

thats right. cyl 1 is "/ \" cylinder 4 is "\ /"

I'm still going off memory.

 

My fault. It's been so long since I last messed with my engine.

Here is what cyl #1 should look like on the VQ35:


So they do lean in like "/ \".

 

well this timing chain makes me too nervous. im going to take it off and start again. i want to start the car with no issues or funny noises.

it means i will have to buy another tube of RTV

 

its going to make funny noises when you first start so dont be alarmed. When I fired up my 3.5 this last time is made a bad noise and a lot of ticking but it was building up oil pressure, didnt take long for it to normal out and sounds good and beefy.

But if noises dont straighten out after about a minute then I'd shiut it down. But while its running I'd keep it on jack stands and look under the car for leaks, etc.

 

well the tensioners run on oil pressure right? so the chain might have a bit of slack until the pressure builds right?

 

Nope. Once everything is in place and you start to give it a rotation, everything will tense up. It will build its pressure when the motor starts and runs, but There should be no slack on the chains when you are done and turn the motor over.

 

then maybe crusher just fails

it seems to me that if you are turning the motor over clockwise, the tension goes from crank to water pump to front cams to rear cams... you would pretty much only have slack if any on the tensioner, which if you hold it with your hand to prevent slack while turning it over the first few times should take care of itself amirite?

 

I cant tell you how many times I redid mine because I was nervous it might not be right. Just dont forget to prime the tensioners in fresh engine oil. I didnt do one of mine and its clicking pretty loud so I have to take it back out again. Its not really anything major just annoying as hell. My girl has put about 1600 miles on the engine so far and all is well.

 

Mine is on now and i feel comfortable with it. so im a happy camper for now. i bought some headers so im waiting for them to get here so for now im working on the throttle body and i need to buy a T for the fuel system and get that ready to go.

 

I never do it. Car starts up a bit loud as oil pressure is building but quickly goes away. there usually is some oil still in the tensioner anyway...

 

Cool. Which headers did you go with?

 

I must have squeezed all of the oil out of mine or something.

 

^ they are just shorty headers


o0o before i forget in the struggle to get the crank pulley off my flywheel is about 3 signal teeth lighter. Is this a major problem or should i not worry about it?

 

You need a new timing ring, or to somehow repair the one you have.

 

summa*****, ok i saw a Flywheel for $40 at the damn junkyard maybe i can go jack its timing ring. because the only what i have to repair mine is with super glue and thats not gonna hold

pmohr do u know if 3rd gens share the same timing ring, im assuming they dont because of VQ vs VE sensors n ****

 

They do not. Well, the VGs certainly don't, and I don't believe the VEs do either.

 

yea thats what i was thinking because 3rd gen parts if u look in the the JYs go for soo much cheaper then 4th gen.

ok damnit i think i can get this in no time thou.

 

or if you go to a JY like LKQ everything's the same price regardless

 

So i hear a rumor that this guy actually finished his 3.5 and its ready to go in his car.

 

yea yea, its about show time for the 3.5

help with the throttle body is needed, how did the most of u guys hack it up?

 

nobody on the throttle body?

 

I remember AJ having a good look at what to do to crack into the TB in his 3.5 thread

 

^link?


my torque wrench literally fell into pieces when i was putting my clutch on

 

cheap tq wrench? or over tightened?

rent one from autozone...

 

Had the same problem with my Harbor Freight TR.. my 2 decade old craftsman still going strong.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...ss-thread.html

 

 

k moving into the final stages of this swap, anybody have any idea on what i can use for a fitting on the fuel rail?

also some more detail on the throttle body would be nice

 

a tee.

there is a link for a SARD one. I just used what was on the rail already

then hooked up my afpr. I'll remove them one day so I can truely let the afpr do its job but works fine for now...

 

im talking about directly onto the fuel rail, i have the afpr on and its str8 but obviously it doesnt screw onto the fuel rail.

 

yes thats what I'm saying there is a SARD rail adapter I've seen floating around that bolts right to the rail, then you attach your piping and run your afpr ...

 

ok found it, they are like $14 shipped might aswell put in an order now.

 

Thanks for posting the details and pics on the timing. That will come in handy this week as I tear mine down (and remember to remove the two oil pan bolts

Do you need a flywheel? You can have mine for free, just pay shipping - and point me in the right direction about cams. How do the 02 3.5 motors run the HR cam sets and keep the variable intake cam. I could use a little extra lift vs my stockers.

thx

 

unless your doing the full swap the variable intake cam is not functional.

 

You are doing a full ECU swap using an 02/03 Maxima ECU most likely. So you will be able to still have variable valve timing on your intake cams. But I'm not sure if you can run the HR cams since they have variable timing on the exhaust cam as well.

Go ahead and start your own "build thread" in the All Motor section and post a few pics. People love reading those and you will have plenty of help along the way as you post questions.

Here is my full ECU swap thread with a ton of pictures in it:
http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/5...ss-thread.html

Feel free to post in it if you have any questions.

 

here are some updates my friend was taking the pics and posted them here:

http://importsnc.com/forums/showthre...ay-at-Crushers

 

Can anybody walk me through this damn throttle body? i honestly cant figure it out.