I have the chance of doing a 3.5 liter swap. The only thing I need is a motor What's your guys opinion on doin it?

My un-scientific opinion = do it

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=514484

Not quite the first A32. But perhaps the first 96.

You'll love the VQ35

If you've got the resources, by all means DO IT! Just be sure to take lots of pictures along the way.

You have to do all the calculations and find out which is less expensive and more bang for the buck.

I personally think it's better to rebuild your 3.0L motor and add SC or turbo.
There are plenty of parts available now, pistons,rods,cams aarp bolts etc.

Just my opinion.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=514480

Do it.

10char

AARP rod bolts FTW!!! lol

I am also a big fan of FI, but if you can get the 3.5 for a nice price you better jump on it.

vs.

FTMFW.. ^^

So, are you going to do it or not?

well you won't be the first, and neither will I You banged out your 5-speed conversion pretty quick, shouldn't have any problems doing the swap so DO IT!!

^^ my bad i didn't mean to take anyones thunder.

upgrades always make me fill better...... go for it

Mods are quite filling aren't they?

Thousands vs. maybe $1500.00 or less. Invalid comparison.
For the VQ35 there are plenty. Almost no off-the-shelf internal items for the VQ30.

Well my friend has a 1995 max with a 03 3.5 in it and the guy that did his swap said I could easily find a an 03 3.5 for about 750 bucks from a junkyard. I was researching alot and I found out if I shell out the money to do this I could easily run into the High 13's and low 14's and If i do a blower on my stock 3.0 liter i would run consant low 14s. So $2500<$750. Plus saying that you can keep up with boosted cars and youre all motor. Thats just badass. The guy that did my friends swap said he would be willing to help me and it should only take a weekend. With my tax return check i'm already buying a new Spec Stage 2 clutch so I know the clutch would be able to hold up to a 3.5 liters amount of torque. He suggested that I should get stage 1 cams and ARP head bolts. I am totally up to do it I just need to figure out everything with the money and the guy coming to help me. Plus my mom nagging me about how the garage looks and smells like "a garage" My dad isn't to happy about it and I told him my motor has 143k on it so its just preventive matience. I'm still thinking about it so I'll let you guys know on my decision.

Just because something is cheaper does not make it better. Invalid comment.

You pay more cause you get more.

$450 here, w/40k

Of course building the 3.0 and turbo'ing would be a better option ultimately, but it also costs 6 times as much money. Not in the same monetary ballpark AT ALL, hence my post. Furthermore, i never said the 3.5 was the hands down better option. I just said that you can't compare the two when you consider the huge price gap. Also looks to me like your vote was for the 3.5 swap in post #7 so you're contradicting yourself. Why not just vote for a built 3.0 too? Because they don't compare. Internals and supercharger/turbo kits aren't free and don't install themselves. If he could afford to do all that his current motor would probably be turbocharged already. That's like suggesting that a stang owner that's thinking of installing a blower should go out and buy a C6 Z06.

Bottom line: If money grew on trees we'd all be driving built turbocharged maximas/i30's, or better yet, a better car period. I fail to see either of your points.

Your short attidue towards the krab suggests otherwise.

Price was never a consideration in the original post, so one can make any number comparisons they like.

There is no contradiction here, and you need to read the thread again. The original post was simply asking if he should drop in a 3.5. There was no mention of boost at all from the thread starter.

I said that he should do it, and I still think he should. i30krab said that his opinion would be to boost it. You said that was 'invalid', and then I simply said that it is not.


You're telling me this? I'm in a far better position to know about this than you are.

How do you know what this guy's cash flow situation is? This guy just got done doing a tranny swap. One would want to do that before moving on to anything else.

Pretty bad analogy there. No way is spending an extra $2000 to boost similar to a mustang owner spending an extra $70,000 for a Z06. Now that really is an invalid comparison.

Bottom line is that your claim that i30krab's comments are invalid is flat false. Especially when nobody even said anyting about working on a budget. I fail to see why you even posted in this thread.

i30krab used the word "better". This statement is subjective and only true if the OP has an unlimited budget. (Is it really a better option if one has to go into debt to pursue it?) Since money does matter, i wanted to add some perspective as to how far apart those two options really were monetarily. Maybe i30krab didn't know how much the price gap was. I suppose i came across the wrong way though. My apologies if i riled anyone up. Didn't mean to start a fight. Anyway, my vote is that the OP goes for the VQ35. It's the best relatively inexpensive option for our cars next to nitrous (which i'm not a huge fan of ). Now that i've validated my presence here, i'll move on.

P.S. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the cost of building a 3.0 was greater than a 3.5 build-up including the cost of the motor by virtue of how expensive one-off parts are. Many more off-the-shelf choices for the VQ35.

Uhhhh 3.5 liter coming in a few months.... and some kyb adjustables along with eibach lowering springs and some 18" Axis Reverbs.