Already posted about it but I dont think I ever put the progress pictures up. i got the tranny warranteed from nissan just before installing the motor. bolt ons include: intake, headers, y-pipe, exhaust, clutch, flywheel, solid mounts, and the a/c chip so that it works like stock.

stock

ready for new motor

some boltons

going in

done

 

i gotta say, i love that color paint!!

 

good job and it looks like a very clean install

 

you truly deserve the SE-R badge 2347692478698476294616549%

 

Nice work. Just out of curiosity, that motor looks relatively new, what did you do with it. It would hurt me pulling out pefect running motor. Nicely done though.

 

The pics make it so easy lol. Did you run into any problems? Also did you have to do any custom work to make it work correctly?

 

Wow... That's Really Nice Work.

 

baby max vroom vroom

nice work man! i applaud the amount of work and time you put into this. + i applaud the successfulness of the swap/upgrades

 

Wow, now that is the ultimate sleeper.

 

specs please
Amazing work, like AJ said the pics make it look easy, do tell us about the process and modification that this took.

 

unfortunately, i cant take the credit for doing this work. only one person has been known of doing this swap, and thats travis from new orleans. it requires the maxima 6 speed bellhousing so that way you dont need to replace the tranny. requires custom mounts. the tach had to be modified, along with the a/c chip for that to run properly. besides the tach adapter and a/c chip, what makes the swap so difficult is the wiring. i've seen pics of the wiring during the process, and holy ****. the wiring is why no one else can figure this swap out. as far as my old motor, yeah it was running fine, only had 17k on the motor. but when you have the oppertunity to go from 160 whp to around 250, you take it. thats what i did. i sold it to a guy for $1300. made a decent amount on it too. i think that covers alot. let me know what other questions i can answer, again, i didnt do this swap, just my car. so i may be limited to answers. sorry.

 

Sick! That's two of them on here!

 

nice work man,must feel like a beast their now.Fantastic Job mate.

 

how's it drive though? what are your oberservations on the way the car handles/accelerates etc...??

 

+1

 

sleeper FTW... Maxima killer lol

 

drives perfect. a tiny bit more vibration than stock, other than that.. its great. idles nicely. blah blah blah. acceleration is insane. revs really nicely with the jwt flywheel. im in tampa, fl so if you guys ever do a meet nearby, ill be there.

 

spec v's have a major problem with wheel hop, with the extra 50 pounds with the vq, it completely elminates the wheel hopping.. so the handling is incredible.

 

so the VQ is only 50lbs heavier than the original motor? thats interesting.

 

yeah pretty crazy huh.

 

i have to say thats on of the cleanest swap ive seen... did you use the senta tranny?

 

yeah its the spec v tranny.

 

yup

 

awesome job..wish i had the money to do something like that to my car..

 

last time i checked the bare swap of motor and everythign else to get it to run right is about a 5k investment. plus a week of down time.

how come you didn't boost?

btw, you don't have a reverse lockout mechanism do yoU?

my buddy w/ and 02 just pushes it all the way to the right to get into reverse... does the use of the spec v tranny prevent the use of the lock out mechanism?

 

i dunno what you mean about a reverse lockout.. the tranny works like stock. im actually planning on boosting it now. i didnt boost because i wasnt ready to drop 12k into my brand new car all at one time. little bit at a time. but im going to turbo at about 8psi, which should put me at a little over 400whp. good enough

 

saw a vspec3.5 on you-tube it ran like a bat out of hell crazy fast....keep it up and good work.

 

yeah with a good driver and slicks, you can easily hit high 12's.

 

ya mang nice job, Bet it moves nicely!

 

WOW, props for work to the guy!

 

That's truly a one of a kind car right there. Great workmanship on that swap.

 

Can I ask why Jason Saddler's old car is in your sig? I thought that thing was totalled years and years ago?

To the OP: I already said it in your other thread, but great job. Cleanest Sentra swap I've seen to date.

 

hey whats going on, you said you live in tampa, fl? i live about 20 min away from tampa, im currently looking for a 3.5 engine, any places that you would suggest me looking?

 

I raised it back from the dead i guess......joking! no i had it for a year now, rebuilt the motor,new wheels, and much more still in the shop pics soon.

 

Excellent work....Nice ride

 

Could you divulge a little more info? I'm curious. Drop me a PM.

 

thats gotta be a fast sentra!

 

That's pretty friggin cool. Good work!

 

boosting in february, its gonna be sicks.

 

Big props on the 3.5L swap. Very clean SE-R.