i actually finished this swap about 2 weeks ago but never posted it in here. lol i posted it on all the other forums im on but didnt even think about here until now. here you go



so i blew my engine about a month ago, so i picked up a vq35 out of a newer maxima (not sure what year) along with a 5 speed tranny because i was unfortunately auto. so after 7 days i have completed the swap and just wanted to share it with u guys.
heres my old engine (vq30)

heres my new engine and all the other stuff i bought!



here it is as of last night!



swap went pretty smooth! and considering this is my first engine swap and i did most of it myself im pretty proud lol. so theres the maxima! i will post a video of this thing as soon as i get a camera thats not a cell phone lol. its loud as hell!!!

i just got 2.5in piping all the way back and threw on a apexi n1 i got for free from a friend.

 

Very nice any mods done to it or it was just a stock swap

 

besides the headers, exhaust, and intake its stock.







for now. lol

 

now im even more excited for my swap! only a few more months.

 

hey like the swap. i have a 97 and am wanting to do 3.5 swap and auto to 5 speed swap. how much did it cost you and was the auto to manual swap hard?

 

congrats on both swaps

 

nice. Cant wait to hear and see it run.

 

congrats but i just wanna let you know that that clutch will only last you a month if that i blew up 2 of those autozone clutches lol

 

nice

 

nice to know lol. im not sure if it was a duralast clutch or not. but im not too worried im looking into a better clutch anyway

 

dude the swaps were soooooo easy. eveything bolts up. the hardest part of the 5spd swap is drilling the holes for the pedal.

i was honestly surprised i could do this on my own. everything dropped right in no problems, only reason it took me a week is lack of tools. a friend of mine would drop by after work everyday to bring me tools from his shop and i could only use them for the hour or so he was there.

but after everything was in the b*tch started up no problems besides a small vacuum leak i STILL havent found lol

 

Congra man. Now get yourself a good paint job and wheels!

 

i got wheels, just need tires.

my girl bought me a brand new set of 09 maxima 18's for christmas

 

I am gonig to do a 5 speed swap on my 2000 max this summer or fall, did u encounter any problems or is it straightforward with no big issues?

 

dont really know if theres a difference between mine and yours considering urs is a 5th gen. but its pretty straight forward. just find a write up for the wiring and u should be good

 

yea, your car was pretty loud lol. but atleast you have a swap to back up that loud exhaust lol...

 

That flat blackness reminds me of.....



Is that you? If so, I loved the pedobear. Also come to planet zero this month!

 

congrats, another fyi if you did not install the clutch pedal brace and you get a heavy clutch the pedal will break over time.

I had to seem weld the entire clutch pedal assemble and braces on the brackets and know everything is fine

oh yeah use locite on the master cylinder bolts as the nuts comes loose every few months

 

congrats on swap

 

if you dont mind how much did you spend for your 3.5? about to buy one soon.

 

congrats on the swap! i wish my car had the 3.5 and was stick

 

paid 1550 for everything. engine, tranny, and all the stuff for both swaps

 

was the timing cover hard to do for the swap or u did not have to change the timing cover or anything to do it just drop right in or what????

 

what year motor do you have??

 

Was this a Full swap or hybrid?

 

I highly doubt it was a full swap including ecu but i might be wrong

 

very nice

 

your right...its a hybrid

Just saw the cables on the TB, I wasn't looking close enough before

 

all that was done when i got the engine.

i believe its an 03

it is a hybrid.

 

oh shiiit that is me lol.

 

thanks for the tips. im gonna change out the clutch soon so this info is good to know

 

hey didnt i meet you at the northside meet a while back in the conns parking lot???

good job by the way. we should get some runs in. lol

 

Hahaha, Planet Zero is this weekend!! Hope to see you there again.

I'll be the cameraman when we goto the track....

 

yeah u had the 3.5 swapped 5th gen, and u didnt want to tell me how much u paid lol


thats not wat he ment lol. but im planning on hitting the track soon!

 

If you look closely you'll see that "track" was italicized

 

i bet your having fun with it now. lol.

 

hell yeah. last week a raced a 5.7 hemi charger and got him by about 3 cars on the track

 

Still slow

 

at least i could stay with the cobalt



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