Anyway does anyone remember the thread awhile back about putting a pathfinder engine in the max. well i was reading an article on Christian Rado's 1000hp drag celica and instead of using the 2ZZ he used they built a larger displacement tacoma engine. granted it had a drag turbo capable of producing uo to 1300 hp but it just shows tha the swap frm vg30 to 33 is possible and beneficial. now whos gonna be first to front the dough?

 

that's a swap into a heavily modified chassis/body/everything else to get that motor to fit and is strictly a drag car and not streetable. While i'm not saying a VG33 swap isn't feasible you're comparing apples to oranges...

 

yes....chris...i kno its a tube chassis carbon fiber body etc im just stating that it truck to car engine swaps are beng utilized in some high tech high hp applications.

 

I understand what you mean, but I don't think THIS intstance shows that these types of swaps are possible...I mean people have been swapping bigger displacement motors into cars for years, look at the domestic guys.

 

bigger truck engine into an import car. could i get another example???

 

Me!

 

i thought we already knew this?

 

And your point is? There are kits out there to drop 454 Chevy engines into Porsche 944 chassis.

So?

while you're at it, why even stay with a nissan engine? Youll have to change EVERYTHING already anyway, so why not just drop a small block chevy in there and have 300 reliable horses.

It takes money to play. How rich are you?

 

im poor thats why i drive a 89 maxima

 

im poor too if i wasnt did you think i would be drivin my pos slippin tranny rough idling vg? not to bs but a former co-worker of mine was talkin to me a/b how he is going to build a new frame and put a small block chevy in it for his max. he fab'd a frame and dropped a small block in an old mgb ive seen it. so myb in a year there will be a rear wheel drive 300hp max cruizin sj.

 

yah ok.... thx for being even more naive

have you even looked under the car of the max? the cat converter barely meets ground clearance.. there is no way a max can ever be RWD and be street driven

 

From what I understand, the vg33 is VERY similar to any other vg. As far a peripherals go, I don't know, but if wanted to utilize the bottmo end for bigger displacement, you'd get 3.3 liters and the same reliable crank and rods as all other vg's. Head are different, but I've been told they have minor differences and can be used (benficial actually, supposedly slightly better efficiency/flow), changing the truck cams out of course. Drop some forged vgt pistons in and you've goit the base for a bad *** turbo motor. Z31 guys have used this very effectively.

 

so...a vq35 isn't totally out of the question??

i was thinkin about this the other day

 

nothing is out of the question...the key word to this whole issue is more money, more effort and less talking!

 

yeah if youve got the cash you can have anything you want.

In a year or two after I get the new motor I want to have a shop turbo my car, I dont know too much about the subject but with some research and alot of money I know ill have it done.

 

money issue aside, how hard would it be to implant a 3.5 VQ? would our car take to it very well? i know not many know the answer to this question, but any info on it would feed my curiosity