hey - i was just wondering......is the 3.5 engine in the new altima the same engine as the one in the max??? They have very similar HP output, and they are both 3.5 liters, so i guess it wood be most economical for nissan to maufacture one engine and put it into two different cars. The extra 15HP on the max maybe from some fine adjustments maybe??? How about dropping the altima's engine into a max?? - is that possible?? - my neighbor is willing to sell me his altima powerplant cause he is gonna drop a V-8 into that sucker - (he wants to win this private import car show at stony brook very badly)

 

Yeah I don't know about the alti engine in the max, but the V-8 definitely ain't fitting in the altima, tell your friend to wake up.

 

are u guys sure??? - i have heard so many things about how the eclipse had v-8 transplants.....so why not the altima?

 

please people....if you got money... hehe..anything is possible. who said you can't drop a skyline engine in our max? it's doable if you have the money!

 

Imagine the tab to do that

 

i worked at a call center, and this performance shop in cali called....and i was trying to help him out on his laptop, and he was talking about a dyno software, so i was like.... what do you all do? he told me that he does engine swaps...i told him is it possible...he was like...yes it is, if you have the money to get a skyline engine and the labor is about 3000

 

the 5th gen max compared to a 4th gen the engine compartment looks almost the same size and the engine will porbily bolt on the to our tranny so y not

 

Where and when in stony brook? NY?

 

the number for this shop is?

 

if i can only access my company's database on my call log..i can find out hehe..

 

altima eng in a max bod? WHY?

 

I believe the vq35 & 30 are the same blocks. The 3.5 has a different stroke and vvt heads. It may have an extra oil passage on the deck for the vvt which can be plugged. My friend is a manager at a Nissan dealer so as soon as I can get over there I'm gonna take a look at the 2002 repair manual and compare engine specs. If the blocks are the same I was thinking about trying a transplant myself or maybe just replaceing the crank, rods and pistons to bring mine up to a 3.5.

 

a V8 in a DSM? I never heard of that when i was into them.

I have seen the Starion/Conquest (older DSM's before the T/E/L) with a Chevy V8 cramped in there.

 

i think all of the vq's had the same blocks

 

If I can put a 445HP ZZ4 SBC Crate engins in my Pontiac Fiero, I don't think there should be any problem with a V8 transplant into an Altima.

Am I the only one that feels a bit threatened that Nissan upped the power of the Altima to beyond killing range of the stock Max?

 

You can't fit a V8 into a Miata either....