Being a muscle car guy always liked 4th gen maximas finally got one but havent been able to fully understand how the vq30de in my 96 max will be able to direct for vq35 parts ? Please help im a newbie in the maxima world trying to see whats the most hp to get out of the car before turbo

 

Seems it would have been a whole lot easier to buy a later model Maxima.

Why are you re-inventing the wheel?

You might be happy enough with your car the way it is, after deferred maintenance is taken care of. A well maintained 4th generation could do 0-60 in 7 seconds. Maybe 8 seconds now. I call it good enough.

 

Maxima.org has a Track & Tune forum and also an Advanced Performance forum. Check them out.

https://maxima.org/forums/track-tune-31/

https://maxima.org/forums/advanced-performance-39/

 

I dont want a later model i like the 95-99 and i jus want to see beyond ypipe exhaust and intake what others do i had. Muscle car first time in a tuner so im not tryin to reinvent the wheel jus trying to figure out what to do with help from more experince but ive come to see people dont like to help on this site and walk people thru em from the posts i look at

 

Dennis thank you

 

On a tuner car adding SE-R emblems will unlock 6th gear in the transmission and GTR emblems gives you vtec. Gotta be careful not to blow the welds on the intake though when it kicks in yo.

 

Thanks for the advice dude smh

 

00VI and y-pipe are the big power adders. Everything else is chump change. Do those two, then go straight to turbo.

You're getting dissed because you didn't read the stickies. All the power adders are clearly listed in there. Welcome to the Org.

 

00vi isnt direct fit though right? And yea i want to turbo car but its got over 200k so im going to wait till its done and get it rebuilt with forged pistons ! Thanks for your gelp man only one who face useful info

 

It's a direct fit, but it's far from 'Plug n Play'. There are many ways to skin the cat. Read the setup comparisons here (click on 00vi swap, then setup comparisons):

http://tatanko.boredmder.com/

 

How bout like cylinder heads and valves and valve springs do they have things like that for maximas

 

Cams and valve springs are all I'm aware of. But, I'm sure there's stuff out there. There's a lot more internal parts for the VQ35 than the VQ30 I believe.

http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/customer_results.asp

 

Im reading that site as we speak u gave me thanks again man i been trying to find guys in ny to link up with but nobody i can find like if i tune the ecu Idont have anyone

 

Also contacted a company in nj about custom intake manifold there prices werent that bad but jus tryin to do my hw before i jump into anything

 

Go with either a Greddy Emanage Ultimate or Nistune, as they're tunable by you or a reputable shop. Only JWT can modify/adjust an ECU with a JWT daughterboard in it...

 

Ok cool thanks for all the info dude really much appreciated

 

Interesting. On a side note, I have a complete 2000 Maxima parts car that runs great. Well, it used to run, until I took the manual trans and put it into my 4th gen.


I am now thinking of swapping the 00VI intake, wiring harness and ECU (then I will not get that stupid Check Engine Light due to the missing auto trans).

 

On this subject, its really not that different from building a muscle car other than parts are hard to come by for the vq30de. (basically what wiz said) that being addressed... In reality the maxima is limited in power by its transmission moreso than by its engine. The tranny can really only handle 400whp and even then that is flirting with disaster. (i wanna say kevlo or nmexmax did a nice work up on the issue with the gear teeth in the boosted section.) You can do the 00VI and the y pipe and get a decent return for your money, but the muscle car tricks like boring, sleeving, changing compression of the pistons, are available, if you have a machine shop that is willing to do It, and you have the 2 grand or so to spend on that level of modification.


The point of my rambling is that there are many ways to get to the magic point of a max where you can't add power to the engine because some other components will fail as a result. Wiz did it with a sc and a mevi, kevlo with an rmt and 00vi? Matty did it another way...


Its kinda like sex in a way... Many different ways to get there... But the point of the act is... To get there.