I have a 2000 Nissan Maxima and I'm just getting into cars but I want to put a faster engine in it because mine is about to go out. What one would be a good choice and how much do you think it would cost?

 

This is how NOT to get into cars. Jumping straight to an engine swap will be a huge mistake. Start learning the basics such as oil changes, brakes, cooling system. You need to start tinkering around with your car, then you will learn how things work.

And how do you know your engine is about to go?

 

^ x 10

 

I remember back in the days. Forum days. When people would title their threads like "project:sleeper turbo betty" or some **** thinking they were bad Ayss and it was this kid thinking he was going to turbo his 85 gti and **** or something and piece together his fkd up turbo kit and it never went anywhere because he didn't know how to do anything.


Tons of these people. Like "project tan lighting".
Yeah bro, I'm going to eventually tub the tires in the back and convert it to rwd. Tube frame. Turbo. Yeah bro. Then that guy would ask questions like what turbo do I need? How do you wire in this stereo? Good old days back then. Maybe people are still doing it now a days who knows.

I blame the overhaulin or shade tree machinics show where you would do like months of hard work in only 30 minutes.

 

There will always be people who want to impress others by being this "big car enthusiast" who doesn't even know how to add washer fluid. But you know what, let them figure it out on their own and fail. Because I can guarantee you that most of them cry when people give it to them straight. "Don't need to be a d*ck."

But these are the people who typically go on Yahoo Answers. I must give some credit to OP for joining the site and not asking on a general car forum page.

 

This would be a good choice:


This is how much it'll cost:

 

Where did you find that pic of my coffee table?

 

I know about oil changes and things like that and my engine has 225k miles on it and it's burning a lot of oil

 

That's still not enough for you to do your own engine swap. You will need a vast variety of tools ($), an engine hoist ($), jack and jack stands ($), etc etc etc. Do you see where I'm going?

I've been tinkering around with cars for over a year now (doing intake gaskets, valve cover gaskets, spark plugs, oil changes, sway bar, tranny fluid, brakes, etc., and I still would never do an engine swap on my own.

Take it into a mechanic to get another VQ35 put in it, and call it done. Or buy another car.

 

oh yeah I'd never try it on my own I'm too ignorant about cars I know that. I was playing on getting it done at my friends family shop who's dad has been working with cars for over 20 years. I just wanted to get suggestions from other people too and I found here and I figured the might be a good way to learn more.