LOOKING FOR VQ30DE!!!

[og_dsm]

So i have like 200000 miles on my DD maxima but eventually i want to swap in a low mileage vq30de-k but how come I don't see any JDM vq30 engines for sale like sr's and rb's and 4g6's on the websites? is the maxima engine from the mid 90's to 01 a domestic motor?

[Barefoot]

just not as popular is my guess

[og_dsm]

but there has to be somewhere or someone that sells them you know?

[Barefoot]

call junk yards

[og_dsm]

Yeah i tried that but i only got engines with no less than 120000. i did check jasper engines but they were asking like 2000 for just the engine and no tranny

[Barefoot]

might be asl

[Prime.]

vq,s will last fow evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nigguh. bess belee dat.

[whitemaxima]

Nad auto in pleasant dale has jdm vq25dek's try them.

[og_dsm]

I will check them out good look whitemaxima but I don't want to drop displacement and lose the torque like what sold me on this car in the first place. (besides other things.) But i will check them out.

[sksakaoreo]

There are versions of the vq in japan, vq30de-t stuff like that, the differences and demand just aren't worth importing them. Why do you wanna swap in a de-k? you could save money and labor by putting de-k intake manifolds and fuel rail on a regular de. The only other real difference in the motors are the cooling passages inside the block. Oh yeh and NAD wants 450 for the vq25, it would be a pointless swap though.

[RL...]

Just rebuild your engine, parts should cost you less than 1k. But your engine should last for 400k+ miles fyi.

[og_dsm]

I was wondering if you guys have any info on a vq30det swap in the max and if it is any more expensive or difficult then the vq35de swap

[Shift_2WIN]

Yea the VQ30's are strong engines and as long as you keep up on the maintenance, they will last for a very long time.

[sksakaoreo]

I was wondering if you guys have any info on a vq30det swap in the max and if it is any more expensive or difficult then the vq35de swap

its really not a worth while swap since you have to first source a de-t and de-t ecu. if your looking for less than 300hp then you could just boost a de-k and get cometic head gaskets and arp head studs and the stock internals will hold. I would like to see how the manifolds on a de-t are setup though.

[Shift_2WIN]

Or you you can just add an 00VI to your engine w/ full bolt-ons, and probably some sort of FI (supercharge, turbo, nitrous). But if you just want a low mileage stock engine, just get your engine rebuilt, or swap in a low mileage VQ30DE or DE-K and call it a day. Some once did a VQ30DET swap, and it ran horribly IIRC. I dont think too much was heard about it afterwards.

[sksakaoreo]

Or you you can just add an 00VI to your engine w/ full bolt-ons, and probably some sort of FI (supercharge, turbo, nitrous). But if you just want a low mileage stock engine, just get your engine rebuilt, or swap in a low mileage VQ30DE or DE-K and call it a day. Some once did a VQ30DET swap, and it ran horribly IIRC. I dont think too much was heard about it afterwards.

Very true. The OP really just needs to figure out his goals for the car and go from there.

[og_dsm]

A lot to think about i see, thanks guys you helped quite a bit.