C16 BigT

that 98 is dope i have one too

Hooch

95 is tits...the other looks dook at first glance and lil on the ricey side.

cardana24

Thanks.

Thanks man. Look on page 3, I have not had the 95 in about 3 years....the 98 is still ricey (see page 3).

cardana24

This is the current engine bay on the 98


Here is my dyno sheet from PAS


Here is my best run after after the swap. I was in street trim on 18" wheels with street tires. I have slicks now and I hope to make it back to the track in the fall.

rt .419
60' 2.150
330 5.794
1/8 8.769
mph 82.50
1000 11.309
1/4 13.442
mph 105.60

jarrett2k

VQ hotness in a 98' Maxima? Sweet. A VQ swap was like my dream back when I still had my Spec V. But you had to get ahold of some sort of codes to make everything work so I just never bothered.

TATTRAT

That's what I came here to do, and to lock it up. . .







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Good job, OP.

cardana24

Yeah, if you are not familiar with maximas the 4th gen 95-99 had a vq30 stock. In order to do this swap with out swapping the wiring harness and ecu, you must swap the vq30 timing equipment onto the vq35 (this is the hard part of the swap). Then you need to remote mount your IACV. The vq35 will bolt up to your vq30 transmission and engine mounts.

Tito

i was definitely going too...until i realized he was just bumping his own shit with updates on the cars...at first i was like "what dumb mother fucker found a thread from 2007."

RHSMIT

i like the '95 alot, I would drive it.

cardana24

I have not updated this thread in a few years, but I still have maximas.

The anniversary edition that I posted previously has been brought back to stock and will be sold soon.

My bright blue 98 has not changed much (changed wheels but that happens often), but I finally got some slicks and ran a 12.8x@107. Still have not reinstalled the supercharger.


Toward the end of last year I was able to find a clean 1st gen (the only rwd maxima), it was dirty but in over all good shape and very minimal rust.




I cleaned it up and fixed some little stuff. While I had it down I rebuilt the front end and installed eibach springs from a 280zx and kyb struts. Here is how it sits now


The car runs well, but pretty much everything I have is an ongoing project so of course I want more power. So I picked this up from the Hampton Roads area to use as a doner vehicle.


I will be using the engine (l28et) and rear end r200 from this car, the rest will be sold as parts before being scrapped if anyone needs anything. I have not figured out my power goal for the car yet, but the current plans are to start around 200-225 hp and go from there.

I have other wheels and tires for this maxima too, but I have not installed them yet. They are the enkei apacheII