Ive really enjoyed the supercharged 3.0 liter in my xterra for quite some time now, but im not sure its enough for me, so now i want to swap in a different engine and see how the xterra does then. thing is, i cant decide whether i should stick with nissan or go with a big american engine. I really dont care how stupid you think it is, i just want a bigger engine to work onand wanna see what you guys think. Flame away!

Hey, good news, you already have a larger engine! It's a 3.3 liter engine, not a 3.0.

Hey, good news, you already have a larger engine! It's a 3.3 liter engine, not a 3.0.
hm, damn friend of mine is gonna get his ass kick then. is there anything larger that would work?

Nobody has done an engine swap on an Xterra/Frontier that I've heard of. I know one guy was knee-deep into swapping in an LS1 along with the rest of the driveline a couple or three years ago but I never heard that he actually completed it and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't.
There's a lot of interest recently in swapping in the VH45DE engine used in the Infiniti Q45 though...

Yea the 05,06 Xterra's are 4.0's. I have one and it's pretty satisfying :grinyes:. You can buy an engine straight from the Nissan Dealer. It may run about 8-10K. Good luck.

I thought Project Xterra had the Infiniti engine in it?

Yeah, it had the VQ35 drivetrain from the 01-04 QX4/Pathfinder in it.

i think the vh45 would do really nicley with what im after. thanks