97 maxima, skyline engine swap is it possible?

i want some smart poeple opinions about swaping my stock 160k mile engine with maybe a skyline engine a rear wheel drive one? is it possible to do this if i custom fabricate a drive tranny and so on and so on or is it better to just us a 350z motor and turbo it? and also to a sponsors stand point a skyline swap would be mad insain but a 350z engine turboed wouldnt get much attention would it? i donn just need some poeple opinion and im a serious person i have the bread$ to do so but i need a second opinion. also what a good skyline engin to use thats rear wheel drive that will fit the maxima chassy and engine bay? please give me ur opinion :banghead: thanks

daz krazii...soundz kewl tho! i dont kno if it'll work...but its possible...the car would be very fast after that...even with the turbo'd 350 engine...

If you have the money to all that, why not just get a skyline or a 350Z and turbo it? that would make more sense. But anyway, With enough money anything is possible. I think the RWD skylines were the R32 or R33s. they had the RB25DETT

anything is possible - just do it! :)

not possible. we get one of these threads once every month.

i have like enuf to swap and make a new drive tranny but to enuf to actually but a new 350z or skyline..... not possible even with a custom drive tranny new engine mounts and ecu and its still not possible? that all really what i can think of if i were to do it but someone please explain y its not possible

MAybe if you can find a way to put Maxima body panels on a skyline...then it would work. Ok, Lets see. A 350 will run between 30-37 grand, and all the work you'll have to do will probably run you almost that much if not more.

what? no way 30g for an engine swap i dont think so

not possible. we get one of these threads once every month.
unfortunately, the search button is begging to be pushed on every one of them......... :disappoin

what? no way 30g for an engine swap i dont think so
Ok, its more than just an engine swap. you need to buy the engine and RB's aren't exactly a dime a dozen. Then you have to get the drive train, the harnesses....basically everything but the frame, body and Interior. Then you have to get the Custom Fabrication done. You have to pay for not only the work, but the labor charges. There is a good chance that I'm way off, but for some reason I don't think I am.
So...30g for an engine sway? Its quite possible.

I spent some time over in the Skyline forum. Most the guys that actually have a skyline spent in the neighborhood of $60K to get the cars. A sustantial chunk went to customs, importer/mod team. The engine had to modified to american standards before it could be registered and driven leagally in the United States. This process means you WILL lose some of the power. And it costs $16K-20K just to get it here. You want the power of Godzilla, you must pay.

You got that kind of money, just buy the Skyline and let the importer give it the treatment. You'll have 350hp+ to put a whoopin on practically anyone. Pickup groceries and kids in the max.

buy a 1989 R32 GTR. as of 1/1/04 they are legal to drive in the us without being emissions standardized and can be had for around $8K used with less than 100K miles or km or whatever.

click here (http://www.batfa.com/)

buy a 1989 R32 GTR. as of 1/1/04 they are legal to drive in the us without being emissions standardized and can be had for around $8K used with less than 100K miles or km or whatever.

click here (http://www.batfa.com/)

I saw a GTS for cheap, the GTR were all late models and over $20K US. Either way, driving on the wrong side of car would just freak me out.

they have a 1990 GTR for like $10,200 on that web page. the later models are definitely pricey. personally i'd be almost as a happy with a RWD Rb25 skyline. they also have a 97 silvia 5 speed for under $10K

hmm i guess it is possible for the right price but just not worth it...... ill just get a g35 instead and turbo it

The fact that you mention sponsors makes this sound like just another ricer fantasy. Swapping a rear-wheel-drive, twin-turbocharged engine into a front-wheel-drive family car like the Maxima would be nearly impossible and unbelievably expensive. You'd be better off getting a rear-wheel-drive G35 coupe, modifying it to look like a JDM Skyline (not too difficult, I see it done around here all the time), and turbocharging it. It won't be quite as fast as a true Skyline, but it will be much cheaper and easier to obtain.

Import tuner just did an article on a twin turbo charger (GReddy) for the 350Z. I believe it is on their website now. Seeing as the VQ35 is tuned the same way for the skyline/G35 and the 350Z it may work in that application. Go for the G35 anyway even if you dont do any mods.

Or wait until 2007 when they introduce the skyline GT-R to the USA.

Or wait until 2007 when they introduce the skyline GT-R to the USA.
or buy a G35x(AWD) and put the TT greddy kit on that. Greddy's kit is said to pump out 440 RWHP so it'd probably be 420 AWHP, and it's already the same ATTESSA tranny that is on the GTR's stock. that'd kill a stock R34 GTR and is probably what the upcoming skyline is going to be, more or less.

i drooled at the site when i saw those skylines...so beautiful....

why don't you put a sr20det fwd in it

everyone is right, if ur ready to pay the ultimate price , go ahead but its goan take time mean, u might just wanna settle with the Skylin and keep it dat way mate

why don't you put a sr20det fwd in it
he'd be better off with the stock VQ.