How much is a vq swap

The Haltech ECU alone is really expensive. Haltech does allow for Meth, Water or Nitrous injection, and FI which is nice, but Tuning a stand alone won't be cheap either, it depends on your application. I could not tell you now many other functions such as Tach and Speedo, that Haltech supports. I'd recommend getting it running on the OEM ECU before switching to an aftermarket, if possible, mainly for the ease of troubleshooting.

I'd recommend that you do your homework before selecting an alternate engine management solution, as any issues could be quite costly. Another part of this that was brought to my attention. The Maxima Intake flows well, but the Stock output numbers aren't rated as high as the Z for the same year.

Certainly there's issues moving from front wheel drive to rear wheel drive. Most often this involves changing out the oil pans, either just the lower, or both upper and lower pans depending on which engine you find. They point almost straight down, and by moving the exhaust studs, you can mount the front header on either side of the VQ. This could make it easier to route the exhaust away from the firewall, though if you use a bar between your engine mounts, then these pipes may not work.

It would be fun to see someone try this and post their experience. The exhaust would have to make a 90 deg turn from those headers, but that may be easier than trying to mod the stock Z Y pipe. Another point I didn't mention is the Driveshaft. The S30 yoke won't fit the 6sp MT.

You'll need to source a VQ driveshaft so that you can have your S30 shaft modded or a new shaft made to fit between your tranny and the R, or R from your year of S If you're swapping in the R Shortnosed read LSD from the same donor car you would need the driveshaft flange for the other end. When having a shaft made, you'd need to measure from center of U-joint to center of U-joint, but talk to your shop and see what they want. The Z's use a CF driveshaft with metal yokes, they'd need to cut off the CF to make the new shaft.

The VQ35HR was made for more then 2 years in other vehicles. Thanks for that, I should have mentioned it was in some other vehicles.

Performance cars like the Z and G35 should be safe bets, but check the factory specs for whatever donor you find. Hey I'd love this to be a Sticky. Though they're both based on the VQ40 block. The engine with the OEM Turbos is wider than the 25" between the S30 frame rails, and the heat could be bad for the rubber in your tie rod ends. I don't think the VR was based off the VQ40, the blocks look pretty different.

The VR38 is "loosely" related to the VQ engine series but the block it self is original and not many if any components can be shared. The blocks look pretty different, that's true, Mainly due to the front differential being integrated into the lower block.

It's a pretty crazy setup in the GTR, 2 driveshafts and a rear mount transmission. It's amazing they were able to save weight and keep everything balanced in the GTR. The local Nissan parts dealer said it's a VQ40 block that's specially modified and built by hand, so I'm not sure you could still call it the same family.

In any case, to use a VR38DETT in an S30, you'd really be looking at heavy modifications, if for nothing more than fitting a transmission to the engine.

Remember all these parts just plug in together. There's not too much guesswork if you're sticking with Stock parts. The VQ35DE engines only had the variable timing on the intake. Most of this is included if you get the stock wiring and modules from the Donor at the same time as the engine.

Certainly you should try to get as much as you can from the same Donor vehicle. It's much more expensive to get parts from multiple sources. You can live without the Gauges and AC amp if you don't want to use stock. There's a lot of plugs, but most only plug in one way so it's not too hard if you get the FSM for the Donor.

I can't believe I wrote this nearly 5 years ago. There's a few things to update. AEM and Haltech both support this engine and have profiles for it. McKinney I believe still makes a decent mounting kit.

My car is still torn down for paint, and I hope to get that done this summer. Kidlet has taken most of my spare time, so I'm moving slowly. Feel free to ask me VQ questions. I still lurk around here often even if I don't get to post so often. If you find this thread helpful, please let me know. That's a long long time.

I managed to install VQ35DE. Infact installing a VQ37 in Skyline Hakosuka also. ME TOO!!!!! My car is in the body shop now, I hope to have it back sometime in July so you should see my build finally take shape. I'd be interested in reading it. A VQ swap has always been on my mind just because of the ease of getting a donor car. You can post now and register later.

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You will need to fabricate custom mounts or choose one of the available options. We offer bolt in mounts for VQ to S-Chassis. The easiest way is to use Uprev Osiris. The VQ harness will need to be wired in to your S-Chassis. We provide a wiring and ECU service. The driveline must be custom. There are many retailers that provide them. Our Driveline is available below. A new fuel system will be needed to make use of the S-Chassis return-style system.

There are many different ways of going about this. We made it easy with our HEXA fuel system. The VQ pump is compatible with the S-Chassis steering rack. The VQ comes with a cooler directly from the factory. It is a must have for this swap. We offer a bolt in solution for your power steering needs.