00 nissan xterra motor swap help

[zman07]

anyone know of a motor that will fit in my 2000 nissan xterra, it had a 3.3l in it. the timing belt went and pushed the piston into the head. now i need a new motor. anyone have any idea what will fit, since the motor that came in it is hard to find

[nismopu]

ummm what? The piston did not get pushed into your head. You just need to rebuild your heads or go pull some heads off of a mercury villager, nissan quest, early 90's maxima, 93- up nissan pathfinder. The engine in your vehicle is barely an interference engine, the nissan quest and mercury villagers are non interferrence vg33's because of a deeper valve relief cut into the pistons. You've bent your valves and they need to be replaced or you can just go pull the heads off the above mentioned vehicles. peace.

[Desert Rat]

These engines are identical from 99-04. They can't be that hard to find.

Look for Xterras or Frontiers.

The '98 4 banger in my truck was replaced with a $600 JY engine that came complete with the fuel system and only about 20k miles.

Most wrecking yards have hotline service. Granted, these trucks are a lot more common out west, but you shoudl be able to find one. How many miles were on your truck? The timing belt service interval is 105k miles.