Engine Swap !!!

[m79kaplan]

OK kids....this might be insane....but i was approached by a few friends in the industry ..... and they know i just bought the coupe.

They offered to pay for an engine swap (parts only)....if i were to go full bore and completely customize the car for their company's and use it at booths.

So...there is some research needed in terms of engine space, clearance, etc....but ill keep you all up to date

[TheBourneAltimatum]

wow! keep us posted w/ pic

[adidas2go]

nice. are you cool with never driving your new coupe again?

[m79kaplan]

haha....for starters if i decide to do this, ill get another car in addition to the coupe. Additionally, i have done 4 swaps previously (2 civics, 1 rsx type s, and my first 350Z) so i have some experience in it.

i havent made up my mind honestly though

nice. are you cool with never driving your new coupe again?

[JLAUDIO85]

crazyness...do u know what kind of engine??best of luck and i hope its worth it!! keep us posted

[m79kaplan]

i am looking at all possible outlets for the engine. I knwo the popular vote is a J-Spec new Skyline engine (not in the US yet), an older model Skyline engine (TT of course) , or possibly an SR

we shall see

crazyness...do u know what kind of engine??best of luck and i hope its worth it!! keep us posted

[TheBourneAltimatum]

i am looking at all possible outlets for the engine. I knwo the popular vote is a J-Spec new Skyline engine (not in the US yet), an older model Skyline engine (TT of course) , or possibly an SR

we shall see

why don't you do a fully built 2.5 QR?http://youtube.com/watch?v=ED-rsrtNryA

[mcheddadi]

why don't you do a fully built 2.5 QR?http://youtube.com/watch?v=ED-rsrtNryA

lol, because it's boooorrrrrrrrinnn rin rin rin rin! skyline engines are awesome, they can go up to 1000hp+

[TheBourneAltimatum]

lol, because it's boooorrrrrrrrinnn rin rin rin rin! skyline engines are awesome, they can go up to 1000hp+

yes but the skyline engine is made for AWD...only a FWD car engine can be swapped in. thats why i said why doesnt he do a fully built QR, something different. i am pretty sure with some good strong forged internals, they can slap on a huge turbo with at least 23lbs of boost

and yes its possible, there are a few first gen altimas that dyno almost 650 whp, the QR should be stronger

[Shift_Altima]

Can you somehow readjust the car to make the engine power the rear wheels or all the wheels?

[adidas2go]

It would be incredibly hard and cost tens of thousands.

[vballer22]

from my understanding, the 2.5 has very different internals than the 3.5. I know you most likely wont be driving this car, but even at that the 2.5 is by no means prepared to handle anything over 300 hp. if theres gonna be an engine swap, the only SAFE, if not REALISTIC thing to do would be to put it in a 3.5, and even then there would have to major modifications to the drivetrain. have they given you any specifics besides just the engine swap?

[Hussain]

actually, i was thinking about this the other day. the 2009 Nissan Murano is built on the "D" platform like the altima and both have the same engine and both have CVT so maybe someone could use the muranos rear and and drive shaft and custom fit it to the coupe? i know it's easier said then done but if someone has a lot of money and knows what they're doing, i'm sure they could work something out

[mcheddadi]

actually, i was thinking about this the other day. the 2009 Nissan Murano is built on the "D" platform like the altima and both have the same engine and both have CVT so maybe someone could use the muranos rear and and drive shaft and custom fit it to the coupe? i know it's easier said then done but if someone has a lot of money and knows what they're doing, i'm sure they could work something out

I was thinking, the EXACT same thing. They both have the same engine and platform. A RWD or simpler AWD altima coupe would likely be much easier by taking the ECU and transmission rear axle/transmission etc from a wreaked murano. 10 000 for the wreaked car 5 000 ~ 10 000 for the mounting and custom fabrication. and another 2000 ~ 4000 $ for custom ECU programming and rear differential etc...

a nice build for SEMA 2008 if anyone is interested

[spike228]

Do a transmission swap (RWD) and drop an LS1 in there.

[TheBourneAltimatum]

how bout drop in a JDM VQ25HR like the one in the fuga 250GT, and make it RWD . so it'll be a 250sx

[JLAUDIO85]

omg yea somehow get those new JDM Skyline engine and burrow Murano's RWD and call it 250sx you are genius that would be so sick

[JLAUDIO85]

i mean that 2.5L G35 from japan skyline