I have an 06m35x. Should i just get another vqde, or if i get a new ecu, can i put the vq35hr motor in there. I know it'll fit in there for sure, but is the main structure identical? Will it mount in fine with the stock mounts and connect to my headers and everything?

 

nope

 

Please be more specific

 

with enough work but if you mean it is a direct bolt in and ecu swap then like stated above nope

 

how much more work is it? It serms like it's such a better engine from the de. What else will i need besides a new ecu?

 

there's a company that is working on creating a harness to make this possible

 

a guy in a maxima forum did it... I think he was a fifth gen.

 

I have plenty of room, i think i can buy a used vq35hr that comes with the ecu. Mounting brackets i can buy. I dont see how much more work is needed? They use it with the same 5sp tranny. I really dont want to put in an old de back in there

 

Call Frank at Hill's Garage in MD. He can explain it for you. When my 04 Coupe's engine died I wanted an HR but he talked me out of it for potential oil consumption issues with used motors as well as the fitment issues.

 

Your looking at a hr motor, engine harness, standalone and stock ecu to control the car. Honestly you might be better off putting in a de, take to extra cash you'll save and trade it in for a hr

 

Not true, a company by the name of Zfever already did it.
Zfever will do all the wiring for you
Yes and no, as i mentioned above a comany called zfever already put an HR in a 05 g35 coupe he needed the engine harness, dash harness, HR ECU, motor and tranny. Now im making it sound easier than it is it took them 3 solid days of wiring to convert everything over ive already priced out the swap your looking at about 5500 bucks for parts and labor and thats without the price to actually drop the motor and tranny in. I was going to do it but when i saw how much it cost versus the power youl get its just not worth it im just going to build the block and boost it.

 

That's who I was referring to but with pricing its all worthless lol

 

Yea i really wanted to do it i even called them and they want like 2k just for the wiring job.

 

Wiring for something like this is very intensive, most people can't just "figure it out" to make it work

 

Personally I don't see the point of a motor swap less it's to install something that you couldn't get in the body style. But you maybe able to install a hr, swap the intake and sensors and run it asthou it's a de. Not sure if that's worth the trouble either but