what are these (HELP!) (pics)
12-23-2005, 05:01 PM
#10
the harness from the VE parts car runs to EVERYTHING in the car.... and at the moment we didnt have enough time to pull EVERYTHING so i am trying to do it this way.... god i hope it works! thanks for the props guys......i cant wait to drive the dam thing man! i am getting very anxious!
12-23-2005, 05:11 PM
#11
so there are only two VTC's?????? because i only see two... unless they are below the air intake manifold.... all i gotta figure out is where these wire up to because the VG didnt have VTC's.... hmmm
one more question.... the relay box on the VE's......on the passenger side right near the ABS thing what does FICD mean???
one more question.... the relay box on the VE's......on the passenger side right near the ABS thing what does FICD mean???
12-23-2005, 06:47 PM
#13
Yes there are only 2 VTC's
One for each head like previously stated
The part you have in the picture is only the VTC solenoid.. You have to take off the timing chain covers to see the actual VTC's themselves
Good job on the VE swap.. Once you get it all up and running you'll be thinking to yourself 'so this is what the Maxima.org guys have been sweating for years'
One for each head like previously stated
The part you have in the picture is only the VTC solenoid.. You have to take off the timing chain covers to see the actual VTC's themselves
Good job on the VE swap.. Once you get it all up and running you'll be thinking to yourself 'so this is what the Maxima.org guys have been sweating for years'
12-23-2005, 09:13 PM
#15
i have a chilton's manuel... and the online FSM....there arent to many diagrams in there though.....i am doing it by eye basically........some of the colors are the same..but some arent.....has been going pretty smooth so far.... i am doing alot tomorrow (x-mas eve) since it will be like 50 degrees and not freezing... so i can feel my fingers......if it isnt wired up corectly could i fry the ECU????? now all i need is wiring diagrams like this for the VG motor .
12-23-2005, 11:02 PM
#17
Originally Posted by vansskaterfreek
so there are only two VTC's?????? because i only see two... unless they are below the air intake manifold.... all i gotta figure out is where these wire up to because the VG didnt have VTC's.... hmmm
one more question.... the relay box on the VE's......on the passenger side right near the ABS thing what does FICD mean???
one more question.... the relay box on the VE's......on the passenger side right near the ABS thing what does FICD mean???
You are going to NEVER get this done if you dont have, or go get a wiring diagram. That and a FSM would do you wonders. Don't get me wrong, you have a ton more guts than I attempting this, but if I did I would get the referance material BEFORE I ripped into stuff.
12-24-2005, 07:48 AM
#20
Originally Posted by silvermax2k2
What are you hooking up? looks like a PITA to me. lol
Originally Posted by Hectic
dang man, good to see you got some pics up but wow... maybe you should have just grabbed a vg tranny good luck bro..
good luck bro..
12-24-2005, 07:55 AM
#21
Originally Posted by vansskaterfreek
well the story is that my VG tranny broke (160 HP motor's tranny)...so i am currently putting in the VE motor/tranny (190 HP motor)....most of the wiring is different...but if it doesnt work... i will be parting out my car...but i will be keeping the current interior (all custom made black).....hopefully it works, but if it doesnt i will be looking for a Black VE 5 speed! so i cam put the all black interior in it!
ahh... i see. Very cool. good luck with that! do you have any exp. doign this type of work? did you need to buy a new ecu and what not? how are you getting around... this looks like it will take a while to do.
12-24-2005, 08:04 AM
#22
well i am only 17 and i have NO experience with motors or anything........my parents drive me around 
...not too thrilled about that....the junk yard is only a mile from my house so its not bad.....didnt have an engine lift so i had to use a chain hoist (hung it from the tree).....i just pulled the ECU out of the junk car (it is a u-pull it junk yard).....they have pretty good prices out there...but dont have any cars newer than 96 and dont have anything that is worth $3,000 or more....but you get REALLY good deals there.. i got athe engine and tranny for $300, with 69k miles on it.. so not too bad i think... since i work ALOT the car has been off the road for about 4 months now!!!!!!!! (havent had a lot of time to finish it) but progress is going well....i am off today so i will be working on it until dark....hopefully it runs very well...i dont feel like parting it out...wish me luck!
...not too thrilled about that....the junk yard is only a mile from my house so its not bad.....didnt have an engine lift so i had to use a chain hoist (hung it from the tree).....i just pulled the ECU out of the junk car (it is a u-pull it junk yard).....they have pretty good prices out there...but dont have any cars newer than 96 and dont have anything that is worth $3,000 or more....but you get REALLY good deals there.. i got athe engine and tranny for $300, with 69k miles on it.. so not too bad i think... since i work ALOT the car has been off the road for about 4 months now!!!!!!!! (havent had a lot of time to finish it) but progress is going well....i am off today so i will be working on it until dark....hopefully it runs very well...i dont feel like parting it out...wish me luck!
12-24-2005, 02:00 PM
#23
damn, I didnt even realize your age. good for you man, you have more ***** then I do. but you may have to take a step back and ask yourself if it is worth it... you know? i know i couldn't go 4 months with out my car. but thats just me. 
good luck on everything, keep us updated... i am curious to see how it works out.
good luck on everything, keep us updated... i am curious to see how it works out.
12-24-2005, 02:22 PM
#24
Originally Posted by silvermax2k2
damn, I didnt even realize your age. good for you man, you have more ***** then I do. but you may have to take a step back and ask yourself if it is worth it... you know? i know i couldn't go 4 months with out my car. but thats just me.
good luck on everything, keep us updated... i am curious to see how it works out.
good luck on everything, keep us updated... i am curious to see how it works out.
12-24-2005, 02:58 PM
#26
I miss my VE
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Seems your moving along so far. Im surprised you decided to do this without much experience. But you have to be sure that you want this to work, because if you hit a big enough bump, I really doubt you will finish, and it will all just have been a waste of time. You definatly get props from my corner. Still think you shoulda brought along the 5spd, cause after all this, you'll still be stuck with the auto, right?
12-24-2005, 04:34 PM
#31
Everyone is making it seem more daunting than it is
You should have no problem pulling the whole wiring harness out and swapping it, then finding where it all goes just as long as you havent tried to cut and splice anything blindly (I cant really tell what you did though)
You should have no problem pulling the whole wiring harness out and swapping it, then finding where it all goes just as long as you havent tried to cut and splice anything blindly (I cant really tell what you did though)
12-24-2005, 04:39 PM
#32
well the day i was at the junk yard... i had to basically rip it out... so i had to cut it......that probably would have been the easiest thing to do.. but i would of had to take the whole dash apart and i just didnt have time that day.....so i am taking apart all of the old and new harnesses and basically combining them!!!!....so yeah i took the hard way......i wanted to buy the whole dam car but they wouldnt let me! so i was f-ed from day one!
12-27-2005, 04:18 PM
#34
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um you know that the main ecu harness could have just been unpluged pulled throught the firewall and reinstalled in your car, you pretty much screwed yourself buy cutting up the harness now you got to reconect a TON of wires and that leaves room for a TON of error since some of the colors are kinda hard to distinguis
not to discourage you but it doesnt sound like your on the level of getting somthing like this to work or you would have already had it working i mean it easy to just swap an engine but your doing somthing that no one else has ever done. its definitly possible but if you dont know what a VTC soleniod looks like your proboly not going to be able to wire up extra relays to power all the extra stuff the VE has like for instance the coil packs hell this job would proboly give craig a headache and he probobly has all the wireing diagrams memorized
not to discourage you but it doesnt sound like your on the level of getting somthing like this to work or you would have already had it working i mean it easy to just swap an engine but your doing somthing that no one else has ever done. its definitly possible but if you dont know what a VTC soleniod looks like your proboly not going to be able to wire up extra relays to power all the extra stuff the VE has like for instance the coil packs hell this job would proboly give craig a headache and he probobly has all the wireing diagrams memorized
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