shoult

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Okay, I've looked through all the threads I thought would contain anything about this.

I have been looking at buying a gen5 sometime in Feb 08. I've been leaning towards a 02-03 because of the extra 30+ ponies and also the extra gear in the manual.

A friend of mine just had his 03 totalled because of fire damage (house fire). The insurance is willing to let him buy back the car at an extremely good price. My buddy is willing to buy back the car if I pay for it. I'm almost positive his gearbox is okay (it is a HSLD unit). The engine is most likely okay internally, although the wiring harness is melted. The harder plastic peices like the MAF don't seem to be affected. In any case, the buy back price is so good that if only the transmission is good I think I come out ahead.

After all that, my question is, has anybody ever tried to mate a gen5.5 6spd to either a gen 4 or 5 3.0 liter engine? I know that with enough money applied ANYTHING can be done, but I'm not looking to shovel money into another project.

Issues that come to mind are;

Will the bellhousing bolt up to the 3.0 liter?
Is there a big difference in size between the 5spd and the 6spd?
Are there differences in the size of the Flywheel, clutch, pressure plate?
Will 5spd axles fit the 6spd or will I have to make a mish mash axle?
Are the transmission mounts anywhere near each other? Or will I have to fab up new mounts?
I think I remember one uses rod shifting linkage and one uses cable? So I'll have to either move the entire linkage assembly over or fab up some sort of adaptor.

The idea of a gen 4 or 5 6spd also appeals to me even if I have to give up 30 ponies to do it.

Also, it was late last night but didn't I read somewhere that someone had put a 3.5 liter into either a gen 4 or 5? If the engine turns out to be okay I might try to swap the entire drivetrain over.

Puppetmaster

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Should be similar to this:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=396124

SoonerFan

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you think you are the first person to think about this
maybe its been done and the info is already here......just maybe

shoult

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Thanks. That's EXACTLY the kind of help I needed. Looks like I'm going to have to buy the wreckage and store it/strip it until I find a cra to install it in.

shoult

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Yeah, I knew someone had probably already done it. But sure as heck couldn't find it. I've spent days looking through stuff and reaquainting myself with how this forum works. Lack of a useful search function and lots of broken links have made the task harder.

Some people like to help, others just want to flame....

Thanks

NmexMAX

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The only way it would be worth it IMO would be if you changed the 6th gear, and FD, like SR20DEN has.


MPG FTW

OOmaxSE

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It might even be easier than the 4th gens because you probably don't need to drill the tranny mounts on the frame.