Kevin's VQ35 Cam Build

[VQpwrdSpeC]

Originally Posted by essential1

I'm always out there. That meet is cancled for good now though. Now it's just the thursday meets at the Hooters on palm beach lakes blvd. right off I95. It's an organized meet by the guys at bizspeed. http://www.bizspeed.net/

Yea I know those guys, we used to have a meet at a chinese restuarant around forrest hill. I havent been able to make it up to the Hooters meet yet...

[essential1]

Originally Posted by VQpwrdSpeC

Yea I know those guys, we used to have a meet at a chinese restuarant around forrest hill. I havent been able to make it up to the Hooters meet yet...

Yea, that's tony's restaurant. He's the asian guy that drives the red G35c. You should stop into my store sometime if your in the area. I'm at the advance auto on forest hill and military.

[streetzlegend]

Hey im wondering, How do you have the fuel setup done? Will this engine be stayin n/a? reason I ask is because there are a few options as to how to go about the fuel rail. Wanted to know how your doing it, I still dont know how to go about that for my turbo 3.5

[Kgkeen101]

Originally Posted by streetzlegend

Hey im wondering, How do you have the fuel setup done? Will this engine be stayin n/a? reason I ask is because there are a few options as to how to go about the fuel rail. Wanted to know how your doing it, I still dont know how to go about that for my turbo 3.5

Yes it will be staying NA.

[VQpwrdSpeC]

Originally Posted by essential1

Yea, that's tony's restaurant. He's the asian guy that drives the red G35c. You should stop into my store sometime if your in the area. I'm at the advance auto on forest hill and military.

Heh I work for Autozone part-time off of hypoluxo

Kevin, any word about that shop?

[turbok2x]

where can i find info on vq powered sentra's and how to swap??

[pmohr]

Originally Posted by turbok2x

where can i find info on vq powered sentra's and how to swap??

Google?

http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Also check out the Sentra forums, there's a lot of good info just waiting for you to search for it.

[TurboS13Hatch]

Glad to see you taking your project to the next level..

Kevin's car was one of our original VQ swaps, years ago.. and, still going strong!

Good luck, and you/chris hit me up if you need help.

Travis

[yogi b]

if you are thinking of doing the vq/sentra swap yourself
here are listed component parts and swap kits
http://myspecv.com/f/t168074-vq-swap...rice-list.html

[wirelessdude04]

oooo i like

[Kgkeen101]

Finally the rest of it arrived in the mail.





ACL Race Rod Bearings, ACL Race Main Bearings, Thrust Washers, Wiseco Piston 11:1 High Comp 96MM (.20over), Eagle H Beam Rods & ARP Rod Bolts

[yogi b]

Originally Posted by Kgkeen101

My wife and I made a mutual decision to have a local performance shop do the work. I'm busy working on a project with my company and just doing it yourself isn't work it with the deal we found locally to have it done. The shop is Premiere Performance in Pembroke Pines and Nigel will be doing the build. He's a Nissan guro.

Aaron at NWP Engineering with be doing the headwork and intake manifold work for this build.

Finally the rest of it arrived in the mail.





ACL Race Rod Bearings, ACL Race Main Bearings, Thrust Washers, Wiseco Piston 11:1 High Comp 96MM (.20over), Eagle H Beam Rods & ARP Rod Bolts

looking good
hows the short block coming?
this going to fly

i have about 6000 miles and over 60 track runs with pretty much the same set up.
no engine probs at all

i imagine you are getting impatient
they seem to take forever
but, then its suddenly done, and you will enjoy it for years to come

enjoy it

[Kgkeen101]

Originally Posted by yogi b

looking good
hows the short block coming?
this going to fly

i have about 6000 miles and over 60 track runs with pretty much the same set up.
no engine probs at all

i imagine you are getting impatient
they seem to take forever
but, then its suddenly done, and you will enjoy it for years to come

enjoy it

Yeah I don't mind waiting, the headwork is the main thing that takes the longest. That's a 3 week wait. And then the rest will be done within days of getting the heads back, the block will be done within a few days too.

[yogi b]

how are you doing?
should be close

i finally did some damage at the track
not bad i hope still in the disassembly stage

[Kgkeen101]

Originally Posted by yogi b

how are you doing?
should be close

i finally did some damage at the track
not bad i hope still in the disassembly stage

I was thinking when you melted a plug, maybe if you get the nismo or 350z thermostat that won't happen again? ya it is close I still have to get the tuning done, but I think should be done soon.

[yogi b]

I’m thinking of running the nismo 145* thermostat
And maybe a better radiatior

The real prob was too much timing advance for the heat [0ver 100* and humid]
Should have used unleaded race gas too

I switched to iridium plugs one heat range colder
and added some Amsoil octane booster
Looking for an e85 gas station here too

hard lessons
thankfully learned

can't wait to see ,and hear your beast
i think you will love it

its a different car, again. lol

[Kgkeen101]

gotcha, well i'll keep ya posted on my project

[Kgkeen101]

Just wanted to post the ported heads.

[Kgkeen101]

Here's what the flowbench numbers of my head work is.

Stock - 188.8 @ .200"
281.2 @ .500"

Ported - 228.9 @ .200"
318.7 @ .500"

About a 37.5 CFM gain, which should be around 50hp on the top end and you can see there 40.1 CFM gain on the low. So if each CFM = around 1.4 HP you can see that the headwork alone will post around a 50hp increase

[Kgkeen101]

Posted a full update on page 1 of thread on all the parts etc. ! Car comes back next week sometime. Will break in new motor with a road trip to Orlando, and then we will standalone tune it.

[NiZMo1o1]

what standalone are you going with it ?

I dont mean to burst anyone bubbles but I havent heard anything postive about premeire from the guys Ive talk to.

I hope this isnt the case and hope you have your motor up and running.

[TurboS13Hatch]

Kevin.. did they knick the edge of the valve guide? (The left one in this pic)



Looks about the same as the heads that I did for Barry..

Travis

[Kgkeen101]

Premiere is very reputable, my friend is Nigel's cousin so he's hookin me up, the pictures kind of blurry anyways so it's hard to see the work but figured I'd throw it up there anyways. And Travis, no they didn't.

[Kgkeen101]

I haven't decided yet on which tuning but probably Haltech or Pro Efi. I'm still talking to tuners down here, Nigel isn't tuning the car. I just stopped by the machinist yesterday and checked out everything, they said it's all done and good to go, paid in full, now it's back to the shop and will up and running next week.

[NiZMo1o1]

Originally Posted by Kgkeen101

I haven't decided yet on which tuning but probably Haltech or Pro Efi. I'm still talking to tuners down here, Nigel isn't tuning the car. I just stopped by the machinist yesterday and checked out everything, they said it's all done and good to go, paid in full, now it's back to the shop and will up and running next week.

A buddy of mine is selling a Pro EFI for a z33 ,

Not sure if you heard of our standalone either
http://www.emeraldm3d.com/em_m3dk.html

We have a customer with a VQ S14 that is wired up to the Standalone as well.

I heard Roger at Japtrix is pretty good with the VQs

I would give my buddy Crispeed ,( if its a haltech) or Steven @ Wrighttouch

PM me if you need their #'s

As for the nigel thing, I guess its a 50/50 , I went with school with MTR Manic , He has never done me wrong but Ive heard other stories.

Again Im not bashing on anyone nor bias because I work at a shop.

your project is looking good, not sure if you know Aaron is doing a mini meet on the 29th next week in WPB.

I hope to have my car back to make it out there so maybe we will cross paths

[Kgkeen101]

I shopped Japtrix first to get pricing etc. and they were going to charge me a lot more for the work... I've seen many cars from Nigel, and Jeff guy who sells coil overs on the sentra forums (Majormods) has seen many builds from Nigel too. You sure you're thinking of the same Nigel? He was in New York before, I mean I've seen some sick builds out of his shop, RB26DET swaps into G35s and whatnot, my swap is really simple compared to what he has done. He's also the guy with the 1000hp 240SX RB26DET.

Larry who is the machinist for the build also knows Nigel and that he does good work also. As far as the tuning I've found leaning towards Pro Efi cause of the pricing I can get on it. Thanks for the offer though. Everyone involved with the build is either highly recommended or very reputable here locally. The person I had for the headwork was highly recommended based on Larry at South Florida Crank, who is also the machinist who is recommended by Japtrix, All Jap Cars, Nigel etc. as one of the best around.

[Kgkeen101]

As far as the Pro Efi, which model Pro Efi is he selling and how much? I'm going to use the Pro Efi with a different harness to wire it up, once I get the car back I'll be working on getting it wired to tune, so depending on the price I may be interested but I already am working with somebody giving me a good deal. Let me know thanks.

[Kgkeen101]

I snatched a few pictures of the heads before they are going in to be reassembled. Was the last change to show the work



Stock VS C2 Grind, you tell me who wins??

[Kgkeen101]

Intake side shots





Exhaust side shots



And just the valves cleaned up here and resurfaced. Had no time to try and show the Serdi Angle cuts, and I'm not sure the camera would be able to pick it up if I did anyways.

[Kgkeen101]

Close up here of the inside of the intake valves, tried to show you how clean it looks





Well goodbye heads, and there's the block getting assembled.





More to come once I get the car back this week!

[yogi b]

looking beautiful
Woot!

[VQpwrdSpeC]

[NiZMo1o1]

beastly !! PM me about the specs of the cams and cost.

They are regrinds correct ?

[nismology]

Originally Posted by NiZMo1o1

beastly !! PM me about the specs of the cams and cost.

They are regrinds correct ?

http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/cus...asp?PartID=461
http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/wol...INCL_REVUP.pdf


They are made using factory blanks, as with all other JWT cams.

[nismology]

Looks like it's coming together well. Quick question though...why's the inner timing cover on before the heads?

[NiZMo1o1]

Originally Posted by nismology

http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/cus...asp?PartID=461
http://www.jimwolftechnology.com/wol...INCL_REVUP.pdf


They are made using factory blanks, as with all other JWT cams.

Damn I must have miss the JWT part, I thought he had a local shop down here that does regrind cams locally.

in that case nevermind on the specs and cost

[Kgkeen101]

Originally Posted by nismology

Looks like it's coming together well. Quick question though...why's the inner timing cover on before the heads?

Don't know he has his own way of doing things, I just saw a few other VQs in the shop the other day. To each his own.

[Kgkeen101]

Car is back, untuned, driveable just need an idle adjustment bad for the cams! Sounds deep though and nice. I'll post some pics and try to get a video. It's moving along very smoothly, motor feels like butter with the balancing. After the break in miles (which I'm not rushing since I'm full time working) I will be getting the tuning done in 3-4weeks ish. Can't wait to rip her wide open!

[CMax03]

Nice!! Wish I'd done my 03 Maxima VQ35....

[yogi b]

hold on when you do.
lol
nothing like the feel of a "built" motor. yeah!

we have to compare idle lope's