Well things weren't fitting like I wanted to. I needed to move the engine back another couple of inches and the firewall was getting in the way.Pulled the dash, heater, A/c. After a little work with the cutting wheel I have plenty of clearance.This project is more interesting that I thought it was going to be

You know I hardly used the hammer or hacksaw. It's a shame they ended up in the picture. Pretty much all the cutting was done by an angle grinder with a cutting blade on it. It was like a knife through butter but with lots of sparks. Wife watched the interior for fires just to be sure. No fires only smoke from the sound deading.

It's a VQ30DE. The one I have is from a 2000 maxima. I expect to hook a 6speed manual from a 350z to it. With any luck the trans will be here saturday. I wanted to go with the VQ35DE but they are in short supply right now. Maybe next time.

The motor I have chosen is really light. It is aluminum heads, block, oil pan and lower intake. The upper intake is plastic. My brother and I lifted it up together (without the Alternator, ps, A/C). It has coil on plug ignition a variable intake and dual overhead cams. Power is a little on the light side (222HP 217ft-lbs torque as installed with cats etc.). I could always mod it a bit after it has been proven to fit. Price was right so I had to try the swap with this engine.I actually have been having a good time with the swap so far.

Well I originally wanted to put in a Infinity V-8 but it wouldn't fit without sticking wayyy out of the hood. Decided to go with a nissan V-6. I know it's the V-8 forum but I didn't see a place for V-6's. Clearances seem like big problems. The subframe and steering rack. It's hard to believe you guys are getting V-8's in there.Anybody else have clearance issues? What about ground clearance? After seeing the engine sitting in there she thinks all the V-8 stuff is made up and wants to see one in person.