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  1. Some pics from my last trip out in August with a mate in his lifted Forester
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  2. I love it more and more everyday. Come a long way thats for sure. Sent from my SM-S737TL using Tapatalk
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  3. Don't forget motor mounts. You don't need anything special, but don't assume that your originals will be worth reusing.
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  4. You only need to change the pulley if you change the VG33 to a V-belt configuration. The Quest/Villager uses a serpentine belt. If you stick with the 33 balancer and multi rib belts, the Quest pulley is fine. It has an extra rib, but that won't affect anything.
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  5. No, I put the 3.0 distributor in. My ECU is the stock unit my 93 had from the factory and it was easier to use the distributor the ECU was set up for. The 3.0 dropped into the 3.3 just fine. I simply used the best parts of both wiring harnesses to build one that worked for me. I don't know if the older style connectors would fit the injectors in the 3.3 or not, just that in my case the injector harness was in rough shape in my original 93 3.0. I left the 3.3 lower manifold and injector rails in the engine and swapped the upper. I did replace all the hoses while I had the engines out and swapping parts around.
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  6. First-gen ('99-'04) V6 Xterras should have what you're after. Not sure on the cams, I think most people re-use the cams from the VG30 they're taking out. May or may not be an option depending on the condition of yours. The stock ECU should run the 3.3 just fine. Use the 3.0 intake, it's already got your idle controls, injectors, and TPS on it. I think most guys reuse the stock wiring in its entirety (with the exception of the charge wire if you're doing the Quest alt), though having fumbled with Bosch clips on the side of the road with a pocket knife, I can see the appeal of using something else. Nissan Nut has a pretty good writeup on his website for Quest alts. +1 for doing all the engine work you can with the engine out! I did a few seals on a friend's Chevy recently while we had the engine out and man was that nice compared to the usual "up to my armpits in the La Brea Tar Pits" experience of working on that pig. Was there a fitment issue with the 3.0 dizzy or did you just like the integrated coil design better?
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  7. As for the accessories, there isn't a lot of difference. The power steering pump is any of the Frontier/Xterras that has the 3.3. for all I know, the 3.0 might even work with just a pulley swap. I originally had a Quest alternator on my 3.0, but I had to swap the pulley and shim it if I recall correctly and fab a new tensioner bracket to make it fit the 3.0. I wound up using the original pulley and the Frontier brackets when I changed to the 3.3. the alternator from an early to mid 90's Quest is what I used. Mercury Villager is the same critter, just picked from what I found in my local salvage yard. With the cams, hard to say. Only reason to swap the is the 3.3 cams are slightly milder. They won't make a huge difference, the 3.3 I have is running the stock ones. Nissan upgraded the injector plugs with the 3.3, and got rid of the annoying Bosch style clips. I think I just unwrapped the sub harnesses of my old engine and new one. Then I pulled the pins from the plugs that connect to the main and swapped the plugs. Then I rewrapped the harness. I believe I switched out the distributor and coil wires and plugs since the distributors are different. The 3.3 has the coil internal to the distributor while the 3.0 is external. If I could figure out how to post photos, I can take some pictures of my setup and share. When the hood is open, only an old Nissan guy can tell that the engine is different. The right valve cover has the extended filler neck, the belts are flat, and the oil filter is moved from the right side to the front. Other than that, it looks like any other VG30. Even says so on the intake plenum. I think the hardest part is to physically remove and install the engine in the truck. The space is tight and I believe you have to drop the front diff if you don't have a 3" body lift like I do. I have no regrets for that lift, it has made so many other things easier to do. #6 spark plug is not too bad anymore.
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  8. I forgot that I swapped the oil pan, but that was a minor operation while I had the engine out. Oddly, the stock exhaust manifolds were direct bolt on the mounting holes are already large enough for the 10mm studs the 3.3 uses, makes it strange that the 3.0 used 8mm. The nice thing about using the Frontier/Xterra accessories and brackets is that the Quest/Villager alternator is a bolt-in swap. Well worth the $20 spent at the salvage yard. Upgraded from the stock 60 amp alt to a 110 amp alternator. Just upgraded the charging cable between the alternator and battery a couple years later when I noticed it was struggling to supply power when I was jump-starting a diesel pickup. As I said, power steering pump was leaking and needed replacement anyway. The a/c compressor had died a couple years before the engine and I still haven't replaced it due to having other things to spend money on. I did look into it and it was going to cost me about $60 to have a couple of custom hoses made. I prefer the flat multi rib belts since they have better grip with less tension, that leads to better life. And having the oil filter out front makes it so much easier and cleaner to do oil changes. I hated the filter location on the 3.0 so much I had a remote filter system on my truck.
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  9. Surrounded by Toyota’s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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