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Good day everyone, one morning I was on market place and found a VG33ER forsale for a decent price and for a and was a good few hours drive but I picked it up with no prior intention of swapping my pathfinder. The swap is pretty straightforward along as you have all the parts from an ER to swap. It is also 02 Xterra ECU swapped on the original body and engine harness. The pulley is swapped now as of writing to the 4x4parts 2.4 quick change pulley on the stock SCB cut off. It makes a significantly more amount of power than before and is absolutely worth it if you can afford the premium gas. ALTHOUGH, it seems the MPG has been improved since the swap at least at partial throttle which is pretty cool. It's also running factoy R50 airbox with all original sensors. Here's what was swapped Lower intake Injectors Fuel rails (minor differences) Supercharger Spark plugs Spark plug wires Thermostat 180 to 170 AC tensioner only NOT alternator Belts Crank pulley Water and ps pulley NOT alt ECU and plug Pas side valve cover (only for PCV valve) To swap the ECU most of the pins are in the same locations how ever not all. you WILL have to solder a larger pin on the orange IACV wire and to make the SCB safety work you can reuse and replumb the map/baro switch as the SCB and it works the same. All valves, sensors and anything else are original 97 pathfinder. You will have to run different length belts for all 3 now that the V belt is deleted, the crank and water pump are different size and the super charger belt needs to be a 5 rib and shorter unless you swap the AC comp. Cruise even works too! It drives incredible and I could not be more happy with the result. before the pulley it feels like a more peppy VQ but after the pulley it pulls harder than one for sure. When I dump the clutch I'm always first off the line even to the diesel guys that book it off the light (i'm looking at you Dodge owners) and it seems to run cooler than my friends bone stock X since mine has a hole in the hood and gets good cooling. Thanks. Donor engine in back of my r50 On floor after getting it home repinning the ECU plugs Cleaning Radiator shows up Installing charger and intake *borart voice* VERY NICEEE

Hell yeah dude! Good to see you got it going.

well goo deallll. i wanted to make a jumper from harness to harness but depinning it may be the route. may have to start looking for some extra parts now lol

First drive this morning into work with the KA. It is stronger everywhere except I would say low down torque. It sounds and goes way better overall. Very happy, I should have done this years ago!

I had same issue with my QX4. As soon as I hit 50mph, I would get that groaning vibration through the floor. It was less noticeable after 65mph-70mph. Breaking, coasting, hard lefts and rights... no change. I then switched from 2WD to "auto" and it went away as long as I was accelerating. If I let off the gas, it came back. I got under it and checked driveshafts for play, front one had some play in it. Replaced u-joints, did not solve issue. Replaced trans mount because it was shot... no change. When I replaced both front CV axles and wheel bearings, it was smooth as glass again... I know I am a year late but.... for anyone else having the same problem..