Formerly_94PathyMan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) Hey I was looking at engines today, don't need one or anything, mine has 217k on it and was just curious to see what I might be looking at down the road...Anyways, back to the question. Has anyone ever slapped a 3.5 in one a WD21? Or how bout the VG30E Turbo out of an 85-89 300? Just curious, cuz either one of those would be sweet. Edited April 2, 2009 by mzxtreme tweaking the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Depends on the maintenance. How often the timing belt was replaced, frequent tune ups, etc. I don't believe anyone has swapped a VG35 into a WD, and I don't think there would be enough room. I don't believe anyone has turbo'd a Pathfinder before either, if you did you would have to custom make some crazy ass fittings for a turbo to even fit anywhere in the engine compartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 your best bet for ease of transition would be to put a vg33 in there. and for a little more go install some new or re-conditoned vg30 cams in the vg33(the 33 cams were smaller) heads and all new lifters. you should see a minimum 10% improvement all all arround. and its the same block so no adapters needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastpath Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 does that 10% improvement include gas-milage btw? i know everyone cares about power gains, but to me cost of running the thing is important too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly_94PathyMan Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Yeah, looking back on it, kinda a stupid question. I just thought it would be sweet to have a turboed pathfinder, or take a supercharged 3.5 out of an xterrra and throw it in there, that would have been cool too. Anyways, I know of one I saw on Youtube about a turbo'd pathy, but their engine bay looked funny, and hard to work on. I thought about the supercharger, but again, hard to work on. So I scrapped it, I will stick with the VG30 for now, maybe rebuild it in the future and shave down the heads a mil or so to give a few more ponies without ruining the engine. I could always balance the thing out and port and polish too, but that is too much for someone like me. I just wanted to talk about something interesting, thanks for all the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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