its been a while since ive been on the forums. when my car started going downhill several thousand miles ago (started ticking), i kinda became displeased with it and started not taking care of it... i know, i know ...

but at 107k the motor is gone and i have decided to replace it and have fallen back in love. i cant wait, i would love to have been able to afford a new engine but i found a good deal on a '04 vq35 w/ 17k on it. i will have it shipped next week and hopefully have it put in soon after.

other than the engine the car is still in great shape...dirty as hell but that is a easy fix, i still have all my detailing equipment. and a few months ago i needed tires bad and this guy up the street just happen to have some 05 g35 18's in great shape laying around with the Michelin pilots w/ 95% tread(btw those tire suck ***). he sold them to me for $250... i couldn't believe it but they look great.



so who else has replaced the motor out of warranty? how did it go? and since im keeping my old engine maybe in the future actually dump some money in this car once i get this credit card payed off

 

oh damn eric, that is too bad, but glad you are getting back into it!!! my body has a few door dings, scratches, and not really any original paint left on it. lol but she's mechanically a trooper! 75k and the 03 tranny

 

haha thats great. i still have the 03 tranny but a 07 3rd gear.lol. still no one can figure out how i broke a solid gear into 2 spinning parts...oops... and goodluck. at about 75k mine started the "tick." you still in memphis?

 

I love the VQ but I think if my motor went out I might consider options of other motors... Hmmm... RB maybe, ?

 

Stage 1 long block for me, but i want 200k out of my first motor

 

Glad to hear you are back into it. I don't think I can ever let my Z go. If my motor went out though, i would build a motor..

 

i have just over 105k on my '04 and it still runs like a champ ...but it definitely needs a facelift. it's been keyed twice and my superblack paint is needing a refresher

 

i would have loved to, but at the moment money and time is an option. its my DD. but now i have a whole long block that will be sitting here that i can send off at anytime to have it done right.

 

yup, I would definatly keep the old block and build it for TT!!

 

^hell yes!