# would you put $12,000 into your engine??? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 5, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-put-12-000-into-your-engine/194576 "2008-01-05T14:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 30
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-put-12-000-into-your-engine/194576/30 "2008-01-06T18:05:57Z")
> [@Local Evo Crash](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-evo-crash/34226/11): > > whats up no link to it? sounds like it could be pretty badass if done right with an IRS. > if its just some tubbed out, live axle, drag racing POS it will suck, and you would be right to say the money would have been better spent on an evo or sti go to [www.myspeccv.com](http://www.myspeccv.com)…inside they have a thread about engine swaps… there is a link about the vq30tt swap. the guy doing the swap is travis. he is the 1st person to swap a vq35 into a sentra. he has done a lot of these swaps since, but this is the 1st vq30 anyone ever has done… i think its a wate of money because he does a turn-key vq35 swap for 5K$. that will give 225 whp or so, all motor. he also will build any vq35 over 400 whp for 10K$ total/including swap… so im confused on why he spent all that money on a older motor, and especially confused because the vq35 is a great motor. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/would-you-put-12-000-into-your-engine/194576)._