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Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023
I used this kit to rebuild my 06 g35 vq35de rev up, I was very happy with it, price was good also. I expected cheap head gaskets due to the price of this kit but the ones in the kit looked really good and I ended up returning the oem ones and using the ones in the kit, one of the mounting holes in the head gasket that slides over the dowel in the head was too small and I had to take a carbide bit and enlarge it a bit. I did also need to get more stuff not included in this kit,-oil pump if it spun a bearing like mine, metal went through the pump, the rev up oil pump is stronger even if you have a non rev-up, I would still use a rev up oil pump. I also replaced my oil cooler for the same reason-Timing kit. Don’t cheap out on this, I went with a Cloyes kit, very good kit, was like 3 or 400$ I would highly recommend replacing your water pump also since your already doing the timing. I got an oem one from z1 because I definitely don’t want to redo it. I replaced my thermostat with an oem one as well, Iv had very bad experiences with the aftermarket onesIntake manifold gaskets. The lower intake manifold gaskets the kit came with were no good, the lowers leaking ever since installation. They whistled because air was leaking. I torqued them in sequence and to spec, and then redid it after they were leaking with no luck. I ordered a felpro kitOil cooler gasket was not in my kitRear main seal was not in my kitVVT solenoid gaskets, Didn’t come with the kit, couldn’t find them aftermarket so I got them from z1Ultra grey RTV, timing cover and oil pans use rtv sealant instead of a gasket, you will need it for the corners of the valve cover gaskets as wellHead bolts. You need to replace the head bolts after use, your supposed to replace the main bolts on the bottom end as well but I didn’t, I think if your cars a manual you need to replace the piston cap bolts also but I didn’t. I went with oem bolts from z1, I believe oem turbo juke bolts work too with some modifications and are stronger.Cam cap cover gaskets. I took off the caps on the timing cover and reused the old gaskets because they were not in the kit, they leaked so I got oem onesGallery gaskets, since it’s a vq35de your gallery gaskets are blown out, they’re sold with the timing cover from Nissan and I could not find de ones in the aftermarket except from z1 and like one other siteCam sensors, the o-ring on the cam sensors will definitely leak (if they’re not already)when you replace them. I used some generic o-rings from a assortment pack and they still leaked so I got them from my local Nissan dealer.I believe that was everything, I needed to get a piston ring compressor also. The kit had alot of the random little o rings in the kit which was cool, the pistons and rings seem to be pretty good quality, I don’t burn any oil at the moment which is good, I decided to replace my spark plugs also since I had everything apart, don’t forget about machine work, like I said earlier my engine spun a bearing so i had a bad crank and piston, I decided to take the crank shaft and a piston out of a wrecked g at the junkyard because I wanted to use the bearing that came with the kit, if you machine the crank and piston you will need oversized bearings. I also had the heads machined so I wouldn’t have any issues there. All and all I was about 2000 into my rebuild, rev ups were selling from 2-3500 for a low mileage used engine but I didn’t save as much as I thought I would doing the rebuild, but the engine runs great now, I babied it for the first 500miles and put in a magnetic drain plug, after 500 I changed the oil and have put about 3000 miles of hard driving and it hasn’t skipped a beat. Overall very happy with this rebuild kit
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