“I’m going to attack that a different way. By ignoring it.” Story of my life right there lol

@stinky817

Жыл бұрын

Me too. My wife hates it

@Duken4evr29

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a plan. Sometimes it is better to not rush in - I have had a good run of procrastination paying as of late 😆

@disgruntledfaerie

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, but sometimes creative inaction is really the way forward. Can't wrap your head around a problem? Distract yourself doing something else and it's surprising how often the answer will come to you. Brains are funny. Pizza cam.

I actually flipped my 08 350z VQ35HR back in 2012. Now one of the cars I own is an 08 G35S HR at 216k miles its tuned and my wife enjoys driving it. Thank you GOD for letting me survive that crash.

@ezdeezytube

4 ай бұрын

You kept your guardian angel on their toes! Glad you are here still posting.

Judging by the plugs, it ran well on it's final trip!

@Mastr-Tech

Жыл бұрын

It’s always running great before it blows up.

@hdrenginedevelopment7507

Жыл бұрын

That engine has all the signs of good maintenance and a healthy amount of Italian tuneup. The windage from frequent high rpm keeps the oil deposits from building up, running a high quality synthetic oil doesn't sludge and varnish very easily, the intake ports have a nice healthy fuel washdown pattern, the back of the intake valves are clean, and the dry areas of the ports have minimal buildup. It would have been interesting to see how the rings looked as far as how clean or fouled the grooves and oil rings were, as hard driving tends to keep them relatively clean as well.

@-BuddyGuy

Жыл бұрын

@@hdrenginedevelopment7507 I can confirm that it's impossible to own a HR and not redline it regularly

Is it just me, or is that sound of high- torque fasteners being cracked off lovely?!!

@TheSleepyMechanic0524

7 ай бұрын

Late to comment… but yes. The sounds of the pneumatic tools sped up sound crazy cool

@bewildered5444

7 ай бұрын

@@TheSleepyMechanic0524 Love engines. I ride bikes and the thought of having to ride a 2 wheeled milk float fills me with dread.

@gclow71

Ай бұрын

I wonder why each head bolt sounds like it cracks twice when loosening with the breaker bar? One as it starts to move and then one more time like 1/2 a turn in?

Makes me wonder if it was a fatal wreck. Cool Viddy. Oh, and because YOU asked, I want to see a Mitsu Mirage 3 cyl teardown. Peace.

@Backroad_Junkie

Жыл бұрын

Well, thank goodness we never see the other side of the firewall, lol...

@brianjay692

Жыл бұрын

I used to work for an old body repair man who dealt with salvage rebuilds. I asked him one time how he handled dealing with the blood and other signs of human suffering, thinking I would get an answer about how he handled his emotions. Instead he just replied: “Vinegar and a garden hose.”

@nickd.4512

Жыл бұрын

@@brianjay692 well hes not wrong, i used to haul copart auction cars that all had biohazard tags allnover them.

@dougrobinson8602

Жыл бұрын

Considering the damage to the bellhousing, I'd say that engine was halfway into the passenger compartment. If anyone survived, they must consider themself or selves very fortunate.

@cyrusdavis9302

Жыл бұрын

Double autopsy

I always wondered what they meant by a 7/8 cam. Now I know! And I love it when Eric removes the bolts from a destroyed part (like this head) in the proper order so as not to warp it.

@calyodelphi124

Жыл бұрын

Always do it the right way, even when you know it's pointless to do, because keeping that good habit and attention to detail carries through to the rest of your work. :)

@mrz80

Жыл бұрын

Good work habits

@johnstreet797

Жыл бұрын

good habits are good

Those harbor freight breaker bars have certainly held up well for the dollars spent. Earned their keep!

I honestly thought BLUE was going to be a lot busier today. Great tear down. Congrats on the new addition to your family

It wasnt the vq37vhr teardown that i wanted to see but its damn near the same engine lol. I appreciate your channel and these vids that you do man, especially when you throw parts out of frame and here them tumble hahahaha. Keep these tear downs coming man im learning alot from you and them.

@jackguzman6939

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing when i saw the thumbnail😭

Interesting to see inside the variable cam mechanism and just how many degrees this thing can move! I didn't know it was so much.

At first I was VERY disappointed that you did not upload a video last night. Watching the teardown on Saturday night has become part of my Saturday night routine. That said, I know that RL is way more important and this video was worth the wait.

I think the point to take here is if you don't change your oil, you get variable length rods and piston mcnuggets. If you do change your oil, you get them newfangled cracked cams and a nifty timing cover access port. That's why I don't use Amsoil. Instead I use Nozoil. Because no oil = no problems!

@thatkyledude1093

Жыл бұрын

This comment. So true, but so wrong. But so agreeable

@infiniteblaz3416

6 ай бұрын

LOL

You could reuse the tty bolts as the collision squished the bolts back to new length

Being able to salvage a good short block out of that pile was super fortunate!

Hell yeah. 2pm in scotland. Thank you Eric

@christopherweise438

Жыл бұрын

Yea.....All of a sudden I thought it was Saturday night instead of Sunday morning here in the states.

@therealdojj

Жыл бұрын

Was waiting up all last night too 🤣

I truly enjoy your videos. You do an excellent job describing everything that you do, and you have a wonderful sense of humor.

I haven't watched every single one, but at least 30 of your teardowns and this is my favorite one, the Marauder being a close 2nd. Anybody can run an engine hot or dry of oil and mash the pedal until it breaks but this, this is a special kind of carnage.

Who would want that short block, many many people! Not much to get that engine making noise again. As always thanks for sharing, cheers mate.

Never seen a clutch and flywheel come off before the Bell

At 14:12 I was convinced you were about to invent the first ever “wood cannon” launch into outer space. But getting the crank bolt loose was a good silver medal bonus.

Small note that oil filter is larger than oem size. So this guy took care in his motor.

34:13 Honestly surprised you didn't throw in a "That's what she said". You're slippin!

I have seen that type of damage from vehicles that were thrown around in a tornado.

@yeahitskimmel

Жыл бұрын

The way the trans is damaged looks to me like the vehicle was traveling way faster than it could be blown around

@c0c0asauce

Жыл бұрын

@@yeahitskimmel I said I have seen it because I have personally seen it. Cars have been thrown miles by tornados. The last big tornado that hit my area had a wind speed of 210mph. The last tornado that hit my house had a wind speed of 301mph. There isn't enough mud packed into this engine for it to have been in a tornado but the level of damage is similar.

@rmp5s

Жыл бұрын

@@c0c0asauce Dear God...where tf do you live? In the Wizard of Oz?

@CaptainSpadaro

Жыл бұрын

@@rmp5s Probably in the Midwest.

@c0c0asauce

Жыл бұрын

@@rmp5s Ooooooklahoma where the wind blows real damn hard.

Those loose pieces of the oil pan are actually ancillary pieces of the oil pan.

Makes me tear up knowing another Z car is off the road. Every Z ever made was a great cat to drive.

@silver1407

9 ай бұрын

I love driving cats.

@user-lp7dd7dz9m

9 ай бұрын

Are they still making them?

@TheRealCCSmith

9 ай бұрын

@@user-lp7dd7dz9m yeah? 2024 Nissan Z at your local car dealer.

@Crosbie85

8 ай бұрын

Same with everything on the z chassis long live Nissan 🫡

@infiniteblaz3416

8 ай бұрын

@@TheRealCCSmithAssuming you can find one. This motor specifically came out of the 350Z and the number of them still on the road are dropping because of kids doing dumb $hit to them.

Thank you!! Loved seeing what my dream car’s engine looks like! Hope we never have to tear into it but at least now we have a little insight. Love even more that I watch these videos with the hubby ❤ #proudowner 2004 Fairlady Z

This was a fun teardown. I'm guessing that the driver of that car had a pretty bad time from looking at the destruction from an impact..... on the driver's side, at high speed. If that engine came from DIY Pete, it likely took a WHOLE lots more abuse from his yelling at it before sending it to you. Minnie might have blessed it though ;-) Looking forward to your next one.

I was amazed it had exhaust headers instead of manifolds

This part loon pretty good! *chucks it at the wall* Gets me every time. I still want to see a Northstar V8

Best one in quite a while Eric. Always happy to watch an oil starvation or hydrolock, but crashes and car fires are not run of the mill. Lookig forward to the next unusual one...

As mangled as that engine was, it makes me wonder if the driver is still alive. That must've been a high speed impact

@Grooove_e

Жыл бұрын

It'd be a miracle, when the trans broke it had three places to go either down into the ground, side ways into the frame rails, or up through the thin body panels and into the interior of the vehicle....

@lovelessissimo

Жыл бұрын

It takes quite a bit to kill someone in a frontal impact. Like, way more than this.

@justsumguy2u

Жыл бұрын

@@lovelessissimo No it doesn't----just the force from a high speed impact alone can break someone's neck and kill them instantly.

@lovelessissimo

Жыл бұрын

@@justsumguy2u maybe in cars from 30 years ago. Nowadays with crumple zones, air bags, head rests, stretching seatbelts, and the fact that its lateral movement that breaks vertebrae and severs the spinal cord, the odds of survival in a frontal collision are very high. Fatal injuries due to frontal collisions are typically incurred due to internal bleeding, which can happen, but it takes enough force to overcome the other safety systems. And that much force would annihilate the engine compartment. Now, a side collision is another matter. It doesn't take much of that to kill someone.

@tomhanna2714

Жыл бұрын

@@lovelessissimo I gotta admit this all seems so ghoulish and macabre. Unfortunately for me, it's all too real. I saw 2 kids killed in a 350Z in 2008 right in my rearview mirror. - Driver (who had been drinking) was speeding and rounded an S curve in town, went wide, driver jerked the wheel, overcorrected, the car slewed right then left and sailed across the center median, just missing me and T-boning itself sideways into a brand new Tundra behind me. Estimated impact speed about 130mph (Tundra 50mph+350Z about 80mph). Tundra was crushed to the firewall, its occupants sustained only minor injuries. The passenger in the Z had no chance, DRT. Driver was DOA at the hospital. It was a terrible thing to see happen, and I'll never forget it as long as I live. Modern cars are tremendously well engineered, but physics is still physics.

It would be interesting to find all of the parts for a given engine build, where absolutely every part came broken from another engine. Build one complete engine where literally everything is broken. Make it an art piece. Put a thick pane of glass on top and use it as a table.

@MacPoop

Жыл бұрын

If it's all broken how does it assemble together??

@TiagoSC

Жыл бұрын

@@MacPoop op is probably thinking about bent rods, bent valves, fucked up cranks and journals, scratched cams, broken chains, anyway, all that good stuff

@MacPoop

Жыл бұрын

@@TiagoSC So basically the 2022 version of "good used engine" 😁🤣

@TiagoSC

Жыл бұрын

@@MacPoop mild driven, barely broken in, grocery getter, never saw 3k rpm. NO LOW BALLERS, I KNOW WHAT I HAVE. Mileage: 768.435

@MacPoop

Жыл бұрын

@@TiagoSC 2009, $14,600 FIRM

Always love it when you say "that part looks pretty good" and then it crashes into the floor.

@edifyguy

Жыл бұрын

There are parts which are never reused (at least in the first world) because they are inexpensive wear parts which are very difficult to replace, hence not worth the labor to install a reused part.

That was an awesome teardown. Thanks.

Another fantastic video, Eric.

You know you're getting famous when people have a real effed up engine like this, and they think of you, lol... Good luck with your new video machine. 😁 Edit: And props to Pete! 👍

Cool teardown, hopefully that nissan NV has the VK56VD for the next tear down. I really want to see that engine opened up.

You did it, I asked for a VQ35 and you DELIVERED. You're special and I love you. And we patiently await the I DO RC CARS for the new youngin lol

Usually you are taking apart engines that are destroyed from the inside, this one was destroyed from the outside! I pray for the person in that car!!!

Never seen impact damage like this before, wow! Why is it, when you are ripping an engine for parts, the exhaust manifold bolts all come out? You are working on one you are keeping and the things snap off.

Keep taking these apart. So entertaining.

“I’m going to tackle this problem in a different way…by ignoring it.” Another great Eric-ism.

What? You want to stop the crank from turning? Well, son, open an extra inspection port in the engine block, and throw in some piston McNuggets. You DID save some from last time, right? 🤣😆😅

I'm thinking the driver woke up holding a bent harp and smoldering toga , Saint Peter stepped around his podium and pulled out a fire extinguisher for good measure

Yes, total destruction Hope you got your editing stuff sorted for next week too 👍

Another interesting video. Thank you. I hope you find an editor and they do as good as you do. Congratulations on the baby 😊

“Paging Dr Blue, paging Dr Blue….. you’re needed at the fly wheel“

Love my HR these are incredible motors. I have abused mine/maintained it for over 5 years now. FBO tune 301whp 😁

Eric, great video on the destroyed engine. Would love to see a tear down on the Nissan 2.5 that’s been used for around 20 years. As always, Thank you for what you do!

@trssho91

Жыл бұрын

I’ve had a few QRs, including in a spec v I have now. I’d also enjoy seeing a QR tear down.

Thank you so much for doing this engine! I learned a lot!

Eric, I enjoy your videos immensely. I have recommended them to many people.

For a moment I thought we wouldn't get a chain guide thrown across the shop, also, nice water pump spike there.

Nice job tearing the engine apart Eric . Great video. Big Al.

Stopping the crank for harmonic change. I use a trick my uncle showed me, i know not the best method. But remove plug and go to tdc on c1. 1/2 rotation on crank, feed about 6-8" of some 1/4" rope thru plug hole, clothes line works great. Intake valve will close, then continue spinning crank. The rope will stop piston without metal to metal contact. Turn back for removal. Helps for changing valve seals without pulling heads too.

First off, congrats on the new addition to the family!! Secondly, there some counter pieces there or make a coffee table out of it. Almost wonder if a train hit it. Always love you vids and sense of humor to go with it!

“Strategically” 😂😂😂😂😂

I think you have a lot more Nissan fans than you think would love to see a yq37hr vid to compare these two. Maybe one that wasn’t driven by your average 350z owner

The VQ engine family is legendary. Won awards for so many years straight. And is so buttery smooth. I had the variant below this one on my Altima. It was so much fun to drive. Plenty of power. Reliable engine.

@KrymiaMusic

Жыл бұрын

One of the best engines in the game paired with one of the worst transmission unfortunately

@leosthrivwithautism

Жыл бұрын

@@KrymiaMusic couldn’t have said it better. Having had several altimas in my past I can say from experience I did not like the first version of the cvt. The revised version drove better but still wasn’t smooth. Now the non cvts where average at best. But I agree with you. Was never a fan of Nissan transmissions.

@KrymiaMusic

Жыл бұрын

@@leosthrivwithautism the transmission problems started after the “reno merger” when the french came in. Before that, bullet proof and performance machines

@leosthrivwithautism

Жыл бұрын

@@KrymiaMusic heck didn’t know that much. Haha. But good to know. I guess it was why my older Nissans where way better than the newer ones I had. I had owned Nissans for over 8 years and just realized the quality progressively getting worse. But was never sure why. Guess this answers it. 👍🏼

@user-ic8of2bk1d

4 ай бұрын

Same story with our 2010 Altima SR. Engine ran great, CVT blew up at 125K, and it ate alternators and batteries about once a year.

This engine reminds me of an ambulance the yard I work for bought a few years back, it had a low output version of a duramax with a 4L80E behind it. It bumped into something and bent the torque converter. (yes you read that correctly) The torque converter neck being bent bound it over the input shaft of the transmission, 2 or 3 of the original 6 torque converter bolts were still holding on (heads popped off the other bolts) to the stamped drive plate (which was bent like potato chip) but still bolted to the crank. This drive plate being separate from the cast flywheel on a duramax, which in this case was in pieces. Were it not for what you just read the transmission likely would've been ejected, and all that was required to separate the engine from the trans was cutting the steel drive plate with the torch around the converter bolts through the convenient user installed access gap between the engine and trans.

Looks like the aftermath of the typical oil gallery gasket failure these engines and the early VQ37VHR engines were prone to having...

Another great teardown video. Thanks

If you can keep an eye out for a Subaru EZ36. The largest flat-6 they made. It would be very interesting to see it apart.

watching you tear this engine up really makes me appreciate how much stronger Hondas motors are.

Now I’m curious too see what the car looked like

It'll probably be next to impossible to get but a VC-T nissan engine would be very very interesting to see torn down.

That Pete guy, he's something else.

Well if it was a fatal accident if you put parts from this engine on your current car, legend has it you will start to see images of the folks that departed over time. So beware. :) Kind of like that Airplane crash in the 70's that happened in Florida. Funny thing about that is that many many people were not believed in what they witnessed, but the airline when ahead and removed every single part they had re-used from the crashed plane. Think about that for a minute. :) Thank you for the video

During the video I actually got a Nissan ad, "Thrillology." 🤣🤣🤣

Save the wiring someone might need the plug ends that aren't damaged.. like throtle body, coil and good side of varible timing. Car probably hit a pole as its very isolated spot of damage

ooo yay. Is le new video. Definitely far later than you'd normally post, but that's fine by me. Since a video of good content is still a video worth watching whenever i get the chance :D

I cant stand knowing a VQ whether a 35 or 40 has failed. Because these motors are built SUPER TOUGH. So it must take a lot to kill one. And Nissans greatest feat for a mass produced motor will always be the VQ series in my opinion. Edit: The reason i am so confident in these motors is because i bought an 06 Xterra with 236,000 miles. After SMOD, and 3,000 miles and 1 Winter later, it developed the oh so annoying CHATTER. Well, i drove the X like this up until 322,600 miles. It just got to be so loud in drive thrus that i HAD to replace the Timing Components. And upon Front Cover Removal, i had ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO timing chain tension. The guides were destroyed and all 3 tensioners were collapsed. But this engine kept running non stop. The chain was so loose it chewed a 1/4" valley into the rear timing cover and oil gallery plate. No misfire, no failure and no timing jumped. Now i want all readers who are mechanically inclined to think about that for a moment. NO CHAIN TENSION? And running it at 5500 RPMs a lot to pass? And this engine is STILL running good? How?!?!?!?!

While watching this video YT was kind enough to play a lengthy Nissan commercial 🤣

My favorite part is when he cams the crack caps!

I appreciate the intelligent remarks. A nice alternative to some KZreadrs.

Great video, really liked the sped up parts through the boring stuff, well done. And “thats in really good condition” -SLINGS 😂😂

great video. While I'm sorry not to see the carnage, I'm glad you get a good, sellable short block out of it. We're all better off when good parts are used again.

I have not ever tore down a modern engine, and I have never seen a water pump mounted inside the timing chain cover. It would be an expensive nightmare to change out the water pump on that engine, and a complete disaster just waiting to happen.

Now this is a video for me. I've had 3 VQ35/VQ37. I'm in the process of buying an 06 G to match my first an original I use to own.

This poor thing had a really bad time wow 😬 Thanks for the video!

A square block of wood wedged into the block has always been my goto when dealing with a stuck crankpulley bolt. Never fails!

this is insane amounts of damage holy crap... did the driver walk away from this crash??

I think we can all agree, donating a meme engine for you to tear down is going to have a pretty high level of expectation now.

"Sometimes, you just gotta be extra gentle with it." That's called "Brute Finesse".

The VQ35 is still of the best NA V6s ever made. IMO, smoother than the VQ37.

I always enjoy your videos

Technique i got from an experienced retired mechanic to get a crank bolt off without an impact is to take the heads off or at just one and shove some rope in one of the cylinders and put the head back on and can take a breaker bar to the bolt and the engine wont turn all the over. Used it once and it worked great, and the rope is soft enough so it wont damage anything. time consuming taking the head off, on, and then back off but if that's all you got then it works great.

25:50 - maybe the best part of this video (and there are a lot of good ones).

"OMG, the dipstick!!". Love your vids, Eric.

Only a few minutes in and it already feels special to me... I'm watching this sitting in the garage next to my HR roadster. It revved to 7,500 multiple times this weekend again. 65K miles. I feel weird watching this.

@jacquesc3166

Жыл бұрын

Alright I'm 38 in now I feel really good. It's a tank.

Whenever I replace a water pump these days for some reason I'm compelled to throw the old one on the ground

Love how he gingerly takes care of the serpentine belt 🤣

love ur channel

Thanks for doing a VQ!

Very interesting teardown.

Interesting tear down 👍.

First time I've seen an engine that was in good condition, and only destroyed from pure mechanical damage because of a wreck. I wonder how fast they were going and what they hit, it's obvious there was quite a bit of force involved.

Another great tear down. Still hoping for a Northstar engine.

Great tear down

Block of wood did the trick, now your a carpenter as well !

This guy does great work