Nissan VQ engine

Nissan VQ engine
VQ35DE engine in a Nissan 350Z
Overview
ManufacturerNissan (Nissan Machinery)
Production1994–present
Layout
Configuration60° V6
Displacement2.0L
2.4L
2.5L
3.0L
3.5L
3.7L
3.8L
4.0L
Cylinder block materialAluminium
Cylinder head materialAluminium
ValvetrainDOHC 4 valves x cyl. with VVT
Chronology
PredecessorNissan VE engine
Nissan VG engine
V6 ESL engine
SuccessorNissan VR engine

The VQ is a family of V6 automobile petrol engines developed by Nissan and produced in displacements varying from 2.0 L to 4.0 L. Designed to replace the VG series, the all-aluminium 4-valve per cylinder DOHC design debuted with Nissan's EGI/ECCS sequential multi-point fuel injection (MPFI) system. Changes from the VG engine include switching to a timing chain from a timing belt, and relocating the water pump from the outside of the engine to inside the timing cover where the pump is driven by the timing chain. Later versions featured various improvements, such as variable valve timing, and NEO-Di designated VQ engines replace MPFI with direct fuel injection.

The VQ series engine was honored in a record 14-straight selections by Ward's 10 Best Engines from the list's inception until 2008.[1]

  1. ^ Nissan VQ Among Crowded V-6 Field, wardsauto.com, October 12, 2015