Q50 Q60 vr30 transmission options 

Just wanted to chime in with my experience with the 7AT in my 2016 V37 Red Sport awd. This is my 5th Infiniti vehicle owned, I'm a huge fan of supporting mods first. My first two bolt ons were a solid transmission mount from Drop Bear Performance LLC. I had no idea how much torque i was losing due to the flexing of the OEM mount. My follow up bolt on was a transmission cooler. I sourced a cooler kit from a regional company out of Florida, and i also installed a trans temp gauge. With my cooler install i opted to bypass the oem fluid path, which routes through the radiator, and instead directly into the cooler. I thought this was the best route to take, i was wrong. It's started to cool off big time coming into the fall, i live just south of Atlanta. Last week i started the car to get her warmed up. My trans temp was quite low to have been idling for almost ten minutes. First grade was slipping, but i took it easy and got the temp up to nominal range. So on Saturday i decided to remove the aux cooler from the trans fluid path all together and route the fluid back to the oem path, and decided to keep my temp gauge just to see what kind of fluctuations i would see in the oem fluid path. I learned a lot about the powertrain in the last 72 hours. My first mistake was the size of the cooler, i believe it is at least a 19 row single pass tube and fin type, second mistake was the size of the lines going into the cooler, they were -10AN far to large, considering the oem lines are 8-9mm I.D. The wildcard for my data logging is the ambient temperatures since it's now fall and we barely saw 60+° highs over the weekend. The temps ranged from 173° doing 80+mph in 4th gear in Sport+ to right around 193° at idle sitting in the drive through. In the summer i expect temps to fluctuate very radically. So with $400 wasted on the cooler kit, i decided to build my own kit. I'm waiting on it to be delivered. I decided to go with Mishimoto, i opted for a 10 row fluid cooler with -6AN lines. It's smaller, won't obstruct the oem oil cooler or the cooling stack behind it, and the -6AN lines are almost the same I.D. as the oem cooler lines. I also plan on installing it in tandem. Hopefully some enthusiasts will read this post before they make a costly investment that is unnecessary, like i did. @look.its.squirrel

Bro You should give info on body kits. Like the wide body kit and the black s body kit

In addition to me needing turbos I also need a new transmission...level 10 will be my pick. That's another 5k on top of what I told you previously 😅

I also have several Nissan built performance auto videos on my channel

Pure Transmissions are actually the best, I’ve heard waaaay to many negative press and issues with Level10

Would love if Nissan would put the new 9 speed in the last iteration of the q50/q60. Most people don’t realize that the 7speed and now the new 9 speed from Nissan share some design with Mercedes Benz transmission. That’s why whenever Mercedes comes out with a new transmission, Nissan eventually gets the same configuration. Would upgrade my G to the Q if they changed that 7 speed to 9

Nice info dude! (former Q50 owner here, still love all Q's) I agree I think the 7AT holds up fairly well especially 2016+ VR30 models. From what I have read they use a much larger torque converter than older VQ cars. I gotta say the biggest thing I wish was possible was dedicated transmission software for the 7AT. In the German tuning space you have XHP for BMW (offers various levels of support for increased output) same thing VW/Audi there are plenty of options for TCU/DSG tunes with really impressive features that can be tailored to the individuals taste. Transmission logic is dramatically improved, faster shift points, increased clutch clamping pressure, launch control etc. The transmission is the only thing standing in my way of getting back into the Infiniti/Nissan world. Can it hold to respectable power levels? in my opinion yes.. but once you get used to that immediate response out of the paddles and that satisfying ignition cut on upshifts you just cant go back. I'm sure you have noticed a difference with the new C63 Mercedes. Cheers man! keep up the great content

Superchargering my Q50 3.7 , I do need that upgraded level 10 Trans right

Consistent boost we’ve been getting nothing but bangers after bangers 🔥🔥🔥

3.7 guys can use the 3.0 trans just a few bolts don't ling up Md the drive shaft I'd to long .... As for the awd 3.7 guys the drive shaft is about 1/2 short... There's a dude on face book grouper who make the space for the wad swap spacer to make up the 1/2in

In the process of getting an 2018 Q50 RS from a stage 1 A7. Found your vids during my search of videos on the car and love the consistent content! Keep it up!

If only the CVT had that support lol jk

Dailyq50 has lvl 10 in his

ive heard people had issues with level 10 transmissions, i was probably gonna go for ipt built transmissions

I hate that orange room . But the funny thing I have a orange room to that I hate everyday

Infinity corrected the turbo failure problem in the 2018 model and up, but the 2016 to 2017 had turbo failure problems. Some people say that the standard 2016 turbos are OK until you modify them but at a certain point maybe 100,000 miles or less you have to replace the turbos. Yours being a 2017 model how are you dealing with this issue especially since your car is modified?

Hey Boost, it would be really nice if you could help us AWD VQ Q50 owners with swapping the VR30 7AT in. I'm currently in a terrible predicament where I am soon to receive shipment of my supercharger kit which I'll be installing, except I cannot bare the thought of doing this whole project without swapping the transmission for the newer VR. I know how to do quite literally every single thing required for the swap except for front and rear driveshaft compatibility. Basically nobody on the internet will help me with this one thing. Again, I'm not asking anything in regards to any of the other requirements for the swap, I already understand them and I am fully capable of doing it all. What I really need to know is if there is a spacer for the front shaft available for sale somewhere; and who or where makes the necessary aftermarket rear driveshaft. Because obviously the front driveshaft will be too short and the rear driveshaft will be too long. I really need some help on this.

i just want a Q50 that can hit 200

Its such a good trans because its developed by Mercedes and were but in some early amgs

Please tell me they didn't use a CVT.. My Altima CVT failed

My question is, are all the vr30 transmissions the same? If so why one is rated higher toque than the other?

I thought this was gonna be a manual swap video lol

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How about with the Z1 turbos?

Just blew my vq37 q50 transmission, thinking of swappingnit with a vr30 one

Why did my 2015 Infiniti Q50 valve body go out at 73,000

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What the 7AT really needs is a tune.... I know with the older cars you could change transmission parameters with Ecutek I think but that went away for the Q

level 10 is trash

Your videos are getting better and better. Keep up the fire 🔥🔥🔥

Can you cd009 swap them ???

As a long time subscriber I feel like you're constantly ignoring your VQ viewers, you could've included the fact that the transmission in the VR30 cars make great replacements for the older or failing transmissions in VQ cars. I honestly don't know if it's worth watching your vids anymore.

still no manual swaps available?