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Old 08-30-2008, 12:29 AM   #1761
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even with low miles i'd never dream of paying that for any stock 3rd gen (even a Org-member maintained turbo'd modded 3rd gen won't get but maybe $5000)

think about it this way. My grandpa's spare car is a 1984 Olds Cutlass Supreme 3.8L 2bbl with 60500 miles, original. It's the worst car I've ever driven (except my friend's probe haha. poor thing). The reason is because it was sitting around and all the rubber dry-rotted, the antifreeze congealed in the coolant passages, the gaskets receded, and the headliner is falling off, the steering wheel cracked, the tires are dry-rotted, the brake rotors are warped so you can't stop the damn thing smoothly, and it's an overall piece of crap. You want to buy a car that was driven at least twice a week, and at least 10 miles in a trip. No 1mile trips, no months on end without cranking. Low miles are worse for old cars than medium or high miles as long as the fluids were changed on time. (Esp tranny fluid in a VG auto). It makes like freaking 80HP cuz it's so messed up, makes nasty ticking sounds (lifters? rockers? ionno.. it's a pushrod motor), tranny shifts like crap, burns oil (leaky valve cover gaskets dripping onto exhaust manifold), cruise control doesn't work, half the electrical doesn't work, damn thing stalls between 1 and 5% throttle... have to stomp it to get away from a light w/o stalling, or pulse the pedal if you wanna move along slowly... drifts HARD to the right (that's my fault for hopping a tall curb in it when i was learning how to drive when i was 15 haha... bent something ), etc. You see what I mean?

Now the test drive will tell part of the story... if it runs great, pulls hard, turns well and shifts well, then I guess it's OK if you think it's OK. but definitely get it checked for bushing rot, fluid leaks, fluid color/levels, etc.
but it is from a nissan dealer so it should have the nissan checks right?
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but it is from a nissan dealer so it should have the nissan checks right?
So you found a 3rd gen at a Nissan dealer? Hmmm. Well dealers are not always honest when it comes to trying to make a used car seem more valuable than it really is. But a dealer will always change out the fluids and stuff for you if you demand that they do so (or perhaps already done as standard practice, along with detailing it). Dealers usually only resell immaculate cars, regardless of age. So if it testdrives good an all the fluids are nice and bright, and the mileage seems correct (as per the carfax) then I guess it's a good car.... I don't know about the price though. Considering that it hasn't been driven much then it might have $5000 of maintenance-free life in it, but then again you could have still had the bushings dry-rot and dealers won't replace that stuff unless the car drifts b/c of it and you complain "i won't buy it unless you fix the drifting problem"
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hi, i was just checking out a 3rd gen maxima for sale from an older gent and it was a vq but it had a red head.
Is this normal for the vq engines or has it been repainted he has had it about 15 years
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hi, i was just checking out a 3rd gen maxima for sale from an older gent and it was a vq but it had a red head.
Is this normal for the vq engines or has it been repainted he has had it about 15 years
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I HAVE A 91 MAXI,IV ALREADY REPLACED THE INJECTORS ONCE WHEN I 1ST GOT IT,BUT ONLY 1 HAS WENT OUT THIS TIME,WHICH DOESNT MATTER SHOULD REPLACE ALL AT ONCE SENSE YOUR ALREADY IN THERE,ANYWAY DONT GET ON HERE MUCH, WORK TO MUCH.AND DONT KNOW IF THIS IS THE CORRECT PLACE TO POST THIS BUT ,WTB SIX INJECTORS IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING...PLEASE...THX
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I HAVE A 91 MAXI,IV ALREADY REPLACED THE INJECTORS ONCE WHEN I 1ST GOT IT,BUT ONLY 1 HAS WENT OUT THIS TIME,WHICH DOESNT MATTER SHOULD REPLACE ALL AT ONCE SENSE YOUR ALREADY IN THERE,ANYWAY DONT GET ON HERE MUCH, WORK TO MUCH.AND DONT KNOW IF THIS IS THE CORRECT PLACE TO POST THIS BUT ,WTB SIX INJECTORS IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING...PLEASE...THX
if you have already bought injectors for it once, you should now know not to be too cheap on it. check the other injectors (ohm test, search!) and any that are out of spec, buy new.
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about how many quarts of oil do we need to fill for an oil change? thanks
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94gxe injector/fuel pressure questions

Hey guys, noob here

I recently had 2 fuel injectors changed by my mechanic to help with rough running. I assume they put new fuel injectors in as my receipt doesnt say anything about rebuilt ones.
Anyway, the car runs smooth now most of the time. However, it will occasionally stall even while accelerating. When I try to start the car it will stall over and over for 10 minutes or so, then will start running fine again. I took it into the shop and they looked at it for upwards of a week. Finally they told me it was the fuel pump that was bad causing low fuel pressure. I had that changed and a new fuel filter put in.
Unfortunately after I got the car back the problem persisted. Strangely It only happens to me at night or in the morning, but it is erratic(live in houston summer temps 90+ during the day).
Any help would be really great as I am pretty sure my mechanics don't know what to do with it.
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even with low miles i'd never dream of paying that for any stock 3rd gen (even a Org-member maintained turbo'd modded 3rd gen won't get but maybe $5000)

think about it this way. My grandpa's spare car is a 1984 Olds Cutlass Supreme 3.8L 2bbl with 60500 miles, original. It's the worst car I've ever driven (except my friend's probe haha. poor thing). The reason is because it was sitting around and all the rubber dry-rotted, the antifreeze congealed in the coolant passages, the gaskets receded, and the headliner is falling off, the steering wheel cracked, the tires are dry-rotted, the brake rotors are warped so you can't stop the damn thing smoothly, and it's an overall piece of crap. You want to buy a car that was driven at least twice a week, and at least 10 miles in a trip. No 1mile trips, no months on end without cranking. Low miles are worse for old cars than medium or high miles as long as the fluids were changed on time. (Esp tranny fluid in a VG auto). It makes like freaking 80HP cuz it's so messed up, makes nasty ticking sounds (lifters? rockers? ionno.. it's a pushrod motor), tranny shifts like crap, burns oil (leaky valve cover gaskets dripping onto exhaust manifold), cruise control doesn't work, half the electrical doesn't work, damn thing stalls between 1 and 5% throttle... have to stomp it to get away from a light w/o stalling, or pulse the pedal if you wanna move along slowly... drifts HARD to the right (that's my fault for hopping a tall curb in it when i was learning how to drive when i was 15 haha... bent something ), etc. You see what I mean?

Now the test drive will tell part of the story... if it runs great, pulls hard, turns well and shifts well, then I guess it's OK if you think it's OK. but definitely get it checked for bushing rot, fluid leaks, fluid color/levels, etc.
Thanks for the insight. Im definitely going to get it checked out and try to lower the price if it turns out that its in good condition. My budget is low and i just cant find any other cars under $10,000 that i like.
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Thanks for the insight. Im definitely going to get it checked out and try to lower the price if it turns out that its in good condition. My budget is low and i just cant find any other cars under $10,000 that i like.
if your budget is 10k USD, then you have alot of choices.
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are those cars roomy inside..? im 6'6 so it kinda narrows my choices when only lookin at cars.
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are those cars roomy inside..? im 6'6 so it kinda narrows my choices when only lookin at cars.
so is my brother, he just learned to lean the seat back.
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If you want to go that route, the 1993 Honda Accord Intake Kit ALSO works very well on VE's. Because if you have a saw-zaw or even a hacksaw, just make a 90 degree bend out of the S-Pipe they give you and run that below the headlight and into the fender, then just use the other pipe that goes from the MAF to the headlight. Only problem is that you have to use your stock Mid-Pipe, but all you have to do is take the resonator off and plug the bottom hole with a PVC cap upside down and cram it in there so the top sits flush with the resonator walls. It's virtually invisible and is effective, though I still want to get a mid-pipe made out of aluminum, I guess I could make one.

Also, if you're trying to go cheap on the VG30E CAI and don't want to buy Pacesetter or Warpspeed or whoever makes them, the 1993 Accord Intake Kit + 90 degree bend is the best solution. The 92-94 Intake will require a LOT of cutting in on the wheel well and IMO looks worse.
so its the 93 accord cold air intake kits right? and the custom bend shouldn't be that hard of a hassle?
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are those cars roomy inside..? im 6'6 so it kinda narrows my choices when only lookin at cars.
yeah if your tall you wanna buy a 3rd gen its the original 4 door sports car

the pricce is a couple thousand too high u should be able to find a better deal then 5000 (i bought mine for 1500) but the VG is a very reliable engine the rest of the 10k could be enough to completely restore the car and add a few performance mods.

the main weakness with the VG is the timing belt make sure that was replaced recently
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new member, site is awsome, i have a question about an engine swap, would an after market 3.5 swap into a gen3 what about a 6sp from an altima, could anyother nissian/infinti engine swap into the gen 3 engine bay. a 3.7 or an vg30de thanks.
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new member, site is awsome, i have a question about an engine swap, would an after market 3.5 swap into a gen3 what about a 6sp from an altima, could anyother nissian/infinti engine swap into the gen 3 engine bay. a 3.7 or an vg30de thanks.
3.5 swap was done by ONE person who bailed and never proved it worked. VGDE will never work cuz it's too big. 3.7 hasn't been tried yet and will be of equal difficulty to the VQ30/35 swap. Altima 6spd won't just bolt into onto any normal 3rd gen maxima engine.
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so i ran out of gas in my 91 maxima.
got some gas fot it. and it didnt start.
towed it home. changed fuel filter, spark plugs & wires.
still nothing. before this happened. it had been running a little rough.
like i had a bad injector. would this make it so my car wouldnt start at all?
any help is apprectiated. thanks.
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so i ran out of gas in my 91 maxima.
got some gas fot it. and it didnt start.
towed it home. changed fuel filter, spark plugs & wires.
still nothing. before this happened. it had been running a little rough.
like i had a bad injector. would this make it so my car wouldnt start at all?
any help is apprectiated. thanks.
have you verified that you are still getting spark (maybe ignition coil or power transistor died?). Have you verified that the injectors are spraying (hook multimeter to one of the injector's harnesses to see if the ECU is sending a signal)
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3.5 swap was done by ONE person who bailed and never proved it worked. VGDE will never work cuz it's too big. 3.7 hasn't been tried yet and will be of equal difficulty to the VQ30/35 swap. Altima 6spd won't just bolt into onto any normal 3rd gen maxima engine.
thanks for writing back, names brian nice to meet you. let me just summarize that the 3.5 does swap, but still no physcial proof to it on this site. ok. next question would the pathfinder 4.o liter piston set carry over to the 3.5

also what about the spec v qr25de, would that drivetrain swap into a gen three engine and transmission, do you know if the spec v has factory nav.

and so far to date your saying no attempt on the hr and vhr, but its possible.
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have you verified that you are still getting spark (maybe ignition coil or power transistor died?). Have you verified that the injectors are spraying (hook multimeter to one of the injector's harnesses to see if the ECU is sending a signal)

we took off the distributor cap and he said the crank isnt turning. said it would be a pain in the ass to fix. damnit man.
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