Greetings, guys! I am technically a GM guy, the proud owner of a heavily modified 68 Camaro and a 99 Trans Am vert. I frequent camaros.net and ls1tech.net. I used to have an 89 Mazda RX-7 T-II which was heavily modified as well.
I am also a car dealer. I buy and sell used cars out of Miami, FL. Yesterday I acquired a Silver 2001 Maxima SE with the V6 with a clean Florida title. Normally I'd just retail this car to anyone out there, but there is something more to it - read on. My partner picked it up and mentioned something about a turbocharger. Not believing my partner, (as he can't tell the difference between a drive shaft and a piston rod) I was like, yeah, yeah, whatever.
Anyway, I flip open the hood and sure enough, a Vortech V-2 supercharger - it has the Stillen kit! This car is a total sleeper - stock exhaust, sounds stock, and then POW a V-6 with a supercharger under the hood! Being a "car guy" I was very excited. But the belt is not hooked up to the SC.
The guy who sold it to us mentioned that the belt broke, and that he just put in the stock belt - that he just converted it back to NA but left the supercharger installed. I think he got in trouble with the police and lost his license, and didn't want to be tempted with the speed.
It has an APEXi SACF II plugged in. I was going to spend the weekend getting my hands dirty and reinstalling the belt and making the supercharger work so I can retail it, but I figure that before I do that I'd give you enthusiasts a crack at buying it. It seems to have the stock Stillen pulley (I'll measure later), the FPU, extra fuel pump, and everything, it just needs a belt.
The car does have 150k miles on it, but I was told by the owner that he had the bottom end rebuilt at 110k when he had the SC installed (although he didn't have docs to prove this). He said the belt broke a few thousand miles ago. Manual trasmission - it has a short throw shifter. The car is very clean except the front bumper needs to be repainted - which I am having done this week. My mechanic looked it over and said everything looks good, but he'd have to charge me a bunch to change the belt, so I'm doing it myself. All body parts and wheels are stock (has the very large Nissan rims) - I figure the buyer can customize it and make it all "Fast and Furious" or leave it as a sleeper. Car has a CLEAN carfax history. None of the bolts on any of the panels or doors have been turned, and there is no evidence of any non factory paint, so as best I can tell, this car has never beem in an accident.
The car blue books at $5250 with that mileage with NO supercharger. I'll sell it as is for that price OBO with the SC and SAFC included. Keep in mind this is a $3500 kit and it has a $300 SAFC II computer, so basically this car is a STEAL. Once I get the S/C working (maybe this weekend?), that number goes up by a thousand. I'll take pictures within the next couple of days. Let me know if you are interested at that price so I can not start working on it. I can be reached at 786-262-2260. I'll deliver it within 100 miles of Miami (Naples, West Palm Beach, the Keys, OK) or I can have it shipped at your expense. If you guys are interested let me know soon, otherwise I'm wrenching it up, having the bumper painted and retailing it on EBAY or craigslist for $6500. The car has balls as it is, I'm going to hate to let it go after that SC is hooked up!
Ryan
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