JamesRich

A few more question, How long to the offroad tires last on the road? What kind of maintenance does the chains need? My boulevard is shaft drive. How stable is a offroad bike on the highway? James

I was kind of looking at the honda XR650L. I want air cooled and a carburetor to keep it simple. I'm 6' and stay between 190 and 200. This will probably be more of a road bike with an off road option and I don't want to be short on power but I'm not looking for a race bike. If I wanted fast I'd just keep my boulevard 109, around here the only thing that can pass me is a sport bike. I'm mostly looking for good power so I don't get run over if I get on the interstate, good fuel mileage, and most important dependability! I don't want something I have to work on, that would take away from all the work I have to do on the pathfinder. I first thought honda because the little 250 recon 4 wheeler I have never has problem, I just wash it and ride it. Suzuki is out because the dealer here is a crook, I won't even buy an oil filter from him for my current bike. I read about the running hot problem with the honda and the claim is that honda runs them lean to meet emissions and if you richen them up a little they run much cooler. Any of y'all buds with hondas have experience with this? James

Anyone riding one? What brand? I like the fact that I could use one like my pathfinder, ride it to my hunting camp and go straight in the woods with it. Cant do that with my boulevard 109. James

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/compatibility-chart/B000LG1OH6/ref=au_pf_dp_chart?ie=UTF8&Make=Nissan|67&Model=Titan|2440&Year=2006|2006&carId=003 This is what I put on my truck. $320 with free shipping from amazon. I had to use a converter from a 94 because my truck had a longer one. Your right they don't list it on their site anymore. They must be discontinuing them. James

The government prefers sheeple but they don't mind chickens that remain quiet! James

I like magnaflow too but gibson makes a cat back setup for our trucks. I prefer to bolt stuff on myself than having to bring it to a shop. James

I was running a base timing of 15 on the TBI system. I'm running a 350 cfm holley which should be more than enough for a 3L motor. I'm not sure about the cost of the distributor, I didn't pay for this one. I have a MPI system ready to put on, modified wiring harness and all. With all the wiring I was concerned about it not being dependable and I have very little time to work on it. I use this truck for hunting and would not be happy if it left me 5 miles back in the woods! You can't beat the dependability of an old school carb and one wire distributor. I know it will always start. That Jim Connor racing setup was a VG30S intake, I have one of them too. It originally came from a car in saudi arabia that had a two stage two barrel carburetor. That's why the carb opening is lengthwise and you must mount a two barrel holley sideways. I didn't think the carb would have worked right sideways but if Jim Connor sold them for racing I guess they did. I'd be concerned about all the gas rushing to one side of the bowl when I'd step on it. I plan to try and make a four barrel adapter for it later and run a 390 cfm holley. I'm afraid it will end up with the carb sitting too high though. James

Yes this has been in the works since october last year. The gear on this distributor is from a used one I sent them. They were having trouble finding gears, did David find them a source for new gears? The VG loves timing! I'm running a base of 25 and it maxes just a little over 50. James

The power is much better but the fuel mileage is almost the same. 12 mpg in town and 17 mpg on the highway. I still have the crappy Y pipe with the experimental engineering headers. The pipe steps down from the 2 1/4 collector to the factory Y pipe really screwing up the flow. This crap was the best I could get done locally to get the truck rolling back when I put the headers on. I've finally located a guy that makes Y pipes for titans with mandrel bends and factory located flanges. I haven't called him yet to ask him to make one for the pathfinder but I don't see why he wouldn't. The only problem is he is a 4 hour drive one way from my home. We don't have any good muffler shops around here. I'm sure once I get the exhaust right it will really open up the potential of this setup. I don't know if it's the first mr510 intake on a pathfinder but it's definitely the first chevy HEI running on a nissan! I wish I could share this with David but he must still be pissed at me for not being happy about him selling me a pair of headers without the Y pipe like we discussed. I wasn't joking when I said I couldn't get a decent Y pipe made locally. I'm sure anyone in my situation would have been pissed but I didn't hold any grudges against him. By the way he won't talk to me now I guess he does hold a grudge. Anyway, I sent him an email with pics. Weather he reply's or not I just hope he has some intakes ready for in case other people want to buy some now. As for why, the fuel injection was shot! The motor ran smooth but hardly had enough power to get out of it's own way and the fuel mileage sucked too. I didn't see spending the money for fuel injection parts when the TBI setup wasn't that efficient to start with. I still have the cat on the truck and I bought a wide band setup that I will mount on the dash. First to tune the carb to where its burning it's cleanest then to monitor it after. Also guys like cool gauges in their vehicles! So don't worry B I'm probably polluting less now than with the old fuel injection system. Another good reason is it's almost EMP proof now! If we get a big pulse I should only need a new distributor module. A fuel injected vehilce will be a chicken coup after a large EMP pulse. Every good BOV needs to be EMP proof! James

http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/36016-carburetor-on-a-vg30/ I'm finished the test mileage on it and it's still perfect! You can't get any easier than a chevy HEI! James

The carburetor vs fuel injection discussion has always been an argument. Some people prefer fuel injection and some people like the simplicity of a carburetor. If you want to run a carburetor you can get a modified intake from vg30.com but you needed a saudi distributor to be able to keep it simple and have a vacuum advance. Well not anymore thanks to Performance Distributors! http://www.performancedistributors.com/ They built a chevy HEI distributor to fit a Nissan VG30 or VG33. I’ve been testing it for them and have close to 1K miles on it with no problems at all. There isn’t a more simple distributor to hook up, if you give it 12 volts and a ground it will spark while turning it in your hand. I’m also using a set of their live wires which look strong enough to use as a tow strap! They haven’t listed it on their web site yet but give them a call to let them know you want one! It is just a little bigger diameter than a factory distributor for port injection but it fits perfect with a driver side valve cover from a port injected vg30. I used a VG30.com intake and made a spacer with a tail to mount the throttle linkage on. I used a modified throttle bracket and cable from a chevy TBI engine. For fuel I bought a fuel pressure regulator made for the high pressure of fuel injection that has a return line to dump the extra pressure. I just connected the factory fuel lines to it and ran a hose to the carb. James

Yes I lubed them but my truck is always in water so it keeps washing the lube off I guess. I can spray them with some penetrating oil and keep them from squeaking for about a week then it comes back. Next time I'm going back with rubber. With the M/T tires it handles sloppy anyways. Poly bushing won't get that out! James

I give up on poly bushings! Between the upper control are bushings and sway bar bushings my old truck with all new parts sounds like a squeaky old piece of crap! I guess they would be fine if I never went in water but that's what this truck is for. James

I agree with Kingman. The proper way to test compression is with all the plugs out and the throttle held wide open so you have no restrictions at all. As long as they are all even and it runs good, roll it! James

What the hell is that! I don't think I would be standing that close. I do know some people I wouldn't mind pushing in there though! James

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That is cool! There are so many ways I could hurt myself with one like that. I have good health insurance though so it's all good! At least until obamacare kicks in! I wonder if it comes with a snorkel? Where I play it would sure need one! James

Yours does sound a little loud but my quest van has been making that sound since I replaced the belt over 50k miles back. Did you put a new tensioner? I would say it's not too tight if you could flex it 90 degrees. James

I've been running the castrol import multi vehicle oil in my wife's 01 nissan quest for years. almost 170K and it still shifts great. James

Would be a lot of work just to move the oil filter unless you were pulling the motor for some reason. Trying to change all that in the truck wouldn't be worth it to me. James

I have used walmart batteries in my wife's quest van. They last about 4 to 5 years. They always prorate mine but maybe this is a recent policy change. I would never have bought an autozone battery but my pathfinder came with a small one that looked old when I got it. three and a half years later it's still going strong even after going dead sitting for the few months waiting on the header Y pipe I never got. I'll have to try and find a date stamp on it. James

I agree about not driving the big truck to work if it's not needed so I leave my 12 mpg titan at home and drive my 12 mpg pathfinder to work instead. Hey wait that's not right! James

What did this do to your fuel mileage? James

So you work in a condom factory? James

If he would stop playing with the ball and put it in the hole he could make some money. No one ever got famous playing with the ball! James