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Has n eone here used energy suspension bushings?? i thats what i have in my UCA's and there is a hug differnce in the way my pathy rides..but i also did the swaybar ones which lifts where the swaybar mounts so it becomes stiffer ride.. n e ways just a thought/FYI...

i had always had a thing for rancho...bummer... but about the Calmini's UCA's do they allow you to crank up the torsion bar more w/o them hitting the shock? cause i sliced open a rancho shock with the stock UCA's and i hear other people have done the same...

dang, ur right.. lol.. welp i'm going to start looking for another pathy then and swapout parts ...but into the the i have now.. i'll i'll swap out the engine later... basically i'll have the new/used appathy in the one i have now.. i have just been with this white 90 pathy since i was 5 years old..lol so it' has alot of sentimental value too i have always liked this thing for some reason.. but yes instead of hunting for parts i'm just going to get another one.. i diddn't realize how cheap an old one was...

it's just that my current tranny has never had n e problems and i don't want to get another one that maybe has problems. besides i'm going to put low gears in the t-case so i'm going to have it appart ne ways. y not take a extra few bolts off and just use teh same tranny. i'm just one of those kids that always wants to know how stuff works i love working on stuff and i am very patient and determined. Even if it is a IFS when i get it done i'll have learned alot. it's also a self satisfaction thing.. i just wanna do it. when i was at the dealer the other day asking for pics of stuff i had asked how much a t-case was...just for kicks.....i don't know if ur ready for this....$3200...lol but those pics make sense right?

ha thats what i was trying to say...

Do the 4WD pathys have a driveshaft like this too? this is how mine is right now.. do i have to change it? Drive Shafts i also found this out Tranny i only need to switch around a few parts to make that swap Tranny Gears does this make sense? or is it just me?

naw.. i like the pathy too much but ion the future i am going to want to start going on hard trips...crawling over mean crazy things, it's just a mtter of time and $$...going to college doesn't help..lol

have n e of you cut open a shock from your a-arms hitting it?? a few weeks ago i went out and diddn't realized that a bumpstop was gone and ...well...ooops... but since then i have redone all my bushings and new bumpstops.. but before i did the a-arm bushings the a-arm was really close to the shock...like less than a 1/8 " and my torsions wern't cranked all that much either..maybe an extra turn or 2 from what i have in my picture w/ me in it standing next to the pathy. it's all better now but just wondering if i was the only one to ever do this...

yeah i actually never have it one when i'm wheel'n i listen for everything when i'm out there

ooh...well i'll just have to take it easy then for a while.. i'm mostly going to be using it in the winter driving up to the mountains in the snow to go boarding. also occasional trips up to the trails above bigbear lake here is so cal.. i'll prolly do a SAS in a few years or maybe next year...but for know i'm going with the IFS. also i'm only on 30's so that takes some strain off the front end

I had the amp hooked up at first but they diddn't sound as clean as it does straight from the head unit. i ran new monster cable speaker wire. i'm not running an amp but i am running an eclipse head unit CD5444 (55WX4 output) with JL audio XR650-CSI in the front and XR-570-CXI in the back. i also dynamated the front doors....it made a huge difference in sound my pathy is a 1990 ..FYI

what types of problems have u had with IFS? also if i do SAS i don't want to have it be too tall i like about how it sits right now. i dont want it to be any more than 3 inches taller max. and i don't know how big it will be after a SAS. especially with the calmini kit that is comming out...also remember that what eve changes i make to my pathy it will have to be done during a break from school. but is IFS really that unreliable??

Yes it is all about what i wanna do.. i did want to just use the nissan IFS but i saw that kit on the calmini site...now it's just a matter of time of when the kit comes out and how much it's gonna run. ah man i'm like a kid in a candy store right now. i e-mailed them asking about release date and price don't know if they will release that info yet but Y not try? n e ways no matter which way i go (IFS or SAS) i still need to figure out the t-case and tranny getting the new rear tailshaft housing makes sense. it shows that in the manual from factory. if i add that other housing will i have to change much insde the tranny to make it work or is it pretty straight forward after i get it apart?

ok this calmini SAS is frigg'n SWEET!!! but does it lift too or does it do a SAS at stock ride hight? i'm starting to think i should just wait for the kit. as for needing a new tranny i was looking into that too wondering if i needed a new tranny but asfter looking at pictures from the nissan repair manual it looks like part of the tranny is different. take a look at this pdf doc and look at page mt-33 this is out of the 1995 pathy book but i have a 1990 i don't know how much they are different here is the link Pathfinder 1995 ch: MT

i jsut saw the pic of th calmini SAS... wow..looks like it would be easier to do that then to try to peice together everything from scratch..i'll still need a new tranny and t-case but..ahh decisions decisions.. what do u think the price for the kit would be? have u heard n e thing on how much longer it will be till the sas kit comes out?

that is a genius idea!.. i'll have to keep a look out. just curious,..this name calmani...i have not heard of it until i started on this board are they a good company? i have always liked rancho but they don't offer much for the pathys also what does IFS stand for??.. i'm assuming it's refering to teh nissan 4WD system tha pathys come with. one more thing ..does anyone here have phone numbers or e-mail adresses of people that are doing or have just done a SAS?? that way i can try contacting them for parts..thnx

thnx for all the help! i have already learned alot through this forum and other minor research i have done ...just in the last 2 days!! welp back to school tomorrow hitt'n the books hard. and hopfully i can get this project on the roll very soon. thnx again

i am havong the same problem but then i found that my wheel bearings are a little loose so i need to get new ones and also the ball joints for the idler arm and pitman arm are loose so those are going to get changed... we'll see what happens

awesome thnx, i'll try to e-mail him and see what i come up with.. after i got up and got out of the house today i went and was talking to my dad and got talking to his friends..and so on.. i think i'm going to just go get another pathy like someone mentioned earlier and just start swaping out parts. as much as i would like to do a SAS i'm gonna just keep it nissan. this way i can have everything rebuilt and have it all in during one of my breaks from school. this will be quite a project but i'll learn alot in the process. and since i'm only 19 and love this stuff i'm sure this isn't the only time i will be doing this type of work in my life i know i'll be building something that will turn heads in the future.

dang that huge! i'll probably go down and get a hard copy...i know i won't only use it once...

what manual is this? and where can i get a hard copy?

sorry about the confusion. I should have been more clear the first time. as for getting the parts... it's time to start making a list..... i know i'm going to need a new tranny so i can so i can rebuild it and then have it when i swap everything out. my original thought was to tear it apart and add the transfer case. becasue the chilton's book sad it's the same tranny...but that way i think i will: 1. run out of time and 2 cause way to many headaches. there are a few salvage yards that i have found in the last few days that i think i will be able to getthe majority of these parts so the list... thnx

ok about this 4WD front end thing... when i went to get the aftermarket torsion bars they said they diddn't make them for the 2WD and i said give the me 4WD ones they are the same.. i know this because of the manual.. in the 2WD pictures in the book....the way the torsion bars mount are different for the 2WD ..many times when i am looking at the book i need to follow the 4WD directions and pictures because the 2WD simply is just different. i am probably just going to put the nissan 4WD instead of doing SAS becasue i am in school full time student and $$ is a bit of a problem.. i don't need n e thing that will turn heads i just want a half decent 4WD system... oh and i do have a center console...it just ends before it gets to the stick this pathy is also my daily driver so all the conversion will have to take place during a break from school my longest break is 3 weeks and i figure if i have the new tranny and front diff and all the other goodies rebuild and ready to put in by the beginning of my 3 weeks break, i could have it done b 4 i get back to school.

i'll just have to remember to turn off the deck when i take my pathy scuba diving....lol

i just called the dealer and they said it is the same. and about the shifter and center console... this is what it looks like so i don't think it will be a problem.... here is a pic Center Console