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BernieMac

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    2001 Pathfinder SE
  • Mechanical Skill Level
    Wrench And Socket Set Mechanic
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    22-29
  • What do you consider yourself?
    Weekend Warrior
  • Year
    2001.5

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    Vancouver Island, Canada

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  1. Ya, I loved that color combo... The way the accident happened is that we were driving up towards an onramp to the I-5 at about 20 miles an hour when we saw this Pontiac Bonneville come flying the wrong way down the onramp we were heading to. He swerved through the traffic in the two lanes heading towards the onramp narrowly missing a bunch of cars. Problem was he started loosing control. He was heading right at me and I swerved as much to the right as I could, but there was a bunch of poles (lamp post, traffic light post, etc...) so I couldn't get too far over. I thought I had swerved enough but as he was nearing me he suddenly turned into me and t-boned / side swiped the drivers side of the truck. The force of the t-bone pushed us backwards about 8 feet (according to the skip marks) and slammed the back-right of the truck into one of the poles I had been trying to avoid. The attending cop said that the speedo on the drunks car was stuck at about 40 miles an hour, which seems a little low when I remember him flying down that onramp the wrong way. At any rate, we were extremely fortunate to not be hurt, and I am very impressed with how well the truck protect all of us. We will have to see how the insurance works out before I find out what I will buy to replace to poor Pathfinder.
  2. Well, thank God we are all OK, but the community just lost another R50--my 2001 SE... Drunk driver totalled it.
  3. No worries... I understand how busy life can get at times.
  4. I run 10w-30 in my truck (which is a VQ35 powered R50) in every season but the winter to avoid oil consumption. In the winter I switch back to 5w-30. p.s. - I understand the viscocity difference between any w-30 oil is relatively close, but it has seemed to make a definite difference for my vehicle. I was going to a w40 oil if the vehicle continued consuming oil.
  5. Well, the truck is rated at 5000 pounds for the total weight of the trailer and I believe 500 pounds of tongue weight (ie weight on the ball). Do not tow 5000 pounds with a trailer that does not have brakes. However, most u-Haul type trailers (the dual axle kind) have surge brakes if you don't have a brake controller in your truck. I have towed a u-Haul trailer with surge brakes with my 2001 (which has the strong 3.5 liter engine) that was loaded and scaled at 5300 pounds and the vehicle towed fine for the 300 mile trip. I also tow my boat that weighs about 2500 pounds on trips (100+ miles) on very windy and hilly roads. The boat trailer does not have trailer brakes and the truck's brakes handled it without getting too hot (although I will not pretend that they didn't get hot...) or fading. Thats my input...
  6. Below is a pretty objective post copied from another board with regards to the spacer on a VQ35 powered 04.5 G35 AT sedan: Initially it looked like the spacer produced very good gains... the baseline pulls averaged roughly 254 hp and 250 trq... the first series of pulls after spacer install where 265-267 on avg... but when we continued doing pulls it dropped back to 254-257 consistently... The theory was that when we installed the spacer, the negative terminal on the battery was disconnected (this is to prevent throttle position errors and erratic idle, it has happened to me before)... so in addition to preventing the idle/throttle issues, disconnecting the battery also reset the ECU. The ECU on these cars is very temperamental specifically in the sedan and especially the AT sedan (which is what I have)... Infiniti/Nissan has some "granny" modes set into the ECU that keep it from staying in it's "aggressive" mode... so when the ECU was reset the performance mode was showing great results... but after a few pulls the ECU reverted to it's conservative function. This was tested with and without the TB spacer. When we took the spacer out (having disconnected the battery and everything else the exact same way we installed) the first several pulls were also in the 264-267 range. And just like with the spacer on, the ECU eventually reverted to it's conservative mod and started pulling 255 avg. So the bottom line was we really didn't see any gains from the spacer, but there weren't any loses either. I called Shawn Church to ask about how he installed and if his gains could have possibly been the ECU as well... Shawn did not disconnect the battery during his install so his gains were entirely different. He saw increases in specific areas of the RMP range whereas we saw the entire band shift up. This is consistent with the ECU creating changes on my car, but in Shawn's case it leans more towards the spacer helping. Shawn is an MT coupe. There has been a great deal of discussion regarding differences between coupe, sedan, 350Z as well as MT vs AT... it is hypothesized that the ECU stays in an aggressive/performance mode for the coupes and Z much more so than the sedan... theory is because the sedan is more "luxury" and coupe and Z are more "sporty". So for a coupe or Z, specifically MT - based on Shawn's testing the spacer seems to show good gains... for the sedan (at least my AT sedan) we weren't able to see the same thing.
  7. Where are you in Canada? I haven't been able to find that price in BC...
  8. I have been looking at those rims and the cheapest place I found was at Summit Racing. Let me know if you found a cheaper place....
  9. 1. Nobody ever said the kits were ready to purchase. I asked a few times and all I got was "after the liability issues are figured out" and "after we figure out a tube to connect the blocks." I am not on the boards every day (or every month for that matter) and I stopped asking. 2. The kit started out as front and rear blocks with a steering extension and maybe some other parts for $500 and ended up as an $800 kit for sale in one forum that only came with the front blocks and may or may not have been used. I am not judging what is a fair price or not (I have seen 4" drop kits with shocks and everything for $800 on sale and I have seen super complex kits for the full sizes that are like 5" and many thousands), but $800 for half the kit is not $500 for everything but the springs and shocks. I said from the start (which was like 2 years ago now I think) I will buy the kit and I have the money. However, no kit has ever been offered... My thoughts...
  10. VQ for the win!!! I love my VQ, 100,000 miles and no issues yet (other than one sensor). More power, tons of torque, the same gas mileage--I love it.
  11. 165,000 KMs on my 2001 Pathfinder SE with the VQ35. So far the only thing that has gone wrong is that the oil pressure sensor leaks a tiny little bit. I will just change it out the next time I change my oil. So a $10 part in the first 100,000 miles doesn't bother me one bit. I just hope then next 100,000 miles are as easy...lol
  12. One other question... Didn't you say in another thread that you had just ordered some block hugging 350z headers? Did you cancel that order? Or still going through with it?
  13. Well, one would expect that this is from a company that makes headers for the other VQ35 vehicles (Altima, Maxima, 350z, etc...) so they are probably not just "welding the pipes" together. All they have to do is modify the position of the outlet on an already proven (and probably copied) design and everything is good to go. As for the price, there are plenty of 350z headers for around 200 bones (not that I am vouching for the quality of those) so the price is reasonable. The thing I would be most concerned about is ensuring that you don't lose any low end power, 'cause that is where I like my torque. I rarely take my Pathfinder above 4000rpm and that is where most of the gains come on the 350z with the headers available. That said, if you can get enough people together and you can say which ebay seller is involved, you can put me on the list. Bern
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