GrnMchn
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I have the lower intake manifold gasket part number.....the one inthe middle of the plenum would not help....as it would leave a gap in the outside edge of the plenum...that would have to be traced.
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Thanks, give me a few weeks/ couple months and I may have something.
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Does anyone have the part # for the intake manifold gasket? I am hopeing there is a gasket so it can be copied out of delrin which my friend said would not be a problem. I was thinking of having the test spacer 1/3" thick, does this sound about right?
Looking around the net there are manifold spacers and plenum spacers, I am assuiming the manifold spacer would be better since it is lower?
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I have a friend that works in a machine shop with CAD has access to all those crazy water jet cutters. He is going to check on a few things but he said if I suply him with the gasket to go off of he probably could make some spacers. It may take a couple weeks to get an answer but we may have a little poney helper in the future.
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You guys ever heard of a powerful magnet on the fuel line increasing MPG?
http://www.tinet.org/~sje/mag_fuel.htm
I have a company sending me one for free, granted that i'd test it and write a review.
Looks like snake oil, might as well get a vornado plus the grammer on their site crap like mine
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With the amount of money you will have put in to a SAS you could go buy a 2 seeter rock bugy on pirate4x4.com. I did a SAS on my old tacoma and it was a pita and that had a frame. Now that people do SAS's on tacomas all the time there are hangers and what not you can buy. Without a few prefab parts like hangers and braces it will take you
1)over a year
2)atleast $5K just for the front and about another $3K-6K for the rear, if your going to do it buy 2 custom toyota 8"housings or go big with some D60's.
Go buy a 85 toyota and lift it so you can wheel and have something to drive everyday. I learned the hard way to get a daily driver then a wheeler because you can't have both unless you have $10k plus to drop in your pathy.
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I did go from 16" stock to 15" steelies with 3.75" back space. I don't have any pictures of the ground down callipers but it was only about 1/16 to 1/8" at most taken off. I do also have about 1/16" groove around the inside of one of the wheels.
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I just installed some Power Stop drilled rotors last weekend on the pathy with some green stuff pads. I just want to let people know that if you do this your callipers may rub your wheels if you have 15" wheels. The drilled rotors are a little thicker and with new pads the calliper rubbed like a MOFO on the black 15" rockcrawlers. I ground the driver side calliper down and now it's all good but damn I was nervous until I found out it was just a rubbing calliper and not a fawked up installation on my part.
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I would go with a VQ, mush more power and the only probs I have had with mine are a bad 02 sensor and a broken canister on the side of the airbox (only about $250 all together)
I have 70K miles to
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I changed my tranny to amsoil synthetic and it shifts alot smoother from 1st to 2nd. I also run synthetic in the Tcas, front/rear diffs, I love the stuff
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as long as your not shooting anything directly at it, would it be dumb to use like brake cleaner on a rag for the maf? also i'm going to be catching up on some maintenance pretty soon, when I had my maxima i took off the TB and the and intake manifold and soaked it with brake cleaner to get all that black crud out, has anyone done that with the 3.5 intake or would it be smarter to do the seafoam thing? this is probably going to be my duh moment for the day but i cant remember if the intake is variable or not on an 02.
DON'T use brake cleaner to cean the MAF, CRC makes a MAF cleaner and don't use throttle body cleaner on the maf either. Be very careful when using seafoam since it can run into one cylinder and hydrolock the engine. I have not tried it on the 3.5L but I did hydrolock a toyota tacoma V6. I pulled the plugs and started it and about 1/4 cup came out of one cylinders. If your going to clean the intake and TB it would be much much better to take them off and clean them instead of pouring seafoam which only cleans the small amount of metal it touches.
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Have your mechanic reset the CEL with his code reader. I had those cat codes turn on mine when I had a bad 02sensor and swirl control valve. Once those were fixed and the ECU reset the catalytic converter code didn't come back.
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I have the adjustable ranchos and like them. You can dial in the stiffnes to match the front which is nice when driving in the mountains. Rancho is a decent brand but I think billstein is a little better since they are a gas shock and run a larger diameter rod, just a little beefier
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Lol, now im fighting an air bag problem. This didnt happen yesterday, but when i came home last night i disconnected my battery over night, then go and start it today and the air bag light is blinking. wtf..
On tacomas the air bag sensor is a thin wire that runns down the steering shaft and if you turn the steering wheel while the shaft isn't connected to the rack it can break. I found this out when I did a SAS on my taco, not fun.
Might be the same style?
The lift looks sick, your ride looks how a pathfinder should
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If you want cheap just weld the spider gears. I did that on a SAS tacoma on 37's and it held up great. If you get a GOOD welder to do it it can be stronger than most lockers. For more info do a search on pirate4x4.com. It does wear down your tires but it is safer than a detroit style locker since it is always locked and won't lock up on you like detroits but since ARB is the only other option (better option) you are kinda limited.
So it's either $50 for a locker or $1000 for a selectable locker
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I always get mufflers from Summitracing.com cuz noone can beat their prices even with shipping. Any halfway decent shop can do the install. I spent $110 on a flowmaster and another $75 for install.
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My dad has the Michelin LTX M/S on his LX470 and they ride very nice and last forever and still have great traction. He has had a few sets on Land Cruisers and those tires are a cut above
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I hav ethe AC lift with 2 Rockey road spacers on each side and it sits level from tire to fender all around
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I have a set in Cali off an 01' that are still in good shape. PM me if you want to buy them.
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The warranty work is for the cat which has a 7 year 70K mile warranty in California atleast.
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Thanks, Thats what I was thinking, dumb ass mechanics bug me sometimes. I wish I new more about electronics so I could fix it myself but it is going into the dealer this week for a new catalytic converter (under warranty) so I will have them take a look
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Has anyone with a K&N intake or similar on a 3.5L had any problems with code P1130? It looks like you move the intake hose in the back of the airbox(stock) to the intake tube with the K&N kit?
My mechanic told me the code is from me having holes in the fonr of my airbox and the vacum line can't get vacum once the airbox is no longer seeled. It doesn't make sense though if the K&N kit just moves the vacum line cuz it won't get vacum either.
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Search for this cuz I have seen people talk about it in the past I have just never paid attention. It's probly OK to drive it for a few days sine this comes up alot on this board. My Check engine light has been on for four months for a bad 02 sensor/catalytic converter/swirl control valvle and it drives fine :bow:
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Thanks for the info.
The light came back on today and the only code is the P1130 so I am asuming the catayltic converter is still good since the P0430 is no longer present.
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in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders
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I have rerouted the coolant line through the throttle body on all my cars over the last few years without any negative effect, only a little more HP at operating temp. I did it on a 96' Z28, 96' tacoma 3.4L, and a 95 Lexus SC400
If the lines are long enough just unplug them and use a brass male/male connector in between. I haven't done this yet on my 3.5L pathfinder but am planning to....