Manifesto

The states get all the best cockroaches we dont even get REAL cockroaches here in canada >_> Dear Southern and Western United States: Please send all your unwanted, rust free Nissan cockroaches East and North. Thank you. With Love, Manifesto xD

the K&N Apollo intakes looks like they could be incorporated to work with a snorkel easy enough =) http://www.knfilters.com/universal/apollo.htm

kinda what I thought O.o alright, well I really hope it was just a typo on their part. I'll be sure to ask and have it squared away that it is a VG30-E- before I order anything!

just shot this video today it sounds like its coming from the head that I just spent $700 on >_>

I was looking on some used JDM motor sites for a motor for my '92 pathfinder and a few of them stock a VG30A motor that is specified for use in 91-95 pathfinders O.o anyone hear of a VG30-A- before??

heh, what if they were turned upside down and swapped left to right and have some exhaust shop put together some tubes to run stacks with maybe some glass pack mufflers right out the hood with rain caps?? just wondering, as I'm looking for engine swap options right now too! xD

oh, I know the mark on the crank sprocket is right, I lined the mark up approx at the 5 o clock position and made the dimplet line up with the mark on the belt, and checked again by sticking a screw driver down the spark plug hole in cylinder 1 to confirm it was TDC but once the lower cover is back on, there's marks on the pulley that are supposed to line up with the metal arrow tab sticking out of the cover to adjust ignition timing- that's what I was referring to being way out and weird O.o and no... probably should have soaked them I just threw it on the same day I got it back from the machine shop the ticking subsided a little bit after running it a bit and getting oil flowing back up there again but there is another noise besides the lifter ticking that I'm hearing that doesn't sound very pleasant at all

also a good article about it here http://crawlernews.com/2010/04/super-packing-the-nissan-h233b-limited-slip-differential/ my LSD rear diff still seems to be doing an alright job though after 20 years I thank god everyday I go offroading for my manual hubs in the front diff though xD

Alright, well it's been a LONG time, but here's my latest updates and problems... I've got the whole deal back together, and... the damn thing decides it's not going to run -_- at first I was all confused as it was getting spark and everything else turns out the timing marks on the crank pulley are 45 degrees out! bloddy hell, so after redoing the belt 5 times and figuring that out and messing with the distributer I finally have it running... except it's shaking like a bastard and sounds like a tractor and doesn't have any balls!! further more, it was shaking SO bad at low idle, that my muffler, along with the whole back half of my exhaust fell out! like literally, the welds broke and it all plopped out onto the ground *facepalm* -_- the 'new' head I put in is making a hell of a ruckess, ticking like a mofo, it actually sounds like something is hammering in there! the techs in my shop are scratching their heads at it... I think getting a muffler back on and giving it some back-pressure might help a little bit but... I'll get some sound and video tomorrow... it doesn't sound good I think there's more internal damage Anyone have any ideas? Throw out anything you might be thinking! Does anyone have any experience with used JDM motors? I found a VG30A (yea, A?) that is specified for pathfinders 91-95 and looks exactly the same as mine except with gold valve covers. It's $600 plus $180 shipping, which seems like a hell of a good deal for a whole turn-key motor with only 40000km with a warranty -- I really dont want to put any more money or time into the motor that I have now -- I'm in over $1000 already with no end in sight >_< I'll do some searching, but while I'm on the topic, anyone have any idea how much different a VG30DE is, or how easy it would plop in? or if, hehe, if the turbos and manifolds on the VG30DETT would clear everything? and sit alright without obstruction? I'm also going to search up all the chevy 350 swap threads to see how difficult those are >_> Here's some pics of the progress I made: shiny new $700 cylinder head with grade 8 bolts Polished the block to a mirror-like finish in preparation On go the new head and exhaust gaskets (the head gasket actually didn't fit very nicely - ended up going to Nissan for the right one. DAMN YOU FEL-PRO) slapped the new head on there, in all it's glory Then the lower intake and fresh painted valve covers Started raining while working outside, pushed the truck in a lil more... boss wouldn't let me pull it in all the way Bolted down the fuel rail and upper intake (that upper was a BITCH, bloddy coolant lines out the ass and a million bloddy wires and vacuum lines effing all over the place and... argh.. frig >_< never want to do that again >_> charging the battery trying to start it after leaving the radio on for a month >_> more pics and possibly a video with sound of it tomorrow... argh, doesn't sound good go back to the beginning and the post and read if you hadn't yet XD

git a snorkel holmes!! They look bad ass and no stinkin puddle will ever stop you again!

Most Nissan techs that I've talked to recommend bypassing the stock radiator all together and leaving the job to an after market unit. Anything above 16000 GVW will do the job =) Jegs carries Derale Flex-a-Lite 26,000 GVW coolers for $41.99 http://www.jegs.com/i/Flex-a-lite/400/3826/10002/-1 throw that puppy in and keep up with your ATF change intervals and your auto tranny should last you forever

definitely NOT a waste of money a tranny cooler is probably the single BEST investment you can make for your automatic rig relatively easy to install -- check the Garage section and How-To's =) Doctor Bill's write up on the AT Cooler starts on Page 3 somewheres or there's this one Tmoore did a write up of his own here hopefully those should help

153hp... yea, sure, MAYBE 20 years ago XD I'm sure if we dynoed now it'd be closer to 130~140

junk yard!!! lol I pulled a few from there, dealers want WAY too much money for them XD are your rings leaking?? if you're looking for a cheap fix, I'd pull some from the JY and soak them in ATF over night. They're like new after that and makes it way easier to reinstall the fuel rail later as the injectors will just slide right into the rings heck, if your old rings arn't in bad shape, an ATF soaking might fix those up too Once the manifold is off, it's not much more work to swap in some nice new head gaskets I just did mine XD reinstalling the upper intake later is a real PITA... I never want to have to do that again... ever >_> SO get as much done in there as your budget allows for... Coolant bypass hose is really easy to get at if you haven't done it yet (they tend to rot faster for some reason...) if you take the heads off, it would be REALLY easy to replace all your exhaust studs with grade 8 units, as factory studs are prone to snapping and they're a nightmare to do with the heads still in the truck Spark plugs are a breeeeze without the manifold in the way too

yea man, I've seen those little 4x4 tercels go... there's no stopping them!!! They're so light they just cruise over everything XD

and it comes with the duct too? looks like it could be made water tight with some black silicone easy enough.... make an adapter for that hose to my snorkel inlet and it'd be good to go! hmmm I might have to look into this

argh yea... doesn't work EVERY time sometime all you can do is drill it out and re tap the threads and maybe stick in a heli coil I'm not sure how well it will seal missing a stud, but definitely try globbing on a ton of the high temp copper silicone stuff worth a try

hey welcome! I just fixed my door handle last week, looked exactly like yours before I had gotten to it http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=26868&st=20 just scroll down a bit and you'll see how it's all laid out I'm in North Edmonton, PM if you organize some wheeling runs in the area also taking on a few big repair projects of my own, don't suppose you know how to weld?

Edmonton, AB I'm close-ish to a couple of you guys, I know there's gotta be alot of good wheelin in BC, I just don't know where any of it is XD Shapes -- there's a few trails around here that are pretty decent, I'll PM you once we start organizing! ILoveMyPatty -- I'll PM you too and see if you're up for meeting too, depending on where we end up going

Hey guys, I was cruising the '94 FSM trying to figure out where all my vacuum lines went and I found on page: EF & EC 6 (Engine and Emission Control Overall System) there's a big diagram of everything showing the standard three way cat but then in front of that cat it shows another one labelled: "Warm up Three-way catalyst (For California model)" O.o no idea if mine had that setup all my cat's were cut out before I bought it xD

the insanity of our members continues to amaze me xD haha whatever works man