Leo94

Because you have manual hubs you could try putting the whole car on axle stands, locking the hubs, putting it in 4wd and get someone in the cab to give it a little gas while you CAREFULLY inspect from the front. The reason i said putting it in 4wd is so it can move the axles/hubs, also for added safety you can even remove the tires so if for some reason it falls off the stands it wont just drive off. You might not get anything from this but its worth a try.

Bolt In Engine Mounts

I could have sworn the manifold was 4 hex bolts and 4 allen?

Keep this in mind if you plan on purchasing this.

And here is the one by beastpath.

Here you go, now hurry up and modify those arms!

Welcome to NPORA btw.

I think Mr.510 makes intake manifolds for the vg30i to use a holley carb.

*Not my video

I have seen several videos on youtube on other cars that have a knock which turned out to be the exhaust. I have heard valve noise before after hearing the nissan again i am now certain my nissan doesnt have that. My question is if the engine is cold and the manifold is cracked will it move slightly when the engine is running? If i touch it when the engine is cold and running will i feel the knock on the manifold that is cracked or is it too small to be noticed? There is a chance it could be the bearings but i really don't want to change them or change them and find out it was the exhaust although i will change them if need be. But i also don't want to change the manifold, snap a stud, replace it and find out its something else. Is there a way i can know for sure that it is the manifold/stud. For the record this is on the passenger side bank (RHD) so the side with the distributor.

I had that happen to me on a different car for the harmonic balancer. I ended using a bolt extractor like in the picture below to remove it. All you do is hammer on one that just fits on then turn it anticlockwise. Good luck.

Cut rust out from the rocker panel and battery tray and got it welded.

Agreed. "Sluggish" and "choking itself out" sounds like a t belt issue and the fact that you mentioned that it has been messed with sounds like it wasn't done right.

Cant you just paint them .

It's amazing what a quick google search gets you. Just click where it says x amount of google reviews to see them .

This guy has 33x12.5R15 tyres on his R50 and has a high offset on his wheels.

Yeh it's nice to keep as much nissan in your rig as you can but with the lack of after market it is usually more convenient to mixup abit.

I think the gq/gu patrol had a h233b front but i dont think you have those in canada.

I've herd that before but im too scared to let it run too long as i really dont want to ruin the engine. It has around 150 kilometers on the dash so its kinda young. By "too scared to let it run too long" I mean because by the looks of it, it hasn't had much maintenance in its life. It was last registered in 2004 and the po had it in his property for some time just to drive it around and stuff. When I got it it was running on a 8l fuel/oil mixture and i dont know how long it was ran on that, that is what worries me the most . I also haven't let it reached operating temperature as i like to do that by driving a car rather than letting it idle and revving it abit but i cant drive it as it isn't currently registered.

The smokes cleared up now from the oil change but I still need to change my distributor. Apart from that the only other thing is the knock which if it doesn't go away after a while ill have to replace the lifters. Do you have a similar problem with your rig?

Checking your oil for any smells of fuel or if its over filled. When my chts went bad it flooded the engine and the fuel made its way past the rings and into the sump. This made it smoke really bad and when i changed my oil it helped allot. I ended up draining 8L i think it was of fuel/oil.

Have they checked the codes?

Smell your dipstick for fuel and check if the level is too high. If both questions answer yes then your engine might be dumping fuel in which causes it to stumble and eventually the fuel gets past the rings and into the sump. The same thing happened to my 89. You can also try cleaning your maf sensor. Check out my post it might help you in which direction to go.

Not yet but i'll try that. I might also try some oil flush or something to help clean it up more cause its pretty dirty.