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According to the father of all lies, wikipedia, the earlier pathfinders came with a vg30. I only ask specifically for the newer ones because it may be easier to swap in the upper of a vg33er, meaning less fabrication. When you're sitting at 200, it's not too hard to make the leap to 300, particularly when that mark is at the crank, not the wheels. I don't know if there's many power enthusiasts, but I imagine porting, overdrive, a better water/air IC, bigger cam and maybe a more free-flowing exhaust it would be rather easy... but I take it there's not a lot of people with experience in supercharging here, or am I wrong?

I need an SUV that's stylish, 4-door, gets good gas milage, and is capable of light off-roading/snow. Cue Pathfinder. What I also want is one that goes fast because, well, just because, right? Well, I have in my possession an eaton m90 supercharger. These things are great because they spool at low RPMs meaning early power and they provide a ton of torque (sounds like the best thing ever for a 4x4 vehicle, right? I thought so, too). The specific one I have is from a Ford Thunderbird, so this was initially designed to sit on-top of the motor, but be remote-mounted in that the air travels a bit first, goes through an FMIC and then hits the intake plenum before the heads. What I'd like to know is if anyone that has experience with these things thinks it's possible to remote-mount this in the engine of the VG33. I know the VG33ER uses a positive displacement blower like the m90 (maybe even the exact same one), so how hard would it be to get my hands on one of those in Utah, if my current blower doesn't work? I'm a big fan of Nissan, but I'd go for another SUV (other than the Exploder) if it meant more ease in making ~300hp @crank with a positive displacement blower.

I had no idea the Pathy was an IFS... Easy enough to replace from the right truck, I imagine, since I'm sure it's coil spring. Any possibilities of beefing-up the front axle? I know the Mustang Cobras have IRS and handle the power well.

Rust is a big issue here because they do salt the roads. What tends to be the the areas of high rust in these cars? I can always see if I can get one from Nevada, New Mexico, or Arizona and coat the underbody whilst I gut it, if it becomes an issue. I think the best way to describe my desires is to take the guts of an f150 manual combined with the few important parts of the SuperCoupe and throw it in a Pathfinder. That entails changing to a ford 8.8" which will take the beating, but I don't know a thing about the front axle if someone wants to chime-in on that if they know something about it. For the record, they are v6's, and not v8's which is going to help clearance a lot. On that topic, what is the angle of the stock v6 in the '95 and earlier models? They are OHV, not OHC, right? Has anyone put a SBF in a pathfinder? What's an SAS?

http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/37071-swap/

I want a nice looking four-door SUV that gets good gas mileage and is relatively reliable but makes good horsepower as I'm a young speed guy. Almost a dead-on for the Pathfinder. My other car is a mustang, and the other one is a jeep. The Jeep only fits two of the five requirements, and to do a swap, it'll cost me an arm and a leg, and not be that much more reliable and be in a ****** frame, which ruins the first requirement it meets. When it comes to SUVs, particularly ones that go off-road or face tough snow storms and get driven by teenage-'ooh-fast-car'-mentalities, they ought to have good low-end torque, so diesels are popular options for those who fit those wants. I personally, being the mechanic, don't like diesels for the lack of reliability they tend to have in general populace cars and for how dirty they are. That and diesel is quite expensive (even if it's efficient). My answer to solve such difficult questions is a positive displacement blower like an eaton. So what I want to do is place the ford 4.2l windsor block from an f150/ranger, it's manual tranny and t-case in a pathfinder and put the heads and intake (including supercharger) from the 3.8l SuperCoupe on top with a cherry and call it Fred. Suggestions, specifically those that include tips on if switching the tranny, t-case, or axles is necessary, spacial awareness, thermal awareness, or the like?

I'm new people. I don't have a Pathfinder, I have some questions about them, though.