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haha yea, dumping a real bike is nothing like a dirt bike...hopefully he won't be doing that with his new bike!

The problem is every one else sees that bike and thinks "hes gonna drive like an idiot" and won't respect him. Those bikes draw too much negative attention.

I love them but I think anyone who wants to ride them on the rode is an idiot, they are so uncomfortable, way too tempting to speed and do stupid things with. I would only ride one on a track or a closed rode, too dangerous on road. I will be getting a Sportster when I graduate...much safer and much cooler too, it doesn't attract the douchebags like your bike will...

Didn't the 99.5 get the larger front discs as well? And The 99.5 Pathy got plastic headlamps as well where the 99 had glass. And it got a larger cupholder.

There is a difference between rude and derogatory, which a lot of his posts were.

Scott I applaud your decision making, I think you did what was right for the community. I tend to wonder what the people who just like to look around and found our info using search functions must think about us when they see people behaving like that in numerous posts in multiple threads, I am proud to be a member here because we have a great community with a lot of vets who are very helpful to newbs when the same question is asked a lot. I liked Alex but he just needed to chill a bit on some posts and think of how it makes the forum look.

I think Alexrex was right by bringing up the SFD thread because it made things happen for the people being screwed, and though he could have been kinder in his initial post it was all true at the time. That being said his follow up posts in that thread were all taking it too far and there have been a lot of threads he posted in simply to insult people, and I just don't feel that is necessary when someone needs help, no matter how trivial the question seems or if they didn't search. That being said (again) I think he would have made a great addition to PoHo since we can all be our little asshole selves there...

Seeing as we have the same motor as the 350Z I second the notion to build it up better...You can probably buy replacements for every part...

My 97 got 22-23 with 31's through hilly MD and VA on the highway, 14-15 in the cities and 18-19 with in a 70/30 highway bias. My 01 gets 20-21 with 31's, 17 in the city, and pretty much 18.5 every time for my routine highway mix.

Congrats! I miss my old W163...crank the T-bars and add some rear coil spacers and you have 33" tires...

I can do it for half the price of what they are quoting, the only thing I will need is access to an air supply for the impact gun. I have coil compressors and everything else necessary. PM me if you are interested, we are about to go on vacation until May 31, but I can help you after that at some point. Also, did you get a new strut bearing, OEM (not KYB)? That would be a very good idea so you don't get some noises down the road. And if you are planning on lifting, this would be the perfect time to do it.

I love both, my only suggestion for the flex fit hat is maybe having NPORA across the back in a smaller size and get rid of the border. I want one of each, and if we can get a pic of our truck on there I am all over that!

I am no engine expert but I am sure there are properties of the SOHC engine they wanted to have in the Pathfinder...

I believe the engine is DOHC, but I also think it was an Isuzu sourced motor (IDK why they would use a Mitsu motor), thus the problems with it. They just don't look as nice as a Pathfinder or a 4runner, hell even the comparable Explorers look better. And my guess is that the 4runner sold better than the Pathfinder, at least in the US...just a guess though The older passport had a SOHC 4cyl and a SOHC 6cyl, with the 6 making 190hp. http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com...-passport-8.htm The newer one had an Isuzu sourced DOHC 6cyl, making 205hp. http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com...-passport-8.htm

The pipes are different, the secret weapon use a second pipe in there to create a fast air flow or something like that. Here is the Secret Weapon on my old 97. Video of my 97 with the intake installed... name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>" wmode="transparent" style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="">

First I would address the timing belt and rear control arm bushings. Then I would move to other maintenance. Then depending on what you want I would: 1. Buy manual locking hubs 2. Buy lift springs with new shocks/struts 3. New wheels/tires 4. Skid plates 5. Sliders 6. Lockers front and rear 7. Off road bumpers 8. Assortment of lights to put all over the truck.

That looks great! Any way you could get some pics of the bracket/bumper mounting points for reference for other members who may want to try?

Well I added 5 qts 6k miles ago and 1 qt 5 or 600 miles ago, and I just changed my oil and I got out 3.5 qts, so assuming it did not burn much of the last qt I added it is burning less than .5 qt per 1k miles. Not good but not as bad as I was expecting. And the oil was dirty as hell. I think I will shorten my oil change interval, and I will PM you in early June after we get back from our vacation to Disney about meeting up to do this, I am capable of doing it but feel more comfortable with someone who has already done it...And coming to your place is not a problem...

So I am having some serious oil burning issues and I am trying to do a little to help the problem...when you add seafoam to the oil, how long do you leave it in before you change the oil? Also, if you think there is any other fluids I can use to help clear up some of the sludge throw them at me, right now I have 1 qt of the Lucas Oil stabilizer, but I wanted to know what the process for seafoam is and if you all think it would work. Note that I will be replacing my valve cover later this summer to alleviate the problem.

Happy birthday guys!

Hey Chris, can you replace the PCV valve without removing the intake manifolds? The PO had a new PCV valve that he gave me when I bought the truck, unfortunately I didn't read between the lines quick enough and my VQ is burning a LOT of oil. You want to try and do the valve covers together this summer at some point?

Yea but you are sitting higher in the first place...I guess that's just the comprimise, lose some downward articulation but gain some ground clearance

I will be doing plugs this summer...hopefully no oil... I will def. be doing your PCV catch trick in the next couple weaks, expect some pathetic PMs if I can't find anything searching.

Can anyone tell me the difference between an 01 and 01.5 and what the VIN range cutoff is? I have been wondering about this since I DLed my FSM...