BigEnos

1985 SE with 173K which is FOR SALE. I'm the second owner, orig. owner kept it pretty, but I had to do a lot of upkeep stuff. Runs great now, though.

Fatty Matty

88 wagon. 61k. Everything works great.

Hagii73

81,400 ... 87 Maxima.. 2nd owner

Big_E-Dog

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ill just say that the ODOMETER has 175000

HowlerMonkey

OK.........250k miles on the clock with 25k being after turbo installation and only now am experiencing the front u joint getting tight and soon to fail.

I guess it's time to take the 4 speed out and put in the 3 speed (280zx turbo) with high stall speed torque convertor and a custom driveshaft.

imported_john_o

Well I don't have a 2nd gen, but since I can't start threads for some reason, I'll just post here..

I bought my 4th gen with 307K (it was 1 owner too!!) about a month ago and have already put 4K trouble free miles on it for a grand total of 311K and still rolling right along, racking on ever more miles.

Of course, that VQ still runs like a bat outta hell...man what a motor...

So far, I've only seen 2 cars in this post with higher miles... lets keep showing the world how great our Maximas are built, eh guys??

AzureblueZ

These VG's will last forever if you treat them right

vernk

I bought this and love it as of now it has 175700 I'm so happy he sold it to me.

HowlerMonkey

U joint finally broke so I had to do some grinding on the yoke and the only u-joint I found with close dimensions was for a forklift.

Would have had to remove too much material to fit the clips so I spent time with a hammer, vise, micrometer, welder and the obligatory wet rags to keep the thing from losing it's heat treat.

Works fine but I'm keeping an eye on the welds.

Katapl

2nd gen... 252,000.

Low-medium fluctuating oil pressure reading, minor oil leak from seal (while engine runs), and P/S fluid from somewhere. I will personally see to it that this thing at least goes to 500,000.

High5maxi!

my 82 maxi has a little under 160k on the dash

Impeccable

Damn some high milers in here Nissan should be giving you guys a grille plaque like volvo does.

Impeccable

Mine died due to low oil pressure and hard cold start

chrome91

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VG's are awesome engines. my VG has 423,000km and still runs like a dream.

however, i will be getting a JDM VG30ET soon for it

Impeccable

Funny thing is when I had my 2nd gen , a turbo 2nd or 3rd gen max was unheard of back in 1998-1999.

Now I see there is a dude on here with a dman twin turbo 2nd gen thats crrrazzzzyy.

I need to get me another 2nd gen but I want it to be 100% mint something hard to find here in the East. Or I could go for a digital dashed 3rd gen but those are so damn rare around here.

yevgenievich

160k miles on my first gen, still runs but don't know how long it will keep running. My stealth has more miles and runs better than the max, but it is newer

chrome91

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we have alot of nice turbo 2nd and 3rd gens now, Big E Dog has the TT 2nd gen and JoeBoost has the fastest turbo 3rd gen still i believe.

CMax03

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They existed, the internet didn't! This internet makes the world a whole lot smaller....

dslsmoke

This is not mine, however, it belongs to a local guy down here, he has posted several videos on line.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etsL2...eature=related

Impeccable

Hmmm The internet did exist back in 99 Even in 1999-2000-2001 2nd gens were ollllld even back then and most people were abhoring the squarness of them. I see now the 3rd gen crowd dying down a bit back then shoot the 3rd gen forum was always jumping. People seem to be starting to get into the 80s cars again as I see renewed interest in the Z31 300Z.

The most moded 2nd gen in those days was Kaleb is he even still on here???

nissandiesel

Hi everyone I have a 1982 Datsun Maxima I have owned it for 15 years and currently have 365,000 miles on the original engine.

its a diesel ld28 5 speed you have probably seen my videos on you tube.
white/blue

There is no oil consumption or blowbye.

Awesome car love it to death.

chrome91

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any drifting vids

gens 1-3 will always be the best, Nissan killed Maximas after 3rd gens

Impeccable

I would say after the 4th gen although they did decontent in comparison to the 3rd gen.

chrome91

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4th gens are still alright, using L-series engines and VG's was the best though. have to say i am not a fan of VQ's

1st gens, 2nd gens, and 3rd gens are 4DSC, 6th gens and 7th gens are land yacht luxury cars. its gross that Nissan put 4DSC stickers like 3rd gens had on 7th gens.

CMax03

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Not a fan of the VQ???? It was only on the "Top Ten Engines" list for over 10 yrs.....

92SEftw

97,000. The car sat for a while. Hopefully Ill get 100,000 more miles out of it.

chrome91

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cant say so. i have far more faith in older engines like L series, VG series, RB series, 4-AGE, 1JZ/2JZ, SR20, CA18, KA24, and wankel rotaries. VQ arent really my thing lol

i literally cannot see myself ever owning a car newer than 1995ish with the exception of when R34 and S15 are available for import. i would be happy having my 3rd gen, a smaller 2dr like a S13 or 1st gen RX7, and a monster like a crazy built R32 or Supra.

otosan

wow, just hit the 197,000 mark a couple of days ago!

i got a 85 (not gxe) station wagon, silver/grey and 197,009k.

hello to all on this board! i've learned a lot in the short amount of time here.

i've been lurking here for a couple of weeks now reading up on advice to get my max to better driving condition. i just brought it out of the dead (about 2 years of inactiveness) to use it as a commuter car since i started going back to college a about a month ago.

minor FRAT warning

so my max starts fine and idles at 1k in park. so far so good, about a minute or so of warming up, it may/or may not get a little hesitation which i in turn just give a little throttle(gas) to smoothen it out. it clears out and goes back to 1k rpms in Park.

here's the problem:

when reversing or driving out of park, sometimes it may die out. no big deal here, i find myself just as long a my foot is light on the throttle (feeding it some gas) the roughness is gone and the car doesn't get rough.

the biggest problem is when im at a complete stop at traffic lights and stop and go traffic. when making a stop, my max will, what i call "breathe." in stop, it can maintain a good idle in drive, at 1k, for about 30 secs, then the rpms start dropping slowly. ex. it goes from 1k to 900, then 1k to 800, 1k to 700, then 900 to 700, etc. the engine has a gradual heavy breathing effect similar to what we'd do after running 2 miles. it can usually hold this pattern without dying out. when it does die out is in extreme cases of stop and go traffic or being at a complete stop for a really long time, ex. 5 minutes.

to solve this i usually put my max in Park then just put it back to Drive when traffic resumes. this can be annoying really quick. on the freeway, i drive with a big gap with the car in front of me so i avoid complete stops and keep my car moving.

i really want to fix this rough idle and have taken some steps from advice read here and i know some of you can help me out too!

here's some things i've done so far.

clean mass air flow sensor (sprayed it down)
cleaned throttle body with carb cleaner
changed the air filter

these things definitely helped as my max ides better than before i did these changes

my next step is to clean/change the idle air control valve. in doing so, i'd like to replace the hose attached to the iac valve, but i'm not too sure what size of hose to buy to replace my existing hose for the iac valve.

here a link to the iac valve:

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/198...air_valve.html

which hose would be the correct fit for the valve?

http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/198...heat_hose.html

can this be a fuel problem too since i'm constantly having my foot on the gas to smooth things out? i've read using some fuel injector cleaner and an additive to improve the octane in my gas tank, what are your thoughts?

thanks in advance guys! any and all thoughts are welcome.

aloha

otosan

that's some low miles. im currently at 197009 after having it sit for 2 years. just got it back up a month ago.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

gscars

3rd owner of an 88 gxe 127,000

Chevsica

88 with 128,xxx on it. Just bought yesterday for 500.00! White on white on white.............. you guys get the idea. With brownish leather interior.

84MadMax

174,800 miles on the 84 Wagon. Original engine and trans... still hauls the mail pretty good. Cruising on the highway at 65 today, someone came up behind me... since I left the overdrive off, I was already up in the power band, (4000 rpm) so I floored it... Bet they never thought an old 'grocery getter' could go from 65 to 80 that fast. His reaction was priceless. I love this car. It sounds wicked at 5000-6000 rpm with that Patriot Smithy muffler on it. I put that on because it was much cheaper than having another half-*** exhaust job done. Nice burbly idle too. Loud at 2000-3000 rpm, and quite quiet below or above that. Will have to make a video of this old Mad Max ripping down the road. She'll squeal the tires too, if they're the old ones... the new iPikes that I have on the rear are real sticky, can't get them to squeal. The front of the car lifts under really hard acceleration from a standstill or slow speed with the iPikes, rather than letting out a squeal. For kicks the other day, I counted the seconds for 5-60 and it turned out to be about 7 seconds. I dare say this Maxima would outrun the 05 Taurus that we have...

Sorry about the long post... don't visit here that often, so I tend to go on for a while.

Amerikaner83

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There's a chance I could purchase an 87 with 63K on the clock. sixty-three thousand miles...they want 3 grand for it (dealer got it from original owners, senior citizens)...just have to convince the wife to let me part with my 97 GrandAm with 194K for it...wish me luck!

DIASISS OF JASSICS.COM

DONT DO IT!!! NEEDS A TIMING BELT!!!

chrome91

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yeah just a heads up it probably needs a timing belt, my bet is they didnt already do it and being 24 years old its probably so cracked up its ready to snap. if it snaps, you need a major engine rebuild or a new engine. so factor in another $800-$1200 to get the timing belt, water pump, tensioner, and thermostat done

Son of Lars

Who cares if it needs a timing belt? It's dead simple on the VG30, and just part of owning a car. There's a thing called MAINTENANCE! Oh ****, it might need an OIL CHANGE, DON'T DO IT!!!!!!

Son of Lars

88 Maxima SE. I'm 2nd owner. Car has 196000 km on it. 121000 miles.

carnut419

I don't own this - but my buddy has a 87 SE 5-speed with 201k

83maximamike

i have a 1983 maxima with 242xxx and running prime as its my daily.

yevgenievich

the engine on my 84 was looking pretty bad at 160k when pulled out and it was burning a lot of oil, my old gmc with 280k miles on it burns a lot less oil and faster too. But i did do a 115mph run on the wagon with the old engine/trans combo. Don't think truck could go faster than 85 without another gear. The trans out of the wagon might be going to live in 300z