...yes, dex/merc is what you need. no it's not going to hurt your p/s system..pick whatever brand makes you feel comfortable..

 

Is there a self-diagnostics for the engine of a 1990 max, or do you have to hook up a OBD reader?. Or will an OBD even work on it? I still havent passed emmisions.

 

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Please feel free to check out the stickies for lots of information on these cars..

 

I took my car to a mechanic to do the CV axles. He said he couldn't put in the synthetic ATF that I supplied because conventional and synthetic fluids will separtate.

Is this true?

 

where do you guys find these idiot mechanics/shops at?

 

i told my dad about that one he couldn't get enough. the best part is they kept trying to sell us the one for the automatic. Moral: when you find a good parts person hang up the phone if they are not available.

 

aww i'm in yur siggy

but yea... that's why if i want to get the right part the first time, i always go to see Nathan at the Holly Park AdvanceAuto. That dude is no joke. Glad to see they promoted him to management.

Now if i can just get another 2 hours before it starts raining again i just might be able to put my UIM on and start my car! everything else is done (minus topping off PS fluid and coolant)

 

nothing wrong with Wolfs Head. It's a good oil.

 

ok guys i found a few shifters at the jy today, i wanted to know how do i take it off? i know how to move the center console and all that. do i have to just pull on the shifter or unbolt the whole assembly that goes to the tranny?

 

can dex/mer stuff go into our tranny as well?
it seems a little low

 

yea. as long as the bottle says it is compatible with dexronIII (might say it in tiny print on the back) it will work.

 

if it says Dexron on the bottle you are good to go

 

The tires im getting are 215/45/17s So im thinking that that will give me a lot more clearance. And yes 300zmax, im mostly going for the look. The bounce im not concerned with. I think my azz will be quite alright lol . I mean, i understand that its a 18 year old car, so im already expecting shlt to break. I guess it'll help me learn how to fix it that much quicker lol . Then this summer im gettin it twin-turboed wit Naws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jk

 

except that nothing can fix the geometry once you drop it. well.. it COULD be fixed, but the parts to do so don't currently exist, and, depending whether those few people who can/would make the parts ever feel like making them for 3g's, may not ever exist. basically you need the control arm to have an extended adjustible balljoint that also pushes the angle of the arm back down some, so that you gain neg camber instead of gaining pos camber when the suspension compresses. also you would then need a tierod location so that the tierod and LCA are parallel to one another, otherwise you will have bumpsteer. go read some of the stuff matt93se has written in the 'Advanced Suspension, Chassis, & Braking' section. you'll learn alot.

 

Wow thx for all of that info. These cars just arent for modding... But dey iz so shweet doe! lol. So pretty much, the Eibachs are the safest drop springs to get for this car?

 

i forget who has what drop (besides 1.2 for eibach) but matt himself said 'you can't drop past 1.5" on these cars [maximas] before you start going backwards in the handling department'

plus i heard that you will chew up your axles more with a low low drop.. cuz they're always angled. and you will wear out your tires quicker with a low low drop too.

 

IMO yes, but what ever floats yours boat.

in the handleing department there are some nice mods
in the engine department you can just about name it and it has been done TURBOS!!!!!
(sometimes with scary ugly results)

Good Luck, the wheels look nice!

 

Yeah. Youre right.
Yeah I guess ill save up and do it the right way...

Uh oh, shouldnt have said that. SO, you heard of a supercharged 3rd gen before???

 

working on it

 

wasting power to make power ftl

 

And thus the great debate

Turbos are not free power as well, they are like a potato in the muffler till they spool. all depends on the application.

it doest take that much power to run a SC. the problem is they run all the time so you are almost always on the boost.

 

serious!? i gotta see this

Uh oh. *Grabs Popcorn*

 

heh, i don't care too much about arguing about it. i'm not aversed to S/C... i just felt like stirring up the coals a little. i heard that the Merc McClaren 630HP whatever-it-is Coupe loses 16% of its power to the S/C (that is, 120/(120+630)=16%).

 

Fixed

someone is watching Top Gear. yeh they do but that thing has HUGE blower, still 510 BHP do you care!

yeh i dont wanna argue either, in the end both sides come up the same, its all aplication. hell if you want cheap azz powah go nawzzzzz.

 

My headlights dim, radio turns off and my dashboard lights fade while I am driving. When I hit the accelerator everything turns back on. I need a jump to start the engine. I just put in a new battery. Thoughts? Is this the alternator?

 

theyre actually killer for modding, everyone that has a 3rd gen pretty much knows joeboost but if not

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/473004

theres a youtube vid you can check too but i wont link due to the language in the video. but its one sick car. hes got some major speed in it

 

it may be, or you have some corrosion on the alternator connectors. you don't say where you hail from, so I am going to assume the US. Most popular parts places will test your alty for proper output for free, so you may consider taking it there.
but it sounds like the alty to me...

 

I live in southern CA, so the weather is mild. I bought the battery at Auto Zone so Ill take it back to them. Thanks for the info.

 

A local dealer quoted me $415 for a re-manufactured alternator installed. Does this sound like the way to go?

 

Whats this all about guys anybody ever used it before? It looks like a big joke to be but I wanted to know what everybody else thought about it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AIT&viewitem=

 

Yea yo. But this is the only major modded Max that I know of. I actually have his vid on my Myspace page, so i see it like everytime i get on there lol. He has to have at least $5,000+ in that. Im talkin like access wise, we dont have a lot of mods and products to choose from. We have to do a lot of fabrication or custom work.

 

electric blower... you would be better off buying a two-stroke leaf blower, and adding that to your intake

 

My car did exactly the same thing. My car actually died in the middle of an intersection. Me and my uncle had to push it. I was so embarrassed lol. We found out that it was my alternator pulling from the battery. For $80 i went to Advanced Auto with my old alternator and got a refurbushed one. Havent had a prob since

 

since it cheap you should try it lol! realy they should be called turbo-monstrosity! ill try it on my rustang, ooo the powah !!!

 

i actually have one of these tho. it came out of a furnace iirc. never tried it. maybe it would work on a really really really small engine (like a 1cyl lawn mower) but there's no way in (or out of) hell that that crap would work on a car engine. not enough air, and uses too much power per unit of air moved.

 

Was it easy to install?

 

I really think it looks like a waste of time and money lol i rather buy a "Intake" intake if u know what i mean I just wanted to know what u guys thought about it because they were trying to sell it on ebay when i was searching for things for my car but Im getting some new fenders from the junk yard and i got one question

::::::QUESTIONS ARE::::::::::::::
89-94 Maximas have same body? will then fenders fit right on with no problem? also would it be a good idea to take a trunk lid also?

 

haha, the electric turbo is total bs. i was just joking if i said anything that indicated i thought it was legit. i just found an electric blower in the shed a few years ago - i didn't buy it off ebay. and no i'm not ever gonna try to use it on a car.

but yea all years have the same fenders and stuff. basically all body and interior pieces are the same, with the exception of the airbag steering wheels vs non-airbag steering wheel.

 

lol iight thnkx...

 

Took about an hour and a half to get ot off, and about 15 minutes to install the "new" one. I think I went on Autozone to get the instructions. Not sure... But you just remove the splashguard, take the belt off the alternator, and theres like 4/5 bolts. once to take the ones off the holding the alternator theres one with a screw on it that makes it swivel out of place once you loosen it. You take that off and unplug the wires and its off!