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What's up guys! anyone recognize this turbo 3rd gen?
I messaged the guy. doesn't sound like he built it. anyone recognize it?
kicking around buying it and fixing the trans. It's everything i wanted to do to mine. But a build post would be awesome. I can't imagine this is a recent build. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....d9ddcf2019.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....b8e00db8d0.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....0630232b43.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....0a91da9046.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....0aa358e9d6.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....9122c3f64b.jpg |
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Good luck with that. Lots of red flags in that engine bay.
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Originally Posted by JSutter
(Post 9264860)
Good luck with that. Lots of red flags in that engine bay.
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so i talked to the guy that sold it to this guy. he drove it for 2 years with minimal issues. the current owner killed it in pretty much 2 days lol. gonna pass on this one.
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Good idea. You'll save yourself the headaches. No one who knows what they are doing would use that many zip ties. It makes you question the quality of everything else.
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Unless i'm blind af what does he want for it? It's definitely a garage built setup but if he wants under $5k for it, wouldn't be a bad thing to pickup to fix and actually do properly with the guts all done already
Almost thought that was JoeBoost's 3rd gen but apparently not lol |
Originally Posted by chrome91
(Post 9264871)
Unless i'm blind af what does he want for it? It's definitely a garage built setup but if he wants under $5k for it, wouldn't be a bad thing to pickup to fix and actually do properly with the guts all done already
Almost thought that was JoeBoost's 3rd gen but apparently not lol https://www.facebook.com/share/1D6zaXJYT8/ Hes at 3500 |
Originally Posted by flyry110
(Post 9264880)
Having a built turbo car myself I can say the costs do add up if you leave it to the pros but if you can do lots yourself especially fabrication, you're golden |
Originally Posted by chrome91
(Post 9264881)
If you're mechanically inclined enough to clean it up and want a project myself I think it wouldn't hurt to toss a $2800-$3k offer. Only thing is tough to say if the guy knows it's a major internal trans issue or if he's clueless and it could be a simple bad slave cylinder. But if you go into it expecting to replace the trans and dump 30-40hrs cleaning the build up, would be a decent buy if you can do the work yourself
Having a built turbo car myself I can say the costs do add up if you leave it to the pros but if you can do lots yourself especially fabrication, you're golden |
Originally Posted by chrome91
(Post 9264881)
If you're mechanically inclined enough to clean it up and want a project myself I think it wouldn't hurt to toss a $2800-$3k offer. Only thing is tough to say if the guy knows it's a major internal trans issue or if he's clueless and it could be a simple bad slave cylinder. But if you go into it expecting to replace the trans and dump 30-40hrs cleaning the build up, would be a decent buy if you can do the work yourself
Having a built turbo car myself I can say the costs do add up if you leave it to the pros but if you can do lots yourself especially fabrication, you're golden Also https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/maxima....d011fe0c60.jpg |
Depends how bad he overheated it at that point, a failing distributor can also cause an engine to not start warm but fire up after cooling off a bit. I only know Haltech ECU but the Link ECU maybe has a safemode that won't let it fire up if it's overheating? Not too sure
What I don't get is why he appears to still be running the distributor even when he has the Link ECU? First thing I did on the NA-T on my 2JZGTE was dump the distributor and convert to coilpacks run by the Haltech, especially if the thing was built for high boost the most I would bother using the dizzy for is purely a cam signal but anyway... Knowing all this, tough to say but myself I would toss a $2000-$2500 offer. Offsets the cost of a 8hr tow and potentially rebuilding/swapping the transmission and potentially pulling the heads. If you've got the mechanical knowhow and 5-6 weekends to piss away working on it, wouldn't be a bad buy. But if you would be having a shop do the work, it'll add up fast to the point it wouldn't be worth it and you would have a $15k-$25k invoice to do everything properly |
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