I need help!!!
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 374
I need help!!!
Ok, I have a favour to ask... Didn't see that one coming did you? Here goes.
As you probably all know I already went through 3 Maximas:
1) 1994 GXE - Dead Tranny
2) 1994 SE - Engine blew up in the highway after 6 days of purchase
3) 1999 SE - Mom's car. Everything from a tree falling on it to semi's reversing into me(no joke!)
So I've been looking aroung for a good replacement and I think I have found one. A 1991 Dodge Stealth. For those who don't know the car or are about to start flaming me, it is a car built by Mitsubishi for Dodge as the exact twin of the 3000GT.
The one I found is a Twin Turbo version, good for 300 hp at the crank. Four wheel Drive and four wheel steering driven by a 5sp manual tranny. The car already has hydraulics installed which I don't care much for but anyways. Here is the problem: apparently one of the turbo's is bad. Don't know weather it is the small one that engages at low RPM's or the big one. I need someone who has experience with turbocharged engines (I've always worked on N/A) to come check out the car with me so I can make sure I don't get screwed again.
So... what is in it for you? Well, in the lot there is also a 1992 Maxima SE, 103,xxx mi; charcoal with gray cloth interior, straight body, all in all a good looking car. I already have a lockdown on the car, but by you helping me out you would get dibs on it. This is a great opporunity if you are looking for a fresh Maxima to start modifying or if you are looking for another for your daily driver while you leave your beast at home. Please help me because I need to get back on the road really soon (summer is here...).
Post a message and PM me so we can decide what time and date would be best.
PLEASE SERIOUS PEOPLE ONLY!!!!! If you don't know what you are doing near a car and have never worked with a turbo before, don't lie to me. It is the last thing I need.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation people.
As you probably all know I already went through 3 Maximas:
1) 1994 GXE - Dead Tranny
2) 1994 SE - Engine blew up in the highway after 6 days of purchase
3) 1999 SE - Mom's car. Everything from a tree falling on it to semi's reversing into me(no joke!)
So I've been looking aroung for a good replacement and I think I have found one. A 1991 Dodge Stealth. For those who don't know the car or are about to start flaming me, it is a car built by Mitsubishi for Dodge as the exact twin of the 3000GT.
The one I found is a Twin Turbo version, good for 300 hp at the crank. Four wheel Drive and four wheel steering driven by a 5sp manual tranny. The car already has hydraulics installed which I don't care much for but anyways. Here is the problem: apparently one of the turbo's is bad. Don't know weather it is the small one that engages at low RPM's or the big one. I need someone who has experience with turbocharged engines (I've always worked on N/A) to come check out the car with me so I can make sure I don't get screwed again.
So... what is in it for you? Well, in the lot there is also a 1992 Maxima SE, 103,xxx mi; charcoal with gray cloth interior, straight body, all in all a good looking car. I already have a lockdown on the car, but by you helping me out you would get dibs on it. This is a great opporunity if you are looking for a fresh Maxima to start modifying or if you are looking for another for your daily driver while you leave your beast at home. Please help me because I need to get back on the road really soon (summer is here...).
Post a message and PM me so we can decide what time and date would be best.
PLEASE SERIOUS PEOPLE ONLY!!!!! If you don't know what you are doing near a car and have never worked with a turbo before, don't lie to me. It is the last thing I need.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation people.
lol. oh man you could make the biggest mistake of your life purchasing that car. my cousins first car was a 1993 stealth (300hp twin turbo 5 speed). amazingly fast car. but the POS fell apart within the first year. even things you couldnt imagine breaking would. from the engine constantly stalling, to the ac going out, to the coolant hose blowing off causing the engine to overheat, to the interior paneling falling off...need i go on? not trying to change your mind, just letting you know what you are getting into here.
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 374
hmmmm, didn't see that one coming.... Anyone else had bad experience??? I really need to get back on the road. I was as desperate as getting a 1994 Civic which I gave to my brother after he sold his truck. (I know, I know... what can I say. It was a moment of weakness...). I just really want to get back on the road and I want something that is not exactly a turtlle.
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Joined: May 2004
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Buy what ever you like, but STAY AWAY from those STEALTHs or 3000GTs. I don't know much about STEALTH but I've owned a 94 3000GT VR4, it was my baby until it has appx 50k miles on it, and eveythings started falling apart. First, the hydraulic adjuster, next was the transmission, then the timing came of the sprockets due to hydraulic tentioner failure. Finally, one of the turbo blown. Take your time to visit Stealth/3000gt international.org website to learn more about it.
