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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Saying goodbye to my maxima...

Three years, two engines, and retarded amounts of redlining. She shall be missed. Lost a radiator fan motor on a hot day and the car overheated before I noticed. Ended springing a headgasket leak.

But THEN I scored a running 88 fiero with less than 100k miles for $700. Kit car, here I come.

Appreciate all the help and information; I honestly learned how to work on cars and how fuel injection and electronics work in a car because of this website. Amazing the wealth of information contained here!

Good luck all, now to abandon my POS on the side of the road somewhere!!!
Old Oct 1, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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1. trade Fiero for a VQ35
2. install new engine
3. ?????
4. profit
Old Oct 1, 2010 | 10:48 PM
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Fiero+VQ35/6MT+lambo kit=SWEET
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 02:05 AM
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lol at VQ35 suggestions


All I'm gonna say is... You'll be back they always do. Sooner or later you'll end up in another "piece of ****" which you will miss
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by chrome91
1. trade Fiero for a VQ35
2. install new engine
3. ?????
4. profit
Um....

1. Soon to be ex wife's name on title.
2. Vehicle derelict.
3. Can't sell, can't scrap.
4. ABANDON!!! Wooh. No law against leaving a broke down vehicle on the road for the county to take possession of.

As for the VQ35 in a fiero that someone mentioned; lolz.

I'll stick with a camero LS1. More HP, lower price, how can you beat it!

Honestly, the maxima is just such a boat. I always wanted a smaller sports car and who can beat the V8 Archie dedicated roadster body I want to purchase at some point.

Old Oct 2, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ColombianMax
lol at VQ35 suggestions


All I'm gonna say is... You'll be back they always do. Sooner or later you'll end up in another "piece of ****" which you will miss
this.

lots of people actually come back to Maximas that its weird, even Bijan sold his Max, bought a Eclipse, sold it for a 350z, then came back to a Maxima

why just ditch it? part it out on here and make a few hundred
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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my 98 GLE went ages with only 1 working fan on the radiator. Also, the dummy gauge on the dash should've been a dead give away. That gauge is practically worthless but it DOES catch radiator issues well enough.
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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my 98 GLE went ages with only 1 working fan on the radiator. Also, the dummy gauge on the dash should've been a dead give away. That gauge is practically worthless but it DOES catch radiator issues well enough.
Funny how that worked. I was sleeping in the passenger seat on a hot day, brother got out to car to talk to someone, didn't notice the engine heating up because I was out. By the time I saw it it was too late.
Old Oct 2, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 02:48 PM
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That's what I get for sleeping eh.
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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No matter what you do to it, its still a Fiero
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 08:39 AM
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No matter what you do to it, its still a Fiero
this...when i saw Fiero...i *smh*. Kit cars, imo, are teh worst things to look at, besides Fiestas and Fieros...i mean if the body is good..time for engine upgrade. go to a pull-a-part salvage yard and yank you a vq35 and swap it out.
Old Oct 4, 2010 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonaaronfox
Three years, two engines, and retarded amounts of redlining. She shall be missed. Lost a radiator fan motor on a hot day and the car overheated before I noticed. Ended springing a headgasket leak.

But THEN I scored a running 88 fiero with less than 100k miles for $700. Kit car, here I come.

Appreciate all the help and information; I honestly learned how to work on cars and how fuel injection and electronics work in a car because of this website. Amazing the wealth of information contained here!

Good luck all, now to abandon my POS on the side of the road somewhere!!!
Your "POS" will be the reason you come back to a reliable 4th gen...it just can't be beat by any modern day car in terms of reliability and performance...just like the manufacturer video shows "we don't beat all models" but they do at reliability though
Old Oct 6, 2010 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Trini Boom
Your "POS" will be the reason you come back to a reliable 4th gen...it just can't be beat by any modern day car in terms of reliability and performance...just like the manufacturer video shows "we don't beat all models" but they do at reliability though
Old Oct 6, 2010 | 10:34 AM
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Just Say NO Fiero

Cardinal rule of car buying....never buy a Fiero.....period.
Old Oct 6, 2010 | 08:52 PM
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88 Fieros are all right, because they actually, like, engineered them. It's the ones before 88 (ie nearly all of them) you want to watch out for - they're parts-bin Frankensteins, only none of those parts were for a mid-engined car.
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