im planning to buy a 4th gen 1995 maxima...my friend wants to sell me a turbo from a 1997 skyline...should i buy it? would it fit in my maxima? and if so, what should i do to keep it from overheating or blowing up?

 

Negative... unless you got a bizach load of cash lying around. In that case, I would just buy a Skyline.

 

my friend is selling me the skyline turbo for $600...with a possible intercooler...and why is it a "negative"?

 

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Buy a skyline..........

 

lol yeah buy it, its just a simple bolt on, and with 600 bucks, you can't go wrong

 

well, realistically any turbo from any car can be used on your Max. Remember that juss cause its from a Skyline doesnt make it awesome. How used is it? depending on condition, i dont think its worth $600.

 

You clearly don't know much about installing a turbo in a Maxima... hopefully you know or can pay someone who has experience.

Search will answer the questions you haven't thought of yet.

1. There is not a turbo in existence that will just "fit" in a Maxima, not Skyline, not 300ZX, not anything. *ANY* turbo install will require a lot of custom work, unless you buy a kit.

2. There are turbo kits that include everything you need to install a brand new turbo in your Maxima... they sell for ~$3500 or maybe $4K.

3. Do not think for an instant that a used turbo from a Skyline is helping you at all. Take that $600 turbo, add 3 or 4 grand for everything else you need, and you *may* have a working solution. You'd be better off buying the kit.

Lotsa luck buddy.

 

Maybe you want to buy the car first?