Yep... I'm actually getting rid of the Maxima

I finally decided that I'm getting tired of working on it mostly because I'm tired of these pieces of **** that they call a transmission. The input shaft bearing has been broken for about a year and being that it'd be the fourth time that I'd have to replace it, I'm just quite tired of it.

On top of the tranny there's also a nice hole in the trunk about the size of a baseball where the seatbelt retractor used to mount and it doesn't seem as though Nissan is going to do anything about it since it has already been worked on or something.

I definitely wish it would have all been different as I'm probably not even half way done with the stuff I wanted to do to this thing. I'm actually planning on keeping the engine and whatnot as I've decided to put it in a truck that I have and I also have the Datsun 280Z so I'm definitely not done with Nissan at all. The truck will just be my backroads/winter/whatever driver, the Z will be my track car (which I'm looking to hit 9's in or so), and the daily driver will be a very nice 2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder.

It's definitely been fun while it lasted. Having a turbocharged Maxima is definitely a blast but, I guess it just wasn't meant to be or something. I'll have a lot of stuff for sale but am not planning on selling any of my engine/turbo stuff.

Here's the link to all of the stuff that I have for sale Maxima-wise. The catch about these is that I absolutely must sell as much of these as I can today (Wednesday the 30th of March). http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=392502

 

best of luck in the future. instead of posting the FS stuff here just post the link to the FS section.

 

thanks.

just replaced the uber large list with the link

 

Man sorry to hear that... You've been at it for so long... Good luck with everything...

 

...so how does the future for CooksonIntake Inc. look like?

 

hey man, im sorry to hear that you are leaving the .org. we will miss ya man. good luck in the future

 

wow didnt see this coming let us know when you get the Z running

 

well, i'm planning on keeping the engine and still using it so the Cookson Intake Inc. might still be in the future

i might throw together a few manifold setups and such for those who want to turbo their maxima since i have the design and everything. not sure when it'll happen though, gotta get the Z done first.

 

i know it must be difficult to get rid of the max.

 

Sorry to see you go. I am just up the road (100+ miles) and quail hunt only a few miles from you. I was hoping to see the turbo-max someday.

 

go see it now while it still exists!

I'd be leaving my max but the guyt with the car I want hasn't gotten back to me yet.
the replacement would be at minimum AWD, most probably with a turbo.

 

hopefully sometime down the road i'll turbo the MR2

 

the Mr2 in ALL generations is the one car that scared the crap outta me.... IT's awesome.

Still sad your leaving though.....

 

damn, didn't expect ya to go. good luck with everything.

 

good move

 

i'm sure i'll probably stick around here a bit helping out and post whoring when i can (most likely all out of habit )

if i do end up making some turbo manifold setups and such i'll definitely let everyone know about it.

yeah, they're all pretty sweet. an MKII turbo = but... they're a bit unreliable and definitely quite heavy. i loved the nimbleness that the Spyder has. being that they're right under 2200 lbs. they are quick with the low 138 hp and corner extremely well. probably the thing that surprised me most when i drove one the other day was the low end power. i swear the thing felt stronger at low rpm's than my maxima did. i'm sure that's mostly due to the weight difference but probably also due to my lower compression and leaky exhaust manifolds

here's the beaut that i'm buying:

 

I think you're a weenie cuz you won't build your own ride.

Real men build their own rides

 

it'll be the first one that i haven't built... per se...

 

real men have these cars:

nah, id take my max anyday.......nah

 

Well, good luck in the future, and good idea with going with the Z...I did the same thing myself, just waiting for the summer to drive it. So what's going on with the Z so far?

 

basically i just need to buy a few parts to put the engine back together then its time to fabricate the motor mounts and just about everything else (turbo manifolds, tranny crossmember, etc. etc.) i'm aiming at 600 whp to start with which should put me into the low 10's high 9's or so. once i do some building to the engine i'll probably shoot for 800 whp or just whatever the thing can handle.

 

oh snap, member of the month.

 

Eleanor and Mopar powa -- Shawn's two favorites...

 

those two cars are sweet man, id love to have a 1970 Dodge charger with the 426 hemi! WHEW! dam im good, you favorites, dam im good LOL

 

I mean build not modify

 

yeah, that'll come down the road.

 

you say it like it'll be done on a weekend.

 

lol, yeah... probably be like, 1000 weekends.