I just picked up a '94 VE 5spd today So here are the details:

Good:
-Strong engine
-No VTC clack
-Rare 5spd
-140k miles
-single family car
-Rare Dark Green color
-VLSD FTMFW!!!!!
-Custom ypipe and full exhaust 2 yrs old

Bad:
-Bose Radio doesnt work
-both passanger windows dont work
-needs some suspension work (alignment or wheel bearings maybe?)
-Tranny/engine mounts might be shot (shifter and wheel vibrate during acceleration)
-Paint isnt real great (spots on hood, only one rust spot though)
-spoiler ends are detached and come up

I got the car for $1500 and was more concerened with the engine and tranny than the body as that doesnt need attention right away. So once the car is paid off to my parents the mods will start, intake, muffler, lower, wheels, etc.

Let me know what you all think (pics tomorrow),
Alex

 

mygreenmax has some words for you

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^


Early bird got the no clacking ve 5....

 

Yea Greeny told me you were looking at it, i couldnt let you take it from me... so i bought it!!! Sry Mang

 

Single Family Car? What is that supposed to mean...

 

Father ---> Son

 

Good luck with the new car. It sounds like it needs a lot of crap, even though the VTCs don't clack, which is nice.




Dude, there are lots of good deals on VE 5-speeds.

here are a couple in Portland right now.

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/302094609.html

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/car/301735305.html

 

The radio, windows and spoiler are easy fixes. The mounts might be tougher but it sounds like you made a pretty good deal. Painting it might be fairly expensive.

 

I have a full set of window regulators, switches, and motors if you need them. lemme know.

 

Congrats! Is this your first VE?

 

dude awesome find and for only 1500

 

awwww.... ripping the rug out from under Gone.....

 

Yup and i will want your intake spacers this summer so heads up.

 

You'll be his first dual customer then... since you're still on for the VG spacers too, right?

 

Not a problem.

 

I was more entertaining the idea



but still

 

*UPDATE* THE PISTON RINGS ARE FRIED SO I WILL BE PARTING THE CAR OUT... CALLED THE GUY AND IM GETTING $1000 BACK, SO I AM KEEPING THE CAR FOR $500 AND PUTTING THE VLSD 5SPD INTO MY VG. ILL POST ANOTHER THREAD IN THE CLASSIFIEDS SECTION SO YOU CAN POST WHAT YOU ALL NEED THERE.

I GOT SCREWED, SCAMED, AND PLAYED. BUT IT WORKED TO MY BENEFIT!
Alex

 

ok so that means you have a full set of 5spd swap material?!?! i'll take your vg tranny and all the shifymess out of the parts car, if that's the case

 

Hook this dude up, hes suffering from the auto tragic disease!!!

~Alex

 

Unfortunatly i think im going to keep my VG tranny as back up incase the VLSD poops on me. If i decide to sell it your first on the list.

Alex

Classified:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=516547

 

Just a quick note, take the VG speed sensor. Or w/e the one that plugs in, which should be the VG's. Thats one thing I learned from nForces swap is the VE has a different connector for its speed sensor. Other then that they are the same though.

~Alex

 

So, didn't the car smoke or seem like it had a power loss when you test drove it?

just curious. I don't think I need any parts at the moment.

 

The car didnt smoke which is why this suprised me, but when i went to do some prev***ive maintinance on the car i pulled the spark plugs and oil was dripping from the threads... Not to mention when i changed the fuel filter the fuel was dark grey!!!!

SO WHO NEEDS PARTS!?!?!?

 

You've got a PM man.

 

dude are you sure? Get it compression tested. It could just be oil leaking from the valve cover seals....

~Alex

 

Yeah. Definitely get your $1000 back since it sounds like the car isn't in good running order. But make absolutely certain this motor is trashed before parting it out.

Has the motor smoked at all since you bought it? You would see lots of smoke coming out the muffler if there's oil in the chamber. If you don't see smoke, then change the plugs and fuel filter and see what happens. Definitely do a compression test at Alex mentioned. If everything checks out, then you just gotta find where that oil is coming from.

 

+1, oil on the plugs doesn't mean dead rings.

 

That's what I was thinking and I was wondering how he came up with bad rings since it wasn't smoking or anything. Usually you can tell right away when you start up the car or hit the throttle by what's coming out the tail pipe.

 

well i cancelled the check so i will change out the plugs and i already changed the fuel filter, i just assumed that because there was oil on the plugs that it meant bad piston rings. Can i do a comp test myself or do i have to take it to the dealer or a shop?

Thanks for the info,
Alex

 

I'll buy it

 

Go buy a $12 compression guage @ napa and screw it in the spark plug holes then crank your engine. Also, please respond to my pm instead of leaving me hangin..

 

Here is my therory...The valve cover gaskets are leaking oil into the holes where your spark plugs are...As you un screwed the the plug,the oil puddled up in the s/p hole ran down the threads of the plug,coating the end of the plug with oil.....

I personally think the engine is just fine....You just need to replace the valve cover gaskets...


Ask me how i think this your problem..

 

Let me guess, you had same problem...

 

Sry mang im keepin it...

 

Lies!!!..... All Lies!!!

 

What are you going to do with your VG?

 

keep that one too... lol

 

That's less mod money

 

why don't you just buy the one in Portland for $800 that needs a clutch? It actually says OBO, so you might even get it for $500 and the ad says it runs good.

Then you can put in an Exedy and Fidanza while you are in there.

 

i think someone already bought it... read earlier posts