Hey Mike
I have a 90 Pathfinder with 31x10.5" tires, and I believe the torsion bars have sagged a little bit, cause there is major rubbage. I plan on lifting it 1" both front and rear, I just wanted to know where to get the springs that you got for project Pathfinder.
Thanks
Kenny
Hey Mike
I have a 90 Pathfinder with 31x10.5" tires, and I believe the torsion bars have sagged a little bit, cause there is major rubbage. I plan on lifting it 1" both front and rear, I just wanted to know where to get the springs that you got for project Pathfinder.
Thanks
Kenny
I got them from Nissan Motorsports. You can get Nissan Motorsports parts from Cortesy Nissan or Performance Nissan.
Mike
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Hey Mike
I have a 90 Pathfinder with 31x10.5" tires, and I believe the torsion bars have sagged a little bit, cause there is major rubbage. I plan on lifting it 1" both front and rear, I just wanted to know where to get the springs that you got for project Pathfinder.
Thanks
Kenny
You shoud not have any rubbing with stock size tires 31x10.5. If you have stock 15x7 rims. Tbars will not prevent rubbing. They will just firm up the ride and maintain the stock hieght longer. You can reindex your bars.
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You shoud not have any rubbing with stock size tires 31x10.5. If you have stock 15x7 rims. Tbars will not prevent rubbing. They will just firm up the ride and maintain the stock hieght longer. You can reindex your bars.
If he has wider wheels which you sorta need with 10.5's you may rub very slightly in the wheel wells. I rubbed just a little bit stock and once I got the suspension it has never rubbed. The rubbing occurs when your wheel is turned and hit a bump. Rasing changes the geometry enough so it won't rub.
Mike
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Thanks guys for the quick response, I called Boulder Nissan today, they said there are two sizes of springs for the rear from the Nissan motorsport catalog. I can't remember the sizes, but I'm going to go in tomorrow and pick up some other parts. Mike about how much were your rear springs, and do you remeber the specs on them? Also do you recommend the stiffer torsion bars?
Thanks
Thanks guys for the quick response, I called Boulder Nissan today, they said there are two sizes of springs for the rear from the Nissan motorsport catalog. I can't remember the sizes, but I'm going to go in tomorrow and pick up some other parts. Mike about how much were your rear springs, and do you remeber the specs on them? Also do you recommend the stiffer torsion bars?
Thanks
They have a 1" and 3" lift, I have the 1" lift. I think the torsion bars are vary important, If most pathfinders are like mine, the stock ones sag real bad. I can't belive how the suspension changes I did transformedthe Pathfinder, it handles like a sports car now and takes bumps off road 100% better.
I used to hate driving the wifes car but now I take it all the time because its so much fun.
Mike
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Thanks Mike,
I ordered the springs for the rear and the idler arm brace from AC. Hope to have it lifted, with the torsion bars cranked a little bit before the end of the month.
Kenny
Ok, I'm super jealous. Icy hot stunta keeps talking about these 900hp VG's and I can't even make it up a hill with the AC on in mine. Please talk to me guys. How do I do it. Should I by a VG and work it out whilst I drive? Can I get a hundred extra ponies for $2000.00 or less? I know nothing about how to make ponies in these import jobies. Just give me a little taste of what I can start saving up for. Danka mucho Monsieur!
Thanks Mike,
I ordered the springs for the rear and the idler arm brace from AC. Hope to have it lifted, with the torsion bars cranked a little bit before the end of the month.
Kenny
You might want to get the cushy foam bumpstops as well. they make bottoming much smoother.
Mike
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Ok, I'm super jealous. Icy hot stunta keeps talking about these 900hp VG's and I can't even make it up a hill with the AC on in mine. Please talk to me guys. How do I do it. Should I by a VG and work it out whilst I drive? Can I get a hundred extra ponies for $2000.00 or less? I know nothing about how to make ponies in these import jobies. Just give me a little taste of what I can start saving up for. Danka mucho Monsieur!
You can follow my bulid up. Nissan motorsports or JWT cam, DPR headwork, Q45 pistons, 300ZX rods and crank. Doug thortly headers, JWT ECU , Borla exhaust. All good for about 250 hp and 260 ft lbs of torque. As much as many half ton trucks. Stay tuned to NPM for more details.
Mike
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Thanks for your reply Mike. Do you rebuild these engines or do you have a shop? I would love to work with someone on the build so I can learn at the same time. I plan to take this Pathfinder as far as I (and my wallet) can. I'll stay tuned for now and focus on suspension upgrades. Thanks dude, you rock!
- John B.
You might want to get the cushy foam bumpstops as well. they make bottoming much smoother.
Mike, do I remember correctly -- you have yours running so those foam stops are almost in constant contact with the frame? I'm still interested in purchasing these from AC. Thanks.
Mike, do I remember correctly -- you have yours running so those foam stops are almost in constant contact with the frame? I'm still interested in purchasing these from AC. Thanks.
No their is signifcant clearance between the frame and the bumpstop, I am about 1/2" from the top out bumper.
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Thanks for your reply Mike. Do you rebuild these engines or do you have a shop? I would love to work with someone on the build so I can learn at the same time. I plan to take this Pathfinder as far as I (and my wallet) can. I'll stay tuned for now and focus on suspension upgrades. Thanks dude, you rock!
- John B.
I don't build motors for other people, I don't want the liabilty. Technosquare in Torrance is about the only shop I would trust in southern california.
Mike
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You can follow my bulid up. Nissan motorsports or JWT cam, DPR headwork, Q45 pistons, 300ZX rods and crank. Doug Thorley headers, JWT ECU , Borla exhaust. All good for about 250 hp and 260 ft lbs of torque. As much as many half ton trucks. Stay tuned to NPM for more details.
Mike
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Originally Posted by morepower2
A low buck motor would be to use Q45 VH45 pistons in a VG33E blockwhich gives about 9.7:1 compression up from 8.8:1 and are 88mm bore for 3.4 liters. Do a little pocket and match porting, use JWT cams and run SLR or Doug Thorley Headers, top off with a JWT ECU. Run a 2.5" mandrel bent exhaust with peforated core straight through mufflers. Use JWT's POP charger filter replacing the rubber zip pipe with a smooth mandrel bent piece and makes a cold air dam in the engine compartment. This gives just under 260 hp.
For towing it might be better to run Nissan Motorsports 262 cams and give up a few top end hp to get better midrange torque.
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Originally Posted by morepower2
Basicaly you want to put a VG30 crank, oil pump and front pulley in a VG33 motor. This is so your accessory drives stay the same. The nose of a VG30 crank is smaller and the pulley diameter and offset is way different.
The real trick setup is to machine down the VG33 nose slightly and bore up the VG30 pulley slightly so you gain the advantages of a bigger nose (the VG30 tended to bend if you went off on it to much) A lot of the class 7 off road racing guys do this but this is getting minorly esoteric.
Even quick and dirty with no headwork and the 262 cams the hybrid VG makes over 220 hp and nearly 250 ft lbs of torque. Running with 87 octane is borderline so you probably have to tow running 92 but you can run around normaly on 87. That power is in the league of a 5.0 liter ford or the 4.6 modular motor found on 1/2 ton trucks.
Mike
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Originally Posted by Mansier
Thank you! So the same heads, but with the 262 cam. Same rods as the VG33? Everything is a shortblock VG33 but the pistons right? Great! If I could even get just over 200hp with a bunch of torque I would be thrilled. I know what I'm doing when I get back from the track this weekend!
LM
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Originally Posted by morepower2
Exactly the pistons and cams are the biggest bang for the buck. The shortblock needs to get your stock pulley adapted to it by turning down the crank snout and boring out the pulley so your accessory drives fit.
Either that or use your VG30 oil pump, pulley and crank.
Mike
Hey Mike,
Thanks for the good info. You mention using z car crank and rods as well. Which motor? I've been looking for a good recipe for a solid VG buildup for my pickup and this sounds like the ticket. I'd like to build one along with you. As many details as you will divulge on this motor are greatly appreciated. I need to start collecting parts.
By the way. Do you know if there would be a problem using a VG33ER short block to build this motor.
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