1st gen buying advice - S/C worth it?

[Bearded_Hombre]

Valid point.

However, it's Xterra....not Extera.

Also, to the OP. Xterras, specifically 1st gens, get pretty poor gas mileage. But it's not much worse than any other non-aerodynamic suv from that era. I average around 17ish on the highway with my 32s. Better than an 80 series with the I6.

Man I would be stoked if I got 17! This is a really good day for me haha

 

[Jeffer949]

I have standard tires currently so 265/70-15 Geolander GO15's. I am trying to track down a wrecked 2002-2004 xterra to put the 3.9 axles under my frontier. I also want to build a 3.4L Here is a great write up on it.http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/31418-building-a-vg34-and-installing-it-in-my-88-pathy/ and these are great write ups also. http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Nissan/Pathfinder.aspx Both are really good sources of info. But, with you being in CA I dont know how that would work. I dont have emissions in KS to pass.

 

[Bearded_Hombre]

I have standard tires currently so 265/70-15 Geolander GO15's. I am trying to track down a wrecked 2002-2004 xterra to put the 3.9 axles under my frontier. I also want to build a 3.4L Here is a great write up on it.http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/31418-building-a-vg34-and-installing-it-in-my-88-pathy/ and these are great write ups also. http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Nissan/Pathfinder.aspx Both are really good sources of info. But, with you being in CA I dont know how that would work. I dont have emissions in KS to pass.

Awesome thank you! Yeah, good ol California smog regulations are are pretty strict. I will more than likely have to do what we call a "Hot Smog" (illegal smog) to get it to pass.

 

[Ivan]

I have standard tires currently so 265/70-15 Geolander GO15's. I am trying to track down a wrecked 2002-2004 xterra to put the 3.9 axles under my frontier. I also want to build a 3.4L Here is a great write up on it.http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/31418-building-a-vg34-and-installing-it-in-my-88-pathy/ and these are great write ups also. http://www.motoiq.com/Projects/Nissan/Pathfinder.aspx Both are really good sources of info. But, with you being in CA I dont know how that would work. I dont have emissions in KS to pass.

Just FYI, the 3.9 axles will be under the 2002, 2003, and 2004 models. 2000 and 2001 will have the 3.6 geared axles.

 

[Jeffer949]

Just FYI, the 3.9 axles will be under the 2002, 2003, and 2004 models. 2000 and 2001 will have the 3.6 geared axles.

Isnt that what I said?

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[Nd4SpdSe]

I have an 03 SC manual 4x4 and it will be 10 years come spring that I've had her. I find power quite adequate, and as Darren2001 mentioned, the fuel economy isn't really out of the norm of the full framed 4x4 trucks for the time. I've been running a resistor to replace the pesky knock sensor for the last 8-9 years, but SC maintenance is little extra just to replace the oil every several years. Indeed if you get an SC, run premium, otherwise what's the point and adds what, an extra $5 to already an $80 tank? The automatic uses a smaller pulley for 7psi, my manual is 6psi. There's nothing really extra to worry about and that makes the SC trucks unreliable, or even less reliable then their NA counterpart, other then making sure the sensors are healthy do that it doesn't play with your timing and also cut your boost. If you've got a manual, the clutch is much more old cats, which can be clogged and restrict performance, or can be broken and chunks can get ingested into the engine causing physical damage.

With 33's, I find the 4.6 gearing of the SC a little long and tempts me to switch to the 4.9's.

Regardless, I love me truck and is a great workhorse. I'd replace her in a heartbeat with another one.