did i mention i HATE nissans?
07-06-2008, 10:25 PM
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My first car was a 10 year old Nissan sentra. Clean, very well maintained. What a piece of crap. Nissan seemed to use(and still does even in their newer Sentras) rubber bands for engine mounts, oh and also use a rod shift linkage. Neat. So when the engine and trans were dancing under hood you judt might be able to find some gears. I absolutely hate Nissans. I swore Nissans and FWD cars off after that. I tried out some Toyota's and Hondas and they seem to be a little better built.
I hate Nissans
I hate Nissans
07-06-2008, 11:44 PM
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Not only that, but I know now (since before buying the SA I was looking at a 240) that Nissan is the most retarded assed company ever. You may have an SR20DET swapped into your 240, and someone else might have a Sentra with a SR20DET but they are completely different engines. They won't even bolt up to the trans, and there s no way to make them fit. You have to have a FWD or RWD engine, even if it's the same engine designation. What kind of ******* retardedness is that?
07-07-2008, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TheRX7Project' post='903798' date='Jul 7 2008, 12:44 AM
Not only that, but I know now (since before buying the SA I was looking at a 240) that Nissan is the most retarded assed company ever. You may have an SR20DET swapped into your 240, and someone else might have a Sentra with a SR20DET but they are completely different engines. They won't even bolt up to the trans, and there s no way to make them fit. You have to have a FWD or RWD engine, even if it's the same engine designation. What kind of ******* retardedness is that?
That's what you get for buying a Nissan
07-07-2008, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TheRX7Project' post='903798' date='Jul 7 2008, 12:44 AM
Not only that, but I know now (since before buying the SA I was looking at a 240) that Nissan is the most retarded assed company ever. You may have an SR20DET swapped into your 240, and someone else might have a Sentra with a SR20DET but they are completely different engines. They won't even bolt up to the trans, and there s no way to make them fit. You have to have a FWD or RWD engine, even if it's the same engine designation. What kind of ******* retardedness is that?
Actually, I think the same situation applies to GM's 3.8 liter V6. It came in both FWD and RWD applications, and they're different.
07-07-2008, 06:48 AM
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I'm pretty sure you are wrong, but maybe that did apply for the Camaro one if anything? But if you buy a V6 Camaro you don't deserve to live anyway. My brother's g/f has a V6 auto Camaro, which admittedly was an upgrade from her beat-up stick 4-cyl Beretta. Still garbage though. I'm gonna go research this and report back.
07-07-2008, 06:53 AM
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You are semi-correct. It seems they just up and switched, but engines from the same years were still compatible. From Wiki:
Chevrolet V8 pattern
So named because it began with Chevrolet's V8 engines.
Chevrolet big-block V8's
Chevrolet small-block V8's
GM Vortec 4300 90° V6
GM Iron Duke RWD inline 4 (Early RWD Variants, later versions may use a FWD pattern, and have two possible starter locations)
Jeep 2.5L/151 in³ Jeep used the GM Iron Duke inline 4 1980-1983. These use a Chrysler Torqueflite 904 automatic transmission with a Chevrolet bellhousing.
Chevrolet Inline 6 (1963 on)
Chevrolet 153 Inline 4 (Chevy II, pre-Iron-Duke)
GM metric pattern
Also called the GM small corporate pattern
This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape.
GM 60° V6 family FWD/RWD V6; 2.8/3.1/3.4 L
Buick FWD/RWD 90° 3800 V6
Cadillac 4.1/4.5/4.9 L V8
Isuzu 3.5L DOHC V6
1984-03 Jeep/AMC/Chrysler 2.5L/150 in³ I4 found in Jeep Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche, and Wrangler models (except Grand Wagoneer & Grand Cherokee) and 1996-2002 Dodge Dakotas.
Jeep/AMC 2.8L V6 (GM engine)
GM Iron Duke FWD inline 4
1984-93 GM Iron Duke/Tech-4 RWD inline 4
Chevrolet V8 pattern
So named because it began with Chevrolet's V8 engines.
Chevrolet big-block V8's
Chevrolet small-block V8's
GM Vortec 4300 90° V6
GM Iron Duke RWD inline 4 (Early RWD Variants, later versions may use a FWD pattern, and have two possible starter locations)
Jeep 2.5L/151 in³ Jeep used the GM Iron Duke inline 4 1980-1983. These use a Chrysler Torqueflite 904 automatic transmission with a Chevrolet bellhousing.
Chevrolet Inline 6 (1963 on)
Chevrolet 153 Inline 4 (Chevy II, pre-Iron-Duke)
GM metric pattern
Also called the GM small corporate pattern
This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape.
GM 60° V6 family FWD/RWD V6; 2.8/3.1/3.4 L
Buick FWD/RWD 90° 3800 V6
Cadillac 4.1/4.5/4.9 L V8
Isuzu 3.5L DOHC V6
1984-03 Jeep/AMC/Chrysler 2.5L/150 in³ I4 found in Jeep Cherokee, Wagoneer, Comanche, and Wrangler models (except Grand Wagoneer & Grand Cherokee) and 1996-2002 Dodge Dakotas.
Jeep/AMC 2.8L V6 (GM engine)
GM Iron Duke FWD inline 4
1984-93 GM Iron Duke/Tech-4 RWD inline 4