which, ummm yeah, makes the car worthless for what people are trying to do with it

 

exactly!



kevin.

 

, but could you explain "crankwalk" to me? I see that term thrown around a lot on the Maxima forum, but don't know what it is. And it seems that more people here know more about other cars than the guys on the other forums.

 

, but could you explain "crankwalk" to me? I see that term thrown around a lot on the Maxima forum, but don't know what it is. And it seems that more people here know more about other cars than the guys on the other forums. [/quote]

i believe it describes movement of the crank in a side-to-side motion that is over specifications for the block. the crank is allowed to move a good amount but some came out with huge amounts of play in the crank.



I always figured it was due to failure to set the thrust bearing but i never really got into it much. damn pistons.



kevin.

 

, but could you explain "crankwalk" to me? I see that term thrown around a lot on the Maxima forum, but don't know what it is. And it seems that more people here know more about other cars than the guys on the other forums. [/quote]

i believe it describes movement of the crank in a side-to-side motion that is over specifications for the block. the crank is allowed to move a good amount but some came out with huge amounts of play in the crank.



I always figured it was due to failure to set the thrust bearing but i never really got into it much. damn pistons.



kevin. [/quote]

like, if it revs too high?

 

Shush, I know 3 guys personally who have had crank walk issues in 2nd gens. First gens aren't so bad. Way more reliable.

Second gens are *****s, head gaskets, transfer cases, transmissions,

it never ends.

But really, pistons motors aren't that bad.

just new stuff for you to learn.

 

How are MKIII Supra Turbos? Those are ok, i saw one today. Only thing is those are just as rare as Turbo IIs.

 

Ok, i did some searching and found one nearby kinda.



http://www.supraforums.com/showthread.php?...threadid=134075



How much would that take to fix, how much and how bad of a problem is that? Anyone really know much bout MKIII's?



NOTE: I ******* HATE CAR SHOPPING!

 

I'm pretty sure that turbo MKIII's are not as rare as a TII, I way more Supras around than FC's let alone a TII. A spun bearing is about as bad as it gets, you need to pull the engine and take it apart to fix it, you could fix the one bearing but that makes no sense you may as well rebuild the whole thing. 3K is easy to spend on that even if you do most of the work yourself (pulling the motor, taking everything off the block, reinstalling etc.). They can be relatively reliable but they have known headgasket problems, parts are expensive at Toyota too. They can be relatively fast though for little money.



If you want a reliable daily driver buy an NA Toyota or Honda 4 banger. I have about 250,000 miles on my 87 Integra (original motor) with no mods, and I flog the crap out of it even with only 110HP. Regular oil changes, keep up on maintenance = zero problems so far. Still idles so well you can't even tell it's on sometimes.

 

Oh yeah, seriously!!!

If your looking for a nothing special nothing fancy car,

get a Toyota! I've had like 3! No problems, great cars!

I'm a little biased, I LOVE my Toyotas!

But that's just my 2cents.