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jfrancho
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 08:10
What are you doing on your 4th of July vacation? Well last night coming home from the local fireworks display, we had our own Grand Finale inthe engine compartment. The radiator blew so loudly it scared the daylights out of my wife, and the police officer directing traffic actually ducked! So, I am changing out the rdiator on my day off. Yeah!

Some quick pics:

Cheap, plastic radiators....
http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27181034-L.jpg

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27181030-L.jpg


So empty in there without the cooling system.
http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/27181032-L.jpg

The new one should arrive from Buffalo by about 3:00 PM EST. We'll see if it's on time.
felix21685
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 20:40
that sucks man, at least you can do it yourself. post pics of the new and improved lol
muscleflex
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 05:41
a V6?! wow!
PhotosGuy
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 05:56
At least it happened while you were in town! I lucked out when a water pump seal let go about 1 mile from home after a 500 mile trip once! ;-)
jfrancho
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 06:12
At least it happened while you were in town! I lucked out when a water pump seal let go about 1 mile from home after a 500 mile trip once! ;-)I had a radiator go about 500 feet from my house, as I was setting off for a 500 mile trip. The buggy is working just fine now: new radiator, fresh fluids and filters, no leaks.
jfrancho
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 06:14
a V6?! wow!I'm not sure what you mean? 3.0L V6 is the only motor available in a Maxima.
jfrancho
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 06:15
that sucks man, at least you can do it yourself. post pics of the new and improved lolI will later today, I didn't want to stick a camera near a possible time bomb....
Angel_LCD
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 06:20
I'm not sure what you mean? 3.0L V6 is the only motor available in a Maxima.

hehe ;) In the states yes :p I had a car like that myself before, never had problems with the engine though :) just the steering.
jfrancho
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 08:15
hehe ;) In the states yes :p I had a car like that myself before, never had problems with the engine though :) just the steering.Hadn't thought of that. Do they actually sell this behemoth with a 4 cyl. in Europe? I bet a turbo diesel 4 cyl. would be pretty torquey though.
This one has been rechipped, performance injectors, sparks, exhaust, and coil over shocks. No exterior changes, including the stock wheels - I prefer the lack of advertisement. I've never had it dyno'd, but I would guess I get another 10-15 bhp from the motor upgrades. I can imagine anymore hp would make it pretty uncomfortable to drive, since torque steer is prevalent in the stock version. Accelerating through a tight turn is definately a two handed affair. In fact, I kind of like the AT in this car, sort of a "stab 'em steer" kind of car. Though I generally prefer to do the shifting myself.
Angel_LCD
6th of July 2005 (Wed), 12:24
Well there is a 2.0 V6 with 140bhp in it :) No 4 cyl that I've seen :) But I lived in the states when I owned mine ;) Would have been way to expensive to own here :p
Ivan
7th of July 2005 (Thu), 15:53
Buffalo huh, i live in Buffalo! From whom did you order it from?