Nissan Newbie sayin HI

[Boulder Cruiser]

Hey, I Just purchased my first Nissan, Ive been wheelin with fj40's/land cruisers, so I'm sure ill have a lot of questions for you guys. I live in boulder Co and by the looks of it most of you guys live here too. I'm VERY exited to go wheelin with you guys!! Anyways i just picked up my rig yesterday in st. Louis. Here are some pics.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/Bouldercruiser/Xterra006.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/Bouldercruiser/Xterra004.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/Bouldercruiser/Xterra003.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/Bouldercruiser/Xterra002.jpg

[CurleyMan]

Sweet truck let me know when you wanna go wheelin

[ChefTyler]

That's sweet!

[tmorgan4]

I'm sure a lot of people will recognize that one. Glad to see you made your way over here. :cool:

[Boulder Cruiser]

Glad to see you made your way over here. :cool:

Thanks again for the link!

[Alpine Spirit]

Welcome!!! Hey that X looks familiar. Cool Rig.

[Boulder Cruiser]

Thanks Guys!!!
I have a question, On the way over here from st. louis I was getting roughly 5 MPG Highway!! I know its a big rig but i had an equally built fj40 with a 383 stroker and 38" that didnt get near as bad MPG as this. Is there somthing wrong and or something i can do about it?

[Alpine Spirit]

Hmmmm
Knock Sensor ....
Timing...
what gears are in the Diffs?

Did you calculate based off the odometer or did you recalculate for the tire size difference?

[tmorgan4]

You drove that thing back!? I just assumed it was trailered. :eek:

Those boggers are probably bald by now. :D What size are they?

And Kevin...I've heard mixed things about that knock sensor. Lot of people say that it doesn't affect how the engine runs (except on S/C models) but people who fix it claim to get pretty nice gains in mpg.

[Nissanclay]

OK really, where have I seen that X before? You keeo saying its familiar but form where?

[tmorgan4]

I saw it on XOC awhile back. It had a bunch of problems so it was sold and a new owner fixed it back up. Looks like it's changed hands again since then.

[CurleyMan]

As long as it can romp on the rocks it's alright with me...

[Boulder Cruiser]

Its on 37" The tires did alright, one of them wore pretty bad the rest did fine. I did trailer it for a while but decided to see how it would do on the road, everything runs great, I could keep a steady pace of 70mph. I calculated my fuel by the mile markers and how much gas i was putting in. After 50 miles i had to put in 10 Gallons, I was shocked! I assumed i was going to get at least 10mpg. The PO did alot of work to it, he wrote a bunch of blogs on everything, what he wrote is all i know about its past. I dont see any mechanical problems. The diffs leak a bit but thats it. 5.13 gears/locked all the time.

[Alpine Spirit]

Yeah I figured the last guy fixed all the issues. I remember hearing he bought it to fix it up.

Maybe have the codes pulled to see if anything is up. Change a few things out to Synth fluids. Locked all the time could be part of it, huge tires, maybe a little light on the Ring and pinon for 37s. I have the same gearing for 35s and it works the engine a little hard at highway speeds.

Regardless its good to see back in CO again. Cant wait to see it.

[Boulder Cruiser]

Yeah I figured the last guy fixed all the issues. I remember hearing he bought it to fix it up.

Maybe have the codes pulled to see if anything is up. Change a few things out to Synth fluids. Locked all the time could be part of it, huge tires, maybe a little light on the Ring and pinon for 37s. I have the same gearing for 35s and it works the engine a little hard at highway speeds.

Regardless its good to see back in CO again. Cant wait to see it.

Yea i was going to change all the fluids this week, before theres a trail run.
I just want to get on the trail and see what she can do :D

[tmorgan4]

I've got 35s with 4.6 gears and didn't think it did too badly on the highway.

[Alpine Spirit]

I think I felt it more because of the altitude here (10K).

I am sure someone will want to run Carnage before too long.

[Lance T]

Hey, I Just purchased my first Nissan, Ive been wheelin with fj40's/land cruisers, so I'm sure ill have a lot of questions for you guys. I live in boulder Co and by the looks of it most of you guys live here too. I'm VERY exited to go wheelin with you guys!!...

Welcome :wave:

...And Kevin...I've heard mixed things about that knock sensor. Lot of people say that it doesn't affect how the engine runs (except on S/C models) but people who fix it claim to get pretty nice gains in mpg.

It worked for Mike's 2000 X.

[GarrettE]

Ahh, another Xterra in Boulder. I am starting to see more and more of them...however your's will definitely stand out from the rest!

Looks good, and hope to see ya around Boulder.

[Boulder Cruiser]

Thanks for the welcome guys!!

[JayRyan]

Thanks for the welcome guys!!

So why are you selling it? I just saw it on Craigslist.

[Alpine Spirit]

So why are you selling it? I just saw it on Craigslist.

Welcome to Yesterday JAY!!!! :poke: :moon:

Yea i don't want to sell it but its just to much of a crawler, I thought i could use it as a dd around town buts it tuff...especially parking. I knew it wouldn't be easy to drive but its a lot worse than i thought, its really meant for the rocks not the pavement. It does get ALOT of :eek: . I wont sell it unless someone gives me 15k or a trade for a smaller sas'd X (which if i sell that's what ill get anyways) If it doesn't sell ill just keep it and get a tow rig and trailer. We'll see what happens, I'm in no rush.

Link to thread. (http://www.roninwheelers.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=526)

J/K man... :D

[Jeep07]

Anybody know what happened to this rig? Traded/Sold? Any idea who has it now?

[ChefTyler]

Send a PM to Boulder Cruiser and ask him what's up :D

[Jeep07]

I sent him a few emails but never got any responses.

[ChefTyler]

Odd.