FS: 1997 Nissan Maxima Turbo, very heavily modified
Well, it's finally time to sell my 1997 Maxima GXE. Here are the basics, it is an automatic, and at the moment has 106,400 miles on it. I am the first and only owner of the car, it has been meticulously maintained during this time.
Now to the fun stuff, it is very heavily modded and most of the stuff is custom. There's over $30K in parts and fabrication involved in this car. Most of the mods have 10K or less, some under 5K, and some under 1K mi. The car has essentially spent the last 2 years being worked on, so it hasn't driven much. Most of the miles were put on from '97-02.
It is not currently a daily driver, but it is perfectly able to be driven every day. I drove it around 3 times a week until a few weeks ago when I decided to sell it, it's garaged right now.
On to the modifications list, it's really long, so please bear with me.
Engine
- Motor from '98 Maxima, has 80K on it. It was replaced 3 months ago
because I burned up the rings in my original motor (original motor is included
in case you want to build it for more boost.
- Custom Turbo Kit
-Garrett T3/T04S 70 trim turbo, .82 A/R
-Spearco Intercooler
-Custom turbo and intercooler piping by Batlground Engineering (2.5"
downpipe)
-Manual boost controller, set at 9 psi right now.
-ATP stainless steel turbo heat shield
-Tial 38mm wastegate
-Greddy Type S BOV (custom painted)
-Golden Eagle vacuum distribution block
-Earl's and Aeroquip SS oil feed and return lines
-NX single fogger nitrous kit (w/ NOS solenoids) never used extra jets
included
- NX N-Tercooler spray kit never used
- NOS purge kit
- SARD FPR
- Deatschworks 660cc fuel injectors
- Custom 3" mandrel bent exhaust. Made from 3" mandrel sections welded together, 18" resonator, straight through muffler.
- 3" test pipe
- Place Racing urethane motor mounts
- Hayden tranny cooler
- Billet aluminum radiator overflow tank
- Billet aluminum oil catch can (uninstalled)
- Greddy e-manage w/ injector harness and uninstalled ignition harness.
- Pivot "baby" turbo timer
All the engine work was done in phases from Jan. 2004-Jan. 2005 so most of it has 5K or less.
Transmission
-Stock auto tranny, good condition, fluid regularly changed.
-Mobiltek VB mod.
-Prototype LSD by Vitek Engineering. This is the first one they ever built for the Maxima. Same thing Stillen now carries.
Suspension/Wheels
19x9" Rays G-Games 2 piece wheels-gunmetal +30 offset
BFG KDW Tires 255/35/ZR19 - less than 200 miles on wheel/tire combo
Ground Control Coilover Springs
KYB AGX Struts/Shocks (8 way adjustable)
Addco Rear Sway Bar
Courtesy Nissan polished FSTB
Brakes
-300ZX TT front calipers
-13" Cobra rotors, drilled and slotted
-Cobra conversion brackets and rings - 1K on this setup-Brembo drilled rear rotors
-Axxis Ultimate brake pads
-Goodridge SS brake lines
Exterior
- Custom metallic blue paint: metallic blue base with candy blue and silver pearl sprayed on top. Painted in June 2004 (always garage kept)
- Full Sarona Designs Body Kit: front bumper, sideskirts, rear bumper (one of
the first kits they ever made.
- Sarona Designs Grill
- Audi TT fuel door, custom molded. The entire quarter panel was cut out and rebuilt to accomodate the door and maintain the body line. Fuel door operates off factory release.
- Shaved side moldings, shaved trunk keyhole, shaved antennae. All holes welded shut, no fiberglass.
- Custom painted Fiber Images Carbon fiber hood. Evolution Autodesign logo is reversed in the painted sections, but any body shop can paint over this.
- Standard clear bumper lights
- Red/clear tails. Driver's side on is slightly cracked.
Interior
- Corbeau A4 seats with custom brackets: reclinable.
- Door panels from '96 SE w/ leather.
- Seats/headliner rewrapped in silver/black 2 tone vinyl. All professionally wrapped and stitched. Done in June 2004
- 4 gauge A pillar pod, custom molded (2 gauge pods were molded together). Autometer Ultralite EGT, boost, fuel pressure, voltage gauges installed.
- A pillars, C pillars, kick panels, and plastic pieces underneath steering wheel all color matched to exterior.
-MOMO Silver Jet steering wheel w/ hub Installed July 2004
-Levoc shift knob/e-brake handle (both carbon fiber and polished)
-ELSA 7.2" motorized LCD monitor
-ELSA CD/DVD/VCD player w/ Dolby 5.1 surround processor.
-Custom black chrome dash kit, w/ center channel speaker grill and turbo timer installed in place of clock.
-Custom black chrome door sills, door inserts, gauge bezel.
-Evolution Autodesign Euro style diamond plated floor mats
-Billet aluminum capacitor mount (holds 3 Fosgate caps).
-Push button ignition mounted underneath steering wheel (a necessity w/ the 660cc injectors)
Electrical
- Brand new OEM Nissan alternator (purchased from Peachtree Nissan). Brand New
- Optima Red Top battery mounted in the trunk.
That's all the mods I think. I probably left out a ton of the little stuff, but this is all the stuff that matters.
And here is the huge bunch of parts that will come with the car that I've amassed over the years.
-Original motor, bad rings. 104K, I was going to rebuild this for more boost.
-Spare auto tranny, not in great shape, was going to send to Level 10.
-Stock Y-Pipe
-Stock Cat
-Stock front seats
-2 stock Intake Manifolds
-Redlinemax Skyline Rear Bumper (fiberglass) This is brand new, got it and decided I didn't want to install it.
If the buyer doesn't want any of this, I'll just throw it out. I just figured I'd include it if the buyer needed them for any projects.
All of the work on the car was performed either by myself or by very good shops. Most of the engine work was done by Batlground, interior was done by Rene's Upholstery, paintwork all done by OK Autobody. Nothing on the car is hacked together, this is not an APC special.
And to make everything clear, here are the issues with the car. All minor, but it's good to let the buyer know everything. There are 2 CEL's right now. One for the MAP/Baro sensor, it's because the car is boosted. And the other is for the EVAP system. Both codes come and go, and we can't figure out what is wrong with the system.
Cosmetically, the car is almost perfect. There are a few small rock chips in the front bumper. The front bumper has 2 cracks on the underside due to the car being so low. The rear bumper has a crack on the underside also due to a 2x4 in the highway. None of this is noticable unless you get under the car. The hood has 2 chips on the sides by the hinges due to a gust of wind flipping it up at a car show. The roof has 2 small dents (look like hail) from the hood prop flying up there when the hood was flipped up. It seems like a long list, but this is all very minor stuff and I just want to ensure the car is accurately described.
Paint is perfect as it is only 1 year old and the car has always been garage kept. Interior is nearly perfect as the seats and steering wheel are 11 months old. Some small scuffs on the kick panels. No tears in the seats, no stains. This is a show car, so it is well maintained.
Car drives very well. Starts up easily even w/ the big injectors. Just have to let it warm up for a minute to get out of cold start mode and let the emanage take over. Idles perfectly, car shakes a little from the PR urethane mounts. At part throttle, the car drives and behaves like stock, although it is loud. But floor it, and it's a whole different beast. The car dyno'd recently at 301whp and 314 lb/ft tq at 9psi. Tuned by Dan at BG, A/F is very clean, and the tune is very safe.
Sorry for the really long post, just had a bunch of stuff to list and I wanted to be thorough. Please email me at [email protected] with any questions.
Asking price is $14,000 for everything, price is negotiable. May be interested in trades + cash, but the trade has to be a nice stock or nearly stock car that I could sell rather quickly, I'm selling that car mostly because I'm getting out of the scene.
Finally, here are a couple of the pictures. As for the graphics, I put them on a few months ago for show season, but I can remove them before sale. My shop is in Doraville, so I can bring the car to work with me anytime for people who want to see it. Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by estis fatuus
Awesome, Love the ride..It'll sell Fast! ..If the right person comes along and likes every single thing you did. 
damn Jeff i can't believe you're selling it? bump 4 a cool sponsor & tight whip............. 
