EpicPopcicle
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I picked one up on here in may, a 97 with 206k on it. I paid $1200 for it with a blown head gasket (common issue), one bottle of bars stop leak and 4 thousand miles later she's running Strong.
If its pre 99 look for sagging rear springs, they all did, and an updated spring was released. Cheap fix.
Nice well maybe ill pick this one up depending on how she looks when I get there, we all know pictures can be deceiving sometimes. Like I said for a 96 it looks great, little rust on the rear bumper but a replacement or even an off-road bumper is a cheap fix.
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3rd gen 4runner's are great vehicles. I've seen some with 400k miles.
Some of the issues I've seen is "pink coolant" where the lower transcooler corrodes and leaks into the coolant. Therefore putting coolant in the transmission.
Rear axle seals leaking
Lower ball joint failures (typically owners let them go so long they break and the wheel flops out while driving.
Yeah I panned on checking the pink coolant problem that was the first problem that I pulled up about them. Main thing really is id like to get through a couple winters before dumping money into it. After that I dont care ill pull the motor and rebuild if I have too since the Mazda will be my dd in nucer months.
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So I am looking at a 3rd Gen 4Runner it has 198k on the clock looks clean from what I can see in the dealers pics and has pretty good interior. Now I have seen these things reach 3 and sometimes 400k. The guy wants $3k for it and it will strictly be a winter/Hunting beater car so not many miles will be put on it. SO question is have any of you had experience with these, is it worth it for a beater or should I look elsewhere?
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Translation : Now that Bama has lost a game, we will go ahead and act like we care about legal/personal conduct issues.
Thats exactly it, if the rest of these kids were smart if they have anything at all that can be dealt with by the ncaa they should stop immediately. But we all know in a week that this weekend after a game someone will act like an idiot and be disciplined because of it....its sad because its super simple shit just dont do it!
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Bow hunting is where its at, especially turkey its a challenge. You could always use a crossbow too.
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Florida St. is looking like a toss up more and more everyday Winston is on the team. Getting tired of hearing about the punk already thats all Sportscenter has been all day.
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Damn!!! Excellent runs man.
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Have you looked on eBay at all for cheap rubber, I mean if you're only going to run them for the winter you may find a steal on there. Thats were I got my winter setup for the MS3 and for $400 for all 4 really couldn't beat it.
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Welcome. Was the second pic take at Blendon Wood during the Mazda meet?
Yes it was
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Would his name be Jarod
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Interesting. I will have to check that out.
Where and when is the Dublin one?
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Have you heard of Dublin Cars & Coffee?
No I didn't know there was a Dublin one I know the one near campus every saturday morning.
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where in Dublin are you
Over off sawmill I live in the Lakeview square townhouses
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How's it going guys my name is Evan I'm 27 from Dublin specifically. Grew up the kid of a Mechanic so I was bound to love cars and I have owned a decent amount of different cars ranging from a '72 Chevelle SS to my current ride a 2008 Mazdaspeed 3.
I have been doing a lot to this car and am starting to see some pretty good power coming out of it. So far my mods are as follows Protege garage built bottom end withe Wiseco pistons .20 and Manley H-beam rods, ATP downpipe, HKS catback, CP-E external wastegate manifold, TiAL 44mm Wastegate with dumptube, Garrett GTX3076r, TurboXS FMIC, TiAL Q BOV, Ported intake manifold with VTCS delete, HTP 3.5" full intake, Guardian Angel Overboost Protection, COBB Accessport, Matt Damond OCC, COBB Short Throw, Sure short shift plate, JBR 88 duro Transmission mount, Sure track bushing RMM, JBR EGR delete, Grimmspeed 3-port EBCS, JBR heavy shift knob, H&R springs, EVO X enkei wheels, Freektune E-tune on 93 and 25% E85. I am sure there is some more that I just cant think of right now. Next to be installed is a 5/6th port injection, JMF intake manifold, sway bars, and new struts and shocks. According to Virtual Dyno with a correction factor of 1.01 I am sitting at 416/396 partway through my e25 tune.
Churbo and Manifold:http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b481/Evan_Salsbury/1658364_10203514848688684_1990548327_o_zps0a1c4600.jpg
Looking forward to meeting new people and seeing some good builds.
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Want to buy 17" steelies
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