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Old 08-06-2009, 10:55 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Mike, I hadn't seriously considered it. Unless the rear end gives me trouble, I'll probably defer tweaking until there's an inescapable reason to do so...
I think I'd do the swap if I had a GA16DE powered B13 like yours. I wish there was a final drive swap for my B13 SE-R, which uses a 4.16 final drive [or even better just a taller 5th gear].
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The car has almost 170,000 miles on it now. It leaks oil and power steering fluid, but other than that, is running great.
It will run great for the foreseeable future. I was a Nissan tech for years and if maintained properly the GA16DE's last forever. The oil leak[s] are usually just the front crank seal and/or the oil pressure sensor. Both are not that hard [or expensive] to fix.

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