New '93 Owner Looking for Push In the Right Direction

[GeneralMorshu]

I recently had the incredible fortune of adopting this super clean beauty a little over a week ago; I fell in love with the moment I sat in it! It is a NA 5 spd Manual, and, although my experience with working on cars is extremely limited, I am highly motivated about learning everything there is know about these cars and being able to work on mine myself. I plan on having it looked over by a professional and then work on things mysef as they come. I have questions concerning 2 things, 1: is the throwout bearing an easy/cheap fix? It is really noisy and stiff when cold but stops acting up more or less when warm. 2: What could cause power loss at low RPM. For example, if if i go hard on it and shift from mid-high RPMs to from second to third, for a few seconds It feels like it's being held down somewhat until it gets back up to 2600-3000 the it all of the sudden opens up again. Thanks for reading this and Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[marcyprojects]

Welcome to the club my man! As far as your throwout bearing goes, i'd either live with it the way it is or prepare a few hundred bux for the job. Not expensive parts wise but is somewhat expensive in labor as they have to drop your transmission. If you opt to get it done I would also go ahead and do the clutch also. Only issue with the noisy bearing ive ever run into was difficulty dropping it into reverse takes a couple tries to catch. Seems to be notorious for Nissan after so many miles. My Z, and all 3 240sx ive owned over the years had noise in the throwout.

Your power loss in the low end could be a number of different things unfortunately. But theres a TON of good information here that even a novice mechanic could do. I started out just like you about 6 years ago but through these forums and trial/error, ive taught myself enough mechanical knowledge to do most any job that doesnt need a lift or special tools. U CAN DO IT!!!