should be getting a 87 nissan pick up!!

[ds650]

so my grandma has a 87 nissan pick up with only 70,000 miles on it and she said shed sell it to me for $500 bucks!

im def going to get it as soon as i sell my Honda , it runs great i just put a new battery in it and it fired right up drove it around and its pretty peppy. i just dont like not havin power stearing.

the only things wrong with the truck is the dash is cracked up from the sun and that the paints faded pretty bad.

how much horsepower do these have? and top speed? i cant find any specs on them

and i got a set of toyota/chevy 6 lug 20in cruiser alloy rims will they fit the nissan bolt pattern and whats the biggest tire i could run on them rims? right now they got 275 kumos on them.

[Rev_D21]

Welcome to NICO! Congrats on the low mileage, 70k is really low for an 87. Think you hate manual steering now wait till you throw a set of 20's on it.

[ds650]

is there anyway to convert it to power steering? and how much you rekon it would cost?

[longtooth]

Your best bet is to goto a wrecking yard and pick up the steering box with the pitman arm, lines, pulleys, pump and the brackets from another truck.

As far as cost I think it will depend on the guy selling it to you unless you goto a u-pull it where the prices are pre set.

[mrecoolgar]

I added PS to my reg cab 2wd 1990.
Check it out under 'redo Transformation'.

[ds650]

thanks i checked it out.. seems like alot of work..

i also want to put exhaust on this truck i want it to be some what loud but sound good.. any sugestions?

[RT22]

They came stock with about 130-135 hp I had 91 with no power steering it sucked a bit ion a parking lot at low speeds but at 40 and above the feel is better than power steering to me. I mean come on it is a small truck, maybe it is me but when I was young and worked for a contractor we had a international dump truck with no power steering LOL now that sucked. I could still turn the wheel in my nissan with one hand in a parking lot speed mode.

[ds650]

well i got it yesterday and have been driving it.. nothing seems to be wrong with it it runs great. beside the belt scretchs a hell of alot but my buddy said thats bc its been raining here and the belt probly got wet.

should be posting up some pics later today after i get it cleaned up

[RT22]

Tighten the belt and make sure it is not dried out.They dry out and belts are cheap. For dash hit junkyards you can find them there. I have seen guys fill in cracks lay fiberglass and paint them smooth and hard. Not my thing but hey it would be different.

[ds650]

thanks for the info... ill check the belt but i road around today with no problems and no belt screach..

also got the 20s put on today i didnt think theyd fit but they did.. well here are some pictures she still needs a good bath.










sorry about the crappy cell phone pics


and this is what i sold to get it

[Rev_D21]

Not a bad looking 87. I don't care for the Donk thing but everyone is different. Just don't put on those Buick fender holes that everyone is buying from Pepboys and you'll be alright. The body looks decent on it for being so old.

[ds650]

1 more question what kind of MPG should i expect to get out of this truck?

[longtooth]

1 more question what kind of MPG should i expect to get out of this truck?

With those big tires. I would guess 12-15

[ds650]

dang didnt think theyd cut my gas that bad .... what about if i threw the stock tires back on it?

[Rev_D21]

These trucks can make 25mpg highway average if in good tune. They aren't the most powerful trucks so trying to spin 20s is a lot of work for them. MPGs will suffer but then again modding and MPGs never go hand in hand.

[longtooth]

I say run them and find out.

[ds650]

haha i am.. tomarrow im switching back ... its alot more fun driving on stocks and doging it instead of taken it easy on 20s lol

[seang]

They came stock with about 130-135 hp

It's more like 103hp@4500/135lbft@2800, or somewhere close to that.

[ekswapdude]

congrats on such a good find... it looks amazing for being an 87...