Miles this year..

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

B13 is the chassis code for a 1991-1994 USDM Nissan Sentra. These cars are a legend in Nissan circles as the second coming of the Datsun PL510. They are so loved that they are called "Classic" Sentras in Nissan circles. If you say you have a Classic, it is understood to be one of these cars. These cars are still made new in Mexico, where they are the number one selling car. In Mexico, it is sold as the "Tsuru". For me, the styling really does it for me as I love the rounded boxiness of these cars. Plus, they have a great handling chassis and an amazing amount of interchange like all Nissans. For example, the brakes on these cars are terrible. But, you can put the AD22VF brakes from a NX2000 on the front, and the rear discs from an SE-R on them along with the master cylinder off a 4 wheel disc U12 Altima pretty easily as long as you have at least a 14 in wheel. I have a set of these brakes that were going to go on my B14 Sentra, but it got wrecked before I could do it.

 

[jrm81bu]

Thanks for the info. It won't be getting any real upgrades because(your gona hate me for this) its just a pos to me. I would like it better if i could get it to run better though. And i've seen your other posts about the handling. Its gotta be the best handler on 13's. Mine now has 17's on it just cause they were cheap. I thought the brakes were decent though.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Go to the junkyard and find an SE model and grab it's front sway bar. The difference is unbelievable. I paid $12 for mine and it was the single best mod I did to my cursed B14. I was rolling on 13's the whole time, but really wanted a set of lightweight 15's with 205 50 15's on it. Then again, my last one was an eyesore B14 that no amount of mods would make pretty. Mine was just a POS too, but I couldn't help but do cheap mods that would make it better. BTW, mine outclassed a friend's Mustang with huge tires and suspension upgrades in the corners. Then again, I am a bit of a nut when I drive one of these things.

 

[jrm81bu]

I might have to check out the sway bar thing. Good tip. Did you have any trouble with plug knock on yours?

If i remember i will get some pics of it and you can see if they bring any memories back for ya. Lol.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Even with 145,000 miles on mine ( many spent bouncing off the limiter) mine ran so smoothly that I used to think it stalled. I tried to start it a few times while it was running! The bigger issue you may experience is with the timing chains and tensioners as some of them make noise at start up. My KA powered truck has had timing chain noise at start up for about the last 150-200k miles. As for spark knock, I never experienced it. However, mine had a different engine management scheme than yours does.

 

[jrm81bu]

I see. Well i thought it had some rocker noise but i wonder if it aint the timing tensioner. Btw it has 198000 miles on it. The funny thing about the plug knock is that it does at light throttle and light load kinda the reverse of normal.

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Well, the cam advances at light throttle cruise on these cars, so maybe that has something to do with it? Either that or you have carbon buildup on the pistons.