This reminds me of the 1997 Nissan 250SX SE I owned. All modding/stancng aside (mine was stock), It was a great platform, but juat underpowered. Rear wheel drive, 5-speed, NA motor (I know you can do the JDM motor swap - was it the SR20DET?), stock stabilizer bars and stiffer suspension on the SE model .... but…

I owned a 1994 4Runner a few years back. The truck, despite having 276,000 miles, ran well and the engine sounded good and strong. It wouldn’t pass emission. So I took it in to our regular shop - a cinder block building behind an Aftican-themed used car lot on East Colfax, a pretty seedy stretch of road in Denver. The…