200SX wanted.

PHOBOS wrote:

I need a few days to think about it.
I can see this will take for ever to choose.

U know what. Screw it! Let me just fly to Joberg and drive both and see what my heart chooses.

I see Dislex666 red one in his signiture and it looks really nice from the side.
It's that back bumper that puts me off. I'm gonna have people crash into me cause its sooo ugly. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Dislex666 just broke his gearbox. So maybe his opinion might be a bit tainted. I'm thinking you should test drive both.

I really like the look of the S13, there's nothing wrong with owning a S13, but because it's cheaper up front there are disadvantages, like the age means there is basically 5 years more worth of strain on everything, including the motor/gearbox/diff/prop/suspension/turbo/etc.

hey gary

i know that ferroli down here in cape town is selling an s13 with 106000 miles for around the R42k mark, but maybe is negotiable as are all people if they want to sell something badly enough, so give him a buzz. 0219306511, dont know which ferroli it is, but ask for rob, i think that there are only two.

as for the rocking horse shit your mate is looking for, good luck.

howzit phobos, welcome

i have an s14, it is @#$%^& awesome fun, but dont break anything. i just chipped a valve, cost me R240 for the spare part and almost R5000 to get it put in with all the gaskets and labour. then i couldnt help myself and had a fmic which with hoses and all cost another R4500. oh and dont chat to rezlo, coz you too will end up with all sorts of expensive bits, like a greddy electronic boost controller (dont ask ian, havent tried it yet, still getting car out of hospital). i have d2 coil overs which make the car handle like a go kart, but very uncomfortable to drive on the roads if used daily. oh, and get the large capacity sump if you wanna play, coz you will hurt the car otherwise. ummm, yeah, given the choice between s13 and s14 there is no choice (sorry all you s13 owners). hehehe

I have a S14 and my gilfreind owns the MR2 (sw20) Mk2
I love my SX but the MR2 is fantastic to drive and the parts are about
half the price. we bought the car (R60-000) N/A (3SGE) and the engine broke after 2weeks
then installed a 3SGTE turbo from Celica GT4.
Tein Super Street suspension and about (30-000) later she has a car that
straps most cars on the road for +-R90-000 not bad hay.

Point being S14 costs me 3times more with everything and wouldn't change it for the world. well mybe just an S15...

Well thats not the first time i heard Toyota parts are cheaper than Nissan.

Maybe if engine breaks it would be cheaper to put 2JZ-GTE. hehehehehe

Probably not. But wishfull thinking.

I seen some crazy Supras in the States. In mags and on the net.

Back to the subject at hand.
Well if Dislex666 bust his gearbox the same thing could happen to an S13 too.
Would an S14 gearbox cost more to fix than S13.

It will mainly come down to wich cost more to look after when things do break. Being a 10+ year old car things will break.

It will mainly come down to wich cost more to look after when things do break.

No they both will cost alot to fix, so the difference in price is neither here nor there.

LISTEN to me Micheal, you have your heart set on a S14, even if you got the cleanest S13 in the country *cough...mine...cough...cough* you wouldnt be happy. Just get your 2 door camry and you will be happy. I counted just over 100sms's about this S14 so just get one.

Gary57 wrote:

even if you got the cleanest S13 in the country *cough...mine...cough...cough*

LOL - i beg to differ!!!

Its was worth a shot and its gotta be one of the cleanest. I have only ever seen 1 better, but it was fantastic!!

so durban has it all then hey???

hehehe.

joburg has many many fancy sx's!!!

I did buy mine from JHB hey so had a look at a span. I am not talking about the ones that have been resprayed and fix up, original condition.

Gary57 wrote:

Its was worth a shot and its gotta be one of the cleanest. I have only ever seen 1 better, but it was fantastic!!

but i've just heard on another thread that your interior is all scratched up???

LOL - just F_)king with you man!!!

but i've just heard on another thread that your interior is all scratched up???

LOL - just F_)king with you man!!!

When I was tying those I was just waiting for you say something 😂 .

ha i say to you gary, and ha again. 2 door camry still looks a lot better to me than nissans baby of their ugliest car ever, the 280zx mwahahahahaha. but hey, each to their own i say, and thank god so many have otherwise taste, coz i would have struggled to find my s14 if it was the other way around.

Nissan knew the S14 looked KAK thats why they made a S15 😂 , just kidding S14 looks kak from some angles but so does the S13, I HATE looking head on with my sx (directly facing the front) it looks so kak.

Gary57 wrote:

Nissan knew the S14 looked KAK thats why they made a S15 😂 , just kidding S14 looks kak from some angles but so does the S13, I HATE looking head on with my sx (directly facing the front) it looks so kak.

you better be ready for a lambasting!!!

lambaste away veecee, tee hee. nothing to get some okes riled like pissing on their babies battery.

Yawn are you guys going there again!!!

oh nice one stephen, you of all people are supposed to agree with me, but yeah, i am sure this has all been done before, just not during the time i have been on here. but i need help. does anyone know how to set up a greddy electronic boost controller, coz i just got one. it is installed but i dont want to blow my motor trying to set it right.

Mickey at least yours is installed. I purchased mine a year or so ago and its still not installed and lying in its box on the back seat of the SX.
So if someone does help with that let me know.

yeah steve, but i cheated, i got someone to install it for me, it cost me R440 but i feel that it is money well spent if it means not stuffing something up. this way i at least have someone to blame and will have some form of recourse as they did other work as well and have given me a limited warranty.