1992 200sx, am I mad?

[cirian75]

looking at a white 1992 200sx, 89k miles

body needs some work.

where do these rot thats out of sight and easy to miss?

[Luke.]

You're just bonkers.

[cirian75]

[nitrodave]

wheel arches and sills. not too bad to repair though. i think fiesta sills can be welded in and the arches can just be cut out with over fenders fitted allowing for bigger wheels.

I assume it has the c18det engine? lots needs checking on those. Breather hoses block up and the crank gets starved of oil.

Any tinging or knocks at about 3k rpm, then walk away. the big end bearings will be gone.

Otherwise. I love them! So much fun, so many mods you can do and they go sideways brilliantly.

I miss the one i had

[danllama]

This ^

Budget for an SR20 install.

[Martin350]

The tailgate rusts badly underneath the standard spoiler too, if it's still there.

As for the big end bearings, they are easy enough to change (and fit uprated rod bolts), and if I ever buy another one it's one of the first jobs I'd be doing, just as a precaution.

Great cars though.

[cirian75]

the car owner realised his car was worth more than he was asking, so has removed it from sale

[danllama]

cirian75 said:

the car owner realised his car was worth more than he was asking, so has removed it from sale

How much was he asking initially? They seem to be selling for around £2500 currently with stage 1 mods.

[cirian75]

£1100 stock car, no mods

[danllama]

That is cheap. Hopefully he'll whack it up for £2500, nobody will buy it and you can swoop in with a low ball!

[klunkT5]

Give the shell a thorough check over, S13's can rot quite a bit, From experience, As well as whats already been mentioned check chassis legs Front to back, All floors and Front/Rear inner wings. As also mentioned stick an sr20det out of an S14 in or even better an RB25DET out of an R33

Edited by klunkT5 on Wednesday 14th October 23:55