what do i do with this car?
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From: Frisco, TX
i have a '90 240sx 5spd hatchback as well. my advice, if you have the money, do whatever pleases you...whether you want to drift, road race, drag or just an all out powerful street car. otherwise, you're gonna end up just like 99% of all 240 owners. and that is to build it, not finish it and then sell it.
since you got it for dirt cheap, i would just hang on to it as a dd. and when the right kid offers you the right price, collect your profit. you're better off not putting any money into the 240sx for mods because it just gets too expensive.
since you got it for dirt cheap, i would just hang on to it as a dd. and when the right kid offers you the right price, collect your profit. you're better off not putting any money into the 240sx for mods because it just gets too expensive.
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From: Mission Viejo/Huntington
well, i've seen just about all the popular JDM swaps, as well as a v8 and a 13b which is in the room next to me, and I have to say it all comes down to what you want to do with the car. No swap/build is really better or worse then any other, each have pros and cons, but there is a right swap for what you want the car to do.
I say just build the suspension, and driveline for now. Once you've committed to a direction for the car, then you can commit to engine build.
I say just build the suspension, and driveline for now. Once you've committed to a direction for the car, then you can commit to engine build.
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Depends where you are and waht you want. The car does make a good, cheap dd (although gas mileage could be better in that regard), and you already got the S. Me? I'd sell it if you got a killer price on it, that low mileage could fetch a good premium.
In terms of modding, ka-t is pretty much out, the ka24de is a better motor to turbo. An sr20det swap is fun but not legal in some states, and slightly more involved than doing it with a 91+ (cluster needs to be changed out, ac a lot more harder to do, etc).
As much as I love the 240sx, I doubt itll be a classic sicne it never did come with any of the real engines it shouldve come with, so itll always be a modified car which in auctions don't really turn up much money. Only real collector car imo will probably be the 97-98 kouki.
In the end, if you already got the S, I'd keep it stock and just beat it to the ground, the car makes a fun DD but to mod it to the point that it's superior to the S will cost you soem money and headaches, money that wouldve been better spent put into the S.
In terms of modding, ka-t is pretty much out, the ka24de is a better motor to turbo. An sr20det swap is fun but not legal in some states, and slightly more involved than doing it with a 91+ (cluster needs to be changed out, ac a lot more harder to do, etc).
As much as I love the 240sx, I doubt itll be a classic sicne it never did come with any of the real engines it shouldve come with, so itll always be a modified car which in auctions don't really turn up much money. Only real collector car imo will probably be the 97-98 kouki.
In the end, if you already got the S, I'd keep it stock and just beat it to the ground, the car makes a fun DD but to mod it to the point that it's superior to the S will cost you soem money and headaches, money that wouldve been better spent put into the S.
easy sale. i highly doubt that it will ever be a classic.
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From: Brit in Athens, Greece
It will be a tuner and drifter classic. Keep it stock, fix it up slowly with OEM parts over the years, turn it into a showpiece, then in twenty years time, sell it to a japanese collector for 5 times what you paid.
Either that or rice it out and drift the smeg out of it.
Either that or rice it out and drift the smeg out of it.
Tell that to the fleets of fools that restore mint Detroit machinery every year.