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01-12-2017, 03:01 AM | #1 |
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Could you justify swapping this?
Hey guys, about 5 months ago I purchased an all original 1990 coupe which has been a dream car since I was in high school. Now the catcher is, it's an automatic, which makes the car an absolute bore to drive as we all know and only has 20,056 miles. I purchased the car with 19,659 miles. And I'm really just trying to figure out if I can justify doing an SR20 swap. I'd like to know if you guys/gals would do it if you had bought one in this kind of condition? Any feedback you guys could give me would be a huge help in this decision making process.
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01-12-2017, 05:16 AM | #3 |
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Not only is it a boring drive but it looks boring too. I'd liven that car up by going 2J swap, robe font end while you're at it, full duraflex kit, grip royal wheel, xxrs, pladti-dip exterior, welded diff and hyperwhites all around. A roll cage would help too. Then it'll be fun.
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01-12-2017, 06:39 AM | #5 |
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Nice pick up man! You wont find many 2 tones in PA..
Ill give you my 2 cents, in this all PA thread so far Id go CA18det, keep it as close to oem looking as possible. Maybe deviate to front mount intercooler but thats about it. If you do that (and do it clean) it would only be worth more. Personally I think that would be fun to drive and be close to "stock". A nice set of proper offset quality wheels with properly sized tires, lowered a little... sex Good luck, choose wisely |
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01-12-2017, 07:00 AM | #8 |
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Thanks man! Like I said, any feedback is good feedback. The CA18 would be year correct based of the year I have and I have always thought they were interesting motors. I'll have to read up on them to get a bit more knowledge. But I agree. Keeping it close to stock is what I want to do. There aren't many of these cars left in this kind of condition, so I truly baby it when I'm back in Hawaii.
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01-12-2017, 08:21 AM | #12 |
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Don't go ca18det. LOL. Ca18 is 100% fanboy status.
If you dont beat on your car and maintain it put a stock sr in it, and maintain it right with the proper fluids, wont give you issues if done right and last you long, never had a problem with a SR, owned many. I only had one SR knock on me and I bought the car knocking to flip it. |
01-12-2017, 01:06 PM | #13 | |
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01-12-2017, 01:14 PM | #14 |
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Damn thats the stuff of my dreams.
My 2 cents, stock sr20 swap with a 5 speed (obviously) Tasteful correct fitment wheels, decent shocks and struts or coils to drop it a bit and improve the handling. Keep the paint in excellent shape, as well as the interior. We're probably just a couple years to a decade away from clean, stock(ish) s13s appreciating providing the market for this sort of car remains relatively stable and demand stays in place. Overall, just dont fuck it up and youve got yourself a diamond in the rough |
01-12-2017, 08:34 AM | #16 |
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Why not just do a 5-speed swap with this engine? Much cheaper, pretty easy, and it keeps more of the original equipment. As soon as you swap in an SR you destroy the entire point of buying a car with 20k miles on it.
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01-12-2017, 08:40 AM | #18 |
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You have 2 options IMHO:
2 Trade it for a good decent build with the parts you want already on it OR Keep it and 5 speed swap it.
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01-12-2017, 04:26 PM | #20 |
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It was a two owner car before me. The original owner was an older Japanese lady living on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. She didn't have a far commute to work and stopped driving it in her later years and put it into storage. The second owner was a middle aged man that impulse bought the car off of her based off of the condition. He barely had the time to drive it and only put 600 miles on it from when he bought it off of her. Fast forward 2 years and I have a super low miles, full maintenance record from the day it left the lot to today. It truly is a 20000 mile car.
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01-13-2017, 10:53 AM | #21 | |
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02-06-2017, 05:49 PM | #22 |
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01-12-2017, 04:25 PM | #25 |
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Here you go man. It was a two owner car before me. The original owner was an older Japanese lady living on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. She didn't have a far commute to work and stopped driving it in her later years and put it into storage. The second owner was a middle aged man that impulse bought the car off of her based off of the condition. He barely had the time to drive it and only put 600 miles on it from when he bought it off of her. Fast forward 2 years and I have a super low miles, full maintenance record from the day it left the lot to today. It truly is a 20000 mile car.
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01-13-2017, 05:18 PM | #27 | ||
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I'm normally an asshole on this forum. I've been PM'd many times telling me so. I take pride in it and although you don't know me please trust me (a stranger) when I say that there is some good advice in here. Most new dudes posting threads like this get ripped new assholes. Preserve it. If you want to 5speed swap it then do it. It's your money. If you want to put a motor in it, swap in an SR or even a low-mileage KA24DE. just please, for the love of the universe and everything in it, don't ruin another two-tone. You seem like a nice guy. You've got a forum-asshole's vote of confidence. ...dude you sold that car so fucking fast lol. 'fuckouttahere. I mean you're right, but...shit.
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01-13-2017, 06:30 PM | #29 |
I'd say preserve it, maybe a 5 speed if you really want it. If you decide to do an engine swap, SR over CA. I have a CA and it isn't a bad engine, but if something does go wrong it's a pain. There are crossover parts from the Pulsar NX 1.8 and some other Nissans of the time, but some of the parts specific to the RWD CA can be difficult to find, which gets very inconvenient if you need to use the car. Aftermarket support is very limited as well.
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