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Drift Style S14 · 10-02-2001, 07:29 PM

Hey everyone, look heres the deal i found a 92 240sx loaded with power everything. it has 62 thousand  on it and is going for 3700. its in perfect condition, motor was never dogged at all. Now i really  like the S14 look but i can pass this up cause S13 are just as cool. what do you people think? should i buy it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> if i did could i get a S15 sr20det in it and could i get the front end to look like a S14<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> please help need answer soon!!! thank you for everything you guys are the best!!!

10-02-2001, 07:33 PM

u wanna put the s-14 front end on, u better have ALOT of money, the s-13 can have the 15 sr20det put in because u CAN put a newer engine in a older car but u cant put a older engine in a newer car, i say get the s-13, u'll be happy with it, if u hold out to get a s-14 u'll be just as happy, but test drive one of each and see which u like better

**West** · 10-02-2001, 07:48 PM

I would buy the s13.

Get the s15 SR20DET.

Get a Body kit and suspension & brakes.

And then you would have a dope s13 and you would have spent maybe a little more than getting an s14 in that condition.

Just my 2 cents.

*LanceS13* · 10-02-2001, 08:26 PM

that's a really good price...my '92 base model, excellent condition, power nothing was $3K.  I say get it.

Drift Style S14 · 10-02-2001, 08:55 PM

Then i am going to get it. thank you for all the advice and i am planning to get the S15 Sr20det. as for the S14  front end we will have to see. thanks all, oh and i am going to test drive the 240 tomorrow. i have alread driven a s14. if this cars anything like it i know i will be in love. thanks all.

S13Grl · 10-03-2001, 09:31 AM

S13s had stiffer suspension, so you should notice a difference. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

I bought my '91 with 72K mi for $1500.00 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> (I also worked in the dealership I bought it from, so... )

HondakillaS14 · 10-03-2001, 09:48 AM

Are you sure?....I was always under the impression that the S14 had the better suspension of the two....might be wrong, it's just what I've heard from other 240 owners...

*LanceS13* · 10-03-2001, 10:23 AM

It depends on what you consider better.  S14's have the more comfortable suspension, while S13's have the more performance-oriented suspension.

HippoSleek · 10-03-2001, 10:44 AM

I would qualify the suspension question:  S13 did have a stiffer suspension, but the S14 had a stiffer chassis.  

Hey, if you get this, why not get a Silvia front clip and, rather than do an S14 front, do the Silvia nose.  When you see one of these (esp. on a coupe), you really see the evolution of the car.  Oh yeah, and an S13 front clip would come with an SR and all the fixin's to do the swap.  $0.02

*drifterx* · 10-03-2001, 10:46 AM

u cant put a S14 bumper on can u?
the Silvia from japan has different headlights than S14?
i guess if u can cut and bondo you can mod a S14 front end on

Drift Style S14 · 10-03-2001, 11:41 AM

I was always told that you can put a S14 front on the old 240SX, I went this morning to look at the car again and man is it clean not a single scratch or dent. Whats with the Speedometer? i couldn't find it? theres a tach but i couldn't find a speedomoter? Is it a heads up display? If it is, is it anygood or should i swap it out?

*drifterx* · 10-03-2001, 12:14 PM

speedometer is just the thing telling u ahve fast u go right?

*LanceS13* · 10-03-2001, 01:11 PM

some 240's came with a digital HUD, and I heard it's a pain to swap it to analog gauges.

konkman · 10-03-2001, 02:15 PM

From what I have heard, it is a pain and a cash pit for something so cosmetic.

But I'm not expert.  

S13Grl · 10-03-2001, 03:10 PM

I have a digital speedo that doesn't work. I tried unassembling it the other day to see if all the  connections were ok, and I ended up breaking a few more things. Anyway, if you don't see the speedo, when the car is turned off, it should be a little black box (boo!) in the upper left-hand corner of the information thingy. (Whatever, I've only been here for five years!) So... that's where it is. Yeah. Check if it works. If it doesn't, don't try to fix it.  A new piece costs $500.

vancouvers14 · 10-03-2001, 04:27 PM

s14 se has a stiffer suspension than the s13

S13Grl · 10-03-2001, 04:28 PM

S13 has a stiffer suspension but a softer chassis. And I am correct! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

konkman · 10-03-2001, 07:33 PM

Maybe you should send your tool belt on vacation s13grl, it seems to be a little disgruntled.  Your breaking a lot of stuff from what I read.  jk

S13Grl · 10-03-2001, 07:35 PM

Shh. It's just the odometer and trip meter. (and the cruise control, and windshield washer fluid light, and the center console box).

konkman · 10-03-2001, 07:36 PM

You know your priceless. LOL

S13Grl · 10-03-2001, 08:05 PM

Think: Mastercard, speak: S13Grl

Drift Style S14 · 10-04-2001, 12:02 AM

That HUD is a pain in the ass and i don't like it. i don't think mine works either. I think i might have to swap it cause it bothers the #### out of me. Anyways i got the car and i already love it. i am not used to it cause i was driving a 2.5RS impreza and its a big diffrence. RWD is cool but so is AWD. anyways i'll get pics as soon as possible. Oh whats the best suspention upgrade to get off the bat? I was thinking that i should start off by lowering it???

10-02-2001, 07:29 PM	#1
Drift Style S14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ............ Age: 41 Posts: 602 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Hey everyone, look heres the deal i found a 92 240sx loaded with power everything. it has 62 thousand  on it and is going for 3700. its in perfect condition, motor was never dogged at all. Now i really  like the S14 look but i can pass this up cause S13 are just as cool. what do you people think? should i buy it?<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> if i did could i get a S15 sr20det in it and could i get the front end to look like a S14<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'> please help need answer soon!!! thank you for everything you guys are the best!!!

10-02-2001, 07:33 PM	#2
Guest Posts: n/a	u wanna put the s-14 front end on, u better have ALOT of money, the s-13 can have the 15 sr20det put in because u CAN put a newer engine in a older car but u cant put a older engine in a newer car, i say get the s-13, u'll be happy with it, if u hold out to get a s-14 u'll be just as happy, but test drive one of each and see which u like better

10-02-2001, 07:48 PM	#3
West OMNOMNOMNOM Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Denver, CO Age: 43 Posts: 6,456 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: West Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I would buy the s13. Get the s15 SR20DET. Get a Body kit and suspension & brakes. And then you would have a dope s13 and you would have spent maybe a little more than getting an s14 in that condition. Just my 2 cents.

10-02-2001, 08:26 PM	#4
LanceS13 AutoX Junkie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: MS Age: 42 Posts: 2,044 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that's a really good price...my '92 base model, excellent condition, power nothing was $3K.  I say get it.

10-02-2001, 08:55 PM	#5
Drift Style S14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ............ Age: 41 Posts: 602 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Then i am going to get it. thank you for all the advice and i am planning to get the S15 Sr20det. as for the S14  front end we will have to see. thanks all, oh and i am going to test drive the 240 tomorrow. i have alread driven a s14. if this cars anything like it i know i will be in love. thanks all.

10-03-2001, 09:31 AM	#6
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 43 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	S13s had stiffer suspension, so you should notice a difference. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> I bought my '91 with 72K mi for $1500.00 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> (I also worked in the dealership I bought it from, so... )

10-03-2001, 09:48 AM	#7
HondakillaS14 Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 110 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Are you sure?....I was always under the impression that the S14 had the better suspension of the two....might be wrong, it's just what I've heard from other 240 owners...

10-03-2001, 10:23 AM	#8
LanceS13 AutoX Junkie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: MS Age: 42 Posts: 2,044 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It depends on what you consider better.  S14's have the more comfortable suspension, while S13's have the more performance-oriented suspension.

10-03-2001, 10:44 AM	#9
HippoSleek Nissanaholic! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,081 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I would qualify the suspension question:  S13 did have a stiffer suspension, but the S14 had a stiffer chassis.   Hey, if you get this, why not get a Silvia front clip and, rather than do an S14 front, do the Silvia nose.  When you see one of these (esp. on a coupe), you really see the evolution of the car.  Oh yeah, and an S13 front clip would come with an SR and all the fixin's to do the swap.  $0.02

10-03-2001, 10:46 AM	#10
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 43 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	u cant put a S14 bumper on can u? the Silvia from japan has different headlights than S14? i guess if u can cut and bondo you can mod a S14 front end on

10-03-2001, 11:41 AM	#11
Drift Style S14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ............ Age: 41 Posts: 602 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I was always told that you can put a S14 front on the old 240SX, I went this morning to look at the car again and man is it clean not a single scratch or dent. Whats with the Speedometer? i couldn't find it? theres a tach but i couldn't find a speedomoter? Is it a heads up display? If it is, is it anygood or should i swap it out?

10-03-2001, 12:14 PM	#12
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 43 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	speedometer is just the thing telling u ahve fast u go right?

10-03-2001, 01:11 PM	#13
LanceS13 AutoX Junkie Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: MS Age: 42 Posts: 2,044 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	some 240's came with a digital HUD, and I heard it's a pain to swap it to analog gauges.

10-03-2001, 02:15 PM	#14
konkman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 534 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	From what I have heard, it is a pain and a cash pit for something so cosmetic. But I'm not expert.

10-03-2001, 03:10 PM	#15
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 43 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have a digital speedo that doesn't work. I tried unassembling it the other day to see if all the  connections were ok, and I ended up breaking a few more things. Anyway, if you don't see the speedo, when the car is turned off, it should be a little black box (boo!) in the upper left-hand corner of the information thingy. (Whatever, I've only been here for five years!) So... that's where it is. Yeah. Check if it works. If it doesn't, don't try to fix it.  A new piece costs $500.

10-03-2001, 04:27 PM	#16
vancouvers14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	s14 se has a stiffer suspension than the s13

10-03-2001, 04:28 PM	#17
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 43 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	S13 has a stiffer suspension but a softer chassis. And I am correct! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

10-03-2001, 07:33 PM	#18
konkman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 534 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Maybe you should send your tool belt on vacation s13grl, it seems to be a little disgruntled.  Your breaking a lot of stuff from what I read.  jk

10-03-2001, 07:35 PM	#19
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 43 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Shh. It's just the odometer and trip meter. (and the cruise control, and windshield washer fluid light, and the center console box).

10-03-2001, 07:36 PM	#20
konkman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 534 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You know your priceless. LOL

10-03-2001, 08:05 PM	#21
S13Grl Married to the Mob Join Date: Dec 2000 Age: 43 Posts: 3,670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Think: Mastercard, speak: S13Grl

10-04-2001, 12:02 AM	#22
Drift Style S14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ............ Age: 41 Posts: 602 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That HUD is a pain in the ass and i don't like it. i don't think mine works either. I think i might have to swap it cause it bothers the #### out of me. Anyways i got the car and i already love it. i am not used to it cause i was driving a 2.5RS impreza and its a big diffrence. RWD is cool but so is AWD. anyways i'll get pics as soon as possible. Oh whats the best suspention upgrade to get off the bat? I was thinking that i should start off by lowering it???