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And my numbers were wrong, they made around 4600 koukis, but is still WAAAYYYY below the number of Zenkis.
I want an S14 so bad. All the ones I find are over priced though. Might settle for a S13
@ Ashely, thats sweet, I'd love to drive one or even see one in real life considering I've never seen one of this model year
I know what you mean Matt about there not being many 97-98 ones out there. Luckily I get to see one and drive one pretty often since my brother has one. (:
@ ashely, I agree, 97-98 front end is beautiful! Too bad their aren't many of em out their! :/
I love love love the kouki front end. I have a Zenki right now caus everyone wants an arm and a leg for that front end, and there were only like 1400 97-98 made so they are kinda rare. I plan to convert my front end after I build and boost my KA.
In my opinion the 97-98 240sx had the best front end. Well as far as the models in America goes. Such a shame they never brought the S15 to the US.
Finally carbuzz bringing in the real tuners. Sick of seing overly priced cars. This a nice change
Description: These date all the way back to 1975, when the second generation Silvia came over as the Datsun 200SX. It would keep this name in its next generation, and part of it for the fourth generation, when it ...
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180sx was base model of silvia (jdm). in europe it was 200sx. of course i am referring to s13 model...
Description: This was essentially a Silvia with popup headlights and a liftgate, a confusing distinction which wasn't really our problem anyway, since it was also a JDM car. In an attempt to keep this article...
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Calm down Andrew. If it's used in a truck then it's a truck engine. You don't come back from that in the engine world. Too embarrassing.
I think it sounds awesome when they do that is seems like a japanese muscle car... Well like a feather weight muscle car
They first used the KA24E in the '89 240SXs, when in '89, the hardbody had the Z24i engine. They didn't use the KA24E in it until '90, same with the pathfinder. I hate it when they call it a truck motor if you can't tell......
They used the KA in the car first, not the truck!! It's not a truck motor, but it's just based more around low end torque.
Lower a car and paint it shiny black. With right rims you can have a classy sport look. Thats the key!!
@ kyle, that was dumb But these r well place hood pins U dont c that too often, lol
I always wanted either this, a supra, or a 300zx tt. Any of them would be amazing to own.
Hey paint it blue with a orange side stripe and and drop a turbocharged skyline engine and you got the Mona Lisa. Yes Tokyo drift!
These are awesome looking cars!!! Definitely one of my all time favourite cars! Only the 97-98 though, older models had ugly front ends(between the ones with the flip up lights and these!!)
This is what every ricer (used loosely) wants, but usually funds or interest run out before they can get to this point. This is a nice car.
@Alex.. I have. In a super street article I think. It looks great.. but lol at van lights
silforties are better... seeing as how there are no silvias in america. never did like the hatchbacks, which is weird because i love hatchbacks...
It's not a 180sx. Those were only in Japan and this car is left hand drive.
The thing that throws it off it the middle grill. It needs to be flat with the headlights to be flush.
I think it's a 180sx(240sx hatch) with a S13 front end conversion. Also known as a Sileighty.
Yup, S13 with Silvia conversion. I never liked the S13 Silvia front end. Too flat IMO
Those headlight give it that illusion. It's actually a Nissan 240sx with the jdm front headlight conversion.
of course with two children, it wouldn't work for me now... e39 was a good trade off though
damn i miss my s13... one of the most fun cars I've ever driven... I'm sad now:(
William is right though, go to a track on a drift day or anywhere a lot of actuall drifters are and you can see they wear the mismatch colors and ill-fitting body panels like badges of honor.
@Patrick Amen man. Also, why did they pick this particular one (which looks like its about to fall apart) to represent the 240?
s15 all day its a dam shame they stopped at the s14 I herd a s16 was in the works a couple years ago but haven't seen anything yet maybe if the frs does well Nissan will bring it out
I personally love this front end the most. Pop-up light and the stock front bumper are amazing. I also love the hatch tail light. S13 hatch ftw any day. I would love to have any 240sx though. None of the models are ugly they're all beautiful
It's a nice car... But this specific one looks bad, paint, wheels, ride height... This jus isn't a good example
ok.. i didnt attack anyone just stated an opinion, and u can but its more acceptable in drifting for your car to look mis matched and oddly painted.
u can hate all u want but more then likly this is a drift car and it can look as odd and stupid as u want as long as its a beat drifter
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Why do you say that? The only main difference I would see between the S13 and 14 is the OBD2 swap.
And what are you talking about? They produced over 213,000 in the US. I would say they sold pretty damn good with those numbers.
Description: Though upgrades could be made to the KA24 engine originally offered for the 240SX, this was still a truck engine, good in the torque department, but completely unsuited to a platform like this. An eng...
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You guys make me laugh. A KA is better than an LS Chevy? HA! And just so you understand why I can laugh: I've owned multiple KA s13's, one SR20 s13, and a Trans Am. My own personal preference is the SR, but the KA is the worst put of them all
not really cause u gotta dump money into the ka24 to even get it close to an ls and the ls would still be stock and weight less, if your gonna argue that a cast iron block engine is lighter then an all aluminum engine and claim u know what your talking about. were not all stupid kids, and i do love me the sound of a nice ka24, i dont preffer the sound of a v8 in what it dont belong in
In a way your right about the whole different league, for sure. But like i said, the stock 240 engine can put out just as much torque as the LS but when it comes to getting a LOAD of more power, I can see why you would want the LS
To me the Supra and Skyline is in a whole different league those car do it for me, I have to agree. Don't get me wrong the 240sx done right looks amazing, but I would swap an LS1 just for the raw torque.
To each his own. And the 240sx is actually one of the deeper sounding ones. And have you not heard the supra and skyline engine?! I mean c'mon you have to AT LEAST like the sounds of them with a ton of power. And I like the sound of the LS, I have to admit that
LS series are the lightest engine line up ever. I don't know why you think they're heavy? LS7 one of the lightest performance in the world. They sounds better for god sake how can you stand that whiny noise those engines make?
Yes I know you can turbo an LS. But your not seeing my point. The 240sx's stock engine will eat a v8 everyday of the week if build right. Am i talking up too 800hp on the 240? No! You can do it but, you don't need it because it's light. The S series cars are my specialty, I know what I'm saying as well. You can keep you LS.
Justin and Matt you both really need to do your research on the LS1. I can tell you guys don't know much about the LS line up.
@Matt it's lighter trust me you guys are mistaking displacement for size again.
Ok so #1 I can tell your ignorant toward American things #2, it actually isn't lighter than the VQ35de #3 I don't care about N/A power, I a turbo guy #4 I'm talking about easy engine space to work on it, not the engine itself #5 ...why would you want a 1200hp street car....pointless
@ mikey... Not everyone wants a 1200hp drag car... The 240sx engine is good engine... Not 1200hp good but they can get Good power out of it
a couple thousand miles? I think not. There's a reason why SBC are the most sold engines ever!
@Justin do you anything about the LS1? It's lighter than the 350z engine, make more N/A HP, cheaper to purchase, and less parts. Easier to work on lol? That depends on what you're used to working on. Can it make 1,200 HP and still be able to last
An LS swap is unnecessary in these cars. The ka24 (240sx engine) will always either produce more torque than HP or a little bit less, therefore it is better than the LS because it can do everything a v8 can but way lighter and easier to work on. (I am a specialist in 240s, I know what I'm talking about)
CarBuzz failed to mention how much people dropped LS1's in these cars, probably more than the 350z engines.
If the car didnt have that ugly lip on it, it would look good. Also change the wheels.
I like the car but I hate how the front looks. The front looks ugly there's way too many holes/air vent
Description: But the 240SX would become famous with the SR20, despite the difficulty involved in this operation. This difficulty is easy to explain, the SR20 was never sold in the US in any vehicle. This means tha...
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Weight won't make a huge difference. But I think it really comes down to what you prefer. That's really about it. It'll cost you the same to build a KA-T to stock SR specs as it would to just swap an SR.
not by much and the weight difference will off set it, it just comes down to what your doing with the car and what engine sound u preffer, the raspy sr20 or the throaty ka24
Well no shit on that one. Ok how about this. Take an SR and a KA, if you do the exact same stuff to them, ie. building the internals and all, the KA will come out with more power.
Argue about SR and KA's all you want. Obviously a modified KA is quicker than a stock SR. But stock for stock the SR will always win.
the ka24 is alot stronger platform for higher hp but the sr20 is alot lighter and with a little build just as reliable, i personally preffer the sound of the ka24
If im not mistaken the sr20det is almost identical to the sentra ser version. I believe it was also sr20de... No t = no turbo
People just build them without thinking of the internals and that's why they blow easy. If you actually built it, it an eat up SRs.
The ka24 is a way better engine than the sr20 by a long shot. WAY more torque, and people say they blow up a lot.....they really dont
the sr20 we got was different then the japanese spec one, tha na sr20 is a different engine then the sr20det
Mid 90's Nissan Sentra SE-R's came with SR20's. All that was needed was a turbo and cam's and it would crush most cars...
I beg to differ about the SR20 never being sold in the US. You see, the Nissan Sentra SE-R had one and so did the Infiniti G20. These were very legal and very naturally aspirated. A simple turbo would fix that.
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I've sen 5 legit S15 before. 3 was at the 2011 Fall Import Alliance Meet and 2 at the Spring meet in ATL recently.
always wanted to put those lights on mine to have a silforty... if the clocks could be turned back...
I feel like this is the guys car from his YouTube SoCalSidewayz He has awesome vids of street and track Drifting and great music too. He runs the same wheels on an S13 like this and on a 350z.
They murdered it with those rims... They must've found them on craigslist for cheap lol
hey that's my car lololol this car is now a formula d pro am car haha no more writings on the bumper :(
I do think the KA is underated as the SR is overated and the CA misunderstood ha
I like the KA's displacement... I would love to build an AWD bluebird or a s13 with an eaton m65
It's all about the RB swap. Lol. Jk. You have a valid point there Andrew. The KA doesn't get the acknowledgement it should. It's actually a pretty good engine once you forge the internals and boost it.
I hate all the SR fanboys that think it rapes most other swaps and the KA. Really, if you built the KA with the same way you woudl with an SR, KA>SR
Its all about the sr20det engine. So much potential from a relatively cheap carcar
They better not have any riced ones.... But I'm sure they do...
See that's weird I only remember the 240sx from need for speed...
I remember the 180sx from the street racing need for speed games