im interested in possibly picking this up, but im not too sure about the build quality and the parts simply cause i dont know much about these types of cars.

http://www.houston-imports.com/forum...d.php?t=372361

any info or knowledge about these cars would be greatly appreciated!

thanks.

Ross

 

I dont know a whole lot about these cars except they have tons upon tons of potential to be an amazing car. Very tune-able from the ones I have seen and with the right body kit, looks very clean and sporty! I would say go for it, but thats just me

 

they are nice cars, i'm not sure about $9000 though. i've picked up my last three stock 240's for less than $1000 a piece. 96 s14 base isn't worth all that much. the drivetrain looks pretty bullet proof though. please don't say that you want to start drifting.

 

that one's not worth $9000 for sure. you can get much better 240's for that price range. but $1000 240's are hard to come by now. demand increased the price range to $3000~up for decent ones.

 

I dont know where you are getting these 240sx but you will not find 96 for that cheap. I sold mine for $3300 AT and bit damaged here and there.

 

I used owned that model and believe me.. that isn't worth $9,000 to me. He dumped all the money on the engine only. That car is not even SE...which means that 4 lug, no lsd, and no sun roof. I bet you that you find a better car with better deal than that. Go to 240sx.org.. one of the biggest nissan forum out there. I used to go there a lot before I got my tsx.

 

I'm sick of people saying.. "oh, I'm going to drop a sr20 and its going to be hella fast." I really hate saying this too but you can find one in stock for $2-3k and drop a sr w/ mods probably can match whatever he is pushing or even faster.

 

yeah, I sold my 240sx SE for that much. It isn't easy to find one now days.

 

He listed that he has Super HICAS LSD, but I thought that wasn't an LSD? Its supposed to be 4-wheel steering, right?

$9000 is a rip-off, and how the hell do you find a 240sx for $1000? Maybe a rolling S13 shell, but for an S14, no way.

Anyway, he was selling an 03 CBR600RR for $4500! holy crap! There's a pretty good deal...

 

I didnt catch that part but yes, they do have lsd. I won't say it's a rip-off but just bit high.

 

ya, that one is overpriced. I bought my 96 for $1800. Fixed it up and sold it for 17k.

 

1800 to 17k? i think that's overprice

wat had u done to it?

 

I love the 240SX, infact i am contemplating the idea of importing an S15 Silvia from Japan this summer, one of my cousin in england imports JDM cars such as R33, R34s, Evos, Sti etc to England so i know i can get a good deal because he has been in this business for about 5 or so years. Your best bet is to buy a good used S14 and then do the work on it yourself or get it done by someone you know will do a good job and will do it to your liking. That car in the ad seems to be overpriced and you dont know what kinda beating it has taken from the current owner.

This is what i am thinking of getting this summer

 

u may want to check out www.skylineking.com

they imported skylines and silvias and modded them

 

. Sold it w/the complete RB swap too.

 

Complete s15 front end
Rare Zenki JDM sides
JDM kouki rear valances
Tein HA's
Bride Brix's
SSR whhels
Custom paint job
rb26dett
greddy intake manifold
JDM apexi exhaust
F/R bbk
and some other crap i don't remember.

 

There's your answer overpriced...

Blxmjx sweet ride..

 

I'm tried of those s14.5. I like the way it is.. I sold my 240 because everyone was doing same shit. s15 conv. and talking about dropping a sr.

 

very nice... the whole s14.5 was cool 10 years ago. sucks that how everyone is doing it left and right.

 

Funny that s15's weren't sold until 1999 which was about 8 years ago. So I'm not sure how a s14.5 would be cool or even possible 2 years before an s15 was even made. I had mine in 02-03 when the s14.5 wasn't very common.

 

my mistake.. not 10 years ago. I was referring now days how s14.5 is very common.

 

btw, what made you sell your 240? I might get one for as my project car. I really miss my 240.

 

haha. honestly, I hated the car. Just happy I made good money off of it.

 

really? how so.. what you drive now? yeah, you did get good money off that.

 

i've had a grip of cars after the s14.

1.evo
2.c32amg
3.m5
4.2 FD's
5.legacy gt
6.s2k
7.volvo v70R

 

okay, I get it now.

 

How much was the skyline motor?

 

All I know about this car besides it is RWD and 4 banger is drifters love it.

 

its about $3k+

 

yup.

 

and those guys bang it up on sidewalls and sell it over craigslist for a grand. tuner cars are very hard to find in stock form nowdays. 240sx, eg hatch, crx, etc.. all modified and turned into pos..

 

I'm waiting for all those idiots to crash those 240's so I can pick it up for dirt cheap.

 

i see lots of dirt cheap 240's from seattle's craigslist. but i wouldn't buy crashed ones.

 

really? how bad are they?
btw, whats your plan with your alpine? If you are going to sell it to me later then I'm going to save some money starting now but if you are going to sell it to someone else then I'm just gonna buy mugen lip.

 

its on ebay now. hopefully lotta people bid on it
you have navi. what's the need for another screen anyways?

 

boooo.. I can use that alpine as dvd player.

 

thanks for the responses people. i would never pay 9k for that car. i was more concerned about the drivetrain build. that site is notorious for low ballers, so sellers usually set their price a few thousand high or maybe even more.

ill keep looking

if anyone knows any clean ones for sale let me know!

 

"We need an economical RWD coupe back in the USA!"

 

240's are great little cars. The stock KA is very picky on oil and very prone to knocking. So make sure if you do ever buy one that it has been maintained very well. I got my 93 for $400. It had 80,000 miles on it and already had a knock due to a bad previous owner. That car that you posted is not worth 9 grand. Do some more research before you buy one, a built car like you posted would proboly give some headache with that many mods.

 

Miata??