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09-21-2013, 03:15 AM | #29 |
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Living in Aus it's easy to buy an S15. They're about 10-20k for a used example.
The problem is that it's incredibly hard to find a nice car that hasn't been modified or had crap like rice taillights and bodykits installed. Most of them are 100,000 km's+ these days. Add to that even though the S15 came out in 1999 it was basically the same technology as the SR20DET S13 which is a 20 year old car. I looked around for an S15 before deciding to buy an 86. After looking hard at car classifieds online I could never find a decent manual unmodified example that was sub 100,000 km's. If Nissan still sold them new it would be another story though. |
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Same here in NZ. Mine had over 200,000km on it when I sold it. They either seem to be unmodified and high kms like mine was or low kms but badly modified.
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Used NA AT S15 (<$5,000) + LS3/T56 ($5,000?) + LS swap kit ($5,000) + your own sweat and other labor ($5,000) = 400+hp Japanese-styled coupe, roughly same weight as an 86, for less cost
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IMHO the SR20DET the best 4 cylinder Japan ever made, and imho the ZN6 is the best chassis japan ever made.
since I don't need a 12 second car I'm satisfied with the FRS over the unobtainable S15, just hope to get rid of the torque dip.
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But Nissan dropped the ball on this because they read the US market wrong, and never thought about importing and developing an entry level sports car with the right engine. A S14 with a 155HP KA24DE in 1998 was sold for around $25k, and for the same dollar amount today you can get a FRS or BRZ that has way better performance and platform design. If, however, the S-chassis was continually developed, I think the subcompact tuner market today would've been vastly different. The SR engine is a proven design from the 1990s with a lot of aftermarket support, even long after the cars were discontinued. One advantage the engine had was that it was both popular in NA form (SE-R guys), as well as turbo (Pulsar GTi-R/Bluebird/Silvia/180SX). I hope the FA20 sees the same development over its lifespan. -alex |
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I found mine in KC after two months of searching on CL everyday for STL and KC.
I'm from KC, so when I found this one I had my brother pick it up for me. You guys would be shocked at how clean and straight this car is. I had it on the rack when I finished the 5-lug conversion and it didn't even have surface rust on the frame. I'm still amazed Nick C.
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As far as chassis' go, I think the FD RX7 and AP1 S2000 are both far better than our cars.
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Thats what I'd do. Plus then it'd be left hand drive too.
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S14.5 can be done right but people screw them up so much. S14.5s NEED widebody to look right. Otherwise, it looks weird.
S15's are still better than 14s. The 15 chassis is a big improvement over the 14 as a whole.
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If you're going to leave it stock then sure. But as a platform it really doesn't matter as you can make it what you want. Plus the cost of modding a 240 into an S14.5 is much cheaper then trying to get a real S15 and getting it legalized.
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S15 cannot be made street legal in the US period. If you can afford an off road use only vehicle or wish to break the law by registering it as an s14, by all means.
An s13.5 or s14.5 will never look as sexy as a real s15. |
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If it were me, I would just track down an S15 shell and build it up. Tow/trailer it to track events and have fun with it. If you still have it when the 25 year mark hits and you want it to be street legal, then go through the process.
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