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Originally Posted by Kingtal0n
So, this is an interesting concept right? Because I completely agree that on one hand, 240sx are incredibly reliable if maintained. I've never been 24 hours without a ride.
On the other hand, mileage claims the lives of wear parts: clutch, pumps, bearings, friction materials (piston rings, brake pads, ... clutch again) and un-awareness claims the other half (You have learned not to overtighten hose clamps and spark plugs right?) So work must be done, somebody gotta do it. Who's it going to be? You cannot say a 240sx is unreliable because it needs a clutch every 64,000 miles, but somebody still has to pay for the car to be "reliable" maintained.
So on one hand you have the stock automatic 240sx crowd that will go 220,000 miles with just oil changes, and sometimes less than that.
And on the other hand you have the swapped cars, bright red bloated question marks gleaming in the moonlight. You save money buying one of these but will you get a good set of piston rings and engine bearings? And clean oil? And...
One way I can see to have a swapped car AND a reliable car from day one, is to do everything yourself and also have good luck finding a used low mileage engine to start with.
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I have yet to burn my clutch in the time I have owned the car, still good as a matter of fact (knock on wood). I just daily my car no racing or drifting though, spirited driving sometimes, I just dont dump the clutch and try to do burn outs.
No water pump yet either, just flush the coolant every year.
The one thing it has now and will tackle this summer is replacing the heater core sob.