get a 1995 / 1996 or wait?

[alkemyst]

I have 10k that I have set aside to get a 1997/1998 240sx in white with a 5spd and have it be a SE/LE...however that is proving hard (6 months now and my last one that I had as a confirmed 'pick up today' was sold out from under me before I could drive up (sold Friday, I was to pick it up Sunday had a cashiers check ready in the guy's name)).

I see alot of 1995's at only $5k-6k with low mileage. They are OBDI cars which most of the turbo 'kits' can't work, but what's the cost to swap out the ECU and run a few sensors?

Basically I need a car...I don't have one now as I thought this would be an easy thing to buy.

Thanks

Chris
http://30moons.com/Nissan240SXIndex.php

[slideways240]

all 96's and some 95's are OBDII.

[HyperTek]

In socal, on autotrader.com, you see SR swapped s14 and s13s all day long for less then 10k

[alkemyst]

I could be mistaken, but from what I have found so far is all 1995's were sort of a combination of OBDI and OBDII with the later ones coming with the OBDII plug in port...however they still had different O2 sensors and the like....

I know the ones I have seen do not have the mess of piping around the manifold...I never knew to check for the OBDII port though...I haven't looked at many, the ones I saw were said to be 1996's and a few said to be 1997's (crooked sales people here).

I am just getting tired of looking for a freaking car now...it really sucks to have money in hand but nothing to buy plus no car.

Thanks

Å

[orion::S14]

Buy a decent '96 (OBD II since that's an issue with you) for $5000-6500, then slap on a '97-98 front end if you must.

Hell, call it $6000 for a '96 SE, add paint (whole car $1800) and a front end from a '97-98 (maybe $1200 with new parts...?)...and you get $9000 for a '97-98 looking 240SX, then spend the other grand on suspension.

- Brian

[element240]

good luck man... i couldn't find one and eventually settled on my zenki

[chuy]

I went to Kansas to get mine and had too settle for a 4lug no lsd and its got a sunroof the only thing that I wanted out of it it was a 98

[Ghst 01]

just buy yourself a 96 and get a kouki conversion it that is such a big deal to you.... At first when i was looking for my car i was also set on buy a kouki but after i got the zenki and sat there for a while looking at it I fell in love with it and never thought of getting a kouki s14.