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kickertu · 05-02-2003, 07:22 PM

A buddie of mine is selling a 1990 240sx.. the car had a dent on the rear quarter panel... so he fixed the dent, and just sanded and primered the whole car.. so the body is in pretty good shape...

he just got done installing a red top sr20det. he ran it for like a month and a half., and then it just stopped running. he had a nissan tech come out to the house and look at it and they decided that it was the wiring harness... so now he is tired of dealing with it, and he is looking for an s13 coupe..

Mods that he has done

K&n intake.
blitz dd BOV
stock side mount and piping.
walbro fuel pump
Eibach springs

the car did run, and now he is just tired of ****in with it. so he said that he would sell it to me for $3500...

should i do it conisdering whats wrong with it?

TheSparo · 05-02-2003, 08:18 PM

how is the interior, is it missing anything? how is suspension, brakes things like tht, how many miles give more info, but yea 3500 w/ only bad wiring i would do it

kickertu · 05-02-2003, 08:44 PM

He pulled the interior.. he still has it as well as all the stock parts from the swap..
he swapped the guts on the tranny from a ka, he has the JDM cluster, pedals, corner lights, strut bars, eibach springs

TheSparo · 05-03-2003, 09:23 AM

i would do it (if i had the money of course) assuming its just the main wiring harness, it shuoldnt be hard to fix, just take it off and send it to heavy throttle (srswap.com) and it shuold be fine
correct me if im wrong any1

russian · 05-03-2003, 01:20 PM

i would get it if i were you, 3.5k isnt bad, counting has an SR and you said body is fair. wirings can be done, but try to get someone else to look at the engine to get another opinion.

240silvia · 05-03-2003, 11:43 PM

There should be no discussion, lol, for 3,500.... Buy it man, I would!

drift freaq · 05-04-2003, 02:58 AM

I would be very suspicous of it. Thats very cheap and even if the body is primered running that should be a 5k car. I think there is more wrong with it than he is admitting. Why install a SR in the car and a month later sell it for dirt? most people that put SR's in and sell the car get real good money for the cars. I may be wrong but I would be very careful if I were you. At that price you could be getting someone else's headache. plus having seen cars with wiring problems . I would say unless you know a good wire person or are good at it yourself it will be a hassle. thats my opinion

kickertu · 05-04-2003, 11:54 AM

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Originally posted by drift freaq
I would be very suspicous of it. Thats very cheap and even if the body is primered running that should be a 5k car. I think there is more wrong with it than he is admitting. Why install a SR in the car and a month later sell it for dirt? most people that put SR's in and sell the car get real good money for the cars. I may be wrong but I would be very careful if I were you. At that price you could be getting someone else's headache. plus having seen cars with wiring problems . I would say unless you know a good wire person or are good at it yourself it will be a hassle. thats my opinion

I have been.. we are gonna go do a compression check today. he has had the car for awhile. its just been sitting. he had it up and running for a month and a half, but then one day he was trying to install some gauges into it and it just fried itself.. i think he arced something, or shorted something out. cause he said that he found the wire that fried, and it was a ground loop wire that starts in teh dash and wraps in with teh harness and goes into the engine bay. when that wire went it took a few others with it. . but the car is in pretty good condion...

he said that he never hooked up the power steering so the car needs a new rack and pinion plus it needs all the **** hooked up to it.. he also has the a/c compressor, and if i bought it iwould want a/c s

so how hard do you think it would be to hook that stuff up?

kickertu · 05-04-2003, 07:34 PM

well fella i bought it!!!!!

05-02-2003, 07:22 PM	#1
kickertu Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 377 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Should i buy this car? A buddie of mine is selling a 1990 240sx.. the car had a dent on the rear quarter panel... so he fixed the dent, and just sanded and primered the whole car.. so the body is in pretty good shape... he just got done installing a red top sr20det. he ran it for like a month and a half., and then it just stopped running. he had a nissan tech come out to the house and look at it and they decided that it was the wiring harness... so now he is tired of dealing with it, and he is looking for an s13 coupe.. Mods that he has done K&n intake. blitz dd BOV stock side mount and piping. walbro fuel pump Eibach springs the car did run, and now he is just tired of ****in with it. so he said that he would sell it to me for $3500... should i do it conisdering whats wrong with it?

05-03-2003, 01:20 PM	#5
russian Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Dallas TX Age: 42 Posts: 1,336 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i would get it if i were you, 3.5k isnt bad, counting has an SR and you said body is fair. wirings can be done, but try to get someone else to look at the engine to get another opinion. __________________ I must break you.

05-04-2003, 02:58 AM	#7
drift freaq R.I.P. Aya, always love Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Los Feliz/Hollywood Posts: 18,564 Trader Rating: (215) Rides Gallery: drift freaq Feedback Score: 215 reviews	I would be very suspicous of it. Thats very cheap and even if the body is primered running that should be a 5k car. I think there is more wrong with it than he is admitting. Why install a SR in the car and a month later sell it for dirt? most people that put SR's in and sell the car get real good money for the cars. I may be wrong but I would be very careful if I were you. At that price you could be getting someone else's headache. plus having seen cars with wiring problems . I would say unless you know a good wire person or are good at it yourself it will be a hassle. thats my opinion __________________ "Having a lot of tracks on a song is like putting stickers on a car to get more horsepower" New Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebV1OnbRsw Buy my mounts! http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/51531...ns-mounts.html http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/317539...e-mouts-6.html

05-02-2003, 08:18 PM	#2
TheSparo Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Athens/Chattanooga/ Cookeville/Morristown, TN Age: 39 Posts: 1,141 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	how is the interior, is it missing anything? how is suspension, brakes things like tht, how many miles give more info, but yea 3500 w/ only bad wiring i would do it

05-02-2003, 08:44 PM	#3
kickertu Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 377 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	He pulled the interior.. he still has it as well as all the stock parts from the swap.. he swapped the guts on the tranny from a ka, he has the JDM cluster, pedals, corner lights, strut bars, eibach springs

05-03-2003, 09:23 AM	#4
TheSparo Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Athens/Chattanooga/ Cookeville/Morristown, TN Age: 39 Posts: 1,141 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i would do it (if i had the money of course) assuming its just the main wiring harness, it shuoldnt be hard to fix, just take it off and send it to heavy throttle (srswap.com) and it shuold be fine correct me if im wrong any1

05-03-2003, 11:43 PM	#6
240silvia Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington NC Age: 40 Posts: 2,060 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	There should be no discussion, lol, for 3,500.... Buy it man, I would!

05-04-2003, 07:34 PM	#9
kickertu Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 377 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	well fella i bought it!!!!!