What are the actual 0 - 60 figures for 2wd and 4wd saphs ? Standard of course

 

back to the 200sx thing a good friend of mine has one im not sure of the model its a 2.0litre and m reg, its low milage and he payed about 4k for it, and its cost him a bloody fortune, electrics are dodgy its costs loads to mod and i mean basic mods syuff is available if you want to pay hks prices££££££££££ ect ect, he has also had numerous reliability problems ie the turbo came undone from the manifold to the point that he lost all boost 2 of the studs broke, and also on the negative side have you ever worked on one??? bloody nightmare, much worse than any cosworth, and i mean proper work, i.e head gaskets and engine out ect ect. But i must agree on the plus side there quite quick and look kind of nice if your into coupe looks.

 

oh and another thing find one that looks like this for £4000 I dont think so!!!

Find one like this for £4000 yes its very probbable

 

From the rsoc:


2wd

Performance (Manufacturer's figures unless otherwise noted)
Max Speed: 151.4 mph (243.6 kph) (Autocar, February 1988, measured 143 mph)
Acceleration: 0 - 60 mph, 6.1 seconds (Autocar, February 1988, measured a best of 5.8 seconds)
0 - 100 mph, 15.8 seconds (Autocar, February 1988)
30 - 50 mph (4th/5th gears) 6.5/11.0 seconds
Standing 1/4mile 14.4seconds/97mph
Fuel Economy: 22.1 mpg urban; 35.3 mpg at 56 mph; 27.7 mpg at 75 mph

4wd

Performance & Economy (Manufacturer's figures)

Max speed: 150 mph.
Acceleration: 0 60 mph, 6.6 sec.

Fuel consumption: 22.1 mpg urban; 37.2 mpg at constant 56 mph; 30.4 mpg at 75 mph.

 

Trev, fair enough your mate might have had problems with his, but I know a few people who have been badly burnt by cheap cossies as well!

 

You can have my J reg 4x4 Sapph for £4995. And it's a really nice car that's had money spent on it but is still relatively standard.

 

HELLOOOOO? Did you not read my post? My mate bought his R-Reg 97k mile one, identical to the pics barring std wheels, immaculate looking inc the full leather, for 3600quid.

Generally they more, and if i wanted one i get one of the 6k ones, but same goes for buying a 4k saff.

BUT his SX hasnt missed a beat, had new brake disks and new clutch, nowt else.

 

then he was very luck to get it at such a good price and not have problems, sorry i didnt read your post properly.

 

Yes and also back to this!!! find me a pimp wagon like that for 4k. black one please, coz I wanna put tints and 20's on it

 

Trev- Not so much lucky as your mate was very unlucky (ok, he bought a nail), i got 3 mates with em now, and owned 4 between em (1 wrote off) and they never missed a beat.

Most are ex company cars etc, soo many owned by middleaged women or blokes in suits and only do motorway miles and never caned, jus buy one of them and your laughing, even with high miles and no real service history, providing you give it a service it might well need...

Only damage ive ever seen is screwholes in the dash from mobile phone kits.

 

i had a good chat with the owner of a very quick sx at japfest..it was a ex norris designs car..600+hp and he said it was geared for 202mph ..how true that is i havent a fookin clue

 

Thats a S13 too, only a 1.8, and yea, tis fast as fuck, stupidly quick.

S14 engines are better tho

 

This is the one and thats the owner. Nice bloke, organised this day BUT Sorry but I thought it was pretty dog slow, no where NEAR as fast as it should be if it has that kinda bhp...

 

By the way a Viper is geared for over 300mph... they can't even do 200 though

 

I still stand by my statement that they are nasty to work on, I work part time for a well known tuner where i live (i live in devon) and i have done several head gaskets ect and there not nice although the 1.8 ones are worse, I suppose the problem with being involved in a garage / engineering enviroment is that you only see the broke cars or the ones that are being modified so you dont get a true picture of reliability ect my mate has a bad one and i seen a few for work so i consider them to be bad but there are probably loads that are fine and i never see them.


Accept perhaps fuel econemy

 

And price!!! the BMW is double the price!!!

 

One thing ive noticed over the years is Norris Designs BHP is far less powerful than normal BHP

600 Norris HP seems to act like around 400-450, and 800+ seems to do what around 600 would

I hope when Rods engine was Dyno'd they used real horses in the calculation and not the wooden ones on merry-go-rounds like on some of their other engines seem to

I love the Norris cars, i jus think the power figures seem bollocks

 

I like in the pic of the 200zx and all those other jap supercars hiding in the corner i see an mg mistro turbo, hope it kicked arse

 

LOL @ this thread!


Hey Porkie the 200sx aint rare around here loads of peeps got them!!! and gotta say there is one really nice one going round.

As for Steve muppet I like the Way both cars look, And i like the way saffs look with subtle mods also i like the 200's just stop trying to force your opinion on everyone

 

sorry 200sx idiot i am

 

looked quick on the track though ...or it just could have been everybody else was goin slow

 

BUT BUT BUT Look at the Numberplate, it MUST have at least 550bhp

 

nar he's just been conservative

 

Rhys, sorry but you are welsh. Therefore your opinion means nothing.

This also applies to people with Beards.

If you are welsh AND have a beard then you should be instantly shot

 

That car had big problems on the day though didn't it? Never seemed to launch or drive properly on the day

And no trev, the maestro was dog slow

 

Im not forcing my opinion on anyone you welsh goon im just stating facts to counter the blinkered bullshit said by people with no experience of the car

I love saffs remember

 

saphs look complete pony FACT

the nissan looks FAR better
cant comment on reliability , driveability etc.....

 

I quite like the 200's fair play! know a guy around here hes building a 500bhp one and seems inpressive fair play, talk to him quite a bit! most of it is home built to so looking forward to seing that on the Dyno

But as said the 20's seem pretty tunable, but not sure how much they cost to tune etc

If i wasnt into cossies i may have had one

 

NOW WHERE IS MY 4k E39 540i PIMP WAGON

 

its ok dave, make somthing up, either a random comment or calculated lies, most other people commenting on this thread has

 

on form tonight steve

 

This thread about SXs gives me an excuse to post pics of Phils S14a Drifter...

IMO one of the hardest looking cars in the UK, fookin EVIL, love it

 

that 200sx looks V nice!!

Steve was that the one that was drifting at Trax last year?

 

Yea Phil Morrison (Phatty), top pic was from TRAX, others were from the D1GP final at Silverstone last year, and the flame is at Donno.

 

E34

LOL not E39!!

Alex

 

Not according to Big_psi 4x4!!!

I want my 4k pimp wagon, he got me all excited

 

Yeah ok settle for the e34,find a manual then have it supercharged.

A 4.0 ltr V8 made by BMW or a 1.8 4cyl made by Nissan.Thats a tough decision

 

It's 2.0, the old S13's were 1.8.

I'd still take the 200 personally

 

sorry but he looks like a movie-star wonabe

 

hmm I dunno what to do!

The 200sx is cool, but its a nissan and I bet the parts are stupidly expensive... BMW is an obvious choice as I work for them but again parts are fairly expensive on that car as its not a popular one. The cossy is cool from that point of view as I get a fair lump of discount still.

How many miles are the 200sx good for?

Alex