Jer_ry

I have a 97' 200sx that has 190,000 miles. I was wondering if it would be worth modding. I was planning on adding a turbo kit the one that comes with the headers and all but since it having so much miles and me not knowing how it was treated by the previus owners didnt know if it would take the power of that or any other performance mods. Also is there anything else besides the header that needs to be replaced to add the turbo? Thanks

 

Madmax

That's for sure a lot of miles on it. I would replace the engine myself before adding a turbo. You can visit www.hotshot.com to see what all comes with the turbo kits. You've got a lot more then just the manifold to change. You'll sure need a clutch if it's a 5 speed.

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Jer_ry

Thanks for the info. So turbo aside getting a new ga16de would be a more wise decision over getting $1,500 in mods? If thats even what a new ga would cost....

huskya83

why not just get an sr if your going to get a new engine?

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Jer_ry

well thats my whole question is the best thing to do is replace the engine

 

Twiz

Don't replace your engine if there's nothing wrong with it, you could run a couple tests on it before you add anything else to it. You may have a crippled car after an engine swap if it's not done right. You should know your engine better... you drive the car... Do you really think you need your engine replaced ?

Jer_ry

As of now NO. I have never had a car that would actually be cool fixing up until this one and im not super educated in the field of automobiles. I do know that 190,000 miles is what most people consider junk and because of that it made me have reason to believe there are reasons why people say that. I want to add performance but didn't know if adding stuff would do anything to such a high mileage engine like kill it.

Twiz

My engine is older than yours ... it's a '94 and it has 113k miles on it. I still treasure it like a new engine.

Neva2wicked

IMO, formulate some sort of gameplan. For the moment, forget about the mileage of the engine.

From what I can gather from your post, it sounds like you do plan on modding the car. SO here's what I would do (mine is just about to hit 200k and I bought it with 168k):

First, I would make a list of all the things I would want to do- be it short-term or long-term. At least, you'll have a set goal, at least as far as performance goes, and you could look up information on all the parts.

Secondly, I would save some money for emergencies. In this case, it would be in preparation for another engine, should it go sometime down the road.

Once you have banked enough for an engine and labor costs (unless you plan on doing it yourself), save up/get some mods. If you plan on running with the GA still, the mods can be trasferred over to the next engine.

Now as far as which engine to use, do some research Alot of people talk about doing the SR swap, but if you pockets aren't deep enough, you might want to postpone that idea. There's alot of parts that you'll have to aquire just to get the car in running condition not to mention the cost of getting it in tip-top shape is the most intimidating part. (looking at probably 3k for all the parts, then another 1-3k on labor if you're not doing it yourself.) You could turbo the GA for less than the SR swap, but the only downside would be the current limitation of power (a Turbo SR will blow you out water considering their aftermarket).

All in all, just do the basics. They aren't crazy expensive, and you could still save for another engine at the same time.

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