newbie requesting advice on potencial purchase

cjman · Feb 21st, 2006, 01:33 AM

Hi let me introduce myself i am mike and new to this forum.
looking to buy myself a nissan 200sx to convert to a drift car, after having been on a track day with a friend that has one, and have seen one on e-bay that has taken my interest http://tinyurl.com/lesbm
so my questions are what common problems should i look out for.
What price is something like this worth.
How expensive is a turbo replacment.
Spares hard to come bye?
Appreciate the help in advance

OPIUM · Feb 21st, 2006, 03:47 PM

Looks to be in good shape. I'd like to see what it looks like under the hood. I wouldn't pay more than £2,000 for it though. Parts should be very easy to come by. If you can't find anything in your area there is always the internet. A turbo replacement isn't that expensive initially, however to get it running to its full potential lies the real hidden cost with tuning and other add ons. For your purpose just to start off with a drift car I would focus on suspension and a good differential. And of course get some spare wheels and tires for drift and normal driving.

zellx2004 · Feb 21st, 2006, 05:38 PM

and how can we forget about a better clutch. You're going to go through some clutches.