Hello Everyone,
First time posting in here (i hope this threads get enough attention), but its finally time for me to get in the 240 world. I have been lurking around here for a year or so, researching, and saving my money. I am going to pose a question to all you, with my current scenario changing from what I planned I am kind of confused as to which route I should take: s13 or s14.
I have read a bunch of threads about this already, but I wanted to personalize it to my scenario.
I always planned on buying a project 240, but I just cant afford to keep two cars around. So I am planning on using my 240 as my DD. Rain, sleet, snow or shine I need it to get me to work and back. I am quite the handy backyard mechanic, but I ain’t a pro by any means. I was hoping to do a SR swap myself and learn as I go, but I just cant have a garage queen, so as much as it pains me I will have a buy a “pre-modded car”.
Reading through all the for sale threads and seeing the rot that’s so prevalent throughout all s13s really depresses me (I have a rust bucket at the moment). I would never be so naive to expect a clean 20 year old Canadian car, but I think there’s some imaginary limit I have in my head for structural rust. Also, the lack of ABS in most s13s is sort of a scary thought in 30 cm snow/ice.
Anyways quick must have list:
- DD (Canadian winters and summers)
- clean-ish body
- sr20 swap
- my plan is to push close to 350-400 WHP during my future ownership.
- plan on frequent track visits.
I have about 8 grand to spend, sort of flexible though.
SO s13 or s14 ?
TIA