1985 Nissan 200SX Turbo HB review from North America

Light seat wear.

Replaced a warped exhaust gasket that was causing a lack of boost.

Cigarette lighter quit working.

Leaky #1 fuel injector.

Leaky power-steering rack.

Windshield washers don't work.

Side mirror adjustors don't work.

Turbo has started to make a noise that sounds like a death whine when cold, but the boost is still there and once warmed up the turbo quiets down.

The combination of light weight, turbo power, and RWD makes the car a kick to drive on the twisties. Feels well planted and weight balanced, if just slightly tail happy. But as they say tail happy, driver happy. Well I say that anyway.

The car I have has the factory body kit, which is an improvement. The aggressive hood dome is rather extreme, but fits the look of the car perfectly. Plus with a dremel tool and a few hours it is easily made useful as a source of under hood cooling, which my car needs badly. I think I have a water pump going south.

The driving position is excellent even for my 6'3 frame. However not much room in the back seats with my seat position. There is a cool B&W pattern on the cloth of the seats and doors. I have the electronic instrument panel, which surprisingly enough still works. It does get hard to read with the sun directly behind though.

I like this car a great deal and am thinking about treating it to the DOHC Japan spec motor and a set of lowering springs.