1991 Nissan 240SX Base from North America - Comments

7th Jul 2003, 11:42

"A low cost, high performance sports car with an overwhelming amount of untapped potential"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

The cabin lights, trunk lights, front-left side marker lights, and rear-side marker lights were burnt out. I easily fixed them for $15 worth of light bulbs.

My very rear-right brakelights did not light up. I looked at it and it turned out that the bulb wasn't plugged. I placed in a new bulb anyway.

The washer fluid pump was not working, but I'll fix it soon.

The windshield was cracked, but not severely, but I'll fix that also.

General comments?

The 240SX is my first car and is still the only car I have.

The torque that its 155whp engine produces combined with its rear-wheel setup gives an almost orgasmic pleasure when accelerating, even with an underpowered heart.

My car's engine is running old, but still have 50,000 more miles in it. I plan to tap into more of the 240SX's potential by giving it a healthy SR20DET.

The car handles like a dream, thanks to its multi-link suspension.

The gear stick is a little long for a sports car, but it is adequate.

The car may be 12 years old and look slightly dated, but its exemplary engineered chassis, suspension, and engine allows it to stay on- and above par with today's cars. With an engine swap to its Japanese brethren's SR20DET, its potential grows even more tremendously.


22nd Nov 2005, 08:19

haha nicely said.."orgasmic" well done man, well done. this car sounds like a great car, and they seem to run for a long time.


16th Jun 2006, 16:00

Lol sorry to disapoint, but the car isn't 155rwhp, it's claimed at 155 FLYWHEEL hp. It's around 125 or so rwhp.

All cars have loss of power through the drive train, thus they aren't actually putting all that power down. You may ask well why do manufacturer's advertise as such.. well... go figure, transmission, marketting, whatever else.

But this is a great car and I have one too.. altough I plan to go with an SR or RB based engine.


5th Jun 2008, 14:25

It's cheaper to just rebuild your KA24DE. If your looking for around 200-250 rwhp, the stock motor will hold up fine. All you need is a t25 turbo setup, 370cc injectors, and maxima n60 MAF, and with a good tune, you can make 240hp and 300ft/lbs at the wheels. Better gas mileage, and more torque than an SR20DET, and way cheaper.

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