help needed!

[nellyleelephant]

I've been looking for an S13 200SX for a couple of months now, yesterday, i may have finally found one!

it's a '94, dark blue with leather interior. only covered 77000 miles and is up for £1995, (good price from a dealer?)

thing is, those miles have been done by a woman (not being sexist, just know the car was never driven hard, it used to live opposite a mate)

if i get in it and start driving a bit harder, what are the chances of the engine eating itself?

thanks

[tuttle]

SR20 engine? Most of the engines built by nissan of that era are pretty bomb-proof.Should be good,& s13's look good in dk blue,imo,quite low price for a dealer tho?
Give it a good check over tho.Check for white/blue exhaust smoke,rear arch area can be prone to rust etc.Esp listen carefully for Unusual Engine Noises.

>> Edited by tuttle on Monday 6th December 09:22

[nellyleelephant]

i think the engines an SR18, the 20 was in the later, 2.0lt 200's

[tuttle]

They pretty similar,no obvious problems with them,that I can remember.
They can take a fair bit of abuse,even enough to make quite big (have seen 400bhp-bit extreme:d ) power gains,if you wanted that sort of thing.

>> Edited by tuttle on Monday 6th December 09:29

[tuttle]

Prob a good place for buyers guide/advice would also be;
www.sxoc.com