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sage39henry
06-17-2013, 10:15 AM
Little background: My first car i ever owned was a s13 hatchback, that was then converted to a s13.5, and i swapped in a redtop sr20, full exhaust, fmic, boost controller, etc. Just little things. Ran 10psi and i loved it. I was only 17. My dad and I did all the work. Never had any problems. I am now 22, and cant stop thinking about buyin another one. My only issue is i do not want to spend my whole summer building another one. I'd rather buy one that is decently built. So i need your thoughts on this one.

Its a 90 S13. Body is super clean, rust free. Black exterior with some sick red rotas. The thing is.... says he 'spun a bearing' :duh: and does not have time to fix i will put the mod list. I have him talked down to $4,300. I have about 6500 to spend, just curious if she is worth it!

-Sr20 det Red top

-5spd trans

-CORBEAU bucket seats 2

-stage 2 exedy clutch

-Act pressure plate

-1- stock sr20det head with cams

-1- fully built sr20det head

Stage 2 bc

Valvesuu

Springs

Guides

Etc

Tomie rocker guards

Mild port

3 ang valve job

-Spare block

-ARP head studs
welded diff

-Short shifter

-Megan racing street series suspension full adjust

-Megan rear control arms

-3 gauge pod

-Glow shift gauges

-aft mkt coolent res

-.57 turbo

-external wategate

-turbonetics boost controller

-Oil catch can

-Front lip

-Tinted windows

-black housing headlights

HID's

-full 3" exaust with res

-greddy intake manifold top mount
bigger throttle body

-drift ebrake

-rear wiper delete

-new front brakes

-vibrant cold air with mass air flow

-3 row rad

-holley race cell battery

-top mount turbo manifold

-550cc injectors

-nismo oil cap

-17x9 rotas with a 0 offset


Extra parts

Head

Block

Clutch

2 pressure plates

Flywheel
Cluster

Headlight assemblys with motors

Both mirrors

2 sets of wheels

yetijeff
06-17-2013, 11:31 AM
4300 is a little steep for a 13 with a blown motor...

sage39henry
06-17-2013, 11:42 AM
what do you think would be a fair price?

s13chuck
06-17-2013, 12:00 PM
Little background: My first car i ever owned was a s13 hatchback, that was then converted to a s13.5, and i swapped in a redtop sr20, full exhaust, fmic, boost controller, etc. Just little things. Ran 10psi and i loved it. I was only 17. My dad and I did all the work. Never had any problems. I am now 22, and cant stop thinking about buyin another one. My only issue is i do not want to spend my whole summer building another one. I'd rather buy one that is decently built. So i need your thoughts on this one.

Its a 90 S13. Body is super clean, rust free. Black exterior with some sick red rotas. The thing is.... says he 'spun a bearing' :duh: and does not have time to fix i will put the mod list. I have him talked down to $4,300. I have about 6500 to spend, just curious if she is worth it!

-Sr20 det Red top

-5spd trans

-CORBEAU bucket seats 2

-stage 2 exedy clutch

-Act pressure plate

-1- stock sr20det head with cams

-1- fully built sr20det head

Stage 2 bc

Valvesuu

Springs

Guides

Etc

Tomie rocker guards

Mild port

3 ang valve job

-Spare block

-ARP head studs
welded diff

-Short shifter

-Megan racing street series suspension full adjust

-Megan rear control arms

-3 gauge pod

-Glow shift gauges

-aft mkt coolent res

-.57 turbo

-external wategate

-turbonetics boost controller

-Oil catch can

-Front lip

-Tinted windows

-black housing headlights

HID's

-full 3" exaust with res

-greddy intake manifold top mount
bigger throttle body

-drift ebrake

-rear wiper delete

-new front brakes

-vibrant cold air with mass air flow

-3 row rad

-holley race cell battery

-top mount turbo manifold

-550cc injectors

-nismo oil cap

-17x9 rotas with a 0 offset


Extra parts

Head

Block

Clutch

2 pressure plates

Flywheel
Cluster

Headlight assemblys with motors

Both mirrors

2 sets of wheels

regardless the condition of the car, or whats in it, whats it worth to you? would you be happy paying 4 grand for a car that doesn't run? i probably wouldn't go a hair over 2,500 considering the amount of work that you are about to have to do.

bosozokujin
06-17-2013, 12:26 PM
damn man, you could find a reaally nice RUNNING s13 for 6500. even less.

yetijeff
06-17-2013, 01:09 PM
what do you think would be a fair price?

I'd offer him 2500. And the shell would have to be very clean

sage39henry
06-18-2013, 07:15 AM
damn man, you could find a reaally nice RUNNING s13 for 6500. even less.

not around me you cant even find one :picardfp:

Dakota240sx
06-20-2013, 08:54 PM
where in pa you located?

sage39henry
06-20-2013, 09:28 PM
State college.

Dakota240sx
06-21-2013, 11:33 AM
its so hard to find 240's around here (im in dubois) i had to drive to johnstown and paid 3300 for my 93 hatch

Zander
06-26-2013, 12:35 PM
Thats pretty steep, with all the mods. Be patient and wait for the right one. I just bought my LS1 s13 hatch for that price. Find a poor sucker who has dumped a bunch of money into his car, and now has ran into money problems and needs to sell lol

DJ-of-E
06-26-2013, 12:47 PM
I'd find a different car to work on. Kinda get bored if doing the same chasis over again.

You're expecting to drop another $2500+ for motorwork again.

For that price, I'd rather get an MR2 turbo.

roushman90
06-29-2013, 02:42 PM
Thats pretty steep, with all the mods. Be patient and wait for the right one. I just bought my LS1 s13 hatch for that price. Find a poor sucker who has dumped a bunch of money into his car, and now has ran into money problems and needs to sell lol

Agreed. I wouldn't pay more than $1500 for it honestly. It's a pain in the ass to pick up where someone else left off and when you buy a blown motor project they never tell you everything, you're going to run into more gremlins. Just find a KA 240sx in decent shape throw on coils and a welded diff and bam, FUN. That's what you do if you don't want to spend the time and money to build a more powerful car. Plus drifting or even gripping you learning to take less power to it's full potential will make you a better driver.

Croustibat
06-29-2013, 05:42 PM
LOL

A worn out drift car with cheap ebay mods and a blown engine, and you are willing to pay 4300$ for it ? When you say you dont want to spend the whole summer to rebuild it ?

Dude, you are going to shell thousands of dollars at it, and it wont run properly before next summer, i can tell you that.