Originally Posted by jr_ss

I suppose you're correct. However, at the end of the day, it's what ever you want to work with. No one here is buying your chassis and/or parts, so use you're head and make big boy decisions. With that said, there isn't any one specific chassis that is better between the S13's (coupe/hatch). If that's what you have your little heart set on, I suggest finding a rust free one. An S14 would be a better chassis to start with, but also more up front cost is involved. When you do your "brake" job, don't "break" the bank with upgrades... . Good luck with the build dude, if you do your research, you'll find the 2j thread on this forum some where.