racer86
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Apr 19, 2005 19:16:37 GMT
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What do you recon to these?  1.8 turbo, rwd, some with LSD, 5 speed fuel inj etc! what more could you want and you can get them for £500! are they any good? anyone find some pics of good ones? |
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Apr 19, 2005 19:22:48 GMT
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CA18DET can be a bit fragile so I hear,.. I'm sure the proper Datsun guys can tell you more.
Didn't know they were RWD?
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racer86
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Apr 19, 2005 19:27:52 GMT
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"Didn't know they were RWD"
have i been lied to?
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silvia s12 opinionsDarrenW
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Apr 19, 2005 19:33:51 GMT
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Yep. rear wheel drive, something I didn't know until I re-read a road test in an old magazine recently!!
haven't seen one with that bodykit before either!
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Apr 19, 2005 19:34:34 GMT
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Yup just double checked RWD,.. hmm AE86 competitor then,.. and MUCH cheaper,.. This place is pretty good : www.club-s12.org/main.html |
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silvia s12 opinionsBenzBoy
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Apr 19, 2005 19:38:11 GMT
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I luuuuuurrrrrve the Silvia! Such a girly name for a fast sporty car, but still....  Yes, defo RWD and same engine as the Bluebird Turbo (although that is FWD) |
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Nick
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Apr 19, 2005 19:44:47 GMT
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yup rwd suck really badly though hahaha
Ca18det is curse word if it hasnt been cared for really sensitive to good oil maintenance/quality
CA will last if its been looked after but if you don't know that if its been cared for very carefully don't expect it too last long expecially if you like revs.
i hate them they are not good imo of course
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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racer86
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Apr 19, 2005 19:45:48 GMT
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Last Edit: Apr 19, 2005 19:52:15 GMT by racer86
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Apr 19, 2005 20:04:43 GMT
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Yep, RWD...it harks back to the RWD Bluebird (910), which looks like the later Bluebird but had a 'proper' Engine/axle layout!  RWD ^  FWD ^ |
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Kris
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Apr 19, 2005 21:35:49 GMT
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Ratdat has a Silvia S12.  He details his progress on it here... www.zxoc.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=605I remember when I was about six or seven and my Dad told me to look out the window on morning, over the road was a dentist's car park with an orange Spitfire 1500, a white S12 Silvia and a red Ferrari 328 GTO, I can still picture it now. |
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Last Edit: Apr 19, 2005 21:43:32 GMT by Kris
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Apr 19, 2005 21:45:02 GMT
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I was looking for one a few months ago but the prices had already started to rise.
All the cheap ones I looked at were pretty terrible. You can get decent S13`s for the same money. Mad power delivery and wallowy handling but they will do 150 ;D ;D
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antdat
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these came with 2 engine types
one a FJ20E non turbo (here in uk anyway)
and the CA18ET single cam
the Fj is a musch better engine yes i'm bias ;D
the CA18ET is a weak engine but only seams to give any realy trouble in a lighter car maybe it's because it can rev higher not sure why,
But kept in the silvia it seams to cope well
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racer86
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Apr 20, 2005 16:06:31 GMT
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where is ratdat these days?
Does anyone know what insurace group these are?
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Last Edit: Apr 20, 2005 16:25:29 GMT by racer86
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Apr 20, 2005 19:52:36 GMT
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don't know about the s12 but the s13 used to be group 17. But despite the high group it was really cheap. It actually cost me more to insure my 405 TD (the car I replaced my S13 with   ) than to insure the 200sx |
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Nick
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Apr 20, 2005 20:47:39 GMT
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www.driftworks.co.uk ratdat is often on there, he has a s13 200sx got the ca18det death rattle, and his radiator split on sunday at driftuk round 2 just before the qualifying session, he also kissed the wall with it, hes pretty good, expect when he feels hes really good he'll use the 510
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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racer86
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Apr 20, 2005 22:50:21 GMT
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well just to get an idea i got a quote from elephant to insure one myself and it was £800 and I'm 20 which i suppose is pretty good.
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Apr 21, 2005 11:27:22 GMT
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If you want an S12, you want the RS-X
FJ20DET, HUGE BRAKES, Big power, RWD, HUGE fun, and immensely badass. AE86's are becoming ludicrously over-priced, the S12 is a fine and dandy option.
If you can fit a C18ET, it can fit a CA18DET, you can get more than adequate doses of power from CA's, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Sunny: 1982
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antdat
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Apr 21, 2005 11:31:41 GMT
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If you want an S12, you want the RS-X FJ20DET, HUGE BRAKES, Big power, RWD, HUGE fun, and immensely badass. AE86's are becoming ludicrously over-priced, the S12 is a fine and dandy option. not very many of those in the UK, only place that really got them was japan all others are imports |
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Apr 21, 2005 11:31:54 GMT
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983
Sunny: 1982
450SLC: 1973
Navara: 1992
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) than to insure the 200sx
