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Ive also seen a few pics of this before and loved it. i though it was just a Bozo car, turns out its a full on sillhouette racer; The origins for the whole look are in the 70's and 80's (and 90's) Race cars in Japan. Silvias are great, and being peanuts right now they are a good buy!
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Actually very under rated car. Ive had an S12 and S13 and for me the S12 handles better, has better brakes and is a better balanced car. In some ways its a lot better than an AE86. The main things that lets it down is the fact that it sounds like a nissan micra 1.0 and it doesnt have an LSD.
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Nick
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i used to hate these things, but not so anymore, theyve got a few of my must have things so i wouldnt say no to one.
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Apparently they are a more complex engine and actually better than the SR20, nissan only stopped manufacturing them because they were too expensive?? THen again i may be talking balls. That sillhouette racer has made me go weak at the knees, its a dirty dirty car Check out the wheels, they are madness in them selves! J
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qwerty
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I love them. I aspire to own one. However the insurance will be astrnomical due to my tender age (19) Hopefully when I'm a little bit older I'll buy one and have some slammed dished and negative cambered fun
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antdat
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you can even get them with an AE86 style boot This one looks like a gazelle and with the bonnet scoop usualy means it has a FJ20 under the hood the S12 came with CA18ET not det's anyone seen are conversions. the Ca18et when used in a lighter car tends to put rod's through blocks etc CA18DET's suffer from bearing problems areond 80k miles from what i have seen S12 also came with VG30E (3000cc V6)
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Last Edit: Apr 5, 2006 11:13:04 GMT by antdat
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Check out the wheels, they are madness in them selves! J If you want a set and have some money I can find you some Maybe not quite that deep though
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So is it advisable to throw the ca18et in the bin and put something better in?
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Work Equip 02
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blownimp; Hoshino G5's
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Skyline: 1963 - 1973 - 1983 Sunny: 1982 450SLC: 1973 Navara: 1992 Gloria: 1992
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Actually you might be right ... Hoshino Impul Racing G5: Work Equip 02:
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heh, the CA18DET and the SR20DET argument is forever raging on the SXOC... CA18's are prone to big end failure, SR20's are a bit more bulletproof, IMHO the SR20 is far better, its an all alloy engine, you have the extra 200CC and there's a lot more bits available for it.. having said that the fastest car on the SXOC was with a CA18DET, putting out 600+ bhp ... I personally love S12's, I find them as standard to be a better drive than either the S13 or the S14, what I really really want for Christmas is an S12 with an FJ20ET engine in it ... a very very rare beastie nowadays, and only available as an import. Having said that I've also had some evil plans to put an SR20DET into an S12... and I know of one person at least who knows how to bodge an S13 LSD into an S12 although apparantly its not an easy job.
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antdat
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the LSD is not as hard as you might think, i have spoken someone that has done this and i'm trying to make it work for one of my datsuns
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I was the chap you did the LSD conversion. Incidently I sold the LSD on ebay for £254 last night as I'm actually moving on to a Datsun.
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hehe, Lo Sean...
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Mmmm Silvia. I've always fancied one, even if it has the w4nkest car name EVAAARRRR! ;D
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I was the chap you did the LSD conversion. Incidently I sold the LSD on ebay for £254 last night as I'm actually moving on to a Datsun. I was gonna bid on that but then decided if I keep mine I will see about making my own ;D
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