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Item:

Nissan Silvia 1992 RB20DET

Location:

Gold Coast

Item Condition:

Nearly complete.

Reason for Selling:

Was looking to turn it into a track car and get into legal drifting, but I've found I have bitten off more than I could chew taking on this project. Would end up needing to get a trailer & a car that could tow it. Decided that I may try this again in a few years when I can afford to manage such a project. Am starting a new job & decided I want to get something newer. I also went to court earlier this month for drifting related offences and got off with a warning very luckily & decided I might take the judge's advice and stay out of trouble.

Price and Payment Conditions:

Looking for about $14,000 (reasonably negotiable for a serious buyer). Obviously selling UNREGISTERED & with NO RWC. However, am very interested in swaps, cash your way mostly. Looking to upgrade to something like a VT/VU/VX/VY SS or SV8, BA XR6T or XR8 with cash your way, however I am also interested in a swap for a Toyota Aristo (only the 2JZGTE version), an S15 or an R34 GT-T(but I doubt anyone with one of these cars would be willing to downgrade to an S13 lol). However throw an offer my way and I'll think about it.

Modifications:

Ok, this is a big list, so bare with me; Have a list of receipts from the 20/06/07 totalling up to ~ $16,000. I'll list some of the prices as indicators.

- RB20DET (<100,000km). Mod-plated.

- RB20DET Gearbox (<100,000km).

- T04e turbocharger. $875.00

- Turbosmart 45mm External wastegate. $325.00

- Screamer pipe.

- Stainless steel high-mount manifold. $498.00

- 3" custom dump pipe. $154.00

- Gutted cat.

- 3" exhaust from cat with 2 mufflers & 4.5" tip. $450.00

- Front mount intercooler. $300.00

- SARD fuel pressure regulator. $130.00

- Custom Billet 80mm throttle body. $486.00

- Race-series alloy radiator. $349.00

- Custom stainless steel overflow bottle.

- Greddy Type S blow off valve. $150.00

- Heavy duty clutch. $395.00

- Bosch 040 fuel pump. $263.85

- D1 Oil catch can. $110.00

- Profec B Boost Controller. $426.00

- Oil cooler & filter relocation. $453.20

- DBA cross-drilled & slotted brake rotors. $849.00

- Green stuff brake pads. $402.80

- Rebuilt brake calipers. $301.70

- Half moon. $21.87

- Genuine Nissan plenum chamber gasket. $43.95

- Genuine Nissan rocker cover gaskets. $94.80

- Genuine Nissan engine seals.

- Genuine Nissan gearbox seals.

- Viscous LSD. $300.00

- Heat shielding for oil dump. $28.95

- Heat coated piping.

- All custom braided hoses.

- New fuses.

- New Genuine Nissan sensors.

- New Platinum spark plugs.

- Braided boost hose. $400.00

- Autometer carbon-fibre water temperature gauge. $149.20

- Autometer carbon-fibre oil pressure gauge. $169.10

- Autometer carbon-fibre transmission temperature gauge. $112.90

- Autometer carbon-fibre air-fuel ratio gauge. $165.00

- Autometer 5" tachometer with shift light. $308.00

- Apexi RSM. $366.45

- 3 point Rhino Alarm & Immobiliser. $500.00

- Link G3 ECU. $2,200.00

- Link Igniters. $328.00

- 3 point racing harness. $50.00

- Aftermarket coilpacks, with custom brackets. $536.70

- Boost gauge. $111.00

- Davies & Craig 10" Thermo fan. $112.90

- Mako (??) 18" Wheels, Nankang 245s on the rears, low profile 215s on the front. $1,800.00

- Koni adjustable struts with King springs.

- Full BN bodykit. $800.00

- Nardi Torino Steering wheel. $180.00

- All air-conditioning has been removed.

- Replaced power steering pump, belt. $200.00

- Sound deadening removed.

- Light weight, wooden gauge & speedo holders.

From a quick count there I calculated $15,898.17 in modifications, and some of the parts I haven't priced. This is without labour, tuning, etc. So for 14k, you are getting a stock RB20DET S13, with $16k spent on it.

Car made 321.2RWHP on 18PSI, is currently running 15PSI. Car is capable of more power too. It is a quick car, I owned a cleanly modded R33 before this without about 190-200rwkw, and this made the 33 seem like a barge. It comes on boost at about 4-4,200rpm, and REALLY comes on hard, spins those 18s in the dry through 1st, 2nd & 3rd. On the highway in the wet I was approaching boost in 5th and it started spinning.

Future mods I had planned were to drop a forged RB20 in it with an RB25 gearbox and aim for about 400rwhp, but after my court appearance, I decided I should take the judge's advice and get something that won't get me in as much trouble lol.

Extra Info: Ok, basically what needs to complete it:

- Has no headlights or indicators, I was planning on converting the front of the car to S14a, so have already sold the headlights & indicators.

- Has a cracked windscreen, would need a replacement.

- Has no exhaust attached from the cat-back, however have the exhaust to go with the car.

- Has no driver's seat (am going to purchase a Bride seat but within the next few weeks possibly), have the passenger seat & back seats to go with sale. Sold the driver's seat unfortunately lol. Also have all the seat belts too.

- Needs a little bit of wiring work currently with gauges, will probably have this fixed anyway.

- Probably would be a good idea to upgrade the suspension to coilovers.

- Needs a new battery, but will probably replace this also.

- Have the original dash with holes cut for gauges & the speedo.

All in all, the car was a pig when I got it, and it is even more of a pig now. It could be returned to road worthy status, would need to purchase the interior again (and air-conditioning I think??). Screamer pipe & BOV would need to be dealt with, obviously the exhaust as well. However I think it would be best suited as a track weapon, as that is what I was setting it up for.

Daily

I also have my daily S13 (SR20DE/Auto) (you can see the badboy in the background there lol), that I can include in the sale as obviously I couldn't afford to always drive this thing around all the time as it is pretty thirsty. With rego + rwc, has about 80,000km on the engine & gearbox, a pioneer headunit, kenwood 6x9s & a mongoose alarm/immobiliser, would be looking for about $3,500. Or have both cars for $17,500.

Pictures:

Ok, at the moment the car is at my old house so I only have one picture at the moment, but this is the basic shape, however it is now completely matte black (very dodge spray can job) with all the interior lime green.

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Here is the engine bay set up;

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Here is the dyno sheet;

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Contact Details: PM or post. Or SMS anytime to my mobile 0411733800.

Edited by 454KEN
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