sonic93

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hi guys keep thinking of getting rid of the scooby for a 200sx 14a has any 1 got any personal experiences with them or know much about them?
What they like to tune ?How reliable?whats there engine and gearbox good for?handling?ect cheers boys rob

richs2891

Try here - lots of info here - http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/
I'm still a member after I bought one as a run about in 2003 after my bugeye scoob got crashed. Easy to tune, but can be a bit twitchy after a scooby due to rear wheel drive and turbo charged.

Richard

ScoobyJawa

Great cars, bulletproof and a relatively small amount of cash to make it 300bhp - it was a brilliant everyday car, then I got something else so I stripped mine and turned it into a track car - the current owner still races it in the drift championships.

fivetide

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Tune them like crazy. Silly power and reliability can be had but yes, twitchy so decent TC needed.

Brother in law had one (might still have it actually) which he did track/drift days in. Only fault he had was putting ceramic headers on and then not upgrading the oil line over the back of the engine. Surprisingly the original rubber hose didn't like all the heat it got blasting down the autobahn and melted.

Keep an eye out for crash damage etc and make sure it has been well maintained and there should be no issues.

5t.

d7nmr

Common whine from gear box. Nothing heard when you drive in gear. Common 200SX fault is also VVT rattle. So keep an eye on them other than that they solid cars. mine had 155K and it ran unbelievably smooth

sonic93

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thanks for the replys. My 1993 wrx currently running 320ish so what would a 14a with similar power be like? yer i hear backends quite bad lol.what about with a good tyre and roll bar set up?

danny c

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they like to go sideways! i no someone who borrowed his brothers,drove 2 miles down the road,nailed it from a set of lights on a long slight corner,lost it and ended up going backwards taking a tree out!! one pissed off brother,a very bent car and a big bill from council to replace the damaged tree!!

i still chuckle when i think about it now!!

Ant

my friends, i was looking at one a while a go but went for the wrx

MMT WRX

Are they Ray Volks?

How would you compare it against your WRX?

Dingdongler

Why doesn't nissan still make cars like these?o

Ant

ROTA GTR's

our cars was never same specced but from what i've seen from them there's not much in them if they're same power.

MMT WRX

They look similar to mine.

I do like your mates car, one of my favorites.

fivetide

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Brother in law had full racelogic traction control fitted to help with driving the car in the wet.

Upside was it also came with launch control. Off the line like a scalded cat.

5t.

Ant

You may see it around he lives in Morton

sonic93

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im def thinking about 1 but that means prob breaking my wrx to make what its worth its got full decat blitz ,hdi gt 2 fmic,k&n,tein super streets,full sti 8 interior,kei light weight wheels,440s,sim tec anti lag ect,carbon bonnet,rebuilt heads,sti multi layer head gasket,rear strut can t think of everything but spent alot of money so would never be able to get much selling it as it is. i need bit of a new project. how quick are they?

MMT WRX

I drove through Morton last night, my BiL lives in Shirland so I drove back through on my way home.
In this:

beef-on-the-bone

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looks like one that lived down here

Ant

i'll keep a eye out for you , i work in chesterfield alot

Ant

doubt it, he bought it standard

J4CKO

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Are there many left that arent drift slags nowadays ?

sonic93

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no prob not lol i wanna try find a standard don t think it gonna happen

EH52WRX

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I loved my 200sx 14a only 49k one owner FNSH minted.

sonic93

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that is mint what made u change to a scooby?

EH52WRX

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It was a handful in the wet, you had to be on guard all the time, oh and my dogs didn't like it, lol. So it had to go. I do still miss it.

sonic93

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thats what i keep hearing.im actually breaking car now to get 1 gotta be more reliable and better on fuel than a scooby?

EH52WRX

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A lot cheaper to mod. Better engine, they have problems with rusty arches. Rear suspension ***** up all the time, and the brakes are crap to. Apart from that they are great. One of the last nissans with a nissan engine.

sonic93

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any 1 had experience wirth a r33 gts rb25 skyline didn t notice how cheap these are now ?

200sex

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200sx s14a ace fun iv got one this one as well as impreza



the brakes are ace with a cheap bolt 4 pot caliper which can be picked up for bout £30 these days was bout £100 last years lol.

very solid engines the gearbox is the weak part but some people are running 400+bhp from standard engines mine should be near 400 when iv tuned it, also suffer from rust underneath so get under it to check it properly.

beef-on-the-bone

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long been tempted by one of these.............

sonic93

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the limits on standard internals(rb25) is 500 only thing that lets it down is u can t run any more than 1.2 bar of boost on standard head gasket.so must be pretty strong thats why i think gonna go for a r33 instead now. Any1 had 1?