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I've been searching for a 91-93 240sx se good condition with no spoiler or rust for around 2 months now. I finally found a 93 240sx se with no spoiler near my area, but the bad part is it's automatic. I'm planning on doing the sr swap in june, so should i just get the automatic and pay aroudn 600 extra for the auto->Manual at the same time for the sr swap, or keep on trying to find a 93240sx se manual.
-If i buy the 240sx right now it would be in my garage until i get 7000 bucks for the auto->manual plus the sr swap which would be aroud june.
 
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no, i want manual. Im thinking it won't matter if i buy auto or manual now because i am going to do the sr swap in june. I would be paying around 600 bucks more to get the parts to make it manual. My question is if i buy the auto 240sx right now it would be in my garage doing nothing until around june. Should i just save my money and keep looking for a manual (black, Charcoal, white) 240sx in good condition which is very hard.

-Thanks
 
#9 ·
front clips usually cost more than just buying a really good SR20DET with transmission, also with a stick you don't have to worry about modifying/putting a shifter in an automatic's interior. It's a preference, many like the idea of having a front clip for parts and many don't like having to lug around a front end of car and finding a spot to put it.
 
#11 ·
in the words of DMX.." dont do it dog, it's just not worth it" to me part of owning a sports car is changing gears, ban autos i say, and i find it weird that a SE 240 comes without the spoiler, i have only ever seen the base 240's without them, but i maybe wrong
 
#12 ·
yeah, he is saying it will cost him an extra six hundred because even though the tranny comes with his swap there are parts he will need.

master cylinder, hydraulic lines, putting a shifter in his interior, shit like that. so i think unstable charges and extra 600 for the auto to manual changeover and thats what he is reffering to.

I would say do it, but look around a little bit more first.
 
Discussion starter · #13 ·
yeah, i've decided to wait after i finish spring semester, and get a 95 240sx manual since my parents garantee me 5000 bucks if i transfer to a better college.. Right now im getting 1k a month working part time which will add up to 8k for the swap in the summer.
Thanks for all help guys will be lurking around the forums for awhile until i get my 240.
 
#14 ·
:mad: :mad: :mad: I'm SO SICK of every1 and there brother talking smack on automatic transmissions. GOSH i'ts a transmission for gosh shakes. Every1 needs to stop acting like abunch of **** and enjoy being happy with our 240SXs.:kissmyass :assassin :killer29
 
#15 ·
My 240's a 5-spd...

I've never driven an auto in my life, so I really wouldn't know... but dropping the cluth at 7k into 3rd, and chirping the tires?

*DING DING DING*

We have a winner! Lets see ya do THAT in an auto...

I LOVE my car.
 
#16 ·
yeah all i can say to people with autos is sorry, you know if i had a caddy or Impala or even a musle car i wouldnt care but some cars just need to be manual to get that feel, i know i couldnt stand my car if it was auto, theres no fun
 
#17 ·
I used to drive Auto, yet my 5 speed 240 is the reason everything makes sense in life. Like, y do Japanese people enjoy getting up early to take a drive around the mountains and just make a few turns even if they are not drifitng.

ANSWER: Because for some reason manual makes everything but traffic fun. I like to save gas so I catch a ride to school with a friend down the street from me, Yet I wake up an extra 20 minutes early so I can drive up and down the hills of my valley, shifitng trynna double clutch and basically just acting like I am an N1 driver for 10 minutes(yet I only rev to like 3500).

You can get the auto for now, yet make sure with the SR you get 5 speed.
 
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