1991 Nissan 240sx Review - A Low-Milage Survivor S-Chassis!

[@ShootingCars]

This car's Bring-A-Trailer auction: bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-nissan-240sx-22/

[@kelseymafia]

too bad it didn't sell. IMO it was bid to a fair price.

[@jaredlynch2904]

For an OEM 1991 it appears to have the wrong wheels. The "teardrops" belong on the 1989-90.

[@eg6racer101]

If you had any understanding of aerodynamics, you would see that the wheels pull air away from the brakes. They don't "scoop" air toward the brakes. This concept of creating a vacuum is called the Venturi Effect.

[@240zwannabe]

Thanks for immortalizing the 240sx in stock form on the internet, all the ones I've seen in person have been heavily modified and I'm sure the same goes for all of us. I hope you find a mint 240z to get your hands on for a review soon!

[@ryliemidwinter2816]

It would also be cool to do a 510 or a 521 or 620 pickup

[@willg125]

8:50 That door chime is so reminiscent of the datsun 280zx and other cars of the era. Super cool. I love the auto seatbelts, the simple steering wheel, smooth flowing dashboard, pop up headlights, and surprisingly, the automatic transmission. This is something you dont see, ever, in 2022.

[@MultiRokusho]

I’m just glad to see one of these that hasn’t been modified or mistreated. Drifters ruined these cars for those of us who just wanted to drive these as cheap fun.

[@Angel304]

Hi bro!!! It's a pleasure to me to see ur channel, im hispanic (Dominican) and understand most of the video cause you know perfectly how to transmit information and vibes, have to say u are incredible in this area, I'm 19 and learning some bout the spectacular cars world. Bless u and continue accelerating cause u got it on now 🔥🔥🔥

[@labendj4748]

absolutely love this intro and outro synthwave song!!

[@Rusty-the-datsun]

these for some reason make great demolition derby or banger racer cars because of the way its setup from factory

[@hoonami139]

Very clean, I have a very clean 64k '92 Red with a 5 speed. Have done some very minor and reversible mods to it (catback, wheels, coilovers) but otherwise it's all stock. The temptation to turbo the KA is very real, these cars are not fast at all.

[@g.c.brooks7214]

From what I understand it's pretty easily doable you just gotta swap the pistons and connecting rods with something beefier designed to handle boost.

[@RP-xb3vh]

Would you sell it is the question?

[@hoonami139]

@@RP-xb3vh Never, It was my grandfather's, was in it a lot as a kid. I got it from him in 2017 when his legs started failing, he passed away last year.

[@TheRyansLion]

I saw one last year in the same color, also bone stock. Funny enough there was a bone stock ek civic hatch a few cars ahead of him. I had to pinch myself to make sure I was seeing things right. They were both in pretty clean shape too

[@thecrazeecow1682]

My dad had this car when I was super young. I have distant memories of sitting in those back seats. Apparently it couldn’t pass the smog test so he had no choice but to sell it. The worst part was the very next year my state got rid of the smog test.

[@speedfiend925]

When I was growing up a friend of my best friend had this exact spec but I think it was one of the years that those wheels were available. His was a manual and funny enough his car never struck me as anything special. Crazy how things can change eh? I still think my favorite car from that period of time was the Prelude with the 4WS. SUPER hard to find an example that hasn't been driven into the ground but my friend who had one said the handling especially in the rain was MIND BENDING. Unfortunately he took that too far and wrecked the car IN THE RAIN! Sigh....

[@devandrasimanjuntak1646]

I’ve always preferred the look of the early 90s Prelude rather than the late 90s one. More roundness to it, makes it feel more natural.

[@JerryCapozzoli]

man that is identical to my old one - beautiful wish it were mine still

[@offtap6]

I live in Australia and we have the 180SX, 200SX and Silvia but I still would want the 240SX in RHD for Japan and Australia

[@psychosquirrel555]

Wuht you want a vastly inferior engine!!?? Wtf!!

[@offtap6]

@@psychosquirrel555 they aren't inferior in some ways, the KA24 is more durable and can handle more power than a SR20 or CA18

[@RealSB83]

This has got to me my favorite episode, s13 is one of my favorite car!!!

[@s14duma]

Easily will sell for over 17k+. Beautiful gem. Cleanest 240sx ive seen in ever. Owned 91 coupe and then upgraded to a 95 240sx back in the day. Best cars ever.

[@CrimsonRequiem1]

it went for less than $10k. seen one just as clean up for $8K. At $17k you might as well get a JDM one. people are still overpaying and nobody is restoring its insane

[@celsovera91]

He should sell it on cars and bids

[@g.c.brooks7214]

This is amazing to see a stock S13 because you pretty much never see them anymore. This car is basically what you would've found on a used car lot back in the mid to late 1990s before people discovered drifting. These were throw away cars. Nobody cared about.

[@philipp9481]

POV Startups are really interesting tbh like in 8:45 ! 😁 Would be really cool if you do this in your further reviews! Anyway: What a 240SX - i love it! 👌

[@themuffinman25]

you remove the ashtray to use as a cupholder! or between your leg and the center console lol

[@hoover2501]

I have lots of not so old Japanese cars that I would have in my fantasy garage of only Japanese cars. The 240SX does make the cut. I've got a 95 Miata 5 speed a 2008 Honda Fit 5 speed and a 1995 Toyota Camry with only 76,000 miles. That one is my time capsule car. I also have a 71 BMW 2800 CS with about that mileage but the bottom is very Ritz cracker. Thanks for covering these old cars

[@sledstorm4703]

The 180/200/240sx is the most sleeper build in my opinion. Looks goofy as hell stock, but hella nice with wing, agressive front, coils and wheels. (My actual) Dream car🥺

[@damilolaakanni]

I want one exactly like this...unfortunately I don't live in the US. One can only dream...

[@Dave-dh7rt]

I saw a bone stock S14 Kouki a few days ago, i got really excited. Today, I saw a mostly stock supra driving down the road, the only mods it had were coilovers and wheels. I flipped my shit!

[@chuongtrinh3852]

Seeing a stock 240sx is as rare as seeing a heavily modify Prius

[@jarredsmith5590]

I thought I saw this car before some where. It was listed on the 240sx Facebook page. Why was there no mention of frame repair?

[@tangentdark]

Mazda and Nissan all day!

[@SvenQ45]

Nice. 👍 Design wise you could maybe sell this these days in that form.

[@flip240]

KA24's both in SOHC and DOHC version are great engines. They are the successor to the Nissan L-series engines (see How to Modify Your Nissan & Datsun OHC Engine by Frank Honsowetz). Great for turbo and mild N/A builds. Turbo KA's have been popular for a long time.

[@xBeeGee]

Rare to find one in good condition

[@nicholasbabeaux2052]

Great review as always, so the power seat belts are no longer being used for several reasons, but if you are a female like my mom who in the 90s was driving a Geo Prizm, her earring got stuck on the power seat belt as it was moving and The seatbelt literally ripped the earring out of my mom‘s ear and hear ear lobe….😓 I remember the day vividly and I’m sure it was no fun for her….

[@dave11686]

These are so cool! I like the 200s though

[@cl5314]

I had one of these for a few months, never understood the hype. Drove like any old Japanese sedan from the 90s.

[@TheRyansLion]

They’re good as a drift platform which doesn’t need to be super sporty. I think a lot of the hype stems from the jdm versions with the turbo and 200hp, as well as the looks.

[@psychosquirrel555]

The chassis is excellent by today's standards and the engines they were meant to have could take 400hp without internal work :)

[@touvue1]

You probably had a rust bucket cause this thing is gorgeous and you can do so much to it that’s why they are so sought after

[@CrimsonRequiem1]

correct, they sucked completely stock after suspension upgrades they were drifting them left and right

[@jerro1446]

There's an old lady in my neighborhood who owns a black 240sx coupe. of course it's completely stock. Funnily enough there's also someone down the block who owns a white mk2 mr2 but I don't think it runs.

[@possiblycrazy442]

I'm really sad that I couldn't buy one before they became collector cars.

[@edgaryzen4925]

To be fair, no one saw it coming so can't be to hard on yourself

[@CrimsonRequiem1]

dont blame yourself blame resellers and tiktok kids these were cheap cars not too long ago

[@bwofficial1776]

Back when a chime was literally a chime. If only it had a talkbox too.

[@AhmedAhmed-dh7yd]

Dream car!

[@ScottVick-sf6yd]

I have a 1991 sitting on my carport that I parked 15 years ago with the hopes of modifying it but never did. Any thoughts on the best place to sell it at? Was running when parked. Just put fresh rubber on it, but don't have the time anymore to do much else. Looking to get it off my carport. 115,000 miles, good shape all around and very clean.

[@mix1806]

So pretty car! Im on hunt for rs13 200sx in this color (any color because they're got so expensive in poland and everywhere)

[@bjr816]

Beautiful makes me want to bring my 240 back to stock

[@edgaryzen4925]

I just don't get it. If stock 240sx is so well sought or desirable now, why some owners even bother to get it modified in the first place? The drifter community really ruining the beauty of this car.

[@bjr816]

@@edgaryzen4925 that may be true but I modified my car for boost not to drift. I Appreciate the way my 240 looks although it may not sound stock it look close to it minus my wheels/tires.

[@ChicaneMedia]

@@edgaryzen4925 Nah, if you're gonna keep the car stock you might as well not even buy the car. The fun is being able to modify it obviously with tasteful mods and make it look and perform better. Spice things up stop living a boring lifestyle

[@edgaryzen4925]

@@ChicaneMedia I respectfully disagree. Stock is original and NOT boring. Obviously depends on who you ask.

[@CrimsonRequiem1]

@@edgaryzen4925 these cars were sought after to be drifted. in its stock form it was BORING these used to be $2000 cars in the video's condition. modern social media, mostly TikTok shot the prices up lately. now the resellers joined the community and are trying to make quick cash by buying up all of them and selling them to kids with too much money and those kids are doing the same. now a stock s13 is going for like 8k-10k, s14 prices.

[@Ricy013]

very nice car, automatic definitely is one reason for its survival. I'm not that impressed of the condition though, have seen better ones :) anyways, enjoyed the video

[@FearChar]

selling in naperville? :thinking:

[@enz0368]

as much as i love modified 240's i hope this one stays like this would just be a crime to modify it

[@themuffinman25]

also is the "dead pedal" missing? the left foot rest plastic.

[@richardflaherty2373]

Nice review.

[@zakswindle]

I have that same spec and color 240 only manual not that clean and a 93

[@blanked3]

"Survivor S-Chassis!" Dang it's *that* bad? Like that 240sx survived a S-Chassis apocalypse? 😅

[@soulhandler2227]

Ahh yes, RYAN COOOOOOOOOOOOPER!!!!

[@CrimsonRequiem1]

one of my first experiences with a s13 lmao

[@awesom1miner]

oh. my. god. :O

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Nice 😀

[@itscrono7073]

too clean

[@johnnyhuskey9403]

I only have 206k miles ^^

[@christopherhernandez78]

Love the start up chime!! My mother's 1988 Nissan Stanza Altima had that! I love this example it's very well kept n extremely clean with everything oem factory. The radio is still inside with the premium audio system. I hope the next owner won't trash it like other 240s. If the car community doesn't get self restrained soon these cars will dissappear to the scrapper. I definitely know we lost alot of icons to this. From eating shit at failed drifts and street racing accidents. 90s civics and earlier are already going away. But nooo I want to destroy these cars like burnout games and be a 🤡 at a stupid fantasy with an empty space in their hearts. Like grow a pair keep these clean!! Clean cars are WORTH ALOT MORE LIKE THAT.

[@maxeluy]

Nissan is the type of brand that only makes 2 types of vehicles, awfull and awesome, nothing in the middle

[@chrisbrownaz]

It's a shame it's in grey. Such a boring color for such a beautiful car.

[@comradenumber6928]

Wow looks so nice stock. Modifying cars looks like trash.

[@ryry47ftw]

automatic