Nissan NX

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So maybe 3 weeks ago I bought this car. It is a 1991 Nissan Nx 1600. I bought ti for 1300. The outside is in great shape and as well as the interior. I have never heard or seen one of these cars before but i love it. It is a 5 speed standard and have all digital tach. Its nice. Anyway what do you guys know about this car, rare, faults, pro, cons, anythign.? I will post some pictures whaen i can. I want to paint ti as it is an ugly yellow.
 
Those are quite cool little cars Lamboracer, congratulations!

If you ever feel the need for more power (as we all do) an SR20 will fit into the engine bay of one of those with not too much work.....
 
The NX2000 already has the SR20DE in it--note the model name. Your 1.6l NX1600 along with the NX2000 are basically a coupe version of the Sentra just like it's newer 200SX brethren. These are neat little cars, and as a former 200SX SE-R owner I can atest that both of them are a blast to drive. Congrats on getting this little gem. 👍
 
Thanx guys. I have been looking to inhance the performance but i cant find much for the 1.6l engine. I did manage to fine a raplacement cone filter upgrading it from reed to cone air. You guys know of any jdm autostores where i can find parts for this. I know it shares the sentra engine so getting repplacements parts arent too hard to find at my local junk yard.
 
A GTiR SR20DET fits nicely into the NX if you want performance. :)
 
Ahhhh, I love those. 👍 I kind of like the yellow one, because of a very cool looking Pulsar(NX) ad I saw, when I was a kid. Digital gauge is really cool as well. My first car, '85 Maxima had it too.
 
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Lamboracer
Thanx guys. I have been looking to inhance the performance but i cant find much for the 1.6l engine. I did manage to fine a raplacement cone filter upgrading it from reed to cone air. You guys know of any jdm autostores where i can find parts for this. I know it shares the sentra engine so getting repplacements parts arent too hard to find at my local junk yard.
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To find good aftermarket and or JDM parts for the GA16DE (assuming you have the fuel injected engine) just google the engine code and the word "JDM" or "aftermarket". If you have the carborated engine your engine code is GA16DS. I'm fairly certain the US and Canada didn't get the GA16DS option as it was primerily in the Sunny and ... the Primera (hehe I love puns). The best thing to do is swap out an SR20DE--there are aftermarket parts up the ass for that engine.

Also, the NX in Japan was called the Lucino if that helps.
 
Lamboracer
Well i dont have the time money or expertise to instal the sr20de, but i found a chip and intake. but im not sure the legitamacy of this chip, what do you guys think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Niss...33553QQitemZ8073860121QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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That's not a chip...

What that does is fool your engine into running extra rich, which might give you a small gain in power, but at the expense of damaging your engine... You can buy those for any car, and I severely suggest staying away from them... A good chip will run you no less than $200... You get what you pay for...

Nice little car BTW... Get some pictures posted...




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Lamboracer
Well im gunna get the pictures real soon but i warn yuo guys it in desperate need of a paint job.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And I'm going to bet that your NX is sexy as hell regardless of it's current paint situation. That is, as long as it's not riced out. :sly: The 3 best starting mods are easily cold air intake, exhaust, and a real perforamnce chip. Those mods should easily net you a decent 20-40bhp to the wheels depending on how much compression is lost due to age. Hell, you might just need to rebiult the top end of the motor before you do any mods. That might give you back the lost horsepower due to age.
 
Well one how would i find out about the compresion in its current state. Two, do you guys know of anyone selling chips for this car at 100-200, i cant find any, and exhausts are hella expensive. Also cold air intakes are easlly 250. You are tlaking around 700 dollars right there. And to rebuild the top end first too.... I was concered about the expected 500 for a half decent system.
 
Lamboracer
Well one how would i find out about the compresion in its current state. Two, do you guys know of anyone selling chips for this car at 100-200, i cant find any, and exhausts are hella expensive. Also cold air intakes are easlly 250. You are tlaking around 700 dollars right there. And to rebuild the top end first too.... I was concered about the expected 500 for a half decent system.
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Dude those price numbers sound retarded. Intakes are $50 at most, Exhaust should be in the $250 range. Your numbers are only if you dumb enough to care about name brand when all it is is bent up metal pipe.

You could probably get a tuned ECU for 250.

Oh, and it's a nissan as long as it wasn't neglected or beat on on a dailly basis it should be fine for 200k miles atleast before needing anything rebuilt.
 
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Also, the NX in Japan was called the Lucino if that helps.
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I think we both missed(I called it Pulsar). I believe NX was called Sunny NX Coupe in Japan. Sunny's (at least was) sold as a Sentra in the States.
 
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Dude those price numbers sound retarded. Intakes are $50 at most, Exhaust should be in the $250 range. Your numbers are only if you dumb enough to care about name brand when all it is is bent up metal pipe.

You could probably get a tuned ECU for 250.

Oh, and it's a nissan as long as it wasn't neglected or beat on on a dailly basis it should be fine for 200k miles atleast before needing anything rebuilt.
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Well i did some research and 250 is right for the exhuast but 50 for an intake is a little outragous. A decent cold air is around 200. I found on from hot shot performance for 225 and couldnt find any COMPATABLE WITH MY CAR. Yes there are cheap, none cold air intakes for around 50 but thats what an upgrade to a cone air. And 50 alone is what i found for a oem reed filter. If you feel like showing me up, find a cheaper codl air intake compatable with a ga16de for under 200$. Also, I couldnt find any decent ecu either. I found a Jim Wolf specialty made model but thats for 450$. Ebay also doesnt have them. If you guys feel like clueing me in do i need the exact year and engine model for this ecu to work. And yea it is a nissan, many people that arent familiar with the car think its like the late 90s becuase of how nice it drives.
 
I guess it is harder finding this stuff for a NX than a 240sx. I can get short ram intakes all day long for $40 and true cold air intakes for $80-100. You could make your own......That'd take some real afro engineering though and from the sounds of it your not into that kinda thing.

You don't really have many options with that car do you??
 
Yea not too many options. Granted the price parts are plenty and cheap for the sr20de but i dont have it. I am into enginering things and making stuff, its jsut that im new to the car field so im not sure what i would need to make my own cold air intake. So far i compiled that i need some dubing that goes from my intake down infront of my front wheel inside the bumber and possible a pop air charger from k&n or somehting. But what type of tubing when can i bend it how, can i weld it do i use clamps, im lost here. And im in the middle of nowehre.
 
Can't help you with local parts, but as regards the ECU, that's the only option you have, as Jim Wolf is the only supplier that has a chip upgrade that really works. Only prob is, you have to send them your ECU for chipping.

It's worth getting brand name parts, but if you're lucky, you can find them secondhand. OBX headers, by the way, are exact copies of the old Hotshot design, so while they're not as good, they're much better that the standard crush-bent pipe.

And, yeah, overhaul /rebuild before adding power. You can get back a lot of lost power that way.

I've heard you have to be careful of rust in the rear subframe of that thing, so maybe a paint job and some repair is in order, also.
 
niky
I've heard you have to be careful of rust in the rear subframe of that thing, so maybe a paint job and some repair is in order, also.
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I've also heard of the rusting, Lamboracer you might want to check that out before doing anything else. I'd hate to have you mod the car only to find out later that it's starting to rust or is about to rust out. :nervous:
 
Actually there is no rust anywhere, the car was owned in like georgia or someplace i dont know some where rust inst an issue and i have been all over the damned thing. Yea name brand parts are the way to go but are pricey. So i have built my own cone air filter intake versus the standard reed filter. My next steep is to lower it. How can i? I found some coilover springs that are adjustable. So i understand that putting coilovers on i can raise and lowerr with the coilover itself. But do i need anything else. Also these things are going for like 10 dollars. But they are for 200sx and nissan sentras, but if im not mistaken nx's sentras and 200sx all share the b13 chassis, so wouldnt that work on my car. THe onyl other things are like 200 dollars for coilovers. So what do you guys think http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/91-9...emQQcategoryZ33582QQihZ018QQitemZ280001398267
 
I would stay away from those, as they'd give you nothing but problems. As said before, you get what you pay for, and with those, you wouldn't be getting much more then problems. They're basically made with cheap parts with no real testing done on them for your specific car (or possibly any car). Broken parts, sagging springs and rough ride are only a couple of the things you may encounter with those. When it comes to suspension, its worth the extra money to get something that has been tested with quality materials.

Research on any NX message boards and see what they're using, thats usually a good place to start. If nothing is posted, just ask, i'm sure they'd be happy to help.
 
Try Sentra.net. Just about everything listed in Kojima's garage will work for the NX. Only thing I don't know is if the NX1600 has the same brakes as the NX2000 that all the Sentra boys are dying to upgrade to.
 
Yea I have kojima's garage in my favorites. So far im looking to do these upgrades.
OBX Racing headers-155
New mandrel bent tubing from the cat back at 2 inches150
New muffler from any universal company, kojimas says JUN is good but i couldnt find them anyone know of good but around 100 dollars for a muffler?
New plugs and wires
New distibutor
New speakers with a awia cd player twin 10's visonex subs and a sony amp
New paint job done by my dad to a blue color.
And ground control coilovers MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR MY CAR off of ebay for 150- 200--better??
And thats it
At like 300 a week i should be finished before school starts.




And i definately need new brakes!! I cant stop ever
 
Ground Control make excellent coil overs, if thats the route you want to go (lowering springs can be found in various drops, and are much cheaper). They actually use Eibach springs and are recommended by everyone who has them. 👍
 
yea seen those for like 400 dollars. I might ghte them much later on down the line. But what about instalation do yuo guys think i can do it myself. Seems pretty strait forward.
 
I would still recommend at least rebuilding the top end of the motor. Restoring compression will help wonders with any mods trust me. If your dad is a decent enough mechanic you two can knock out a top end rebuild in a Saturday or Sunday. 👍
 
Heck, have a port and polish done while it's out... while it doesn't do much on paper, it'll feel much better once it's back in.
 

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