New Member - New (to me) 1992 240SX Vert

[NormL]

Love the Vert,

How do I figure out which model I have ?

[NormL]

Some Pictures

[sleepyeyes87]

Welcome, and what do you mean "which model I have?"

[NormL]

I've heard things like S13, SE, LE, XE

All my owners manual (yes, still with the car) says is 240SX.

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[mallbor240SR]

240sx convertible!!!

[mallbor240SR]

all convertibles are LE by the way

[triaddave]

You have an S13.The S14 was the 240 SX from 1995-98.The S15 was from 1999-??.The S15 was never imported to the US.

This whole generation/series of coupes is referred to as the "Skyline" series in Japan and goes back many years.

To all posters/readers:If I've gotten any of the above wrong, please correct me, I'm somewhat of a newbie myself and I've just learned all of this recently.

[slownslurious]

You have an S13.The S14 was the 240 SX from 1995-98.The S15 was from 1999-??.The S15 was never imported to the US.

This whole generation/series of coupes is referred to as the "Skyline" series in Japan and goes back many years.

To all posters/readers:If I've gotten any of the above wrong, please correct me, I'm somewhat of a newbie myself and I've just learned all of this recently.

1) S13's were sold in the US (as the 240sx) from 89-94, in japan they were sold as convertible silvias in 1989, and as coupes (silvias) from 1988-1994, and as hatches (180sx) from 1988-1998. S13's with pop up headlights can further be broken down into zenki and kouki models ("pignose" and "sharknose," referring to the nostrils in the hood of the 89-90 sohc ka in the states or the 88-90 ca18 models in japan land or the sleek front ends on all other pop up headlight cars). All silvias had fixed headlights. All japanese car sold after the '90 model year had the SR20, in NA or turbo variants. in europe S13's were sold from '90-'94 I believe, all with ca18det's, all hatches, and called the 200sx.

2) S14's were sold in the US as the 240sx from 95-98, and in japan from the same model years. They all had SR20's in japan, all ka24de's in the US. The rounded headlights on the 95 and 96 model years are zenki, the kouki's for 97-98 switched to the more aggressive front end using slanted headlights.

3) S15's were sold in japan only from Jan 99 - Aug 2002 and all had the sr20 motor, available in spec S and spec R variants (R had the 6 speed plus helical lsd) as well as the famous autech tuned 6 speed sr20de screamer, and were also available in the "varietta," a limited production s15 convertible.

4) skylines were a completely different model produced by nissan during approximately the same time period, BNR32's during the S13, BNR33's during the S14, and BNR34's during the S15's time. They all used 6 cylinder engines (rb20's in non GTR R32s, RB25's in R33 and R34 non GTRS, althought towards the end of the 32's and start of the 33's some rare cars may have had either) and all GTR's used the famous RB26DETT twin turbo 2.6 liter inline six cylinder motor.

as for the little LE etc monikors:

LE stands for limited edition. All convertibles were limited edition, as indicated by the strips up the side on the 1/4 panels, production was limited to approximately 20,000 copies.

SE stands for sports edition. SE cars came with 205 tires instead of 195 tires, a front lip spoiler, and some came with leather wrapped shift knobs and other little details.

XE is base model I believe. This really doesn't mean that much since you could add most options to any edition.

some cars are marked HICAS, its a hydraulic rear wheel steering system. All hicas cars had ABS and viscous limited slip differentials. hicas was available from 91-94 and I've only seen it on hatchbacks, I know it wasn't available on convertibles and I'm pretty sure it wasn't available on coupes.

all thats from my memories except the build date of the S15, which I had to look up, so feel free to correct.

[AZhitman]

Awesome info - Only one correction: All S13 verts came with 205 tires rather than 195's, and they had ABS (larger) brake rotors (but no ABS).

There may have been 20K LE cars built, but I've never seen an LE non-convertible. And there weren't 20K convertibles built...

Some convertibles came with leather.

I don't think all S13 SE's had a lip spoiler, only 89-90 IIRC.

[slownslurious]

you are probably right on the lip spoiler, I don't think there was a factory lip spoiler for the 91-94 beyond that little black strip that I think they all had.

Also I have read but haven't been able to verify that NO s13 240sx came from nissan with leather interior, and that all the cars with leather were done by conversion companies or added on as dealer extras. I'm not 100% sure but from what I've seen of a few guys I know with S13 hatch backs with leather, they are all different so there may be some truth in that.

[AZhitman]

Probably right on the leather.

Mine had leather, but it's a COMPLETELY different design than my friend's vert (with leather), and neither of ours matches the car I almost bought (with leather).

Nissan would have been consistent.

[2the40]

I have seen some of these phantom machines...

Well I have personally seen a white S13 LE hatch in MA. The owner was a middle aged lady, so I doubt she added an LE badge. It was the cleanest stock S13 I've ever seen. I think they do exist.

I have also seen an 89-90 hatch w/ leather interior, but it was burgandy like the car, and it was a very "plush" set up, so I have a hunch it was not a factory job.

[lonelywanderer]

my friends 91 SE fastack had a lip but it was little and unnoticeable unlike the 89-90 SE's with the fat lip.

and i seen a LE coupe before cause i almost bought it but i changed my mind and the interior material was different from my current car.

[slownslurious]

nissan used like 100 different fabrics on the interiors of the s13's though. and yeah some of the dohc's have that little black plastic lip but I'm not sure if the ones that don't just dont have it or if it was mangled and removed since they are all 15 years old or so now.

[top_secret]

My 1993 vert is an SE, for the record.It did have "limited edition" stripes up the side but it has the SE lettering on the rear.

[sleepyeyes87]

My 94 is also an SE with the limited edition stripes down the sides

[jrsink]

i thought all SE's came with LSD's on the s13; vert or not...

[slownslurious]

no, abs cars tended to have it but not all of them did, and supposedly it was an option but I've never seen an S13 with factory lsd except for an abs and/or hicas one.