My '90 and my extremely confused clip.
 

Why is my clip confused you say? I'll explain further down.


Here's my garage.

My clip.

My bobble head.:D

Very nice condition digital climate control in my clip.:naughty:

Now here is where it gets confusing. My "redtop" (as billed from Phase2) appears to have the vertical fins on the head and bolt indents on the valve cover that only blacktops had.:dunno: Sorry for the poor quality....

Well if that's a red '98 blacktop, then why the hell do I have a #62 ECU in a 1998 180sx?:confused:

And why is this old style gauge cluster in a 1998 180sx? That's only 63k k/m BTW.:cool:

Big brake upgade for my 240sx, stock for the kouki 180sx.:D Yet more proof of this being a '98....

...ur clip is really confused haha. The person that owned it in japan probably did a guage swap and a ecu swap....? Im totally confused:laugh: :laugh: o0h yea..looks like a nice clip;)

Yeah tell me about it. I forgot to mention the steering wheel it came with was also for the older S13's....

0k im guessing they swaped engines...thats the most logical answer...i think:dunno:

Doesn't explain the head's fins and valve covers indents where the bolts go though.:confused:

this has got me stumped man..:confused:

Nice clip, i have no idea why its so confused though?

They didn't make the 180SX in 1998. 1997 was the last year they made it (I believe). The confusion may come from the fact that a 1998 SR means that it was 1998 CCs. It wasn'r really a 2.0 liter. The clip isn't a 1997... it looks older to me. The red top looks normal to me...just like my 1993. The black top has NO vertical grooves for the bolts ...the red top DOES. 1997 180SX's had blacktops.

Note that there are no vertical indents for the bolts.

Holy **** you're righ tI was looking at cc's, I'm such a dumb ass..:laugh:.. I was tired when I looked at it lol. Although I have seen blacktops with those grooves for the bolts migh of been '94's though. Still don't know why my redtop is the only one I've every seen with the fins. :dunno:

I have heard of people painting red tops black but never heard of painting a black top red.

its sumthing new i guess:laugh: Isnt that the only logical reason:dunno:

i don't even care any more I'll just call it "special" and swap it into a short school bus.:laugh:

go0d luck on the swap:laugh: :laugh:

See now on this blacktop there's the groove for the bolt like I was talking about. :dunno:

http://srswap.com/pics/gallery/S13_blacktop.jpg

...sure it's not a red top painted black?

It has vertical fins though and I have never seen that on a redtop.

It's all good! An SR20DET is a hell of a lot of fun. You'll really enjoy it when it's done.

Yeah, I can't wait.:naughty: