Hello from Northants UK

[skid solo]

Hello good folk from S15 land.

I have signed up due to the very great possibility of me getting an S15 very soon to replace the S14a that I owned for near 6 years before it was destroyed in a fire

I am a member, and the current East mids rep, over on SXOC and will hopefully badgering you peeps of the ins and outs of the S15.

Anyway, lots of searching and reading through old 'What should I look out for' threads

Dave.

 

[YLD15]

Welcome

Sorry to hear about your S14a... Post up some pictures here of what it looked like!

Plenty of help is here if you need it.

 

[skid solo]

Cheers. Not a good start to the year, but looking forward now to pastures new.

Photos you say, well be rude not too ....

Before

After

 

[DeanS15]

it was really sad to read about this on sxoc.....sad sight. i hope they didn't mess you about with the insurance. anyway welcome to the club, if you knew your s14 then thers nothing to worry about getting a 15 - mechanically they are pretty much the same apart from a couple of things such as gearbox etc

 

[skid solo]

Insurance is still ongoing, so have to wait a bit for their verdict on a price before deciding how much to spend on a new motor. I knew the 14 inside and out, spent most of last summer stripping and rebuilding it!

Been looking closely into the gearbox issues on the 15s. Am I correct in thinking that a fairly standard powered one should be okay or is it one of those things like the SX fuel pump that it will break at some point?

 

[DeanS15]

it's a lottery mate, i've been running 350Ib/ft for about 2 years nearly and it's still ok.....hope the insurance comes good in the end

 

[meddler]

that's a bummer. Looks like it was a really clean car. Welcome and I hope you get enough money to buy an S15

 

[LuPix_S15]

Welcome mate... sorry to see what happened to your previous S14


Don't worry too much about the gearbox - as long as it's not been abused or running 400+ bhp then you'll be fine

 

[S15AK]

Welcome

Sorry about your car hope you get the money its worth

 

[craig8585]

Your S14 looked great, I'm a fan of the 350Z Rays wheels. The fire must have had some serious heat behind it to burn literally everything I'm guessing it was started intentionally?

The S15 gearboxes are no weaker than the S14 boxes, it's just harder to find a spare 6-speed box and they go for £400-500. When a S14 box breaks people just accept it and pay £150 for a new so it isn't hyped up nearly as much as when a 6-speed breaks.

 

[JEZ 8553]

Its always the nice ones that get trashed by no fault of your own

Anyway WTTC the club, hope you get an S15 as good as your old S14a.