What clutch to upgrade?

old-and-rusty · #1 12-01-2008, 14:59

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Originally Posted by Pukkasilvia

Its the actual s13 body and chassis which is a downgrade, Nissan used a much thinner and cheaper grade of steel on the 13 than on the 12. This maybe why we have seen s13s suffer from Rot more.

....LOL.... I was just joking Jon

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But that does explain why there seems to be a lot more road noise inside the 13 compared to the Silvia if the panels are thinner.
TBH, it`s mostly the oily bits that I`ll be using anyway.

I guess that`s typical of a lot of car manufacturers though, to cut costs like that

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Regards,
Ian.

s13eater · #2 12-01-2008, 15:05

its still a good bit heavier than the s12 though, is'nt about 1240kg ?

PukkaSilvia · #3 12-01-2008, 16:20

no idea but abs systems weigh a fair bit alone

323ian · #4 12-01-2008, 23:24

What is the stock weight of the S12?

sideways danny · #5 13-01-2008, 03:23

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Originally Posted by s13eater

its still a good bit heavier than the s12 though, is'nt about 1240kg ?

dont think there's much in it, the s12 rear subframe and diff assembly is loads heavier than an s13 one, probably a good 30kg extra.

Only thing I'd say was a real big step forwards from the s12 to s13 chassis is the suspension. Just a shame its not an easy swap

s13eater · #6 13-01-2008, 09:38

mk1 s12 is 1135kg, mk2 is around 1175 / 1210kg, i'd have to look in my book for the exact mk2 weight, my mk1 was 1235kg with the extra weight of the skirts, bonnet and that rear wing.