XYZ Racing Street Advanced Coilovers — Nissan PULSAR N14 GTIR 4WD 1990-1995

The N14 Pulsar GTIR carries its Group A homologation pedigree into every corner: an SR20DET turbo four and the AWD transfer hardware sit hard over the front axle of a hatchback body barely four metres long, so the standard dampers are fighting a weight transfer the road-going Pulsar was never really tuned for. XYZ Racing’s Street Advanced coilover kit gives that nose-heavy 4WD layout a setup you can wind up for a track day and back off again for the school run.

This is the road-and-track tier of the range, built to control body roll under the GTIR’s boost-driven acceleration without turning the car into something you dread driving to the shops. On a chassis this short, the difference between a soft, wallowing front end and one that loads predictably under trail braking is mostly down to the damper, and that’s what this kit is aimed at.

What this coilover does for your 1990-1995 Nissan PULSAR N14 GTIR 4WD

With 720 damping settings to work through, you can find a firmer stage for sprint events or track afternoons and a noticeably calmer one for daily use, without swapping parts. On the GTIR specifically, that range matters because the SR20DET and AWD hardware load the front struts differently to a standard 2WD Sunny – a setup that’s too soft lets the nose dive and push wide under braking into a corner, while a full-track setting on the road turns every pothole into a jolt through that short wheelbase. Height adjustment lets you correct the ride height the extra AWD mass tends to settle out of, and firmer overall spring rates cut the roll that makes a turbocharged 4WD hatch feel vague when the boost comes in mid-corner.

About the Street Advanced coilover

XYZ Racing developed the Street Advanced platform over several seasons, refining it against feedback from race programmes the brand has supplied cars and parts to internationally, then folding what worked back into the shelf product. It sits as the option built specifically to cover normal road use and track day work from the same set of dampers, rather than committing fully to one or the other. The 720-way adjustment is the headline figure – enough resolution that you’re not choosing between two or three coarse settings, but actually finding a stage that suits the car and the day. Construction follows XYZ’s usual coilover format: threaded body for ride height, adjustable damping circuit, and springs rated to work with the kit rather than bolted onto a standard strut. For an owner running a GTIR on pace notes one weekend and the motorway the next, this is the tier built to move between the two.

Fitment for the Nissan PULSAR N14 GTIR (1990-1995)

This kit is specced for the N14-chassis Pulsar GTIR, Nissan’s AWD turbo homologation special built from 1990 to 1995. Chassis code NI22 covers the fitment, matching the GTIR’s specific front and rear mounting points rather than a generic N14 Pulsar setup.

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Spec your own front and rear settings for the N14 GTIR’s turbo AWD layout – configure yours below.