SEX MACHINE
Street Machine Magazine|May 2022
> ONE OF THE STARS OF THE AUTO SALON SCENE IS REBORN TO ONCE AGAIN WOW THE SHOW CROWDS
CRAIG PARKER
SEX MACHINE

FROM the late 90s through to around 2010, Hot4s magazine, Auto Salon and ‘sex-spec’ were at the height of their popularity. Sex-spec was all about decking out predominantly four-cylinder cars in lurid colours and wild airbrushing, extreme body kits, massive wings, over-the-top bling, full leather interiors, massive-diameter chrome wheels with low-profile tyres, mega-slammed suspension, and stereo systems that could be heard two suburbs away.

Like a shooting star, the scene burned incredibly brightly before dying out just as quickly as it had emerged. While many of these cars might look trashy to some, there were a number of iconic sex spec rides that stood out from the rest, and Bady Moussa’s Green Ghost (GGHO5T) was one of them.

This wild Nissan 200SX featured a custom one-off body kit by Wanted, intricate Big D graphics, Master Auto Trim interior and a boosted SR20 mill stroked out to 2.2 litres. It was a serious trophy magnet, Auto Salon champion and magazine cover car, and in 2000 it won the inaugural Hot4s Car of the Year.

Unlike many sex-spec machines, Green Ghost backed up the over-the-top looks with stout performance. Thanks to its Turbonetics turbo, monster intercooler, stroker crank, forged pistons, custom intake and exhaust, EMS ECU and a 100-shot of nitrous, the CV Performance-built mill was good for around 600hp and 10.2s down the quarter. At the time, it was Australia’s quickest 200SX.

To put the power down, it ran a built C4 auto with a 4500rpm stall, and a Cusco LSD diff. The chassis was upgraded with coil-overs, A’PEXi brakes and 19-inch AME wheels – massive rims for the era.

It all combined to make GGHO5T one of the better-remembered sex-spec cars.

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