(Author: Whitey)
Well i started my 240 project on August 28th when i picked up my 93 240sx SE Automatic from a dealership in NJ. Picked up the car on ebay for 2k. So in the past few months i have been busy running around gathering up parts and doing little stuff to eventually accomplish the big stuff.
First thing I did was upgrade the car to become a lil more handling friendly. Purchased Energy suspension Bushing kit from Sumitt, new ball joints and new tie rods.
had it for a week and already started to tear it apart!
comparison of stock vs Energy
the rigged press... oh man was this fun and dangerous at the same time
Had some down time so Jeff did some boxing!
So i went for a month daily driving the auto 240 and just getting all the kinks out of the day to day stuff. In october it was time to pull the stock engine, buy the sr20 and then install... lots of work in just one month
Bye Bye KA24DE
oh noes!
The KA gets a thumbs down!! boooo KA
oh noes!
a few days later... the sr swap would be here! yay!
the start of pile of parts i don't need
picture of the new parts
its getting bigger
Before:
Everything all masked off
After:
Installed the Twin Plate Clutch!
dropped the motor in
Stock Rad vs Koyo Rad... um yeah
me doing some die grinding on the intake we made
some helpers on the 240, TwoFortySX even made the long trip to the shop to lend a hand
ewwww.. can't wait to do the body work
oh noes! i got 3 pedals now!
ain't she purdy
nice shot of the second radiator!
the Mt dew bottle is very custom
Move TwoFortySX
The complete running engine, still need to clean up some wiring and mount a real overflow bottle
yummy oil pan!
Jay hooked it up with a few dyno pulls last night, and here is what it did. The lower number was a test to see how the SS Autochome added baffle would kill HP. needless to say, don't use it
so thats where i am at, almost every day after work and then on the weekends me and Jeff have been working on it for the past month.
so there ya go, no real big secret. just another 240, building it for myself probably not going to go one way or the other. drifting does not really interest me, and drag is just something i don't have the money for right now. just building a fun street car.
body work and paint come next, probably start that in a few weeks.