So i figured i'd make a new post about my progress on my 1990 240.

So far it was a 1990 240sx stock with 238k miles Finished a motor swap with a de...so periodically ill update this with my progress. Any help or suggestions would be helpfull. Soon to come a AMS gt32 setup hopefully reaching 450 hp.

Stay tuned!!! haha

 

Pics Pics Pics of the ride

 

if you ask me it's kind of tame if we have to wait.

 

i dont understand why ppl make a "build thread" and dont really build a car...they do it for when they start.

 

its all good. its not like we get that much traffic here anyways.

****, everybody should make a thread about anything.

haha.

keep us posted.

 

I was thinking about making one for my dream car but no reason to

 

Well i wanted to start from the beginning but didnt really think about it. I did that whole DE swap which anything that could have went wrong did. Ex: Motor mounts destroyed...some harness wires destroyed...needed gaskets...and so on and so forth. Basically right now im wating some cash to just get my body work and paint done...ill get pics of what it looks like when i first got it motor changes and after math of paint as soon as possible...oh im sorry im not BUILDING a car...im building a motor...Im sorry for misleading you...haha.

 

Ok found some pictures of what the cars was when i first got it so here goes...this will not be 56k friendly



Story goes..paid 1000 for it because i had more intentions for the car then the owner did. Although when i bought it it had a bent tie rod both tie rod ends were shot and a ball joint. Did those oil change trans flush coolant flush plugs wires cap rotor and nice car wash. I hate the blue color on this car..Im hoping for an aspen pearl white with black 5 spoke rims and a chrome lip...NOT Sportmax...thats just too cliche for my taste..

His selling tool.....

My buying tool....

Lot of miles but it was all good after the basic maintence.

It was a little dinged up but i havent seen a 240sx that wasn't.

The carpet was ripped out...and this was horrible.

So i just painted over it with some primer.

I needed a ka24de...badly need a new interior my tires were balding and i needed a new fender. So i killed many birds with one stone i guess. I bought a 92 240sx with 123k on the motor.

I really dislike these fenders...or maybe its just me..

Pretty clean...

Door panel un-molested.

Every part of the interior was exchanged. Moldings, seatbelts, even bolts. Im still waiting to wire up the extra lights in the kick panel and that extra dome lime the 92 had that my 90 didnt.
Ka24de...finally.
Began to rip both motors apart to do the swap and there were so many problems putting it back in.



So that was finished had parts everywhere with out exageration.
Also, let me stress that i am in NO way a mechanic at all. This is the first swap i did like this and learned a LOT by doing it. Took about 4 weeks total considering that point it was raining a lot of the time started snowing and the constant over heating problem i had when it was done. Both radiators i had cracked in the process of the swap so i had to get a new one of them...

240's kept multiplying...

I guess it's a nissan thing..

There was nothing left to that car when we were done with it..Suspension tires interior doors and hatch were out. Haha..the junk yard that picked it up was surprised...ah well..One dies so one can live.

Ah well..it looks like this basically when it was done..Currently it's a little more clean need a fan shroud because my intake rigged bad like crazy. Spent about 2 hours cleaning it also so yeah...this was just a..."Can we please get this F***ing thing done already" idea...

You can see the ps line on the driver side...i couldnt get the ps from the 92 because it was corroded so im waiting on that.

This was a EbAy SpEcIaL

Im waiting next week to get rid of the garbage fenders and pignose frontend for one of a 93 white in good condition. Whole front end and doors for 400. Then its off to body work and paint and maybe some new wheels. No offense i like the steelies...but come on. I was thing 18 ince riax with next to no tire...My cousin works at a shop that does rims audio and such so well see how that goes...ill keep everyone updated..

 

i wish i had 4 240s just chillin in my backyard

 

yea i only have 3

 

How many if those 240's runs or is it just the Blue one

 

The red one primer black and blue one run. The grey one is where i took the de out of. My cousin has a 90 red one he just sold that red one in there. Now he has a 98 ka24de-t. Which is whereim getting the turbo from. The primerblack one ismy first 240 i sold to my friend. It's an auto with more rust and dents then paint lol. So what you guys think about tokico tie rod and tie rod ends? Im pickingsomeup this weekend hopefullyso any complaints with them?

 

Well my money income started getting slow so the t3 setup will have to wait so im gonna go with a t28 for now and start stock piling some parts for the t3 once i get it right. Im thinking of just amild setup to get around 225hp. Waiting to get a manifold so i can get it welded properly so it wont crack under pressure. Then on to the actual set up but like i said first comes body work and paint. If anyone in the nj area can do good body work looking tomake some extra cash pm me and we canwork somethingout. Ill see youpictures of what needs to be done...

 

looks like you are progressing well

can i have that pignose lip off that red car??

 

We sold the red car already. I have a lip on my pignose. Im getting the 91-93 nose and doors this weekend for 400 so we can work something out.