89 240sx Fuel Cell Project

[sunpro2010]

Hey guys, I'm building a 89 240 with my 16 year old son for his first car. We found our 240 in a barn for $500 that had been setting for 10 years, the car is mint and a coupe. We have completly rebuilt the Ka24e with machine work and new internals, rebuilt head with bigger cam. Now the fun part, the fuel tank was half full and after 10 years of setting it turned to varnish. So we are going to put a fuel cell with braided lines and external walboro 255 pump. This is going to be done in our drive way with a set of race ramps to get it off the ground. I searched for information to help us but had no luck finding any. So i will be posting pictures and information along our jurney so other guys can learn from our mistakes and triumphs. So yesterday we dropped the old tank and removed all the lines. There are three lines, supply, return and evap. We did leave the evap line in the engine bay so we didn't have to run extra fuel line. We ordered a 16 gallon cell from summit for $129 (part numbers coming) We are ordering 6 an braided fuel lines in summit brand 20ft for $79. 20ft is enough to do supply and return. Im checking to see if we can eleminate the evap line to save us from buying another 10 ft. That is as far as we have gotten so far, I will post more in a few days. Any sugestions are welcome. also we are looking for a down pipe for the Ka24e if anyone has one for sale.

[cheezy240]

you will find anything you need to on thy Nico

Thats nice your doing this with your son I dont have a dad to do my car with oh well but post some picssss!

and what cam did you get? you said bigger so im assuming some with more duration and lift?
hopefully you will get all your questions answered for the single slammer there not to big in 240's anymore

I rock one though

[sunpro2010]

When I had the head rebuilt I told the guy we were going to turbo it and he suggested the cam. Not sure what he put in but I will find out and let you know. Thanks. I wanted to keep the sigle just to be different!!

[Lobo240sx]

Welcome and yes please keep that single slammer for a change. Here is a link below on somebody's build that will help you on your way. Post some pics of your project car. Most peeps here like to see pics or you might get this smiley.



true-pig-build-t317694.html

[cheezy240]

Thanks man I appreciate itttt

and yes please keep the single hammer slammer

and agreed^^^^^

[shoguner]

Woot another SOHC guy! Mine will be turboed as well soon. Can't wait to see your build thread!

[tyrodtom]

I've got a 240 that I race circle track, with a fuel cell.

I just used the stock fuel pump, inside the fuel cell, by bolting it to the inside of the filler ring, and drilling one extra hole in the cell for the return line. Been racing it since 2003, about 20 races a year, no problems yet.

[Warped161]

Welcome, and we def need pics.

[sunpro2010]

Sorry guys I will have pics tomorrow!

[s13sickboi]

this thread will be awesomesauce! oh and welcome to nico by the way! enjoy your stay.. PROPS TO YOU for keeping your single cam... i might have kept mine and rebuilt but the head was warped and cracked, piston no 3 had a hole in it. and who knows what else... so i swapped in a twin cam ka. now im in the process of tearing that down now for headgasket replacement.

good luck on the car and your son one lucky bastard kid i tell you lol. my dad never helps me on my car and i work on his cars all the time!

[1KleenS13]

Did you order the AN line yet? If you can, get the AN line with teflon in it, the regular line will seep gas fumes out.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Fuel cells arent bad to do... I suggest a 12 gallon, I use an 8 gallon and its too damn small.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Fuel cells arent bad to do... I suggest a 12 gallon, I use an 8 gallon and its too damn small.

Oh and you wont find a sending unit to match the OEM gauge, your going to have to use something aftermarket.

[sunpro2010]

Aftermarket gauge? Any suggestions? Did you put in a plastic or aluminum cell?

[sunpro2010]

Okay guys this may sound stupid so start the jokes, but how the heck do you post pics on this thread. I must be dumb because I can not figure it out.

[Warped161]

use a host like photobucket, its free and just copy the link from their site and paste it here.

[sunpro2010]

thanks Warped161

[sunpro2010]

here are some pics of the car the day we went to look at it in the barn.

http://s1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd384/sunpro2010/

[Lobo240sx]

here ya go buddy. Use the IMG URL so peeps can see your ride!

[breadbox]

looks like a nice place to work on the car. Other car looks pretty mint too.

Great start from the sound of it.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Plastic 8 gallon with foam, and I use the stock filler location or swap to lock top as needed.



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[sunpro2010]

Nice! I wish I had the tools to do it like that. I did meet someone that said he would help, he's a fabricator. So it might turn out out better then I thought it would. Did you use the evap line or eleminate it? How many feet of fuel line did you use. Thanks

[OutToWinPAHC]

Feed and return at bottom of cell to the FPR mounted right infront of the sump. Out of feed into inline pump, into FPR, out of FPR return to the sump. Out of the FPR to the filter to the filter to the balancer on the rails... It's not a Nissan engine, no evap.

[SX APPEAL]

Nice Mustang

[sunpro2010]

It would be if it had doors and ran. Nice quote! But that's how we learn, research it, then wrench it. So I found out last night I can eliminate the evap line, and egr. Here in North Carolina OBD1 is safety inspection only! Thanks to all the feedback guys. Posting more pics today.

[cheezy240]

It would be if it had doors and ran. Nice quote! But that's how we learn, research it, then wrench it. So I found out last night I can eliminate the evap line, and egr. Here in North Carolina OBD1 is safety inspection only! Thanks to all the feedback guys. Posting more pics today.

what part of NC are you in my good sir? im in mooresville if your pretty close I could always come help yall sometime and yes I like how they do inspections here

[sunpro2010]

Davidson, just down the road from mooresville. That would be cool thanks.

[JoseBronx]

Spot reserved for epic thread

[sunpro2010]

here are some pics of the engine bay and under the back after we removed the fuel tank. Fuel lines and and pump on the way. New custom 3 inch exhaust being made. Leaving the stock manifold for now because it is going to get a turbo soon.

http://s1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd384/sunpro2010

[FlipCoupe]

nicos lazy, ill help out lol