Project slow (56k no)

[(Yoshi)]

Hey whats up every one. I figured I would make my own build thread so I can whore my car too Any how its project slow because I am broke like 90% of all 240 drivers in college and parts take for ever to save up for. Any how here is progress so far.

When I bought it:





Suspension











sound deadening tar removed



clean engine bay



Random pics





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Drifting

First event w/ open



2nd w/ open





3rd w/ open



Then motor died





Then I got rims





Then I installed a welded diff and went to a drift event where my motor blew













And that is where I am at right now. I should have the motor back in the car this weekend read for a gymkhana event on sunday. Ill keep you all posted.

[S13Teddy]

nice man. good progress so far.... sucks that you've blown so many engines.

[NICONick]

What did you use in the pic that says "clean engine bay" to clean your engine bay?

[(Yoshi)]

nice man. good progress so far.... sucks that you've blown so many engines.

haha yeah it does. The first one didn't really blow, the valve stem seals went bad, the second one had the fourth cylinder piston rings go out and when we pulled the head I found a rock stuck to the top of the piston. I am assuming it was there when the previous owner put on the head.

[tramp_drift240]

HOLD ON HOLD ON TIME OUT.

what tie rods are those?

do they have that little thing on them to accomodate for an extremely low vehicle?

[(Yoshi)]

@NICONick scrubbing bubbles

@tramp drift yeah they are spl inner and outer tie rods w/ steering angle spacers and bump stops.
Modified by ViperSRT10 at 9:05 PM 11/15/2007

[duffman1278]

lookin clean man, gl with the build

[tramp_drift240]

its not temporary drift, my friend.

you got any other pictures of them? when i got my car aligned a while back, the dude said i need to find something like that so i dont snap my tie rods.

[(Yoshi)]

@duffman, thanks I appreciate it

@TRAMPdrift lol my bad, I fixed it. I don't have pics off hand but I do know when you order a set of spl outer tie rods, they come w/ them.

[tramp_drift240]

does the turning and what-not still feel like a regular tie rod end?

if so, this is awesome, and im super stoked that i found someone with these things.

[(Yoshi)]

Its more responsive as in you feel it more. I just found out I can upgrade mine to the new style so I am planning on doing that in the near future.

[240 GTR]

you've made alot of progress man. keep it up.

you better come to some test n tunes next year

[tramp_drift240]

VIPER, do you have to return the ones youre currently using, or do you just have to paypal them 25 bucks?

if you get to keep your current ones, we should try to work somethin' out

mine are at an extreme angle, and i dont want them snapping on me on some crazy WV mountain road.

[(Yoshi)]

I am going to get the V4s. I am going to see if the ones I have now will work on my dads car first. If not then we can work something out.

[TKE SigO 258]

Whoot! Tennessee FTW!

[(Yoshi)]

Heck yeah lol. I am, hopefully, going to get the motor in tonight. Then finish hooking everything up and adding fluids tomorrow. Followed by a wash and wax. I also need finish cleaning my other rims. I have one shiny one and 3 not so shiny ones lol.

[(Yoshi)]

Well got the motor in and everything hooked up but I can't get it to fire. Ill work more on it today and post pics.

[RCG_Savage]

Well got the motor in and everything hooked up but I can't get it to fire. Ill work more on it today and post pics.

5 bucks says you missed a ground or need to clean one.

[(Yoshi)]

5 bucks says you missed a ground or need to clean one.

No I got all the grounds, I ran into that my last motor swap. I got it running. The cams were off.

Problem. Its running, but its running really violently. I put the distributor on, on the compression stroke at tdc on cylinder one. And it sat perfectly in the middle of the adjustment range. I can't figure it out. The cam lobes (hot camswap) are apposing each other so the lobes are like this = \...../ on the compression stroke at tdc. I can't figure it out for the life of me. I have fuel and spark but I am going to double check.

Any who here are pics of the motor in the car.

[TigerBill]

What did you use to paint the valve cover and the block? I'm pulling my motor this winter and plan on doing the same.

[(Yoshi)]

I used duplicolor high-temp engine paint from auto zone.

[Mr. PDR]

Nice man.

I like to see clean engines/bays

gl with it

[(Yoshi)]

Car ran great for a drift event and a rather spirited drive up a favorite local road. It idles perfectly... Something my car has never done.

Coil overs to be here some time next month or so...

[le_ryan]

good work man, what coils are you getting ?

[(Yoshi)]

Stance gr+ pros

[(Yoshi)]

I has new toys (^_^)

















They will be going on the car as soon as I get my rear toe and traction arms and tires. I already have front inner and outer tie rods, tension rods and rear upper control arms.

[le_ryan]

yumidy yumidy yumidy lol

enjoy !

[Topless_92]

Are you gonna be using the other set of springs? Give some feedback once you put them on...im getting ready to order my GR+Pros and im gonna be putting the stiffer springs on . They should feel nice from what ive heard

[(Yoshi)]

Are you gonna be using the other set of springs? Give some feedback once you put them on...im getting ready to order my GR+Pros and im gonna be putting the stiffer springs on . They should feel nice from what ive heard

I may later, I want to drive around and do a few events on the 8/6 first. Also I want to see how they perform w/ a good set of sway bars.

[nieko]

TRAmp dRIFT! http://www.splparts.com/main4/main/default.htm there ya go homie if he ends up getting them to work on his dads car or wahtever