1994 Nissan 240sx Build

Re: (the vert)

wafflez66 — 2009-11-15T18:52:47-08:00

The filter relocation I took off the s14 which I had to mount on the opposite side by the exhaust manifold b/c I had too much stuff on the intake mani side, and I also plan on cutting it about half way for an oil cooler setup I have lying around...

I'm eager to get it back toget too, but I haven't touched it in a month

I'm contemplating tubbing out the front wheel wells, and I am trying to cut the new carpet to fit etc... so It'll be coming along eventually...

the vert — 2009-11-14T21:17:23-08:00

Holy long filter relocation kit batman. Car looks really good man. Cant wait to see it finished.

Re: (DirftKing102)

wafflez66 — 2009-09-30T16:24:15-08:00

Re: (wafflez66)

DirftKing102 — 2009-09-01T21:04:06-08:00

Very awesome 240 vert!!!!!! Loved seeing and reading about your progress on the car! Keep working on it

wafflez66 — 2009-09-01T20:45:06-08:00

Alright, so today:

I got the turbo all bolted on and all the lines run for that. I did find out that I need some clocking adapters for the intake/outlet on the turbo to put them in the right spot.

I also mounted up my Greddy FMIC, and it fit beautifully.

Also started welding in the patch panel over the old battery tray, and that is :?

also a pic from a couple weeks ago...

Modified by wafflez66 at 8:32 AM 9/2/2009

Re: (wafflez66)

krash — 2009-08-21T21:49:11-08:00

danngg dude, you took this vert' and ran with it this build is awesome!

wafflez66 — 2009-08-21T21:27:30-08:00

Yeah, so I started it... the motor is pretty much ready to come out, just have to take out 1 motor mount bolt, and 4 tranny mount bolts and she's ready to pull. :twisted:

Re: (wafflez66)

Piper — 2009-08-21T03:30:54-08:00

That spoiler looks sick!!! Keep up the good work!!

wafflez66 — 2009-08-20T19:01:37-08:00

Updates:

I took the coupe trunk (spoilerless) and painted it black and put the Origin Lip Spoiler on... it looks descent.

Am working on the coupe door swap at the moment, and still have to get the front fenders off before the doors come off...

wafflez66 — 2009-08-18T20:41:00-08:00

Okay, so I've been prepping the SR and rebuilding it... here it is so far:

Apexi Headgasket (you can see the tag sticking out)
ARP Headstuds Exhaust manifold studs
Nismo Motor Mounts
Moroso Oil Pan
Stainless Steel Exhaust Manifold
Garrett GT28RS Turbo
Split Fire Coil Packs
Custom Painted Pulleys and Valve Cover
Carbon Fiber Cover

Also today, I dropped off the door panels and rear seats down to Fly Boyz Custom Upholstery to have them covered in fabric to match the R34 Seats.

Next I plan on taking the front end of the vert off along w/ the doors to make way for the coupe doors (pillarless), along w/ some cleaning up of the fenderwells, and then hopefully prepping the car for the manual swap, and possibly the engine swap (not sure if I want to attempt this before winter, as I would like to take this car to DROPTOBERFEST in Nanticoke, PA on October 17th)

Re: (Piper)

wafflez66 — 2009-08-07T18:51:11-08:00

Quote, originally posted by Piper raquo;

Thats sick!!! How do you have so much free time and money to get your car looking like this so fast?

Ps.... can i haz your lip? lol If not, how did you get it to attach to your bumper? Email me about it...... Stevenpiper84@yahoo.com

well, I get up at 6 or 7 am and I work until I have to go into work at 9 am and then when I get out at 7pm I work until 10 or 11 pm...

As for the cash aspect, I have had most of the parts for a few years from a few different builds and got great deals on most parts....

as for the lip but I just attached w/ zipties to the lower bolt holes on the sides of the bumper and to the under side of the bumper where the "skid plate" goes...

Re: (wafflez66)

Piper — 2009-08-07T05:19:39-08:00

Thats sick!!! How do you have so much free time and money to get your car looking like this so fast?

Ps.... can i haz your lip? lol If not, how did you get it to attach to your bumper? Email me about it...... Stevenpiper84@yahoo.com

wafflez66 — 2009-08-06T18:26:53-08:00

^^^ Thank you, and yes it is a piggy lip^^^

Alright, so I got the silvia front end on the vert, and fixed/reran/rerouted my wiring...

front bumper is yet to be painted, and the fenders need LOTS of body work, but I like it....

Re: (wafflez66)

Piper — 2009-08-05T21:19:04-08:00

Still a 2G is a 2G no matter what way you look at it. But then again JDM gt; DSM any day. LOL

And yeah i think that a Sil front will make the car flow 100 times better than the flip ups. I love the look of a sil front on the verts.

Ps... what lip is that on your stock front end? That off a pig nose? Looks nice.

Re: (Piper)

wafflez66 — 2009-08-05T06:45:21-08:00

Quote, originally posted by Piper raquo;

Blah on the GS...... but at leasts its not an RS. LOL

Still looks good tho. Not to bad for the wifes daily.

+1 for her and her awesomeness.

-1 for my girl not wanting anything to do with my cars.

Plan on doing anything else to the a** end, or you just keeping the valances, not that im dissing those, just sort of looks incomplete.

Yeah, she got a good deal on it, and it's in really nice shap, so it works and she gets into the car scene, and for all my cars she hasn't even complained once

as for the rear, they never made anything else for the coupes/verts (OEM that is), just the valances. I had a 180sx rear valance kit which has a center section too, but that doesn't work w/ the coupes/verts...

I am currently putting the s13 silvia front end on, so maybe that will help, I know it's not in the back but make it flow a little better
Either way, thanks for hte comments

Re: (wafflez66)

Piper — 2009-08-05T04:14:33-08:00

Blah on the GS...... but at leasts its not an RS. LOL

Still looks good tho. Not to bad for the wifes daily.

+1 for her and her awesomeness.

-1 for my girl not wanting anything to do with my cars.

Plan on doing anything else to the a** end, or you just keeping the valances, not that im dissing those, just sort of looks incomplete.

Re: (Piper)

wafflez66 — 2009-08-03T20:07:15-08:00

thanks for the comments...

oh and the 2g eclipse is only a GS but it's the wife's daily so what are ya gonna do....

Re: (-RJ-)

Piper — 2009-08-03T11:44:08-08:00

B E A Utiful job with the vert.

And thats a nice 2G sitting in the back ground in one of the pics too.

GSX? GST?

-RJ- — 2009-08-03T07:59:40-08:00

i think its plug and play, my dual projectors were

wafflez66 — 2009-08-03T06:45:30-08:00

A few more pics...

Radiator Cooling Panel

I now have to tear the front end apart, and get the silvia front put on along w/ a few other things, but that could take a while

Anyone that has put the brick headlights in; do you need the harness for the brick headlights, or can am I able to use the stock popup harness? I am told it's plug and play, but don't know for sure. Thanks.

askhao — 2009-07-31T07:53:04-08:00

damn that "finished product" looks goooooooooood

Re: (TekuDrifter18)

GumboJoe — 2009-07-28T21:08:33-08:00

Looking good! The car has come along way. Hope my build is as succesful.

Re: (DeXteR)

TekuDrifter18 — 2009-07-23T17:46:24-08:00

I cant wait to get my vert to look like that. your stance is sick anf the whole car just flowes so nicely. love it man truly love it.

Re: (nissan_star)

DeXteR — 2009-07-07T08:49:38-08:00

Looking good. Keep up the good work.

Where did you find OEM aero in that good shape?

Re: (wafflez66)

nissan_star — 2009-07-06T19:57:32-08:00

your back window fails and wins at the same time.

Re: (noobdrftr)

wafflez66 — 2009-07-02T10:28:40-08:00

^^^ True, and if/when it gets too f'd up I put on my silvia front end

noobdrftr — 2009-07-02T07:43:51-08:00

damn thats a sick stance but good luck driving that low in NY i know how those roads are

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (kosh1986)

wafflez66 — 2009-07-01T17:38:22-08:00

Got the front lip put on but had some trouble w/ the other sideskirt/rear valance, so still working on that... but I think this thing is awesome... It will be hard as hell to drive around here (NY, out in the sticks ) but it looks killer....

PICS:

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (wafflez66)

kosh1986 — 2009-07-01T16:35:45-08:00

looking good cant wait to see it when its all done

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (fresno240sx)

wafflez66 — 2009-07-01T07:00:48-08:00

The skirts are oem 180sx skirts, the rear valances are oem coupe valances, and the front lip (not installed yet) will be an s13 zenki lip...

and fitment is AWESOME b/c it is stock parts

Modified by wafflez66 at 8:30 PM 7/1/2009

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (fresno240sx)

S15nS13vert — 2009-07-01T05:34:35-08:00

are those sideskirts jdm?? i want to know too

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (wafflez66)

fresno240sx — 2009-06-30T23:36:52-08:00

wow !!! looking nice. just like what i am gonna do to mines.. is that silvia side skirts? oem or fiberglass? hows the fitment? and your rear lip, is that oem also? i have some but there fiberglass...nice car!!!

wafflez66 — 2009-06-30T20:13:37-08:00

Now, for today:
- I got the rear all buttoned up.
- Front coilovers on, and partially rolled the fenders. Still need to relocate wiring harnesses :roll:
- Sideskirts and rear valances hung (not greatly but they are on there)

To Do:
- Still need to put the front lip on too, and possibly lower the front a smidgen more...

PICS:

wafflez66 — 2009-06-29T23:47:14-08:00

Rear coilovers are on...
Rear Fenders Rolled...
Sideskirts Painted...

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Re: (noobdrftr)

s13beast — 2009-06-29T18:01:31-08:00

Lookin beast.

noobdrftr — 2009-06-29T17:32:29-08:00

wow im really loving what youre doing to this vert

Re: (-RJ-)

Eikon — 2009-06-29T15:35:02-08:00

Wow.. this is an incredible build so far!!!

Thanks for sharing all the pictures and keeping us updated.
Keep up the good work!

Added to the build thread sticky.

-RJ- — 2009-06-26T20:05:02-08:00

Oh man looking good! MOAR UPDATES

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (wafflez66)

240daveTX — 2009-06-26T17:36:11-08:00

nice progress

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (1SickSilvia)

wafflez66 — 2009-06-26T17:14:58-08:00

As for the "eurolines" they were actually Starform Type-D wheels, and I sold them last week... they would have been pretty nice on here, but they were hard to fit on the coupe...

Hopefully this weekend I am:
- throwing on the new rear coilovers,
- rolling the rear fenders, and possibly the fronts too
- dropping it down some
- possibly relocating harnesses that run inside the fenders....
- painting and putting on a zenki lip

Over the next week I hope to:
- put my blacktop sr back together (took it apart to put apexi headgasket, arp head studs, etc.)
- pull the motor and trans
- clean the engine bay, and get it prepped for sr/manual

Modified by wafflez66 at 8:31 PM 6/26/2009

Modified by wafflez66 at 7:18 AM 6/27/2009

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (cole d)

1SickSilvia — 2009-06-23T20:12:29-08:00

thats the most progress I've seen on a build in ages, in such a little time. Keep up the good work.
Swap that SR in her, and put on the (eurolines) from the coupe

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (wafflez66)

cole d — 2009-06-23T03:20:20-08:00

your making nice progress........good job

wafflez66 — 2009-06-19T21:50:51-08:00

Okay, so today I put some 6.5" sony 4 way speakers upfront to take care of the blown stock speakers
put in my leather wrapped glove box to match the redline goods console cover/ebrake cover and eventually shift boot.
Also modified my stock belt buckles to fit the skyline seats.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Re: 1994 Nissan 240sx Build (wafflez66)

Harman850T5 — 2009-06-19T18:10:17-08:00

That's coming along really nice, can't wait to see how it looks after it's done.

Why are you parting out the S14?

wafflez66 — 2009-06-18T21:53:07-08:00

DAY 3:
- Rear 5 Lug On
- Nismo LMGT4 Wheels On
- Brakes bled

PICS:

FN-QR

Loki — 2009-06-17T20:22:58-08:00

Dayum. You're tearing it up with the vert. Keep it up!

wafflez66 — 2009-06-17T19:39:01-08:00

FUTURE MODS:

- Suspesion Techniques Front and Rear Sway Bars
- Nismo Slave Cylinder
- 5 Speed Conversion
- Kaaz 1.5 Way LSD
- 1 Piece Aluminum Driveshaft
- Coupe Doors
- Spoilerless Trunk w/ CF Origin Lip Spoiler

Probably Over The Winter Mods:
- Silvia Front End Swap
- Silvia Sideskirts
- Silvia Rear Valances
- SR Swap
- Body Work

wafflez66 — 2009-06-17T19:38:03-08:00

Okay so here is what got done today:

- 5 Lug (Front and most of the passenger side rear)
- Z32 Brakes, stainless braided lines, drilled/slotted rotors (Front)
- Kei Office Coilovers (Front)
- Nismo LMGT 4 Wheels mounted w/ Rays Lugnuts (Front)
- Added HKS Air Filter in place of AEM and took off AEM Sticker
- Found a convertible boot and bought it should be here next week (hopefully)

PICS:

Sits pretty flush, needs to be a little lower and I need to take out some camber, but fit pretty good.

Another engine pic

Let me know what you all think. I am new to the verts but not 240's. I have had a fully built s14 and a coupe that was partially built but never finished. If you have any advice please let me know as I am listening. Convertibles are new to me so I could use some help.

PICS of the S14 (currently being parted out) and Coupe:

wafflez66 — 2009-06-17T19:33:39-08:00

REAR WINDOW MAYHEM (This window was f***ed so I tried to make it drift syle awesome... )

Interior View of Repair:

PLEASE BE GENTLE I have no urge to fix this top as I will only be driving this car when it is nice anyways....

wafflez66 — 2009-06-17T19:32:41-08:00

here is a list of what I did to it YESTERDAY:

- HKS Legal Catback Exhaust (super quiet, even w/ 3.25" piping and a 4" tip)
- R34 GTR Seats
- Redline Goods Ebrake and Console Covers
- Cusco Carbon Fiber Strut Bar
- Sony CD Player
- Origin Taillights
- New Steering Wheel
- 240sx Floor Mats
- Coupe Sunvisors
- Optima Yellow Top Battery
- A Bunch of Those Fancy Fender Bolts Under The Hood
- Sticker Removal
- Drift Style Rear Window Repair :p

Stickers Removed:

1994 Nissan 240sx Build

wafflez66 — 2009-06-17T19:31:02-08:00

Okay, so Amy and I now are the proud owners of a new car :D

YEAR: 1994
MAKE: Nissan
MODEL: 240sx Convertible
ENGINE: KA24DE
TRANSMISSION: Auto (all verts are auto, but will be taking 5 speed from the coupe)
MILEAGE: 160XXX
TITLE: Clean
CONDITION: Getting better Not bad though, needs some rust repair, but frame is AWESOME.
CURRENT MODS: 2" lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, AEM intake, aftermarket muffler welded to stock piping
COST: Blown SR and transmission

DAY 1 (Keep In Mind This Is After "Cleaning" It Some):