my 3 year in the making 240 project

[bigwhiteboybob]

Its lengthy but in my opinion a great story with a happy ending ...

PHASE 1

Okay so this starts off in 05'. When my friend in jacksonville though it would be a great idea for us each to buy a 240sx and build them together.Before this idea came about i literally never heard of a 240sx. When my friend pulled one up on the internet i though to myself this car is ugly. After quick convincing i soon realized the true beauty of a 240sx and shortly after was on the market. I found out that the hatchback s13 was my car of choice. Days later i was the proud owner of a white s13 with a blown ka24de for the price of just 400$.

Best 400 i ever spent.

Being as the body and paint were in really good condition and it already had a 5spd, this car was a perfect candidate for a sr20det swap makeover. thus, began the never ending spending of money. First i brought the car to a very highly recommended stage 6 motorsports.

Preped by stage 6 and waiting for my motor!

I then purchased my first sr20det blacktop from JDM addictions in ocala, florida. Which im going to say was the worst expierence of my life. Because they only sell junk. And their customer support once you buy a motor is non existant (They dont answer the phone when you've completed your payment). JDM addictions lifted the motor by they fuel rail and literally dropped it on its oil pan breaking both before delivery. They then forgot the intercooler and piping. So after calling constantly i decided to replace the oil pan witha OEM oil pan, a after market fuel rail with top feed injectors and a gt2871rs turbo. Obviously front mount intercooler and piping were also purchased. Two months after buying my motor and delivering my car, everything was installed and ready to go. Or so i though. Turns out my motor came destroyed "internally" and stage 6's carefully trained experts never thought to run the most simple of test before completly installing the motor. The motor suffered a completly destroyed baring and cylinder wall before i ever touched it. (If anyone had though to give a compression test this would have been discovered before it got to this point). Due to the fact that they would never answer there phone to warrenty the parts that were broken, and missing. I waited two weeks while doing nothing to the car before i bought everything and had it installed. This whole process took 35days so when we discovered on the 35th day that the motor was garbage it was past the 30 day warrenty and they would do nothing about it.

PHASE 2 Now that i have put my foot in the door in the 240 world i had already started to network. And found that JDM of MIAMI was the preferred choice for buying JDM motors. I then bought my 2nd s13 blacktop longblock. I then went a little parts crazy and ended with this list.

sr20det blacktopgt2871rs (from the first build)custom top mount fuel rail 550cc injectors (also from first build)front mount koyo radiatorbrian crowler stage 2 264 cam'sstage 2 clutch (not sure what brand cause stage 6 is stupid)lsd for the rear endgreddy turbo timerafc neotial 50mm bov2 electric fansmegan racing exaust manifold megan racing 3" system catback exaustnew maf its not z32 its the next one up forgot the name.













"Side note when buying someones 240sx you should always look under the car for a driveshaft. Because as it would appear tow trucks may disconnect these and forget they have it. My guess is they had to tow the car previously and the doors were locked. Me being un aware of this as this was my first 240 i didnt check and my car didnt come with this optional drive shaft."

Finally my car is finished and as ugly as the swap was i was way to excited to care. Problem... I only ever saved enough for the blacktop and swap i was on empty for phase 2 and slowly over a year had to buy everything. The car was amazing and was running at 15lbs of boost and putting down 332hp to the rear wheels.















The worst strikes i blow a head gasket about 8-9 months later and i decide to replace it with a cometic head gasket and ARP head studs.



this is the snapped cam.

I got two of my buddies one owning 5 240sx's and ending in a silvia and the other was my buddy who talked me into this from the start. We rip it apart and put down the new gasket take extra time to remove all previous gasket. Got the timing set and drained the oil. Put new oil in. Started it and everything was great let it run, let it cool. And changed the oil again making sure there was no more coolant in the oil at all. Being all happy and proud i start the car and was letting it run while checking everything ensuring the job was complete. When the car just died i didnt think much of it and went to start it after 15 minutes we pull the valve cover off to try and see what was going on. thats when we noticed the brian crowler cam sheared in half. But i was fortionate enough that it didnt bend any valves or damage anything. Called BC and they sent me out a new one. After inspecting mine they told me they found traces of oil deprevation and i assumed they were bsing me and was just trying to point the finger at me 1 month later after a night of showing off with the gf in the car it starts making the dreadfull knocking noise and i barly made it a quarter mile home before having to push it the rest of the way. "Ending result i spun a bearing and put groves in almost all of my cylinders".







PHASE 3

Me and my friend "a established mechanic" rip out my motor and trans and prep it for yet another motor. I make the call to JDM of MIAMI and buy my new blacktop longblock and recieve my free stickers and shirt. Thats when i walked down two bays and noticed a 240 shop and took a look at there work agreeing that i no longer want to mess up my car... I give them all my parts and have them work on it.

First things first paint the engine bay scion tc gun metal gray.and then the parts come...

BC stage 2 264 cams w/spring and retainers kit.greddy after market larger oil pan with cooling fins.custom battery mount tru-boosta/f ratio gaugeoil pressure gaugecometic head gasket w/ARP head studsnew intake thermal gasket "thicker then stock"new front and rear main sealsnew waterpumpspec act stage 2 clutch 14lb flywheelnis-tune "for ecu" no more afc neo.nismo motor mounts and transmission mounts.

before paint...

After paint...









It will be done in a few day will post pictures then but heres where its at!

Modified by bigwhiteboybob at 7:28 PM 11/1/2009
Modified by bigwhiteboybob at 9:25 PM 11/9/2009

[Nissan240sx_s13]

Im one of those people that could never read a book without pictures : (...

Ahhh screw me, I see your going to post pics soon. MY BAD!

[bigwhiteboybob]

Well i figured most people wouldnt want to read this with out pictures but im at work now. And have been reading about peoples builds for a while and had to post mine. but tomorrow i will be home and will have as many pictures as i can find!!!

HOW DO I POST A PICTURE LAWL IM A NEEWBIE IN POSTING... fail
Modified by bigwhiteboybob at 7:04 PM 10/29/2009

[Nissan240sx_s13]

Where are you hosting them at? Id recommend photobucket. then all you have to do is copy past the img code.

[bigwhiteboybob]

^ bump added the pictures and when my new phone comes ill get the pictures off the memory card cause my G1 died on me last week i have a lot more pictures of the build on it...

[Koshin]

nice build buddy...it sshould make decent power...maybe around 400 wheel with that setup...good luck bro

I approve this setup

[bigwhiteboybob]

Ty one more week and i get her back im to excited to sleep :/

[Steady_One_S13]

Nice ride you got there. Good luck with the SR build.

[bigwhiteboybob]

^ty and how do you guys get the signatures and pic next to your name ive been searching on and off for a while today.

[1SickSilvia]

^its all in your profile details you will find it, click on your own name or go to user profile

[bigwhiteboybob]

BUMP!!! for more pictures!!

all these views and 4 comments lol come on guys...tell me what you think!
Modified by bigwhiteboybob at 3:27 PM 11/2/2009

[bigwhiteboybob]

bump cause im proud and want people to see! lol and im at work and bored...

[dasnow]

Congrats on you ride! Whats the name of the 240 shop you took your car to?

[bigwhiteboybob]

Congrats on you ride! Whats the name of the 240 shop you took your car to?

PRS MIAMI "Project Rising Sun" they are awesome i pick the car up this weekend it will be done on tues but i told them to drive it around make sure there are no problems with it before i drive it home and also so they can tune the nistune properly. friday should be the day though will have pictures to follow!!

[bigwhiteboybob]

NEW PIC!! GETTING CLOSER TO DONE! cant sleep im too excited...



o yea changed piping from black to silver.
Modified by bigwhiteboybob at 2:24 AM 11/22/2009

[bigwhiteboybob]

car was finished and painted and running fantastic. alot of more bad happened before the good but i know you guys just want to see the pictures!

[breadbox]

Nice. That sucks that you went through some crap motors. I bet it drives great now. Now drop it down.

[hoosier240sx]

I agree with bread, when the money comes around I say you invest in some coil overs.

[420sxWETDREAMS]

hwow much did the paint job cost you?