240sx drag car

[ssa3974]

i'm new to all of these chat sites and am not sure if our drag car is accepted in your clutch?let me know if our car qualifies?
at the moment it has a small block chevy,soon to be updated to something a little bigger.current 1/4 mile 9.09 seconds @ 148mph.

[jbracy7]

Umm hello welcome to nico all nissans are welcome. please. Explain in greater detail what u are talking about

[ssa3974]

the nissan we have is a model that i'm told is not in australia, so any information we try to get about it must come from the US,sometimes it's difficult to know who to talk to.my daughter suggested try a nissan car club?but seeing how its not a road vehicle but a purpose built race car i'm not sure who would be interested.

[jbracy7]

Give us the information u have and we will help as much as we can

[ssa3974]

thankyou so much,i have a photo but as i am new to all of this i am unsure how to send it? i suppose the biggest problem is that it appears that there is two models of 240sx and we are not sure which one we have?i was told to look at the front bumper.ours looks like it had pop up headlights.we at one stage tried to get hold of a front bumper and some door seals but gave up in frustration..not everyone in australia is all that helpful.

[240hatchsx]

Welcome to nico and the body style you have is an s13 year range from 89-90 or 91-94 both came in hatchback or coupes. The 89-90 year was a sohc engine (ka24e) and was nicknamed the pig nose because of the front bumper protrudes out like a pigs nose would. The 91-94 year had dohc engine (ka24de) and these years had what is called the shark nose bumper because of the pointed shape of the front bumper. I hope this helps

[ssa3974]

[zacmil]

Yeah, that's an S13 240sx. In Japan there were two S chassis cars, the Silvia, which was a coupe and had fixed headlights, and the 180sx, which was a fastback/hatchback and had the pop-ups like yours. In America, the S chassis cars were called the 240sx and both the coupe and the hatchback were given the pop-up headlights from the 180sx.

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^^This contains a bunch of threads that should give you all kinds of general information about the 240sx, and I highly recommend that you check it out.

Also, welcome to Nico!

[S133P3R]

That looks awesome! Loving the paint too. It looks like you have a 1989 s13 (correct me if I'm wrong).
And welcome to nico!

[ssa3974]

thankyou all for your welcomes,the information you have given will help a lot.cheers.will try and give a full photo later,thanks wayne. Can't take credit for the car,bought it from a guy in queensland who brought it out from the states.runs well.(just has a dopey driver at the moment)

[S133P3R]

Were are you located in aus? Are there multiple motorsports facilities in your area?

[ssa3974]

we are in perth, western australia.kwinana motorplex is our racing complex for the drags.a good track to race on.the rest of the motorsports tracks are scattered around australia

[ssa3974]

Youtube link to 9.085sec pass at Perth Motorplex - from inside the car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4jIUVuGm7w
new personal best , 9.05 sec. chasing 8 sec pass. fingers crossed.

[ssa3974]

[ssa3974]

Fantastic, the car has now run an 8.84 sec pass @ 151.26 mph.(243.42 kph )

[2_Liter_Turbo]

I was sad when the old video link didn't work anymore! Car looks great, and a great time! Congrats!

[ssa3974]

Cheers for that, sorry the link doesn't work anymore. The car has performed well so far with the new mods and a good tune. Looking forward to doing some more good times, will try to get another video on line from in car cam.