Calling all STL Nissan owners

[PhaneSoul]

dun say a lil, itll turn into alot, esp in a deserted parking lot, an if its big ill bring the cones

[CarnivalHobo]

so does no one know if there is a visual inspection in MO...

[PhaneSoul]

visual inspection on the engine?

[fast_s13]

we dont have emissions out here where i live so i dont know about any of that..the guy that does my inspection on my car loves it they all want me in there car club

[240femme]

I know this is sort of off subject, but I figured with all the St. Louis Nissan owners coming here, it'd be a good place to ask.

I've found that no one really knows my car. I feel like I get screwed at the dealer and I feel like other mechanics guess at what causes my problems instead of just telling me they don't know the car. Does anyone know of a really good mechanic in the St. Louis area who knows their way around a 240sx? If only Nistech was in St. Louis instead of Cali...<sigh>

[kevy8up]

hey guys....im on the illinois side....(EAST SIDE!!!)..lol anyway. Im in Belleville, Just wanted to stop by and say hey...I do have a 91 240sx...HOWEVER...its dead, I believe. I dont have the money to fix it. So i was saving up for new motor. So ya the car is garaged. If anyone has a spare KA motor or knows how to work on em. Holla at me. if you guys meet ...i'd love to come check out the cars. Unfortunately im driving a beat up ole corsica...lol

laters all

[MECPInstaller]

Umm I really dont' know if there are any nissan specialist in our area but i really haven't gone out and looked. Whats the problems with yoru 240? I'm sure somebody in the forums would know and i sorta know my way around a 240, trying to slowly learn how to do all the repairs and mechanical stuff myself. Shoot me an email and i'll try to help you out.

[MECPInstaller]

sorry about the double post but didn't pay attention that there was a second page, just got home from 13 hours of driving and i'm out of it. Kevy i'm not too far from belleville maybe 20 minutes or so. What all happened to your engine, ever take it apart and see how f'd it really is?

[PhaneSoul]

heyy, mecp, ur back, lol, still havent got my clutch fixed.... but uhmmm, this paycheck im gonna c if i can salvage 50$ from it to fix her... ill have taxes paid off the 27th, and be able to fix and then legalize it after that.

[thekage]

so when we meeting?I will be in town next weekend to pick up my kids from the airport..

[MECPInstaller]

hmm where would be a good central location for all of us to get together.....

[fast_s14]

I am from Hermann also, and i would be interested in running up at gateway sometime. Did anyone on here go to NOPI at the end of july on here? Damn (fast_13) car has come along ways i remember when that thing was stock. Sweet car Tom.

[MECPInstaller]

I think Tuesday nights is Tuning Tuesdays at gateway. 20-25 bucks to race all night long. Correct me if I'm wrong but i think all the other nights are designated for specific race classes. I'll check out there site and see whats going on. I would say Hey 240 party at my place........ Unfortunatly I didn't make it to Nopi this year, but i made up for it in Toronto. The area i was in, Richmond Hill is heaven for street racing. Sooo many nice cars and every one wants to race, everyone should check it out up there at least once in there life. Well anyway i'm going to check out gateway's site and figure out when we all might be able to run up there.

[MECPInstaller]

Damn I should have looked before I posted up here. August 20-22nd is the NHRA Sport Compact series at Gateway. heres some info on it.....

NHRA Sport Compact Series Heading To Gateway (Lifestyle Festival Makes First Trip To Gateway) Rap artist and St. Louis native Murphy Lee will host a Hip-Hop Spectacle, featuring Ruka Puff, from 8:30-10:30 pm to close out the day’s events.

Madison, IL - Gateway International Raceway’s Championship Drag Strip will host the NHRA Sport Compact Series on August 20-22.

Now in its fourth season, the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series schedule will again contest 10 events in 2004. The series features This is the first year that Gateway will host the Sport Compact Series where racers compete for world championships in five classes: Pro RWD (rear-wheel drive); Pro FWD (front-wheel drive); Modified (rear-wheel drive); Hot Rod (front-wheel drive); All-Motor (no power adders). Last year, the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series consistently featured the biggest names in professional sport compact drag racing. The program will start on Friday evening with a Test and Tune for all professional and amateur racers. The qualifying rounds begin on Saturday at 2 pm, and the Sunday elimination rounds begin at 1:30 pm.

Friday night looks to be the Test and Tune night for it, Perfect for us. Everyone check your calenders and get back to this thread. theres more info on it on there site http://www.gatewayraceway.com/

[fast_s13]

so when we all going to meet up i about have my car running good enough for the track now

[92gvr4#333]

why don`t you all get together at the great river road and do a cruze? Hell hit some of the back roads while there as well.

[S13CoupeLuvr]

Where do I begin? Let me start off by saying that I, personally, would love to start a St. Louis chapter for NICO... and God am I glad you made this post. I was honestly about to do the same thing just 2 weeks ago. I currently own an '89 green/gray 106,XXX mile 240 coupe (will be SR-powered in about 2 months, if I stop delaying). This is my second S13 and my fourth Nissan that I've owned in three years. My brother is also currently working on his second S13; a white '91 hatch with cooling problems. We recently finished de-ricing that poor car. My best friend just bought his third S13 (charcoal gray '90 hatch; full autocross suspension, major beater, but soon to be RB-ed). His girlfriend has an '89 red no-options hatchback. My other best friend owns a '92 charcoal hatch which we are currently extracting the KA from in order to replace it with an RB25 with McKinney motor mount kit. I've got another very knowledgable friend who owns a black '93 hatchback (Kouki tails, full drift suspension, will be SR-ed in a month). Yet another one of my friends owns a purple (factory!) S14 with an S13 blacktop SR20 and lots of Blitz bodywork and Intercooler parts. Then there's the odd one out who owns a '93 (?) maroon 300ZX TT (70,XXX original miles). Needless to say, I know that at least 5 of the people I just mentioned would love to attend Nissan meets here in the St. Louis area. Most of us use NICO as a means for advice and ideas. I have been using NICO for advice quite a bit over the past year-and-a-half (formerly S13HatchLuvr). I hope to hear more of this idea soon...

[MECPInstaller]

Yeah we definatly need to figure out a date, time and location. Somethign kinda centralized since we're all spread out around the area..... and suggestions anyone?

[S13CoupeLuvr]

Yes, let's hear more about this, please. I'll talk to all of my friends if you guys can come up with a date/time and see what we can work out... PM me if you're interested.

[fast_s13]

i'll be heading up to gateway on sep 26th a bunch of the older guys in town are going up there to run and me and my friends are taking the 240 so if anyone wants to meet up let me know