Hello nico club. My name is kevin. I have been lurking on this web site for long time.
Ive had a good amount of 240sx's. 2 s14's and well this is my 4th hatch. I always got rid of them out of boredom. I like the motivation i get from having a new project. Well i never worked on them too deeply. I actually tried to get away from them after a while. Thats a different story however. Anyways, I came back. Ive been building it for about a year now. Its my first turbo car. First alot of things actually. Ive learned alot. Still learning.
So i saw it for sale extremely far from where i live. (not saying) lol. and well she was clean. Bone stock. automatic (YES! their always cleaner lol). 200kmiles. I aint care. Bought it. I made it back home. Went out to buy coil overs... and the trans blew. The guy sold me a lemon. Brake fluid in a trans sure helps its get sold. IF YOURE OUT THERE GUY ... F YOU. lol.

This is she. This was after the auto trans blew and put a 5 speed on the single cam.
Also has coilovers. Thats it. I have ALOT of pics to come. Stay stuned.

I had saved up money. I got tired of the single cam. It sucked and didnt belong.

I didnt compression test it. Didnt spin the crank... It just looked so good that i didnt bother. I looked to make sure certain bolts were still there. I just wanted one that wasnt messed with. This one has all heat shields and bolts on the cop cover.

After have putting down 1900 for think black top... I felt i had to go home with something. Grabbed the ecu. Held it in my hand all the way home ^_^... lol

Borrowed a truck! time for pick up. Grabbed some silvia floor mats while i was at it!... I love how it matches single cam interior. The fuzzy colors are awesome.

So parts sat around for a while. I needed time to get everything together. I got bored one day after work and decided to get the front support cut for intercooler mock up.


Their not so pretty stock when parked next to a beast. haha

Top view of it while on a rooftop. I can get a little bored sometimes !



Bought a used rad and hoses off a friend. Money saving is GOOD!


I then slowly started working on the sr. Cleaned it up some. Hoses and vac lines that could be deleted. Made it pretty .

I had alot of ideas for the engine bay. I picked a color that i didnt keep for long. Cause when the car got painted the bay got a little over spray on it so i had pulled it out again and resprayed another color. Youll see everything! but at the time i chose a nice aqua marine green!

But you guys will see that later. I started working on the clutch. I didnt know the condition of the clutch it had. I wouldnt sleep at night if i dropped it in with a used clutch. I bought a box of brake parts cleaner to get it all started. I like CLEAN.

It was actually VERY clean when i split the trans off the engine. But i cleaned it more anyways.

And on went a comp stage 2 clutch . I was going to replace the rear main and i wish i had. But it looked okay and i just didnt have time. But if it leaks one day.. big deal lol.

So here it goes. You guys are gona love this... I had 4 days. It was my daily at the time. I had 2 s13 hatches and well my daily one got hit and i parted it out like a month before i started this. Project 240 took me everywhere. I go to school and have a job. I only rest when i sleep at night. I had a 4 day weekend coming up. So i took advantage. On the first day i had a ASE test to go to and as soon as i got back i could rip it apart. In case any of you were curious it was my steering and suspension ASE and i did pass lol.


This motor mount sucked!

First day was mainly the tear apart day. Just wanted it all out. My garage as you can see is very small. I have to walk around the car on my side to get anywhere. SUCKS. O well i have to work with what i have. Also keep in mind i had both motors in the garage at the time. SPACE was limed. extremely limited lol.

The next day i began to work on it i was cleaning out the engine bay. lines, master, clutch master, the whole 9. I actually did this in broad day light in my apartment complex. I AINT CARE. LET SOME ONE SAY SOMETHING lol. JK im glad no one did. Not then at least...

This was me at the time in my engine bay. I was extremely entertained lol.

I had the worst luck on these 4 days i took to swap it. It rained like everyday. IT SUCKED SO HARD! But anyways.. bay was cleared of everything. Had some friends come over in their hood rat e36 and other s13 hatch and help push it over to my car wash for degrease and pressure washing. I also sanded it there too. Friends make great sanders. lol.

I was gona pass on painting the bay because of how much of a hassle it can be but some friends of mines really convinced me. They told me id be a idiot if i didnt do it. So i bought a compressor. I bought single stage paint ( its a bay , single stage will do fine) and a paint gun. I thought its like a spray can... easy right? well it kinda was. lol.
I think it came out fairly decent for a 20 year old idiot haha.


i had sprayed the bay at night. when i woke up i let it bake in the sun for like 1 hour. Some lady said something about how i cant do mechanics in my garage. i says " yeah , whatever" LOL. MIND YOUR OWN LADY. She was actually like a manger or something... anyways i didnt hear from her again. So i started putting all the parts back into the bay.

Ohh and it rained shortly after. Fun.

Sr was ready for bed. So me and my friend tucked her in. My hoist's arm is very short so it was a pain. A leveler would have helped but we muscled it in there.


It wasnt a full party with out a wiring specialties harness. It was worth every penny.

By the end of the night it was practically ready to turn on. I didnt want to start it how ever. It had to be perfect. So i waited for the next morning to overlook everything.

I felt like a little kid about to go to disney the next day. I could not wait.
Morning came.

And it started right up. Smooth idle. Not a single problem. It started first try.
I was a little disappointed because i just wanted to fix stuff haha.

Took it to the gas station. Thats my friend Michael.
SHOUT OUT TO PROSTHETIC LEG. Hes a local rapper. You can find him at bars and clubs taking your girl home.

She was done for the time being. I had to get more money together to go at it again.
If i was a drug addict ID HAVE MORE MONEY! lol. Cars are bad news. Anyways, so i put the front end back on and just drove. She felt awesome.

Wheels then became a problem i bought enjuku squares from a friend. Shiny big lips are always a good sight. Unless their all loose and flappy... avoid those lol.

The wing in the picture above was just placed there. Didnt really like it but made a cool picture.

The front pig nose bumper was due for changing it had alot of bondo and the pig lip was molded to it. It was just crap. Replaced it with a grey one and red lip.


I intern with toyota and had the class take a look. Looking at camrys all day isnt fun. I was pressure testing the cooling system. My heater hoses were playing games lol. My instructor has a firebird or one of those v8 things. He only believes in the 1/4 miles so he doesnt understand lol. If its not one of those big v8's it might as well be a honda. Ill run him at track one day and we'll see. haha


Heres a pretty night hard parked picture.

Week end came and i finally had time to thread my turbo outlet for my line. Army name fitting , a tap and a drill bit. I was a bit scared but came out nice.



Here are more nice pictures of just plain old driving and living life.

But the record isnt over yet. There's more music. ALOT MORE MUSIC. haha.
Prepping the car. Sanding and sanding. mostly just sanding.




Want to give a shout out to my friend. We all call him fat girl. Hes practically my dad. Hes taught me everything i know. I would watch him swap my friends cars in the garage. I did like 10 swaps before even doing my own. Well now hes painting my car. His shops name is THE CANDY SHOP.

GREEN PEARL AND CREAM. It has to look like a star bucks frappuccino driving down the road.

I was not having a good time sanding. Body work and i dont get along lol. Plus it was freaking HOT out. Nah nah nah nah. i just wanted ac and like a big gulp cup.





Finally got to wash it !

Well this is where ill stop for the night. If i dont reply very fast i am sorry. I work alot but ill be working on this thread every night. The pictures and progress is never ending. This thread will be LIVE!!! and it will deliver!! SO STAY TUNED. Here's a teaser of shortly after it was painted. Alright guys.. Gn.

Hell yes. Very nice man. Great work. I love seeing people accomplish things with little to no problems. Its a rare sight. I look forward to seeing more. Keep up the good work. Not my choice in motor or color but hey it looks fantastic man. SUBSCRIBED!

waxdnuggz wrote:Hell yes. Very nice man. Great work. I love seeing people accomplish things with little to no problems. Its a rare sight. I look forward to seeing more. Keep up the good work. Not my choice in motor or color but hey it looks fantastic man. SUBSCRIBED!

Thanks man i try. The color was ment to look old. It hasnt fully achieved the look i have in mind but when i resprayed the engine bay it made the color look alot better.
As for the SR! only other motor id put in there would be a toyota. haha.

Alright lets get back on it. Im tired but sleep is for the weak. I dont need it anyways.
Here are more progress pics on the sanding and masking and what not. Prep is boring but prep is important.




The man himself taking a break to spray some clients wheels.

Alright enough plain and white. Finally got some color on there !



Heres some pictures of it at work. I work at a miata shop incase any of you were wondering. We have parts cars. Do swaps. Sell parts... Miata heaven. Literally. Its called redline autosports if any of you were interested. We have it all.



But like i had said the green in the engine bay got kinda dull. All that cream over spray seeped through the hood.

The front bumper still needed work.



I then came with some goodies i picked up at enjuku. Its not very far. I feel very fortunate to be able to say that. lol. Ive already had a type x hatch. This one was to be different. Alot more simple. Clear 50-50 tails made it look so much better.

Stock body for me is the best. I didnt want type x again. Tracking those fender extensions sucked. I also really like poly. I cant do those fragile fiber glass body kits.
So pig nose for me is where its at.





My friends sil coupe and my hatch make the perfect color combo.

General maintenance as always. Full access to a lift is awesome.


Full house at the miata slore house. lol