Down but not out small KA-T build.

[95zenki man]

Whats up people of nico!

I guess I should start off with a little about myself? Lets see the names Alan, currently living in Durham NC. The young young age of 18. just picked up my first 240sx about 2 weeks ago ( for what I think was a hell of a deal.) she needs a lot of work but I have nothing but time. Anyways I have decided to take her off the road for a little while and get some base stuff out of the way an over with. So as of right now the plan is to buy an build a KA-T. Take the molded body kit off (going back stock for now) find a nice set of 17’s an then paint.
I guess I will list of a few things I have planed.

Stance GR + pro coilovers
Circuit sports front an rear control arms
Circuit sport tie rods
Stance rear toe rods.
Not sure on sway bars yet.
Rota P45r (17 x 9.5)
New vis cf hood.
Stock front an rear bumpers.
Cusco front an rear strut bars.
(more to come on body/ suspension)

Megan racing top mount turbo manifold
Apexi N1 ExTi exhaust
Garrett t28
Not sure on an intercooler yet.
(more to come on this list to a lot missing.)

Still trying to think about what colors I want, I honestly don’t like black or red cars. And I would kind of like to do something a little different seeing as the car isn’t going to be anything real bad a**. An hell no to the 2 tone.

On to the pics.


The day I got her home. (looks like crap with the bumper an stock rims, oh an the 2 tone.)




New fender on an primed. (need a new headlight)


pics of the body an what not.








Looks like I have a lot of work ahead but nothing that cant be done. Let me know what you think back to stock body or leave the kit an get a new front bumper? Any impute or advice is welcome to. Look forward to getting you guys opinions and learning. Should have parts showing up by next week.

[sandcrabsailor]

I'm down for the stock look. Less attention from the police so you can play with your KA-T a bit more. Plus you have fewer idiots trying to drag race you on the street. THE DAY I flat-blacked my hatch I had a handful of hondas revving their engines at me. Stock all the way, until you can walk away from anything on wheels.
Might be cheaper too. More money for motor.
Oh, and welcome!

[95zenki man]

Yeah i am defiantly down for the no popo, already got an 88 in a 70 2 days after i got the car. i should have the front an rear bumper tomorrow, i think i am going to go ahead an sand the car down an get her ready for paint in the morning...

[mrgreeneyes]

t28 and topmount dont jive, homie.

best of luuuuuck

[95zenki man]

Long time without the net, update later with a new parts list. And pics up to now. It's coming along.

[mixeds14]

lol. i almost bought that car, the only thing that stop me was the molded body kit... the guy is fromabout ten min. away from me...
but for what he wanted for the car, was a good deal, hate being automatic though.. hope u take care of it more than he did..

[95zenki man]

i hear ya man, yeah the kit is off now and i am doing the body work... i guess i will go ahead and do the list.

-New exhaust came in last night, ISIS dual tip n1 knock off.

- t3 log manifold
- hks ssqv blowoff
- Garrett T3/T4E 57Trim Turbo
-BFMIC
- SR 3" downpipe
- HKS 720cc injectors
- wideband 02 sensor
- z32 maf
- AEM fuel pressure reg
- apexi safc neo
- greedy e manage
- stage 4 clutch kit
- nismo dil shift knob
-er spec one peace drive shaft

built bottom end, rebuild on the head.

- Stance GR + pro coilovers
-megan racing rear lower arms
- megan racing rear upper arms
- megan front control arms
-cussco front os strut bar
- gt spec rear lower tie brace

-Work VS-XX
18 x 10 -18
18 x 9 +0

also looking at the advan super v2. but i like a nice lip so idk we will see.
pics will prob be up in the morning time to go grab a beer an party it up.

[95zenki man]

day or 2 after i got it, 2 tone had to go.


Back at vir maybe 2-3 weeks after i got it.



bondo bye bye. body kit coming off.





white on so i can start body work.



putting some 17s on for the time. till i can get the works.







there soooo small!




How it sits as of right now, motor coming out this weekend, parts are showing up day by day. new brides should be here next week.

[95zenki man]

got the exhaust on, sounds good i like it. coilovers on there way, should be here next week. working on cutting a deal on some vsxx's right now to.

[motoman399]

ditch the greddy emanage

[95zenki man]

Yeah I'm going with aem ems. After looking at my goles it will work better

[mn011890]

nice work man. its really coming along and do i spy an evo in one of those pics?

[95zenki man]

not sure if yall had seen this or not but its what happed to me the other night.

Around 11:30 Monday night I was getting on the highway, on my way home from dropping some marts off. Right as I got up to speed on the on ramp (65-70ish) I felt the front start to move around, now I didn’t think to much of it and then the back kicked out. At this point im like s*** s***! I can’t drift!! So I do what I know best and try to pull it back in….yeah that didn’t work to good. Started spinning 2 or 3 times I think it was (somehow not hitting anything. ) I managed to avoid the guardrail… All good right? Nope seeing as on the other side was a long hill going right into the highway. Well I said F it at this point and aimed for the hill. To my luck this was the best move. Managed to get it slowed down as I was going down the hill and stopped right b4 the highway ( that was one hell of a ride going down the hill).

I probably just sat there in my car for 2-3 minutes and smoked a cig trying to calm down a little ( at the time I was more worried about the car then anything and didn’t want to see what was wrong)

I finally mange to get out of the car and look up the hill, what do I see you ask??? My rear bumper and half of my exhaust. At this point I was like ok good. Its not as bad as it could have been, walked up and got all the stuff laying on the ground. Now I wanted to know why the hell it slid out on me.. I sure as hell know I don’t have that kind of power. Walk up to the road and bust my a** on some black ice……go figure right. Adding insult to injure.


Well that’s pretty much the good part of the story, on the way home I blew my motor up and found out I bent a rim, and cracked a LCA, and blew out my rear suspension. I guess in the long run it s easer and cheaper to replace all that then try to buy a new 240.

so all that was on Monday... new coilovers and LCA's came in yesterday was going to put them on but got to busy drinking and burning s***...so they will be on in just a bit.

[95zenki man]

coilovers on!! not happy with the way its sitting right now, needs to go a bit lower in the front. but its a start.

[supratrdlova]

helll ya nice build, im 18 and in charlotte. i got a white s14 also, good luck with the build

[motoman399]

sorry to hear about your black ice incident. what coilovers did you get again?

[mixeds14]

damn it looks low enough to me.... what? u wanna scrape the roads for us when it snows?.. lol..

u have any spacers on the fronts by any chance..

[95zenki man]

Thanks guys,

Yeah she's low……still have a lot of room to go lower though, just that crapy ebay exhaust sitting to low so I can't and the wiering harnis in the front fender.

No spacers like I said just temp wheels till i can find some works.

[95zenki man]

Thanks guys,

Yeah she's low……still have a lot of room to go lower though, just that crapy ebay exhaust sitting to low so I can't and the wiering harnis in the front fender.

No spacers like I said just temp wheels till i can find some works.

Few more pics from before and after




About to go get some more parts

[s13sickboi]

not sure if yall had seen this or not but its what happed to me the other night..........

OH $hit man! ive poppd in and seen this build thread but never posted. And i read bout the black ice incident at a different time and didn't know it was you! glad to see you and the s14 made it thru alright man good luck!

[95zenki man]

Some new toys

[motoman399]

^^ sweet, although im a little confused about the turbo being bolted on the wrong way, and the external wastegate.. strange. mind clarifying?

[95zenki man]

^^ sweet, although im a little confused about the turbo being bolted on the wrong way, and the external wastegate.. strange. mind clarifying?

i will do my best,

we where just pulling all the parts off of my boys car to put on to mine, manifold is top mount, and the external wastgate was i guess you could say blown off. i will try to find the picture of that, so i will be getting a new manifold.

On his car:


external wastgate


funny thing is he was trying to find out why he didnt have boost. we couldnt find out then i looked at the manifold on the floor and was like oh $hit there ya go.

[JonathanPrem]

What kinda of fmic setup are you running. I'm going Ka-T this winter and im still deciding on what to use. I'm leaning towards powered by max hmic setup or godspeed Ka fmic.

[95zenki man]

What kinda of fmic setup are you running. I'm going Ka-T this winter and im still deciding on what to use. I'm leaning towards powered by max hmic setup or godspeed Ka fmic.

i have 3 intercoolers, 2 of them are ebay, and the other is a greedy. i will most likly go with the new ebay one just because the greedy one is beat all to hell.

hit me up i have a t28 and some other turbo parts i can sell you if you are looking for anything.

[JonathanPrem]

thanks for the offer but I already sourced out my KA-T. Only thing left over for me to buy is fmic ,enathply ecu and some random things. Funny thing is my cars basically opposite color of your car, Black with white hood . Will shall be twins . Once you get your fmic can you send me a PM please in case i dont pop in when you get it installed
Good luck

[95zenki man]

No problem man, i can do that. im still trying to decide on a color to go with im stuck right now between the R14 s14 gray, the is300 blue, and white. what do you guys think?

[RJ757]

Nice build man and as far as the paint it depends on what color your works are going to be

[95zenki man]

got some new tail lights to replace the tinted ones. looks 10x better i think.

only pic i have right now seeing as its snowing.

[OM3GA]

What kinda of fmic setup are you running. I'm going Ka-T this winter and im still deciding on what to use. I'm leaning towards powered by max hmic setup or godspeed Ka fmic.

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