Down & Dirty - 93' 240SX S13

[Malefic]

THE WORK BEGINS!this is all after iv stripped the car down.

Well my friends, most of you might be shocked once you see the photos of this project.. others may understand. but this is my car, or whats left of it. i bought this pile for 2 grand cash CAN . the motor has just over 100k and the interior is mint. BUT the previous driver of this 240 used it for a winter beater and anything the salt touched just destroyed.. and i mean DESTROYED.so here it is. any help would be so appreciated



driver sideframe/rocker

passenger sideframe/rocker

trunk hole.under the hole behind the wheel-well.

and yes.. the car in fact have the Super HICAS.

[albert_ey]

Man o' man. I had a '73 Z from Oregon that wasn't that bad!! It can be fixed! It will just require a lot of patience and $$$. Don't give up!!!

[nikl240]

dude if you can fix that I'll fly you to new york and pay you to fix mine. Where the frame curves around the firewall is completely rotted out and i didnt think it would be safe to try to fix.

[need4gforce]

throw that thing away! or part it out! Looks like a nightmare.. if you can fix all that you are the ****!

[Malefic]

My friends I have already started I went to the car hold last night and did measurements for the left rocker panel, and with my father being an engineer I used one of his designing programs to come out with this.

[pr240sx]

The only problem you could encounter is that the rockers and subframe are rotten and they are 2 parts now.

Although is fixable, you will need to fabricate some sort of subframe to reinforce the rutted almost non existent one. Floors and firewall are fixable.

Be sure to recheck measurements after you finish of you will have a nightmare aligning and driving that car.

Its easier to sell that and buy a shell than to repair that.....but thats up to you

[timchan]

reminds me of mei'm on my 3rd my 1st was okbut by my 2nd i had filled anoutdoor trash can full of rustcorn flakes

and to make matters worse,it was a repair of someone elsesrepair

but good luck to youhope u got alot of argon gas inyour welder

timbuffalo,nyrust belt

[Malefic]

The only problem you could encounter is that the rockers and subframe are rotten and they are 2 parts now.

I'm not too sure I completely understand what you mean by this.

[480sx]

You paid way, way to much for that car.

[CARkid]

wow man, that's going to be a huge project... you are God if you can fix that, so props to you...

however, I too think you paid too much for it

[pflicht]

As said above... You paid WAY to much for that car. You should part it out and use that $$$ to buy a new one in a LOT better condition imho.

[Malefic]

for where I live I have not seen any around guys, i drove to kitchener for this pile. thats a good 4 hour drive from my location. But I am taking measurements for the rockers, inside wall which attaches to floor and rocker panels. and the 2 main frame rails from front to about half way down the car. Cutting them out and replacing with hand made ones. Then the simple floor pan structure and side bondo work.

[Malefic]

well after further inspection iv decided to replace both of the 2 frame rails, front to back instead of just the rusted areas. in which case I have to take out the rear end.. I have never done this before but i think if I put the 2 jack stands on the frame near the back. take my break cables out, drop the rear end and drive shaft. then put the jack stands under where the rear end was mounted too on the rear cross member. it looks strong enough. but can any of you second my opinion on this?

[240-slide-ride]

looks exactly like mine without the rust

[1sikS13]

Diablo II game open? i used to play that......then i got my two fourty and i havent played since

[240FeVeR]

I'm sure you're going to hear the same broken record play a lot "you paid too much". Fact is, you did. Ebay has a a lot of 240's, so does craigslist, I wish you had just used a little patience and waited until you found something better. Right now around my area is a 93 240 selling for $600, which Im sure could be sold for $400. I could have had that shipped to you and you would have had a running car (that needs paint) for half what you paid there without having to drive 4 hours to pick it up. Now you have to dump more than $3500 on top of what you paid (MINIMUM). Cars like that are money pits.

Sorry bro, im sure it'll be a learning experience for you, but in my opinion it's not worth it.

[Malefic]

so I go the rear struts out, break calipers, and break lines cut. I am going to drop the rear end and drive shaft tomorrow. is their anything I should know before I do this? first time around.

[BMAR240SX]

That rust is creepy to look at

[duffman1278]

wow man you got a HUGE project there. Autocad FTW too!

Btw, you still play diablo 2? I thought my friend was the ONLY person left to play that old game haha

[1sikS13]

on a serious note though if you bend up them rockers in full length make sre you post it up for the people on Nico. It will be interesting to see how they turn out

[Malefic]

OF COURSE! I plan to do a full out reconstruction of this car.. and this site will see the process. i'm about to go out and drop my transmission, drive shaft and rear end. then the measurements of frame will be done and ill be sending out the designs for both frame rails and both rockers. I will post pictures of these when i receive them and after they are welded. cheers!

[sirgilbert357]

You are strangely optimistic man...I honestly don't see the point in restoring that car. So the interior is mint, big deal? You could redo an entire interior for less than you will spend safely rebuilding that car. It has HICAS, thats cool and all, but its probably not worth rebuilding the system just to keep the car since I bet it will need a lot of work too. We haven't even factored in the amount of time you will spend working on it instead of driving it. I hope you dont have a family or wife, lol. Just part it out (keep the interior if you want for your next 240) to re-coup some money and go out and buy a different 240 that isn't effed up. You haven't complained yet about the cost of this little endeavor, so I assume money isn't an object. Just cut your losses, man. The others are right, bro, 240's are all over the web, just do a search. You'll get buyers remorse quick and realize how much more car you could get for your money if you were dropping your cash on motor mods, suspension, etc instead of FRAME REPAIR...blah. Its an investment, and youre not looking at the big picture of how you could make your money work for you. Just my two cents...flame me if you will though.

[silpena]

i hope u weld in something across the frame when u remove the rocker panel so you don;t distort the frame. I have frame spec sheet if you know how to measure the frame and keep points. I can try to see and scan it. I keep just in case i ever get any frame damage.

[Malefic]

that would be great man thanks! my email is [email protected]

[Malefic]

well im racking in some fast money so time to get rid of it lol... *teer*anybody have anything for sale that might be of use to me?

[90_rb20]

Hey Male, get in touch with me. I live in Mobile but I have a complete rolling chassis that is utterly rust free w/ clean title I will sale you to aide in the project. I'd take 600 for the roller w/ title.

Ill try to post pics some time and you can just let me know.

Otherwise tell me what you need and Ill hack it off for you. The car is useless to me

[theother1wstolen]

god. damn. thats all i can say, my katrina 240 that i bought that sat under salt water for at least a week doesn't even look like that. Good luck man.

[Somers Racing Innovations]

Malefic, I have a 1991 s13 (hatch) american car very clean with 3 sets of wheels and mounted tires. 2 are snows on steals and the other a low pro tire mounted on nice summer rims. Car is red and super clean. Let me know if you are intrested. I am in Newmarket south of you about 25-30 min.Peter

[Malefic]

Great guys thats really helpful I emailed both of you

[S13pign0se]

good luck with that projekt man.but i think u did pay wayyy to much for it.i bought a 1990 hatch with 50,000 original miles for 2grand cash.and it has little rust.