I used to have a '95 s14 Stock 240sx and she was the coolest thing since free online p0rn..
it's the second one to the right.. excuse the cheesy old picture.. lol.. it was like over 6 years ago.. in torrance visiting friends and family
then one rainy evening.. on my way to work on the freeway.. i hydroplaned on a large puddle of water.. felt the rear slide out and spun me around sending me into a concrete wall backwards @ about 50..
it's kinda of a bummer story and the bank who gave me the loan is still screwing me but that is neither here nor there and I will get on..
I bought a $500 civic hatch pos, it got stolen, retrieved, and I sold it.. bought an 88 toyota 4wd pickup.. great great great machine.. I had a lot of fun on this truck both fixing it up, daily driving it, and mashing it on the weekends, but as time went on.. I felt a familiar itch..
...I need another 240...
This calling only intensified when while trolling craigslist one evening I saw a listing for someone who owned a, what seemed to be, nearly perfect s13 inside and out..
at the bottom of the page it read: looking to trade for 4wd longbed pickup pref. nissan
HOT DAMN! I did'nt have a longbed, and it wasn't a nissan, but shoot, with how clean my truck is I was sure he couldn't turn it down..
so I called him the next day and told him about my truck and he told me about his s13..
he came by later that day and checked out my truck, it wasnt what he was quite looking for so he sugguested I could probably get more selling my truck itself and buying his for 2200..
whatever I'll try it..
put it on craigslist the same day for $3000 and phone started ringing almost immediatly, I went for a couple test drives but one local hippie chick ended up taking it.. it worked out great for me too cause it had no cat and wouldnt smog.. so i bought her a cat.. gave it to her with the truck and she said she'd have it installed AND smogged.. word.. also I had done a cab swap with a cleaner cab and bed so NONE of the vins matched.. she took care of that too.. double word..
so I sold my truck for $3000, and talked the very strange old guy down to $2000 for the s13.. (sounds like a lot but we don't get many clean ones locally)
and voila! I had my very own 240sx again!
so the body is really straight.. just a couple small dents on the pass. side rear bumper.. and the interior was IMMACULATE.. which was really important to me.. but after the first week or so passed, the usual 200,000+ miles and 20+ years on the road-ish problems started occuring.. 2nd and 3rd gear was grinding really bad..idle was really bad, but only sometimes.. and the car wouldn't usually stay running without slight pressure on the gas pedal.. plus it was sohc and kinda gutless due to its age.. and I was pretty frustrated with it..
what to do.. what to do...
so after a while.. and after saving a pretty good chunk of change..
I finally decided to order an sr20det motor and transmission from jspecmotorsports and put my sohc to rest..
it arrived less than a week later:
..omfg it was more beautiful than i ever could have anticipated..
as were the first two parts I ordered for it..
act 6 puck sprung clutch and apexi intake filter kit
then time for more saving.. ugh...
.. Yea keep goin its been a while since i read a good build story here.
