Help with my upgrades

[sleeper 240]

Hey guys I just bought my 92 240sx and I want to put a turbo on it eventually but its not in my budget right now. Can anyone give me suggestions on what to do first to make it perform better to get it ready for the turbo in the future? I already have shocks and struts, wheels and tires, and short ram intake.

Colin

[chad_KAT]

Sounds like your first turbo set-up. tell us your goals and budget...THIS plays a big role on your set-up and fuel managment.

[Jookmasta]

check timing chain and other maintenance stuff.........................

[sleeper 240]

my main goal for the future is to be pushing 400whp at the least. I dont care if its street legal I want it to be a touring car. My budget is verry low, like 1k for the whole system right now thats why i want to wait for later to get more money. the money will come in slowly cuz im in high school. my engine has 130k miles on it right now so id probabilly have to rebuild it or buy a new one.

[wild_maxx]

you have to be crazy to think your going to get 400 hp with a 1k limit. i know you are talking about in the future but even a low budget turbo system is over 1k. search around.

[sleeper 240]

yea i know thats why id get the turbo after high school when i can spend a lot more on it

[sleeper 240]

yea man i may be crazy looking for 400hp but my theory on life is if your gonna do it do it as big as possible and do it right.

[turbo98_240sx]

yea man i may be crazy looking for 400hp but my theory on life is if your gonna do it do it as big as possible and do it right.

For 1k your not gonna do anything right nor big. you need a little more research bro.

[sleeper 240]

thats not what im saying. Im saying that if i bought my turbo right now 1k is all id have to spend on it. Thats why im waiting for later when i can spend more than 3k on the turbo at least.

[nismofly]

take that 1k now, finish the suspension by getting bushings, various bars/braces, etc., youll need z32 brakes to keep it under control, and a nice lsd would help a lot too

also i just noticed you dont have an exhaust yet, thats something that youll be able to use before and after the turbo, cant say the same for the intake...anyway look into a nice exhaust, that will help

[sleeper 240]

for the lsd are you talking about something like thes 300zx lsd that ive seen on the clasified ads on nico?

[nismofly]

anything from a vlsd from a 240 if you dont have one already all the way to a full clutch type

you say you want a touring car, i take it no drifting then...if you want a clutch type get a 1.5 way

you can also get an hlsd from quaife or an s15, either way theres things you have to do to get an hlsd

for a vlsd im going off the assumption your car doesnt have one already, you might look into that...if it doesnt, 240sx, 180sx, j30, z32, all bolt in IIRC

[sleeper 240]

for a vlsd im going off the assumption your car doesnt have one already, you might look into that...if it doesnt, 240sx, 180sx, j30, z32, all bolt in IIRC

i dont know if i have on, How would i find out?

[wild_maxx]

look at the diff. from under the car and if there is an orange sticker that says "vlsd" then you have one. or you can jack up the read end of the car and spin one wheel and watch the other one. if they both sping the same way then you have a vlsd.

[sleeper 240]

Yea, couldent find an orange sticker. But i did find a lot of holes in my exhaust!

[sleeper 240]

does anyone know if an HKS HI-power exhaust from a 95 240 fit on my 92 240?

[nismofly]

nope because of the different chassis

if you couldnt find the orange sticker chances are youll need to get an lsd...the vlsd from s13s is a good place to start

[sleeper 240]

whats the difference between the lsd and the vlsd?

[onosqv]

whats the difference between the lsd and the vlsd?

Have you even bothered reading the stickies at the top of each forum area?????????

turbo crap: zerothread?id=99647

vlsd lsd crap:zerothread?id=11638

I hate spoon feeding ppl, but I do it cuz I'm just so gosh darn nice....

[nismofly]

eh ill make it easy...

vlsd is a type of lsd, the v stands for viscous (sp?), it basically uses thick fluid to create the limited slip action, whereas the clutch type uses a series of clutches

[Jookmasta]

[sleeper 240]

is this a good exhaust system? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...&rd=1

[somthin240]

No. http://w1.igateway.com/clients...=form this is a good exhaust. that one MIGHT be okay. what I'm trying to say is it's all subjective.

P.S RE-SEARCH

[nismofly]

try any of our sponsors, theyll be more helpful than ebay

[sleeper 240]

P.S RE-SEARCH

Hey man thats what I do all day once I get home from school besides work on my car. And asking questions is on way i research. But trust me Ive been looking at exhausts for about a week now and I dont want to spend too much money thats why i use ebay. Ebay is where i got my shocks struts and intake from for cheap.

[onosqv]

Hey man thats what I do all day once I get home from school besides work on my car. And asking questions is on way i research. But trust me Ive been looking at exhausts for about a week now and I dont want to spend too much money thats why i use ebay. Ebay is where i got my shocks struts and intake from for cheap.

Obviously, you're not searching right . If you check out other exhaust threads, you'll realize BRM Exhaust (owned by AZHitman/Greg who also runs this board) is arguably one of the best exhausts.

He has tons of options to choose from in regards to material, piping, resonator size, muffler tip (2 choices), etc. AWESOME QUALITY, I have one sitting in my garage right now waiting to be installed later w/ the turbo.

[Nismo_Freak]

An exhaust is an exhaust for the most part.

Those 3" Ebay systems will have the same gains as most others out there on the market.

I've owned about 5 different exhausts for my 2 240's and honestly why bother not getting the EBay junk. It's simply too cheap and it works.

Oh and to the poster.

Go ride in a 200 - 250whp 240 ... it will re-align your conception of what you want and give you a very good idea of what 100whp feels like. I think you will be surprised.

[sleeper 240]

If you check out other exhaust threads, you'll realize BRM Exhaust (owned by AZHitman/Greg who also runs this board) is arguably one of the best exhausts.

He has tons of options to choose from in regards to material, piping, resonator size, muffler tip (2 choices), etc. AWESOME QUALITY, I have one sitting in my garage right now waiting to be installed later w/ the turbo.

yea but how much is that? Probabilly more than i want to spend. All i need is a $400 or cheaper exhaust.

[somthin240]

your best bet then is to go to a muffler shop. have them make the setup you want and get a magnaflow to cap it off. in the end you will get what you want. I've done it for various cars and it never cost me more than $300 bucks.

[Craving4Boost]

save the 1k...dont spend it....sell all your suspension stuff your car will be fine without it. after that...save up more and more and dont stop..then spend all that money and ull be boosting

i starved during my time saving money up for boost....currently still starving all worth it