Help with the 240sx

[Sonikfuri]

I just recently got back into imports and cars, but the only problem is that I don't know **** about cars. I've been learning from one of my friends and I've learned alot, but where can I learn what I need to in order to seem like a educated tuner? I know I want to get a 98' 240sx and that it runs off a sr40det (or something like that) but besides that I don't know anything about it. Is there a place where I can learn about the 98 240sx and it shows me what everything does? Or like a site that tells me the performance upgrades that I can do to it and what they do? I want the 240sx to be my first car and use it as a daily driver that can whoop up some *** and look good while doing it. Any help is very much apperciated.

Thanks, Wade

[GrilledCheese33]

Welcome to nico!

Ok, youve got much to learn about the 240sx chassis. First off you say you want a 98 240, right? No it doesn't come with a sr40det. all 240's from 1991 to 1998 came with the KA24DE inline 4 cylinder Dual overhead cam 155 hp, 160 lb/ft. torque engine, which looks like this:My engine:

Alright, about the engine. If you want an sr, you have to swap one in. In japan their right hand drive version of the 240 is called the silvia. It comes with the SR20DET, which is what i am guessing is the engine you are talking about. Most people do this, but i suggest keeping and turboing the KA. But being you don't know much about cars, hold off on the swap or turbo for a while.

s13 chassis: 89-94

Now i will give you some general info on the car: The 240 came into production in 1989 with the pignose front end:



and a single overhead cam 140 hp / 155 ft. LB torque engine :



Then in 1991 the car got a change. It got the DOHC engine(first pic) and a different front end:



the s13 is also offered as a coupe:



and covertible:



Convertibles came into play in 1992 i believe and in 1994, all 240 models were convertibles.

Now on to the s14.

The s14 started production in 1995 and from 95 to 96 came with the zenki front end.

My sexy pearl white zenki:

Dont mind the supra, its the best pic of my car at the moment.

Now on to the 97-98. in these years, they are referred to as the kouki front end: Its a little more agressive looking, and note these are expensive(12K or so) and are hard to come across



Thats your general 240 info there. Now there is so much more to learn. Just hit the blinking red search button in the top right corner, it is a newbs best friend. If you utilize this button, you can learn all you need to know about the s chassis, or tuners for your matter. I hope i helped and good luck with your new car. Read the info you get from the search and it will never let you down. There is so much to learn from nico! And others will chime in where i left off so keep checking your thread!

[lofapoo]

Cheese, you know how to teach the newbies well.

Sir, I give you all the props I can ever give, but you may take 'em with a grain of salt.

[GrilledCheese33]

Cheese, you know how to teach the newbies well.

Sir, I give you all the props I can ever give, but you may take 'em with a grain of salt.

Thanks man, I try. I want to teach our no0bs well Then they learn the right way! The jdm hotness way!

[Sonikfuri]

thnx for the help. I'm getin up early tomarrow now so i can do some research. Damn.....I'm such a noob lol

[Veriest1]

Quote »where can I learn what I need to in order to seem like a educated tuner?[/quote]Wouldn't you rather just be an educated tuner instead of a poser?

Seriously though, welcome to NICO, enjoy your time here yadda yadda....

Anyway, an often overlooked resource is http://en.wikipedia.org/ and http://www.howstuffworks.com. Those two sites in conjunction with NICO should keep you busy for countless days and weeks if you're really interested in learning how cars work.

Here's some good suspension information... zerothread?id=102471And it's probably more than you ever wanted to know but you have to be able to keep that power down and going where you want it.