My 240sx Project car

[mrzabala]

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Modified by mrzabala at 1:18 PM 1/23/2007

[Driftless240]

Nice Change. No hatin from me and

(Please do not post anything negative as this is my car and my goals, thank you.).

[D*star]

Nice..good luck with it.Where did you get that rear bar for that much?

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

Nice ride...got some exterior shots?

[mrzabala]

Ebay= Their all the same except the nice price and if you get the titanium one for a couple hundred more (not worth it in my opinion unless your rich but then again go by a skyline). I got the sparco steering wheel off cardomain store: they beat the price if you have proof of another place selling them. http://www.ioportracing.com/ I live about 3 miles away from them so Ill be buying parts and equipment from them when I get ready for drifting.

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Modified by mrzabala at 8:46 PM 8/17/2006

[amolao]

Nice setup and future plans, I like that DC bar, looks beefy back there....Now update the thread with more pics.....

[217zenki]

lol

[NSR240sxe]

Looking good Good luck with the project

[AkademikONE]

In 5 months:VLSD 2 way

Huh??

[adrianfromthecastle]

dam, that rear stb is beefy!lol..

VLSD 2 way

ive never heard of a 2 way viscious. anyways, imo, i think coilovers should be your first thing you should work on. and as for the ca18.... imo, not chassis compliant

[vutony]

i rather get suspension than the motor

[~4N~]

+1 for suspension and some kind of a locking diff.

[mrzabala]

Modified by mrzabala at 1:18 PM 1/23/2007

[naed240sx]

Nice choice in STB. DC > *

Now it's time for you to get rid of all that carpet and sound tar.

[mrzabala]

Can you hear the noise now and more than when you had the carpet and sound tar? How is it on the freeway going around 60-80?

[naed240sx]

Can you hear the noise now and more than when you had the carpet and sound tar? How is it on the freeway going around 60-80?

Yeah. My car is loud. I have coilovers with solid pillowball mounts, subframe spacers, and a 2.5" exhaust. It's not unbearable though. Never had a girl complain, so it must not be that bad. You can hear cool clunking noises, the differential, frame creaks, and other badass noises though, so it's worth it.

[mrzabala]

wow I think you just convinced me to take it off. I was going back and forth on Im leaving it on or Im taking it off, then I stayed with it. Alright consider my next project to take the stuff off. What paint did you use? Did you primer first before the paint? thanks

[nismofly]

alright im with other people, youve got a nice list, just the order in which youre doing stuff should change around a bit

you didnt say what you plan on using the car for, but if its either drifting or road racing of any kind, id highly recommend doing coilovers next, before anything else...this way you can run some track days with them...you dont need a cage and harnesses to run at the track

after that you need something brake wise

after that get to the cage, seats, harnesses, etc etc

then finally tackle the engine

[Kittychubbs]

Looks great!!that Back strut bar looks really beefy I like it!!i need one by the way. Ill check ebay.

[mrzabala]

Thanks. I got new shocks in the rear and Id like to be able to use them up for a a month or 2. But Ill definately change the list since the engine is in great shape. My plan for the car is drifting/daily driver so about 1 week a month to the track, until I get a nice hybrid (prius) for daily driving and have this car for the track.

[naed240sx]

wow I think you just convinced me to take it off. I was going back and forth on Im leaving it on or Im taking it off, then I stayed with it. Alright consider my next project to take the stuff off. What paint did you use? Did you primer first before the paint? thanks

Appliance enamel. It's scratch resistant, heat resistant, easily cleanable, and very hard. Great stuff. It reccomended not using primer.

I removed the tar with dry ice, sanded the remaining tar off, then lightly sanded all of the surfaces. I then masked off the windows and such, and sprayed on the paint. It is really good paint. It came out super even, and doesn't chip or scratch badly.

[mrzabala]

thanks for the tips. Consider it part of my project now.

[574-240sx]

Nice start so far. You have some nice parts planned out.

[koukicody]

nice and simple. sounds good to me. good luck dude

[koukicody]

sorry to thread jack real quick, but naeds240sx does your car get really hot inside with the black enamel paint???

[naed240sx]

sorry to thread jack real quick, but naeds240sx does your car get really hot inside with the black enamel paint???

So many people were warning me about that when I was thinking about doing it that I almost didn't. I personally didn't notice much difference if any when compared to how hot it would get before painting it. Obviously when you leave the car sitting for awhile in the sun, it gets hot, and that surface itself get's hotter than it did before, but its not noticeable. Even during 102 degree days, it only takes a minute for my AC to cool down the car.

Cliffs: I wouldn't worry about it.

[koukicody]

yeah, i figured it wouldnt be too bad. thanks fot the reply. its always good to reference stuff.

dahm i want a s13. my kouki isnt that fun any more.

[wa-chiss]

well I like the list as like many others but one thing I would change: 2-2.5" exhaust for a turbo? Man you need to go 3" w/ high flow cat! other than that enjoy and good luck

[mrzabala]

Its been a while since Ive posted my project. Ive had posion oak pretty much all over me and forest pest attacking me so I been out for about a month long story made short= I was in woods cutting down some oaks that fell on my 2nd bridge.... I've just sold my engine and transmission. Im getting ready to remove all the carpet, moldings, sound dampening tar, and the automatic seatbelts. The engine will be out next week and Ill plan to stick with the goals. Pictures coming soon.

[mrzabala]

Things will be getting changed around as I sold my engine and transmission. I'll be getting ready to remove my engine and transmission with help from a friend. Ill have some pictures this afternoon of what Ive done. 9-13-06 And also I decided to remove pretty much all the interior and have it prepped for paint thanks to naed240sx, most of it will be gone and Ill only have the the dash and center console and maybe the door untouched. I wont be able to do the differential until I get an engine in since I dont want an LSD to sit for a couple months nor some other things I planned.. Bummer.