My 240sx to 350sx restoration/conversion build thread

[gregfarz78]

My 240sx to 350sx restoration/conversion build thread

Guess its about time I do one of these I've had the car since april its no where near done but I've made some nice progress so far.

Before I bought the car it was rocking a 450hp SR and looked like this



The previous owner who owns his own shop building some badass cars stripped it and planned on doing a VQ swap so I got a low mileage engine and 2 z33 6 spd transmissions off him.



good way to clean the underbody of a car lol

delivered in april like this filled with parts



First step was to clean it out and start stripping that nasty tar, cleaning up any surface rust (which there was barely any), and paint with undercoat















got tired of hammer and chisel method so got some dry ice

nice!

I used Rust Bullet on the floor pan and DupliColor undercoat everywhere else



B-quiet on the roof

rusty dash support vs clean dash support



why not paint this too



AND this is where it stands right now with Raammat sound deadener, carpet is on order should be in next week hopefully

[sloweighty]

this looks very clean and i think this is going to be a very good thread, good job and keep it up

[AutoShadow]

Wow man, this car looks uber clean. Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

[psmith]

I saw your other post about the dash support.This is how it should be done. I'm diggin' it...

[Razi]

Sweet! VQ swaps are always hot.I wish I had the time to strip my car out and clean everything out.Maybe I will on a long vacation.

[chaosli]

i envy you

[autox615]

Looking good im jealous.

[240lookis]

i like how you removed the tar/sound deadening and replaced it with better stuff. i bet it will sound better while driving with the new sound deadening. keep us posted

[daconkiftador]

looks like your doing an excellent job!

[Dire91]

so clean good job, want to do my car next?

[gregfarz78]

thanks guys

[RCA]

How long did it take to get the trunk & front/passanger side all stripped?

[urcaptnspeaking]

Very meticulous . Looks awesome.

[veebee]

sounds like a lot of fun!

[ghx407]

Very nice work.

[frapjap]

Nice work! How long have you been at it?

[Fuel4Blood]

Wow great work so far. finished products gonna look amazing.

[MastaYu]

nice job!

[Gabes13]

effin coool

[sbird1]

Wow, nice clean-up job. Hope all goes well for the rest of this thread. Good start!

[TRBOMOFO]

hella clean

[m tr4nch]

looks great so far man. been wanting to see what you have been doing ever since your dash support thread. keep it up!

[gregfarz78]

How long did it take to get the trunk & front/passanger side all stripped?

Between work and house hunting the past few months its taken a while I started stripping her down in may and just finished up the rammatt this past weekend so a few months. Sounds like a long time but I only get to work on a few hours a week and I'm working on a few other small related projects at the same time. I'm really in no rush to finish so I want it to be done right. Luckily I didn't have to deal with any rust issues or it would've taken a lot longer, this car came from texas.

[Ajax]

Excellent work. I'm now inspired to get mine in similar condition over this winter. I'll definitely be paying close attention to this thread to keep me motivated.

[nickles323]

looks very clean good work

[madrift]

im not gonna liei have a boner very clean i like

[santana56]

looks good...im woking on my trunk right now,can u give me some tips??? [email protected]

[JesusGLS]

How did you clean it? What does the dry ice do? Im trying to do the same to my FD but dont even know where to start off from. Great Job!!!

[Speckid14]

Very cool, good attention to detail. Once I finish my motor, I will be doing the same thing. Looking forward to the end result.

Good Luck, Speckid

[gregfarz78]

looks good...im woking on my trunk right now,can u give me some tips??? [email protected]

Dry ice makes fast work of that nasty tar crap let it sit a few mins and it chips right off, if you can't get dry ice near you get out the hammer and chisel and go to town for a few hours have plenty of beer handy too