My mild 240sx build

[psmith]

Wish I had access to someplace like that to work on the car!!!Keep the updates comin'...

[Felipe]

that color makes me miss my first S13 hatch

[2projects2many]

my fiero has manual steering, its not bad once you are moving. if everything else in the system was working well, i would just get a new rack. but i have a nasty leak from the top line as well as a blown rack.

do you have a link to the manual rack??

Fiero= rear engine/less weight on steering tires240sx = front engine/more weight on steering tires

[unanswerred]

thats a sweet color. dont get 92's. everyone has them. thats a rare color 240 dont ruin its rarity by putting some of the most common rims on it lol.

[scooz14]

Fiero= rear engine/less weight on steering tires240sx = front engine/more weight on steering tires

true, plus i cant find a manual steering rack. if anyone has a good kae upper powersteering line, pm me

Tuesdayi finished up the diff , all that left to do it paint it flat black



once i got the press set up, the bushings were cake.



all done today



i was looking at the rlca's and it looks like there is a lip on the bushings, i think im going to grind the lip off. what did you guys do??

till thursday

[2projects2many]

i was looking at the rlca's and it looks like there is a lip on the bushings, i think im going to grind the lip off. what did you guys do??

till thursday

What lip are you referring to? Can you draw around it in the picture. If it's what I think you are talking about- you DO NOT WANT TO DO IT! It will seriously inhibit the strength of it and you will put your car in a ditch or worse!

[scooz14]

it is not pictured in any of those pictures

it is the rlca, the one with the ball joint in it. it seems as though the bushing has a lip that will only allow it wo be pressed out in one direction and it is the opposite direction that the press can handle

[240 GTR]

good looking build man. clean car. i hope that control arm works out for you.

[scooz14]

well, it has been a long time since my last update. i have been really busy lately

i have gotten some stuff done though.

painted suspension components, i still have to do the fronts



painted diff



got some braided brake lines, and hawk pads(not pictured)



got the solid subframe bushings put in, and the entire thing painted



i still need to paint the front suspension components, figure out how the hub assemblies come apart so i can get new lug studs and paint everything, paint the axles, press all the new ball joints in, put the bushings in and reassemble.

[scooz14]

heyguysdue to what seems lack of interest i have not been keeping up to date on my thread. i have gotten my suspension build done for now. i still have a few things left to do, but my daily driver gtp started ticking, i think its a lifter, and it needs a trans in the worst of ways, so i wanted to get the 240 back on the ground so i can drive it. i still need to get new lug studs and nuts, and paint the front lip. im going to pull the motor over winter and over haul it, and install my new clutch, and hopefully paint, maybe by the end of the summer.

Parts ready to be installed



painting the rims. i used the dupicolor system and it came out really well



brake calipers painted



subframe and diff up. that was a pain, but its up and in. i hope those bracket things for the front aren't a necessity, because i left them off



front and back done



exhaust came with a bent tip, they refunded me $40 and i bent it back



my brand new line leaked



right off the jackstands, first trip around the block



all cleaned up and looking good



ngr wheel, momo hub i absolutely love it



overall impressions, its REALLY stiff, but i like it like that. the diff clunks on and off power, but i have read thats normal. the exhaust sits crooked which kind of bugs me. it is not very loud with the silencers in, and sounds real good w/o them in. im leaving them in though. but over all i am VERY pleased with it
Modified by scooz14 at 11:37 PM 8/11/2008

[psmith]

Very nice job! I may have missed it, but what exhaust is that?