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Post by **scs13** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:59 pm

man we are pretty much the only people that post in here anymore. i know im not the only one with way too much free time.

Post by **maxima278** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:33 pm

I post in here when I'm not doubled over a toilet hurling my guts out. It sucks I hate to see another 240 off the road, that's why I'm trying to encourage you to fix it. I saw mine when it was wrecked long before I owned it and it was way worse. Looks like the hardest part will be fixing the front subframe, but if you get a front clip you should have all those parts even if they don't send the body panels, then you can decide if you want to go with a Kouki or S15 conversion or just go back with a zenki. btw even if you can't afford a jdm clip, I'll bet there are people with clips lying around with the SR20s already pulled that they would just give you.

Post by **scs13** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:56 pm

thats true. unless you would rather have an s13.

Post by **Nismochick240** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:47 am

hey guys check out your email/or the thread for all the info on the meet

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:14 pm

cant wait, sounds like its gonna be uberfuntastical

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:03 pm

yea for what its going to cost for fixing it with the radiator and body parts i might as well go with a conversion. the only sad part is i'd have the conversion but no rims to match the conversion if i went s15. it would be pretty cool though now that i think about it and most likely will cost the same. i still havent looked that close up to it yet but i know that the parts are radiator, left light, left fender, bumper, and hood not sure about the frame yet. you know anyone selling or getting rid of clips or anything. i need some places for conversions and parts, etc

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:06 pm

what about http://www.rimsandthings.com

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:06 pm

from what my dad figures its going to be around $2000 with paint and i dont care about the paint right now i just want it running. yea the white hatch doesnt have the title yet, the person who gave it to the shop just never dropped by so i dont think thats going to work unless we do some illegal crap which i dont think the guy would do

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:39 pm

how much does that guy want for the coupe? and what year is that hatch again?

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:43 pm

ah the coupe is gone =/ and the hatch looks like a 89 or 90 i can tell because of the front bumper. but it doesnt matter he doesnt have the title =/ i've been talking to wes and im leaning more to the rb20 front clip

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:46 pm

you think you could do an r32 or r33 conversion?
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Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:51 pm

yea im prolly going with the full rb20 front clip. im not sure how a r32 conversion would look on the zenki rear. still havent decided im still looking around for places

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:11 pm

did some r33's come with a rb20? i thought the whole point of you buying a front clip was to use the swap and the front end. why do you think you would go with rb20 though.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:13 pm

doing the rb2.4 hybrid thing i guess. wes was the one who considred it. nah the r33's only had rb25's im sure so yea. im still looking and cant really find anything. i might call up rims and things sometiem and ask what all comes with there clips because the pictures on there are kind of shi**y

Post by **scs13** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:17 pm

yeah, i was looking on some website about the history of the rb and it said r33's came with it but i wasnt sure if that was right. ive been up to rims and things its kinda haggard and the people dont seem too bringht. you should see the office there, its hilarious. its funny that they dont have any rims either. they had a ****ton of jdm wheels though.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:05 am

yea i seen the website and under rims it said "coming soon"

Post by **scs13** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:13 am

so youre gonna buy that s13 and the rb20 front clip??

Post by **Black on Gold** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:49 pm

nah the s13 doesnt have the title to go with it. the guy never gave it to him and who knows when hes going to get it. rb20 maybe. my gf's dad is still talking to a friend who owns a car shop and maybe can put together the car. hopfully tomorrow i'll take apart the hood and the bumper and get down into the nitty gritty

Post by **maxima278** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:01 pm

its good to hear you're probably not scrapping it. The R33 thing might be cool, or it might not depending on how the fenders line up.

Here's another idea, go to a body shop or an online company and find out how much brand new 97-98 replacement kouki body parts are (surely not more expensive than zenki ones), then get the hood, fenders and headlights, then pick out an aftermarket bumper or body kit.

Go on the classifieds here or to a junkyard to get a radiator (make sure if you have a manual you get one from a manual car or an auto from an auto car, they're different slightly), and get someone to straighten the frame the best they can if needed and you should be ok.

btw, on the other hand I got a zenki hood for $50 for mine and if you go to the nico classifieds most likely there will be people doing conversions who want to get rid of their zenki front ends so you might could just fix it back like it was for dirt cheap

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:34 pm

scs13 wrote:did some r33's come with a rb20? i thought the whole point of you buying a front clip was to use the swap and the front end. why do you think you would go with rb20 though.

he is actually right.. the R32 was the last Skyline to feature the RB20DET. so.. you are right. the later GTS-T's were the RWD skylines with RB25DET's

thought i would post heh.

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:35 pm

ClubSX wrote:doing the rb2.4 hybrid thing i guess. wes was the one who considred it. nah the r33's only had rb25's im sure so yea. im still looking and cant really find anything. i might call up rims and things sometiem and ask what all comes with there clips because the pictures on there are kind of shi**y

the RB24 is too expensive for you to do.. the shop cost for that kind of machine work is rediculous.. the RB20 cylinder wall's are thick enough to support enough boost for you..

Post by **scs13** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:48 pm

yeah i thought so. but i looked at this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_RB_engine and i wasnt sure.

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:17 pm

yeah, i see.. i still like the RB30 :-D

Post by **scs13** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:47 pm

i wanna do a ka25 or something

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:20 pm

no reason to.. search around on the forums if your really interested in it, look for stroking the KA.

Post by **scs13** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:51 pm

i hear stroking the ka is the worst idea ever because it already has a crazy stroke. so your redline drops down to like 6k rpms or something. somebody said they just bored their ka out and then used pistons from a 2.6L mitsu motor. i figured that would be a cool and different thing to do.

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:02 am

heh yeah.. you would have some pretty badass irregular idling problems too, the deck wouldnt be sealed right i assume.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:21 am

maxima278 wrote:its good to hear you're probably not scrapping it. The R33 thing might be cool, or it might not depending on how the fenders line up.

Here's another idea, go to a body shop or an online company and find out how much brand new 97-98 replacement kouki body parts are (surely not more expensive than zenki ones), then get the hood, fenders and headlights, then pick out an aftermarket bumper or body kit.

Go on the classifieds here or to a junkyard to get a radiator (make sure if you have a manual you get one from a manual car or an auto from an auto car, they're different slightly), and get someone to straighten the frame the best they can if needed and you should be ok.

btw, on the other hand I got a zenki hood for $50 for mine and if you go to the nico classifieds most likely there will be people doing conversions who want to get rid of their zenki front ends so you might could just fix it back like it was for dirt cheap

thats what i was most likely to do, to use aftermarket front bumper or stock. i was thinking the R33, there a zenki on here somewhere that has one and is black. looks real nice.its raining here so not sure i'll be taking the car apart today. maybe tomorrow

Post by **maxima278** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:36 pm

yeah something I just thought about, another reason not to scrap a 240 and you touched on it when you mentioned the 2 S13s, they are hard as HELL to come by. Oh my God when you find one at a decent price it is gone the next minute or there is a title problem. Before i got mine I almost bought 2 S13 hatches for $500, one totaled one not running and the guy tried to skunk me on the title, (damnit, I should have bought them anyway, but I did not know any better) then I tried to help a good friend of mine Redemption1978 find one and we both spent months looking everywhere and came up with nothing. Every time one looked promising, it was gone.

If you decide what you want let me know and I'll try to help you find it cheap.

Post by **maxima278** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:44 pm

how cheaply can a KA be rebuilt to withstand a fair amount of boost? I haven't begun to research this yet, but I just don't know if it can be done better than Tophat can do it for $2500.

I'm trying to come up with the best recipe for a junkyard turbo kit that I can run about 8-10 pounds of boost with on the motor that is already in my car and then rebuilding the other one I have later. So far I've considered dodge cummins diesel turbos, Z31 turbos, and Eclypse turbos, but not sure if those will work, anybody have other ideas?

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