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Post by **scs13** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:19 pm

oh and a friend of mine is selling an 89 240sx fb auto for like 1500 idk if you would be interested.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:17 am

I prefer to have a 5spd already installed, jus cause I don't want to go through any hassles with the conversion. Is it an SE model? The price is tempting and from what I've heard, the conversion is less than $300. Where is he located @ btw?

Post by **scs13** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:50 am

he is here in greenville, it has a rebuilt motor with less than 30k miles on it, but body could use a little work/paint, but it is in pretty good shape. new struts/rack and pinion/16in wheels, dont know what they are/and some other stuff i cant recall. im not sure if it is an SE either, but it has power everything and a moonroof or whatever.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:57 am

IF you're able (and wouldn't mind), try to send me some pics. It's an SE if it has pwr options. Email to [email protected] please, and I'll go from there. Good lookin out too btw.
Modified by gr8bryt at 10:07 PM 3/1/2006

Post by **scs13** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:11 pm

alright, ill try to get some pictures, maybe tomorrow if i can. i still havetn found that other thread you were talknig about, like me to it.

Post by **maxima278** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:55 pm

Honestly, I haven't seen too many black 240 guys with bad taste, and obviously the whole Escalade w/ dubs look is wildly popular with all races of people, so obviously blacks don't have BAD taste, just different and flamboyant in the extreme usually. No reason to get all politically correct here, everyone has an opinion. I'm sure we all respect their taste even if we don't like it.

gr8bryt- I've done the manual swap, its not that bad, I would just suggest buying new oem clutch master and slave cylinders as they do tend to wear out. I think mine are worn out now.

Post by **scs13** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:48 pm

what would your plans be with your 240 when you buy one?

Post by **Black on Gold** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:53 pm

im just saying that in the origin ads they have way too flasshy rims and the kit is way too smooth, idk everyone is entitled to ther own opinion. i think im buying wes' car for now and then buying a second later thats 5spd. I just need something to drive for right now.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:55 pm

maxima278 wrote:gr8bryt- I've done the manual swap, its not that bad, I would just suggest buying new oem clutch master and slave cylinders as they do tend to wear out. I think mine are worn out now.

how much time and how much $$ did it take, if i have money left over i might just go ahead and do that.

Post by **scs13** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:21 pm

so how much did you sell your car for? or did you sell it yet?

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:01 am

i sold it like 3 weeks ago. I just want to know how much the conversion is so i can look at what im going to do.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:32 am

I wasn't trying to get all political, cause everyone does have their own opinion. I just wanted to add my .02 because it sounded like a sterotypical comment. ----MOVING ON

When I get my 240, I have big plans. I'm so anal about it that I'm putting a PowerPoint presentation together about how the build up will go. A couple of tidbits that I'll share include an S15 conversion, RB25 swap w/ 6spd transmission and a goal of around 550rwhp.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:55 am

scs13 wrote:........ i still havetn found that other thread you were talknig about, like me to it.

It's on the 240SX Tech forum, and I believe it's still on the first page. If you're still having trouble, you could probably find it by searching the threads by author (gr8bryt).

Post by **JDMEnthused** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:35 am

gr8bryt wrote:I wasn't trying to get all political, cause everyone does have their own opinion. I just wanted to add my .02 because it sounded like a sterotypical comment. ----MOVING ON

When I get my 240, I have big plans. I'm so anal about it that I'm putting a PowerPoint presentation together about how the build up will go. A couple of tidbits that I'll share include an S15 conversion, RB25 swap w/ 6spd transmission and a goal of around 550rwhp.

good luck on that one... bunch of money and years, for the average person. i suspect youll lose interest in it before you get it done. RB25 with a 6spd? im assuming you are speaking of the VQ transmission mated to the RB25 b/housing? 550rwhp is a pretty nice number for a beefy RB25, they sound mean as hell.

S15 conv. alone is a few grand, and thats cheap. if i were you, if you arent looking for any top speed runs and just quick, id stick with the stock RB25 transmission.

are you thinking of a S13 or 14?

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:23 pm

I know that this project is gonna run me somewhere in the neiborhood of $15K give or take. Motor set w/ labor is around $6K, and the S15 conv.~$1500. Those are gonna be the biggest parts of my project (besides buying the car S13 hatchback), but once I get those out of the way, then I can begin acquiring all the bolt ons and misc stuff. I will just have to find employment that will satisfy my addiction without having to sacrafice lifestyle. (which I'm currently working on right now)

As far as the 6spd is concerned, I was thinking of either a custom Hollinger, or just reworking the transmission from a MKIV Supra TT. My plan is to just drive the car stock and keep the parts together in storage. Once I've got everything I will take it all to whatever shop and put together all @ once, tune it and then dial in the suspension. During the years in between, I would like to work to become a more accomplished driver through various track days and maybe even Skip Barber racing school. (According to SCC, those are 2 of the 25 things a car guy should do )

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:28 pm

After I finish my Silvia project, my next feat will be a Lexus SC400 w/ conversion to M/T and a GT40 turbo under the hood and something in the 650whp range

Post by **scs13** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:06 pm

putting a 2jz in it?

Post by **scs13** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:09 pm

oh and are you just looking for a cheap running car to drive around while you work up some money and get parts and work on it little by little? if so im sure that his car would be good for you, seeing that you will be replacing just about everything and it runs and drives.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:42 pm

i plan on having 2-240sx by the time i get out of high school. One as a daily and one as my life time project.

Post by **maxima278** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:20 pm

scs13 wrote:putting a 2jz in it?

The SC300 I believe already has a 2jz in it (non-turbo of course) and was available with a manual transmission. The SC400 has a V8 and was only available as an auto. I don't have a clue what transmission would bolt up to that V8... A more feasable project would probably be swapping a twin turbo 2jz with manual transmission from a supra into an SC300. 1000hp would not be impossible with that motor. Plenty of aftermarket support too.

ClubSX wrote:i plan on having 2-240sx by the time i get out of high school. One as a daily and one as my life time project.

My 240 is my lifetime project I guess, my daily driver is a Ford E-150 van from work, so its not like I have to have a daily driver of my own, which is why I'm selling the Maxima.

If I could, I'd love to take out a loan and just finish the 240 just like I want it, but since I'm a mere mortal, I'm just trying to keep the steps I take with it to a point where I can enjoy it all the time. Bryton, I've changed my mind a thousand times about what I want to do with this project because I have a family and have to think of them. You'll probably do that too once you get into it. Its good to have someone else in here who is closer to my age and has a wife and kid.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:22 pm

Toyota uses a Getrag transmission on the 6spd that comes with the 2JZ and based on some research that I've done, the supra shifts pretty well and the ratios should go well with the RB. I also have some specific gear ratios that I want and the supra transmission is closer to them and a less expensive route of a custom like Hollinger, albeit I could just get a closer gear ratio package, that there is plentiful aftermarkert support for both Toyota and Nissan (if I should stay w/ RB transmission).

Post by **scs13** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:42 pm

geez, id love to see your car when you are done with it. good luck with all of that. whats wrong with rb trannys btw? its too bad you cant use the rb26 Getrag transmission.

Post by **Black on Gold** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:06 pm

I have a few things i want to do with wes' car too but it isnt anything like that.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:20 pm

maxima278 wrote:The SC300 I believe already has a 2jz in it (non-turbo of course) and was available with a manual transmission. The SC400 has a V8 and was only available as an auto. I don't have a clue what transmission would bolt up to that V8... A more feasable project would probably be swapping a twin turbo 2jz with manual transmission from a supra into an SC300. 1000hp would not be impossible with that motor. Plenty of aftermarket support too.

.............Bryton, I've changed my mind a thousand times about what I want to do with this project because I have a family and have to think of them. You'll probably do that too once you get into it. Its good to have someone else in here who is closer to my age and has a wife and kid.

Yeah, I'm aware of all this. The SC400 comes with the 1UZFE. I want to kinda break the mold a little bit. A female on the west coast has already performed this task. I've planned that my Silvia project will materialize in no more than 5 years. By that time I'm sure there will be more information and support for the v8 setup. Everyone knows that the 2JZ is a beast, but that road has been riden enough for me, I want to be the minority, kinda why I chose the RB over the SR or KA-T.

I've come along for 27 years and have had the chance to screw my life up, so I did Now that I have a family of my own, I too have additional responsibilities. Now my family is having to reap what I've sowed and I am putting myself on a path of redemtion. My Silvia will be my payoff just kinda in advance. I wouldn't compromise my family, so that why I said that I will just have to find a career that meets my standard of living needs and is able to feed my obsession with cars.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:41 pm

I don't think anythings wrong with the RB transmission other than it has only 5 gears. I really do want a 6spd, as aforementioned I want to break the mold.

Post by **scs13** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:54 pm

get a sequential gearbox, then you will be the coolest.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:25 am

I thought about that, but then I decided it's not that serious. Even though I plan to dump lots of $$ into this project, the cost of sequential gear box is unjustified IMHO. Additionally, I enjoy the engaging experience of shifting gears the traditional way.

Post by **gr8bryt** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:41 pm

hey scs13 (and everyone else too) I finally posted the link for the Poll that I'm taking.zerothread?id=161210 Please feel free to cast your vote and post should you so desire.

Post by **maxima278** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:25 pm

kind of funny guys, since I put the lowering springs on my car, in no time my rear struts went byebye. I figured it would happen, just not that quick. My car bounces like a trampoline in the rear now. So my next mod will be struts; hopefully tokico adjustables unless any of you know of better ones.

hopefully my Maxima will sell soon so I can start exploring the options of turbocharging.

I also ordered one of those shift boot sets from redline goods, in black with red stitching, should be pretty sweet and should come in any day now

Post by **gr8bryt** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:28 pm

How much height did the spring knock off from stock, what spring did you use?

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