NC SC CHAT

[Black on Gold]

I do hope you get your 240 back on the road though. post pics when you get it painted.

clubsx- trust me. I've parted out a 240 before. you can make good money. just the small stuff will make a butt load.

Yea. What i was going to do was keep the car for a project and get it as light as i can and maybe use it as a weekend/meet car. I would sell the stuff to make it as light as possible until i make my $200 back. i.e- Rear seat,hatch carpet, speakers, etc. I'd still have to get a quarter window but i could get that at a local junkyard.Then i'd have 2 cars and still have the money i invested.

[kouki munster]

I'll give you $250 for it. I've been searching for the last month for a 91+ that has a good body (don't care about the motor or transmission). The only thing that I have found is an auto 93 hatch with 70k and it needs the whole interior put back in, and a head light fixed, but the owner won't take any thing less than $3000

[Black on Gold]

Are you kidding me? 3,000? thats highway robbery. For 3,000 i could a cheap shell (the one im getting) and do a SR swap. There was/is a Vert i think in columbia for sale. Around 2,000 for it i believe.

[Black on Gold]

We'll see when i take a look at it. Who knows what i'll do. Im just hoping no one has seen it and took it already.

[kouki munster]

When you figure out what your gonna do let me know because I have an engine that I can put in it, as much as I love to drive my truck I need something that get over 13 mpg for a daily untill I get my car back on the road.(seeing as how 89 is now $2.75 a gallon)

[Black on Gold]

yea its not any better here. Its crazy. When i was like 10 (7 years ago), we moved down here and the gas was $.89. I couldnt believe it. I even sent family a post card about it.

[kouki munster]

It was still around a $1 when I graduated high school in 03.

[scs13]

we are doing that patewood hospital right now off of roper mountain road.

haha damn i dont remember gas ever being that cheap.

[Black on Gold]

Yea, i am very observant and have a good memory. I could remember how to get somewhere just going there once. Parents always tell me im a Navigation System. haha. Crazy i know.

[Black on Gold]

Place was closed but i did the see the 240. Its an SE and has the SE wheels i need so i think im going to buy that one and part out the car i got from wes because A) i like red more B) Looks alot cleaner C) I just like it more, OKAY?

[scs13]

sounds good to me. whats wrong with the motor? i started getting mine ready to pull out today, almost finished with it. i have been struggling with getting the damn oil pan off and today i was just like you know what, **** it. so i am thinking about what i am gonna do. seriously thinking about a rebuild and getting it bored over or something. i will have to research it some more.
Modified by scs13 at 1:09 AM 4/16/2006

[maxima278]

beatupsx- thats a good looking truck

I think I'm ready to lay down the credit card and do the SR swap. After all the trouble that I had with my transmission, its no better. Plus, the new clutch I put in is weak as hell. I could probably get it running with an SR in less time than I spent with that dam transmission.

So I guess I'll have a couple of KA's to sell once that's done. What do you think I could get for them? One is in good running condition except for the transmission gremlin and has about 120,000 miles and the other is incomplete because of the wiring harness fire but still has a good block, head, manifold, etc, just not many of the parts on the passenger side of the motor are still any good and it has 100k on it (perfect for someone with a blown motor to make one good one out of it). Plus I have an auto trans I could sell too. Just wondering what its worth.

[scs13]

i need a new motor!!!!! how much would you want for it?? that would be perfect since you are so close.

[gr8bryt]

Ok, for starters, everyone that's under 21 and/or still living with parents I just have a little advice for you; take your time! I wish that I still lived @ home with my mom sometimes so that I wouldn't have to spend so much $$ on bills and just living. Instead though, I have a wife and 1.5 kids to take care of. I'm not complaining by any means, but just that life doesn't get any easier as you get older.

so what do we have in here now? 1 350Z 1 Q451 Maxima4 240's or so depending on who's talking1 ten speed schwinn (sorry gr8bryt, had to bust on you a little bit! plus a mixture of ford deathstars, escapes, econoline workvans and stuff

what else we got out there?

Well, unfortunately I don't even have the bike anymore, someone stole it off my front porch. lolMy wife drives a Ford Focus sedan, and although I don't care for it personally, I'm happy that it gets our family around until I can get my own.Gas is getting ridiculous, it's $2.73 where I am for 89 octane. I'm really gonna hate it when I have to use plus or premium for the turbo. Gas will probably be like $3.50 for regular by then . I can remember those days when premium was $1.06, but I guess those days are looooooong gone now. I would be shocked to see it go back down to $1.73 and stay like that for a decent duration. Oh well, I guess I'll need to get another job to support my driving habits.

I hope you guys get your cars situated. Maxima278, with 2 ka's and a transmission, you might be able to get close to $1000 depending on where and to whom you try selling. You might not have the best of luck trying to get NICO members to buy the ka since everyone is swapping, but scs13 sounds anxious to get his hands on one.ClubSX, best of luck getting your hands on that other car. I still might wanna take those black wheels off that other car since you've decided that you don't want them. What size are they, they look like 17's from the pics.

[scs13]

yeah, they are from s14's right? wonder how much more of a hassle that would be to put in my car.

[kouki munster]

beatupsx- thats a good looking truck

That picture makes it look better than it really does, there are dents, dings, scratches, and the clear coat is peeling off the hood and roof that you can't see, but I still love the truck.

[cnickk]

do you use AIM?

[kouki munster]

do you use AIM?

Me?

[cnickk]

yep

[kouki munster]

Yeah, but I don't have it on this computer, just shoot me an email at [email protected].
Modified by Beatupsx at 3:28 AM 4/17/2006

[maxima278]

yeah, they are from s14's right? wonder how much more of a hassle that would be to put in my car.

I wonder if you would be better off with my stripped down motor. You could probably put all your wiring and stuff on it since the block and head and all that would be the same. As long as everything on the outside of your motor is still good, I think this would be good for you. I don't know if my 95 motor would just hook right up electrically, besides, I will probably put that one up for sale once I do my swap. Also, I will sell the other one cheap enough you can afford it. If you want it, bring someone with you who has mechanical knowledge that way you know its a good motor inside. I have never ran it.

I think if you put both motors on the ground and start pulling parts off one and putting them on the other you can get it done in a day and then put it back in the next day.

[scs13]

yeah. i basically have two of everything for the most part now anyways. do you have any pictures of it or could you get any? where did you get that motor from? any more specs on it?

[maxima278]

It came out of my S14. The reason it needs parts is because of the electrical fire. It has 100k on it, and you'll basically need to replace everything on the right side of the motor including all wiring, plus the fan and a pulley that I robbed from it. The drivers side of the motor looks good. I'll take $150 for it.

[maxima278]

gr8bryt, how do you have 1.5 kids? Is your wife pregnant?

I just found out we're expecting another baby.

[gr8bryt]

Yeah, my wife is due in about 5 weeks; its another boy . I think I'm done after this though, my wife turns into another person when she's pregnant.

CONGRATS!! If this is your first one, you're really in for a life changing event. Pregnacy is an emotional roller coaster for real!

[scs13]

damn, how bad was the fire? how long did it last and stuff? no problems with it at all? are all s14 ka's obdII, somebody said they arent so im not sure. how would you tell? how come you didnt fix that motor and put it back in your s14? maybe i should just email you all my questions.

[kouki munster]

damn, how bad was the fire? how long did it last and stuff? no problems with it at all? are all s14 ka's obdII, somebody said they arent so im not sure. how would you tell? how come you didnt fix that motor and put it back in your s14? maybe i should just email you all my questions.

The 95s were obd I, but It doesn't matter as long as you swap everything off the of your motor onto the newer one you will be good to go.

[maxima278]

Its from a 96 so it was obd2, but like I said you should be replacing the stuff that made it obd2, wiring, fuel lines, etc. I did not fix it because I bought a parts car with a good motor with a 5 speed transmission and everything intact, and I did not have to do anything other than install it. The fire was bad enough to destroy the electrical wiring, and anything flammable, but not bad enough to hurt an iron block, or the head or the valve cover, just mostly plastic pieces, and the fuel lines are coated with rust.

[maxima278]

gr8bryt- this will be my second kid. I have a 1 year old named Lilian Elizabeth (Lily)

[scs13]

do you have a digital camera or would you be able to take some pics of it for me? im definetly interested and i definetly need to get my car running again.