NC SC CHAT

[GoinTopless240]

Damn.. gonna short out the keyboard.... drool.... lol

[GoinTopless240]

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[Redemption1978]

I love the verts with the silvia front end. I know I'm going to wrap mine into a ball though at least and maybe flip a few times so I need the roof over me..... and a cage... a fire suppression system probably wouldn't be a bad idea....

I love that black one though. What are your plans with yours? You may have said already but I'm tired and my brain doesn't recall things that well this late.

[kouki munster]

check out the new donor car. it has a decent front end, except for the paint though. ill have more pics later zerothread/230823

That donor car wouldn't happen to be 5 lud would it? If so I call dibs on the rear hubs.

[rps13srsc]

hey brandon here's a teaser for you..

thats for me to btw the brakes are fixed just have to figur out why i keep blowing out the dipstick under boostand her gose my pic just for ****s and gigles

[Redemption1978]

I like that version select kit.

It won't help you with your dipstick problem but I did find a diy catch can somewhere that looked solid in design. If you intend on running alot of boost you might want to think about it.

[maxima278]

all those pics make me want a coupe now! Somebody post some hatch teasers! I wish dalzell would post back I really want to buy some stuff on his car. S14 seats in an S13 would be pimp!

[Cygnus_X_1]

thats for me to btw the brakes are fixed just have to figur out why i keep blowing out the dipstick under boost

have you replaced your PCV valve since you had the motor? that would cause the dipstick to blow out if the PCV is not venting properly.

just did mine on the DOHC this weekend..pretty crappy job, but def managable.

[Cygnus_X_1]

Dan, shoot me an email and we can chat it on there about your car. VERY intrested

[email protected]

pat, were you talking to me? if so i totally missed that post. if not, i'm just a tool.

[dalzell240]

yes it is a 5 lug, ill let you know later once we start parting it out

That donor car wouldn't happen to be 5 lud would it? If so I call dibs on the rear hubs.

[gnvarnadore]

hey guys looks like im not going to be selling my hatch and getting that 97 240sx i wanted to get. so any of you guys know a good tuner shop around sc that works on 240's? i wanna go ahead and do the engine swap and convert it to a manual transmission, so i need to find a shop that i can talk to and see how much they will charge me for it because if i cant find anyone in sc to do it then ive already talked to enjuku racing and they said they would do it but i have to get all the parts to convert it to a manual.

[GoinTopless240]

Hey gnvarnadore,I'm getting ready to do my motor and transmission swap. I've been gathering parts for a bit... You can get the clutch master cylinder from AutoZone for about $15I got most of my parts were found in one junkyard run.Driveshaft, Clutch pedal assembly, shifter insulator boot (the one that goes from under the car to the floor and the bracket as well. Also the Manual Transmission support is different from the auto to manual transmission (auto trans is longer and bolts line up differently). I think I spent about 75 bucks for most everything. The place I ordered my motor set from gave me a driveshaft and carrier bearing for free with my order. Get with me if you want their name.. they were awesome to deal with... They were out of Cananda and fast... not to mention good on price (motor, trans, intercooler piping, ecu, uncut harness, ignitor chip, driveshaft. and Complete Silvia front end (triple projectors and GTR grille) shipped to SC for around 3000.00.. (front end conversion was worth about 1000 of that). I also know a place in GA that I actually drove to and looked at their warehouse that was real cool to deal with as well... shoot me an e-mail if you want to go that route...

[dalzell240]

hey, when i went to north carolina saturday, i saw a nice 240sx(zenki or kuoki) going toward south carolina on I-95. It was black with a few stickers i think and a aftermarket bumper. wondering if that anybody car on here

[The Duke]

hey gnvarnadore, if you want to get that stuff done for a lot cheaper than a shop would do it you could take it to jordan (scs13). He and a couple of friends have been doing a lot of work for people and they do a pretty good job. They just did an SR swap a couple weeks ago. He's done like 3 auto to manual swaps already.

If you want to go to a shop i would suggest nsperformance (www.nsperformance.net). They did my swap and converted it to manual and they did a really good job.

[gnvarnadore]

yeah man thanks for the heads up. if you dont mind me asking how much did they charge you for the sr swap and to convert it to a manual transmission? i just kinda need a ball park figure for what its going to cost because i have a deadline i want to meet on the build of the car. i want everything done by june but i might have to push it back to august or september so i can make it to nopi nationals.

[rps13srsc]

hey try japenesse (sp?) auto heres the number 8642352195

and i have not changed the pcv valve and i dont know where it is on the sr either does anyone know and could u tell me pleas i was already thinking about that

oj and here you go james

[GoinTopless240]

I looked in the SR manual and the PCV valve is connected to the tube coming out of the valve cover. The S-14 (Notchback) manual is available in PDF format online. I think it was section EC-212. Hope this helps some.

[Redemption1978]

That first one is one sick frigging hatch.

[The Duke]

Here's the reciept for everything. The clip was $2800.

[gnvarnadore]

how long did they have your car for?

[The Duke]

I think it was about two weeks. A little less. I think they had to wait for some parts so it took a little longer than usual. The guy who owns the place has a really nice 240 with an sr. They pretty much only do 240s so they really know their stuff. the $1200 for labor was just like a flat rate. They didn't add any more to install anything extra i wanted. Plus they have a lot of good parts just laying around so they'll give you a really good price on them.

[maxima278]

I say do it yourself. Just get someone to do the wiring harness for you. I guess if you don't have tools or an engine hoist or friends to help you I can see your point, but if you do the work yourself, you will have a greater understanding of what goes into working on your car and it will help you diagnose future problems. Also you get the satisfaction of saying 'yep, I built it.' That's just my opinion.

[gnvarnadore]

yeah see my problem is that i dont have the time to drop an engine in myself and thats why im looking for someone to do it for me, and how in the world is dropping in an engine building it yourself? correct me if im wrong but didnt nissan build the engine and all i will be doing is swapping it? now if i bought a sr20det and bought all kinds of internals and put them in myself then yeah i can see saying you built it yourself but just swapping an engine is in no way building it yourself.

[gnvarnadore]

i am planning on a red top sr20det for my 240 but im also planning on buying a black top sr to build myself and buying a coupe to put it in. due to the time frame im looking at i dont have the time to do the sr swap in my hatch, plus i really want a coupe so im not going to put the time into the hatch.

[maxima278]

yeah see my problem is that i dont have the time to drop an engine in myself and thats why im looking for someone to do it for me, and how in the world is dropping in an engine building it yourself? correct me if im wrong but didnt nissan build the engine and all i will be doing is swapping it? now if i bought a sr20det and bought all kinds of internals and put them in myself then yeah i can see saying you built it yourself but just swapping an engine is in no way building it yourself.

I was just offering some advice and trying to save you some money. If you take it one step further, if putting an engine in a car is not building, since technically you are putting stuff together, then assembling engine parts that someone else made is not 'building' then either. Did you not in a previous post refer to the 'build' of your car? There's more to an engine swap than just 'dropping' a motor in you'll know that if you ever do one, and I'm not stupid I do know that Nissan built the motor.
Modified by maxima278 at 11:10 PM 2/28/2007

[The Duke]

Classy gnvarnadore.

[gnvarnadore]

dude i wasnt trying to bust your balls or trying to act like your stupid, its just i hate the phrase "built it myself" when people dont do any kinda of custom fab work to the car them selves. i worked in a steel fab shop before so i have the know how to build my own motor mounts, transmission mounts, any kind of brackets, and stuff like that. ive made custom intakes for my cars before, as well as home made mbc's, and braces to stiffen my chasis. when i made that post i guess i was just kinda pissed because i know alot of people with hondas that have swaps and they claim they build the car when really a shop did all the work on the car and i was worried that nissan people were going to fall into that crap. i think highly of nissan owners with modified cars and not to highly of people that own modified hondas.

[maxima278]

don't you ever compare me to a honda owner. The only point I wanted to make was about the satisfaction of doing your work yourself. Good for you if you can make your own mounts. Everybody's different, I can wire my own house, whoopty doo. You have no idea how bad my car looked when I got it. I have a lot of blood sweat and tears in that car as do most people who post here. just because we don't all weld doesn't mean that we haven't been getting our hands dirty on every aspect of our cars 'build', if you will. We do what we can. The people I know and hang out with and work on cars with are a good group of people who help each other out. Down to earth people who do not desserve to be equated with ricers. Does your sig not say you own a honda?? We all treat each other with respect in this particular forum, always have, I think we should expect the same from you.
Modified by maxima278 at 4:09 PM 3/1/2007

[scs13]

how in the world is swapping your own car not building it? esp swapping something in it that didnt come in it. i dont have near as much respect for somebody that had somebody else do the work as doing it yourself and learning something. and dont group all honda owners into that group. i know a lot of honda owners that all do the work themselves and have tons of knowledge. grouping all of them into some "ricer" category is stupid. i have endless amounts or respect for honda's. my buddies n/a gsr puts a hurt on my other buddies stock sr. you have to have respect for that.

[gnvarnadore]

you know instead of people getting their panties in a bunch and making asses of them selves when someone shares the way they feel about things maybe you should take on sec out of your life and think about what that person is saying and how they feel about what they are saying. not once did i disrespect anyone. i just said how i feel and honestly i think the tuner world as a whole should come up with words describing that the car was worked on by the owner or if it was working on in a shop. i also thought as tuners we are supossed to have an open mind due to the fact that people that arent tuners are all out to bust our balls. i like what everybody has done with thier cars and i support what everybody does and tries. im not here to dis you or your cars. if i knew that saying that basicly i dont like the phrase built it myself then i never would have said it but its the way i feel. yes maxima i do own a honda that is my daily driver as stated and because its purpose is a daily driver im not hooking it up. if you guys cant handle me expressing the way i feel about certian things then i'll just stop coming here. one of my friends told me that alot of people on here are all up tight and get upset easy but i thought i would give yall a chance because alot of you know what your talking about. we should all be suporttive of each other even if our views differ. i just want you to know a very popular mag had nick and hulk hogans cars in it and they stated that nick "build" the cars himself at the age of like 13 or 14 but the truth came out that a shop did all the work, i just want the credit to go where its due.