new to site and new owner

[89sxcoupe]

hey just picked up my 1st 240 the other day. i have been looking on these forums for awhile for stuff i want to do with it. here are some pics i snapped of it today.



the car is 100% rust free no major dents and dings. been sitting for 3 years and last owner did a tune up and didnt do the spark plug wires right so got to fix that and should be good to go. btw picked it up for $1400my plans for it is to do a silvia front end swap and sr20det

my 1st question is going to be i was looking at getting some rims they are 17x8.5 +22mm should they be a good fit on it?

[Koshin]

nice starter 240sx buddy....good luck and may the force be with you

[leesredgt]

Very good start man.Looks good.

[89sxcoupe]

a couple of interior shots i took. i have to door panel for it its in the trunk the prev owner took of to get the stero out.

[Asmar]

Welcome to NICO!

[arabdrifter]

nice car and 1400..wow what a steal!! dude don't join the bandwagon on the sr20 swap.

sr-2-3k for a decent onemisc parts for sr- about 2klabor(if not done your self)- 1k+TOTAL= looking at 5k+ for sr swap, when you could take your 5k and have 500+hp in your Ka.

ehh its up to you bud. your car your money. either way good luck

[89sxcoupe]

i plan on doing the whole thing my self i have been around cars my whole life build alot of hot rods and suff this is my first import i can do every thing my self from welding to painting what i really want to do is a full jdm swapven to rhd. i have seen a few companys selling full front clips so that is what i have been planing on

[blacksrjdm]

hey just picked up my 1st 240 the other day. i have been looking on these forums for awhile for stuff i want to do with it. here are some pics i snapped of it today.



the car is 100% rust free no major dents and dings. been sitting for 3 years and last owner did a tune up and didnt do the spark plug wires right so got to fix that and should be good to go. btw picked it up for $1400my plans for it is to do a silvia front end swap and sr20det

my 1st question is going to be i was looking at getting some rims they are 17x8.5 +22mm should they be a good fit on it?

Nice car but not an 89.

[blacksrjdm]

nice car and 1400..wow what a steal!! dude don't join the bandwagon on the sr20 swap.

sr-2-3k for a decent onemisc parts for sr- about 2klabor(if not done your self)- 1k+TOTAL= looking at 5k+ for sr swap, when you could take your 5k and have 500+hp in your Ka.

ehh its up to you bud. your car your money. either way good luck

Where are you looking at engines. I can get full swap with some of the body panels on the clip for 2000. U dont need another thing to install. If you want to do front mount, then yea, greddy front mount another 600 bucks with piping, your gonna need that for KA-t too. Thats 2600 cash, done, running turbo car, reliable,

Now KA-t. (Hypothetically speaking) Lets say you get all the turbo stuff cheap, say 400 bucks, for ebay junk, intercooler; another 600 for a greddy with piping. Now, you install your turbo kit and because your 18 year old KA wasnt up for the boost, you may need an engine because you threw a rod or spun a bearing. New KA maybe 250 bucks. You want to make sure this one will last right, so rebuild...850 - 1000 bucks later you can reinstall and put the turbo back on.

So, ya, your around 1800 for the kat so far and dont forget you bought an ebay turbo so, the shaft has worn down and the shaft has to be balanced. So you have to buy another turbo whether it be ebay or better, though better your looking at big bucks for good turbos. Then a tune, which initially can start around 500-600 bucks. Then after the rebuild, a retune, 150 bucks. Then another retune after the rebuild and bigger turbo, 150 bucks.

Now with the SR, it was installed, car would run great, and hasnt had any issues except hes tired of spinning that one wheel.

And with the KA-T, it was removed and replaced once already for the rebuild. The owner probably hasnt had that much fun with the car because it has been off the road for all the work, you have been nack and forth to the tuning shop and as glad as you are to know them, you dont really wanna have to see them anymore, and you are frustrated with your 240sx.

Now where do you see that KA-t is cheaper, easier, or more reliable. I know guys have reliable KA-t's but they normally have s14's and/or they put some decent money into them to do so.

[240pav]

WELCOME !nice findbe prepared to get dirty, i am also looking for rims and tiresi like the front end conversion idea, but the sr vs ka-t would be a hard descision for me. the 95 i had in colorado spun a rod ( ka ) but was awesome before that, the sr ive had problems with but are all pretty minor

its really up to you, my suggestion would be to stay KA, just because u can get those parts about anywhere ( when compared to sr )

this place is full of help ! also full of s*** talking but dont forget to check this out

zerothread/99647

awesome input

[S13Joe]

Nice car, same model and color as my coupe. Get rid of the auto first though.

So blacksrjdm you can get front clips for $2000? E-mail me with details if so.

[blacksrjdm]

Last one I picked up, I paid a bit more than that. But, all in all, just trying to make my point that a front clip doesnt cost 5000 dollars.

Heres full swaps, not front clip, but, definately not 5 grand.

http://www.jdmracingmotors.com...age=2

[j24ghost]

im lookin into gettin a 240 good price..nice steal