Ok....who wants my car? I'm done with it.

[Mustangs_Suck]

Mustang, i feel your frustration. so far, ive blown up an SOHC and done a full-rebuild on a DOHC just to try and crank it up and it not work. ive wasted thousands of dollars to get my car looking good and running well just for it to be sitting at the shop that i work at for the past two months.

i turboed the DOHC KA: the turbo blew up and shot the exhaust wheel out the downpipe. i replaced the upper timing chain tensioner to quiet the noise: the engine leaked more oil. i put brand new struts on all four corners: the car still rides like *** and squeaks like ****. i rebuilt the motor: now it wont start. i sold my stock front-end and started buying the Silvia front-end piece by piece: i wrecked the ****ing thing six days after i got the hood.

the moral of my story? some of us have ****ty luck with 240's. i dont know what it is, but its like karma just doesnt like me. its like, "**** Bruce. He cant have a running 240. Hed be better off in a bone-stock Volvo that runs 30's at the track." ive been without a car for two months and also dont have the money to fix whats wrong with the problem. either way, best of luck with whatever you decide to do. and wish me luck also. i need a new KADE!

lol i feel the same way as you - I seriously think I was a rapist that ate children in my past life, and I'm being punished for it now.

Good luck with your car man, hope it works out for the both of us eventually

[Mustangs_Suck]

My car killed me last year when ll the parts started going out.Now my clutch is going out again.Tired of autozone parts.But putting boost on it and hope things go smooth.Look at how much you've spent.Like Fiz said, could be one little thing.Hope everything works out for you.

thanks, I'm most likely gonna just stick with it....once i get a job..it'll be fine - it's just my luck with jobs are about the same as the luck with this car. The position that I most likely would of had a job at since I worked with them in the past was already filled She said she'll let me know if something pops up to get me back in there.....damn it.

[Mustangs_Suck]

mustang..how much do you plan on selling it for? will you be able to get it up and running before selling?

I really don't know....if I sell it - it will be fixed before I sell it, unless the problem is SERIOUS. If the problem is serious and I decide to give up, I'll probably get more money parting out everything, if not - i'll try for like $3000 obo with all the parts. The shell is beautiful..just a few dents and scratches - but NOT ONE SPEC OF RUST.

If i fix it and decide to sell - I'd like at least what I paid for it back...so $6-7kobo i'll shoot for, as what Fiz said could really be true, and it might run for quite awhile with no problems after this is fixed.

[Mustangs_Suck]

Oh and for an update - there is none lol. My dad couldn't get ahold of my mechanic, so he must of not gotten in today for whatever reason. The suspense shall continue over to Monday now........****.

[GrilledCheese33]

no prob mustang, i searched the forums and after what i read, found out it was better to find a stock car and turbo it yourself( my plan ) But keep us posted on how things go

[Mustangs_Suck]

no prob mustang, i searched the forums and after what i read, found out it was better to find a stock car and turbo it yourself( my plan ) But keep us posted on how things go

yeah I should of done the research too...ugh. good luck with it - it can be a mess, but it sure as hell is fun when it's working.

I'll update when I know more.

[Walaboom]

Get the current engine out from your car and put this in there

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...01777

I am sure this will be reliable as hell without the turbo, then use the turbo parts you have from the bad engine and start building this one up. Good luck, don't give up, don't cut corners.

[Warped]

dont get that **** i bought a ka for $500 and it had 50k on it and runs like a champ go to a junk yard and get a motor for a decent price swap it in and all your new parts and your set ( look for a place that has like a 6month warranty on it , thats what i got ) boost it for 6 months and if something goes wrong their not going to know right
Modified by Warped at 7:15 AM 7/19/2005

[Mustangs_Suck]

Get the current engine out from your car and put this in there

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...01777

I am sure this will be reliable as hell without the turbo, then use the turbo parts you have from the bad engine and start building this one up. Good luck, don't give up, don't cut corners.

motor ain't done yet compression came out a bit low, but it's still strong as hell.

[Mustangs_Suck]

dont get that **** i bought a ka for $500 and it had 50k on it and runs like a champ go to a junk yard and get a motor for a decent price swap it in and all your new parts and your set ( look for a place that has like a 6month warranty on it , thats what i got ) boost it for 6 months and if something goes wrong their not going to know right

lol exactly - should be able to find a good condition KA with around 100k on it for $200 or so...but as I just said in my post above - my motor's fine still.

[Mustangs_Suck]

Alright, finally got word of what happened. My exhaust gasket on the turbo popped...that's it!!!!!!!!!!!! The mechanic said he'll take care of it tomorrow, as well as replace two bolts from something that fell out (probably from when Nissan installed all that ****....he might of just cut some corners to get rid of it, as I know he was sick of working on it) and it'll be just fine again.

Figures my gasket broke - the only ones I could find were from SSAUTOCRAP so I just quickly bought them from them...oh well.

He said a hole's gotten bigger (I couldn't make out exactly where he said the hole is) so I should get whatever that part is replaced soon...I assume it's my downpipe - and that's where my exhaust leak is coming from.

But for once - the problem turned out to be a simple fix that wasn't major. yay.

hopefully everything holds up for awhile now damn it.

[Craving4Boost]

you need a gasket? how odd...im not using one. oh well im happy that it turned out to be something simple..you deserve it..now dont give up because this is a sign to keep going!

[Mustangs_Suck]

you need a gasket? how odd...im not using one. oh well im happy that it turned out to be something simple..you deserve it..now dont give up because this is a sign to keep going!

gasket/flange same difference.

I'm happy too....hope the other few flanges/gaskets hold...makes me leary of em poppin' on me now too.....meh oh well.

I'll keep pluggin' away...I just hope this motor stays good, but i guess if it blows up, I can find a good KA with nice compression for around $300 or so. I'll just take my blown motor out, swap the good one in, and have fun, while in the mean time getting parts to re-build the blown motor. But hehe I need a job first before I can hope to start that project so for now - no blown motor will make me happiest

[Mustangs_Suck]

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

Mechanic just called and said my turbo has alot of play - so it's blown. god ****ing damn it this is my 2nd turbo to blow. My manifold is warped too - but I expected that, since SSAUTOCHROME is ****ing horrible. ****
Modified by Mustangs_Suck at 12:17 AM 7/22/2005

[neoamd]

Do you have a oil line restritor? ATPturbo.com

Sorry to hear aout your luck

Josh

[Mustangs_Suck]

Do you have a oil line restritor? ATPturbo.com

Sorry to hear aout your luck

Josh

no. I'm just going to get my manifold re-machined (he said it's warped pretty badly) and either rebuild the turbo or get another used one for cheap, put it together and stick a for sale sign on it. it's pointless keeping this thing around, I can't get employed because god hates me, and my debt is so far high, I need to sell it and put all the money I get from the sale into paying the debt off.

I think I'm done with 240sx's. I've owned 3 and all of them treated me badly.

[neoamd]

no. I'm just going to get my manifold re-machined (he said it's warped pretty badly) and either rebuild the turbo or get another used one for cheap, put it together and stick a for sale sign on it. it's pointless keeping this thing around, I can't get employed because god hates me, and my debt is so far high, I need to sell it and put all the money I get from the sale into paying the debt off.

I think I'm done with 240sx's. I've owned 3 and all of them treated me badly.

if you have the paitience you could make more selling the parts of the car.. return it to stock and sell it that way..

Josh

[Craving4Boost]

mustang....do you believe in fate..because i do..even when times get super ****ty...everything happens for a reason..just a heads up on what i think

[Mustangs_Suck]

if you have the paitience you could make more selling the parts of the car.. return it to stock and sell it that way..

Josh

the few parts I could take off that are still good, I don't have stock parts to put back on.

[Mustangs_Suck]

mustang....do you believe in fate..because i do..even when times get super ****ty...everything happens for a reason..just a heads up on what i think

yes i do.

and i think my fate is to NEVER have a working 240sx. time to give up.

[Craving4Boost]

hmm..not the way i expected you to interpred my post but....its all up to you haha...everyday its going to call to you though everytime you pass by a 240 and you hear a SR go pSHHT....

you neeeeedd theee kaa--tttttt

[WDRacing]

There are a quite a few KAt's up and running great.

99% of all the problems are from people taking a short cut or buying cheap crap and expecting it to work. I also notice alot of people taking it to a shop to tune or fix...almost always getting the run around.

My car has been broke for quite some time. Mostly do to my laziness. But I have broken a few things myself. The worst being the turbo, but again, it was my own fault.

You have been screwed from the get go by using a shop that has no idea what they are doing and by using cheap CRAP parts. Then things break and you spend more money fixing it with yet more cheap crap parts.

IAP kit...done. Want more boost and more power? IAP kit, bigger injectors and a JWT ecu. The internals will be fine all the way up to 380-390 whp.

Everyone who has problems is taking short cuts and buying cheap crap. The bitching when the cheap crap falls apart. If your like me, you take pride in knowing that you built the entire turbo kit from fuel rail to downpipe on your car.

If your not a DIY type of guy, then buy a decent kit...PERIOD. Forced induction and cheap will NEVER go together.

Go buy a daily driver first thing. No sense at all modding your only car. Then buy the IAP kit and start over. Trust me, you'll be better off. Your current mani and turbo already suck a$$. Do it right this time.

WD

[Mustangs_Suck]

hmm..not the way i expected you to interpred my post but....its all up to you haha...everyday its going to call to you though everytime you pass by a 240 and you hear a SR go pSHHT....

you neeeeedd theee kaa--tttttt

don't see how i could of interpreted it any other way. Everytime I think it's done breaking, something else happens. What's my fate? To have an eternally broken car. Make sense.

[the_momo]

i feel your pain.... my car has almost killed me four times now, literally ended my life, and i have oh maybe 150 miles on it including the 30 mile drive home and ive had it about a year now.

dont give up, itll haunt you for the rest of your tuning life.

and as far as fate, im sure yours is better than you think, youve done so much for this car and been so patient with it, it will pay in dividends soon of that im sure.

if nothing else, go to florida, maybe youll get lucky and the kid you bought it from will total it with the new car his parents bought him and youll get a new car from him

[Mustangs_Suck]

There are a quite a few KAt's up and running great.

99% of all the problems are from people taking a short cut or buying cheap crap and expecting it to work. I also notice alot of people taking it to a shop to tune or fix...almost always getting the run around.

My car has been broke for quite some time. Mostly do to my laziness. But I have broken a few things myself. The worst being the turbo, but again, it was my own fault.

You have been screwed from the get go by using a shop that has no idea what they are doing and by using cheap CRAP parts. Then things break and you spend more money fixing it with yet more cheap crap parts.

IAP kit...done. Want more boost and more power? IAP kit, bigger injectors and a JWT ecu. The internals will be fine all the way up to 380-390 whp.

Everyone who has problems is taking short cuts and buying cheap crap. The bitching when the cheap crap falls apart. If your like me, you take pride in knowing that you built the entire turbo kit from fuel rail to downpipe on your car.

If your not a DIY type of guy, then buy a decent kit...PERIOD. Forced induction and cheap will NEVER go together.

Go buy a daily driver first thing. No sense at all modding your only car. Then buy the IAP kit and start over. Trust me, you'll be better off. Your current mani and turbo already suck a$$. Do it right this time.

WD

I know there are a good amount of ppl running well - I'm just not lucky enough to be one

As for people cutting corners - don't think I did this myself - I bought the car like this, I am just replacing everything he cut corners on, or replacing the **** name parts with much more trusted/well made parts....besides the internals of the engine,suspension and brakes - i've pretty much replaced every damn thing of this car when it comes to it's mechanical parts, and no - not with cheap ****, I have a $480 radiator in this thing lol.

Luckily the "shop" i have it at is a personal friend, he's great at what he does, and gives me major deals on it compared to what others would charge...so at least I have a guy that isn't bull****ting me when it comes to what's all wrong.

As for being screwed over by a shop? In the beginning - yes...I trusted an awful shop that ripped me off TERRIBLY and did ****ty work. As for the place I've been going to the past month? You'd be way off. Again he's a personal friend that doesn't bull**** with me. He tells me what I need and lets me go out and find it. When it comes in, he puts it together and I'm off. Not one thing he's done has broken. He's saved me so much money it's not even funny, and without him I'd be at least $3000 more into this than I currently him, as he feels terrible with how bad my luck has been with this car, and he's not hurting for money at all, and has been cutting me alot of slack.

As for ME buying ****ty parts? Again - way wrong. I bought this car with all the parts as is. My clutch went - replaced with a $500 ACT 6 Puck clutch with heavy duty pressure plate, and remachined flywheel, as well as a brand new hydraulic system. My transmission went - got a perfect condition one with only 64k on it, and immediately cleaned it out and filled it with redline oil. The car began overheating, I got a brand new thermostat, waterpump,front and rear main seals, all new pulleys/belts, a Flex-a-Lite 12" fan and a Koyo radiator. I had a major boost leak, I got a good handful of my piping/hoses redone with all brand new parts - the only piping I'd have left to do is all my intercooling piping, as it's all random PVC looking **** from the idiot I bought it from, which, if I keep this car, I have planned to do this winter. My BOV took a crap - got a Blitz BOV. My turbo took a dump the first time, got all brand new flanges, and a great condition Garrett T25 off a redtop SR. Car wasn't running well - got it all tuned at a dyno with wideband tuning, and got NGK plugs and wires.

So for you to say I've used ****ty parts is terribly wrong, the only thing I should of done (besides not buying the car in the first place) was upgrade the turbo/manifold when the turbo went the first time, but I didn't think the Garrett T25 was neccessarily a ****ty turbo, I just knew I wouldn't be able to make big power with it - which I was fine with.

Now that my manifold is warped and my turbo is blown, I do just want to re-machine my mani, and get another used T25, hook it up and sell it - but I still am tempted to get a T3/T4 turbo and top mount manifold from a good compnay not anything like XS**** or SSAUTO****.

[Mustangs_Suck]

i feel your pain.... my car has almost killed me four times now, literally ended my life, and i have oh maybe 150 miles on it including the 30 mile drive home and ive had it about a year now.

dont give up, itll haunt you for the rest of your tuning life.

and as far as fate, im sure yours is better than you think, youve done so much for this car and been so patient with it, it will pay in dividends soon of that im sure.

if nothing else, go to florida, maybe youll get lucky and the kid you bought it from will total it with the new car his parents bought him and youll get a new car from him

It's not neccessarily "giving up" as I've been saying....it's having no money left, and having NO other transportation when this thing is broken down (which is WAY more times than not).

If I go to Flordia - the kid will wind up in the hospitial - so no...that's not an option.

[Mustangs_Suck]

haha well I think I might be getting my hands on my 4th 240sx for a winter car.

The mechanic has a automatic 1989 240sx with 225k on the clock sitting in his yard, and he said all it needs is a radiator - which he still has from mine when he took it out and swapped it with the Koyo that I got. He's going to let me have it for free until I get back on my feet, and then after that just pay him slowly a grand or so, and call it even. The car is in pretty good shape, the interior is blue, and is MINT - seriously looks brand new, has power everything and a sunroof. The exterior is blue as well, but has a little bit of rust on the side of the passenger side wheel well, a few dents, and the front bumper is pretty hideous as far as paint goes - but oh well what will I care, it'll be my winter beater. If that one doesn't work out he said he has a good Mazda 323 (the models that were turboed) that I could have for free, and again just pay him a grand when I get back on my feet. So either way, a little positive note finally - god bless this guy, I don't know where I'd be without him.

[Mustangs_Suck]

Also, how does this sound as far as upgrading?

Exhaust Manifold JGStools log manifold. No problems at all.. probably one of the better manifolds I've used.

Turbo internally gated (7psi stock) garrett T3/T4 w/ .50 trim and .63 AR w/360 thrust bearing. Comes with manual boost controller. Has about 10k miles on it.

It sucks because they are currently on hold for someone else, but if the deal falls through I'm next in line. Just wondering if that'd be a good deal (he'd let it go for $450 shipped to my door for both items total), how the JGS log manifold is, and how much power can I expect out of that turbo??

Thanks guys. If this sells or I get negative feedback about it, idk what I'm going to do....just have the car sit until another good deal pops up, or just save save save for a IAP manifold and a t3/t04E turbo.

[Craving4Boost]

boost the **** out of that 89!

[Mustangs_Suck]

boost the **** out of that 89!

rofl no no, that's going to be my stock fun winter beater. I hope i get that and not the 323, but oh well - a free winter car, can't be picky

My car is just sitting in pieces inside his shop, and will most likely just sit like that for quite awhile. As much as I hate her, I'm gonna miss her