Pignose squad Check-in

[1990 pignose]

the car runs good starts no grinds and ima pick it up friday

[evan86]

1990 w/ twin cam and 5spd conversion. No real mods, just cone air filter, exhaust, 300zx fuel filter, etc. It's my slow DD and I drift the best you can with open diff for fun. As soon as 180sxfaktory gets that kit up for sale at the end of September I'll be dropping in one of my VG30DETT's. I'm a Z32 guy and it's an ideal swap for me.

[Driftless240]

Dood That sounds absolutely awesome. Great luck with that and do what Sandy Did with her Rb, Do a continuous check in on how it goes with pix, ppl here love pix. Welcoem to NICO and glad to see you checking in so soon. Enjoi your stay!!

[1990 pignose]

nice

[evan86]

Dood That sounds absolutely awesome. Great luck with that and do what Sandy Did with her Rb, Do a continuous check in on how it goes with pix, ppl here love pix. Welcoem to NICO and glad to see you checking in so soon. Enjoi your stay!!

I definitely will. It's funny I originally bought the car a couple years back when I was flipping cars to make money off of. It had the wheels, alarm, and exhaust when I bought it for $1300. Ended up having a bhg (blown headgasket.. I guess that's more common on the mk3 Supra forums haha) and so I picked up a cheap wrecked 240 with the twin cam and 5spd as a donor. My good friend/mechanic did the swapping and converting. It was such a blast to drive even with the lack of power and I decided to hang onto it. I've owned a lot of different cars since I was 16 (DOHC vtec Del Sol, 3000gt, Laser Turbo, 2 mk3 Supra turbos, Preludes, Civics, Mercedes 300SD Turbo Diesel, 300zx twin turbos, etc.) I know I don't need to tell you guys but the 240 is one of the most fun cars I've driven (along with the Z32 300zx twin turbos of course). I'll definitely be around and posting pics and info on the swap when it comes time.

[1990 pignose]

YES

[1990 pignose]

gotta keep it on the first page

bump for piggy

[neverlift]

got another piggy joinin us today!90 pig thank you for keeping this on front page news. Also the car does run? Get the comp test done and if good buy and turbo NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU!!!!!!HURRY UP WE NEED ALL THE PIGS WE CAN GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1990 pignose]

actually i have great NEWS!!!!!!!!!!! after talking to the guy for about an hour i talked him down the price form 1800 to 1300 wow what a price..has a dent on driver door and has 250k miles so ill be sure to check every thing out and if i can im goin to buy an engine rebuild kit ,rebuild and go TURBO, bad news its a chuki but but but but im picking up a piggy frontend this weekend thats not bad deal at all lol here is the car tell me what you think should i? or just wait for a better deal,im disappointed that it has to be a chuki but it will be piggy VERY soon

[Driftless240]

Pignose Owners = Deal finders!!!!!! I know that first hand. Whether it be the most recent Trade of some paintball stuff, that I no longer use because of no time or money because its all spent on my car which is more important;), For a set of C-Tune RUCA's

Or my Turbo Kit Purchase of $450 dollars: Garrett T3/T4 Turbo, Sexy Manifold, Down Pipe, 440cc Injectors, SMIC. Make me an offer on the above and its yours 90Pig

[1990 pignose]

pics?????? and we might have a deal...i got pb guns also,i play on extreme rage d2 xball

[1990 pignose]

bump!!! back to the top

[Veriest1]

Hey Repo, have you decided on what kind of wheel you're going to run?

[neo_s13]

Alrighty well I just decided to check out this thread and figured I'd check in.I picked up my 90 PN for a whopping $550. Didnt run, needed a motor, but only had 108K on it. its a 90' with only 108K...couldnt pass that up. Bought another motor for another $550 that only had about 60K on it and installed it (yeah that was fun alright, about as fun as a vasectimy with no anesthetic) . BUT I LOVE THIS CAR! Sure its got its problems but whats a tuner car without them? Im getting them figured out by and by, and it makes the ride so much better when you figure out a problem, like a sense of accomplishment.

Ill get pics up eventually, but the body is stock + a spoiler that the guy before me added (it doesnt look too bad IMO). Primer for now, still deciding on a body kit and paint scheme, anybody got any suggestions? Also deciding on rims and tires, again any suggestions? I plan on an SR swap but thats gonna have to wait till I get some more bank saved up.

Well this pig owner is checking in and out. Peace.Neo

[Driftless240]

Neo, what youre asking suggestiosn for is difficult. Paint, Rims.... Those are the 2 main things that make not only your car yours, but the car in general.

For me, I am Primer also, I am going R33 Skyline Midnight Purple W/ Fast Forward (Wantanabee) Rims, Black w/ Chrome lip. Good combination.

I have always been a fan of mesies as well. You can hop on the bandwagon and get some Fn's. They are nice dont get me wrong but not for me. So yea it really depends on what YOU like on those things. Cant wait to see some pix.

I WILL POST PIX OF MY TURBO SET UP TRADE SOON.

Paintball I had Ion with Halo B Hopper. Tippmann 98. I am/was a woodsball player. Woods >Speedball.... You just feel so much more sneekier and the mission seems alot more drastic ===== MORE RUSH. But yea I have to give it up to support my 240.

[neverlift]

ttt

90pig make sure you change the fenders out too. I say go for it man. And it runs so you have transportation till you get the rest of your parts up. And it has the dohc great for another 10hp woot woot!

[Repo Man]

Hey Repo, have you decided on what kind of wheel you're going to run?

Well, to start I'm just going to run s14 SE wheels with R-compound rubber. If at some point it becomes vitally important that I spend a bunch of cash on some JDM-tyte hoops, that'll change. I may still hold out for some 350z track wheels and have them custom-painted. I don't know yet.

I want to stay light. My wife's personal trainer is dropping serious coin on a new Roush Mustang. I want to be able to shut him down with my pieced-together 240 beater. He's only going to have the stock hp rating. He spent about an extra 7k on a body kit, 20" wheels (heavy) and racing stripes and such. Poseur.

[Veriest1]

Well, to start I'm just going to run s14 SE wheels with R-compound rubber. If at some point it becomes vitally important that I spend a bunch of cash on some JDM-tyte hoops, that'll change. I may still hold out for some 350z track wheels and have them custom-painted. I don't know yet.

I want to stay light. My wife's personal trainer is dropping serious coin on a new Roush Mustang. I want to be able to shut him down with my pieced-together 240 beater. He's only going to have the stock hp rating. He spent about an extra 7k on a body kit, 20" wheels (heavy) and racing stripes and such. Poseur.

Good choices. I like the s14 se wheels on s13's much better than those other ones you posted pics of. Of course 350z track wheels are nice too. Definatly stay lightwieght. No need for the bling bling.

[1990 pignose]

actually i let this one go i found a red 90 piggy for 1800 it has 130k miles it has some flaws the door has a dent and the back fender has a dent besides that it needs paint bad but im not worried about that i can get it painted and fixed it has 17" rev rims and droped on OZ springs, it also has a short shifter but besides that the car is stock...im going to try to talk the guy down to 1400 which i know he will so hopefully i get it 2marrow

[Repo Man]

Good choices. I like the s14 se wheels on s13's much better than those other ones you posted pics of. Of course 350z track wheels are nice too. Definatly stay lightwieght. No need for the bling bling.

I kinda like those wheels, but they look better in person. I don't like the tire size for the s13 however since it is obviously too large. I'm thinking once I burn through the no-so-street-legal tires that I already have, I'll put the Falken RT-615 on there and roll with that.

[1990 pignose]

i have 2 98 customs with auto response system, an A-5 with an e grip 18" wisper barrel ultara lite (cf) cilanoid?, i alos play woods ball lol very fun, and for speed ball i have a timmy (ripper 2.5), but ya let me know bout them turbo parts i call dibs if i like!!!!

[Veriest1]

I kinda like those wheels, but they look better in person.

I'll take your word for it. They definatly look better than a lot of wheels I've seen.

BTW I want vids of you owning that Mustang.

[nelson8708]

Ex-pignose.......Old bumper was damaged.....still looking for a new one.

[nelson8708]

Ka24e on 2psi>LT1Ka24e on 7psi>LS1

[240DRFT]

pic from yesterday

painting the front bumper probably next weekend, and am looking for wheels

[Repo Man]

BTW I want vids of you owning that Mustang.

I figure with 300rwhp and traction I shouldn't have a problem smoking a loaded up GT with 35lb wheels. I'm not racing him with a stock SR. No way.

[Veriest1]

Ex-pignose.......Old bumper was damaged.....still looking for a new one.

I wish my car looked like that. Nice paint and it looks like it has very few dings.

I figure with 300rwhp and traction I shouldn't have a problem smoking a loaded up GT with 35lb wheels. I'm not racing him with a stock SR. No way.

Do you really think his wheels will be 35 lbs? Man that's heavier than my cheesy wheels. Or do you mean 35 lbs with tires? That would be more reasonable but I can't see it happening with 20's.

What kind of LSD are you running? Are you going to take the spare and such out?

[neo_s13]

Wow dont know how I missed the fellow paintballers in here. Myself I rock a fully built Proto5.

Dtriftless240: Dude that would look so sexy in purple with black/chromelip rims. Im thinking midnight black or HOC Candy Blue with black Motegi Touge rims in 17X9 would look pretty good, almost like a semi sleeper. Ill probably wait till I get paint on it to post a pic because my primer job looks horrible.

Neo

[Repo Man]

Do you really think his wheels will be 35 lbs? Man that's heavier than my cheesy wheels. Or do you mean 35 lbs with tires? That would be more reasonable but I can't see it happening with 20's.

What kind of LSD are you running? Are you going to take the spare and such out?

I wouldn't doubt the wheels being 35lbs. Maybe not that heavy, but heavy nonetheless. I don't have an LSD yet as my car is still in the process of being built. Any dynamite suggestions?

[Veriest1]

I wouldn't doubt the wheels being 35lbs. Maybe not that heavy, but heavy nonetheless. I don't have an LSD yet as my car is still in the process of being built. Any dynamite suggestions?

I highly reccomend dynamite that isn't sweaty. I've heard sweaty dynamite is teh suck.

As far as LSD's go you could always get a helical Quaife ($$$). I haven't decided 100% yet on what I'm going to run but I'll probably go with a S15 helical unit with redline nonslip gear oil. I'm unsure of whether I'd personally like a clutch type lsd since I've never driven on one. Viscous was okay while it lasted but they have their known disadvantages. I've gotten used to the way the helical unit in my bimmer puts down power so I'll probably stick with that.

The nonslip gear oil will cause the diff to transfer power a bit better from what I've read and experienced with my M3. It also has the added benifit of making your car sound like a Jeep at parking lot speeds. It goes ca-clunk clunk, clunk, clunka, ca-clunk and all the 4x4 guys look at you funny. It's great.

Then there are those who think there is something wrong with your car. Heh, I thought something was wrong with my car when I first heard it and I'd even had prior warning.