plficht's 1991 240sx | Project: Kontrollverlust

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OK so if you read my thread from about a week ago, I stated I bought a S13 base. Its all stock with 165,000 miles on it and has a rebuilt transmission. I said I would post pix but never did, so here you are.

BTW, I don't know much about the transmission (im a lot more knowledged about the motor), so I don't know how this happened. It doesn't have a rev limiter. The tach still works perfectly but I accidently pushed it to 8,000 rpms the other day. In my old S13, the revs automatically cut out at 6,300 i think it was. Why would it not have a limiter but still be able to accurately read the rpms?

And now for the pictures :

Damage:

Some more:Sleepy eye:

Lemme know any ideas you guys have. I think im gonna fix the fender/turn signal first, then windsheild. I also think im gonna smoke the tails.

[kapetaJR]

nice looks clean. for the rev limiter Auto ECU maybe???

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Hmm... i havn't checked into that. Maybe tomorrow I will look. I mean it "COULD" be a problem, but MOST of the time im not up in that area.

[Uberck]

i had a dent in the exact same spot a while ago easy fixnew fender, paint voila

[StandardProspect]

that thing looks super clean!!!! good find!!!

[pflicht]

i had a dent in the exact same spot a while ago easy fixnew fender, paint voila

Actually, upon further inspection (and clear pictures) you could notice the whole front end is a little off. Its been in more than one accident. The driver door, driver fender, and hood have been replaced. The front end where the headlights are mounted is bent and twisted a bit. Yeah, i venture to say 2-3 accidents. But straight!

that thing looks super clean!!!! good find!!!

Thank you!

[kick_it_sideways]

nice looks clean. for the rev limiter Auto ECU maybe???

Auto ECU removes speed limiter not rev...........right?

[drksolest]

that thing looks super clean!!!! good find!!!

Sux it's more then just the fender...

smoking the tail lights? hmmmmmmmmmm

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Yea, smoked. Im a sucker for blacked lights. Not completely black but you get the point. I want to eventually paint it this zerothread/322342 color. Teal, smoked tails, and gold or gunmetal rims = teh sechs for me!

[wa-chiss]

[QUOTE=wahrheitoderpflicht]BTW, I don't know much about the transmission (im a lot more knowledged about the motor), so I don't know how this happened. It doesn't have a rev limiter. The tach still works perfectly but I accidently pushed it to 8,000 rpms the other day. In my old S13, the revs automatically cut out at 6,300 i think it was. Why would it not have a limiter but still be able to accurately read the rpms?QUOTE]

I did that a little while ago. Car went above 7k when I did a small burn-out. It puzzles me still to this day. My car too reads RPS acuratly and it still has the speed limiter. I'm thinking that if the RPMs go up fast enough, the computer doesn't have time to catch it. Just like my friend and his Saturn SL2. He would shift into neutral (Auto) and back into Drive (flooring the gas every shift) and on the 3rd shift into neutral the car would rev all the way to 9k RPMs.

[pflicht]

Hmmm interesting....

Here are a couple of crap night shots

[srpowered240sx]

nice. have fun with it.

[pflicht]

Oh i already am!

[wynnEZ]

More of a sleepy eye would look good, tinted tails I agree on also.

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Yeah, i think im tinting the tails tomorrow

[Dittoz7]

I Think Rear 240sx Lights Are To Sexy To Tint.Well The Hatch One's Anyways...

[playbass311]

pretty sweet man, gonna be a lot of fun!

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OK an update. Got some better quality pictures for yourselves. Enjoy

And the tinted tails!!!1 coat:

2 coat:

Final product:and my favorite

hope you enjoy!

[drksolest]

yep just creamed in da pnts.... do another close up of the last pic plse....

wanna see better... or more

[ScrapMetal]

Real sweet S13, looks just like mine except black. Inerior looks impeccable. Got any future plans for it? I know the day I brought my 240 home(on a tow truck)I bored my girl to death with talk of things I wanted to do to it.

[white90esex]

nice car to start with. Tinted tails are f*cking gay though.

[ThuG LyFe]

nice i would love to have a s13 hb as a beater. looks like some1 drifted into a pole on the side haha

[livinglegend2100]

nice. yea minus the front 1/4 she looks pretty clean to me. howd you do the taillights? jus rattle can over em'?

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Thanks everyone for the positive and negative responses. All input is appreciated. For those of you who want to know how to do this, I will be making a write-up soon. Im also going to apply 1-2 more coats of tint on and then clear coat and wet sand.

This saturday I'm taking her into my buddy's work and we are gonna put her on the lifts and fix the e-brake. Finally. I hate having to put the car in gear when its not running, let alone to use the transmission as a parking brake.

As of right now, Im painting the carpet black. There were a bunch of stains in the carpet that I didn't want to deal with. And I also think black > grey. I'm still going to reupholster the seats with microsuede, although IM not going to do it. I've never done it before and I don't want to screw up. So I will just have it done professionally.

After the e-brake gets fixed, I've got a hook-up on a brand new windshield and installation so probably gonna get that done as well as pull off the passenger fender and hammer out most of the dent. Anything is better than the condition it is in now.

Next paycheck Im going to get a universal cat cause my exhaust doesnt have one. The guy I bought it from said it fell off while he was driving. I figured he just had it put back on. Nope. I looked under the car yesterday and found my car to have the exhaust welded from the exhaust manifold all the way back to the muffler. Cause right now my exhaust is stock, except for the missing cat, but sounds loud and ricey as hell.

If I put the 3" catalytic converter on and buy a 3" cat-back exhaust, would it be quiet? My Exhaust is starting to rust and when I buy the cat I just want to go ahead and buy the cat-back. But in no way shape or form can it be loud. So what do you think? 3 inch cat, 3 inch cat-back exhaust with resonator and silencer, will it be real quiet?

Anyways, today (Friday) Im going to try and finish painting the carpet and maybe headliner. I'll take pix and what not and upload them (resized though)

Until later today

~BenjaminWahrheitoderpflicht

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Update: OK got the carpet painted black. There were Uber stains all over the thing. So I decided to give the carpet a new life. After all, its not worn very much at all just a bunch o' rust and whatever stains. So for your amusement are some before and after photos. Hope you enjoy!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

OK now the question. In "ILikeMy240sx" write-up on timing chain for the DOHC found here, zer...age=1, maybe I didn't see it but the timing chain guides, should I remove them or replace them. I've got that rattle-can/marble in the can sound coming from the front of the head/valve cover, so I just want to be sure I can safely remove them or replace them.

Got the e-brake fixed as well. I spent 10minutes the other day wrenching on the handles' bolt connected to the cable to tighten it up. It still didn't work. So my buddy grabbed his air wratchet and went away with it. FINALLY it worked. LOL it was REALLY loose, IDK why but I do know that I need new rear pads. I hear metal grinding. FTL.

[Salacious]

Looking good man, can you give a run down on how you did the carpet? Was it a rattle can? What brand/color, etc. It looks really good, I have a similar problem with those coke stain type spots, not down for stripping out all the carpet and replacing it.

thx

[pflicht]

Yeah man pull out your seats, grab 2 cans of Dupli-Color Vinyl Paint (I used flat black) and spray away! Hope that helped

[RCG_Savage]

Yeah man pull out your seats, grab 2 cans of Dupli-Color Vinyl Paint (I used flat black) and spray away! Hope that helped

I did the same thing as my carpet also had the case of wtf stains, only thing is that from use the gray starts to come back, maybe its just my carpet.

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Nope not your carpet. It normal. The paint "rubs" off once you use it. I just have a spare can set aside and once a month or so I repaint the heavily used areas back to black. Did the same thing with my "Sorolla".

[nevertheless]

****! i only grabbed one can!