Project junkyard/ebay

[tunerinms]

I recently bought a 96 s14. Its nice and clean just has some problems. I got it for 2200 and its an SE. Front bumper paint is kinda messed up and some clear coat is coming of on the roof. Interior is clean and i will be posting up pictures of everything. The drive-train is completely stock. All it has is a fart-can on the back. I am a youngin and I am not the wealthiest 17 yearold out there so ebay is my best friend right now. I plan to have a decent street car with some power to play with when I feel like it but I am also looking into SCCA racing.So what i have ordered all ready from ebay is a set of 4 Tokico struts. ( the blue series) and lowering springs from some no name ebay store. All that was about $400 so im doing good there. The second thing I ordered is a stage 2 clutch from F1 Racing.Since the local Pull-A-Part now has 3 s13 hatchbacks all with 5-speeds and DOHC KAs i think im set for spare parts. ( no one has 240s around here)I am gettin two 248 exhaust cams from those s13s and putting them in my s14 next week. ( spring break) Also i have gotten three sensors i needed. Knock SensorCrank Position SensorSpeed SensorIm gonna try and get an electric fan and wire it up and take the mechanical driven one off.All the stuff listed above is going on next week and i am looking to get a long tube header and cat-back. I dont need a cat cause im in Mississippi Then im looking into strut bars and bigger sway bars. So ill try to keep it updated if anyone is interested. This is really gonna be a super super cheap build until i get out of highschool.Hope i didnt type too much edit: i have already put an Alpine head unti in with an ipod hook up that i ran under everything into my center consol... its ballin and i have kenwood speakers all the way around and in the trunk i have 2 Fosgate p1 12"s with a Fosgate amp running them. So i got the ice just not the zoom. Im loving the ipod thing too.
Modified by tunerinms at 6:21 PM 3/9/2009

[ca18detgabby]

not going to see much power with that..........

your in high school, why not just save some cash and have something reliable to get to school in?

[hockeyhelmet0727]

becaus thats no fun. i wish i had my car in highschool.

[ca18detgabby]

becaus thats no fun. i wish i had my car in highschool.

I blew my modified mustang the week before prom........ I bought had my S13 just after prom.

it was a big pain in the a**....... most of that being the POS KA that the lady was so nice to leave me with.

[tunerinms]

Well it will be reliable.After next year or maybe this summer im wanting to do a sr20det swap.It will be new to me and my dad and give us some learning to do.But for right now ill keep it reliable but do a couple cheap things here and there to make it more fun to drive and maybe a little quicker.Oh and one other thing its got on it is a set of potenza tires that are pretty sticky.After i gget all the stuff on i ordered and an exhuast i want to splurge a little and get a B&M short throw shifter or just find a cheap one on ebay.edit: haha i almost bought a '90 5.0 with 3.73 gears and a 5 speed with cobra 17"s, hood scoop, and saleen spoiler. I didnt because the syncros were messed up in 1st and reverse like all those Ford 5spds are.

[PHeller]

I would've taken the Mustang. Parts are a dime a dozen and they are the easiest cars to work on.

I've found that the biggest bummer about the 240SX is that I never have enough money to get coilovers and nice wheels, and I'm a 24 yr old college student.

[tunerinms]

Ya but i didnt have the money for the Mustang... would have been sweet tho... the guy let me shread em a couple times and it was all But ya im kinda upset the day after i put in the order for the struts and springs i found a set of coil-overs for only $75 more than what i was paying for the other stuff. Its a pisser.I live with my grandparents right now cause my grades sucked but when i move back down to Jackson this summer and get my old job back I should have rims, strut bars, and full exhaust by the end of the summer. I work in a very nice Italian resteraunt gettin tips and stuff... and no im not a buss boy ha. I make like 200-300 a week there so im good.

[sjbsuperman1425]

i've *heard* bad things on the F1 clutches, but will be interested to see your testimony of it.

get a Circuit Sport Short Shifter. its like $30 more than ebay ones is i think it'd be a little more reliable.

bottom line, you should've saved up for the SR swap right now lol

[tunerinms]

Ya we will see how that clutch goes. I havent had any problems with ebay parts so far. I used a lot of ebay stuff on my 96 Eclipse RS. I would start saving but i know my dad would stall me out on the swap because he thinks its a lot of money just for an engine. But yet he wants to do the Honda Frankenstien for his '99 Si lol. Right now im just waiting for the right opportunities to come along... I missed an sr20det in a old hard body by 3 days at the junkyard. So im waiting on something else like that... The sr and 5speed transmission was bought for $500 wish i had got there in time.

[sjbsuperman1425]

$1900 shipped for an S13 SR20 from japanese star motor. it is a little expensive, but totally worth it lol. or you could go high compression KA..thats fun too lol

[ak47johnson]

I I am a youngin and I am not the wealthiest 17 year old out there so ebay is my best friend right now. I plan to have a decent street car with some power to play with when I feel like it but I am also looking into SCCA racing.Modified by tunerinms at 6:21 PM 3/9/2009

Thats sounds like me soo much its scary.

And i think having a project car in highschool is a good idea.When your older, you've got other priorities, time and financial. Its hard to spend a majority of your money on a car when your in your thirties and have a kid.Im sure, right now you really dont have too many other thing you have to pay for. And if your cars not reliable, youve got friends who will give you a ride or parents(grandparents) that'll help you out.

And dont be dissin on bus boys.

[duffman1278]

Another ebay project....

[Nissan240sx_s13]

not going to see much power with that..........

your in high school, why not just save some cash and have something reliable to get to school in?

Best advice you will ever get, when your young you want money to spend on something fun. I put almost my whole years money into my s13 and it got me no where. I would just wait, when your older its way more fun to work and race cars.

[livinglegend2100]

Thats sounds like me soo much its scary.

And i think having a project car in highschool is a good idea.When your older, you've got other priorities, time and financial. Its hard to spend a majority of your money on a car when your in your thirties and have a kid.Im sure, right now you really dont have too many other thing you have to pay for. And if your cars not reliable, youve got friends who will give you a ride or parents(grandparents) that'll help you out.

And dont be dissin on bus boys.

people say wait til your out of school, but why, so you can buy a shell and watch it collect dust while you way off school loans, bills, insurance, and other priorities? my biggest regret is not buying my 240 a few years earlier when i was still in Highschool. save money for something fun? like what? pop and candy and video games? it makes me sick thinking about all the time and money i WASTED in highschool on random bulls*** i "needed"

like ak47 said, its one of the best times to start a project. you have basically nothing you need to spend money on. why not do something fun and productive with your time and money? and when you graduate, and start college, you'll be glad you did, and have a nice car to get you around. try buying coilovers and wheels when you pay for gas, insurance, rent, books, tuition, cell phone, groceries, and god knows whatever else. you may find its slightly hard to fund and work on a car when you are in school full time and have to work all the time to pay for your living expenses. just my .02

i say more power to him. im interested to see where this build goes. good luck OP

[mRodiek]

Ill give you a huge hint my friend, dont call your projet "ebay/junkyard" because that makes you sound CHEAP, not on a budget. Most of the guys on here are on tight budgets as it is but we come up with clever names so we dont look cheap & stupid

But seriously dont buy all your parts from ebay, things like IC cores & mirrors crap like that are ok, but a turbo? No, even coilovers? No no, generally nothing that has any moving/lubricated parts should be bought there.

Egay is hit or miss, but good luck! Enjoy HS and your 240

[duffman1278]

Not to try and get too off topic but all this talk about spending while you're in high, I feel I should just add something to it. I would personally suggest that you NOT put too much into your car, instead, invest the money, make your money work for you. I know your in HS and most HS kids just want money on the spot but believe me you'll enjoy it later. that's just my 2 cents.

[240sxFTW]

^ yes that is a smart decision. Im in high school right now and for every cheque i get from work 20% of it goes into a high interest savings account. And I still have money to spend on my car (when I find one ughhh) and other random bulls*** such as a 42 inch tv which i saved up for almost a year to have

[240pav]

heres an idea

join a military branchgo to iraq or afganistanmake and save a ton of cashcome home buy a DD and a 240..SETTLED !

haha jk jk

i made the mistake of spending 1/4 of my deployments money on my 240. the mistake part is the shop i paid to rebuild it and fix it up...didnt do to good of research on them...my own fault

good luck whatever you do bro !!

[Xj220gt]

JOIN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL AUTO BODY CLASS!

assuming your school has such a class.

I know of a lot of people that have been able to work on their cars and have been able to get school discount on parts.

[240sxFTW]

I wish we had an auto class

[Logan76]

hell you could junkyard turbo that b**** for cheap, eff that all motor jank.

[ca18detgabby]

hell you could junkyard turbo that b**** for cheap, eff that all motor jank.

I think he wants it to last more than a month....... unlike 90% of the KA-T owners who had that same idea.

[tunerinms]

Well i hope you invested in the right stuff because from your spelling of CHECK u might be screwed haha ok just kiddin. Yes i do know it sounds "cheap" but my thinking is if it works it works. One thing my dad has always said to me is "If i could go back....."Most of it comes down to he would have kept the Hurst-Oles 442 and various mustangs he had. He also said he wished he had not spent his money on stupid stuff and done something productive like fix up a car. He also wishes he didnt have a kid at 18 but thats another story Maybe it is niave of me to want to have something now and not prepare for the future but honestly isnt that what being in HS is all about... no worries? So i will continue with my "cheap" build and hopefully post some pics or videos of my in my first legal race and maybe ill run have decent.

$1900 shipped for an S13 SR20 from japanese star motor. it is a little expensive, but totally worth it lol. or you could go high compression KA..thats fun too lol

The question is did it come with transmission, MAF, harness, ECU and all the other goodies like the SR20 Store stuff comes with for $3k shipped?edit: I am already thinking about going into the military by the way... Westpoint just asked me to come to some BS thing on the coast... i guess it was the 27 I made on the ACT my first time taking it. And i do want my engine to last more than a month or i would get my first turbo experience doing a DIY turbo build.

[tunerinms]

And sorry to keep adding after i have written like 3 times in the past 5 minutes.... my dad sells industrial hydrolics... and he is in plants all the time and he has seen first hand how generally all the stuff they sell you is made in the same factory. They just put a different name on it and sell it to you for 50% more. Thats why i believe in buying no name parts because generally they are of the same quality as the name brand stuff.

[Logan76]

I think he wants it to last more than a month....... unlike 90% of the KA-T owners who had that same idea.

baaaah humbug, thats heresay! Junkyard that s*** and rock it like its hot!

[tunerinms]

...... there is a unmolested turbo Porshe in the junk yard too The clutch and shocks came in today so now im just waiting on the springs and when i head down to Jacktown ill be able to get to work.... oh and damn cig taxes... the tax on tobaco just went to a dollar here which sucks.So im thinking crawfish, beer, and a carton will do just fine for a week of working on the car. My friends and I do crawfish every spring break for some reason.

[tunerinms]

Got the springs in and they look nice. Now i just have to wait until this weekend and week. Sitting in school thinking about the car is torture haha.

[tunerinms]

Crazy tread wear. Dont know why the tire was cocked that bad.InteriorMy mismatched shocks and springs on the car.The car....Springs and shocks on the floor. ClutchTotal after the boots and all of this around $600

[Ghast]

Well i hope you invested in the right stuff because from your spelling of CHECK u might be screwed haha ok just kiddin.

Just so you can not say you did not learn anything today.

"Cheque" is the correct spelling for the little piece of paper that holds monetary value.The spelling just not used by everyone (not common in the US).

As far as spending your money in HS, Do it. Spend your money wherever you want to. You only live one time, and you are not going to learn from mistakes unless you make them yourself. You hear everyone telling you don't buy e-bay, save. Don't do that, do this. "You should be thinking about your future".

Dude just spend your money where you want. If you buy something you regret then you LEARN, there is NOTHING wrong with that. Spend money on your car and on dates with cute girls at your school.

Money in those areas will make many memories it is a hell of a lot better then spending it on drugs and s***. Just be safe in whatever you do and enjoy life.

Good Luck.

One Love,

Ghasty

[tunerinms]

Really? Haha i didnt know if he was right. Damn grandmother doesnt know sh*t.