Ramonesfreak2010's 240sx **LOTS of pics**

[Ramonesfreak2010]

Well I never really posted my hatch here so I decided to make a thread. My name is Thomas and I'm a senior. I saved up for 2 months working at Safeway, aka Slaveway, and bought my very first car.

Here is what it looked like when I first bought it.



It already came with some eBay front and rear strut bars, a RS*R exmag exhaust, and some KYB struts.

My uncle has a body shop so I kinda got the hook up; a resto and paint job.



Bought myself a chuki bumper. Wasn't really a fan of the piggy.

This was the semi final product. The paint is Ultra Red, btw.



Since then I haven't done much mostly because my job had cut my hours from 20+ to 4-8 a week. I was only getting about $20 dollar paychecks (weekly).

But what I got done:

-Replace alternator & battery-Replace clutch with an exedy oem replacement kit-tints-headunit lol

and thats about it

My plan for the summer was to buy a dohc ka and boost it but turns out the KA I bought was a POS, so I decided to scrap those plans.



As you can see above, I almost had everything I needed to run the dohc stock for a bit. When I tested the engine for compression and leaks, I got some pretty bad results.

Now that I work at Sears, my plan now for the car is to go SR. I would have rebuilt the KA but I don't have the skills or funds to do it. lol

So far, with the help of "FlohtingPoint", I got the KA out. It was my first engine removal ever and without his help, I wouldn't have accomplished s***.

Right now I have saved up about half of what I need to get myself a SR from Elite JDM in Philly. I should have the rest of the money in about 3 weeks.

I will keep updated and I wont disappear like others. haha

Here are some pics of the car before I removed the KA.



I bought some bumper grills but apparently I have nowhere to screw them on my bumper.



All comments, good or bad, are welcome. NICO has taught me A LOT about 240's and they are just so much fun.

Sorry for all the text, but hey, at least its legible.
Modified by Ramonesfreak2010 at 6:04 PM 8/21/2009

[AZ89two4Tsx]

What kind of strut bars are those?

[Ramonesfreak2010]

OBX

[darens13]

looks pretty good! how much did you pick it up for?

[AZ89two4Tsx]

OBX

Can I have them?

[Ramonesfreak2010]

looks pretty good! how much did you pick it up for?

Thanks bro. I believe he was asking for $1500 but I got him down to $1340. I know.. such a random number. lol

Can I have them?

50 shipped for both?

[Pdawg]

That's cool that you live in silver spring, i am in edgewater... I have a pontiac gtp though. I couldnt find any clean 240's in the area and got a good deal on my car.

[krash]

YEASSS ANOTHER SS MEMBER! nice car man! The paint job looks great! Which Safeway did you work at?

[GTR PrYdE]

You could always pay to get the dohc ka bulit for about the same as a SR...

[Ramonesfreak2010]

YEASSS ANOTHER SS MEMBER! nice car man! The paint job looks great! Which Safeway did you work at?

The safeway in Cloverly. It was on New Hampshire ave and Briggs Chaney rd. What car do you have? Maybe I've seen it. lol

You could always pay to get the dohc ka bulit for about the same as a SR...

Yea but then I would have to buy the turbo parts.

[White Comet]

looking good. a minor detail i dislike is the a pillars being painted red instead of left black. i see lots of resprays like that and i'm not feeling it at all. but it came out pretty nice

[m tr4nch]

looking good. a minor detail i dislike is the a pillars being painted red instead of left black. i see lots of resprays like that and i'm not feeling it at all. but it came out pretty nice

that's just on the body, not on the trim piece (you can sort of see it in the later pics where it's black) . but yeah i don't like those trim pieces being painted the same color of the car. imo should have went with a black roof too while you were at it but it still looks good with the fresh red.

great start so far

[Ramonesfreak2010]

looking good. a minor detail i dislike is the a pillars being painted red instead of left black. i see lots of resprays like that and i'm not feeling it at all. but it came out pretty nice

that's just on the body, not on the trim piece (you can sort of see it in the later pics where it's black) . but yeah i don't like those trim pieces being painted the same color of the car. imo should have went with a black roof too while you were at it but it still looks good with the fresh red.

great start so far

I feel the same way. I was in FL when my dad picked up the car and when I saw a picture I was like "wtf. isn't it supposed to be black?" lol. I did want a two tone but I guess my uncle was being stingy with the paint. lol But now I'm completely used to it and I guess it grew on me.

[m tr4nch]

looking good. a minor detail i dislike is the a pillars being painted red instead of left black. i see lots of resprays like that and i'm not feeling it at all. but it came out pretty nice

that's just on the body, not on the trim piece (you can sort of see it in the later pics where it's black) . but yeah i don't like those trim pieces being painted the same color of the car. imo should have went with a black roof too while you were at it but it still looks good with the fresh red.

great start so far

ah crap i just realized that i read what you said wrong lol oh well it was late and my brain wasn't working... anyways yeah the a pillars look much better with the factory black.

[Doya]

Cool, someone else in maryland who hasn't riced-out a 240. Way to go

[Ramonesfreak2010]

That's cool that you live in silver spring, i am in edgewater... I have a pontiac gtp though. I couldnt find any clean 240's in the area and got a good deal on my car.

Ah I see, I bought mine in VA from the original owner. I remember I was going to buy a hatch with a S14 SR already swapped in it for I think it was $2500. The guy needed quick cash for school, and said he was going to hold for me over the weekend. Called him up Sunday evening and told me he sold it to someone else.

I'm actually glad that I bought this one instead now that I think about it. Now, I can rock a "Built not bought" sticker. lmao

Cool, someone else in maryland who hasn't riced-out a 240. Way to go

Thanks man. lol

[masterdisaster]

please fix your rear wiper lol .. wtf is up with it lol

[ZOMG.SR20]

DONT Go SR youll hate it

[Fibre guy]

Any future wheel plans?

[Ramonesfreak2010]

please fix your rear wiper lol .. wtf is up with it lol

s*** doesn't even work. lol I'm going to take it off.

DONT Go SR youll hate it

May I ask why?

Any future wheel plans?

Yes! 17" Work vs-xx. But thats in the spring. lol

[Fibre guy]

Yes! 17" Work vs-xx. But thats in the spring. lol

Nice choice.

There has been a lot of talk about VQ swaps... Maybe that's a choice if you don't go SR.

[White Comet]

DONT Go SR youll hate it

i don't know anyone that hates their sr. i think you just got a mess to take care of by picking up a half done project

[donjuanmon]

Solid ride 'bro. I totally agree on changing the piggy to the chuki. In fact my '90 model was originally a piggy and I hated it. I was gonna change to a chuki bumper up until I decided to get the gp sports body kit. But yeah man all in all I like what you're doing to your ride. Keep it up!

[Doya]

DONT Go SR youll hate it

Compared to a boosted KA, yeah, you'll hate the SR. Nissan didn't bring the SR here for a reason

[White Comet]

nissan didn't use the sr not because it sucks but because it was needed for the way they were marketing the 240. and you can't compare a stock engine to a modified one

[Ramonesfreak2010]

Nice choice.

There has been a lot of talk about VQ swaps... Maybe that's a choice if you don't go SR.

Thanks. Hm I've heard of VQ swaps but have really looked into it. Is it expensive?

i don't know anyone that hates their sr. i think you just got a mess to take care of by picking up a half done project

thats exactly what I was thinking

Compared to a boosted KA, yeah, you'll hate the SR. Nissan didn't bring the SR here for a reason

I'm pretty sure KA-T is a lot more fun to drive than SR but the SR isn't a bad engine either. In the spring I plan to get a GT28R if I go SR, so that should be fun.

[Doya]

nissan didn't use the sr not because it sucks but because it was needed for the way they were marketing the 240. and you can't compare a stock engine to a modified one

I was only joking Actually, the SR wasn't brought to america because of smog and all that other s*** But thats all beside the point. The SR is still a suck-a** motor, KA FOR LIFE

[Ramonesfreak2010]

^^lol do you have any pics of your ride?

I still have the KA sitting in my shed. Maybe I'll build it in the future when I have much more experience.....and money. lol

[Doya]

^^lol do you have any pics of your ride?

I still have the KA sitting in my shed. Maybe I'll build it in the future when I have much more experience.....and money. lol

Yeah I have pics, but there not too pretty. I'll post them as soon as my sister gives me back my camera. I'm in the middle of finishing my ka-t setup so I'll post pics of that also. I might be up and running this week too much last night, haha

[Ramonesfreak2010]

Nice. How much did everything cost you?