Right Hand Drive!!!!

[sickniss]

I finally got the balls to try it... im rebuilding my motor and decided this is the best time while it is out to do a right hand drive conversion... any heads up on the project... any problems other people ran into? i got all the parts from my clip.. anything i should know? thank you

[sickniss]

what does every one think of the engine bay? look stupid?

[180crafter]

My opinion... Ill....

[Hijacker]

RHD conversions aren't all that great if you ask me. It's a novelty at best. An expensive novelty. I can't remember who it was, but search 240 Gen for RHD conversion, and a guy from virginia beach posted the whole process he did on his hatch. That was probably a month or so ago.

[sickniss]

i got everthing from my clip even the dash in good shape so it aint costing me a thing..... i ripped the clip one out today and it dont seem that hard.. just cant use the windshield wpers because the brake booster is to big....

[S13 King]

that and your gonna have to reloacate everthing like the brake boosterm steering coloum (sp), and other little things that can result in a pain in the arse.

But hey more power to you.

[Checkered-Member]

I can’t imagine shifting with my left hand…

[sickniss]

i got it done!!! was so simple the hardest part was placing the pedals!!

[VitaminT]

Lets see some pics.

[Morph]

You did a rhd swap in 5 days???? Don't you have to rewire the entire car?

[DeathBy240SX]

I was going to import a 180SX (I live in Canada so its legal) but after driving a RHD Silvia I decided against it. The only reason i wuld buy a 180sx is so that I could put the engine in a 240sx. To actually spend all that time and effort converting it to rhd you must be crazy. Have you ever driven a RHD car before?

[Rockenreno]

what does every one think of the engine bay? look stupid?

looks like it runs on blueberries...

[Def]

Driving a RHD car isn't all that hard, but I agree shifting with your left hand just feels unnatural. Even after getting used to all the other things like the turn signal being on the opposite side, not running into stuff on the left side of the car etc.

I guess if you want to be original go for it, but I'd say your efforts would be better spent elsewhere.

[Dori Dori]

It would be good for you though Def...getting that brake master away from the turbo and all that heat.

[sickniss]

well i aint done completly yet.... i have all the mechanical stuff and have everything wired.. im just installing my tvs in the dash along with the playstation then putting the dash back in.... send pics when im COMPLETLY done in about a week.... still cant drtive it tho.. i gotta rebuild the sr it only has 120 psi !!!

[Dori Dori]

TV's and a Playstation??!>!>!>!!

[sickniss]

yea i have one dash mounted tv and a flip up one... 2 visor tvs and the dash (had) the playstation 2 in it.. just took it out and gotta put it in the right hand side.. i also did a digital dash in my 89 and just gotta cut out the hole and install that too

[Def]

It would be good for you though Def...getting that brake master away from the turbo and all that heat.

haha! I like your logic!

I had enough problems keeping a craptastic '94 RHD JDM Corolla from hitting rock faces in twisty New Zealand mountains(max speed = 140km/h FLAT OUT for 3 minutes... 3 speed auto!) - I can only imagine me putting two wheels off at the track every other corner.

<Corner Worker>Yea, that busted *** Nissan keeps dropping two before every corner... We're giving him a black flag next lap... Kick him out... No refund. </Corner Worker>

[ride4lame]

i couldn't tell if the pic of the engine bay was cool or noti think the pic is messed up because it looks all blue

[sickniss]

it is blue i had everything chromed or powdercoated blue

[Dori Dori]

haha! I like your logic!

I had enough problems keeping a craptastic '94 RHD JDM Corolla from hitting rock faces in twisty New Zealand mountains(max speed = 140km/h FLAT OUT for 3 minutes... 3 speed auto!) - I can only imagine me putting two wheels off at the track every other corner.

<Corner Worker>Yea, that busted *** Nissan keeps dropping two before every corner... We're giving him a black flag next lap... Kick him out... No refund. </Corner Worker>

Well, it was a semi serious statement...I watched a friend's engine bay catch fire because of a melted brake master, and I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone else. He was running a bottom mount turbo too (S15 turbo at only 8psi)...if anything, replace your brake master with a rebuilt one so you have good seals.

[Def]

I hear you, a heat shield is in order at some point. I have already burned my toe on the accelerator stopper screw. Don't ask me, but that sucker gets HOT with a big downpipe right there.

[Yellow_FC]

you sir, are a ricer. playstation makes ur car slower, thtas call dead weight. =P

[azncorruptedo17]

lol don't see those in a drift car ;D

[sickniss]

thats allright.. i gotta alot of extra weight.. but it is well worth is... i want a show/drift car... wanna see pics???

[Yellow_FC]

is it sick if i say yes? if so, im a sick sick person....

yeah post em. iono the whole PSX DVD TV screen thing doesnt even seem pimp nemore, if i were u, and I wanted to make a show car, id look for sumthing creative, not just following the bandwagon.if ur gonna rice it, atleast use tastey rice. makes sense rite?

[BaliLover]

If everything is chrome or powdercoated, then how'd you manage to do the stock turbo piping? Its plastic, and both those methods require heat that would melt it. And why would you spend all that money on chrome and powdercoat, and still be using the stock piping. SOmething doesn't make sense there, esp on an engine with poor compression. Sounds to me like your powdercoat came in a spraycan with Krylon on the label.

Until I see some pictures of a complete car with RHD conversion, I'm calling Shenanignans.

[Yellow_FC]

dude post pics. cuz actually the guy above me has a point, look at the bottom of the pic, like half the **** infront of the pipe, and the other half is still uncolored. dang u got busted son.

actually hey i hav a question, i saw argued on a forum a while back...what side do u put the VIN on once you do a RHD? i heard u leave it on left side but ud hav to just drill it in since the japanese car doesnt hav a lil depression and stuff for the VIN to fit in rite?anyone know?

[Onizuka]

Could be a hardpipe, 5zigen makes one.

[BaliLover]

No BOV, Obvious side mount intercooler, and it looks identical to a stock setup, only painted blue. Even the mounting points for the cold pipe in front of the radiator. Hell, even the center coil pack cover is blue, and thats a 100% plastic piece. I also have no clue whats with the giant blue harness (I'm assuming) running over the brake booster, I've never seen that before but it look like the harness wasn't converted for the LHD setup and instead he just cut some holes to run things through, maybe relocated the ECU, and has the excess just sticking up in the bay.

I'm still sticking with shenanigans