Starting to customize car...PLEASE HELP!!!

[SloPpyDiCk]

Hello to all of you smart car people out there. I just recently bought a 1993 nissan 240sx. I am a young person who doesn't know much about cars, just the basics. I was just wondering if someone could please explain the first basic steps to making your car into a drag car. Yeah i hear stuff about the cold air intake and rims, but i'm talking starting from step 1 and pimping the entire car out-performance wise. I'm not talking looks, just strictly performance. Like what should i do to the engine first etc. And yes i've heard of the sr20det and incase i did do the sr swap, what all do i need to do to the car. For example flywheels etc. If someone can start me off at step one i would really appreciate that. Thanks a lot,

Tim

[s13sr20chris]

ok, so you dont know much about cars? thats ok bro, nobody is born knowing stuff. for drag racing only you can forget about rims for now. a good intake like the injen is a start. if you run premium gas you can advance the ignition timing just a bit. from there you may want a header and catback exhaust(check out brm for that). if you want to launch hard you can put some bfgoodrich drag radials on the stock wheels. also, install synthetic fluids in your differential and transmission(you are using synthetic motor oil right?).

[SloPpyDiCk]

ok thanks man....ya i have a whole garage to work on my car....its just my dad is good with like repairing cars...he doesn't know a lot about performance so this is why i'm asking these questions. Thanks a lot for the help I will definetely take it into consideration

[SloPpyDiCk]

ok...sorry if i sound dumb but how exactly do u advance the ignition timing if I am running 93 grade gas?? And what do radials do?

[navysnail]

advance ignition by using a timing gun to see your timing and turning the distributor to advance or retard timing.

radials will give more grip, so instead of spinning tires it will launch forward

[s13sr20chris]

yeah, drag radials are not good in the rain but they are the best streetable tire for drag racing.

[sanioll]

yeah, drag radials are not good in the rain but they are the best streetable tire for drag racing.

not really a tire guy, but you all are talking about slicks right?

[s13sr20chris]

no drag radial are street tires with some tread one them. they are designed for drag racing rather than streetability or cornering.

[240DRFT]

an lsd would help with drag racing...you could just get one from a stock 240 if u dont already have one