glad to finally introduce myself and to give you a little rundown of my 240sx and the things i plan to do with it, things i plan to fix, and any little details along the way i should point out. Now that i've said that, lets talk about the car...
So i bought my '93 240sx around summer 2011 with hope that it would be well worth the price. At only 1150 bucks, hey i figured why not!. Of course with such a low number, you eventually run into trouble -_____- . Most of my trouble came from the previous owner not giving the car any attention. When we talked about the car and the sale, he simply said "it runs....." without telling me all the other details about it. I should've listened to Krash14's post about buying tips for a convertible, but i was too late :/
The cars body is in decent shape. Has some scratches in the paint and some rust on the floor panels. I plan to fix the paint and to freshen up the inside when i have some cash, but the looks were the least of my worries. I was more worried about how she ran.
The motor started, had a little bit of a shake to it (bad motor mounts? bad ignition timing?) and was only running on 3 cylinders instead of 4 (i checked it out by pulling spark plug wire #4 and noticed nothing whether you had it plugged in or not), so I guess the car needs some TLC and then some.
So i bought the car, hoping to fix the madness that the previous owner had left me
. I drove it home with a huge lack of power (one cylinder makes such a difference!!!!) and managed to make it home with alot of headspins and alot of ricers begging to race. I laughed at the fact people really thought this car was a beast. I got so carried away from all the hype i was getting that i drove it around a few days and ended up making the car WORSE. I drove too hard into a neighborhood and managed to understeer straight into the curb. It broke my tension control rod, my tie-rod, and a little bit of my lower control arm.
I learned my lesson after buying a 240. NEVER drive recklessly on local streets, keep it in a parking lot or something( a very empty parking lot!). It was fun to get my car to pull a few 180's and the occassional drift, but crashing just flat out SUCKS. So i really plan to stick to casual driving, but upgrades are a MUST!
just a lil list of things i want....
-LOWER THE WHIP
-a new set of rims and tires (ive got yokohama 205/45 R16's right now)
-transmission swap (no more automatics please -_____-)
-POWER!!!! (turbo perhaps?)
-paintjob on car and rims
ill leave this post with just a few more pics and call it a day, i feel like ive left out so much but honestly, i dont expect much feedback besides a few disappointed posts about the abuse i gave this precious vert lol. Feel free to add feedback and help tips with my car troubles and if anyone is in the DC/MD area, i would really like some help from someone who actually owns a 240 and would be willing to help me with some labor.
Guess Ill have to sit here and drool over everyone elses verts.