Tylers drift car build thread(56K)

[Soravia]

Building the coupe is a better idea. Front frame damage is nothing. If you want, you can make a Tube Frame out of it by using steel and aluminum combination. You can also replace the front bumper support with aluminum bars to make it lighter. (needs more bars for same strength as steel)

For Drifting I would recommend NA engines. Turbo engines have non-linear torque curves compared to NA. KA24DE rebuild are cheap, so I would go that way till you get a hang of it. After that you can drop a more powerful VQ35DE for better weight and power.

Good that you went with the coupe. There are too many hatchs out there anyway.

If you want to lose weight at the front, I recommend Silvia conversion or removing the headlight assembly and replacing with a cover just before racing.

[crazy240kid]

Looks like a nice build so far, looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[Tyler]

Building the coupe is a better idea. Front frame damage is nothing. If you want, you can make a Tube Frame out of it by using steel and aluminum combination. You can also replace the front bumper support with aluminum bars to make it lighter. (needs more bars for same strength as steel)

For Drifting I would recommend NA engines. Turbo engines have non-linear torque curves compared to NA. KA24DE rebuild are cheap, so I would go that way till you get a hang of it. After that you can drop a more powerful VQ35DE for better weight and power.

Good that you went with the coupe. There are too many hatchs out there anyway.

If you want to lose weight at the front, I recommend Silvia conversion or removing the headlight assembly and replacing with a cover just before racing.

exactly, thats why we went with the coupe. we are just going to clip the front and bend it back around straight.

[pflicht]

Good luck with the build. I've always wanted to do something like that with my dad. Its a bit too late for that now and he really doesnt have any interest in cars at all. Just as long as one gets him to his jobs, he could care less about who made them or what year they were... bummer....

[Tyler]

^^ maybe when the time comes you can do one with your son... if thats in the plans

[pflicht]

^^ naw im going to train my daughter! HAHA!!! My wife wont be happy...

[Tyler]

hahaha! go for it man!

[pflicht]

Oh im going to. She's only 7 months old right now so I have to wait for 2 years or so, then I will have her outside with daddy building a KA-T!!!!

[Tyler]

haha! start her now! the younger the better!

[Cameron]

yea, one thing her and daddy have in common is that they still play with blocks.

[pflicht]

haha! start her now! the younger the better!

I'd love to except there are 2 problems with that:

1) No garage or anywhere to work on the car (our apartment doesnt even allow vacuuming out our cars!!!)

2) Don't have a 240 at the moment... FTL!!

[Bmxandcars]

/\/\/\ Haha, not even three and workin on 240's i love it.

Go with the v8 dude, youre dad will be psyched!

[duffman1278]

gl with that project man! Kick *** dad too.

[Tyler]

thanks guys! im lovin all the support! and tomorrow i will be putting up a bunch of stuff in the classifieds, so if you see anything in the pics you might want keep an eye out... please dont clutter this thread with wtb's tho. thanks, TJG

[MellowZ32]

I'm so jealous of youmy dad wouldn't even teach me how to paint and do bodyworkhe said I have to learn on my own cuz nobody though him so whywould he teach me!

[Tyler]

I'm so jealous of youmy dad wouldn't even teach me how to paint and do bodyworkhe said I have to learn on my own cuz nobody though him so whywould he teach me!

that sucks man! keep working on him, he'll come around!

[Tyler]

does anyone know who makes good roll cages besides cusco and auto power? we are looking to make a purchase soon. thanks, TJG

[white90esex]

I wouldnt do a bolt in cage. Get a reputable shop or someone trustworthy and make one... Thats what im planning on doing.

[Tyler]

oh no, for sure its getting welded in. we might buy a bolt in and do a little modifying and weld it in. i was thinking of a cusco, how are they?

[Soravia]

If you live in an apartment and don't have a garage, most storage places rent out their larger storage units to people who work on cars. At least that's how it is in my town.

[Tyler]

Small Update:

rear five lug hub pictures

funny sign in our shop

thats it for now! i go to school full time and my dad works full time so expect most the updates to come on the weekends!

[Soravia]

Are you going to replace all the suspension busings while at it?

[Tyler]

Are you going to replace all the suspension busings while at it?

step ahead of ya man! haha but yes, the rears are already all done and we are waiting to get a front end on it before we do the front bushings. we got the hyperflex master set for my dd but decided it would be put to better use in this application.

[Tyler]

Small Update:i picked up a whole other car, it comes with a sil front, but it was hit in the rear so we are going to just use the silvia conversion for the red car. also, with a whole car comes lots of parts, so keep an eye out

[FeintMind]

Small Update:i picked up a whole other car, it comes with a sil front, but it was hit in the rear so we are going to just use the silvia conversion for the red car. also, with a whole car comes lots of parts, so keep an eye out

LOLOMGWTFBBQ! You has too much moneys. Lucky mofo.

Lookin forward to more pics, though!

[Tyler]

haha not really! it was only 500 bucks

[redchief]

Laugh, my dad is old school too. I had so many problems with my ka that I proposed to him sorta half hazardly one day about replacing it with a sbc and he was more than willing to roll with it. we were even joking about putting in his 383/powerglide out of his drag car but I want it to be streetable. Good fortune with your build bro

[Tyler]

thanks man

[Tyler]

UPDATE:as promised, i picked up another 1992 240sx coupe. the story on this one is the kid put a sil front on, then about a week later he got rear ended and pushed into the car infront of him and insurance totaled it. it has front core support damage but way less then the red coupe, so this is now the car that will be the main chassis for the build, as of right now. i dont know if i will keep the sil fron cause it needs some work, and all the usdm front end pieces are clean and i got those too, so they might end up back on the car, for now.

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not bad for 500 bucks if you ask me.

[Tyler]

keep an eye out in the classifieds for any parts you might like, please dont do WTB's in here tho. lots will be going up for sale, i still need to get coils and a cage