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Post by SHIFT_KA24DET »

I know this sounds Cheesy but now that the site is growing so rapidly I
thought it would be kind of cool to make a Sticky for People to introduce
themselves with a little blurb and a picture about themselves and their car.

I'll Brake the Ice. My name is Adam Jantos I am 18 years old and I live in
Toronto Canada. I have previously had 4 other 240's all Fastbacks, I
Currently own a 1993 Nissan 240sx Coupe with a Silvia front end that I
crashed in Niagara Falls this summer but have gotten back on my feet
and got a new fender, bumper and hood and she's as good as new. I
have had a CA18DET and a SR20DET in my previous cars loved them
both but now am on to something new. KA24DE-t :twisted: I work at
BestBuy and do Co-op at NHR Motorsports as an apprentice mechanic.
This winter I plan to Build up a KA24DE and Turbo my Coupe and with my
winter beater a 1989 240sx I plan to enter a few Rallies with Karl Sprongle
my Boss at NHR. Anywho Enough Rambling on about me here is a shot of
myself and a shot of my car In Niagara Falls just before I crashed it.

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Post by the_kage »

My name is Kyle Griffin. I am 21 years old. I live in Poplar Bluff, Mo. I work as a service tech for an ISP. I used to work at Best buy 8) . I own 2 240s... a Mederteranian Blue 96 and a silver 89. The 89 i bought 2 weeks ago for 150 bucks in Minnesota.. I had to go get it. The lengths I will go for a fastback! It needs a rebuild... And then use it as my daily driver and use the 96 for my turbo build.
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Post by Rick »

Kage,

If only your license plate was WHP instead of WPH....:)


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Post by SHIFT_KA24DET »

^^^ Wheres your introduction and pictures sir?
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Post by Jordan Gladman »

Jordan Gladman < obviously.

Im 19, live in Vancouver, BC.

First car was an 89 honda prelude, 2nd car was an 89 prelude which i learned my first turbo on and what happens when you boost a car with 9.5:1 compression and pencil rods.

I bought some beater 200sx, a hyundai pony and then finally stumbled onto an 89 240sx...

I drove that NA for a few months, developed some crazy rod knock, rebuilt it and turbo'd that, in June my sister smashed the front end and i ended up buying a 2nd 240, i put my motor in there and thats the car im racing right now.

2 weeks ago, i got a 3rd 240, cracked rear control arm mount and some rust, missing headlights, flat tires and no exhaust. Should have that up and running soon.

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240 fixed.
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New and current 240
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Painted flat black with 92 front end
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Gotta love backyard spray jobs
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Post by Rick »

SHIFT_SR20DET wrote:^^^ Wheres your introduction and pictures sir?

I dont want to make anyone look bad.

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Post by ispypsi »

Daniel Mullins
21, Florida

First car was my dad's 89 Toyota pickup truck, 4x4, 5 speed, 22R-E motor. Repainted, polished mag wheels. Learned to drive.

Then I got a 1993 Toyota Camry LE Auto 5s-fe. slow as balls. Did I/H/E, suspension, kosei k1's, stereo stuff, typical high schooler "want to be admired/cool" setup. did research and designing for a planned 3s-gte motor swap, but didnt have enough money, so since 3s-gte oil pan, turbo manifold, ct-26 all fit on 5s-fe motors, was gonna just turbo the 5s-fe at about 4psi for fun, and swap in a 5 speed. well the auto tranny was starting to take a dump so i sold it. i miss it dearly.

got the 1997 nissan 240sx that i have now. ran the crap out of it from 58,000 back in 2001 (got it for $9000 w00t!!!) to the current 115,500 it has (got me an oil change today too). disintegrated a clutch at 64,000, new oem clutch still holding up today, basic maintenance. threw on sway bars, FSTB, and t/c rods, z brakes, and ripped out obd2/egr/evap/emissions ****.

currently about 3 weeks out from having all turbo related parts (minus a better clutch), and a spare motor in the garage waiting for 2005 to roll around for a spring rebuild hopefully. thanksgiving is first planned install date, if not probably will have to wait til after finals.

plenty of KA-T support down here in florida, huge nissan scene in orlando and tampa, and im smack dab in between in BFE with all the hills and curvy roads (which florida has few of to start with).

i also love porno, strippers, crack, walks on the beach nude, and being an asshole.
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Post by Drift Machine »

Name's Derek, I'm 19. Was born and raised in the Bothell/Mill Creek area of Washington (about 15 mins north of seattle). But going to school/sorta living in Ireland (for 8 months out of the year)

My first car was a 1987 4 door honda civic, the only cool thing about that car was that it was a 5 speed. So it was an awesome car to learn how to drive on. Oh and it was really fun to put plastic trays under the rear wheels :lol:

I bought my 240sx 3 summers ago. When I bought it I knew nothing about how to really work on cars, but that all changed with the help of my dad. Bought the 240 with a blown engine for 600 USD, so I swapped in a working KA24DE. Did some suspsenion and other mods and drove it around like that until September of 2003 when I started on my KA-T project. I did it for my senior project, so I had to space it out over the year. I basically learned everything during the whole build up process.

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*since then I've cut my hair and shaved 8)
Finally going to re-do this project!
S13 KA24DE-T: BikiRom, 370cc injectors, T3/TO4E, 6 PSI, 220 whp, 220 tq


2008 Audi A3
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1996 Sea-Doo GTX: stock, 50 mph, needs nothing... except a new motor.. KABOOM!
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Post by the_kage »

Drift Machine wrote: But going to school/sorta living in Ireland
You look Irish too!
Pale skin, freckles, red hair and can hold my liquor
only bad thing...I hate burning in the sun so easily!
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Post by NiSSanFreAk »

My names Tony im 18. I bought my first car about 5 months ago, 1990 240sx fastback, it was auto then, i decided that was the first to go, so i did my tranny swap a few weeks ago and im still tweekin it abit. Ill get sum pics of my car shortly so be prePARED!!!! Although i dont plan on going turbo in the near future, i may be going to UTI, so there kinda ass raping me of 30,000. As soon as sum of those loans aew payed off i may go turbo.

Heres a temp picture, techu took this one when we went to look at buying. Ill get sum more shortly, pics of the after swap.

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Post by ninjatune »

My name is Jared, Im 19 and I live in Tsawwassen, BC and I like to spend my spare time in Gladman's garbage looking for car parts :lol: (I live 10 mins away)

Ive had two preludes, a celica, and now I have my AWD DSM and 89 S13 KA24E-T. I work for an italian restuarant and do a bit of work for Jordan as well. Im new to the whole 240 thing, you can probably tell by reading my posts :wink:

This is my 240 (Jordans old one) which is running 4 psi on a TD05H 14B with a DSM sidemount intercooler... Ive had it for less than a week but its definately on its way to becoming the perfect car for me. Im re-doing the whole turbo kit and currently looking for all new suspension and an LSD 8)

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I just started this website to keep me out of trouble... plus people can read updates about the car. I forget everything I used to know about HTML so the site has nothing on it yet... just a pic of the car!

www.angelfire.com/punk5/mys13
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Post by gus »

Howdy, I'm Gus. My first vehicle was an '86 Blazer and that thing RULED. I miss it, but would never trade it for my 240. I'm on my second chassis after eating a guardrail a couple of months ago. Uhm, turned 21 Tuesday and I manage a Cingular Wireless store so if there's anything I can do for you lemme know. Anyway, this is me hard at work and my car. I pulled the KA from my old shell and eventually stumbled onto ka-t.org
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Post by F-bodeee »

The name's Chase; Im from Orlando, FL and im 19 and in my 2nd year at UCF. I'm a domestic guy at heart having previously a 89 Camaro and 87 Trans Am, but needed something more reliable/economic <intro 240>. Ive had my 92 240 for about 3 months now and am planning to turbo it when i get the cash flow. Here are some pics:

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Post by s13rymos »

hey guys i just registered a few days ago after searching on this forum awhile. i wanted to put some boost to my 240sx, but i thought the sr20 was a little too played out. i finally decided to turbo my SOHC. i found out about jordan gladman and i just ordered my manifold from him yesterday. i will be using his set-up for a base for mine and let me say it is really impressive. i look foreward to building this motor over the winter and will keep you guys updated on the process. i would post up some pics of my ride but my digi cam went bad on me. if anyone is in central PA check out www.turboforum.net that is where all the local stuff goes down.
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Welcome Aboard
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Post by elks240 »

my name is john and i drove a 93 coupe till i wrecked it on the way to work one morning a few weeks ago. well know i have an 89 hatchy that im workin on. the coupe had t3to4e home made mani, exhaust, ic piping, i had done a dsm ecu swap with everything needed for it, making 312 whp and 345 torque stock block at 15 psi, switching it all over to the hatch ( which i got lucky i only lost the the rear end and exhaust out of the deal )so everything else is goin in the hatch.

this is the old coupe
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and the wreck
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Post by Kyle1911 »

My name is Kyle, I am 17 years old and bought my car last year. I am a DIY mechanic where I taught myself everything I have done(Get it drive-able as i bought it for $700 and had to fix everything) so far as my dad had never picked up a wrench nor has any of my friends. I drive an 1989 240sx coupe with 220 000 Km's stock everything except 300zx FF. I work 2 jobs while finishing grade 12.
I have a 87 Toyota CT-26 I'm going to fit onto the KA24E I bought with 138xxx km's and tranny with a Stage 2 centerforce clutch for $460 CAD. Along with a 38mm Tial wannabe wastegate

PCs later...
89' Nissan 240sx Coupe.

Custom Everything else
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38mm SSautochrome wastegate
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My intro.

Post by Covertpolarbear »

Well, Im chuck, 21, live in Houston tx.

The first car i owned was a ford tempo.. sold it, then bought a nissan 200sx, sold it, and then bought my car, a 1990 SOHC 240sx.

Here is me.. and my story

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I owned my car for about 3 months.. and the timing chain tentioner snapped, and dinged around in my timing cover for a while, then the tensioner shredded in the oil pan.. overheated the car, and its been sitting in my garage for a few weeks now.. Im rebuilding the motor (as money permits).. just a basic rebuild.. not an excessive amount of money going to be invested... I plan on (if gladman ever gives discounts, or has a extra, or if someone has one for sale) getting the T3 bottom mount manifold, and get around 200whp.. I plan on having my car Back up and running by january.
ill have pics of the car up asap.. i just need to compress them.
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Post by antonioturboka »

:lol: Never seen some one work on a car with those gloves on :D

Nice to meet you !
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Post by kuta »

yea, my name is rob, i bought my first 240 bout 2 weeks ago (89 240sx sohc). i work for Honda as a technician so i like to think i know what I'm talking about, but since Ive owned my 240 Ive realized that Honda's are not fast and never will be. but anyways as soon as i have income i plan on starting my kat project. still kind of new to Nissan's so if i ask a stupid question just ignore me.
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Post by Kyle1911 »

Jordan Gladman wrote:
240 fixed.
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Did you use Flex agent in the trimclad for the bumpers?

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You use the automotive trimclad or household paints style?
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89' Nissan 240sx Coupe.

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Post by s13grady »

Whats up,
my name is Grady, from the crowded state of Jersey, im 18,
first car was a 94 Somona 5spd Vortec V6, good memories.
bought a 92 240sx in may, sold the truck and getting ready for turbo. :D
I try to do as much work as possible on cars, but some things are better left to people that know what they are doing cuz i dont have time for huge screw ups. School and work both full-time.

13.1 at 6psi(no 4th) ka24det. sick. love it.
cant wait to dump some more money into it.
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92 s13 ka24det sc61 project.
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Post by chad240 »

my name is chad raycraft
im from vancouver bc.
i work for a volkswasgen dealer as an apprentice

I bought my 240 in february of this year. had big sr swap plans :roll:

then I went out to buy a strut bar off of jordan and he took me for a ride in his car.(the one his sister smashed) lol

so I started collecting parts :)

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Post by 95Blue240sx »

Whats up! My name is BJ, im from CA and own a 95 240sx. Im new to this board for the obvious reason. Hope to learn more!

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Post by kuta »

yeah i thought i posted an introduction already but i must not have. anyways my name is Rob, i live in bothell WA. i am a Honda technician, so yeah I'm kind of new to Nissan. i bought my 89 240 bout 2 weeks ago for $900 to replace my 92 accord (lucky car #8). like most i was ll hyped up on the sr20 swap, when a friend of mine (known hear as "drift machine") referred me to this site. it didn't take long for me to realize that i could save myself a lot of trouble by building my sohc. so yeah that about where i stand now. until i can get some positive income my car will remain stock, planning on building a pretty beefy motor if i can figure out what i need. so if i post any stupid questions just assume I'm drunk and disregard it.

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Post by Team503 »

I'm Alex from Austin, TX. I'm 25.

My previous car list (in order):
1986 BMW 318i 5sp STOCK
1995 Firebird Formula M6 1LE STOCK
1993 RX-7 VR Touring, Auto I/D/E
1993 RX-7 VR R1, M5 I/D/E, clutch, man boost controller
1999 Honda Civic Si, EBP, M5
1993 RX-7 MB Touring, M5, lots of stuff (http://team503.nivenhuh.net/fd)
1992 240SX

The last FD got totalled, used the payoff to buy my bike and the S13 - I wanted something that spent more time on the road than in the shop and didn't cost me a car payment to maintain. I plan on picking up another FD as a project sometime, but I'm in no rush.

I don't have any decent pics of the S13, but the ones I do have, and the ones of me are on my webspace - http://team503.nivenhuh.net
'92 S13 stock other than Eibachs/KYBs, KA24DE-T in the works
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Introducing myself

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Hi I'm Cory. I'm 18 years old and out of school. I drive a 1992 240sx that I got at the beginning of my senior year of high school. I bought it with 117k and turboed it at 134k. Everything I know I have learned on this and other forums. My setup is:
Garrett T04B .60ar compressor w/ S-trim wheel:.69ar turbine w/P trim
Revhard manifold
Import-autoperformance oil lines
Turbonetics evolution wastegate
Greddy Type S blow off valve
Vortech 8:1 FMU
PVC intake plumbing
Ford Mustang SVO intercooler
Custom 2.5 downpipe
ACT heavy duty pressure plate w/organic disk
K&N filtercharger cone filter
Apexi N1 exhaust
Autometer boost, A/F, oil pressure gauges
Toyos on stockers with open diff.

I'm running 5psi. The car is pretty fast now with traction issues in all of first and quite a bit of second if I shift too hard. It will get squirley in second. LOTs of fun. I installed everything myself. My car has never been to a shop. This forum is awesome. Keep up the good work.
-Cory

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Post by Iceman »

Hey there

I'm Ian, a 24 year old Mech Eng graduate. Soon I will be looking for a clean (southern?) s13 coupe, and hope to eventually turbo it

I've been lurking here for a while, so I figured that I might as well register
I will save myself embarrassment and not list my cars ;)
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Post by Toahk »

Names John, might already know me from some of the other msg boards. Been into 240's a while, first car was a 240, current car is another 240. Well here's the current ride, 89 I picked up for 400 bucks.
When I got it.
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Couple months later.
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Here's the most current shot.
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Post by R3D240sx »

Names Chris, 18. First vehicle was a 1979 Suburban. Saved up and got a 90' 240sx.

Befor:
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