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Post by turbojay240z »

What a mess! :shock: :cry:
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Original owner was not kind to this poor s14


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wow i love seeing rebirths... kudos to you savior of dead nissans
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Post by turbojay240z »

There is no turbo, ...yet :twisted:
After a year without the motor in the car, it started on the first try and everything on the car worked.

Finally found some headlights, put some drop springs on.
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And some z32tt wheels with 20mm spacers.
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Post by bretts90nb »

nice build !! love it nice to see some one taken there time on a wrecked 240sx thats love lol
89 240sx hatch ka24de swap! rebuilt is complete, ARP head studs, cometic head gaskit, nismo thermostat, nismo short throw shifter, b&m clucth, apexi controller,ka-t coming soon do it right the first time!!
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Nice project.
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Post by turbojay240z »

Anybody reading this, if you have a 300zx tt rear wheel or two you want to sell or trade, let me know.
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Post by drifty240 »

Great work... What colour are you going to paint her?
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Post by turbojay240z »

Thanks.Gonna paint it the stock blue emerald mica, to match the freshly painted engine bay.
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Post by proricanracer »

damn, that's some nice flushness you got with the fender hood and bumper fitment. It's hard to get fitment that good when you have bad front end damage.
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Post by turbojay240z »

Yeah, it just takes time to get everything lined up and measured before welding anything in like a new radiator support. That is, if there is no frame damage. In this case there wasn't.
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Post by ryan987 »

i wish i had pictures of my car befor i replaced the front end on it the guy i baught it from crashed into the back of an 18 wheeler and ruined it.... i nursed it back to life witha little help from a autobody specialist. i cant weld for **** lmao but i did all the wrenching looks good though keep up the good work and post more pctures!
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Post by Devilstar »

proricanracer wrote:damn, that's some nice flushness you got with the fender hood and bumper fitment. It's hard to get fitment that good when you have bad front end damage.
seriously, i dont think my stock even has that much flushness
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Post by turbojay240z »

Here is some more wheel fitment pics

300zx tt wheel on the front with no spacer.
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and here is the same wheel on the rear of my s13 w/ 20mm spacer, i'm gonna need some flares

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Post by kb240 »

Realllllyyy nice. The end part that is.
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So i finally got the car running good and all the little bugs worked out. The first couple of test drives went very well, motor felt really strong.
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Yesterday i got in the car and started it up and noticed what i thought was a little timing chain noise, which is common on these damn motors. Anyway, i am listening to it and rev it a little and as the rpm's come down it sounds like a couple of marbles bouncing around in there and i am thinking " O SH!T!. I figured it was the guides making the noise so i let it cool down and start taking stuff off to get to the guides. When i pull the distributor cap off to remove the distributor, this is what i found!
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If you can't tell, the rotor is totally destroyed. When i pulled the cap off, about 10 small pieces of plastic fell out. This was the source of the noise, since someone else had already removed the guides.

I am still scratching my head trying to figure out how this happened and how the car even ran with this in it. Gonna put another one in it today and see what happens.
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So, it's been a few months since my last update. Since then i have swapped out 2 transmissions :(
The auto decided to take a shat on me, so, since it is (edit...WAS) my wifes car i wanted to put an auto back in.... MISTAKE #1. I put another one in and what a suprise, it was just as bad as the first one......(insert many curse words here). After all that, i had enough. I picked up a few goodies and now it's rockin a 5 speed, but the paint is gonna have to wait 'til spring

I got lucky and found this M/T w/ only 26,000 miles :D

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Lightened flywheel

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Underdrive crank pulley

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and the end result.....yes i need a new shift knob

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Post by SammyGreen »

wow nice :-)
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Post by TCtrackrunner »

Looks like its coming along well
Boosted and running 8psi
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Post by turbojay240z »

Wow....it's been a long time since i've updated this build. Haven't really got a whole lot done since my last post.
I bought another KA, picked up some 370cc injectors, N62 maf, an s13 ecu and built my own OBDII to OBDI conversion harness.

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It's ugly, but not for long....
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Pulling off all emissions....
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I still have to close off the holes....

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I hope to get these closed up by the end of the week. Anyway... later guys.
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Post by Chad4061 »

wow man good work...what are you swapping to obd1 for...software?
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Post by turbojay240z »

A tuned ecu.
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Post by turbojay240z »

Got a little more work done today. I tapped and plugged the PCV ports. The reason for this is my S13 always seemed to have boost leaks here and i got tired of f***** with it so, problem solved.

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And capped this as well....forgot what it is called (and too tired to look it up).
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I'm also thinking of tapping this hole and use it as a vac. source for a BOV.....do you guys think this would be a good place to do so?

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I also cleaned up the block and timing covers and gave them a fresh coat of Dupli-color Aluminum engine enamel.....turned out better than i expected.

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Assembly will have to wait until i figure out what cams i wanna use.
I have a couple of s13 and s14 cams to choose from. I'm thinking 248/232, but i am open to suggestions..
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Post by 1993ka24det »

good work, what did you name her ( 2nd Chance) and how with are those back tires
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Post by turbojay240z »

1993ka24det wrote:good work, what did you name her ( 2nd Chance) and how with are those back tires
Tires are 225/50-16 ....8.5" tt wheels all around. As for a name..haven't really gave her one yet, except when it is having problems....then i call her all kinds of names :wink:
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Post by irritatedmax »

great job bringing it back. it is amazing what can be done when you know what you are doing. my brother did the same repair on his hatch (and then some) and it is as good as new.

i would do repair work like that any day over trying to fix rust.
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Post by cleantune »

Wow :shock: i'm impressed! the car looks awesome, great job welding. From the pictures it looks like everything matched up quite well. The OBDII to OBDI conversion harness for the ecu is a daunting task. I ended up buying one from "adamky" because I didnt have the ballz to do it myself haha. The motor is looking good too. Keep up the good work!
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Post by turbojay240z »

Thanks for the comments guys. The conversion harness wasn't too bad to make, just took some time. I couldn't bring myself to drop that much cash on one,(cause i'm a cheap a$$ diy ka-t er :wink: ) It cost me about $25 to make it.
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Post by turbojay240z »

Got a little ahead of myself by painting the block, since it is now on the way to the machine shop.

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The head wasn't too pretty either.

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And....my odometer quit working over the weekend, so I'm thinking about replacing it with this....
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Post by Mouse »

good call puting in that new cluster, It comes with over half a tank of gas :lol:
but seriously nice work though
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Mouse wrote: It comes with over half a tank of gas :lol:
That's always a good deal... :wink:
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