New Toy - Project 240
07-07-2005, 12:30 AM
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New Toy - Project 240
1993 Nissan 240SX Base Coupe, 5spd
Plan A - temporary car, fix up a lil bit for resale (exterior, interior, drivetrain), coilovers, maybe LSD, thats pretty much it, selling when a Turbo-KA S14 that im looking at becomes available
Plan B - crazy assss top secret race car
what you guys think?
Plan A - temporary car, fix up a lil bit for resale (exterior, interior, drivetrain), coilovers, maybe LSD, thats pretty much it, selling when a Turbo-KA S14 that im looking at becomes available
Plan B - crazy assss top secret race car
what you guys think?
07-07-2005, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ditchhanger
That's what I was going to do with mine...but I think I may sell it and keep the STi...
haha.
nah, silvia front is a must because coupes w/ popups look azzy. but then again there is a crapload of silvia fronts here. sr is good, lsd......just no 2way because it will not be too fun of a daily driver depending where you need to drive.
springs and agx's work pretty well on a budget. i personally love st swaybars on 240's and all of mine had them. tower bars because the cars have frex.
if you got the dough then bend over and get autronic and make the car run sweet.
currently i am on the power fc by HSR and it runs pretty close to my prev. autronic'd one. for the price difference you cannot go wrong.
don't get the greddy typeR bov because you will have to cut and stretch the spring.
buy some 25mm bolt on spacers to give the car a good stance. whenyou put them on, your car will feel better and wider. nuimage might stock them for a pretty cheap price.
or call technotoytuning and have him make you a special 4-5 lug bolt on spacer. sheet, he can make ou a 4x114 to 4x100 spacer if you want.
but most importantly, bring it out to autoX.
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07-07-2005, 01:42 PM
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where i work... there are a couple of 240's(that belong to our mechanics) . . . very nice cars- i opt for plan B 
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07-07-2005, 03:13 PM
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lol thanks for the comments guys! yes the pic is in aiea, by my house, top of royal summit
Plan B i like, but Plan A will also yeild a crazy *** race car
just trying to figure out how much ill be spending in the end and whether i want S13 or S14 because i love both to death. The S14 will actually end up being cheaper in the long run so i might do that. if i do keep this tho it will deffinitely see a JDM Silvia front, i wouldnt have it any other way
Plan B i like, but Plan A will also yeild a crazy *** race car
just trying to figure out how much ill be spending in the end and whether i want S13 or S14 because i love both to death. The S14 will actually end up being cheaper in the long run so i might do that. if i do keep this tho it will deffinitely see a JDM Silvia front, i wouldnt have it any other way
07-07-2005, 10:32 PM
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Sweet, I should be picking a 1990 240 SX coupe up for $1100 this weekend. I missed mine so bad I had to find one. It has a straight body, no rust, and only one small dent. SR20Det asap and LSD. Silvia front end conversion a little later.