240 stinky stocker to dd and track day conversion

[tomt64]

Thought I would chime in with the new section here.

Just bought a 90' coupe last September. What I loved about it was it has not been modified at all, just a U of L's daily in the warmer months. Moving on from a PGT that pissed me off aka Megasquirt.

I never took any pics when I first bought the car, here is the earliest one after stripping the engine bay:


Freshly painted:






Candy purple valve cover :


Tomei setup:


Cluster:


Parts:

Tomei manifold and dump pipe.
HKS downpipe/test pipe/ Apexi catback exhaust.
Greddy LS FMIC kit
Cusco 2 way differential.
Z32 front brakes.
17x9 Volk TE37's redrilled bolt pattern
Tanabe Sustec Pro S-OC coilovers.
JIC seat.
CA digital cluster.
Greddy oil filter relocation kit.
Nismo mounts.

Buying:

New S14 Zenki harness, AVCR, 5 lug swap front and rear for the Volks, 255lph f pump, Tanabe sway bars, aluminum driveshaft. Lots more Im missing off.

[lhatton]

very nice and clean

[tomt64]

Originally posted by lhatton
very nice and clean

Thanks!

Today I just threw on the core and cut the support and some to get it to fit well with pop up lights.



Gotta love the sawzall....

[tomt64]

Threw in some solid aluminium sub frame bushings today, they are a bit noisy on the minus side but the pros completly outweight the cons.
Back end is a lot more predictable and no more wheel hop.

I Highly recommend it!

[sr20s14zenki]

Heh, when i do FMIC, i take off the rebar and throw it as hard as i can in the trash bin

[tomt64]

Originally posted by sr20s14zenki
Heh, when i do FMIC, i take off the rebar and throw it as hard as i can in the trash bin

Well good thing I kept it, a guy backed up into me on Thursday night at Race City
Otherwise instead of wiping off marks I would of been doing quite a bit more...

[S13_Ryan]

Originally posted by tomt64


Well good thing I kept it, a guy backed up into me on Thursday night at Race City
Otherwise instead of wiping off marks I would of been doing quite a bit more...

i think im missing something here. how did you get bumped into in a car thats not mobile? isnt that thing still stuck inside your garage.

[tomt64]

No Ive been driving it since the beginning of April?? That is quite the assumption. The last picture posted was in February... more than ample time to do more than 1 swap.

3 weeks ago I pulled the head off because a spark plug arm came off in cyl #1 and jammed between a exhaust valve and v seat and broke the valve. 0psi in the first cylinder, yay!
I threw in ARP studs while I was there and got the head decked while I was there [Thanks Precise, very speedy!] and threw it all back together again.
Had to replace the turbo too since the chunk of valve went through the turbine. Ill take some pictures tomorrow....

PS I would not recommend doing the subframe bushings on the floor. It took me 5 hours at work, I will never do that without a hoist.

[S13_Ryan]

yaah. keep us updated. id like to see more progress. i wasnt reading the dates on your posts.

[teknical]

looks like mine tom! But that will all change next week

[tomt64]

Originally posted by teknical
looks like mine tom! But that will all change next week

I need to catch up with you Albert, gimme a shout tomorrow Im off to bed now. The screen on my bb is fucked so I cant call anyone unless I know their numbers....

[tomt64]

Got a little bit done the yesterday:

Added front and rear tanabe sway bars, I finally got the rear one after waiting a month.
Front:


Rear:




I weighed my car a few weeks back with full interior, spare tire and 2/3rds tank of fuel. I supposedly weigh 80kgs.... I took the picture with me in the car:



Ordered 5 lug conversion to fit my new TE's, I will snap pics of the car when they go on.

[S13_Ryan]

te37's

[bundi]

wow the differences in those sway bars is pretty significant... I'm jealous. It sounds really good.. more pics

[tomt64]

My new favorite package came in today:



Going to install these and Z32 fronts at the same time, so just waiting on front rotors and conversion lines...

Havent decided if I am going to get new rear rotors or just drill the old ones to fit the 5 lug, hmmm.

[S13_Ryan]

id just go new rotors all round to keep things new and matching but thats just me.

how come you went with the ichiba kit as opposed to finding a full 300zx/jdm s14 5 lug conversion?

[tomt64]

Im going with new rotors all around, I just dont know what 5 lug rear rotors to buy to fit the stock calipers. Apparently 5 lug sentra or 5 lugt s14 240sx rears fit?

I got them for $465USD shipped, so when everything is brand new and not needing to put S14 ball joints in the lower control arms to make the fronts fit [apparently] sold me.

[S13_Ryan]

yea, 5 lug s14 rears and z32 front.

and yea 465 not bad, but the exchange rate was probably where it killed you.
but you're right. the s14 balljoint swap was a pain and delayed me getting my car on the road by about 2 weeks but i figure it saved me some dough

[tomt64]

I got 88 cents actually, I waited until I was happy with the rate. Considering all places were charging $480+ w/out shipping, Im happy with new shit.
How many hours did the swap take you roughly if you dont mind me asking?

[Redlyne_mr2]

Get that 5 lug on so I can see you on those TE's!