Canadian 240sx build

[Dietze]

[IMG] 419445_10150724703362040_956397151_n by blake207, on Flickr[/IMG] thats his car there, and your front lip takes a beating!

[Qais]

Nice Car buddy

[DylanM]

Hey all. I finally got some new suspension parts in the mail, I ordered a HICAS delete bar(finally!) and some RUCA's to stop my tires from rubbing the fenders so damn hard. I will grab some pictures of them tonight or tomorrow after I finished routing my stereo wiring in the trunk.

Next up on the never ending list is a boost guage/controller so I can bump it up to 9 or 10psi.

[DylanM]

Some pictures coming up! For now here is a little bit of hot lap footage showing that stance cars aren't all form without function

http://vimeo.com/46540496

[DylanM]

Just a picture from Wednesday night, cruised up to Toronto with a buddy(R32 Skyline next to me) to a 50 or 60 car meet. I painted some of my engine bay(intercooler piping, strut bar) and the car is now aligned properly! Running -3 camber up front with -5.5 in the rear. Next week I am going to instal my inner/outer tie rod ends. Also installed a Turboxs MBC and I am running 10psi now, made a pretty big difference!

[axela zoom]

looks good but put the hood back on, if there is one thing I hate, its hoodless cars. This car is too clean to disgrace by rocking no hood.

[240SXObsessed]

haven't checked on this thread in a while. the progress is nuts, though. i'm looking at getting an s13 coupe, and if so, doing almost exactly what you did, but with a redtop. any suggestions as far as going SR goes? also, did the seats remove a lot of headroom?

[DylanM]

@Axela- It was removed from cleaning the car(I hate cleaning the firewall with my head against the hood!) and we decided to go for a cruise so the hood stayed off hahah.

@240sxObsessed- Thanks man, I am trying to go OEM plus with this build really, and the sr swap is by far my favourite mod thus far. How would you be getting your engine? I got mine from TigerJDM which has a decent reputation. Make sure you check the background of the importer if you go that route. The BIG things that helped during my swap was going with a brand new wiring harness from Wiring Specialties since I had electrical issues, it was 380 dollars but having ALL brand new clips and connections is great and your engine will run better. It was all fairly straightforward. Make sure you run at least the stock SMIC(My engine didn't come with one so I picked up a used intercooler and piping for 40 bucks) but a FMIC is always better. The limitations of the stock turbo is 15psi. Also, I recommend running a lower temp thermostat, I had overheating issues with the stock thermostat and after upgrading to a Mishimoto lower temp it ran much better. Hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to ask!

On to some more updates guys. I got around to doing my inner/outer tie rods and as you can see, they were BAD. Bushings were split, dry and frankly gone hahah. So in went the Circuit Sports tie rods and it obviously made a big difference! I also got a new, better paying job so this winter I will be able to afford some nice new parts for the build.

So right now the pictures aren't working but as soon as they are the tie rod/fitment pictures will be up!

Side shot, sitting pretty.

[DylanM]

Are tie rod ends supposed to look like this? Ewwww hahaha.

[DylanM]

Cracking the inner rods loose