Howdy! I have a few cars to do build threads over but this one is the coolest at the moment.
1993 Nissan 240sx
Engine:
SR20DET
Silk road manifold
Garrett GT2871R
Moonface down pipe
BC cams
Tomei cam gears
Apexi head gasket
ARP studs
s13.4 valve cover
Greddy front mount
Greddy bov
Koyo N-Flo
OS Giken super single
Cusco engine mounts
RSR muffler
Suspension:
Stance XR1 coilovers
MA motorsports modded knuckles
MA motorsports extended lower control arms
TFWorks inner tie rods
TFWorks extended outer tie rods
Stance RUCA's
Stance toe rods
KAAZ 2way
Nismo power brace
Rotora 4pot calipers
Cusco front strut bar
Nismo rear strut bar
Interior:
Bride Maxis kevlar back
Bride Brix
Cusco 6 point cage
Defi 60mm gauges turbo, water temp, oil temp, oil pressure, ext temp
Nardi deep corn
Exterior:
Gcorp flash aero
Stage21 hood
ExecutiveAero headlight vent
Ganadors
(Story time)
I bought this 1993 Nissan 240sx towards the end of 2019. I was sent a marketplace ad from a buddy on Facebook for this car. It was odd because it happened to be local to me(San Angelo has a terrible import car scene, retirement town). After looking at the ad it dawned on me that i knew the car from years prior.
8 years to be exact, 2011, i was in my first s13 coupe, noticed this factory s13 at an Oreilly auto parts. I pulled in to ask if it was for sale of course(with $3 in my wallet). Thankfully she said no and i gave her my number if she ever decided to.
Fast forward to me looking at the marketplace ad, i message this lady at 3am. Eager to get a response as her asking price was $300. 8 hours go by with no response and i know the car has sold and there was no chance id see it again. She finally messaged me back after reminding her of that day 8 years ago in the Oreilly parking lot. "I remember" is all she wrote. After some conversation back and forth, my best friend and i loaded the trailer to go pick it up(it was only 15 minutes from me). That day in the Oreilly parking lot secured this car for me. She said there was 50 other people trying to offer $1500 to hold the car until the weekend.
After picking the car up, it sat a few months while i finished up the build on my first s13. I was trying to figure out what route i wanted to go with the car since it was almost 100% complete and a clean slate. Looking through spare parts, i decided i wanted to tackle another right hand drive swap since i essentially had everything i needed. This time i would pay more attention to detail and go a step further to insure the firewall swap was the cleanest I've done. While focusing heavy on other projects, i parted out what i wouldn't need from this chassis.
Once all the parts were pulled i was able to focus on drilling spot welds. Way too many spot weld and beer drank later, the RHD firewall was in.
Sticking to the timeline of this thread(i think)
This was the first time we drove Speedsportz in Houston. If you’ve never driven that track, it’s magical.
God tier car 👑
Second gear left the chat this event lol
At this point in the build the engine was running great so i played with wheels and aero a good bit.
Got some mismatched aero for the car, got it all paint matched and some 57dr for the time being.
it felt great during this event, also think it was the last club loose event at Alamo city.
One of my favorite drift cars in texas. Post pics of your tractor too.
Fast forward a few events, the car didn't change too much. We got a container in and threw some parts on the car. It was feeling pretty good at this point.
the patience with that firewall swap, by the book. love that
November 2020
First drift event with this car was a bit hectic, we were patching a tune from the previous owner of the SR before i could get the car on a dyno. It did ok but definitely had a good bit of ironing overall that was needed.
Sick car, love the rg1. Subbed forsure
+1 for silkroad 🎶
At this point I had found an SR, traded an rb25 swap for it. Found silvia front fenders, a big 4 pot rotora setup, and interior bits.
The car was coming together fairly quick and almost ready for its first drift event.
PS: the black paint was removed from the intercooler lol
Now comes the fun part, getting to throw parts on the car after the engine bay dried.
The car sat like that for a while longer. I was still searching for an SR to throw in it while gathering other bits and pieces.
Up to this point, I had made money off the car from parting out what i wasnt going to use.
For timeline purposes, it's January 2020.