/scg/ S chassis general

STOP
SHITTING
ON
FWD

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So I've been thinking of getting my first s-chassis... s13 or s14.

They are easily available in my area. I've been 'shopping' for the past 6 months or so, but I'm having a hard time picking one. A part of me is like "make the mature choice, choose the most stock, unmodified one as possible", but another part of me is like "but this one has a swapped sr20, and modified suspension, race seat, blah blah, so it'll be more fun."

The purpose of buying this car is purely for enjoyment-- comfort and convenience are %0 a factor. I want it to be a bit ridiculous, and feel like a toy, not a commuter. But I also don't have a garage where i can just stash it if it breaks down, and I don't have endless $$$ to throw at it if shit keeps fucking up-- so reliability is unfortunately still a bit of a factor. I'm also not very mechanically inclined. I don't mind basic maintenance, but i'd rather be out driving than shopping for new parts online and spending hours working on my car. Buying a stock car and then modifying it into my dream car isn't something i'm that interested in doing... i'd rather just buy someone else's hard work and tweak that to my liking.

So my question is, have any of you purchased an s-chassis with a similar mindset? Whether you chose stock or modified, do you regret your decision?

Is there an intelligent way to buy a modified s-chassis without being a mechanic and/or having owned and worked on a few?

Also, I'm in New York, tell me which one I should buy: http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/cto?sort=date&hasPic=1&searchNearby=1&nearbyArea=451&nearbyArea=349&nearbyArea=249&nearbyArea=561&nearbyArea=167&nearbyArea=250&nearbyArea=168&nearbyArea=170&nearbyArea=354&nearbyArea=17&nearbyArea=356&nearbyArea=278&nearbyArea=276&nearbyArea=286&nearbyArea=173&auto_make_model=240sx&auto_transmission=1

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>>13944514
I bought a stock one. It's a blessing and a curse
>no shitty mods
>not completely beat to shit
>slow as fuck
>horrendous wheelgap

>>13943923
abused and neglected but unmolested fag here

im unsure whether a bearing is going out or it has a lifter tick

sounds fine when i rev it but at idle it tick or knocks

also think i have chain slap

i have a timing kit here but dont know whether to use it or not fucking shit

also 0w-40 good for it? im in commiefornia

>>13944733
what happened to the front of your buddy's car and why hasn't he replaced it?

>>13944514
im this fag
>>13944754
its my second one more or less the first an ex bought for me but ended up using it (and recking it) herself

anyways both were and are fun as fuck stock and the curernt one im fixing up will be my daily driver with the occasional weekend night touge car with suporting "mods"

but yeah mines was unmolested but not mainetaid and im just throwing money at it to make it reliable at the moment

if i had the means i would pull the engine and do a complete check up and servicing since they really are bullet proof both ka24e and de but only if the issue is caught before hand

>>13944754
What engine? I'm guessing KA24DE unless you state other wise. First thing is KA don't have lifters, they're cam over bucket designs. Likely chain slap or a broken top end guide(which are unnecessary). At the very least you can pull off the valve cover and check to see if you have the upper chain guides still. If you do you can remove them with out issue.

Also I'd run 10-30 or 5-30, 0 weight is too thin.

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>>13944877
oh its the ka24e thanks

>>13944779
Stock bumper wouldnt fit Intetcooler. He has an aftermarket one he's gonna put on eventually.

>>13944905
Ah the single cam, different design on that head there are no upper chain guides. However some quick googling says it could possibly be the chain. Although that single cam does have lifters as well

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>>13945035
i googled that shit too ovor these few days and watched and re-watched countless videos so its either lifters or the chain still going to check the chain guide and tensioners just in case

heres hoping for the best and just leaving it for now untill i get an engine hoist and stand im a sea foam it and do a oil and radiator cleanse and smog it

thanks

>>13945177
>sea foam
snake oil

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>>13945204
saw a video of a dude that used the spray kind with a bore scope camera in the plug holes that showed before and afters and there was a difference

im still doing it since my intake and is CAKED with carbon and oil and shit and so is where i can see from the plug holes

mfw i scraped it and it was at least a millimeter or 2 thick

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>>13945204
What about seafoam green?

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>>13945279
its not going to do much if theres that much carbon build up. youd need to take the intake mani off to manually clean it. ive seen that video too. it was a minor difference. this was mine after sea foam. no difference from before i did it
>>13945304
huehuehue

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>>13945485
dont scare me man

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>>13945512
just sayin pham. you can try it and maybe loosen some of it up. idk, maybe run some through, take the intake mani off to clean out what you can, then run some more through.
you wana see some nasty shit?
i picked this KA up to rebuild and this is how gnarly it was in the inside

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>>13945537
close up

>>13945544
>>13945537
holy fuck
is there no other way to get that shit off other than pulling the head?

>>13945554
lol

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>>13945554
idk, probably. i was going to pull it regardless.
im glad i did because the valves hit the pistons at some point in time

So I'm trying to track down what's causing my reverse lights not to work on my s13. I've already ruled out the switch and the bulbs so I need to test the power going through the fuse. The problem is I have no one to help me and I can't keep the car on and in reverse without having the clutch in. So I'm wondering if anyone knows if the reverse lights go on even if the engine isn't on? Is it possible that a kind anon could check?

>>13945598
why dont you leave a camera on the lights wile you check shit?
sorry dude is all i got

im got my brake lights always on and need to disconnect the battery

>>13945598
I'm certain if you have the key turned to the "on" position, the farthest one before starting it when all the dash lights turn on, the reverse lights should come on when in reverse.

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Banner is dead edition.

>>13945760

I'll post the updated banner when i get home. At work right now

>>13945767
Sweet. Thanks man.

cop or not?>https://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/5330461221.html
desu I like wing

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>>13945775

>>13945778
Racing stripes/10

>>13945760
Those stickers are terribly placed and look like shit

>>13945598
Could someone please check

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>>13945775
>>13945778
>that frosty tier cosworth wing
Get him down to $800 then maybe

>>13945963
I like the wing but you're right the paint really gives it a nfs 3 look

>>13945554
Nope. I wouldn't really worry about it man, if you're rocking a stock KA it will be fine.

>>13945598
Turn the key to the ON position (while the engine is off) and put the car into reverse. Your reverse lights should be on, if not start trouble shooting.

can you guys stop shitting on front wheel drive?

>>13946257
Are you sure the reverse lights should be on without the engine being on? I don't want to be going around my car with a voltmeter trying to find a signal that doesn't exist unless the engine is on

>>13946263
>>13943951

Nobody cares, fuck off

>>13946630
no
im sick of you guys making fun of me and kicking me out of the general just because my car is FWD

>95 Nissan 240sx
172k miles

i hate this
why is it so shit?
why are early 2000-2005 cars so shit AND so expensive?
The car tuning scene hasn't changed at all since Initial D
when did cars get so bad

>>13946723
forgot
>"$3500 firm if you don't understand firm prices don't bother calling "
10/10 mad
this ad has been up for a month
this guy is A FUCKER
he has this car on the ugliest fucking rims

>>13946737
>>13946723

sauce?
for scientific purposes?

>i know what i got

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>>13946832

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Should I?

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/5284671701.html

>>13946857
If it's clean I don't see what the problem is. In Australia that would be a great price for a manual stock S14. The wheels are decent. It's been around the block but if he's got a proper service history it still has years of life left in it.

>>13946883
its a shit price

>>13946857
>>13946865
that is pretty clean

and you might be able to sell the rims to a ricer for mods or maintenance

but i personally never like that gen

and would ask for servicing times and shit or listen to the engine and go thru all the gears, you know the usual

>>13946891
No
I refuse
fuck you anon
Fuck you and everything you stand for

>>13946885
I forgot America was a third world country, 4k for a clean, manual S14 is a great price in Australia. >>13946865
Looks nice man. You'll get it for less because of the AC problems. Just give it a good look and a long drive.

hey guys
should i delete the ac?
sohc
why?
racecar

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Finally submitting my 240 for the banner. I'm shopping around for a coupe or possibly a vert project now.

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Here's my latest version of the banner

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>>13947952
didnt add my white 240 (post in the other thread)
so heres the pic again.
>>13946908

Does it work?
Mine didnt, so i pulled it.

>>13949209
where are you from exactly in the netherlands?

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Zenki anon checking in, where are my S14 Zenki bros at :( the non-existence of S14 Zenkis is missing me sad.

Pic is circa 11-12 before Navan and turbo build

>>13949243
Brabant. You?

>>13949340
Ah, Zuid-Holland.

>>13949347
You on sxoc.nl?

>>13949353
Nah, I'm pretty young still, just got my first daily driver since one year. I'm just here to look at cool project cars and stories. So I don't own a Nissan.
I'm hoping to get a S13 or S15 within a few years though.

>>13949209
>Does it work?
uh it blows? i haven't tried it

i just turned the ac on high to blow out all the bugs and shit it had inside

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>>13949373
Ohh, don't sweat it man. I'm 22 and have two S13's. You'll be alright. Just keep checking for cheap ones, and get a mate with some welding skills haha.

>>13949392
Awesome man! Sick grage

>>13949392
could you respray it already you nigger

http://daytona.craigslist.org/cto/5327640253.html
Is it worth it? I'd swap the transmission, but I think it's a good sign that it has an auto, because that means it hasn't been abused.

Also, on the topic of transmission swaps. If I were to turbocharge a 240, and was pushing out like ~300hp, would I need to put a different transmission in it? Would a T56 be able to hook up to the KA?

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>>13949258
Hi. I prefer to just lurk most of the time because my car is pretty poop. Bone stock KA. Automatic. Open diff. There was a reason it was so cheap but plans are in the works to make it less lame. But for now it's just a clean low mile daily.

>>13949433
nice donk. just lift it and get some dubs.

>>13949446
It's like you already know me mang. I've got sum twennytoos in da guhrahhhhhjuhhh.

>>13949416
Waiting on new fenders and hood, then rolling the bumpers as well.

>>13949489
yeah bro, get some coils and steelies and stance it

>>13949520
Stance is for retards. Can't lower it more than this anyway, because speedbumps in yurop. Already scraping everywhere. Also steelies suck.

>>13949631
Do you ever attend to any Dutch car shows? Like 100% tuning or something?

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>>13944514
If your plan is to build it far off from stock, get one that's pre molested.
Instead of buying a clean stock 240 & molesting it myself, I picked up a crashed track car that had minimal damage that was reversible & a SR20, so I could sell off the shit I didn't want, & build what I wanted with a clear conscious of not reaping another clean 240

>>13949669
Nope. Just Wangan Warriors, some mx5 events, Japan Classic sunday, and some oldtimer events.
Hate the Dutch "tuning" scene.Mostly retards with riced out golfs, peugeots and civics.

>>13949839
Hehe yep. Only guys I know who are into tuning have 206's with airride and retarded bumpers

>>13949880
It's very similar to the vw scene in the US. Its wheels and a drop(usually on air). And then they go around saying built not bought and that they are tuners.

>>13950572
I think stance is a result of no accessible racetracks and events, for the most part

>>13951416
I completely agree. If we had more venues, heck even more parking lot legal events, more people would rather do that then go for street cred bs. I also blame the American culture as a whole. All we care about is status and which black guy can throw a ball in the hoop at a higher percentage then the other black guy. Resulting in kids trying to make their cars as cool as possible without much work, like wheels and airride only.

>>13951666
Where I live there's hundreds if not thousands of high powered cars but no easily accessible track, yet people wonder why there's so much speeding tickets being handed out. So why even bother, it's easier and less risky to sit in a parking lot and look at a hellagay swagfucked #slammed car.

>>13945537
so i have a single cam. blew the hg after putting a turbo on it. in replacing the headgasket you have to take the cam sprocket bolt off and keep the chain held at tension right.. so after putting everything back together i put the cam tool through the holes in the sprocket, went to turn the wrench to tighten the bolt, thought i moved the cam. moved it back like, 2mm proceeded to tighten. ran like dog shit for 2 days before the engine locked up. im pretty sure i bent a few valves.

question is,...aside from not being retarded, how do i not do that again? is there a way to keep tension on the cam or something so you know you're not moving it while you tighten the cam sprocket bolt?

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>>13952917
that pic is actually a kade, so if youre looking the sprocket in that pic, thats the idler sprocket. im not familiar with the sohc.
but if youre saying what i think you did, is when you tightened the cam sprocket, you turned the cam which caused the valves to hit the pistons, correct?
the way to do that is to use a wrench to hold the cam in place. idk about SOHC, but on the DOHC, theres a spot for it right after the front cap. see how it has the flat spots towards the front, like a regular nut?
but since i dont know the kae, you be better off seeing if its in the fsm or just googling how to time a kae

>>13949419

looks pretty clean bro, that's a great price too (looks like they just listed it at book price because they didn't know about rice tax). Seems like it's the original owner too. If you're okay with it being a convertible, I'd jump on it before it's gone.

>>13949419
A t56 is a 600hp+ turbo. If you want around the 350hp mark a gtx3076 with a .73 rear housing would do the job. Around 300hp would be a td05 size, maybe go a hks gtsr if you can afford them. Then just get a manifold to suit, most likely be a t3 flange for a 300+hp car.

>pro tip: don't buy stainless manifolds, steampipe is much better suited to high heats and pressure.

>>13953461
or just put the car in gear and chock the tires so you have resistance
>or stop trying to play with your engine like an uneducated fucking retard.
>you faggots are seriously the primary killer of all things good in the automotive world.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/mississauga-peel-region/1992-nissan-240/1122167062?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

fug mayne found a coupe. brother said he'd go halfsies with me when i decided to buy a car. good/bad?

>>13947952
Feels good being the only strawberry on the banner

>>13954785
(you)

>>13955114

>car does not run

It's a pretty clean looking shell, but you're going to have to dump a lot of money into fixing it. If you're planning on swapping the engine or something I'd buy it though

>tfw coupes have grown on me and I kinda wish I got one

>>13957059
yeah i do plan on swapping, probably an sr

>>13957107

if you have another car as a daily then I'd do it.

I want to swap an SR eventually too but I have no money, no garage, no time, and no backup car right now. I don't mind this thing stock for a while though I guess

>>13946630
You're being a dick

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>>13946645
>>13946263
>>13943951

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There's a pair of these for sale around the corner from where I live, 18×10 -20. They sit just outside of the gaurds on a coupe with 50mm over fenders so thinking I might be able to get away with my 30mm over fenders on my 180sx. At the moment I'm running a 9" +8 and they fit easy under my rears. He wants $1700 and i'm not sure I like 18's on s13's but they are pretty sweet. Not real keen on running more than 2.5 degrees of camber on the rear.

>>13958705
You could buy a whole set of RPF1's or something for that price

>>13958210
there's nothing wrong with fwd

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>>13958705
these are 18x10 -5 with 225/40 on stock metal

>>13958725
Rpf1's wouldn't really suit my style, plus they're $3.5k for a new set anyways.

>>13958766
That's alot of stretch and a decent amount of camber.

>>13952917
> i put the cam tool through the holes in the sprocket, went to turn the wrench to tighten the bolt, thought i moved the cam. moved it back like, 2mm proceeded to tighten.

wat

It should have been as simple as making sure piston 1 was at top dead center, putting the gears back on and lining up the chain markings to the gear markings. It shouldn't have been hard nor given you issues.

>>13958705
>stance
Why anon

>>13956369
America never gets the good cars :(

>>13958842
its also stock metal with a moderate pull. im sure under 30mm overfenders you can get rid of some of the camber. see if hell let you do a test fit

>>13958842
Sorry rpf1's are like $1500 a set, was reffering to meisters

>>13958851
Not really stance if you can fit it under your gaurds without retarded amounts of camber. The more tyre I can get on the ground the better

>>13958865
I should be able to fit them, still not a big fan of 18's though. Might be a good reference for what kind of wheels I can fit without going too retarded.

Bbbbbbbump

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YAY!!
i finally got around to fixing my leaky tail lights
gave the whole car a good wash after to test it

Was offered a 1990 Toyota supra turbo (mk3) for my s14. Both cars are auto both cars are low mile low owners. Mine has a clean title his is rebuilt. In really considering it because Its such a clean supra but I know that I can make my s14 cool and fun for much less money. Opinions?

>>13963907
I would keep the S14, having owned one. Mk3's are really cool and perform nicely once you dump a shitload of money into it.

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>>13962803
i found a new use for the subwoofer i took out of my car

>Find the bottom of my front fender bubbling
>wtf
>Pull apart the fender lining, check inside
>Mounds of dirt and twigs gods know how old or how long they've been in there
>Rusted my fender from the inside out

Now I have to source two new front fenders.

>>13963993
The reason I want to go through with the trade is because my car isn't necesarily the nicest car on the planet. Its a 95 so it has the gross grey/blue interior, no radio, needs both new fenders because the older gentleman who owned it previously ran over it on one side and dented the other badly. Also needs brakes and a new windshield.

>>13964081
>>13963993
But it was my first car and I'm not sure if I'm ready to get rid of it

>>13964088
Then don't you indecisive pansy

>>13964093
Ouch. No need to be a prick. Just asking for some advice or pros and cons of both situations. Man, all previous threads were supportive until you showed up.

>>13964234
Fight me irl im black

>>13964234
Well I'm a skinny white guy. At least I have that going for me.

>>13964637
Welp. Fucked that up.

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>>13964637
>>13964662
Your whole life is a fuck up :^)

>>13964731
>>13964662
MOM DAD STOP FIGHTING

>>13965023
Shut up Brock you're adopted