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should i rebuild the sohc or do a dohc swap??

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drift4life's pignose low $$ build

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#1 · (Edited)
drift4life's pignose coupe restoration. (ka24de-R coming soon)

well i guess now that i've got some money i can really get started on my car.

CAR:
  1. 1990
  2. 240sx coupe
  3. sohc
  4. 5spd
  5. 193k miles
MODS:
  1. dohc swap. (unsure i might just rebuild my sohc)
  2. agx adjustable struts (will replace later with coilovers)
well this doesn't seem like much but its gonna be a low $ project.

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^ that was my faught

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i bought the car for $2500. the pictures dont do the body or interior justice. they both are very clean. and those are the only reason i paid that much for it. clean 240's seem hard to come by.

i will try to keep this updated but due to lack of money flow i might not be able to keep the project moving as planned.
 
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#3 ·
Looks good, man! Looks like my car, but mine is a hatch. I got mine with the front lip, too!:thumbsup

When are you planning to do the DOHC swap?

I am on a low budget build, too. I am not plannin much for it, I just want to do what I can the right way the first time. Hope you can do the same.

Update this thread when you can.
 
#4 ·
yea biggamehit it is a homemade paint booth. we turned half of our my garage into one. vbmenu_register("postmenu_1018530", true);

thanks guys!!! i had to go with suspension first due to i want to autox in it. and my stock struts and springs were toast. there was no oil in the strut anymore just air.

plan on buying a ka24de probably in the next couple of weeks. i'm gonna do a slight rebuild( just replacing bearings, port and polish, and cylinder hone)


from wat i've heard from everybody the best exhaust to get when ur on a budget is the ebay catbacks. and i plan on getting a obx header and a high flow cat.
 
#9 ·
Update!!!!

sorry it took so long i have just been busy and havent uploaded pictures.

but here are some pictures of the struts.

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and here are some pictures of the car put back together

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^ my dads '05 sentra wheels on it (to bad i couldnt keep them)

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but thats about it for now and sorry for the crappy pictures i used my camera phone.
 
#11 ·
the reason i was thinking of doing a dohc swap is because my engine is far from reliable. with 194,000ml on it. and im gonna weld a spare diff for drifting but keep my open for autox

i have actually decided to rebuild my sohc with
10.5:1 compression pistons
a 270 cam from comp cams
a complete rebuilt head off of ebay
a gasket and bearing kit
do a mild port and polish to both intake mani and head and gasket match them.
and hopefully if i have any money left i wanna put some itb's on it.
(im not sure if im gonna be able to do the itb's or if i would rather spend my money on somthing different)
 
#24 ·
^yea it sux driftin one legged lol
u should weld it, its cheaper, i got a welded and i love it ;)
i love ur car, really klean!! i like the lights in the mouth lol
and i love the rims, thats the cleanest set of teardrops ive ever seen:thumbsup
 
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