You're one the most honorable mechanic i've ever seen. I have never seen anyone show so much love for a car. I would have given up if i found out the frame was bent, but you kept going. I have been sitting here on this night for about 2 hours, watching all of these series of videos learning so much about motors, trans, etc. I thank you very much for these videos. Even though I don't know you, I've built so much respect for you. Keep up the great work bro.
If you still have the old mass air flow, remove the sensor from the housing, pry the plastic cover on the top of the sensor off and you will find the issue. the 3 or 4 pins that hook a right angle into the board of the sensors solder points break loose. re solder the points back on and cover the sensor back up..... good to go!!!! great at home build, keep up the good work!
Ok sir. You are a huge inspiration to me. You do everything amazingly thorough! I'm 17 and a car enthusiast/ mechanic in training. I absolutely love watching your channel. The way you work makes me want to progress more in my studies. I found you tonight and I've been watching you since! Keel up the good work!!
Hey man been watching your videos now for a week or so, I gotta say one of the best 240 build series I have seen. I am in the middle of a build myself just took a break because I moved away from home for a few years. It's awesome to see someone take pride in a 240, especially a drift car! Lol keep it up! Looking forward to watching more episodes!
Loving the series :) just watching all your old videos and enjoying them. Love the 180's I've got a R33 myself but thinking of swapping :) Thanks for the vids look forward to watching them all!
Hey man I'm a 14 year old drift kid (haha :D) and I gotta say, you deserve many thanks for saving this car! Ive watched all the episodes of your build and you've given me plenty of inspiration, you're so good with this car :) I hope I can own an SR20DET 180SX Type-X one day (we don't have 240s here in Australia)! Love your work, keep it up! :D
Such an awesome little series. Please, don't stop making these vids, as I am currently in the process of building an S14 drift car, and these vids give me loads of motivation and knowledge.
@Cha Flo, I'm pretty positive I already sent a message to you about this a while ago when you left your first comment right? Because as of right now and before, I can't reply to your comment. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with your Google+ account or something. If you see this please reply though. The paint is holding up great. Not chipping off, not faded, and pretty durable. It only looks a little less gloss then when I first painted it in Episode 5, but I'm pretty sure that's because I just painted the car and the paint supposedly takes about 2 weeks to fully dry. For the price though, I would definitely say it's better than running rattle can, mismatched paint. And if you get a scratch etc. you can easily respray for cheap! Let me know if you read this comment.
Man, I just have to let you know this...YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO AMAZING!! I'm 15 years old and I am learning so much by just watch your videos...I love the 240sx style but my goal right now believe it or not I'm going for a wrx or a Lancer Ralliart for my first car (since they're the mid range models I can somewhat trick my parents and I can still tune and learn but they won't know that it's a crazy performance vehicle) anyway man I love your videos and this series is amazing! Never stop making videos!
+roger alrafie There's not reply button on your comment, but yes after this first season of build videos is done and uploaded, then the drift series will start.
You are a really smart dude, dude. Lol Really enjoying your videos, been locked to the screen for 6 episodes straight now. Wish i found your channel earlier. Great work. +1 Sub
lol at the raised coolant pour, i totally do that with my coffee every morning ha, car looks good man! Looking at buying a 180/silvia from a jdm auction. :D
Absolutely love the series, I'm currently selling my 06 altima with less than 60k miles just so I can buy an old beat up 240sx so I can have some fun with it since I've always been in love with the s chassis nissans. Very inspiriting videos! Can't wait for the next one
subscribed because i love this series! im looking to buy a cheap 240 myself and do work to it to fix it up, and this video is really inspiring me haha, can't wait to get a 240 now
Everytime I check my filter and have to clean and reoil it, I use some electronics cleaner to clean the MAF. In fact, I've seen some clean them to make a change in the idle, but anyway just spray the cleaner maybe a 100 miles after re-oiling and make sure to do multiple full throttle runs to really suck any excess oil off the filter.
16:00 on automotive work you should always crimp not solder but understanding the car and the situation with the wires/connectors its forgivable just if you ever have time go back and change it. btw love the build, just your struggle of doing things proper is entertaining let alone the car itself keep up the good work! :D
Thanks! And yea I know haha, this is going to be a good test though of the tale of solder vs crimping. My dad thinks it will be fine because of the temperature needed to melt the solder, so like I said, it should be a good test hahahh.
lol yea in that situation I think I would do the same, just make sure to keep it away from headers and make sure it doesn't vibrate too much and you should be fine. its cool that an uploader responds, can we get an eta for the next episode?Also the paint looks rad at first I didnt think I'd like it but it really suits the car well and is much cooler and unique than just painting it flat black like most people do.
warmowed Yea if it was a wire going near the header then I wouldn't have soldered, but I think it should be fine near the intake manifold. Hahah I always found it annoying when the uploader never responds so I try to always reply :) Eta is hopefully by the end of the week. I've just been busy and changed to a new video editing program so it's been pretty hard to get the video done. Glad you like it! Yea idk why so many people do that, when you can get much better results with just a little more effort.
Your build series is one of my top favorite on TH-cam . I would say it is the best because you have respect for the car and you take a poor molested car the a 16yr ricer prob beat up. And gave it a new and better life and did some proper work. Amazing job man. Oh and what year is it. I plain on building one after I'm done building my 2002 musyang GT but with my 240 I think I might add fender flares and a trunk lid undecided yet.
Fucking love this series omg.. I have a 33 skyline but I literally am obsessed with this sil, actually wouldn't mind one after seeing this build so far.
Are you going to do more with the Engine? Like build it up? Thats one of my favorite motors and they look sexy when there all fixed up, even with just a painted head.
Just so you know you are supposed to use distilled water when mixing coolant. Not sure if you used tap water or not but just wanted to let people know.
Thinking about tackling a miata project... this is motivating me to do it so much. Hopefully next summer. Can't wait to see this thing eating corners; have you ever watched MotionAutoTV's LS1 swapped 240?
Yea a Miata project would be interesting! I've seen a few guys locally who thrash what look to be stock powered miata's and they haul @$$ on the track haha Yup I've been subscribed to him for a while now, always a pretty good watch :)
Did you go to Adam's Motorsport Park? Because I saw a car that looked very similar to yours but I didn't get a closer look because I was in the crowd watching from afar.
Hahhaa yup that was me. This past Thursday wasn't a good day for me though, only did about half a session before the person with me wanted to leave lol
FYI, you're not boosted so there is no need to have the vacuum/boost reference attached to your FPR. It's just another place you can have a vacuum leak.
Are you going to pull all the interior out and put bucket seats in, and are you going to put a twist turn nob in? Great vid im also going to build one in the next few months :)
The trunk is already stripped, but I don't plan to strip anymore of the interior cause I drive the car to the track 160 miles round trip. So without the carpet/door panels/stereo/center console the drive would be pretty miserable especially with the increase in heat and drone haha. Bucket seats of course aren't out of the question ;) Drift knob was already on the car when I bought it and you can see it Episode 1. Pretty simple and effective mod for sure. Sounds like fun :)
feel you on the icv shit i have a 200sx (EU) with CleanAir18DET i had issuses with maf and co² sensor (Y) but for the most part my 200sx is now runable sort of haha
hey man I've been following the build from Episode 1 , and man i have to give you the props! you are amazing with this car! the time patience , effort and all the money you spent righting the wrong the dumbass previous owner did! I love the paint colour, maybe some highlights of paint in the rims could bring it out more, idk its up to you, and i like the new rear lights! really love what your doing with the car man! i'm looking to do a budget build myself soon! keep on being awesome bro! can't wait for updates!
The car already had the diff welded when I bought it so I'm good in that department. And you'll see more previous owner idiocy with the diff next episode ;) Thanks!
Hey I'm just wondering if you're an actual mechanic or do you work on the car with your mechanic friends? I know for a fact that my R32 Skyline has plenty of issues but I don't know how to spot them and fix them like you seem to be able to. If I was able to spot the problems I could then research and fix them but I don't know enough to find the issues in the first place. Awesome series btw and it's helping with my car a lot, opening my eyes to plenty of things to look for. Cheers!
Just work on cars by myself and with my dad if he's free. No one really does any work on the car besides me haha. Yea I've just learned from reading on forums and watching TH-cam videos over the years. Basically anything I don't know I look up and try to research. Then after awhile you end up knowing quite a lot from just reading up :) Thanks!
I might be commenting way too late, but I hope someone reads this. Why do you get a 60 degree thermostat? Isn't that a way too low temperature? We've always been taught not to drive hard until it reaches operating temperature of 80-90 degrees because there's a lot of friction inside the engine when it hasn't warmed up etc. etc.
The car is really only driven on the track. And the track is in the middle of a desert and usually reaches a temp of 100+ F. If you have a street driven car then this isn't ideal. But for a car that's majority used on the track and where temps are always climbing and reaching the upper limits of the cooling system then having a low temp thermostat is great.
Most aftermarket filters that clean well and increase air flow use oiled filters. Oiled filters kill MAF's, which is the reason I had to replace mine, so that takes away oiled filters from being a possibility. The other alternative is an oil-less filter which the only way it will increase flow is by allowing more particulate through the system. Now if I were driving on the street this probably wouldn't be an issue. However I track my car, and the two tracks that I go to the most have dirt around the track. So when I spin out or go off track, there's a plume of dust/dirt that gets tossed up. Now that much dirt mixed with a sub-par filter it's a lot of gunk that will get through the intake. So having either filter option doesn't work out. Not only that, but why even waste the money and risk of running it, for the maybe 1 extra hp that won't even be noticeable?
Yea I eventually plan to turbo it, but only after I can drift pretty good with the stock KA. While it's NA I more than likely won't be doing anything because of the small HP gains for the money especially since I plan to go turbo so anything I do right now will have to be changed to go turbo. Hope that helps,
Damn same thing happened to me. I just bought a '96 240sx and the previous owner changed the car to manual. But never changed the ecu. So I still have an auto ecu. It's a pain having to smog my car because about 13 codes start showing up. What's up with people being so impatient with 240's
When you switched ecus, did you have to do any wiring? My 240 was converted to 5 speed aswell and it doesn't want to start when I switch to the manual ecu.
Nope, I just unplugged and plugged the other in. The manual ecu you have might be bad, but then again I didn't do the auto to manual swap so it could be something in your wiring. Hope that helps,
How did you learn all the stuff you know? I know you said you were self taught, but did you learn from experience on a car or did you learn online or what? I watched all of your new drift car videos and because I liked them so much I'm going back through the videos for the first drift car. I love your videos man, keep it up! One thing I would love to see after you finish the drift car 2 is you critiquing your own work on your car. I would love to see this while you were driving the car around!
+0nick4708 Learned online and then when I got the 240 I started working on it and getting the hang of things and then researching anything I didn't know and looking up how-to's and so forth. I'll for sure be critiquing the car after it's done no worries! Thanks for the comment and support :)
Yea I know, force of habit and this was on the cold side of the engine bay behind the intake manifold so me and my dad came to the conclusion that it wouldn't mess with the soldered wires. Thanks for the comment,
Hey dude i noticed you said something about the oval shaped hole on the right side of the air box, my brothers 180sx has that and i was just curious if it is suppose to have something over that or what? Cheers in advance mate, watching from Australia! Keep it up
There is supposed to be a pipe going from the oval shaped hole to the lower box which is a resonator box (supposed to reduce engine noise). Really unnecessary though and you can run without it. Thanks!
im doing a similar series! Awesome vids and awesome car. What do you think I should do maintenance wise to my car while i dont have a big budget right now? (I also have a 91 S13 hatch DOHC)
Awesome! -- Idk what exactly to you isn't a big budget but here's my best answer: For maintenance I'd say just make sure everything important is functioning like it should and if anything is broken then fix it of course. But besides that here's the list: Change the oil and oil filter no matter what, even if the guy you bought it from says it was changed, change it anyways so you know exactly when and what kind of oil is in your car. See how clean the air filter is and change/clean that if need be. Check your brake pads and change those if yours are badly worn. Check your coolant and coolant level and if the coolant doesn't look good then flush it and put new coolant or water (whatever you prefer) and top off the coolant if it's low. Check your brake fluid and power steering fluid. Check your bushings, ball joints, and tie rod ends and see how they are and if it's just bad ball joints or a couple bushings etc. you can replace those for cheap. Maybe change your fuel filter although it wasn't on the top of my list. Check your spark plugs as well, but mainly if you think the engine isn't running that good, and replace if necessary. Lastly if you still have money at this point haha I would probably also change the trans and diff fluid. ^Doing all that you can make a pretty solid and reliable car that's up to par :)
it is 03:53 on morning :D i have just whached all 6 episodes and this looks like a lot of fun :D only thing that i would do diferent i would buy a litle more better car for my project, but its nice anyway. I'm from europe and my english is bad i know that :D
Haven't been able to test the theory since the car already had hood spacers on it and cooling hasn't been an issue yet. But i feel that for drifting it would work cause your going sideways although some people claim it doesn't work, but those are guys who do grip driving... So definitely something to look into in the future for sure :)
Awesome vid and if you dont mind me asking, how many km's or miles are on the engine. In Australia its hard to find a 180sx (240sx) with decent k's. Im curious.
This car has 170,000 miles on it and the engine and trans are supposed to have about 130,000 miles on it. Mileage for me wasn't a really big deal since everything will eventually be upgraded on the car anyways. So worn out bushings, worn out interior, blown shocks etc. really isn't a big deal in the long run, for me at least. Hope that helps,
I keep going back and forth on what to do. The trunk is already stripped but I don't want to strip the rest of the carpet, panels and doors because it seems like it would get pretty hot and uncomfortable in the car without it. It's already not daily driven often because there's so much drone and the suspension isn't the most comfortable. But the car gets driven 160 miles round trip to the track. So 160 miles with no radio, no arm rest, more road noise and an even hotter interior (the car already doesn't have AC) seems a little unbearable hahaha
ive noticed that your car is running on electric fans .. and the clutch fan removed .. do u recommend this .. im really thinking of the extra at least 1 hp gain out of it .. nd get red of the clutch fan air noise .. seeya
hamada nova Yes I recommend it. It doesn't rob power from the engine, it creates more room in the engine bay, and depending on how you wire it you can have the fans running while the car is off which is really helpful for hot days at the track. Hope that helps,
What's your budget for power mods, should be able to pick up a sr20 or rb for cheap.... Also how much power are you hoping to get out of the KA or are you not really fussed??
Right now the stock KA is solid for drifting, good torque and power for a beginner. And there's a guy at the track who drifts with a stock KA and absolutely kills it at the track! So until I get near that level haha, this KA is gonna be stock. The eventual plan is to turbo the KA, not an engine swap due to the cost and headache of swapping it's much easier and cost effective to stick with the KA.
Thanks for your vids. I have 91 200SX too (its the same S13 as yours but here in the EU its called 200SX as you already know I guess). I am following your project because I will be going through some of these steps and its good to take notes from somebody who already did it. Do you plan to do a CA18, SR20 or RB25 swap?
Noice! And yup I already knew that haha No swaps planned for me since my eventual power goal is to have 350HP, and with the KA24DE already in the car I can reach that with around $3k on stock internals. So it's easier and cheaper to stick with my engine since my power goal would be the same no matter the engine and this way I wouldn't have to deal with the headache of having to swap over and getting everything fitted etc. Hope that answers your question haha
***** Yeah, for sure it does mate. Well I've got CA in my S13 and its 300HP with its stock internals. The cost was nowhere near 3k. The most expensive part was the bigger turbo ofc. But I got all my parts from friends, I don't mean for free but with a discount lol. I believe it will cost you more if you buy it as a kit so you should probably get each part of the setup separately. I can't be 100% sure though, since I am not living in the US :D The prices there may be different (the kit being cheaper than getting each part separately).
CorporalHudson Well your CA was already turbo from factory right? So it's not as bad to upgrade since you already have the basics done. But for the KA here in the US they come naturally aspirated so this is my plan of what I would have to buy: Turbo manifold, turbo, injectors, fuel pump, stand alone ecu, oil lines for the turbo, of course make a full exhaust for the turbo, wastegate, bov, intercooler, boost controller, new clutch, a wideband afr gauge as well as oil pressure gauge etc. And when I added that up it came out to about $3k without tuning, shipping for parts, the wideband afr and supporting gauges, and a clutch ahhaha ^Oh and that's with all parts brand new as well lol I tend to not like used parts hahah but that's just me
***** Pro tip: go for RECIRC bov, it will save you a ton of hassle. You car will be more responsive, it won't run rich and won't idle like shit. Just don't fall for atmo bov because of the sound that is likeable by the CoD kids and 14yo girls. Recirc or no bov at all. Also if you are not planning to drift every day or two, you don't need high end clutch. I am running with an OEM clutch and its fine. I changed it when I got the car long time ago, just in case. I go drifting during the weekends and I went to some events too, and its still good. You know best of course, I am just sharing some experience.
CorporalHudson Going turbo is pretty far off from now so I still have a lot of time to sort everything out hahaha but yea dude thanks for sharing your experience :)
Dope series man, sucks that the previous owner didnt care about that car nearly as much as you do
PowellMoore nice profile pic
You're one the most honorable mechanic i've ever seen. I have never seen anyone show so much love for a car. I would have given up if i found out the frame was bent, but you kept going. I have been sitting here on this night for about 2 hours, watching all of these series of videos learning so much about motors, trans, etc. I thank you very much for these videos. Even though I don't know you, I've built so much respect for you. Keep up the great work bro.
Just like your other comment, it really means a lot that you said that! Thanks for the kind words!
If you still have the old mass air flow, remove the sensor from the housing, pry the plastic cover on the top of the sensor off and you will find the issue. the 3 or 4 pins that hook a right angle into the board of the sensors solder points break loose. re solder the points back on and cover the sensor back up..... good to go!!!! great at home build, keep up the good work!
Ok sir. You are a huge inspiration to me. You do everything amazingly thorough! I'm 17 and a car enthusiast/ mechanic in training. I absolutely love watching your channel. The way you work makes me want to progress more in my studies. I found you tonight and I've been watching you since! Keel up the good work!!
Matt Spurlock Thank you for the kind words :)
Best videos/serie on youtube so far... 100% honest.
Great work
bro, thanks for being so detailed, really helps, even though some things are obvious I'm sure for people just starting out it is helpful for them too
Glad to see that you are taking your time in your work, and not halfassing everything. Keep up the good work!!
Watching your 240 gives me hope on my project 240. I'm learning everything on my own.
Hey man been watching your videos now for a week or so, I gotta say one of the best 240 build series I have seen. I am in the middle of a build myself just took a break because I moved away from home for a few years. It's awesome to see someone take pride in a 240, especially a drift car! Lol keep it up! Looking forward to watching more episodes!
+Drode01 Thanks man :)
Loving the series :) just watching all your old videos and enjoying them. Love the 180's I've got a R33 myself but thinking of swapping :) Thanks for the vids look forward to watching them all!
Hey man I'm a 14 year old drift kid (haha :D) and I gotta say, you deserve many thanks for saving this car! Ive watched all the episodes of your build and you've given me plenty of inspiration, you're so good with this car :) I hope I can own an SR20DET 180SX Type-X one day (we don't have 240s here in Australia)! Love your work, keep it up! :D
Cool man, keep up your hopes and in the mean time, learn as much as you can before you get a 180!
Haha I plan to man :) thanks
Waiting on episode 7 bro, one of the more hands on more technical builds I've seen. Keep it up man.
Such an awesome little series. Please, don't stop making these vids, as I am currently in the process of building an S14 drift car, and these vids give me loads of motivation and knowledge.
Glad to hear my man!
@Cha Flo, I'm pretty positive I already sent a message to you about this a while ago when you left your first comment right? Because as of right now and before, I can't reply to your comment. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with your Google+ account or something.
If you see this please reply though.
The paint is holding up great. Not chipping off, not faded, and pretty durable. It only looks a little less gloss then when I first painted it in Episode 5, but I'm pretty sure that's because I just painted the car and the paint supposedly takes about 2 weeks to fully dry. For the price though, I would definitely say it's better than running rattle can, mismatched paint. And if you get a scratch etc. you can easily respray for cheap!
Let me know if you read this comment.
men your my hero i cant do things as perfect as you ,but you show people pro and cons of what you doing , keep up the work
Rafi nagoya Thanks! Glad you like the videos!
These vids are helping me out so much , I'm having or WAS having problems with 240 your vids gave my baby life again lol thanks so much man !
Man, I just have to let you know this...YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO AMAZING!! I'm 15 years old and I am learning so much by just watch your videos...I love the 240sx style but my goal right now believe it or not I'm going for a wrx or a Lancer Ralliart for my first car (since they're the mid range models I can somewhat trick my parents and I can still tune and learn but they won't know that it's a crazy performance vehicle) anyway man I love your videos and this series is amazing! Never stop making videos!
K-Bow Haha thanks! Best of luck with your plan :P
Thanks for doing this series of your build, I learned a lot through these videos. Great videos!!!
+roger alrafie
There's not reply button on your comment, but yes after this first season of build videos is done and uploaded, then the drift series will start.
you still don't see the reply?
Lemuel Seay Not for Roger, no.
how about now?
Lemuel Seay I was talking about roger before, but the first time you asked on this comment your reply was enabled. So yes your reply is now enabled :)
ok sweet thanks for letting me know man :)
Been watching your videos all day bro. A lazy Friday. Im stoke on this vid
Haha niiice
I love the build man! I wish I had done the same when I bought my S13. I can't wait to see how you do when you start drifting.
after watching about three episodes of this, subscribed.
You are a really smart dude, dude. Lol
Really enjoying your videos, been locked to the screen for 6 episodes straight now.
Wish i found your channel earlier. Great work.
+1 Sub
Good shit love this series I haven't been so entertained before and you really seem to know your stuff!
Just watched all the episodes straight through. Keep it up!
lol at the raised coolant pour, i totally do that with my coffee every morning ha, car looks good man! Looking at buying a 180/silvia from a jdm auction. :D
Looking forward to the learning how to drift series! Keep it up man!
Should do a video of your whole car man.!!!
It's coming along sickk
Keep up the good work rcdevil.!!!
Dude i love u and your 240, i hope u still on the project, u're a genious!
Absolutely love the series, I'm currently selling my 06 altima with less than 60k miles just so I can buy an old beat up 240sx so I can have some fun with it since I've always been in love with the s chassis nissans. Very inspiriting videos! Can't wait for the next one
i like the accent "Put in the car and should run fine" awesome
You almost done with the next video, this series is awesome. :)
Awesome videos! Cant believe I just stumbled upon your channel. Gotta keep updating with episode 7!
subscribed because i love this series! im looking to buy a cheap 240 myself and do work to it to fix it up, and this video is really inspiring me haha, can't wait to get a 240 now
Awesome series man, i look forward to seeing the drift series!!
the build is coming to gather real nice cant what to see it in action. :)
That's a drift coolant hahaha awesome episode man, still here from episode 1
Great job mate :D Loving this series and the new paint job looks smoking :)
Everytime I check my filter and have to clean and reoil it, I use some electronics cleaner to clean the MAF. In fact, I've seen some clean them to make a change in the idle, but anyway just spray the cleaner maybe a 100 miles after re-oiling and make sure to do multiple full throttle runs to really suck any excess oil off the filter.
this build is coming along somewhat well lol keep it up
loving this project so far btw
Thanks, glad you like it!
Yessss I've been waiting for an update.
just watched all your episodes. keep up the good work looking forward to your next video
16:00 on automotive work you should always crimp not solder but understanding the car and the situation with the wires/connectors its forgivable just if you ever have time go back and change it. btw love the build, just your struggle of doing things proper is entertaining let alone the car itself keep up the good work! :D
Thanks! And yea I know haha, this is going to be a good test though of the tale of solder vs crimping. My dad thinks it will be fine because of the temperature needed to melt the solder, so like I said, it should be a good test hahahh.
lol yea in that situation I think I would do the same, just make sure to keep it away from headers and make sure it doesn't vibrate too much and you should be fine. its cool that an uploader responds, can we get an eta for the next episode?Also the paint looks rad at first I didnt think I'd like it but it really suits the car well and is much cooler and unique than just painting it flat black like most people do.
warmowed Yea if it was a wire going near the header then I wouldn't have soldered, but I think it should be fine near the intake manifold.
Hahah I always found it annoying when the uploader never responds so I try to always reply :)
Eta is hopefully by the end of the week. I've just been busy and changed to a new video editing program so it's been pretty hard to get the video done.
Glad you like it! Yea idk why so many people do that, when you can get much better results with just a little more effort.
I had the same idling issue on my old Prelude. The problem is definitely a iacv. My Prelude was a manual with an manual ecu too.
Small bit of advice, you should crimp all wires in and around heat areas, to stop the connection from weakening
Loved this episode. Keep up the good work! :)
Your build series is one of my top favorite on TH-cam . I would say it is the best because you have respect for the car and you take a poor molested car the a 16yr ricer prob beat up. And gave it a new and better life and did some proper work. Amazing job man. Oh and what year is it. I plain on building one after I'm done building my 2002 musyang GT but with my 240 I think I might add fender flares and a trunk lid undecided yet.
Thanks for the compliments! It's a 1991. Good luck on your build :)
Fucking love this series omg.. I have a 33 skyline but I literally am obsessed with this sil, actually wouldn't mind one after seeing this build so far.
Awesome series!! I am dreaming of owning a 240sx as well! You have gained a sub my friend :)
yesssss what a great thing to wake up to
I love your videos man keep up the great work!
Keep up you have a good engineering future. ( You know alot about cars )
Are you going to do more with the Engine? Like build it up? Thats one of my favorite motors and they look sexy when there all fixed up, even with just a painted head.
The moment you mentioned the idle not going down from 1500 even at a stop, my first thought was "Gotta be Auto Transmission ECU".
My first thought was vacuum leak. I copped that with my o-rings around my injectors perishing.
Just so you know you are supposed to use distilled water when mixing coolant. Not sure if you used tap water or not but just wanted to let people know.
The idle sticking around 1500rpms was due to the auto ecu. Ive done a 5spd swap and mine used to do that.
I love these episodes! :)
This helped me alot. Cheers man!
A hole in your MAF box gets you a nice backfire :P Man I miss my KA hahahah.
Thinking about tackling a miata project... this is motivating me to do it so much. Hopefully next summer. Can't wait to see this thing eating corners; have you ever watched MotionAutoTV's LS1 swapped 240?
Yea a Miata project would be interesting! I've seen a few guys locally who thrash what look to be stock powered miata's and they haul @$$ on the track haha
Yup I've been subscribed to him for a while now, always a pretty good watch :)
it is the iac ! manual and standard are different. your harness is for an automatic
You definitely deserve more views
New video awesome I subbed when you first uploaded episode 5
Where can I buy those different connectors? I have to swap them on mine like you did
Did you go to Adam's Motorsport Park? Because I saw a car that looked very similar to yours but I didn't get a closer look because I was in the crowd watching from afar.
Hahhaa yup that was me. This past Thursday wasn't a good day for me though, only did about half a session before the person with me wanted to leave lol
Yes!! New video!
FYI, you're not boosted so there is no need to have the vacuum/boost reference attached to your FPR. It's just another place you can have a vacuum leak.
how is the paint on the car? thinking of painting it the same way you did it
Are you going to pull all the interior out and put bucket seats in, and are you going to put a twist turn nob in? Great vid im also going to build one in the next few months :)
The trunk is already stripped, but I don't plan to strip anymore of the interior cause I drive the car to the track 160 miles round trip. So without the carpet/door panels/stereo/center console the drive would be pretty miserable especially with the increase in heat and drone haha. Bucket seats of course aren't out of the question ;)
Drift knob was already on the car when I bought it and you can see it Episode 1. Pretty simple and effective mod for sure.
Sounds like fun :)
but you also need a drift button for the hand break :)
feel you on the icv shit i have a 200sx (EU) with CleanAir18DET i had issuses with maf and co² sensor (Y) but for the most part my 200sx is now runable sort of haha
hey man I've been following the build from Episode 1 , and man i have to give you the props! you are amazing with this car! the time patience , effort and all the money you spent righting the wrong the dumbass previous owner did! I love the paint colour, maybe some highlights of paint in the rims could bring it out more, idk its up to you, and i like the new rear lights!
really love what your doing with the car man! i'm looking to do a budget build myself soon!
keep on being awesome bro! can't wait for updates!
Thanks for the support!
Yup, I'm still deciding on what exactly to paint the wheels but it's part of the plan for sure :)
***** Thats fantastic man! can't wait to see you smash around some corners! any plans for a LSD? but seriously man great job with the build thus far!
The car already had the diff welded when I bought it so I'm good in that department. And you'll see more previous owner idiocy with the diff next episode ;)
Thanks!
great video series
following this since I lived out the states, now im at reseda.
where in socal u are?
Thanks! L.A. specifically
I'm looking to do a build soon. what do you all think of a VH45de? Should I turbo ?twin turbo?
I have no experience whatsoever with a VH45DE and never looked into the swaps so I can'y give you any insight :/
I would say single turbo though :)
Hey I'm just wondering if you're an actual mechanic or do you work on the car with your mechanic friends? I know for a fact that my R32 Skyline has plenty of issues but I don't know how to spot them and fix them like you seem to be able to. If I was able to spot the problems I could then research and fix them but I don't know enough to find the issues in the first place.
Awesome series btw and it's helping with my car a lot, opening my eyes to plenty of things to look for. Cheers!
Just work on cars by myself and with my dad if he's free. No one really does any work on the car besides me haha.
Yea I've just learned from reading on forums and watching TH-cam videos over the years. Basically anything I don't know I look up and try to research. Then after awhile you end up knowing quite a lot from just reading up :)
Thanks!
I might be commenting way too late, but I hope someone reads this. Why do you get a 60 degree thermostat? Isn't that a way too low temperature? We've always been taught not to drive hard until it reaches operating temperature of 80-90 degrees because there's a lot of friction inside the engine when it hasn't warmed up etc. etc.
The car is really only driven on the track. And the track is in the middle of a desert and usually reaches a temp of 100+ F. If you have a street driven car then this isn't ideal. But for a car that's majority used on the track and where temps are always climbing and reaching the upper limits of the cooling system then having a low temp thermostat is great.
mass air flow senser cleaner 5 bucks same IACV only buy new parts if you cant fix the ones you got
Why have the stock airfilter? It takes alot more space and it isn't dangerous with a bolt-on cone filter. It doesn't suck in THAT much gunk
Most aftermarket filters that clean well and increase air flow use oiled filters. Oiled filters kill MAF's, which is the reason I had to replace mine, so that takes away oiled filters from being a possibility. The other alternative is an oil-less filter which the only way it will increase flow is by allowing more particulate through the system. Now if I were driving on the street this probably wouldn't be an issue. However I track my car, and the two tracks that I go to the most have dirt around the track. So when I spin out or go off track, there's a plume of dust/dirt that gets tossed up. Now that much dirt mixed with a sub-par filter it's a lot of gunk that will get through the intake. So having either filter option doesn't work out. Not only that, but why even waste the money and risk of running it, for the maybe 1 extra hp that won't even be noticeable?
Thanks for the answer, it can be a bit tricky for me to find specific words because I'm not native english speaking. But a really good explenation!
Oh sorry, I would have used less complicated words if I knew. You're English was really good though! Keep it up :)
Will you be getting it tuned at any stage? what upgrades are you planning on PRE-tune? Injectors, CAI,??
Yea I eventually plan to turbo it, but only after I can drift pretty good with the stock KA. While it's NA I more than likely won't be doing anything because of the small HP gains for the money especially since I plan to go turbo so anything I do right now will have to be changed to go turbo. Hope that helps,
fair enough im unsure of what KAs are like as we dont have them in Australia we have SR or CA
dont know what they are like for power!
First of all good on you for the DIY, second of all are you planing to drift this as an N/A or are you installing a turbo?
N/A then once I progress, the plan is to go turbo.
Damn same thing happened to me. I just bought a '96 240sx and the previous owner changed the car to manual. But never changed the ecu. So I still have an auto ecu. It's a pain having to smog my car because about 13 codes start showing up. What's up with people being so impatient with 240's
Momo-1013 That's the majority of the owners for ya. Sad to see any car be treated the way a lot of people treat 240's. Doesn't make sense to me...
When you switched ecus, did you have to do any wiring? My 240 was converted to 5 speed aswell and it doesn't want to start when I switch to the manual ecu.
Nope, I just unplugged and plugged the other in. The manual ecu you have might be bad, but then again I didn't do the auto to manual swap so it could be something in your wiring.
Hope that helps,
How did you learn all the stuff you know? I know you said you were self taught, but did you learn from experience on a car or did you learn online or what? I watched all of your new drift car videos and because I liked them so much I'm going back through the videos for the first drift car. I love your videos man, keep it up! One thing I would love to see after you finish the drift car 2 is you critiquing your own work on your car. I would love to see this while you were driving the car around!
+0nick4708 Learned online and then when I got the 240 I started working on it and getting the hang of things and then researching anything I didn't know and looking up how-to's and so forth. I'll for sure be critiquing the car after it's done no worries! Thanks for the comment and support :)
Super keen for new eps
Ive found that soldering wires inside the engine bay can lead to problems down the line due to the heat f the engine
Yea I know, force of habit and this was on the cold side of the engine bay behind the intake manifold so me and my dad came to the conclusion that it wouldn't mess with the soldered wires.
Thanks for the comment,
When will the next vid be out love the work you am doing can't wait no longer :)
Hey dude i noticed you said something about the oval shaped hole on the right side of the air box, my brothers 180sx has that and i was just curious if it is suppose to have something over that or what? Cheers in advance mate, watching from Australia! Keep it up
There is supposed to be a pipe going from the oval shaped hole to the lower box which is a resonator box (supposed to reduce engine noise). Really unnecessary though and you can run without it.
Thanks!
im doing a similar series! Awesome vids and awesome car. What do you think I should do maintenance wise to my car while i dont have a big budget right now? (I also have a 91 S13 hatch DOHC)
Awesome!
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Idk what exactly to you isn't a big budget but here's my best answer:
For maintenance I'd say just make sure everything important is functioning like it should and if anything is broken then fix it of course.
But besides that here's the list:
Change the oil and oil filter no matter what, even if the guy you bought it from says it was changed, change it anyways so you know exactly when and what kind of oil is in your car.
See how clean the air filter is and change/clean that if need be.
Check your brake pads and change those if yours are badly worn.
Check your coolant and coolant level and if the coolant doesn't look good then flush it and put new coolant or water (whatever you prefer) and top off the coolant if it's low.
Check your brake fluid and power steering fluid.
Check your bushings, ball joints, and tie rod ends and see how they are and if it's just bad ball joints or a couple bushings etc. you can replace those for cheap.
Maybe change your fuel filter although it wasn't on the top of my list.
Check your spark plugs as well, but mainly if you think the engine isn't running that good, and replace if necessary.
Lastly if you still have money at this point haha I would probably also change the trans and diff fluid.
^Doing all that you can make a pretty solid and reliable car that's up to par :)
it is 03:53 on morning :D i have just whached all 6 episodes and this looks like a lot of fun :D only thing that i would do diferent i would buy a litle more better car for my project, but its nice anyway. I'm from europe and my english is bad i know that :D
Yup if I were to do it again, I myself would get a better car hahaha
how do u feel about hood spacing does it reduce heat ? or cause more???
Haven't been able to test the theory since the car already had hood spacers on it and cooling hasn't been an issue yet. But i feel that for drifting it would work cause your going sideways although some people claim it doesn't work, but those are guys who do grip driving... So definitely something to look into in the future for sure :)
Did a good job learn what I needed to know
Awesome vid and if you dont mind me asking, how many km's or miles are on the engine. In Australia its hard to find a 180sx (240sx) with decent k's. Im curious.
This car has 170,000 miles on it and the engine and trans are supposed to have about 130,000 miles on it. Mileage for me wasn't a really big deal since everything will eventually be upgraded on the car anyways. So worn out bushings, worn out interior, blown shocks etc. really isn't a big deal in the long run, for me at least.
Hope that helps,
***** Awesome I look forward to further videos :-)
i would get rid of the standard panel filter and put a forced induction for better cooling my opinion at the end of the day and looks nicer to
Any plans to strip all of the excess weight in the car? Or is this going to remain a practical daily driver?
I keep going back and forth on what to do. The trunk is already stripped but I don't want to strip the rest of the carpet, panels and doors because it seems like it would get pretty hot and uncomfortable in the car without it.
It's already not daily driven often because there's so much drone and the suspension isn't the most comfortable. But the car gets driven 160 miles round trip to the track. So 160 miles with no radio, no arm rest, more road noise and an even hotter interior (the car already doesn't have AC) seems a little unbearable hahaha
3 weeks come on when a you upload a new video?
It's not boring man it's interesting bruh :)
ive noticed that your car is running on electric fans .. and the clutch fan removed .. do u recommend this .. im really thinking of the extra at least 1 hp gain out of it .. nd get red of the clutch fan air noise .. seeya
hamada nova Yes I recommend it. It doesn't rob power from the engine, it creates more room in the engine bay, and depending on how you wire it you can have the fans running while the car is off which is really helpful for hot days at the track. Hope that helps,
What's your budget for power mods, should be able to pick up a sr20 or rb for cheap....
Also how much power are you hoping to get out of the KA or are you not really fussed??
Right now the stock KA is solid for drifting, good torque and power for a beginner. And there's a guy at the track who drifts with a stock KA and absolutely kills it at the track! So until I get near that level haha, this KA is gonna be stock. The eventual plan is to turbo the KA, not an engine swap due to the cost and headache of swapping it's much easier and cost effective to stick with the KA.
ahh ok, yea i guess there's alot more skill in drifting something slow.. rather then a 300KW beast haha. awesome vids man cant wait for the next one..
Yea hahah it would be easier to just put my foot down but I want to get some techniques down before hand haha. Thanks for the support!
Thanks for your vids. I have 91 200SX too (its the same S13 as yours but here in the EU its called 200SX as you already know I guess). I am following your project because I will be going through some of these steps and its good to take notes from somebody who already did it. Do you plan to do a CA18, SR20 or RB25 swap?
Noice! And yup I already knew that haha
No swaps planned for me since my eventual power goal is to have 350HP, and with the KA24DE already in the car I can reach that with around $3k on stock internals. So it's easier and cheaper to stick with my engine since my power goal would be the same no matter the engine and this way I wouldn't have to deal with the headache of having to swap over and getting everything fitted etc.
Hope that answers your question haha
***** Yeah, for sure it does mate. Well I've got CA in my S13 and its 300HP with its stock internals. The cost was nowhere near 3k. The most expensive part was the bigger turbo ofc. But I got all my parts from friends, I don't mean for free but with a discount lol. I believe it will cost you more if you buy it as a kit so you should probably get each part of the setup separately. I can't be 100% sure though, since I am not living in the US :D The prices there may be different (the kit being cheaper than getting each part separately).
CorporalHudson Well your CA was already turbo from factory right? So it's not as bad to upgrade since you already have the basics done. But for the KA here in the US they come naturally aspirated so this is my plan of what I would have to buy:
Turbo manifold, turbo, injectors, fuel pump, stand alone ecu, oil lines for the turbo, of course make a full exhaust for the turbo, wastegate, bov, intercooler, boost controller, new clutch, a wideband afr gauge as well as oil pressure gauge etc.
And when I added that up it came out to about $3k without tuning, shipping for parts, the wideband afr and supporting gauges, and a clutch ahhaha
^Oh and that's with all parts brand new as well lol I tend to not like used parts hahah but that's just me
***** Pro tip: go for RECIRC bov, it will save you a ton of hassle. You car will be more responsive, it won't run rich and won't idle like shit. Just don't fall for atmo bov because of the sound that is likeable by the CoD kids and 14yo girls. Recirc or no bov at all. Also if you are not planning to drift every day or two, you don't need high end clutch. I am running with an OEM clutch and its fine. I changed it when I got the car long time ago, just in case. I go drifting during the weekends and I went to some events too, and its still good. You know best of course, I am just sharing some experience.
CorporalHudson Going turbo is pretty far off from now so I still have a lot of time to sort everything out hahaha but yea dude thanks for sharing your experience :)
You should swap the rubber hose over the exhaust manifold for a braided line. Thats a pretty big fire hazard.