Tearlessj

That explains the quality of work! Nice to see a properly built car!

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nissankat

Thanks for all your help and consultation along the way.

Thanks man. I was just looking at your thread the other day. I like the one piece rad hose you found. Do you have the part number for that?

Hahaha

Touge Noob S13

I think I'll be the first to say that I liked the Ka more.

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Gjohnson7

Ok. Yeah, I think he's really missing that KA right now.







I found the part numbers here in this thread on Silviav8forums silviav8forums.com :: Log in


I think these are the numbers

The following I believe are NAPA part numbers:
GAT20801
GAT21710
Those are both hoses, not sure which but you will figure it out when you get them.
This is the reducer/sleeve that I used:
GAT26390

Both required a little trimming but none of the cut in the middle and use 90's and all that stuff, just some end trimming. Hope this helps you guys!

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Touge Noob S13

I didnt mean to offend the church of LS1 zealots like yourself. All the other aspects of the car are perfect.

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nissankat

Thanks for the part numbers Gjohnson.

Touge, what aspect of the ka did you like better. The only thing I miss is the gas millage.

Touge Noob S13

I liked how clean and well built it looked. There are rarely any nice turbo Ka's since most are done on budgets.

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datboibrad

off boost the ka-t was that big of a difference vs the ls1? find that a bit odd.

StaticX27

All depends on what you're going for, but he is right that your KA-T was one of the cleaner ones out there. It's saddening to see the good KA-T's go down, as it skews the ratio of bad KA-T's :P.

As far as performance, the LS1 is a great motor if that's the style of driving you have. Some guys prefer turbo setups and obviously your previous setup would appeal to some more than others, that's all. Personally, I like turbos, so I probably would have spent the money on building the KA and making 400whp off of that.

Although a project I've been wanting to do was an LSX FC Vert that was smog legal. Unfortunately that's a long way away project. :P

Inland Drift

Legit swap!!! Awesome job man...!!!

Gjohnson7

That's ok son, go in peace and be blessed.

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tricky_ab

All types of freakin' awesome!

jr_ss

Very clean car... Props!

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acheron

sweet build and car, good luck with it.

h22speed

hey damon, car looks very very nice! i thought i saw you up at unf a month or 2 back over there in lot 18 but i wasnt sure. great job on the build and im glad to see it came together for you.

nissankat

Thanks for all the possitive words.

as for the ka vs ls1 debate, I would never go back. If I build another 240 it will be kat for sure. For the lapping days that I like to do the ls1 just cant be beaten. It runs cooler then the kat, has power everywhere and is reliable as can be.

Thanks man. Well I doubt it was me that you saw. I usually park in the garage but I only drove the 240 to class once this semester and that was during finals week.

Thanks a lot for the info. I will probably try to pick up the top hose next time out.

idriveattz32

very impressive, I've been out of the 240 game for a while and didnt ever get that deep into, but what you've done is exceptionally clean and purposeful, just my style. So keep up the good work!

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S14Serge

Straight ball'n ass s14 mayne for real!!!! And I remember seeing those wheels for sale in the used section of 240sxmotoring.com guess you beat me to them or sold them already lol.

Any who really clean build bro ya dig!

boostdd

inspiration right here

your car is great, maybe I missed it but have u mentioned what kind of suspension work you've done ?

What this car look like when u first got it ?

nissankat

Thanks for the comments. The picked up the Works a few years ago from a vendor on this site.

I have not made any major changes but here is a small update on the work I have done to the car over break.

My passenger wheel bearing had been making a little more noise than it should. After reading this article Project Silvia - The Official Guide to Not Screwing Up Your Wheel Bearings Like I Did > MotoIQ > Magazine Articles I decided to pull them apart to take a look.

This is what I found



You can see the pitting in the race here



and the discoloration here



This bearing is well past it so a new hub and bearing has been ordered from Nissan to replace it. It appears that some moisture had gotten into the bearings or possibly the excess heat from track events had broken down the waxy nissan grease.

The drivers side looked much better



so it got disassembled, cleaned and re greased using Neo Synthetic grease. This grease is far superior to the crap nissan uses and it is good to 800 degrees.





When the new passenger side bearing comes in then it will get the same process. Re greasing these is a tedious job but one that I feel will benefit me in the long run given the track time that I plan to put the car through.

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My new wheel bearing came in and repacked it with the Neo grease.

I also made some new end links for my front sway bar. I am of the understanding that these should result in significant gain by eliminating the rubber bushings. Because of the limited suspension movement of a stiff coil over setup the sway bar does not have much movement to work with. Without the rubber bushings the sway bar is able to immediately begin resisting roll. I guess we shall see if this holds true.

nissankat

The car was bone stock when I got it. I got the car when I was 16 and I am 23 now so that's a solid 7 years to get it where it is now. It has been a slow build but I have had a ton of fun along the way.

Here is a mods list. I need to go over it again though because I know I left quite a few items out.

Exterior
JDM grill
JDM front bumber
JDM rear bumper
JDM side skirts
Silvia valances
D speed clear winkers

Interior
Nardi wheel
Nrg quick release
leather shift boot
Alpine head unit
Pioneer speakers
Recaro Spg Seat
Schroth Harness
Mazworx roll bar

Suspension
Spl tension rods
KTS coilovers
Cusco os strut tower braces
Battle Version adjustable upper control arms
SPL toe rods
Energy bushings all around
SPL solid sub frame bushings
Powder coated subframe
Sikky front sway bar
Custom end links
Hicas steering rack

Brakes
SPL stainless steel braided brake lines
Power slot rotors
Brembo Front Calipers from an evo
Racing Brake 2 piece front rotors
Power slot rear rotors
300zx rear brakes and e-brake
Hawk pads

Wheels/Tires

17x9+15 5 Zigen Fn01r-c with 245/40 Nt01's

Work XD9’s 17x9.5+7 and 18x10+18 235/40 and 245/40 Falken st115’s

Project Kics R40 Neo Chrome lug nuts.

Engine
04 Chevy ls1 from gto
Texas Speed Torquer V2 cam
Comp Cams valve springs and pushrods
Daft Innovations Motor mounts
Daft Innovations Headers
Greddy Full Titanium Cat back exhaust
KaTech solid belt tensioner
F.a.s.t. Fuel rails
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure Regulator
Earls fuel filter and fuel lines
Monster stage 3 clutch
Monster cromoly flywheel
Driveshaft shop 1 piece Aluminum driveshaft
S15 helical lsd
Q45 3.49 ring and pinion
Koyo Radiator
Fal electric Fans

Grenade180sx

did you just split the 1 fuel feed line into 2 with a T or did u run a second line from the tank back?

great swap dude!

nissankat

1 side is the feed and the other is the return on my setup. Some high hp people do make a feed and return for each rail. They split the feed and then use the fuel pressure reg as a y for the returns. I don't think I am at that point yet though as I am still on the stock injectors.

titopr06

Awesome Work!!
would you mind sharing the specs on your KA-T set up?

nissankat

I found my old mods list from the ka setup. Here is the engine section. All the talk about it makes me miss the old girl. Id never go back though.


From the old KA
Engine/transmission:

Greddy Full Titanium exhaust
B&M short shifter
Magnacore wires
Flex-a-Lite dual electric fans w/ adjustable thermostat
Nismo oil cap
Nismo radiator cap
Fidanza flywheel
RPS clutch
ARC cooling panel
Blitz resevoir covers
Jegs battery relocation kit
Nismo motor & tranny mounts
bunged oil pan for turbo oil drain line
ceramic coated Ground Zero exhaust manifold
Tial 44mm wastegate
Aem wideband
Aem Serial gauge
Aem Oil Press gauge
diy Oil feed line
An drain line
Apexi turbo timer
Greddy FMIC
AMS GT-32
AMS fuel rail 65lb top feed injectors
Denso Supra fuel pump
100psi fuel gauge
Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
braided stainless steel fuel lines
ARC blow off valve
AEM EMS AEM
3.5 bar map sensor
GM AIT GM Boost solenoid
Setrab Oil cooler with stainless lines
Driveshaft shop Aluminum Driveshaft
Koyo Radiator

Grantspec

The old KA-T setup was fun... Doesnt hold a candle to the V8 though.

Grantspec

Are you excited for Roebling next weekend?

Otto347

Where you at in FL? Car looks great, we need to get a meet together for all the V8 240s.

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Ceepo

Very very very beautiful car, very well done, this car is the epitomy of what a clean, done right swap should look like....

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S14Serge

To each his own, both your set-ups are and were great! A lot of hard work seems to be paying off in your lap times!!!!

After seeing both of your setups im torn on which way to go myself

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