How I left the S chassis for the X chassis. - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

Justinbobby · 11-14-2017, 04:48 PM

When I had the opportunity to get myself a X chassis I knew I had to get on it. Around May of this year I was just getting out of my FRS lease and I had no plans of keeping it. I have drifted it at several events and I just missed the feeling of a 90's car.

It just so happens that my buddy Grant who I originally sold my second Zenki to randomly texts me asking if I knew anyone interested in buying it. I immediately said I was interested and a couple of weeks later I owned my old car again.

After I picked up the car I started to see the little issues here and there so I wanted to freshen it up a bit. I decided to contact old connections for parts and somehow ended up getting talked into owning a JZX chassis.

We probably talked all night and I didn't get home until 1-2am that night. When I got home all I could think about was how I would make this move work. I just bought my S14 back and I need to find cash quick.
I then decided to part post my S14 for sale. There were some bites, but I wasn't going to get anything close to my asking price of $9,000. I knew I had to find another way so after several people inquiring about parts. I decided to part my S14 out. I thought this would be a good way to not see the car as a whole again and would get me more money in the long run.

I did it, somehow I managed to part the car and sold every piece of it. I made roughly $13,000 by sticking to my guns and not moving much on my prices.

So here we are with my new chassis. I picked the car up a few days after I got most of my cash ready. This was a completely new territory for me.

Car had some goodies, but you can tell it needed some work. It came with a set of Work XT7's. I decided to sell them since I sent my AVS 5 for chrome (originally for my S14) to offset the cost.

Took it to a drift event to find issues that I may have not noticed before.

My friend Brent offered up a set of TE37's that were suppose to go on his Z. I had to hop on them and because I love TE37's (never really owned a set until now).

Ever since then I feel like all I've been doping is maintaining this car and not having fun. I ran out of funds for a bit as I just started a new job so not enough to get the car where I want it. The coilovers that came with the car were blown and so I replaced them with a custom set of BC's. Not enough funds to ball out on custom Stance and you can't really beat custom spring rates, valving, pillow ball front/rear for $995 shipped!

Another reason I got new coilovers was because the rear lower mount bushing was shot. I broke 2 right rear knuckles due to the vibrations when drifting.

After testing with the new coilovers it proved to be much more solid so I think it was a good call on that. I also had TONS of vibration in the front end and I assumed it was the upper ball joints. I purchased some IS300 ball joints since I found out they use the same as the JZX's.

I got an alignment afterwards because I needed to go on a road trip with the JZX.

Went down 5 and car was great. I did notice that oil temps got a bit high through the valley so will get a nice oil cooler setup soon. Other than that the car performed well at 28mpg average and I was very happy.

My new job has fabricators and painters I've been working with on some stuff like my subframe and arms. I purchased all the bushings for subframe and differential so I started working on the car when the parts came.

Test fitted to make sure bushing fit properly. Then I'm cleaning the subframe up to prep for paint. Picked up some goodies as well.

That's all I have for now. I will update as soon as I finish up my subframe and get the car back on the ground. Prepping for a drift event on November 25th so I'm very excited to get a feel for a much more dialed machine.

tougefactory · 11-14-2017, 05:44 PM

oooo, very interesting!

tricky_ab · 11-14-2017, 06:43 PM

Are those KTS differential bushings?

And I've been following this on Instagram, so it's nice to see that you've mad your way to this forum.

Almighty So · 11-14-2017, 08:12 PM

God your zenki was good lol.
Love those TEs as well.
Definitely in for updates!

codyzsilvia · 11-15-2017, 06:21 AM

Love the JZX! Trying to sell my Silvia to get into one as well

CamryOnBronze · 11-15-2017, 07:16 AM

Dang, super cool. The chrome TEs look awesome!

tuzzio · 11-15-2017, 08:06 AM

Those j-force 07s <3

Justinbobby · 11-16-2017, 04:02 PM

Tricky - it is indeed!

Almighty - I miss the S chassis. May or may not build another street car lol.

Cody/Camry - Thanks guys! Still trying to make things much more solid.

Tuzzio - Same specs as my TE's also

18x9.5 +12

Jonathong · 11-17-2017, 11:33 AM

I got to drive this thing once and it was awesome! Thanks again boo

cysilvia · 11-17-2017, 04:49 PM

Ayyyyyyyy hell yeah. Still gotta link! cy.so

S14kouki805 · 11-17-2017, 05:21 PM

Sub'd for the rarity of the chassis

DJTTon · 11-17-2017, 07:40 PM

I like the narration too; a good story needs a good story teller.

Will. · 11-17-2017, 08:34 PM

very nice!!

Justinbobby · 11-20-2017, 09:48 AM

Jonathong - Anytime bb

Cysilvia - Yeah man! I'll hit you when I'm in the city!

S14kouki805 - I love this chassis!

DJTTon - Haha! Glad you like it

Will. - Thank you!

Justinbobby · 11-20-2017, 10:12 AM

Update 11/20/2017:

Painted all the rear end parts after degreasing this past week.

Found some motivation over the weekend to put it all back together.

Car drives amazing for having eyeballed the alignment (I was a technician for 5 years I love suspension and alignment). Doing pulls from 2nd to 3rd makes the rear crazy happy and the power is instant. Glad I replaced the bushings exactly how I would to my S chassis. Night and Day difference

Mirrors have been painted and will be cleared today. Should be nice when I put on tonight. Cheers!

ILoveMyRHS13 · 11-20-2017, 12:10 PM

Hell yeah man, I've always loved your cars. I'd part out my S14 in a heartbeat if a JZX90 came up.

codyzsilvia · 11-20-2017, 01:27 PM

Boiiiiiiiii it looks so good... favorite thread on here

Benedict · 11-23-2017, 08:47 AM

awesome story. love these cars and seeing them pop up like this has me daydreaming of making the jump into one

p33g · 11-23-2017, 02:54 PM

Awesome car man!! this hits me in the feels hard, definitely makes me second guess posting mine up for sale.

Justinbobby · 11-27-2017, 09:17 AM

ILoveMyRHS13 - Haha it was a really good deal. Thanks man!

codyzsilvia - Thanks dude!

Benedict - Thanks! Glad you like it!

p33g - Best chassis I have driven thus far, only other thing i would really like is a 110!

Justinbobby · 11-27-2017, 09:27 AM

Holiday weekend update:

Ganadors are on and ride height is where I want it. Signed up for the last round of Super D. Went to an event called Drift Central in Monterey, CA at the airport skid pad. Found out that since I lowered the car more I'm having steering bind. My mistake for not working on the front suspension yet. Decided it was too much to risk going to Super D to compete so I dropped out. Just enjoyed my Sunday, stayed home, and watched the awesome battles on Instagram live.

Aside from the steering bind, the car performed well and drove exactly how I intended it to drive. Tire wear is amazing and really gets the entire tread. Next up for the car will be front suspension refresh and a little tidying in the engine bay.

Here's a video on a bit of driving. You can tell I was trying to compensate for the steering bind with my throttle response lol.
https://flic.kr/p/21W7Mhp

codyzsilvia · 11-27-2017, 09:34 AM

You're welcome man! This is my fav JZX in the states so far haha. Whats your Instagram?

Justinbobby · 11-27-2017, 09:38 AM

It's @justincamry lol

StatticMyke · 11-27-2017, 10:18 AM

Damn I didnt think it could get much better than with the Model 5's. Boy was I wrong.

SlmdCpe · 11-27-2017, 10:34 AM

Love this thread! Cant wait to see more!

codyzsilvia · 12-22-2017, 07:53 AM

Any new updates?

tjcbar · 12-29-2017, 02:25 PM

awesome jzx90, cant wait to be able to import a jzx100 chaser

Y0SH · 01-03-2018, 05:31 PM

I was going to hold out on buying anotherX chassis until the X100 was legal and build a R32 Gts-4 4 door until then but now I can’t decide between the skyline and the X90.

CaBS · 01-03-2018, 07:10 PM

Nice clean subframe install. Do the solid bushes make a huge difference to NVH inside the car?

Justinbobby · 02-12-2018, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StatticMyke

Damn I didnt think it could get much better than with the Model 5's. Boy was I wrong.

Thanks bud!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlmdCpe

Love this thread! Cant wait to see more!

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by codyzsilvia

Any new updates?

Yessir!

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjcbar

awesome jzx90, cant wait to be able to import a jzx100 chaser

90's are nice, but I like the 100's as well!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Y0SH

I was going to hold out on buying anotherX chassis until the X100 was legal and build a R32 Gts-4 4 door until then but now I can’t decide between the skyline and the X90.

I like Toyotas when it comes to sedans haha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaBS

Nice clean subframe install. Do the solid bushes make a huge difference to NVH inside the car?

Not much other than a whine at low speeds and when getting into first gear.
I think I'm just used to the "race car" feeling from my previous builds lol.

11-14-2017, 04:48 PM	#1
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	How I left the S chassis for the X chassis. When I had the opportunity to get myself a X chassis I knew I had to get on it. Around May of this year I was just getting out of my FRS lease and I had no plans of keeping it. I have drifted it at several events and I just missed the feeling of a 90's car. It just so happens that my buddy Grant who I originally sold my second Zenki to randomly texts me asking if I knew anyone interested in buying it. I immediately said I was interested and a couple of weeks later I owned my old car again. After I picked up the car I started to see the little issues here and there so I wanted to freshen it up a bit. I decided to contact old connections for parts and somehow ended up getting talked into owning a JZX chassis. We probably talked all night and I didn't get home until 1-2am that night. When I got home all I could think about was how I would make this move work. I just bought my S14 back and I need to find cash quick. I then decided to part post my S14 for sale. There were some bites, but I wasn't going to get anything close to my asking price of $9,000. I knew I had to find another way so after several people inquiring about parts. I decided to part my S14 out. I thought this would be a good way to not see the car as a whole again and would get me more money in the long run. I did it, somehow I managed to part the car and sold every piece of it. I made roughly $13,000 by sticking to my guns and not moving much on my prices. So here we are with my new chassis. I picked the car up a few days after I got most of my cash ready. This was a completely new territory for me. Car had some goodies, but you can tell it needed some work. It came with a set of Work XT7's. I decided to sell them since I sent my AVS 5 for chrome (originally for my S14) to offset the cost. Took it to a drift event to find issues that I may have not noticed before. My friend Brent offered up a set of TE37's that were suppose to go on his Z. I had to hop on them and because I love TE37's (never really owned a set until now). Ever since then I feel like all I've been doping is maintaining this car and not having fun. I ran out of funds for a bit as I just started a new job so not enough to get the car where I want it. The coilovers that came with the car were blown and so I replaced them with a custom set of BC's. Not enough funds to ball out on custom Stance and you can't really beat custom spring rates, valving, pillow ball front/rear for $995 shipped! Another reason I got new coilovers was because the rear lower mount bushing was shot. I broke 2 right rear knuckles due to the vibrations when drifting. After testing with the new coilovers it proved to be much more solid so I think it was a good call on that. I also had TONS of vibration in the front end and I assumed it was the upper ball joints. I purchased some IS300 ball joints since I found out they use the same as the JZX's. I got an alignment afterwards because I needed to go on a road trip with the JZX. Went down 5 and car was great. I did notice that oil temps got a bit high through the valley so will get a nice oil cooler setup soon. Other than that the car performed well at 28mpg average and I was very happy. My new job has fabricators and painters I've been working with on some stuff like my subframe and arms. I purchased all the bushings for subframe and differential so I started working on the car when the parts came. Test fitted to make sure bushing fit properly. Then I'm cleaning the subframe up to prep for paint. Picked up some goodies as well. That's all I have for now. I will update as soon as I finish up my subframe and get the car back on the ground. Prepping for a drift event on November 25th so I'm very excited to get a feel for a much more dialed machine. __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-14-2017, 05:44 PM	#2
tougefactory Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,511 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	oooo, very interesting! __________________ Performance Parts // Track Prep // Fabrication Follow us on Instagram @TFWorks For all the latest TF★ news visit our blog!!**

11-14-2017, 06:43 PM	#3
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,413 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Are those KTS differential bushings? And I've been following this on Instagram, so it's nice to see that you've mad your way to this forum. __________________ Instagram Back for round two... 4 doors this time around...

11-15-2017, 07:16 AM	#6
CamryOnBronze Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MI Age: 35 Posts: 3,913 Trader Rating: (131) Rides Gallery: CamryOnBronze Feedback Score: 131 reviews	Dang, super cool. The chrome TEs look awesome! __________________ CamryOnBronze.com

11-16-2017, 04:02 PM	#8
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Tricky - it is indeed! Almighty - I miss the S chassis. May or may not build another street car lol. Cody/Camry - Thanks guys! Still trying to make things much more solid. Tuzzio - Same specs as my TE's also 18x9.5 +12 __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-15-2017, 06:21 AM	#5
codyzsilvia Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 155 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Love the JZX! Trying to sell my Silvia to get into one as well

11-15-2017, 08:06 AM	#7
tuzzio Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 2,254 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Those j-force 07s <3

11-17-2017, 11:33 AM	#9
Jonathong Nissanaholic! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 1,745 Trader Rating: (16) Feedback Score: 16 reviews	I got to drive this thing once and it was awesome! Thanks again boo

11-17-2017, 04:49 PM	#10
cysilvia Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Victorville Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ayyyyyyyy hell yeah. Still gotta link! cy.so

11-17-2017, 05:21 PM	#11
S14kouki805 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: California Age: 39 Posts: 808 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Sub'd for the rarity of the chassis

11-17-2017, 07:40 PM	#12
DJTTon Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Where the bad guys are Posts: 887 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	I like the narration too; a good story needs a good story teller. __________________ Skurr Skurr

11-17-2017, 08:34 PM	#13
Will. Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 67 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	very nice!! __________________ Instagram: willssilvia

11-20-2017, 09:48 AM	#14
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Jonathong - Anytime bb Cysilvia - Yeah man! I'll hit you when I'm in the city! S14kouki805 - I love this chassis! DJTTon - Haha! Glad you like it Will. - Thank you! __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-20-2017, 10:12 AM	#15
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Update 11/20/2017: Painted all the rear end parts after degreasing this past week. Found some motivation over the weekend to put it all back together. Car drives amazing for having eyeballed the alignment (I was a technician for 5 years I love suspension and alignment). Doing pulls from 2nd to 3rd makes the rear crazy happy and the power is instant. Glad I replaced the bushings exactly how I would to my S chassis. Night and Day difference Mirrors have been painted and will be cleared today. Should be nice when I put on tonight. Cheers! __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-20-2017, 01:27 PM	#17
codyzsilvia Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 155 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Boiiiiiiiii it looks so good... favorite thread on here

11-23-2017, 08:47 AM	#18
Benedict Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Whale's vagina Posts: 225 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	awesome story. love these cars and seeing them pop up like this has me daydreaming of making the jump into one __________________

11-23-2017, 02:54 PM	#19
p33g Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: canada Posts: 47 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome car man!! this hits me in the feels hard, definitely makes me second guess posting mine up for sale.

11-27-2017, 09:17 AM	#20
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	ILoveMyRHS13 - Haha it was a really good deal. Thanks man! codyzsilvia - Thanks dude! Benedict - Thanks! Glad you like it! p33g - Best chassis I have driven thus far, only other thing i would really like is a 110! __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-27-2017, 09:27 AM	#21
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Holiday weekend update: Ganadors are on and ride height is where I want it. Signed up for the last round of Super D. Went to an event called Drift Central in Monterey, CA at the airport skid pad. Found out that since I lowered the car more I'm having steering bind. My mistake for not working on the front suspension yet. Decided it was too much to risk going to Super D to compete so I dropped out. Just enjoyed my Sunday, stayed home, and watched the awesome battles on Instagram live. Aside from the steering bind, the car performed well and drove exactly how I intended it to drive. Tire wear is amazing and really gets the entire tread. Next up for the car will be front suspension refresh and a little tidying in the engine bay. Here's a video on a bit of driving. You can tell I was trying to compensate for the steering bind with my throttle response lol. https://flic.kr/p/21W7Mhp __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-27-2017, 09:34 AM	#22
codyzsilvia Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 155 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	You're welcome man! This is my fav JZX in the states so far haha. Whats your Instagram?

11-27-2017, 09:38 AM	#23
Justinbobby Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norcal/Bay Area Age: 31 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	It's @justincamry lol __________________ http://justinzenki.wordpress.com

11-27-2017, 10:18 AM	#24
StatticMyke Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 221 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Damn I didnt think it could get much better than with the Model 5's. Boy was I wrong.

11-27-2017, 10:34 AM	#25
SlmdCpe Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 820 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Love this thread! Cant wait to see more!

12-22-2017, 07:53 AM	#26
codyzsilvia Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 155 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Any new updates?

12-29-2017, 02:25 PM	#27
tjcbar Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: florida Posts: 31 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	awesome jzx90, cant wait to be able to import a jzx100 chaser

01-03-2018, 05:31 PM	#28
Y0SH Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 318 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I was going to hold out on buying anotherX chassis until the X100 was legal and build a R32 Gts-4 4 door until then but now I can’t decide between the skyline and the X90.

01-03-2018, 07:10 PM	#29
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nice clean subframe install. Do the solid bushes make a huge difference to NVH inside the car? __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

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