got a 240 want to do something different [Archive] - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

azimiut

01-29-2006, 06:12 PM

so I got a 240, 91 hatch. 5spd. I am selling my subaru and want to do something to the 240 that you never see. I will not do an sr20, RB, or KA-t. been done and done again. I will also not put a domestic V8 in an import. that is the most irritating thing i have ever seen. I saw a 350z with a LS1 chevy in it. WTF?
anyhow, lets get some ideas.

ThatGuy

01-29-2006, 06:14 PM

If you want to do something different, then decide for yourself. Basically what you'll learn though is, there is no different. There's what works, and what doesn't. I'm building the car I want to build. You want originality, look at the driver, not the car. Don't try so hard to be different. Just build a car you'll be happy with. Perhaps a 240sx was the wrong choice of cars for you.

Andrew Bohan

01-29-2006, 06:32 PM

being different has already been done. the only way to be unique now is to make an exact copy of an already-built car. i dunno anyone who has done that yet.

so find your favorite 240 and build and exact copy of it.

kuramaya

01-29-2006, 06:39 PM

13B swap FTW

nistech

01-29-2006, 06:47 PM

thats what i was thinking ^^^ but then again it is unreliable

breakindrifts

01-29-2006, 06:50 PM

Do you even have the huge sums of $ it takes to be different? It's all been done before, I guess put a subaru engine in there with an awd tranny, I think that would be "different". Or put a B18 in the car and make it FWD, that would be different all right.

nsn240

01-29-2006, 07:00 PM

do whatever you want... how is it be different if you are using someone else's idea from zilvia?

blackflag_Rms13

01-29-2006, 07:24 PM

VK45... Just make it fit...

I mean shit, I've seen someone putting a Porsche engine in the back of a Hatch in like Norway or somewhere...

aznpoopy

01-29-2006, 07:33 PM

iirc 13B in a 240sx has already been done

3 cylinder geo metro engine. now that'd be different.

how is it be different if you are using someone else's idea from zilvia?

exactly. :rofl:

a car is not a statement of individuality. it's just a freaking car.

trsilvias13

01-29-2006, 07:38 PM

put the sti motor in it.

or find rb26 front end use the xmember and stuff so you can put a honda type-r motor in there.

one thing i havent seen yet...
cut a big hole in the floor and do it up fred flinstone style... you want more power .. work out

HyperTek

01-29-2006, 07:42 PM

make a targa top, no ones done that.. or convert it to a wagon, shouldnt be too hard, ive seen it done to a fd rx7 long time ago.

ThatGuy

01-29-2006, 07:47 PM

^Targa has been done to at least one 180sx in Japan, T-tops have been done as well.

Originality is a myth.

kuramaya

01-29-2006, 08:11 PM

1 or 2J Mad Powa!!!!!

i8yourfwd

01-29-2006, 08:14 PM

I think everything has been covered with 240's

Want to be different? Sell the 240. So what's wrong with an LS1 again? Is it not JaYdEE eHm enough for you?

nissantuner22

01-29-2006, 08:24 PM

Different... hmmm..
I GOT IT!

Keep it stock. No one does that.

EH9

01-29-2006, 08:32 PM

Comment removed.

SochBAT

01-29-2006, 08:33 PM

Cutback 240, lift, and offroad that bitch.

Kinda liek this guy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/soshit/unique.jpg

InlineS13

01-29-2006, 08:37 PM

Yeah...how can you ask other people ideas on doing something different? If someone tells you about something that's "different" and actually works, they themselves have probably done it or know someone who has. If you want something no one else has done then you probably shouldn't ask other people.

jobestudios

01-29-2006, 10:36 PM

How about going n/a ;)

andrewmp6

01-29-2006, 11:16 PM

sochbat thats a rednecks wet dream there lol how about a twin turbo ford 3.8

breakindrifts

01-29-2006, 11:17 PM

How about a jet engine?

This is ridiculous....

FaLKoN240

01-29-2006, 11:27 PM

This thread is stupid. Don't ask people on how to be original. It's not original if it's not YOUR idea.

sideview_180sx

01-30-2006, 02:19 AM

make an adapter plate and drop in an F20C motor with a SC. Crazy RPMs, low torque, so so HP but you can say its unique, and be sure to use the guage cluster.

phrozen

01-30-2006, 02:25 AM

theres nothing different sorry... welcome to like 3 years ago

SilviaNinja240

01-30-2006, 04:42 AM

benz deseil motor?

!Zar!

01-30-2006, 04:53 AM

Hemi powered 240 anyone?

TheTimanator

01-30-2006, 07:36 AM

make an adapter plate and drop in an F20C motor with a SC. Crazy RPMs, low torque, so so HP but you can say its unique, and be sure to use the guage cluster.
been done before
so has a limo S13
and a guy on the boards had a jacked up S13 with mudding tires until he rolled it (not near as high as that Z though)

ZX88

01-30-2006, 08:14 AM

s13 truck with 280z front would be original.

orion::S14

01-30-2006, 08:41 AM

FWD conversion powered by a Cadillac Northstar. Bitchin'...

Phlip

01-30-2006, 09:06 AM

Wanna be different? Try getting a life or a clue

SochBAT

01-30-2006, 09:23 AM

13B Cosmo FOO!!!!

WanganRunner

01-30-2006, 11:03 AM

L28ET (280ZX Turbo)
FJ20
VQ35DE
VG30DET
VH45DE/VH41DE/VK45DE

Personally, I'd like to see someone try the L28. I think that fitment-wise, it shares enough similiarities with the KA to be a fairly easy drop-in, blocks are cheap and readily available, no JDM parts sourcing, it's a strong block, etc...

There's no shortage of highly built L28 turbo engines on the market already. You can get 400+hp engines for like $2-3k.

Fj's are hard to come by, and I don't know how one would go about mounting any of the V-configuration engines I mentioned, but some guy did a 1UZ-FE in an S14, so I know it can be done.

ThatGuy

01-30-2006, 11:24 AM

13b in an S13
http://www.meggala.com/hybrid/hyb3sm.jpg
VG30DET in an S13
http://www.meggala.com/hybrid/hyb5.jpg

Once again folks, "Originality is a myth!"

TougeRacing

01-30-2006, 11:28 AM

drop a type r motor in it and make it FWD!!!

aznpoopy

01-30-2006, 11:56 AM

Once again folks, "Originality is a myth!"

how about a carb fj24 in a s14?

id still like to believe some things haven't been done yet. ;)

ThatGuy

01-30-2006, 12:10 PM

If they haven't been done, then there is probably a good reason why. The S13 has been around for 17 years now. Just build a car you are happy with. I don't understand this necessity to be "different" just for the sake of being different. Tells me you are just looking for attention. "Look at me, I did something new and different." Who cares? If you are happy with your car, and it performs well, who cares what others think. You could take an S13, chop it in half, narrow the body, stick a Saturn V Rocket Motor in it, and use a modified NASCAR suspension. Would it be different? Sure. Would it perform well? Not in anything but a straight line, and don't try to stop in a hurry. :keke:

STOP EMPHASIZING ON DIFFERENT! JUST BUILD A CAR YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH!

If you have to do something outrageous and "different" to be happy, then you need to re-evaluate your priorities.

phreze

01-30-2006, 12:13 PM

Everyone keeps saying convert it to fwd, no one has done that yet because it = retarded. But you will be 1 out of 1000000's so do it!

nissantuner22

01-30-2006, 12:49 PM

I got it. Build a time machine out of it. This way I can go back in time, and get the 2 minutes of my life back reading this thread.

azimiut

01-30-2006, 07:59 PM

theicecreamdan

01-30-2006, 08:04 PM

yeah, sell the car because other people that have the same kind of car have a sense of humor.

Revolver Ocelot

01-30-2006, 08:14 PM

4G63 with AWD.
Being different = Alot of money. Just build something you will actually like. The best feeling ever is just to be able to look at your project and be Happy with how it turned out. You cant ask for anything more than that.

North240

01-30-2006, 08:28 PM

I love how he asks everybody else how to be different.............

Dont be an idiot put your basic upgrades on and enjoy the car instead of starting a never ending project that you wont ever get to enjoy.

Daniel.

01-30-2006, 10:52 PM

TurDz

01-30-2006, 11:04 PM

VQ30DETT like in JGTC cars, I would adore your car.

trsilvias13

01-30-2006, 11:07 PM

i agree with the time machine.. how to find a flux capacitor is going to be hard. 88mph isnt that hard to hit in a 240sx

jobestudios

01-30-2006, 11:40 PM

Mid Engine AWD 240sx been done yet?

phreze

01-30-2006, 11:48 PM

Actully get the enzo kit for a fastback then transplant the engine to the rear, putting it under the glass fererri style, but keep all you cooling gear in the front and have a roof scoop hook up to your intake system.

EchoOfSilence

01-31-2006, 12:17 AM

look around, see what you like, do what you want. why strive so hard to be different? Maybe it'll turn out that way when you have the car turn out how you want it. The very act of you 1) telling us about this 2) implying that you're asking US to give YOU an idea for an original project means that you ARE trying to impress SOMEONE, either to sell, or just be another speck in the 'import community.'
and there's nothing wrong with v8's.

devonkyle77

01-31-2006, 12:31 AM

20 hp briggs & stratton

sideview_180sx

01-31-2006, 01:28 AM

how about use your car as a super large planter. Place daisies and marigolds along the frame rails. Within the engine bay grow some orchids to creat a nice contrast of colors.

You are asking to do something different, yet back track to ask what you could improve on. This isn't a college proposal letter "the road far less traveled" everyone had modded there car in some form. Just search the forum to learn about the quirks of the car so you can enjoy it and learn at the same time.

i8yourfwd

01-31-2006, 04:02 AM

i think i will sell it if this is how the 240sx community acts. Thanks for not one idea or rational thought. I am not looking to be told what to do to the car, I was looking for an idea that I could start with and improve on, just some basic insight. And yes I have the time and money to be "creative and different". I am not doing it to impress anybody. I am doing it as a challenge to myself. I wanted to know what has and has not been done.

I guess I will have to get rid of it to an immature person like yourselves that have nothing else to do durring the day. have fun and when you are attempting to drift cause you all think you can, hit a tree. Dont come to my bodyshop when it happens.
There's plenty of ideas in this thread. Some of the answers were actually serious.

If your gonna cry and can't take a joke, then go ahead an sell the car. If you don't like it here on zilvia because you aren't babied for being new, then go somewhere else. Zilvia, you either love it or hate it.

Here's a few other forums:
www.240sxforums.com:ghey:
www.nico.com:ghey:
www.freshalloy.com

240sxislander

01-31-2006, 05:02 AM

Get a trailer, paint it to match you car and do lawn service. Thats very different, you can get paid to do lawns, show off your matching car and trailer at the same time!! But on a serious note, it really depends on how you want to make your car look. Its kinda hard to think of something different to do.....

reefer1114

01-31-2006, 05:52 AM

supercharger? iono...

Zen S14

01-31-2006, 07:00 AM

BMW M3 motor, Full sequential tranny, work out the wiring, full custom dash incorporating the cluster, and custom exhaust etc.

If you get it to work you will be unique and you will have one of the fastest NA 240sx out there...

JaeTea

01-31-2006, 07:18 AM

ladiesman8527

01-31-2006, 10:59 AM

remove the motor, attatch ranes, buy some horses, and have them pull you. i doubt anyone has seen that one before. hell theoretically, your horsepower is UNLIMITED. just add more horses!!!!!

trsilvias13

01-31-2006, 11:17 AM

seen that ladiesman.. but to a hummer on via la bam

P4rD0nM3

01-31-2006, 11:37 AM

SELL THE CAR TO ME. Thanks.

ramblux

01-31-2006, 12:16 PM

How about a jet engine?

This is ridiculous....

Thanks for being like the first person on the Internet to spell "ridiculous" correctly...

FWIW, I was planning on going rotary with my S14 before I gave it up, but with my S13 I'm probably just going the typical SR route unless I get a good deal on some sort of aluminum V-8.

I would spend my money on being unique in other ways, such as exterior mods. That's what most people are going to see anyway.

Andrew Bohan

01-31-2006, 12:26 PM

noooo i always spell ridiculous correctly....

it's easy cuz there's no such word as redicule...

floodshark

01-31-2006, 12:38 PM

You sold a 2002 WRX so that you could buy a S13 and make it different?
Worst financial investment ever.

My actual contribution to the thread: Make it run on an alternative fuel like CORN and drive it across the country.

sweet89s13

01-31-2006, 01:02 PM

put an s2000 motor in it why not, ive seen an s2000 with a sr so f-em or just not and get a murkur xr4ti boost the hell out of it be a killa!!!

jobestudios

01-31-2006, 02:08 PM

Already seen a k series 240

trsilvias13

01-31-2006, 02:36 PM

put a NA CA18 in there.

No one has it here in the states. why ? because it makes less power than the stock ka

JaeTea

01-31-2006, 03:32 PM

You sold a 2002 WRX so that you could buy a S13 and make it different?
Worst financial investment ever.

I thought he owned a Legacy or GC8. Now I know this guy's stupid. :hammer:

FaLKoN240

01-31-2006, 04:29 PM

Already seen a k series 240

K series is the new Civic and Integra motor. (I say integra because it's JDM yO!)

F series is the motor in S2Ks.

Pank

01-31-2006, 06:11 PM

K series is the new Civic and Integra motor. (I say integra because it's JDM yO!)

F series is the motor in S2Ks.

the s2k drivetrain has been done, and it was posted here.

also, sell the car. The 240sx scene needs a lot less whiny, unoriginal people like you out to build a rolling show car.

jobestudios

01-31-2006, 06:59 PM

K series is in the S2000 as well I thought? I could've sworn it was.

aznpoopy

01-31-2006, 07:32 PM

no... s2000 = f20c, f22c

SR240DET

01-31-2006, 08:14 PM

want to be different? sell your 240.....

b18_speed

02-01-2006, 08:53 PM

put a ford diesel engine in, now that'd be sweeeet

cr00k_lyn

02-01-2006, 10:21 PM

As someone said, leave it stock...:axe:

cr00k_lyn

02-01-2006, 10:21 PM

You already started on the wrong foot in everyway, if u wanted to be different.

'90RPS13

02-01-2006, 11:02 PM

make a targa top, no ones done that.. or convert it to a wagon, shouldnt be too hard, ive seen it done to a fd rx7 long time ago.

I got pics somewhere if someone wants em. its a gray targa 240sx.

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/8370/targa40qs.jpg

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/2748/targa34hc.jpg

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/9614/targa26yo.jpg

http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/9711/targa10fv.jpg

Gnnr

02-02-2006, 07:46 AM

http://www.smiliegenerator.de/s29/smilies-18518.png

alexchanman

02-02-2006, 01:28 PM

make the 240sx a truck and then do the targa thing!!!!!!!

nissantuner22

02-02-2006, 02:17 PM

wow the targa thing reminds me of my NX 2000! Hotness

Wei240

02-02-2006, 02:38 PM

man, this is a funny thread, i like trsilvia's ideas, open floor ala flinstone and nuclear powered flux capacitor

don't hate on the domestic engine either, why is it lame? i'd rather rock ls1 or 2 rather than the sr

but to continue this thread, has an AWD transplant been made to the s-chassis, probably been done but i don't think i've come across one...

or what about relocating the engine to the rear especially for the hatch, that'll be different, logistically, it'll be a nightmare, but it'll be different

ALTRNTV

02-02-2006, 02:41 PM

EJ25 powered 240sx.

theicecreamdan

02-02-2006, 05:55 PM

don't hate on the domestic engine either, why is it lame? i'd rather rock ls1 or 2 rather than the sr

or 6 or 7. or in a few years a 9.

trsilvias13

02-02-2006, 06:12 PM

m5 motor.. bad ass

Wei240

02-02-2006, 06:13 PM

or 6 or 7. or in a few years a 9.

either way, i like the idea of a larger displacement engine in my ride...

azimiut

02-02-2006, 07:23 PM

This whole thread is pointless.

Asking others how to be "original"?!?!? :duh:

If you have infinite funds you can be original as you want..put the engine in the trunk, or on the roof, or make it so you can drive the car backwards.

I was not asking how to be original. I was in search of new ideas. there is a difference. BTW, I did think of making it so you can drive backwards.

and BTW Floodshark, I did not sell my WRX. I am tired of driving it and dont want it. I picked up the 240 for $500. its also a POS like most 240s and well most cars.

I have a Mercedes SL65 AMG V12 bi-turbo engine and tranny sitting at work for sale. I would love to put that in there, but dont feel like buying an engine that does not run for $15k.

theimportguy

02-02-2006, 07:49 PM

VTEC! Some kid in the McDonald's drive thru one night said I had a nice car. Then he asked what I was going to do to it...said I wasnt too sure, but I want to do an engine swap sometime. Then he says "You should put a VTEC in it!". I said "Uhhhh, no...". So he says "What? Dont want to put a $10,000 engine in your car?" I looked him in the eye, then pulled forward to the next window. And he WAS serious. He was your typical uneducated, 16 year old "car guy".

So I suggest buying a $10,000 VTEC and doing that because that is original!