1990 240Sx with major rust.

[jerryk]

I am looking for and entire front unibody with or without stock 1990 s13 engine. Can this front clip be grafted on to my 1990 240Sx hatch? Do you know anyone in the 22 516 or 718 that can do the graft? My fenders hood bumber assembly good.


Can anyone help?

[koukimonster139]

uhh stock 1990 s13 engine meaning, sr,or ka?

i cant tell what you're trying to do. you can swap a front end from a sivlia onto your 240, yeah.

[jerryk]

uhh stock 1990 s13 engine meaning, sr,or ka?

i cant tell what you're trying to do. you can swap a front end from a sivlia onto your 240, yeah.

Would the sivlia unibody require modification or just plug and play. All my fender hood and bumber parts or good. The KA soc engine I am not interested in going to a higher horsepower config. just need the frame. Any ideas where?

[orion::S14]

Honestly, it'd be cheaper and easier to find a new chassis (w/ a blown motor) and swap your good parts onto it.

Or buy a new chassis, and part that one out on here.

The 240SX unibody can be fixed...if you bought a front clip, some body shop could weld the new front "frame" section onto your chassis...but it'd never be as straight as it is now...well, not without paying a ton $$$$$$.

But it's not as easy as a bolting on new front subframe, like on a musclecar.

- Brian

[jerryk]

Honestly, it'd be cheaper and easier to find a new chassis (w/ a blown motor) and swap your good parts onto it.

Or buy a new chassis, and part that one out on here.

The 240SX unibody can be fixed...if you bought a front clip, some body shop could weld the new front "frame" section onto your chassis...but it'd never be as straight as it is now...well, not without paying a ton $$$$$$.

But it's not as easy as a bolting on new front subframe, like on a musclecar.

- Brian
What about these clips with motors don't they attach the frame and motor to the rest of the car or do I have it wrong?

[koukimonster139]

yeah front clip usually includes everything from headlights to firewall sometimes more. i guess you could cut out your front clip and weld the s13 clip on, but uhh i wouldnt do that unless i had a framerack and a laser measuring system in my backyard

[spoonman]

yeah, and that would be more money than you are gonna want to spend. just find another car that has a blown motor and swap your good stuff onto it like he said.

[orion::S14]

What about these clips with motors don't they attach the frame and motor to the rest of the car or do I have it wrong?

Nope...these clips are cut off behind the seats, typically. You yank the motor, and stick it into your chassis...the frame (clip) is tossed away.

The front frame rails are part of the chassis...pressed/welded on.

When you swap a motor, it sits directly onto your stock USDM crossmember (bolts L-to-R onto your "frame").

- Brian

[projectRDM]

Basically you're asking if you can weld two separate halves of a car together and make one.

Sure. Just don't expect to drive it anywhere.

[!Zar!]

It is illegal to do what you are asking, since it changes the structur of your car in the event of a crash.

take whatever mode you have, sell your car and start on a rust free chassis.

because what you want cost way too much money and your car will drive like crap.

don't even think about this idea anymore.