Ikera's Boosted Ricer Build

[Ikera]

Ever since I watched Fast the Furious I wanted to buy a car and install NOS!! well not exactly...

I don't know since when but I wanted to install a turbo on N/A engine, but I didn't know sh!t about cars. I read a lot and 240sx looked like the best candidate of all RWD car I was considering.

Actually I think S13s are ugly, and S14s are too plain, and I knew that this is probably will end up costing me a lot of money that I could use to buy a Lincoln LS or Cadillac CTS or something else that isn't old, looks good and has 4 doors.

Anyway after my Lincoln LS got written off, I decided to buy a 240sx with a goal to install a turbo on it before these cars become any older.

here is what I got, I think I over paid for it

1990 KA24E 220,xxx KMs
HIDs, 3" Cat Back
Non-Hicas, ABS, vLSD, KYB shocks w/ lowering springs, 15x6.5" Advan Model 6 rims
Sunroof, Power windows n lock, AC
S14 re-upholstered fake leather seats, Clean Black Interior

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00907-20110904-0326.jpg


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/DSC02196.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/DSC02195.jpg




Got some turbo Parts and Exhaust
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00965-20110929-1859.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01248-20111122-1849.jpg


Most people say most difficult part is setting up oil return line, so I decided to start with that... until this point I've never even changed oil in car.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00972-20111008-0320.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00981-20111008-0508.jpg

After I took out the bolts the pan was still stuck, tried using this...
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00986-20111008-0631.jpg

Then this
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00991-20111008-1559.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00992-20111008-1723.jpg
Putty knife + hammer worked a lot better

The oil pick up is placed in one of the most difficult places to reach with the engine in the car. it has to be unbolted before oil pan can slide out.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG00999-20111008-1737-1.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01002-20111008-1905.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01006-20111008-2135.jpg
Removed the pan and here is what I found inside

a ratchet, a bolt and the Timing Chain Guide :(
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01005-20111008-1911.jpg

So since I already had the pan out, I thought it would be stupid to put it back on without replacing the timing chain and all that stuff

so I started removing everything that had to be removed, throw away what's not needed and relocate the battery...

I was planing on getting a different bumper so I removed that as well, it also made it easier to craw out from under the car.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01039-20111013-2234.jpg

Cutting off the EGR pipe, because I couldn't get it loose
(I don't have grinder so I use dremel for all the cutting... I know this sh!t is ghetto)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01087-20111020-2235.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01089-20111021-0041.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01067-20111016-0834.jpg

These are the spark plug wires that came with the car and it was running just fine. Makes me wonder if the whole thing about replacing spark plug wires is just a money grab.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01064-20111016-0748.jpg

Manifold off, Timing cover off, Timing Chain out :)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01124-20111023-1442.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01163-20111029-1134.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w3/Ikera-/240sx/IMG01042-20111015-1413.jpg
I realized I didn't take any pics of the battery relocation part but it's in the hatch now

anyway I had this car for over 2 years now, just trying to upload the photos in chronological order now

[h2v7]

how the EF does a ratchet get in the oil pan!????1??!

[S141S]

how the EF does a ratchet get in the oil pan!????1??!

:lfault: but seriously, a ratchet?!?!?!

[240BrittonHatch]

The ratchet scares me lol. What else is in your engine/toolbox haha? Not hating though that really would scare me.

[sleepyS14se]

the hell was the PO thinkin? a ratchet??? OP consider yourself lucky!!

[mechanicalmoron]

It's always nice to find ratchets that you didn't know came with your car. Mine came with one down the rear fender/qp.

But, in the oil pan of a functioning motor has got to be the world's most epic place to find a ratchet.

[jdhariwal]

I call BS on you finding that ratchet inside your oil pan.