Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TheTimanator

Location: Nashville, TN

Vehicle Info

1989 Nissan 240SX

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • HKS Intake 
  • Blitz Exhaust 

Interior

  • MOMO Steering Wheel 
  • HKS Gauges 
  • Nismo Shift Knob 

Exterior Styling

  • Yokohama Tires 
  • SSR Wheels 

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Last updated: Oct 07, 2007

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Tim’s Nissan 240SX

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This will be my DIY (or myself) page. I'm not gonna give step by step instructions but this should give people an idea of whats involved with each little project. Enjoy

10/7/07 Relay box relocation
So when I went to install my new air filter and intake pipe I had a problem. The relay box was in the way, so I moved it.
First I removed the fender and stripped the box of it's covers and relays.
Next I pushed the box through the hole in the engine drilled some holes and mounted it upside down using zipties like so:
TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SXTheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX
I had to make a small notch on one side of the lid to fit over the ziptie and then put it all back together. I also put another ziptie over the lid to keep it from flying off:

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX

3/11/06 Pivot Fan Control guage install
I picked up a Pivot FCGx off of ebay recently b/c my
eletric fan thermostat was not working properly. The problem is this thing is designed to be used with a car that has factory eletric fans so I had to figure out how to make it work in my car. So here's how I did it. I used 2 Bosch 30 amp realys and wired them like this...twice:

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


well, you can't read that so if anyone needs help with installing this things just leave me some feedback with your email addy.

3/4/06 Coilover Install
Installing coilovers is really straight forward. So I'm just going to give some helpful hints that others have shared with me:
-build some small ramps out of wood or something so you can get your jack out from underneath the car when your done
-instead of removing the sway bars you can use a jack to push the lower control arms up. This will save you a lot of time.
-it is a lot easier to adjust the coilovers outside of the car...so before you instal compare them to your previous set keeping in mind that the old springs compress a lot more than the new coilovers
-if you have an aftermarket exhaust that hangs low (like mine did) you can use some worm gear hose clamps to compress the exhaust hangers and tuck the exhaust closer to the body..Another way is to get urethane hangers ie. Nismo

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX

About the KTS coilovers:
I've only put about 250 miles on them so far. They are a little bouncier than I had expected but it's not too bad. The only other problem I have with them is that I can't get the rear any lower than it is now without taking out all the preload. In the front I could go lower by removing one of the collars but I'm not sure I want to do this yet. Other than that I love them! It's a totally different car now.

6/25/05 Battery Relocation
I sprayed my trunk with Duplicolor reuberized undercoating to clean everything up. Big mistake. Looked great at first but I didn't sand it down first so it peels up really easily. Moving on...

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


Routing the cable is the most time consuming part of this project. You have to pull up the front seat, and back seat.

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


I also figured out a better way to route my cable after the firewall. Instead of following the wires that came from the ecu, I pulled it thru the fender so it just pokes out the other side where I mounted my free distribution block.
TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SXTheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX

8/9/04 J30 VLSD Install
Finally, we got the VLSD in. The install wasn't too bad. Discovered one of my half-shafts to be leaking grease all over. That was kind of a pain and a mess. In the first pic you can see one the issues when using a J30 VLSD in an S13. The J30 does not use a solid mount in the front like the S13 diff. The sleeves stick out on top and bottom of the mount. This is why you need spacers/washers.

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


Here's is a pic of the washers I used. They are 3/4" washers I bought from Home Depot. The I.D. was slighty larger than 3/4". I had bought different washers that were susposed to be 3/4" but were slightly smaller. I also used a smaller outer diameter washer on the top b/c the wider one hit the bend of the subframe and would not sit flat.

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


Finished product! w00t!

TheTimanator's 1989 Nissan 240SX


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IJDMDRIFTI  

Posted by: IJDMDRIFTI

07/23/2007 05:22PM

your s13 is very clean. keeping it gangsta! good stuff man! oh by the way do you have any trouble with the authority in nashville regarding the emmissions??

dahbeeed  

Posted by: dahbeeed

01/17/2007 08:55PM

looks great, the trunk area looks really clean.

driftin2trance  

Posted by: driftin2trance

09/17/2006 10:42AM

hey, just wanted to tell u that there is a drift event in nash oct 7 at the nashville superspeedway if you are interested. check out southeastdrift.com for more info.

studgus  

Posted by: studgus

08/27/2006 11:51AM

nice car bro haha i use to have a fast back but sold it a couple days ago but anwyays ur carr looks good man check my page out when u get a chance

EvilTT  

Posted by: EvilTT

06/02/2006 12:16PM

Hey, Im getting KTS beta's shipped right now. How do you like them, any cons or pros? Im going from stock suspention so I'd like to know.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: TheTimanator

Location: Nashville, TN