Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Broaner

Location: Madison, WI

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

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Andrew’s Nissan 240SX

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-----Interior-----

The plan for the interior is simple; all business. This car has no sissy door panels, carpeting, HVAC or even a dash. It will have two bucket seats with Corbeau harnesses, a nice roll cage and some nice flat black paint. Thats it. Who needs a quiet car? Is the ability to hear the brake pads engaging the rotors not awesome?

Kirkey Intermediate Road Racing Seat We all know they're the best bang for the buck racing seat available. So they should do the trick just fine. Pics up of the install when they go in.
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SXBroaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Autometer Tach I was originally gonna put this in the dash. Thats wy I got an in dash unit. Now I have no dash so its just kinda clamped on there. Maybe I'll make a panel for it.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Gauge Panel When you have nothing left thats stock you have to fab your own. Pretty self explanitory. Eventually there will be a WO2 and Boost gauge and a couple more switches. Top row is for the motor. Bottom row is for lighting.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX


Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Removed Sound Deadening Anyone that has ever done this knows that its a PITA. I always feel kinda annoyed when I'm sitting there with the heat gun going crazy. The factory spent all this money putting it on there driving up the MSRP. And I'm spending all this time burning my fingers and getting cuts just to pull it back off. I'm do this mainly to save weigh but also to clean up the interior. I plan on painting it all flat black for now but eventually ripping the whole chassis back down for a full on really nice paint job.
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SXBroaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SXBroaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Project Tidy the Interior
Part 1 - I rerouted all the wiring and trunklid cable into the rocker panel and hidden behind the rear inner sheet metal to make them less obtrusive in the stripped interior. I removed all but the absolutely necessary wires from the taillight harness. I was left with about six wires.
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SXBroaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX
Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

SPA Dual Digital Guages These things are great they are easy to read and they have a deep red backlight. I got an oil/fuel pressure and a water/oil temp gauge. I need to get a third gauge to go in that last pod. It will probably be a boost or AFR gauge.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Momo Competition Steering Wheel This was the first mod I transfered over from my Max. Thankfully Nissan uses the same steering hub so it bolted right up. This is the lightest leather wheel that Momo makes. It clicks in at right around one pound. The stupid plastic OEM piece is in the trash. Pics to come.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

B&M STS & Nismo Titanium Shift Knob I had a B&M in my Max and I loved it. I ordered one up in hopes of it being equally as good. Turns out that this thing is way to short. Shifting is like a toggle switch. I often miss gears. That could be because I'm no used to it. Maybe I just need more time in the car.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

Battery Relocation This is kinda self explanatory isn't it? I moved it because there was no room left in the bay and I need as much weight over the rear as possible.

Broaner's 1989 Nissan 240SX

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bryan163  

Posted by: bryan163

06/01/2009 09:07AM

Great job on the VQ swap. I was on maxima.org when I spotted the weight on your sig and had to investigate. It's nice to see a race car built on a reasonable budget.

dark_venom87  

Posted by: dark_venom87

06/02/2008 04:56PM

The Tomcat?

dark_venom87  

Posted by: dark_venom87

03/06/2008 08:27PM

andrew broan is a fagget.

dark_venom87  

Posted by: dark_venom87

03/02/2008 04:09PM

btw... check out www.exhaustgas.com they make digital race clusters... looked pretty sweet u might want some like this... u get all the air/fuel, tach, spedo all on one screen it saves weight.

dark_venom87  

Posted by: dark_venom87

02/26/2008 07:20PM

i also was wondering why you got another racing seat. why not just take the one off the maxima if you are parting it out anyway? and y did you sell the blower if you are going to run boost on this engine? btw, you should paint it all black or something... like the part gold part flat black looks like shit. but this is really the first 240 with this motor? ehh personally i woulda got a 300zx motor or something with a little more horsepower, but good luck.

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Member ID: Broaner

Location: Madison, WI