well i stumbled across this forum a little while ago and figured id post some pictures of my cars up.

i absolutely love datsun Z's and owned a 78 a year and a half ago, but it was so far rotted out that i figured it was best to part ways with it.

but here is my first car, a 1990 240sx. Owned it almost 5 years and while i dont really like where the market has gone with them with kits and big wheels i cant seem to part with my first love.

I spent most of last winter having the rust repaired by one of our family friends and now it sits waiting a new heart transplant and more rust repair in the engine bay.

here she is in her glory days:







and heres after all my rust removal/ re undercoating....




currently i am toying with rebuilding my l28e i have lying around from my Z i parted; i found a turbo parts car in the junkyard and pulled the head and manifolds.

hate if you want but as i said before, i love Zs, and finding one in the northeast on a student's budget is next to impossible. I'll get one eventually, but right now its just not likely.

Hey fellow S13 owner somewhat local guy!

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Hooray for S30s and pignose S13s; both have special places in my heart!

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Amen.

Kickass S13. Got more shots?

more pictures as requested.

im a big interior whore; i have some jdm 180sx seats and a full manual seatbelt conversion

wasnt cheap, but sooo worth it.





annnd one more good pic i found



before i start finishing her i picked up my new project which is still not done; but hopefully in the next couple weeks ill have her up and running...

my 1986 200sx which will have the ka24e from my 240sx in it



ill make a thread about this one in a bit; my photobucket is being lame currently

Dumb question, Did those 180sx seats belts bolt right up?

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yup they are basically s14 seats.... i got them in my JDM phase lol

btw i think i ran into you at the philly meet this summer, you have the coupe with the buddy club seat and some sort of sport max wheels?

Man, what an insult!..haha. I have a very deep hatred for knockoff wheels. My wheels are very rare 3 piece JDM wheel called Black Racing, manufactured by Arrow Enterprise.

But yea, that was me. Small world man. Glad to see you on JNC.



You meant seat belts correct?

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ooo im sorry yo... i didnt mean to insult! i couldnt remember but your stance/ car was killer

i also hate knockoffs as well; idk why i thought u had them, oo i misread yes the belts do bolt right up and are s13 specific.

one word of wisdom if u change out the A pillar to eliminate the gap that the automatic mechanism is, the headliner is different as well.... everything from the A,B and C pillar and up on mine are J spec pieces.

Wow...i didn't know i had to change all that. Can i just keep the same A pillar plastic? I'm really not worried about that gap.

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no you dont have too....

most sets of belts i see from importers come with the b pillar panel at the very least.

you could always drill a hole in your stock panel and there you go!

also alot of my buddies run nissan pulsar nx belts pretty much bolt in, but i like the idea of using belts that were designed for my specific car.

Me too. My buddy Nick from EliteJDM has 3 containers from Japan coming this week. Hopefully he snagged some 180sx seat belts.

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Top stuff. Love the manual belts, hate the USDM choke-o-belts.

Nice S13. I dig it.

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- '71 Datsun 240z.....L28ET here we come

alright; so i am bumping my old thread to bring up some of the changes my s13 has gone through.

i havent worked much on it, but i ended up selling my s12 after a year and a half and loosing interest in it with problem after problem.


so my s13 went off to ge the rust repaired in the bay, and unfortunately one spot i thought was surface rust was actually through i guess that just means once i get the front end back together it will have to go back for one last spot, unless i find a good deal on a welder/ can borrow one in which case my buddy will just weld the last spot at my house


engine bay painted black to hide the rust repair, wiring slimmed a bit; i removed the AC components and some of the warning lamps/chimes the rest of the auto seatbelt thingys etc.



i will do a mild tuck, but i will leave the fuse box visible probably mount it on the battery tray; and either go with a slim battery or move it to the back.





annd what i recently picked up.... overall the car is pretty clean, but im not sure i want to spend the time to fix the little rust it has, and replace all the rubber seals/interior.

so im beginning to think i found my engine for the s13.

You're thinking of putting that L series in? That'll be a first (insofar as I've seen).

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90 S13 Coupe - RIP, 91 S13 Hatch - Sold
Financial Status - Sold, Sanity - RIP
Cannondale R1000 - Daily

haha its been done before,

pallnet on hybridz has a small thread about it. its been a slow process.... i should have the z out of the way in the next few weeks. then its time to go over the motor before it drops in.

Haha Retroswap, that's cool man. Tripple carbs? Boost?

I have idea.
Show some drift vid!
That would be cool.

turbooo

im keepin it stock for now

we shall see down the road.