So who came from a 240sx background? Post em up!
 

Just curious to see how many of us came from a 240sx background. I think quite a few of us.

Here's me around 2006 with my Silvia conversion.

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Let's see yours.

1993 SE coupe. Good ol cell phone pics. Miss this car everyday.
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had a 91 with frame rails rusted to shit! bone stock with a fart can when I was 16. No pics, but that's what started It all for me

I always wanted an s13, they seemed like really fun cars. I just couldn't find a stock one in my price range.

Lots of love.

I'd like to get another one again. Still deciding to use it as a daily or for track.

I had a 1992 180SX when I was younger (17-20 years old). I dearly miss that car, I imported it when it was unmodified save for an exhaust, 1 owner Japan car with original paint and mechanicals. It was in really really good shape for a 17 year old car and I spent a lot of time and money on modifying it tastefully (2 piece 16X7 16X8 SSR Wantanabes, GT2871R+manifold, full exhaust, HKS intake, Z32 MAF, Power FC, 650cc injectors, APEXI Clutch) and then some assholes smashed into 3 times in a year, and I ended up parting it out and selling it as a running drift car.

I never had one, but always wanted one....

Don't have pics anymore, but had a 1997 S14 Kouki in purple. I only had it for one year (sold it for the same price I bought it for) but I miss that car, despite its klunky auto tranny, no heat and gas mileage that rivaled the Ford Ranger that I drove after I sold her.

Strangely enough, I had less problems in the snow with the S14 and I do in the BRZ.....

I have an S14 with some light front end damage right now as a 2nd car. Trying to decide if I want to keep it and fix it or just get rid of it and use the extra money on the S2000... not sure yet...

Lots of engjne swap options and tons of power potential... the sr20vet vvl, in particular, would be awesome... but the the steering and suspension geometry is inferior to the s2000... would take a lot of work and money to make it competitive for any kind of grip events...

Drifting is another story though. Drop in an lsx or 2jz and call it a day. haha

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HAI

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I still have it. 86 is my work daily.

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@BoostinIX

Good god, so many cleans...

Here is a 240SX desktop background. I came.

That's what the topic is about, right? :D
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edit: In all seriousness though, no. Always wanted one, but every time I've been in need of a car I haven't been able to find one that isn't beat to shit.

So true. Hard to find one in decent shape these days.

I spy some old az240 cars :)

Here's my old s14, circa 2008.

1998 240sx SE

Full Vertex aero. DMax widebody. SSR wheels. HKS Hipermax Coilovers. Cusco diff, sways, struts, arms, and braces. Sparco seats/Schroth harnesses. Auto power cage. KA-T using GReddy TD06 20G Kit, Defi gauges etc etc etc.
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Around 250whp/230wtq on 10psi and 91 octane. Owned it from 2005-2010. Got an S13 hatch after and owned for about a year and then sold it.

Guilty.

if i could have my old 92 coupe i would trade my frs to get it back..

It must have been that special.

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my old 98 s15 sr swapped w/gt28rs, os giken clutch and lsd, jline wheels, tanabe sustec pro coilovers, stabilzers, bracing, jdm digital climate control swap....damn sometimes i do miss this car.... also briefly had a 92 13 hatch but that car received no love really and was just a buy and sell.

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Traded it in an impulse decision back in 2010. One of the worst decisions I have ever made, as I'm still looking for a car that matches the spirit that it had. My STi had come the closest so far.

Add a turbo to your FR-S and you'll have that spirit back... with better steering and handling. The cars are very similar in dimensions, layout, suspension design, etc.... The FR-S just has sharper steering and better suspension geometry. Power is all it's missing...

Of course, you can scoop up a 240 for $2K pretty easily. That's the obvious advantage of a 240. hah

Honestly I don't know if I ever will.

The dimensions you mention are one thing that got me really excited about the FT86 back when finally released them. I compared them to a 240's and saw it was about identical to an S14.

The feel of the FR-S is more inline with the E46 I had, and less that of the S13. Maybe the refinement is the issue... it doesn't feel as "raw".

A 1990 240SX was my first car. I learned about the timing chain tensioner issue the hard way, and other than an exhaust and a stereo, it was pretty much stock:

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Every car I've had since has been better, and my BRZ is more fun, but it was definitely a memorable car (garbage timing chain tensioner aside).

Had a few 14's, last one was built for backroads and while not massively powerful (GTRS with a bit over 400rwhp) I spent years working on the handling and at the end it was quite amazing up a country road. After them I spent a fair bit of time building cars for mates and working with some race teams. The two favourites were a circuit/drift car which weighed 2300lbs and made 520rwhp (still street registered so we took it out occasionally, quite insane on public oads) and an SR22VET S15 making 550rwhp, that was nearly 8 years ago and I think the first rwd VET outside of japan.

I need me a VET VVL setup. Good lawd. It just takes so much $$$$...

Digging around in some old photos

Drift car, literally built in a back shed

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S15, just an amazing car. Built in a proper workshop.

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That may be stock but one of the cleanest I have ever seen for a car that is 20 + years old.

Had a 1995 SE 5MT a number of years ago.

Pristine, stock, one owner, 19k miles when I bought it. I miss it very much now, I feel like it was the last clean 240 in the country.

Also, super jealous of you guys in Australia who could get S15s. :drool:

I've had 5 or 6 silvias, two s13's, there s14's, one s15.

But this was my first, and still my faourite.

Was 2004-2005. No one had really gotten into rear wheel drives or drifting in NZ yet. Everyone was still in evos and stis.

This started as a 200sx (which is a nzdm 180sx) then added s13 front to make it a sil80. Jdm sr20det swap. Turbo and injectors were from an s15. Apexi piggy back ecu. 280hp. Suspension was just some cheap teins. Also had caster arms, rear camber and toe, and that was pretty much it. Wheels are r32 skyline wheels, rattle can black.

I just loved how simple that car was.

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le sigh

I have Corolla and ///M background with a dash of 240sx.

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Looks awesome. I had a set of R32 skyline wheels on a black hatchback too.

I've built a few and drive a few.. never owned one.

We have loved the 240 for a long time. Bought this one new in '94, got it dialed in before the turn of the millennium, and it's lived a quiet life ever since. Still under 60k miles. It happens to be for sale, in case anyone is looking for a clean S14. Full scoop at www.bestwheelbase.com/240.

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So you have been the first and only owner? Amazing.

Yeah. Just always felt right, it's been a good car, lots of good memories. But eventually you reach the point where it is time to pass it on so someone else can make memories. It's just not seeing enough use these days, needs someone who can put it in heavy rotation and enjoy the hell out of what is a fantastic balanced streetable setup.

Come to think of it, the car will be 20 years old this autumn. Wow I cannot believe it's been that long. It's been a pleasure every mile, every curve, every late night blast through the hills on cool summer evenings with the windows down, gloves on, crack of the exhaust resonating through the trees...

Hopefully it finds a loving home. :)

My babies.
1990 240sx 300rwhp sr20det
1992 240sx se convertible stock daily
I miss the vert....a lot. No doubt in my mind i would still have it if the seats werent about to fall through the rotted floor boards.

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from this past weekend Peace. Love. Drift.