# 6 months in the making....

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [April 6, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923 "2011-04-06T06:39:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![kevbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/1 "2011-04-06T06:39:16Z")

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and my 93 hatch finally hits the road today 🙂 woo! just thought id share my excitement!! 😃

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**Author:** ![drjeffreys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@drjeffreys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drjeffreys)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/2 "2011-04-06T06:47:28Z")

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congrats… i know the feeling

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**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/3 "2011-04-06T06:59:26Z")

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this topic is missing something…

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**Author:** ![shero78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@shero78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shero78)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/4 "2011-04-06T07:03:26Z")

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Pics!

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**Author:** ![kevbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/5 "2011-04-06T07:10:25Z")

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picking my car up from the shop soon. did everything with a friend, got lazy and asked my mechanic to do brake lines n fuel lines haha. ill take a couple pics…after i wash it 😃

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**Author:** ![k.man](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k.man/32/5790_2.png) [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/6 "2011-04-06T07:11:36Z")

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pics and videos please and thank you

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**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/7 "2011-04-06T10:53:17Z")

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Did someone say pics 😛

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**Author:** ![kevbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/8 "2011-04-06T23:38:52Z")

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fuckin hell this beats drivin my altime gxe around 😛  
pics, videos and post fix/build summary tomorrow.

I think the car has some son history to it.  
car was owned by a few people on here if im not mistaken.  
I bought it off a buddy, username is “tatti” i think  
he got it off his friend sebastian, who i believe is, or was on here.  
and i believe he got it off someone on here lol

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**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/9 "2011-04-06T23:55:13Z")

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all 240s on here seem to get passed around

its inevitable.

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**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/10 "2011-04-07T01:19:40Z")

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Oh, I have seen this car. I checked it out. IIRC, it needed a new turbo? or lines? or something leaking lol. Nice car though.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/11 "2011-04-07T04:28:14Z")

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> [@breaker77](#):
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> all 240s on here seem to get passed around
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> its inevitable.

there are only so many of them left… 🙂

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**Author:** ![a\_ahmed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/a_ahmed/32/5411_2.png) [@a\_ahmed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/a_ahmed)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/12 "2011-04-07T09:07:46Z")

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im not getting rid of mine ill just rebuild it as i said i would 😛 whats the point, they are all dying out ☹ Everyone just junks and gets the next one in line sigh

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**Author:** ![k.man](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/k.man/32/5790_2.png) [@k.man](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/k.man)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/13 "2011-04-07T12:08:29Z")

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> [@a\_ahmed](#):
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> im not getting rid of mine ill just rebuild it as i said i would 😛 whats the point, they are all dying out ☹ Everyone just junks and gets the next one in line sigh

yep and hopefully that should make our cars more valuable…in theory…CHA CHINGG!!

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**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/14 "2011-04-07T13:55:10Z")

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I want mine back. T-T

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**Author:** ![240sx\_nismo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3da27b/32.png) [@240sx\_nismo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240sx_nismo)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/15 "2011-04-07T16:30:39Z")

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and you will love it so much more once you go turbo, puts an even bigger smile on your face trust me!! went from a 93 hatch with a fart can and intake to a 95 s14 with s14 sr with mods,

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**Author:** ![kevbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/16 "2011-04-07T18:14:49Z")

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came with  
tanabe coilovers  
prof sheepdog bov  
3’ megan exhaust  
big ol’ greddy fmic  
Ractive air intake  
ichiban steering wheel

new parts added/replaced/w.e:

exedy clutch kit(pressure plate, stage 2 clutch, throwout bearing)  
new throwout bearing carrier  
replaced the blown t25 with a used one in great condition, NO shaft play.  
clutch slave cylinder  
new headlights  
brake lines  
fuel lines  
high pressure power steering line  
kick ass NGK sparkplugs  
had to wire the horn  
sorted out the vaccuum lines(it was boosting ALL over the place, sorted em out and its boosting fine. probs why the turbo was blown)  
flywheel machined  
calipers(rear)  
rotars(rear)  
brake pads(rear)  
front right ball joint  
marker lights  
few small patches on the frame rails.  
some rubber and maybe a few other tiny things i cant remember right now.

silvia front end on saturday.  
kouki tail lights at some point  
when i got skrilla, big single, bigger injectors and ECU.

see yall at shanny/cscs/etc

PICS

![Kevin Talbot uploaded this image to](https://oi81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03615.jpg)  
 ![Kevin Talbot uploaded this image to](https://oi81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03617.jpg)  
 ![Kevin Talbot uploaded this image to](https://oi81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03616.jpg)

total investment: $3500 - $4000(off the top of my head)

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**Author:** ![240sx\_nismo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3da27b/32.png) [@240sx\_nismo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240sx_nismo)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/17 "2011-04-07T18:29:49Z")

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gotta love SR’s

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**Author:** ![Datenshi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/datenshi/32/5899_2.png) [@Datenshi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Datenshi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/18 "2011-04-07T18:45:15Z")

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Lookin good man.

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**Author:** ![MP\_B240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp_b240/32/5697_2.png) [@MP\_B240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MP_B240)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/19 "2011-04-07T19:09:10Z")

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 ![http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03617.jpg](http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03617.jpg)  
 ![http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03615.jpg](http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j210/kevintalbot/240/DSC03615.jpg)

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**Author:** ![kevbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kevbot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kevbot)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/6-months-in-the-making/210923/20 "2011-04-07T19:13:06Z")

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thanks ^^^

didnt bother trying to embed them, last time i tried to do so, i fucked it up.

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