well im going to finally start the engine swap and rebuilding of my poor abused 240sx.
i bought my car about a year ago and for that year i abused it. my car had 210k on it when the poor SOHC took its last breath and since then the car has been sitting in my driveway waiting for its new engine. ive spent the winter collecting parts and the knowledge.
This weekend (4.22.05) im going to be swapping the new DOHC motor that i bought into my car. the motor only has 70k on it and is in great conditon. ill get pics of it tomorrow. im hopefully going to get some good pics and do another SOHC to DOHC swap write up.
after the engine is in and running i have some other small things im going to be doing like suspension work and fixing some imperfections.
so far this is what my parts list includes:
ON THE CAR ALEREADY APEXI 3" Evo series catback Sylvania Silverstar Headlamps
PARTS IN THE CAR BUT SOON TO BE INSTALLED Ebay Ghetto Intake - bought this so i didnt have to source the intake piping and couplings. i will be getting a better filter :thumbsup Magnaflow High Flow Catalyst with OE flanges MSD Blaster 2 Ignition Coil New Throwout Bearing Optima yellowtop Battery
plus i got all the E to DE swap parts which include gauge cluster, engine harness, mafs, throttle cable and ECU
PARTS IN MY ROOM :thumbsup :heyhey Eibach Sportline Springs
KYB AGX Shocks/Struts
NISMO Engine and Tranny Mounts
Ebay Shift Boot
Ebay Front Strut Brace
PARTS IN THE MAIL Megan Rear Strut Brace Falken Azenis Tires 205/50/15
tomorrow we will be pulling out the SOHC so ill get some pics of that and also some pics of my nice clean DOHC and tranny. thanks for checkin this out and ill be sure to update it frequently with some good pics of my installs!
so i got the SOHC out today in about 3 hours time. pretty quick if you ask me but its the first engine ive ever pulled out of a 240sx soo…
anyway things went very smooth except for the HUGE FUCKING RUST SPOT I FOUND ON THE FRAME :eek4: :eek4: :tears :crazyrant
ya its all the way thorugh. we are going to weld a piece of metal around it. the rest of the frame looked in good shape with next to no surface rust! :thumbsup
HERES MY BEAUTIFUL DOHC AND TRANNY
here are some removal pics not that no one has ever seen a engine being pulled from a s13 chassis :supercool :yummy :rotflmao
this guy in the blue is my dad’s buddy who helped me out alot. he builds engines and chassis for people that race at our local track. alot of tubed monte carlos
we are going to weld another piece of metal to the other side for more structual support tomorrow!
REMOVED THE A/C Lines, CONDENSER and FAN.
my radiator will be working so much more efficently!
THE INTERIOR BODY HARNESS WIRING
we used the SOHC connector with the DOHC wires in the correct pin holes, fuck sodering or crimping
TOO ANYONE THAT SAYS THE SOHC POWER STEERING LINES CANT WORK!
we used a compression fitting and cut some of the tubing off. the return lines and resivoir will be easily mounted tomorrow. IT WORKS!
HERES WHERE WE ENDED TODAY! FITTING THE MOTOR IN AND CHECKING OUR CONNECTIONS!
tomorrow will will finalize everything.
Extra Parts That I Had to Buy or Make During the Install:
5/16 Vaccum hose
Compression Fittings
New Clutch Disc
a few misc nuts and bolts alot were 10mm
Custom Throttle Cable Bracket
a few custom brackets for the intake
re-mounting all of that emission stuff
POWER STEERING was a real custom job with the SOHC lines
Removed the FULL AC SYSTEM
i think thats all for now, if you have any questions or wanna see some pics of the misc things jsut let me know. ill get the pics or breakdown what we did to the best of my ability.
NOW FOR THE PICS :thumbsup :yummy
BEAUTY SHOT!
THE ENGINE BAY! SO SEXY!
AGX Struts and Shocks with Eibach Springs
it still needs to settle so i get more pics in a few weeks but here she is for now. setting right now are 4 up front, 8 in the rear. i like it stiff :greddy: JOKE
and yes i know my wheels are on backwards. my dad put the wheels back on and didnt realize my wheels and tires were directional. ill get those changed but im in no hurry cause i have to get 4 new tires VERY SOON. its like im on slicks for now! lol!
FINAL MODIFICATION LIST
Engine
KA24E -> KA24DE Swap
Nismo motor and tranny mounts
MSD Blaster 2 coil
Bomz Ghetto Intake
Magnaflow High-Flow CATALYST
APEXi Evo Series 3" CATBACK
Removed AC
Suspension
Eibach Springs
KYB AGX Shocks + Struts
Megan Racing REAR Strut BRACE
Ebay Front Strut Brace
MISC
New Shift Boot
Sylvania Silverstar Headlights
Removed TWEED garbage from DOORS
UPCOMING MODS
20% TINT All Around
some type of LSD
Possibly a header unless i decide to go TURBO sooner than expected.
the SOHC and DOHC body harness connectors are the EXACT same but the wires are not in the same places on the harness connetors so the color wires you need to connect together will not meet up at the same pin hole.
in reality you dont need to use the connectors, you can just cut off the body harness connectors on the DOHC harness and the SOHC under dash harness and connect the wires together but using teh connectors makes for a much easier and cleaner install.
the wire colors you need to connect are these 5:
Yellow/red --Tach
Yellow/Green–speedo
orange–ignition start
black—ground
blue/black—water temp sensor.
how i connected these was like this:
i wrote down where the 5 wires were located in the SOHC body harness connector by assigning each pin hole on the top row a number and each on the bottom a letter of the alphabet. i wish i saved the paper i wrote them down on. sorry :tears
i next removed the sohc body connecter (white plastic clip) and dohc body harness connector (brown plastic clip) from their engine harnesses.
i reinstalled the SOHC connector onto the DOHC engine harness using only the 5 wires needed and placing them back into the correct positions based on the information i wrote down before i pulled them out.
i used electrical tape to cover all the exposed pins that i didnt need and then taped the whole bundle of wires together for a very need install!
I see you are in downtown imperial. I go past there often to the part store. Where exactly are you I can stop by sometime. congrats on getting the car running. Nice Job:bigthumb:
thanks for the compliments! i did this swap about 4 months ago and everything did go very very smooth. the car has ran better than perfect since then.
im probably going to go KA-T with my car in the future but for now i want to sure up some other things. my next few things are going to be adjustable RUCAs, an energy suspension bushing kit, TEIN adjustable front and rear strut and shock mounts and possibly whiteline front and rear swaybars.
