Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Power Steering Cooler

After some research, the guys that slide their car in events reported the power steering acting up because of the boiling liquid gets on a hot day and abuse on the track. One way to eliminate that from happening is by adding a power steering cooler to help cool down the liquid from boiling and prevent it from wearing out the power steering pump.

Friday, August 14, 2009

New ISIS Dual Exhaust

After 5 year holding on to the Apexi Dual exhaust with rusted out mufflers and broken hangers, it was time to replace it. I was searching around for a good exhaust that is a bit different from the rest of the standard exhaust in the market and affordable. I ran into a group buy with Enjuku Racing and decide to jump on this deal. I manage to be one of the first group of people to get are hands on this exhaust. I will say that this is not a Daily Driver friendly exhaust. It's one of the loudest exhaust I've hear for the S Chassis. I can't wait to hear this baby out on the track ripping the gears going sideways.....Big Thanks to Ken@Enjukuracing.com


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fenders Rolled

So I picked up some new wheels and being that the specs on the wheels are a bit aggressive on a s13, I decide to call up my homie Sam aka "Legendori Team", and have him roll the fenders. I went over his crib in the afternoon, and with my luck it started to rain. Heating up fenders and cool weather doesn't mix. Sam still manage to roll both rear fenders in this type of weather. He definitely did an amazing job on them. I need to hit him up to do a pull in the rear so I can run a wider tire in the back. Enjoy.....




Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Corolla from Hell

Well.....My buddy Pedro need to fix his sister's car because she travels to Tampa and back every other weekend. So It was time to do a tune up on the car at another one of my buddy's shop (Thanks Jef). We manage to replace the timing belt, Water pump, Spark plugs, Radiator fluids, Powering steering fluid, Brake pads, Brake fluids,etc. We started at 5:00pm and we didn't finish til about 4:00am after running into all the possible problems you can run into in a car. This thing must of be possessed because of all the problems, but we manage to work throught it and get it up and running. Time to shower and go to sleep......

AMS Turbo240sx Manifold

Well....after a few months of dealing with the log manifold, I decide it was time to upgrade to an equal length manifold since the log was cracking, and having exhaust leaks like crazy. I was searching around for a manifold that will be reliable and efficient, and make power. I couldn't pass up on a good deal on this manifold. This manifold definitely will get me more power and help with it be a bottom mount setup. Enjoy.............

UCF Car Show Meet

So I was hearing about this big show UCF was hosting at Waterford lakes and decide to take Project 240sx out there and enjoy the show. I wasn't going to put the car in the show but a few of my buddies convince me to do it. At the end of the day....I manage to get 2nd place Nissan out of all the other 240sx , 350z, and Sentra. Not a bad day........

Lollicup Meet

I decided to take the car out for the weekend and hit up Lollicup for some Boba and enjoy Dj Rincon spinning the tracks at the meet. Manage to get a picture of my car will there. Their will be many pictures to come as the shows and events keep coming.

Project 240sx Continues.......Dyno

Well...I finally get the car started after a year of building the car. The car idled really good, but I did notice that I could smell alittle bit of oil at start up. I know its not the motor because I just build it but figure something was up with the tune. I decided to call up Martin Struk XAT Racing now at (Z-Fever) and convince me to bring the car in to make sure Enthalpy's Rom Tune was working right. So I decide to take a trip to Tampa at XAT Racing (RIP). Martin managed to put the car on the dyno and make sure it was tune to perfection. It turns out that the smell I was smelling at the house was due to a very lean A/F the car had it was about 17 to 18 A/R! Yeah....so he ran th car on the dyno and manage to do a few pulls in the 240sx. The car dynoed at 333rwhp 342ftq at 13psi! that is crazy torque right there.lol On the bad note....I had a rear main seal leak which cause my clutch to go and the dyno day to end early. Time to head back to O-Town and fix the leak and put in the new Competition stage 4 clutch!