Reno!

[mr peas]

IF you guys know anybody from Reno, pass on our club website to them so that they'll be able to congregate with us! :D

[mplayboy72]

i no peepz in reno but none drive a 240 or care about them either and thats why they r GAY :angry:

[mr peas]

hah.. well you never know, they're going to be 240 lovers there. I just hope we reach them :D

[mplayboy72]

yeah the more the marrier

[ShawnS]

I guess I am the only one here in Reno on these boards. Not sure wheather to be fellin special or alone.

[drift7o2]

i thought there would be a lil more drifting becuase of the roads up to lake tahoe..........the roads there look like initail D stuff

[Pretty Waste]

Originally posted by ShawnS@Oct 16 2004, 12:27 AM
I guess I am the only one here in Reno on these boards. Not sure wheather to be fellin special or alone.
Someone should appoint you as the guy that recruits (sp?) people from Reno.

[jc]

Or we can change the name to LV240SX.org :luigi:

[case]

Originally posted by drift7o2@Nov 2 2004, 08:30 PM
i thought there would be a lil more drifting becuase of the roads up to lake tahoe..........the roads there look like initail D stuff
how long of a drive is this? :evil: :mario:

[mr peas]

we should all drive there and organize a meet. lol

the drive is around 6 hours

[Yun Yomix]

itll be a nice drive tho.......

[vegas_touge]

Originally posted by Yun Yomix@Apr 26 2005, 05:21 PM
itll be a nice drive tho.......
6 hours in the middle of the desert with no AC...blech

[N8inRNO]

In the process of looking for a 91 240SX... or a decent priced 95+...
I already drive a 2003 Nissan SE-R Spec-V..... Gonna stick with the Nissan Community after owning a 200sx, and now thw SE-R, and soon a 240sx... Im so glad that somone posted this website.. because I always saw the AZ240sx.org forums.. but now I found this one...

[slts13]

I am from Reno. Well tahoe but its close enough. the roads are pretty good for drifting(not saying that i do any) but there are alot of police so its kinda risky.

[kaotic]

its a long ass drive.. about half way into it you start to get into the high desert, so its not THAT bad.. im thinking of going up to tahoe on the 4th of july.. maybe this could be a "group" thing..?

[at23]

I see that Reno doesn't have too huge of a following with the 240.

[Reno95240sx]

Just bought a 95 240 a month ago. My name is Nick and I'm 21 currently going to University of Nevada and that's where I saw a black 240 with you website sticker on it so I figured I'd check it out. So here I am.

Nice 240 by the way, was thinking of painting mine the same color but now I cant... lol o well

[Dgramps01]

LOL oh shit!!! Robert is recruiting ha ha welcome

[Kurai Shimo]

ya, that would be me. welcome to nv240 :)

sucks that the 240 scene here is so weak. but cool to know there are some other owners that are pretty close by.
next stop the reno nv240sx meet!
reviving this section of the forums one owner at a time.
i dont really know anyone here in reno so if you ever want anyone to drink/smoke with...er i mean... study...lol... lmk.

i just met some other 240 guy today too. dude has a hatch with sr on some eurolines. seemed nice enough.
apparently im like a magnet for 240 owners.

[Reno95240sx]

Was it the guy with the blue hatch because thats the other car i saw up there today actually. Id like to talk sometime at least to bounce ideas off. Its my first car im actually interested in modifying. I drove a beater truck before so didnt really care about modding it at all. Im actually looking into an engine swap and want an sr but tempted to go with an rb20 mainly because the front clip is sooooo cheap..... which also makes me suspicious. if you know anything hit me up. Also is there a place here in Reno where they do swaps or you can buy jdm parts, engines. If I can get a good shop in town to do the swap for cheap im down for saving myself some work.

[mr peas]

You live in Reno and drive a 240? That sucks balls. You and Kurai over there can suck balls together, snow balls I mean, in winter. Haha..

[Reno95240sx]

by the way there is a kid out in carson that has a hatch he is selling those fenders on craigslist. I met him he's nice and you could recruit him too.

[Reno95240sx]

anywhere good to buy front clip up here by reno. Id go to sacrament of SF. The only one ive heard of is venus auto parts

[Dgramps01]

venus auto would probably be your best bet....but i would suggest going there yourself and hand picking the motor bring kurai shimo he knows his stuff, there are a ton of other shops in Sac. but chances are, they would get their clips from venus.

Don't get anything from the SF BAY...they are over priced, and they are also coming from Venus. remember, SF is full of civics and integras....people with SR cars in the bay mainly do it themselves.

yes you guessed right, the RB20 is cheap because of such reasons.

[Reno95240sx]

alright thanks price I got like 3 grand and i am looking for a swap. I called Venus like a week ago and they didnt have any front clips the quoted me 2100 for the engine swap with an intercooler kit. I just wanted the clip so i didnt have any surprises with extra stuff I would have to buy. Lookin to do my swap before october.

[Kurai Shimo]

i heard some of the stuff from venus is pretty jenky. do you have the means to haul and/or store a clip? they are fairly large and inconvenient to move. so be aware.

[Reno95240sx]

ya i got two truck to choose from and i called today and they only have the engine and tranny for 2000 and then they will give you the side mount intercooler for 200 more. It sounds like its too expensive to ship clips from Japan so the just take the frame off and ship everything. Which kinda makes me wonder what got banged up in transport. He did say he had a couple of redtops though to choose from. I was planning on going over there to look if anyone wants to go. Then I found an interesting possibility to trade my car with some cash and get a 97 240. So it pretty much depends on this possible trade wither or not I go to Sac this weekend to check it out.

On a side note I talked to a guy I knew in Carson you drives a 240 and apparently most of his friends do. I invited them to join so we'll see what happens. Also saw a black 240 hatch at school which bring my count to 4 240 at school.

Whats your 240 like Kurai?

By the way let me know if you want to meet somewhere

[Kurai Shimo]

i have 2 actually, the black kouki youve seen, and a hatch. theres a build thread for it on here. nothing special in the black one.
but ya, im down to shoot the shit at the end of the week

[Reno95240sx]

alright sweet deal Ive invited everyone that I know that owns a 240 or a 180sx so hopefully they will post soon.

[400whpRPS13]

hey reno95240sx, i'm here... lol. thanks for the invite. maybe some of the reno area 240 owners can meet up for a fun run sometime in sept.

[Reno95240sx]

im down I know kurai was down for doing something this weekend so what do you guys think. I got all weekend free except for sunday.

[400whpRPS13]

i will be out of town this weekend, but should be free next weekend. if you go to sac, let me know... i can give you directions to go and see the s14.

[Reno95240sx]

Im thinking about going next weekend to Sac to take a look a Venus has so if you guys wanna go more than welcome to come too. Its always nice to have a little help and a couple of extra opinions.

Sure Ill take a look at it just for fun I guess. I really dont want to deal with trying to sell my car. I got too much to do already with work and college but doesnt hurt to look.

[Dgramps01]

i don't think they are gonna like it if you go there to window shop, i been there before, its nothing special, just a garage with engines...

[veloce240sx]

ya, that would be me. welcome to nv240 :)

sucks that the 240 scene here is so weak. but cool to know there are some other owners that are pretty close by.
next stop the reno nv240sx meet!
reviving this section of the forums one owner at a time.
i dont really know anyone here in reno so if you ever want anyone to drink/smoke with...er i mean... study...lol... lmk.

i just met some other 240 guy today too. dude has a hatch with sr on some eurolines. seemed nice enough.
apparently im like a magnet for 240 owners.

Stop talking about me! jk whats up guys damn i didnt know that anyone lived in reno with a 240 other than me and my friend. o that dude from carson is my friend too we helped him with his sr swap and shit. we gotta set something up and do a shoot i actually know a few guys with 240's they may not be that cool but hey they have a 240 right? well let me know how about tomorrow night? anyone???

[Reno95240sx]

sorry i was working on my car yesturday and didnt check the page but anyway we can plan for this weekend i guess during the week I am pretty busy. Hey is your friend Correy? Where did you guys pick up your sr motor? Im probably going sr next month as soon as i figure out what i actually want and if i want to install myself or have a shop do it. I keeping having this nightmare where my car blows up and catches on fire because of poor installation.

[veloce240sx]

sorry i was working on my car yesturday and didnt check the page but anyway we can plan for this weekend i guess during the week I am pretty busy. Hey is your friend Correy? Where did you guys pick up your sr motor? Im probably going sr next month as soon as i figure out what i actually want and if i want to install myself or have a shop do it. I keeping having this nightmare where my car blows up and catches on fire because of poor installation.

ya its cory. he got it from some shop in canada but the motor came fucked up. do your research and dont do shitty wiring and you will be fine :D

[Reno95240sx]

sweet deal ya i heard bad things about motors from canada was it from oshaka or something like that. My friend just got a hernia so he cant lift more than five pounds for like three month and he was going to help me so now I really am screwed o well Ill find a way. Did he get just the motor or did he buy a front clip. If he bought just the motor what else did he get to make it running. Trying to get everything on order so there are no surprizes when I start.

[veloce240sx]

:Dhey man just hit me up my number is 351-6955 im always down to help another 240

[Kurai Shimo]

same here, i usually dont mind lending a hand when able. i wouldnt have a motor shipped to you if you can help it, at least that way you can resolve any problems, missing parts, etc. on the spot and you can make sure you dont get a pos. because id assume that if you allow them to pawn off crap inventory to you (via letting them send you whatever) that they will do exactly that.

[Reno95240sx]

sweet deal thanks guys Im looking at some 89 240's with sr20 and many other mods in them and Im thinking of buying those cars and swapping out all the good stuff and then resell the 89 with my 240 motor and other stuff in there. Im definetly not buying a motor online. I wont buy it unless I see it and it runs well.

I wont be swapping till mid october because my dad goes out of town and I can steal his car while hes gone for the week. Ill definetly call you guys up so I can get some help it would be nice, I've never done a swap before because 1 never had a car worth doing it and 2 never had any money either.

[Reno95240sx]

well went to sac today to look at engine didnt find anything good enough but it wasnt a waste or time I picked up some R34 GTT Skyline seats. I got the pair and they are pretty comfy. So not a total loss I guess the seats are in good condition.

[k00laid83]

so wheres all the northern nevada people at?

[Kurai Shimo]

im still here. where are you?

[Dgramps01]

hey robert, i might be up there tomorrow night! ( i will be in sac, if i get out early i might head up there)

[nojutsu42]

u driving the corolla up there?

[Kurai Shimo]

ya for sure hit me up if you do.

[Dgramps01]

u driving the corolla up there?

hell yea!

[Reno95240sx]

anybody up for doing something this weekend that brewhouse place at the summit shopping center is pretty good

[Kurai Shimo]

hmm well i guess its kinda late but hit me up if you wanna do something

[Reno95240sx]

you wanna plan for next friday then i got to study for midterms today

[Kurai Shimo]

sure i guess, im not much of a planner though

[veloce240sx]

shit foos hit me up too 351-6955

[Reno95240sx]

ok next friday at 7 over at that brewhouse at summit sierra

[wakotow]

Well I hate to break up such a lively conversation, but, I just got my first 240, and found you guys...but I've only seen 2 240's here in reno in the last 3 years, so is that all there are to see or are there more of you out there?

[Kurai Shimo]

for the most part just the people that posted in this thread. its seems like alot (not all) of "car people" ive met here either dont know anything about 240's here or hate on them for some reason. i cant even tell you how many times ive been told my car doesnt make any sense, or that it would be cooler if it were a vw/subaru/evo
guess im getting old, stubborn and stuck in my ways
btw welcome to nv240sx.org!

[wakotow]

Well that's pretty lame, so how often do you all get together? do any of you go to the tracks out in fernley/fallon? I saw one 240 out there, the last drag night of the season back in september...was that one of you?

[Kurai Shimo]

not at all to my knowledge, maybe im just out of the loop. ive checked out the fernley track but have yet to run it looks sick though and more than likely i would go drag racing anyway.

[Reno95240sx]

congrats on the new 240 what did you end up getting?

[wakotow]

I got a '93 s13 powered via rb25.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/wakotow/rearreducedsize.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/wakotow/Car.jpg

it's pretty sweet

[Reno95240sx]

not bad did you do the swap let me know some details like how much you pay? whats the condition like?

We should meet up somewhere sometime

Anyone going to the Nevada basketball game this weekend?

[wakotow]

No I wish I had done the swap, the swap wasn't too bad. The wiring was, and still is, pretty hideous (but it's getting better). I bought it from a guy I found on nicoclub out of North Carolina, it cost me 4500and then 950ish to ship it. I haven't gotten to drive it yet though cause I had problems with the CAS and then the MAF and had to replace both and now I have to make it all legit to pass smog, which means I have to fabricate and install an EGR system, which I'm mostly done with, and once finals are over I'll be tearin' it up.

Ya we can meet up once I get it goin' finals are over the 12th so from now untill then I have to put time into those, but whenever after that, I'm out here in Golden Valley. Where're you guys at?

[Kurai Shimo]

man, thats alot for an s13...
i dont even know all the areas in reno. where is golden valley?

[wakotow]

Golden Valley is north of reno a little bit, if you go north on 395 it's like 3 or 4 exits past north mccarren

[Reno95240sx]

ya its out there by stead and stuff by the stead airport where they have the air races. I live out in northwest reno by the Temple and McQueen High School. Nice to know you have your priorities straight and you work on school first, I struggle some times, but good idea on studying first

Hey Kurai do you live off of South Virgina by the University I went to some appartments the other day that look like the ones from your pics when it snowed

[Reno95240sx]

hey Kurai I noticed that you have some sr parts in the classifieds section what do you have besides the ecu and maf?

How much you want for the ecu?

[Kurai Shimo]

yeah have a few things, what do you need?
i live near that street on the backside of the university. i forget the name.

[Reno95240sx]

im looking for a BOV. I cant decide which to get and i dont weld well to do it myself.

Plus im a little unsure where you mount it. I've heard/read that you can mount it on the intake to the turbo but I dont want to do that because I heard it can mess up the MAF. I also heard that people mount it on the intercooler pipe leading to the turbo or the intercooler pipe leading to the throttle body. Like I know where they mount them but dont know which to choose and the only difference ive heard is that is you mount it on the turbo side it sounds louder, I could care less about noise but I really just want what works best.

[Kurai Shimo]

im looking for a BOV. I cant decide which to get and i dont weld well to do it myself.

Plus im a little unsure where you mount it. I've heard/read that you can mount it on the intake to the turbo but I dont want to do that because I heard it can mess up the MAF. I also heard that people mount it on the intercooler pipe leading to the turbo or the intercooler pipe leading to the throttle body. Like I know where they mount them but dont know which to choose and the only difference ive heard is that is you mount it on the turbo side it sounds louder, I could care less about noise but I really just want what works best.

it wont do anything if mounted to the intake but i can be recirculated back into the intake.
as long as its on a charge pipe it doesnt make much of a difference.
give me a call some time when you are free. i dont really want to type everything.
but you dont really need one either. its not as bad as some people make it seem. its not like your shit will just randomly blow up.

[Reno95240sx]

its nice to know it wont blow up but I would like the turbo to last a long time. I saw a top fuel one for 65 for phase2motorsports. It comes with the flange and everything but I did look at that tial one and I read and heard good things about them like you said. I dont know Im still debating. How much would you sell your tial one for?

[wakotow]

so what do your guy's rides look like? what sort of mods have you done?

[Reno95240sx]

mine looks pretty much stock its a 95 and its that wierd greenish color. I recently got a redtop sr and a t3/t4 turbo setup and thats what im working on right now. Not much to look at but it runs pretty well. Got the car from a kid in dayton 6 months ago and there is dust everywhere.

[wakotow]

Sweet, have you swapped it already or are you getting ready to swap it?

[Kurai Shimo]

one of mine, looks stock, is stock. probably never going to do stuff to it as even though its still stock, ive broken more stuff already than i ever did on my other 240, well..... almost.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa315/chinmasterc/IMG_0026.jpg

[Reno95240sx]

Ya its all swapped already just finishing touches really and of course working out the bugs and stuff. It a lot of work and not much time really to work on it. Id like to be graduated and just be able to work on it after school instead of homework.

Kurai's is pretty nice I like it

[mr peas]

ive broken more stuff already than i ever did on my other 240, well..... almost.

has it broken your heart yet? :o

[wakotow]

That's kool, what's your major? when're you done?

[Reno95240sx]

im majoring in electrical engineneering and im in my 3rd semester so ill be gone in like 3 years............... oh boy so far a way.

[Kurai Shimo]

has it broken your heart yet? :o

you know it

[wakotow]

That's awesome, are you taking classes at TMCC or UNR? I guess you're better off than me, this is my 5th semester and I think I have 3 more years...good luck on your finals.

[Reno95240sx]

Im going to UNR. I did some AP classes in high school and that helped me out a lot. I actually have a test in 2 hours and I should be studied but instead im looking at craigslist at rx7's and supras. I noticed a lot of rx7's get broken into, there where two on craiglist that were selling theres because they got broken into. anyway Im off to a................. study ya study............

[Kurai Shimo]

That's awesome, are you taking classes at TMCC or UNR? I guess you're better off than me, this is my 5th semester and I think I have 3 more years...good luck on your finals.

lol, sounds like your following my failure of a plan

[wakotow]

Well my plan isn't really failing, it just took me 2 semesters to get caught up in math, and to decide what I wanted as far as a degree. I kinda didn't do much math my senior year, so I've been doing math for a while now, but at least I had time to get all my stupid general education requirements done now...I finally decided to go for mechanical engineering, and thats playing out rather nicely.

[Kurai Shimo]

yeah, i didnt mean actually failing. i meant a plan that took forever (aka failed)

[wakotow]

ahh, alright...well semester's over now, now I can finally get to working on the car.

[Reno95240sx]

to bad its super cols outside and if you spend a lot of time outside the moisture in yout nose and mouth will freeze and you'll suffocate. What your major kurai

[Kurai Shimo]

biochemistry.
btw, what tires do you guys use out here that have any type of grip in the snow.
apparently st115's dont like it. the feddys i have on the front dont seem to grip that bad though.
it took me like 10 minutes to get out of the parking lot by the library because uphill and especially on those big speed bumps the car would just spin tire(off throttle in drive).
thank god there werent many/any cars on the road, i don't think they would have appreciated the slow motion longslides down the street.
im thinking maybe i should slap my 2way in the car when in back in vegas for winter break.
i figure it will either make it worse or better depending on how you look at it.
for the most part its really just an issue of not being able to accelerate from a stop/low speed/up in incline. the car an still turn and stop pretty well given the conditions.

[wakotow]

well I was just going to put the same tires that are already on it, the ones I have now are pretty much bald, those're falken ze 512 or somethin' like that, we'll see though, they're pretty wide, I'll let you know next weekend, when I can get a moving prermit to go get it smogged, I also have to wait for my tires to come. My other car has just standard all season passenger tires on it, and it doesn't do horrible.

[Kurai Shimo]

how wide is pretty wide? im running 235's and they dont seem to dig in to the snow at all, the car just kinda floats. the rear tires are also almost done, which might make a difference.

[wakotow]

uhh..255/45/17 on the rear, 225/25/17 in the front

[wakotow]

Well I got a moving permit, now I can drive her...It's glorious.

[Reno95240sx]

if your really looking for traction get studded tires they work really well

[wakotow]

I think I'll be alright, I don't drive the 240 on icy days, I have my mazda for that...and aren't studded tires expensive? I've never had to buy them before.

[Reno95240sx]

i got a set of four new for 250 on craigslist but generally they are expensive

[Kurai Shimo]

i just snagged some cheap snow tires (studless) couldnt stand having to push the car to get it moving.
work good enough studded is probably overkill. might upgrade them with some sandbags for a bit more grip.

[Reno95240sx]

ya they were new and cheap and my friend recommended them he has them on his del sol. i saw in the paper that mr hubcap has 4 four studded tires used for 150 size 195/65/15 its a pretty good deal.