{"id":6544,"date":"2016-07-21T00:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=6544"},"modified":"2016-07-21T00:31:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:31:03","slug":"1991-nissan-240sx-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2016\/07\/1991-nissan-240sx-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"1991 Nissan 240SX Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"
What can I say, I get bored easily. I can never remain idle and I have far too many schemes and plans. Once I sold my Tacoma<\/a> for a new 2017 Chevrolet Volt, I felt like a part of me had died. So I’ve decided to take a stand and throw a middle finger up to “being normal” by resolving to scratch a long-lingering item off the bucket list – drifting. I’ve been an innocent bystander and spectator in the sport for over a decade now, but was always too busy with something else to give it a shot myself. Not anymore, it’s time to dive into the world of the S-Chassis and take a seat in the participant’s chair.<\/p>\n If finding a clean, unmolested RX-7 is difficult… that problem is squared when it comes to 240’s. I’ve been on-and-off searching for one over the past year or so, and more seriously in the past half-year. In that time, I wasn’t able to find anything worthwhile, it appears that most of the cars these days are totally bastardized or ruined by a teenager. I purposely altered my criteria to include mediocre condition cars but with good suspension and drivetrain modifications, since I ultimately don’t want something too<\/em> clean because I need to be free to drive it hard. It was still slim pickings, nothing on the market stood out. I searched high and low through the forums and all over regional Craigslists.<\/p>\n We all know what happened the last time when I had ambitions to enter the 240SX scene, a colossal failure<\/a>. As the years passed, however, my tastes acclimated and changed. Now, my S-Chassis of preference is specifically the S13 Coupe. I just love its clean lines and simplicity as whole. And as aforementioned, I’m not looking for a totally pristine, low-mileage, collector-grade example as that would defeat the intended purpose. <\/p>\n Finally, and surprisingly, I made a Want to Buy thread out of the whim on Zilvia, and a few hours later I was introduced to a white Coupe that struck all the right chords. I read the private message on my phone only briefly before I knew that this would be the one, and I had to buy it. <\/p>\n Like the seller I bought my RX-7 from, who was a long-timer in the community, this one for the 240SX is a comparable equivalent. Granted, I don’t even have this car in my possession yet, but I feel confident enough from our engagements and have a deposit in place. In fact, I didn’t exactly learn my lesson of not buying parts for a car you don’t actually have… because the modding process has already begun. My edicts on not wasting time and getting shit done<\/em><\/strong> has grown so fiercely at my current age that I am pushing hard to have this car mostly modded in weeks, not months… not years.<\/p>\n Progress is so rapid that it’s preemptive: what catalyzed me into finding this Coupe was me buying a set of 17×9″ wheels from my friend Justin (who I most recently went on a bike ride<\/a> with). They were cool and he gave me a great deal, I couldn’t pass on it, even though I had nothing to put them on. So instead of buying wheels for a car, I bought a car for wheels.<\/p>\n Details on the Coupe:<\/p>\n The strikethrough items are all parts that I negotiated to have omitted from the car. Here is a picture dump.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I like that it still has the factory SE rear spoiler. It might actually look better spoilerless, but we will see. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The sideskirts are black because the previous owner found the OEM Silvia set late, and never got around to painting them. The hood is also mismatched because the car previously had a carbon hood that was exchanged for the black OEM one. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The interior looks clean with a supposedly uncracked dash. This was a Texas car which makes it almost hard to believe… must be a testament to how much it was garaged throughout its life. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Defi gauges, I’m not a huge fan of where they are mounted, but might keep them the way they are. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Trunk with a relocated battery. <\/p>\n1991 S13 Coupe – SE Non-sunroof with optional HUD<\/h2>\n
Exterior<\/h3>\n
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Interior<\/h3>\n
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Bride Brix II Seats – Driver\/Passenger<\/del><\/li>\nSuspension<\/h3>\n
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Wheels\/Brakes<\/h3>\n
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5zigen FN01R-C<\/del><\/li>\nEngine\/Drivetrain<\/h3>\n
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Blitz RealizeTT Exhaust<\/del><\/li>\nS15 HLSD<\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n