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BOOSTLOVER · 03-07-2003, 01:23 AM

OK about three and a half years ago i got a 94 gst all stock, I drove the hell out of it for a cupple years and it was a very fun car, handling wasn't great, a little soft. After my girlfriend and I broke up I noticed I had alot more money in my wallet, ALOT. So I paid off my car loan and started saving for a better project car. Shortly after that noticed I was pretty low on oil witch=new engine DAMN. $1,100 later my dad and I put in the 2nd engine. I drove it for about 2 weeks checking oil every other day, One day I got home and saw a oil puddle on the driveway and just about passed out. Between 2 to 3 quarts low, the bearings were fried, and the 2 month warrenty was over, DAMN. $950 later engine #3 I didn't want to mess with putting another engine in so I paid a guy $450 to swap engines. After that I was ready to sell it. Got the car home, a few days later I checked the oil before I drove 15 miles to my friends house, I got half way there and pulled over and checked the oil. Everything was fine. I got to my friends house and looked under the car for leaks and found nothing. shortly after that we left, I drove about 1 mile and was sitting at a red light when it starting idleing odd. Green light, I turn left to get on the highway. I get to third gear and look down at the oil pressure, there was none, DAMN. I turned off the car and pulled off to the sholder, got out and looked under the car to find oil pooring out and coolent was ****ing out. This time the engine was still under warrenty. so we towed the car to the place I got the engines from and they said they would find another engine and put it in for free. It took them a cupple months to get one and put it in. So in that time my friend told me about a shop that was a few miles from my house. I went there (Project D) and it was sweet, I didn't have a car to get anything for so I got a video, I will never forget the feeling I got when I popped in the OPTION VOLUME 90 video , it was like my first date in high school when I was droping her off she jumped over the armrest on to me and well anyways the video had me hooked. So I went back and got more and more. By the time my car was ready I Knew I wanted a AE86 or a 240. I picked up my car, they drove it about 25 miles and said it ran fine so I drove it about 40 miles home backed into my driveway and noticed smoke comeing out of the exhaust,DAMN. We tried everything and couldn't figure out what was causing the smoke. We towed the car up there again and they couldn't figure it out eather so they said they would replace the engine for free. This time it took them about 4 months to locate a good engine so in that time I found a 89 240sx for $1,800 , a 55 year old guy that had no clue what he had, two days after I bought it he said he got between 20 or 30 calls on it. It has 170,000 miles on it and it runs perfectly. So shortly later I needed a car to drive when the 240's appart. So I found a 99 GSX about a month after I got the 240.

Now about the 240 and GSX question, for me the 240 is a funner project car. Stock it handels alot better and when I drive the GSX people are allways trying to race and I can't get anymore tickets. Yea the GSX has great excelloration but for around $8,000 the 240 will stomp the GSX in every way. And plus you don't see 240's everywhere ya go. also with the 240 I don't worry about crankwalk. So I would say the 240 is a more rewarding car.

03-07-2003, 01:23 AM	#39
BOOSTLOVER Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Minneapolis, MN Age: 44 Posts: 212 Trader Rating: (0)	OK about three and a half years ago i got a 94 gst all stock, I drove the hell out of it for a cupple years and it was a very fun car, handling wasn't great, a little soft. After my girlfriend and I broke up I noticed I had alot more money in my wallet, ALOT. So I paid off my car loan and started saving for a better project car. Shortly after that noticed I was pretty low on oil witch=new engine DAMN. $1,100 later my dad and I put in the 2nd engine. I drove it for about 2 weeks checking oil every other day, One day I got home and saw a oil puddle on the driveway and just about passed out. Between 2 to 3 quarts low, the bearings were fried, and the 2 month warrenty was over, DAMN. $950 later engine #3 I didn't want to mess with putting another engine in so I paid a guy $450 to swap engines. After that I was ready to sell it. Got the car home, a few days later I checked the oil before I drove 15 miles to my friends house, I got half way there and pulled over and checked the oil. Everything was fine. I got to my friends house and looked under the car for leaks and found nothing. shortly after that we left, I drove about 1 mile and was sitting at a red light when it starting idleing odd. Green light, I turn left to get on the highway. I get to third gear and look down at the oil pressure, there was none, DAMN. I turned off the car and pulled off to the sholder, got out and looked under the car to find oil pooring out and coolent was ****ing out. This time the engine was still under warrenty. so we towed the car to the place I got the engines from and they said they would find another engine and put it in for free. It took them a cupple months to get one and put it in. So in that time my friend told me about a shop that was a few miles from my house. I went there (Project D) and it was sweet, I didn't have a car to get anything for so I got a video, I will never forget the feeling I got when I popped in the OPTION VOLUME 90 video , it was like my first date in high school when I was droping her off she jumped over the armrest on to me and well anyways the video had me hooked. So I went back and got more and more. By the time my car was ready I Knew I wanted a AE86 or a 240. I picked up my car, they drove it about 25 miles and said it ran fine so I drove it about 40 miles home backed into my driveway and noticed smoke comeing out of the exhaust,DAMN. We tried everything and couldn't figure out what was causing the smoke. We towed the car up there again and they couldn't figure it out eather so they said they would replace the engine for free. This time it took them about 4 months to locate a good engine so in that time I found a 89 240sx for $1,800 , a 55 year old guy that had no clue what he had, two days after I bought it he said he got between 20 or 30 calls on it. It has 170,000 miles on it and it runs perfectly. So shortly later I needed a car to drive when the 240's appart. So I found a 99 GSX about a month after I got the 240. Now about the 240 and GSX question, for me the 240 is a funner project car. Stock it handels alot better and when I drive the GSX people are allways trying to race and I can't get anymore tickets. Yea the GSX has great excelloration but for around $8,000 the 240 will stomp the GSX in every way. And plus you don't see 240's everywhere ya go. also with the 240 I don't worry about crankwalk. So I would say the 240 is a more rewarding car.