My 400 cubic inch, carbed, 91 240sx build

[FloridaRacing]

Well the parts started to arrive at the office. I am doing a 400 cubic inch small block Chevy into my 91 240sx coupe. It will be called project "Riced Rat Rod" and will eventually be wide body, flat black with rat rod-esque color coded wheels on it. The idea is to get the motor together and dynoed first. It will make 550-575 HP NA and about 700-750 HP on nitrous.

It will be used for drag, drift, road race. Mckinney Motorsports is 1 mile from the office and they will be assisting with the engine mount kits on their S13 front clip they have in house. This way they can get the mounts figured out before I even have the motor in the car. Before we can do that, I still need to figure out with a temp. transmission for it. It will get a Tremec TKO-600 but that won't be available to December and hope to have the car running by Oct. The car will get the stock KA pulled, all un needed things removed, engine bay painted and motor installed. Suspension, body and wheels will follow soon.

It will be front sump with a 65 Nova pan that will need some slight modification

Once I get enough parts together, we will be doing a bunch of articles and videos of the build of the car on Hot Rod & Muscle Car Videos, News, Articles & Tech on Street Legal TV - PowerTV Network

Parts list, updated as I get it

400 cubic inch Dart SHP short block
Mahle Forged Pistons
Scat H beams
Scat forged crank
Dart Pro 1 215cc aluminum heads
Dart single plane intake manifold
all gaskets, studs etc.

[Flicktitty]

Should be a NASTY project!
Me and my buddies have been throwing the idea around for a stockish sbc in a s13 we got as a parts car.

I will be checking back for updates.

[racepar1]

More pics/progress or this thread is useless. I really don't care what you are planning on doing, I wanna see what you DID do!

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by racepar1

More pics/progress or this thread is useless. I really don't care what you are planning on doing, I wanna see what you DID do!

Agreed, a block and some boxes do not, a build thread, make.

Either show the progress, or wait until you actually have progress before your post a Thread.

[FloridaRacing]

Originally Posted by racepar1

More pics/progress or this thread is useless. I really don't care what you are planning on doing, I wanna see what you DID do!

calm down there buddy. these parts just arrived. what you see is the current progress. i will update it each time i get parts or their is any progression.

[SexPanda]

Dear sweet jesus thats a big engine for such a small car...

Keep us updated. That'll be NASTY.

[k's_silvia2.0]

Whoa fellas ez up a bit.

Mark is a legit dude who knows how to get er done!

Can't blame the dude for being excited and wanting to share.

[SexPanda]

Originally Posted by k's_silvia2.0

Whoa fellas ez up a bit.

Mark is a legit dude who knows how to get er done!

Can't blame the dude for being excited and wanting to share.

Exactly. Im sure there are more pointless threads out there.

I was pondering making a thread about a red hatchback I dont even own yet... Just to share the good news. IM GETTING ANOTHER S13! Im so excited!

[Pank]

While this may turn out to be a fast car, this isnt a build thread. "build" means you "build" something. Right now this is just a "bought" thread.

still, good luck

[Flicktitty]

Originally Posted by Pank

While this may turn out to be a fast car, this isnt a build thread. "build" means you "build" something. Right now this is just a "bought" thread.

still, good luck

last i checked he is "BUILDING" the motor....

thiz thread needs moar wheel fitmentlol

[Pank]

last i checked he has not posted anything but bare parts. its cool if i post a picture of coilovers and call it a build thread then, right?

[racepar1]

Originally Posted by FloridaRacing

calm down there buddy. these parts just arrived. what you see is the current progress. i will update it each time i get parts or their is any progression.

I am totally calm, I just think it is stupid to post a build thread without and actual build. I find it funny that you felt it necessary to respond to my post, but didn't have the balls to respond to thatguy's post as well (which happens to share my opinion). Anyways good luck and re-post this when you actually get to building it as I am fairly confident that this thread will either be locked or will just die.

Originally Posted by Pank

While this may turn out to be a fast car, this isnt a build thread. "build" means you "build" something. Right now this is just a "bought" thread.

still, good luck

Well put! I don't post a thread everytime I buy something, I just update the mod list in my pic gallery.

[gregfarz78]

Damn thats gonna be sick

Is a tube frame part of your plans?

[DataXUnknown]

Damn dude, I can't wait to see how this thing turns out. I go down to Oceanside to surf all the time. This sounds intense...

[Andrew Bohan]

sweet, another pre-build thread

[ThatGuy]

Originally Posted by FloridaRacing

calm down there buddy. these parts just arrived. what you see is the current progress. i will update it each time i get parts or their is any progression.

Sorry, but since there is no progression yet, this thread is getting closed.

Basically what zilvia is striving for, is "Built" threads. Take pictures and document your progress while you build it, then when it's near completion, post the thread with everything right up front. If not, these threads turn into circle jerks of "Ohhhs and Ahhhhs" over parts, but we hardly ever actually see something get done.

I hope you understand and are willing to share this project with us again when it is further along.