September Chicago 240SX Meet

[jenne313]

I am going to come up for the meet with my black sr, as long as the weather cooperates and I don't have to drive in snow! (I live in Ohio, it starts snowing here around the end of August, and snows until June 15th or so).

I would like to meet up with some people and cruise together - anyone coming from this area?? Akron, Canton, Cleveland, etc?

PM me if interested. Also, I would appreciate someone giving me their number so I can call if I get lost - I have never been to Chicago before, and am a little concerned about the drive.

Thanks so much! Get at me!

[KiDyNomiTe]

Hey thats great Jenne, always could use more girls and SRs (dont think we have any blacktops).


Anyways check your PM.

[BeatJunky]

Met up with Eddy (JDM180SX) today for about 30 minutes. Introduced myself and chatted for a while. Im really looking forward to the meet. Ive been pretty stressed out with my car but after talking to this guy for a lil while I realized my car isnt as bad as I make it out to be. With the help of a willing few, Im sure I can find my way to a better running beast before swap time comes.

drifty drifty drifty...

-Omar

[kumanchu]

i may make it out if my jank ass 240 can make it. i'm in chicago right now, but i think one of my cylinders is misfiring

anyone know of RELIABLE people that could put in a black top s13 sr around here? i don't have the room to do it myself at school.

[BeatJunky]

www.jdmspecperf.com

[X1nom3D]

Originally posted by kumanchu
i may make it out if my jank ass 240 can make it. i'm in chicago right now, but i think one of my cylinders is misfiring

hey, what are the symptoms?? is your engine shaking uncontrollably?? if that's the case, then check out the injectors. Mine did that once, drove around with 3 injectors thinking i was a hotrod, hahaha. okay, well, i hope you make it.

[kumanchu]

Originally posted by X1nom3D
hey, what are the symptoms?? is your engine shaking uncontrollably?? if that's the case, then check out the injectors. Mine did that once, drove around with 3 injectors thinking i was a hotrod, hahaha. okay, well, i hope you make it.

hehehe yeah it sounds like some crazy american 8 right now. even last night a camaro was eyeing me and gave me the thumbs up at a light. i was like

i'll check my injectors this weekend when i have time. is it ok to drive around on it this way though? i need to get to wushu!!! wushu!!

[white24D]

Originally posted by KiDyNomiTe
Hey thats great Jenne, always could use more girls and SRs (dont think we have any blacktops).


Anyways check your PM.

w00t! did u forget about timmah???
oh and to the person who said jdmspecperformance is reliable with sr swaps..i havent seen much come out of there...i would more recomend www.tougefactoy.com thats whey i got all my stuff,i did the swap myself with crab spirits(brian) NB8CT(rob0 ,my buddy philly ,slo86(jesse) was over for a while too but DAVID is the guys name,very helpful came out to my house to help out a few times,hooked it up with a sr service manual on cd to help,really cool guy ..i need to call him soon...

[KiDyNomiTe]

lol ya I forgot all about you. I was going off of what I have seen at meets, and you still had the KA at the last meet I saw you at (pretty sure thats when your motor blew).

But fine you and jenne (jennifer, jenny, whatver you wanna be called), have one thing in common. But one thing you dont have in common, is she's hot and your umm...

your tim "the asian plower"

[X1nom3D]

Originally posted by kumanchu
is it ok to drive around on it this way though? i need to get to wushu!!! wushu!!

yea, it should be okay to drive around with it like that for a while. when it happened to me, I drove to a few shops and had them look at it, i swear they don't know what they're talking about. one guy said my rod blew, and blah blah blah. so that it would cost me a bit over a grand to get it fixed. boy, i had no money, so i was forced to drive with 3 injectors. and plus, i didn't know what was wrong with it at the time. i thought it was the ignition, but then, i changed the whole thing, later on, i knew it wasn't a broken rod because once in a while, the faulty injector would resurrect itself and work again, so i knew it was a fuel problem. it's better than DRIVING with all 4 injectors but only 3 spark plugs, cause you'll have a bunch of unburned fuel in the chamber(although this is cheaper to fix).

[pearlwhiteS14]

I emailed jdm in plainfield about doing my swap in the spring and they told me they have not done one yet. They said that they would give me a break on the labor cost because they want the practice? It makes me a little worried. GRD in Naperville said they would do it and then dyno and set the new computer perimeters.

[willcheung]

Originally posted by pearlwhiteS14
I emailed jdm in plainfield about doing my swap in the spring and they told me they have not done one yet. They said that they would give me a break on the labor cost because they want the practice? It makes me a little worried. GRD in Naperville said they would do it and then dyno and set the new computer perimeters.

Do the swap yourself therefore you can learn how to do it. Ask couple friends to help you, buy them lunch or dinner or something.

[pearlwhiteS14]

that is what i was going to do from the start, I just wanted to see what they would charge me.

[white24D]

pearwhite...my advice to you...im one of the youngest many of you know with a sr... i tahugh tit was a great experience for me to learn ,what the helli was doing,why iw as doign it and what if somethign goes wrong,i can usually pin point teh area...man before i would look at my engine i could point out the major things but now ,pint at anything in my bay and ill lecture u about it. dood seriously...do it your self,not matter how long it takes...i ahve a thing that no offence to jdmspec but ff guys are ff guys..not FR at all so really get in contacct with me and ill be willing to give a hand.

[DuffMan]

Yeah, doing it yourself would probably be best. GRD has a dyno but I seriously doubt they can tune Nissan ECU's unless you buy a full standalone. It would probably take them forever to finish it, assuming they even can.

I'm doing my swap myself right now so I can offer some help. I'm not a great mechanic, but I'm pretty good with wiring.

[white24D]

dood if either of u guys need a sr to look at give me a call heater hoses are one of the last things that i worked on b4 she was put in and damn were those gay...its a little puzzle..but really just contact me and we will see what we can dood...dont forget we will be having a drift event next month ..so get those car running boys...haha im the asain plower thanks simba...doood it wasnt me! tony left it in gear!

[kumanchu]

well i'm in college; far far away from home. anyone want to offer their home/garage/driveway for me to do the swap too ^_~

i originally planed on saving up and doing the swap this summer, but the misfiring ka might be accelerating those plans if i can't fix it cheap.

[1fasts13]

sorry this post is so damn long i'm not gonna look on every post, but did the meet get switched to sat? if so i cant make it

as for the people talking about SR swaps, yes we havent done one yet but that's only because no one has given us the opportunity to do one. we all know engine swaps are not the hardest thing in the world, as a matter of fact the only thing difficult to do is the wiring. for comparision purposes, a few years back before the H22 into EG (92-95 civic chassis) became real popular me and my friends were one of the first ones to do them and we even had a complete do-it-yourself CD circulating for quite sometime. and that was the most ridiculous wiring job from hell that i can imagine. so if we can handle that i dont see how we cant handle the SR wiring particularly since one of our guys did work on a friend's 200SX which was being equipped with a bluebird (the wiring from that one to the RWD SR should be pretty similar). but anyways of course doing it yourself is great and since a few ppl around here are available for help and with all the tools/resources available online i wouldnt see any reason why you cant do it yourself. just make sure yall come talk to us to pick up the swaps

BTW i have a few S13 front end conversions in stock now and a few local guys i brought it in for flaked on them so anybody that wants or is looking for it give me a call

[DuffMan]

Yeah I don't understand all the strife about which shop is best. I think we should just be glad that Chicago has some cool shops unlike before where shops would start swaps, take for ever, and give up half way through.

Of course, I'm too poor to actually pay someone to work on my car, but its all good.

[stuntman240]

Hi, I will be there on Sat. for the meet. I am bringing some S14 seats for Kid, and if anyone needs any other S14 parts I have them listed in the for sale section, and I am willing to deliver them to Chicago for the meet this Saturday, at no extra charge!!! So let me know off list if you need any S14 parts, the list in the for sale section is up to date.

I am coming from Cedar Rapids Iowa and will be comingover Friday night and staying with my friend at IIT, so see you Sat!!

[KiDyNomiTe]

Glad to see you are all so willing to be helpful with swaps, cuz imma need some hands come next year .

Of course anyone doing a swap I would also be willing to lend a hand, mainly just to get some first hand experience with swapping, plus I am pretty bored.

Tim - anymore news on a date for the event, or is it still just sometime in October.

[TopStreet_KA-T]

hey im new to Zilvia but heard that this thing was going down this weekend. I hope and I can come and bring my turbo ka down. ( I put the motor back in today and hope to have the intercooler pipes and exhaust done by friday (cross fingers).

[pearlwhiteS14]

I think that if I went to a shop that it would be nice to go to one that has a rep for the proper car. GRD brings in the specialist for the wiring, and he sets the chip for top performance. This is coming from my buddy who has the product to show for it. He might come out with me on Sat. He has a wrx but is going to do a silvia for his nest project.
James-- are you up for the swap in the spring? and how is your project going?
Duff--- Do you want to drive up Saturday together, what about uiuc???
Let me know? How is you turbo project going?

[KiDyNomiTe]

Originally posted by pearlwhiteS14


Duff--- Do you want to drive up Saturday together, what about uiuc???

How dare thy forgeteth me.

I am also a west suburbian. There are quite a few of us out in the south 88 West of 355 region.

If anyone does want to go together I will be going somewhat early, like 11:00 , I will try and be there early just cuz a few of the out of towners have my number and just incase they arrive early, don't want them to be sitting around and not knowing if they are in the right place.

I live in Bolingbrook just to let you know.

[X1nom3D]

Originally posted by TopStreet_KA-T
hey im new to Zilvia but heard that this thing was going down this weekend. I hope and I can come and bring my turbo ka down. ( I put the motor back in today and hope to have the intercooler pipes and exhaust done by friday (cross fingers).

okay, THERE you are!!! welcome to Zilvia.net. i hope you get it done man, i really hope you do. i've been trying to find my other buddy around the franklin area with the 91 coupe w/ a redtop sr20... but couldn't get a hold of him, he must be busy or somethin. i don't even have his number, haha. well, i'll see you later this week. or whenever we can go pick up the shocks, springs, and wheels.

[pearlwhiteS14]

Sorry KID I will never let it happen again. Ya maybe we can all get together adn role up to Niles. Put a place and a time to travel from on your reply and I will be there. Maybe Jewel parking lot 53 and Maple ave??? I am looking forward to Saturday!

[Crab Spirits]

I'll be there of course.

[KiDyNomiTe]

Hmm I say we meet up a little south of that Jewel. Mainly cuz it'll be a bitch getting in and out of that place (well if there is more than a couple of us).

So I say meet up in front of the starbucks on Rt.53, its inbetween the Krispy Kreme and Cinmeark/IMAX theater. Its easier to get in and out of, plus easily viewable from road.

So between Maple and 75th Street on Rt.53. For those who dont know where Maple is, its south of Ogden (Rt. 31 or is it 30). Try and get there by 11 (call me at 847 606-0844 if you can't find me)

Just incase you don't know how to get there follow this: (anyone coming with I'll tell you again just incase we lose each other)
Taking 88E to 294N, exit at Dempster East, Follow Dempster east, then flip off my old HS , then right on Waukegan, merge left to caldwell, turn left into Miami Woods.

I'll call Eric tomorrow (uiuc240) and see if he is coming to the meet at all.

EDIT: Its 90 cents in toll to get there (one 40 and one 50), and two 40s to get back.

[DuffMan]

I can be there, what time should we meet.

btw, is that 9000rpm tach installed in your car? If not bring it, since my other 240 should be revived from the dead in the next few weeks, and i could use it.

[KiDyNomiTe]

My guage surround is out, so I'll bring a screwdriver and my old tach. Gotta enjoy the last few moments with the ever so special tach

EDIT: be there by 11