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    Whats up my dudes?! im a new guy in town. Just moved to Phoenix from Chicago. i am very excited to start my whole new life here and stick with my passion of building cars. Im 22 years old and come from a rough and very broken family. I have been self sufficeint since i was about 14 years old when i started working little league baseball umpiring. Once i turned 16 i started working for Discount tire, probably one of the best companys on this side of the planet! it was then that i aquired my bone stock 1995 Nissan 240sx base model 5 speed from a wonderful family friend that knew what it meant to work hard and earn what you own. He was my brothers best friend and basically a big brother to me. now ill skip a bunch of inbetween pictures over the past 6 years to save some time. i basically built the car piece by piece then in December 2012 i decided enough was enough and tore it down to the bare shell to start over.

    Mistakes were made, it was so clean





    My first car was a 1994 Mazda MX-6. I did a KLZE swap in it when I was 15 by myself. Had lowering springs and Borbet wheels. It was a fun light weight car.



    Tried a little bit of autocross



    First purchase, Stance GR+ coilovers. I personally **** them. They have rusted and seized on my MULTIPLE times. Had to be rebuild already. Ride stupid stiff. Will be selling these for Dmax/Fortune autos as those ride soooo much better



    Bought this off Ebay, super stock sr. man this thing was BEAST! Such a strong stock motor. I had it for a few years and put it through hell and it never let me down. Should I stuck with it…



    Did the cx intercooler, HKS SSQV, isis manifold, blitz intake



    Sweet Rotas BRO! Greddy lip and kouki skirts! 300zx brakes





    Had the fantastic idea that a truck turbo would be cool on a sr…. never again



    Had big tires at one point when I was going to do some grip racing





    Sparco seat and such







    Put down 300rwhp, I guess not bad? No it was bad, real bad.



    Sold the MX6 and bought a E30 for a daily



    Then my S14 was Tboned by a 90 year old partially blind lady… and this is when everything went downhill



    Then picked up a 05 R6 Raven, man I miss this thing. It was so much fun



    Did some things to make this car a little cooler



    NOW here is where the fun begins. I picked up a Built SR, basically everything you could possibly do to the motor. 9:1 compression cp pistons, manley rods, bc264’s, valves springs retainers, hks cam gears, greedy oil pan



    Started working at a performance shop and the build really took off! I had access to my own lift and cheaper parts

    TurboFab manifold, PTE5558, Tial 38mm



    Sold the E30 and moved to a Supercharged E36





    Autocrossed it



    Dumped it



    Then picked up a fully built 6 bolt
    1999 Eclipse GSX that needed a little work. Pulled the motor, installed OEM and top of the line parts, work emotion crkai



    16g/20g pumping around 380awhp and NA like spool. This car was so solid and so fun to drive! It never let me down. I loved it.







    We did A LOT of subarus and dsm’s, since these cars always break. A ton of evo’s and 240s



    Actually used the AWD and took it off road







    Still was acquiring parts for the 240



    Started fitting stuff and cutting while it was still at my house



    E36 Downtown Chicago





    Then sold it. Put funds toward 240

    Brought the car to the shop and started work. Dropped the sub frames.



    Stripped



    Cleaned up



    Front one





    Filling holes, tubs, welds



    GSX ready for winter AWD FUN!



    Got a little happy with a plasma cutter and everything was… gone



    More cutting



    Strengthening the parts I wasn’t planning on buying



    Semidone



    Bought legit good parts





    Then had the bright idea to drive to st. louis and get this stupid thing





    It was lust, not love.

    That doesn’t look normal



    Fuel cell



    Undercoating



    PRETTY



    Shop EVO



    Like a brand new car



    Progress







    Started looking like a car



    Best friend Hobbs picked up the cleanest S13 ever



    Cool wheels





    On the ground





    Perfection lies in the beautiful body lines of the FD. Probably my favorite car of all time



    Then drift stuffs



    Got it Tuned. 470rwhp/430ftlbs @ 19psi 93 octane



    Sunday Funday!



    Cops loved it



    Sold the GSX for a real daily driver 2005 acura TL 6 speed



    Skid racin’





    Got it painted













    Loaded up for Phoenix













    I don’t fit in around here…



    Got wheels/coils for daily



    Picked these up







    And my puppy!







    sold my turbo kit and changing things around. Retune and cage coming next! Then time to drive the crazy amount of events the west coast has to offer.















    the struggle is real



    trying my best to fit in...



    trading the equips so shes sitting on the spares for now


  • #2
    great read and BEautiful 240!! look forward to more. subd
    1997 Audi A4 1.8tQM (bamboo metallic) -- 2001.5 Audi S4 6sp (imola yellow)

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    • #3
      i love all the stages the 240 went through u must love it you've had it for 6 yrs now? makes me want one also nice cycle of side cars.

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      • #4
        Holy shit this is an awesome story man! Love the 240 and the TL.

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        • #5
          When I saw the first picture, I was gonna say something snide like "Better make it good, Chicago has some of the nicest 240's in the US".

          DID. NOT. DISAPPOINT. Seen this car all over the place man, looks just amazing. So glad you decided to join this site, which I frequent a lot more than Zilvia, can't wait to follow it more.

          Also, Hobbs S13 is seriously perfect. Dream car.

          EDIT: DMax hood, ganadors, profit???
          Last edited by Strawhat; 04-16-2014, 10:14 PM.
          Originally posted by electricalbox
          12 inches of goodness!

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          • #6
            Love zenki fronts, you have done real well.

            Good job!



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            • #7
              Holy shit this is an awesome story man!

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              • #8
                Beautiful car and pretty inspiring story. I'm in love with this 240.

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                • #9
                  It's crazy to think that this is just the very very very short story. I've owned this car over 6 years. The amount of blood sweat and tears in this car is astronomical. I can't wait to just start driving it hard and crashing it.

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                  • #10
                    looks clean! In for this!!
                    08 Sentra slow build

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                    • #11
                      man it look perfect on the equipes

                      nice build man alot of time and effort. love seeing a car built by the owner and not people who have to read the spec sheet to tell you what it done
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                      • #12
                        Mother of god that's a nice car! Loooooove it!
                        1999 SL2 Saturn Build rip
                        1998 EK hatch Civic Build

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                        • #13
                          zenki gang. you went through a lot of cool cars and cool stages. 470 out of an sr is pretty damn good! nice work. really loved the equips though

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                          • #14
                            damn nice car. love the cars you went through

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                            • #15
                              oh wow did not expect how awesome it came out to be. This is one of the best I've seen. Loved it on the equips. Looking forward to what's next. You sir know how to build an s chassis. That s13 is crazy clean too.

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