Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Suspension Fascination Part 1 (of many)
The 240 (s14) is a fantastic chassis, that really has drastic improvements from it's s13 brother. In the same respect however, Nissan is cheap, and was able to combine parts from all of their RWD machines (300zx, Q45, J30) to essentially make a 'parts bin' rear suspension with the best bits they had available.
This winter I've decided to tackle the aging suspension, and finally address some of the parts I've been wanting to fix up. I hate lists, but I had to make one up!
- Assemble a real suspension (Koni 8611, Richards Custom Housings, Ground Control Coilver setup, etc etc)
- Poly Bushings in all mounts, and grease fittings
- New Subframe Bushings (milled lower)
- Box in Lower Arms
- Create my own Power brace, in conjunction with a Jonnie Fraz Tension Brace
- New FLCA with QA1 bearings (roll center correction
- Extra Capacity Diff Cover
- Front Mounted Steering Cooler
- New Rear Traction Arms
- etc etc etc
Lets face it, it's a nice car, but it's an old car. Some things needed to be addressed, and now was the time to do it!
So here are some quick pics of what I've done so far :D
Jonnie Fraz Tension Brace:
http://www.codyace.com/albums/jonnie_fraz_tension_brace/IMG_6212.sized.jpg
J30 Rear Differential Cover, Extra Capacity, Finned for cooling
http://www.codyace.com/albums/album190/cover_02.sized.jpg
http://www.codyace.com/albums/album190/cover_01.sized.jpg
Ebay Rear Traction Arms
The Spherical apperas teflon lined, good enough for me! For 50 bucks, you can't go wrong :D It's a shame they coat these in RICEY/RACER Red paint. I painted the main arms and left the bearings ends alone...the'll be coverd up in the subframe anyway. I had to trim these down ¾ of an inch in order to get to the desired 7 7/8” distance or 8” distance. These things were actually longer than factory, which would provide for a terrible toe curve.
http://www.codyace.com/albums/album58/traction_01.sized.jpg
http://www.codyace.com/albums/album58/traction_02.sized.jpg
Milled Rear Subframe Bushings (As nice
as SPL parts are, aluminum is just tooo
hardcore for me!)
These installed very easily, but actually getting the bushings out of the subframe was a mofugga. Torches, sawzalls, and finesse (force) won this battle.
http://www.codyace.com/albums/rear_subframe_bushing/IMG_6289.sized.jpg
http://www.codyace.com/albums/rear_subframe_bushing/IMG_6287.sized.jpg
There will be more to come with this pig, but this is a start. Boxed arms, and custom made FLCA images to come!
Edited on: Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:34 AM
Categories: codys 240, Installations
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
detroit auto show 2010
Corey, Nela, and I went to the Detroit auto show saturday to check it out, it was awesome, only 12 bucks to get in. Here are some pics i took.
Friday, January 22, 2010
a few more mods on steves EVO
aps twin chamber blow off valve and sloppy tagged strut bar, getting tuned soon.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Dyno the van
tonight we decided to dyno my dads van, 361 s&s longblock with a 305 TPI top end, and 24lb injectors, 700r4 auto trans, 3.18 rear gears.
could not get the converter to lockup, even in 3rd, at 85mph, i would roll into the gas and it would unlock and downshift into 2nd, so the numbers are screwed up, 130hp 200ftlbs. But here is the video of our best pull.
