Tein Pillow Ball Camber Adjustable Mounts for the Nissan 240sx
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »This is a companion (and continuation) of the Tein Basic Coilover Install. In this guide I will demonstrate the simple steps needed to install the camber adjustable pillow ball mounts to the front coilovers in the Tein basic kit. ...
240sx S13 Solid Aluminum Subframe Bushing Install
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | 1 Comment »This install guide highlights variations for the installation of solid aluminum subframe bushings into the Nissan 240sx. The kit used was purchased from niperformance,org through ebay. The kit includes the bushings, solid rubber inserts (optional) and an install ...
Custom Cold Air Intake (CAI) for the CA18DET
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13), Uncategorized | No Comments »This tutorial covers the steps necessary to replace the factory flexible intake with a solid, metal pipe unit that will always draw ambient air from outside of the engine bay. This will ensure that the turbo is supplied with ...
Swapping the KA24DE Throttle Body onto the CA18DET Intake Manifold (The Quick and Dirty Way)
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13), Uncategorized | No Comments »Installing the larger KA24DE throttle body onto the CA18DET intake manifold is one of the rare free mods that has no drawbacks. Although a gain in horsepower is usually not evident when swapping a larger throttle body onto a pressurized ...
CA18DET Water/Methanol Injection Progress Pics
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Project CA18DET 240SX, S13, Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »This page highlights the progression of the CA18DET swapped 240sx's water/methanol injection install. Future tutorials will be appended when the project is complete. Images are from newest to oldest. To view the pics in order, start at ...
CA18DET Coolant Mod Number 2 (From 10+ Lines to 1)
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13), Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Depending on how you count it, the ca18det has over 10 coolant lines. For those building their cars for race use, this can be reduced to only one line (excluding the radiator inlet and outlet). I will demonstrate ...
Deciphering 240sx lingo. (Chuki’s, Kouki’s, Silvia’s and Zenki’s Ohh My!)
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »New to 240's and trying to figure out why no one actually refers to their car as a 240sx. This list should help you out. S13 = 1989 - 1994 240sx (Available as Hatchback or Coupe) S14 = 1994 - 1998 ...
HKS SSQV Recirculated Blow Off Valve (BOV) Theory and Install
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »BOV Theory Installing the SSQV BOV Theory The function of a blow off valve (BOV) is to reduce pressure waves that result when the throttle plate of your engine is suddenly closed. For example, when shifting gears the turbo is still pressurizing ...
Nismo Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator (FPR)
Monday, September 17th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »A few months ago I posted a how to guide on installing a Walbro 255 fuel pump into the Nissan 240sx. As I noted the Walbro has a tendency to overflow the stock fuel pressure regulator on the 240sx ...
Brake Bleeding (240sx S13)
Friday, September 14th, 2007 Posted in Tech (CA18DET 240SX, S13) | No Comments »Bleeding brakes is not the scary proposition that many people make it out to be. I often here it said that you do not touch your brakes unless you really know what you are doing. Well I've got ...