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Boosted 4.8 swap in a 240sx aka money pit (tons of pics)
The car is a 91 240sx chassis, with a stock block 4.8L, which has a Precision Turbo 78gts (78/75) turbo and running a CTS-V t56. Tuning the car with Holley EFI HP on e85. Gonna run 18-24psi and shoot for 750whp on a mustang dyno.
Im not the greatest fabricator so don't pick on me to bad. Some of the important stuff I have either had help or like the Turbo piping I had done by my friend (pipe welder and does diesel builds mainly)
2 cars in a 1 car garage makes it pretty difficult to accomplish stuff. Lotus is now sold for a new daily driver.
Had to make a remote shifter to make the CTS-V trans work. Used a mustang short throw to sacrifice for parts. Ended up being way more involved then i thought. But thats how these builds always end up going. lol
my friend helped me fab this part. Its the base for the shifter sit on. Holes drilled through both sides of the part for weight reduction... its lighter then a chunk of aluminum!
my welds... not great but they are plenty strong.
Running the mill making the shifter shaft. My friend did the lathe work. Also assisted me on the mill so I didn't hurt myself or the part.
Pins to hold the shifter assembly in place on the trans.
Needed a break from all of the exterior stuff plus it was the dead of winter so to get out of the cold I decided to play around with some Carbon Fiber.
the latch latch was pretty tricky area, but all of it is covered.
Some flaws but shows that its real Carbon Fiber and not just a vinyl wrap.
my front license plate holder. 3 layers thick... its really stiff and only a couple ounces!
About to get put into place. Had a bunch of issues with getting the correct slave cylinder and getting the proper free play in it... ended up getting a CTS-V slave and making a spacer to go behind it.
The spacer I made minus 2 holes to go behind slave cylinder.
Thanks for the kind words... Im going with Chase Bays "Tucked" radiator. Ill be posting more pics of that as well, hopefully later tonight. I havent bought fans yet but im most likely will be doing one push and one pull fan do to clearance issues that you will see in the pics. Running power steering moved my alternator to the pass side which pushed my turbo more forward which then took almost all of my room for a radiator.
Cut the pinch seem out and welded it to fit the rad
welds arent the greatest but they are in a pretty tricky spot.
Getting the radiator in place to make some mounts
Top view of the rad under the core support. Shows how tight of a fit it is. Most likely doing a push fan on the pass side and a pull on the driver side to have enough clearance
Looks awesome so far! I've always been into the s-chassis. If I ever ditch the money pit F-body I always say that I'll end up with one. Can't wait to see more progress.
Jeez beautiful work and beautiful S13. Been into the 240sx for a long time and this is one bad *** build sir. Super stoked to see the progress.
What rad and fan setup are you looking to use?
Thanks for the kind words... Im going with Chase Bays "Tucked" radiator. Ill be posting more pics of that as well, hopefully later tonight. I havent bought fans yet but im most likely will be doing one push and one pull fan do to clearance issues that you will see in the pics. Running power steering moved my alternator to the pass side which pushed my turbo more forward which then took almost all of my room for a radiator.
Make sense. Also, I have seen many S Chassis-LS builds and ducting for the cooling system is key especially in a turbo setup. I am sure you thought about the ducting just wanted to provide a reminder.
Cant stop looking at the pix my friend....seriously a bad *** S-Chassis.
I agree with 2muchboostNY, I was chasing cooling issues for months with my 6.1L turbo s13 and ducting and bumper mods helped me out tons. having the crossover so close to the radiator caused problems for me. pusher fans did jack. I had to cut the entire core support out and move the radiator forward and down to fit a Taurus fan. here's my thread, not trying to hijack just help out a little
I agree with 2muchboostNY, I was chasing cooling issues for months with my 6.1L turbo s13 and ducting and bumper mods helped me out tons. having the crossover so close to the radiator caused problems for me. pusher fans did jack. I had to cut the entire core support out and move the radiator forward and down to fit a Taurus fan. here's my thread, not trying to hijack just help out a little
Love your build! I have been pretty worried about keeping her cool... Im hoping that the vented hood will assist in getting some of the heat out. Im still not counting out cutting that core support out of her. I figured i would get it running and go from there.
01-20-2015, 10:45 PM
Boosted 4.8 swap in a 240sx aka money pit (tons of pics) 
