Well me and trent got together and decided on a new project and with the other laffayette guys we decided to do a engine swap in a 240. We wanted something we could learn alot with and still have a bad *** car afterwards! We also didnt want something pretty straight forwad such as a sr20 swap so we decided on a different route. LS1 here we come!!!

The victim





Pretty clean little 240! Engine runs real rough tho. No worries tho we not keeping it in there!

Off with his head! I mean hood.





So the car sat there for a week or 2 till we had free time to tear into it! Now this is a learning project and that meant we wanted to learn as much as we can about everything we could. So we started with practcing alittle on the hood for our 50$ rustoleum paint job. Now keep in mind we plan on tRacking this car. That includes learning to drift some also.







Well i learned a fee things on that hood. I oversprayed some due to going alittle too slow at one point.



Time for some wet sanding!

So while i was doing this trent and cody were doing this.





Then we all 3 got to it and finished the job off.





Now the front fenders, front bumper,headlight panels are off and will be painted. We decided the red was too bright and we wanted a darker red but limited color selection around here. So we now decided we will go all gloss black.

So next day we moved on and started taking all the unneeded stuff off the motor and out the engine bay.



BTW rusted bolts are the worst!

Now onto the motor and tranny itself. Thanks to Tao a local car guy and drifter for letting us borrow his engine lift!!!









UP UP and away....










Final result!



Note - trent is lucky he was taking pics and not in so many gay pics!

So now we got this.



and this







Next time we get a chance alot of degreasing and washing is goin on.
Updates to come!

SORRY FOR THE BLURRY PICS!

 

looks like a lot of fun. . .can't wait to see the end result. . .do you already have the motor and harness ready to go in. . .

 

Great start, this looks like its going to be a nice learning experience.

 

gonna build the engine as we go, figured this would be a good start and to strip the car and paint it clean

 

We not rushing anything and this will take some time which is good cause rushing all this would lead to mistakes and ulcers from stress lol. We will talk to a local badd *** engine builder soon and sort out some options.

 

YES!! Another 240 build!!

 

its pronounced LS(juan) william, get it right. jeez

we decided on a color yet?

 

Damn...wish I could be part of this lol......nola guys needa build something cool too lol

 

Very nice guys

 

Juan is the mexican we are hiring to clean the shop afterwards also!

 

nice build laff crew, im trying to look for something cheap to learn off of also. some one owns a shop over ther?

 

Trent's dad has a big shop were the car is parked (along with his rv and boat and other things) and I have most any tool u could imagine except a lift

 

:::SIGH::: I can't wait to get a house with a large garage. . .

 

Looks good fellas. Big *** shop.....

 

I hope to have one some day

 

+1
It's nice to be able to use my dad's shop but its about 15min away from my condo. One day I will have a garage and a house =P

 

this is my 2nd 240 build and this one feels like its gunna be a whole hell of a lot better than the last one i did

 

I promise this one will be hard and have us cussing alot at some points! Thats how u know its fun lol.

 

Well ****, where were you when I was doing this, lol

http://www.ka-t.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31549


Looks good fellas, and good luck

 

thanks lance