1989 Nissan 240SX SE from North America - Comments

When I first got the car the engine was horribly wasted. It was $1000 for the motor, and took a couple days.

Alternator stopped charging. $270 list, but I got it for $120 and did it my self.

Sway bar bushings and links at all four corners need replaced.

Valve cover gasket went recently. $20 and a half hour to fix it.

Drivers front speaker blew. Still haven't fixed it.

Hard shift into second at certain RPMs. Will rebuild transmission hopefully.

Hatch tumbler frozen and drivers door tumbler frozen.

Rust all over the car.

Oil pan leaks like a sieve.

Needs front pads and rotors.

Hey my car wasn't taken care of before I got my car, but that's OK. There are just a few more things I have to do before its in great conditiont again.

All I have to say about the 240 is:

Rear Wwheel Drive (awesome engine choices for swaps)

4 wheel disk brakes

huge engine bay.

PLANS.

I want to drop an RB26DETT with a conversion to Rear wheel Drive instead of Aall Wheel Drive

300zx Z32 brakes, suspension, and differential

upgraded suspension (strut bars, bigger sway bars, lowering kit of some kind etc)

I am a import fan and I own a 1989 Nissan 240sx.

What do you mean all wheel drive? No nissan 240sx is all wheel drive and there are not ANY all wheel drive conversion kits available for this car!!!

By all wheel drive he means the RB26DETT Skyline GT-R Engine, and converting it so its not all wheel drive, because it would take a lot of money to do that to the 240. You would probly have to convert it to a single tubo anyway, because of room issues. Also, The 300Zx Twin Turbo diffy is too big for the 240sx, and the non turbo z32 has the same as the one that is on a 240 (if equiped with LSD). A easyer swap would be a RB25DET (Skyline GT-S engine). its already rear wheel drive, and only one turbo. just a little smaller displacement. and the BR26 tranny will fit, with no or little modification. I'm not sure about no modification, but I've heard.

I get my 240sx tomarrow :)

I own a 90 240sx and am currently buying the parts to do the swap myself, if you are going to put a rb26 in the 240 then you will need to get a rb25 tranny and mate it up to the rb26 engine. as far as having all that power going to the stock diff and axles, I will be having the diff and axles of a 300zx tt or skyline gtr put on, how much fabrication it will take I don't know, but don't bother doing the swap if your going to put 300+ hp on a 180hp or so on a stock set up.