Da Groj

Ok, so my brother-in-law got the bug after coming out to Brooksville last time. Since he doesn't want to tear up his Infinity he bought a 95 240 for the "family" race car. This is going to be a strictly track car.
Since the point system is still in the air, were not sure what to put on the "to-do" list to make the car fun. Were gonna run race rubber, but other than that were not sure what else to do.
I'm a Ford guy and am clueless about these cars,,,,, any ideas?

turbo, coilovers, LSD, 17 X 10 wheels.

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for more info on 240's.

With any car:
Make it safe, make it stop, make it handle, make it fast. In that order.
Get a baseline on it first, to better determine its deficiencies. You may enjoy running it relatively stock, against like competitors.

w0rd

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Yes?

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just giving credit where it's due...

It really depends what your budget is. How fast do you want to spend?

It is pointless to sit here and outline a plan of budget oriented mods if you are going high dollar. Here are a few basic recipe's from the ricer world.

Brakes:
Pads + SS lines + RBF600

Get a decent track pad Carbotech Panthers are good IMHO

Interior:
G-Lock seatbelt lock cheap and actually works until you go with a harness.

Alignment:
Agressive perfomance alignment

Suspension:
Depends how radical you want to go and how much $$ you want to spend.

Having seen them run I can't help but admit the Megan Racing Coilovers are about the best bang for the buck track oriented coilover out there.

Adjustable dampning Bound only I believe, Camber plates, ride height and front and rear pillowball mounts. All for like $1000 crazy...

If I had a budget track day car I would consider them seriously. If I was a colonel in the IT army I would be running on Tein RA's. <Inside Jab at buddy>

Sway bars...

More and more I am of the opinion that you tune your car with spring and just use the sways to fine tune the balance. (For track use)

For street use you run a softer spring and more swaybar. (my setup)
Power:
Forget it for now IMHO, I believe that has the QA24 or something like that. That is the motor you pull out and kick to the curb before you do your SR20DET transplant. Run it stock until you are ready to swap then don't look back.

If you need to be hooked in to the 240 Crowd I know a guy that is a big racer (trackday) that is friends with that crowd. He has an SR20DET swap and it is nice.

All this being said this is only been my experience and I am no race driver, just mild Auto-x and occassional track days.

For autoX, I'd start with making sure the car is mechanically sound/safe, then focus on making the suspension work. The links in the rear can be replaced with adjustable links which give you WAY more choices on your alignment. Also, pay attention to the steering rack (they always seem to be leaking) and the front trailing links (diagonal links.) The large bushing at the front of these links goes bad and you loose a lot of feedback & precision in the front end. Also consider upper mounts that allow you to move the shock in & out for camber adjustment. If you do coilovers, keep the car at a reasonable height. The s13 & s14 240s don't seem to respond well to being slammed. The stock engine is plenty torquey, and the class you'd land in with an SR20DET swap may not be worth it. . .

Cool, thanks for all the advice.
I found out he bought an automatic (ugg) and may want to do up a Silvia look-a-like. There goes the cheap racer. I opt-outed so the Big Black Beast will have to do.

Thanks for the info, he ended up with another 95 with some mods the previous owner did. I hope to get him out to the track soon.