Conrads 240 build ( lots of pics right away )

[conrad_s13.5]

Sup guys, I had the privilege to meet alot of you in Chicago D1 last year. I was the guy that got his bank account froze, car towed, and credit card missing in the matter of 10mins....lol.
This is basically all the goods out of about an 8 month build Ive been slaving on that I have on driftstl and cfdrift.com. So if its hard to read I apologize!...lol
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well,... figured id throw some pics up, so later on i could look at my before and aff-twah.

heres the car as it sits right shmeow!


sideskirts all fallin' off and shit



party next door apparently....lol


teh DD you saw in the background


it hasnt moved since midnight madness as you can see



one dirty ass engine bay,... im srry you guys had to see that,.. but it gets the job done


rust and wiresketti up in this club


....more

some interior shots...







what was supposed to be my spot this winter >_<


what my allowed garage space consists of at the moment
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Rats started to nest up in my shit, so I had one epic battle with them,…seriously, like movie material.

yeah i used peanut butta,...........AND GOT THAT BIOTCH!


also convienced my faja to get me in the garage.....

commence winter build!
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didnt get much done lastnight, only started taken things apart for about a hour. but,.. its just gonna get better from here.

i had the luxery of field goal kicking this guy

at FOERST i felt bad for these guys,.. but naw,. fuck with my shit together,....eat shit together,.ahah

[conrad_s13.5]

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accomplished a little today,. stripped alot of sound deadening and just random bullshit that collected under my carpet.


exactly 11 just in deadening actually...lol

about 55lbs of sound deadening out,. and glue and everything is getting wire wheeled off,... shit looks awesome!
about 85% ish done
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This is where i was about 2-3 days ago,... i went at it a couple more hours lastnight tho.



im sittin' in class right now, patiently waiting to go home and do work! ima try to get it all done tonight and start stitchin' shit tomorrow morning ( morning could be 3pm depending on when "tonight" ends ).....lol

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didnt get much done today,. woke up abit late, ill try to finish up the other side tomorrow then move to the front of the car



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got tekken 6 lastnight,......so yeah,....expect updates in about a week!...... lol
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So pulled my engine the other day!



Shit was nasty and greasy as fuck,...bought some degreaser and went to town.


This is all cleaned up,...kinda


Then i got the wiring all out of the engine bay and threw the fire wall for further elimination and re-lombing


its so empty i love it



This is all the wiring:


then a lil' something for the G

[conrad_s13.5]

-tubs cut out and slightly mocked up.
-mid-mount 75% done, just have to have it refabbed,.. gonna be a tight squeez with the headlights.
-Harness relocation. Just about finished up. got about 3ft of slack i have to tuck up.
-Harness to the engine bay is finished and no thicker than a pen,..i love it!

kind of at a stopping point now with all the wiring, I need to be 100% positive i can reach the alternator, starter and other things that need to go threw the firewall. It measures out just fine, but i dnt want to put the motor in and be a half inch off.

Starting tomorrow probably is going to be my pants solid subframe bushings, then taking my motor apart.
after that I'm kinda done till my moneyz catch back up.


front view,. with mid mount finally at least fitting in the core support. ( gracias danger )



Better look at wheel well cut out for tubs



THis is ALL the wires in the engine bay so far


So,.. here's my engine,.. slightly scrubbed clean



are some pics of the tubs,.. i'm high on fumes right now,. but they are all filler primed up right now!




the welds cuz theyre awesome and i fingered someone would ask!



and just a teaser of some of the goodies going on,....
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Just got done prepping for paint in the engine bay.
sanded and wiped off and ill just hit it was a tack rag before paint tomorrow



got my intercooler back today too


...and whats up?


sup?


whats up whats up?!?!

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update:




fuck this shit
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Subframe done


new ball joints in the rear



engine bay as of now,... will prolly be pulled out and put back in 3 more times...ish



Wiring done up front,. tucked as fuck


Story of my life right now,. doing this bullshit
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Much has happened since these pics but I have no pics.
Have started it, ran it for around a hour. Fixed the little leaks and bullshit that showed up. Car is now 99% driveable, blead all the line lastnight, put the interior back together, just couple odds and ends and I’ll be pulling out of the garage for the FOERST time!,…hell yeah!

[jsquared]

Looking great so far, great job on cleaning everything up and making it shiny Nice bathtubs also, good stuff.

[Lightning]

that nose on 240 hatches.

[down_shift]

shocker sticker. tub job.

[jsquared]

Hey what are these for? Besides being awesome.

[conrad_s13.5]

shocker sticker yeah i kno,...lol
ive had that since before they turned gay. Every ricer honda i know has em, and it makes me wanna field goal babies......in my defense

no cool roll center mod or alignment tweak,..the rear ball joints are just like a replacement hack instead of buying a whole new control arm ( which is the ONLY way they sell them unfortunately)

here are a couple 'more current pics'. Still not up to date.



Here the mid-mount basically finished. It now has been painted and has weather stripping between the coresupport and the intercooler.



It aint pretty but this is the engine in its running state….lol
Just until I can drive to a friends and get my intercooler piping finished and done in all aluminum. Harness is tucked up now and couple random things cleaned up.


Rust repair


I know some people aren’t all for the wrap, but ive never had problems,….and my downpipe runs a little too close to my frame rail so, every little bit helps,..lol


Got my whole engine bay harness relocated and tucked up nice and neat like,….well kinda



…and custom made gauge pod, frankenstiened these together, and im extremely happy with the turn out . Oil press./Wideband/EGT’s

[ChadMK4]

I've been thinking of doing this. It gets to hot in the cabin area. This won't stop all of it but it's fairly cheap to do and it helps some.

[revel]

the welds are sooooooooo damn nice!!!!! enjoyed the build thus far. keep us updated

[conrad_s13.5]

thanks guys!
...and will do,. this last couple weeks have really got me motivated so shits gettin done! Im tired of NOT driving and watching everyone else!

[Generz]

Hey what are these for? Besides being awesome.

Grease fittings so you can juice them up when they get low.. or are you asking about the application of vehicle?

[jsquared]

Oh no Ive just never seen balljoints with a fitting like that on there, threw me off a bit Nitrogen filled for linear performance at any temperature.

[andysapp]

This build thread is rocking OUT.

Dude what bumper is that on your truck?! Shit is PROPER.

[conrad_s13.5]

lol....its called the BuckStop,...for obvious reasons im assuming.
it hasnt had the chance to put its name to the test yet tho!