My Bad!

I actually got a PM on one of the car sites I browse asking whats up with my car because I haven't made any new posts, etc. I guess I should share some things with you guys.

I was driving to work the other night and noticed my hood started to come up, to think another nut came loose on my hood pin was rather annoying, until I pulled over and saw this. (picture obviously taken a day later)

Only me... 

When I stopped over at Jordan Innovations to let them test fit some hoods our favorite intern JB tweaked this pin a little trying to keep it still with a screwdriver through the hole. And rotating the nut, I guess he didn't notice that the top of the pin was tweaked. It's not a big deal, I mentioned it to Jeff and he bent the guy back into place but apparently that's enough tension to cause these things to snap.

So fyi, if you ever need to do maintenance on your hood pins or adjust them. NEVER PUT ANYTHING THROUGH THE HOLE THE PIN GOES THROUGH OTHER THAN THE PIN ITSELF or you'll end up with an expensive problem on your hands.

I had to think of some McGuyver shit, I didn't have any tools on me at the time, I was halfway to work and halfway from home either way I can't drive the car with the hood coming up because it may cause the other pin to give. So I grabbed some electrical tape and put some of that "speedhunters" shit to use and started taping up gaps in the fenders where air can enter (that would cause the hood to rise)

Andrew Brilliant would hang his head in shame! 

So this is what I came up with, it actually held pretty good for speeds up to 80mph for my drive home, worse case scenario since the hood is only held on by half inch screws by the wiper cowl if it flys up, it would break right off and fly into traffic. At that point I would get my risky devil on, and keep on driving, giving ZERO fucks that this piece of shit hood has met it's demise. 

I got basic maintenance to do to the car, and still need to purchase all of my subframe upgrades and some new front tires for the lxz's to get them mounted once and for all, but shit is always coming up. I swear if I wasn't doing crossfit I probably would've had this car a lot closer to where I'd want it. But I've been so focused on dieting, training, and playing computer games that I could care less about modding my car. 

I'm actually more excited to buy some upgrades for my computer. But that's another story all together. Anyway just wanted to give you guys a heads up. This blog is about building my car, not about hype or shit going on at shows that has nothing to do with my garage. So that's why you don't get everyday content from me concerning this ole piece of shit. 

Thanks for stopping by, 

Wayne

Yokohama S Drives

So I've been needing to replace my tires, I really didn't want to put new tires on the volks and would've rather put them on LXZ's but I need to build my subframe before doing that, and I also need to pick up my rebuilt turbo. 

Tons of shit always comes up and I don't have the money to do what I want when I want. I was trying to stretch the Hankook RS3's out until the end of feb, but once the tread blocks got low the tires just seemed to waste away. The tires didn't handle bad in dry hot weather at this point, but that night it rained last week I ended up getting about 80 percent home without hydroplaning surprisingly, and then sure enough I hit one of those groves on the freeway that pulls you to the left or right and pretty much held a powerslide for about 300 feet. 

this is where tread should be.

The Yokohama S drives have a pretty crazy tread pattern, they also have a 300treadwear rating as opposed to the 140 the RS3s had. My search for new tires required them to perform pretty well and have similar grip to the 615k and the RS3 but a higher treadwear rating and the ability to have them rotated was a determining factor.

The sidewalls on the S drive are designed to protect the lip of your wheels, but of course people have pictures of how they look stretched. I'm thinking that this setup should be fine for my fronts, although I'm thinking about going 235 instead of 245. We'll see when I go to purchase them. 

245/35/18 on a 18x10

So far I like them, but we'll see how I feel after I drive in the rain with them. 

Am I doin it right?

Picked up a set of expensive lug nuts and locks, doesn't look like they'll protrude too much out of the lug seats so I'm cool. Wish they had more color options but such is life, gotta protect your investment. Great pricing yet again thanks to Jack @ Jordaninnovations.

I have all of my wheels shoved behind my television in my livingroom at the moment LOLZ, girlfriend is not happy about it.

I need a bigger apartment. 

Stopped by my favorite place.

http://www.jordaninnovations.com/

Check out their new website, pretty neat shit. Actually impressed Jeff did this all himself. The social media integration as well is pretty impressive. I stopped by to help them test fit some "D-MAX" hood for s14's since they're non existent anymore. They have other makes and models as well! 

JB and Jeff fucking with my hood pins, hopefully my lid doesn't come up and smash my window and cause my death..

Californiagasm. I fapped to the top rack of AD048's until I realized they were 17's

Going to make another trip out tomorrow to drop some cheddar with the fellas and hopefully take care of a few other things. 

It's 2012, Happy New Year

I've spent so much money on my car in 2011, that really the only plans I have in 2012 for my car are as follows.

- build secondary s14 subframe with all SPL equipment.
- mount my kranze lxz's to the car.
- replace leaking t25 turbocharger (by actually picking up my rebuilt t25 from mario at grperformance)
- rebuild spare sr20det motorset and keep it on standby until my daily motorset finally goes
- get the a/c and heat working with the digital climate control
- give death to the smj plug with a full harness replacement with raychem sleeving and bulk head connectors.
- spark plugs, 2012 amsoil oil change, fuel filter replacement.
- Paint and install my 6666 customs trunk wing, and garage-s hood (for looks)
- repaint and repair all aero and make some pretty trick mud guards for the car so the paint doesn't chip like that again.
- clear bra repainted aero.
- maybe get all new or 97/98 hvac equipment under the dash
- and a HUGE maybe is to replace my cracked dashboard.

And quite frankly that's about it, no big plans, no roll cages, no track days, nothing to prove. Since I'm done with trying to help other people on enthusiast websites with their cars I'm just going to stick to posting anything car related about my 240sx on my blog. Not everyone is a member of zilvia, and I can say faggot, gay, and nigga here all I want without having to wait a month to share a how to article with the sites members.

So I'm quitting car forums period as far as my car goes. I will still post in off topic forums and such but I'm just done with trying to be helpful.

I've been meaning to go through my blog and clean up a lot of the posts and re-write a few others so they're a bit more clear and to the point about how to accomplish something. But I seriously doubt anyone even does a search for half of the stuff I posted.

Anyway,

Happy New Year and good luck with all of your projects and goals for this year.

Wayne