Hey guys.. been a long time since I've posted on NF. been busy with too many things in life, including running the Houston Z club and building a 24 hrs of LeMons car..
Scenario:
After watching me beating the crap out of a 240Z at 24 hours of LeMons this year, one of my coworkers has decided he wants to play next year and is willing to 'donate' his 96 Hardbody to the cause. Body is in good shape, but he hydrolocked the engine during Hurricane Ike. his insurance wrote it off and didn't even bother to come pick up the truck. told him it wasn't worth the gas to pick it up.
woohoo! free truck!
Options:
I have a free 95 S14 (240SX) with an OBD-I KA24DE sitting in it. front end was FUBAR in a wreck. engine and tranny are fine.
Sooo, I'm thinking that a KA24DE swap into the HB will *probably* be the same as putting the DE in an earlier 240SX.
That gives me a free running truck.
Lower it a few inches and find some wide tires and stiff shocks and drop in a roll cage and it's a perfect LeMons beater!
So my noob questions are:
1. does dropping the front by rotating the torsion bar decrease spring rate?
(I'll just use blocks in the rear to keep the same spring rate)
2. Any ideas on the engine swap procedure? same as an S13 E to DE swap?
3. Do these have sway bars, or am I on my own there? I have a pile of OEM sway bars from random Nissans laying around. I figure a set of 350Z sways would be easy enough to stick to the frame rails and put some links to the rear axle somewhere. They should be stiff enough to mate with the factory spring rates on the truck.
4. high perf street tires that fit a 15x10" wheel?
I can find all kinds of race slicks and stuff to fit them, but no performance street tires (other than drag race stuff. need stiff sidewall, not soft).
Scenario:
After watching me beating the crap out of a 240Z at 24 hours of LeMons this year, one of my coworkers has decided he wants to play next year and is willing to 'donate' his 96 Hardbody to the cause. Body is in good shape, but he hydrolocked the engine during Hurricane Ike. his insurance wrote it off and didn't even bother to come pick up the truck. told him it wasn't worth the gas to pick it up.
woohoo! free truck!
Options:
I have a free 95 S14 (240SX) with an OBD-I KA24DE sitting in it. front end was FUBAR in a wreck. engine and tranny are fine.
Sooo, I'm thinking that a KA24DE swap into the HB will *probably* be the same as putting the DE in an earlier 240SX.
That gives me a free running truck.
Lower it a few inches and find some wide tires and stiff shocks and drop in a roll cage and it's a perfect LeMons beater!
So my noob questions are:
1. does dropping the front by rotating the torsion bar decrease spring rate?
(I'll just use blocks in the rear to keep the same spring rate)
2. Any ideas on the engine swap procedure? same as an S13 E to DE swap?
3. Do these have sway bars, or am I on my own there? I have a pile of OEM sway bars from random Nissans laying around. I figure a set of 350Z sways would be easy enough to stick to the frame rails and put some links to the rear axle somewhere. They should be stiff enough to mate with the factory spring rates on the truck.
4. high perf street tires that fit a 15x10" wheel?
I can find all kinds of race slicks and stuff to fit them, but no performance street tires (other than drag race stuff. need stiff sidewall, not soft).