Finally A Welded Diff

So if you've been reading then you know that I tried to get a welded diff but then ended up failing because I got the wrong diff bla bla bla.

So I came down to So-Cal and I knew that I could get it done here. I asked around and actually got sent the direction of a friend of mine. My friend Kristian works at SP Engineering, builds motors, and is all around a very knowledgeable and great guy. He told me that he had a shop with a few friends, and that he actually had an s14 diff that had been welded. Last night I brought my car over to his shop and he, and his friends hooked me up.

 










That's Kristina in the Snap-on jacket and his buddies working on my car.  So now may car is pretty much ready for motorsport action. I plan on hitting up some autocross in Santa Rosa ans Some drift events pretty soon.
-Oliver

David Is Back!

So my friend David (Martinez) is back from Japan! I'm so glad he actually missed the earthquake by a day! He is so lucky. Anyways, I went to go visit him and to go see how his cars are doing. he told me that he plans on bringing his Ej1 out to Eibach! Hopefully I'll b able to make it to Eibach this years along with most of the crew. He also showed me a lot of parts he ordered for his E30. He ordered a few bracing pieces and a few things to tidy up his car. After recently making some upgrades to my car i asked David to drive my car and give me an impression/ pointers. We took my s14 to a local canyon road and David took it through the paces. I got some good feedback from him and its strange but whenever he drives my cars and takes them to the limit, or close to the limit, I end up driving my car faster. After that we ended up just chillin and going out to eat. Good Times with a good friend.
-Oliver

All Business Life.

So I've been hanging out with the crew and we've all been doing a lot of work on our cars. Stephen Finally figured out why his check engine light was on it was a manifold gasket that needed to be swapped out for the correct one. and I finally put on those inner/outer tie rods on my car and got an alignment.

So I love drifting. Last week when i got paid I decided it was about time to put a welded diff in my car. So i picked up Alan's spare diff for about $40. Me and Garrett took it apart and got it welded witch cost $20 then we put it all back together. Upon jacking up my car and putting it on jack stands we ran into some problems. The Diff I purchased from Alan and got welded was an s13 diff and I obviously drive an s14. there were some minor differences that I could have worked around, but I'd rather run the differential carrier that is specific to my car. *sigh* Soon though! My dif will be welded and I will start hitting up some drift events. and you will hear about it first.

On a side note we made some rad new stickers:

Yeah pretty rad stuff!

-Oliver

Stephen's EJ8 Preview

This is Stephen, and his 2000 EJ8. Simple and clean. I'll be getting the details and doing a write up soon :)

G-rats touge run ......... in the rain :p

So its been nothing but rain for the past month or so. Gets very old after a while. I still enjoy going up my local touge when the ground is a bit wet :p. Here is a little vid i did the other day of me goin on a run up my local touge

 - Garrett

Upadte: My personal car.

So, I'm not sure if you guys know much about me, so this is more of a persomnal post... About my car lol.
I am the owner of a beautiful '95 Nissan 240sx.

I got this car from a friend of a friend after my Miata got rear ended. I had been looking for a 240sx while I had the Miata, so I decided to go with a 240sx as my next car.

As beautiful as the car looks it didn't come without its issues. Those of you who have owned 240sx's know of a lot of the common issues wiht 15-20 year old cars. I started off with a basic tune up, proceed to swapping out the transmission and clutch because the gears were grinding and hey, tranny's off might as well swap in a new clutch. Next I had to fix the oil leaks. I really had no idea what was goign on, so I took my car to my friend's dad's shop. He told me my oil pressure sensor was leaking. I replaced it but the leaks still continued. I took my car back to him to see if he could find anything else and he told me that the front crank seal is probably the problem. After I got that replaced, there were no more oil leaks.

The next issue I had with the 240 was the hood. The hood wouldn't close because of some previous front-end damage. I decided hood pins would be a good temporary fix. Luckily a friend of mine had some Aerocatch hood pins and I bought those form him and installed them.

Other miscellaneous mods I have done to my car is changing the steering wheel to a NRG steering wheel using a Momo hub. And a Sparco racing seat.
 
Currently I am replacing front-end  parts that are worn out. I purchased new front ball joints, inner and outer tie rod ends, boots for the rack and pinion and tension rods. I also purchased front lower controol arm bushings, and steering rack bushings. I've been meaning to install those, but Southern-California has been hit with a major rain storm the past few days, plus its the holdidays so I've been busy. Hopefuly by next week I'll have the majority of the parts I listed installed.

Next I plan on installing a new power steering pump and new hoses, clutch master cylinder, and new wheels and tires. Like most sunroofs on 240sx's mine is leaky, I'm trying to devise a plan to remove the sunroof and cover the hole with sheet-metal, or something. Somehwere along the way I plan on welding my diff and going out to some events. Like all my cars its an ongoign project. I'll keep you guys posted.

-Oliver

Update: Moe's E46

During the summer I posted a picture of my friend Moses' E46 in a post called M.I.A.

Since then he has made some updates to the styling of the car. He sent me this picture, and as far as I can see, he swapped out his stock front bumper for an M3 front bumper, added angel eyes and threw on  some new wheels.
Photo shoot and full write up coming soon!
-Oliver