im new and got questions

[like2drift]

hey, im new to this thing and i just got my license and im a little car smart...not saying that im better than you guy..i live in houston texas...ive been driving since i was 9 but with someone with me in car...i bought a 91 240sx about a year ago..i allready put k-sport coilovers and have a set of dunlop tires..i was thinking of getting rid of my ka-24det and swapping in a rb25det..my brother who has a 240sx also but much older and drifts, is giving me one of his silvia front end..allright lets get to the questions:
1. is it bad if i make the rb25det to a twin turbo.
2. the silvia front end is cracked where i bolt it on the frame..what do i do.
3. if its twin turbo and have set of falken drift tires can i still have it as a daily driver.
4. what is the best exhaust system.

[gamerndm]

well the easiest thing to solve here (at least for me) is the cracked front end issue- you should be able to fix that with a good 2-part epoxy or maybe some bondo or a similar product, once it dries it will be pretty solid- thats how I've fixed mounts and such in the past.. bondo is your friend

as for the twin turbo issue, you can do that to just about any engine, its just a matter of how much work you will have to do on the engine to get it to handle boost well and safely. I'm sure theres a few guys around here that will know how to answer that much better than i can, so ill leave it to them and yes, you could make that setup a daily driver as long as you can get it to pass emissions tests (if you have them) and as long as you're willing to shell out for gas for it. TT setups aren't that gas friendly, especially with the tuning you will have to do to your air/fuel mix to get them to work well... but if you can pay for it, go for it IMO

[like2drift]

thanx dude..i'll most likely buy that bondo thing..and now you got me thinking twice about tt setup...i dont have that much noney for all that, so yeah, i wont get twin turbo

[gamerndm]

yeah, a TT setup is a lot more then just bolting them on and driving, but it might be something to think of doing later on


you can get bondo at like any auto part store, even walmart- it comes in a can, and you take however much you need, and mix a little of this red stuff from a tube that comes with it, then spread it on whatever you need and let it dry. once its dry (in a few hours) you can sand it and paint it just like any other part of the car body. youll probably want to paint it, since its a awful dull pink color

[like2drift]

thanx for the advice.

[free motion]

Don't forget JB Weld.

[Silverwolf]

Not that I know much about turbos, but wouldn't a turbo setup be difficult to learn how to drift with?

[like2drift]

well, im probably not going to get a tt setup

[gamerndm]

it wouldnt be more difficult per se, but it would make the car a whole different animal. that much power would be hard to control of you werent used to it, but it would make it much easier to break the wheels free to drift, and easier to keep them spinning through the turn, just because you have a lot more power pushing them. its always a good idea to get to know your car stock, it will help down the road whenever you decide to add more power.