prolly my last mod... unless i get a deal on some nice large injectors :cool:

anyone know how to do this? i went to advance auto for a timing light and they had two different ones. some black one for like $30 and the other one said it was an advance timing light, but it was $69. anyone know of anything cheaper?

also what is the process for advancing timing? i read it somewhere in the fsm but i can't seem to find it again.

You need an adjustable Cam sprocket to advance or retard the timing

yeah ive done this mod to a volkswagen once or twice while working at my former shop. adjustable cam sprockets are the gears that have 3 bolts on them. just loosen the 3 bolts and turn it so the teeth are upto 4 degrees ahead or behind. 4 is usually max. then retighten the bolts to spec and ur flyin..

well thats what i did, my boss probably did a lil more before he started the beast up.

where are the cam sprockets?

Oh no...:headshake

Hand over your car to me RIGHT NOW!!!




















J/k
On the camshafts!!where else?

You have to be kidding me you never heard of a cam sprocket?

f it im too damn lazy

get some underdrive pulleys or something mynismo

IT IS LOCATED AT THE FRONT OF TH ENGINE BLOCK AT THE TOP BUT THERE SHOULD BE A COVER OVER IT AT LEAST MINE IS AND IF YOU STILL CAN'T FIND IT YOU SHOULD GIVE THE CAR TO GHOUST!:biggrin: :bigthumb: :biggrin2:

*this is not a KA24E sprocket but this is to give you an idea*
see how it is bolted on to the camshaft?
http://www.hayabusazone.com/resources/imageapesprocket.gif
Take off your valve cover you'll see it with your timing chain on it(I hope)

Dude, you should manual swap.

You have all these mods and a power sapping auto :(

Originally posted by SR20DETpower
get some underdrive pulleys or something mynismo
i have f'in underdrive pulleys sr. they kick some ass, i just got them in 2 days ago.

thank you for the pic ghost, thats all i f'in needed. here's a ka sprocket

http://images.cardomain.com/member_img_a/236000-236999/236112_24_full.jpg

all these freakin names... I LIKE PICS!! lol


and dorokin, I AM WAITING FOR MY TRANNY TO BLOW. I SERIOUSLY WANT IT TO F'IN BLOW. when it does i'm running 14's. but i might as well save some money and wait for it to die as opposed to just doing it for the heck of it. that way i can at least convince myself that i am doing it just for having a manual. i can make up an excuse to list it under "car maintenance" instead of "car upgrades". hehe

how long does it usually take a tranny to DIE?? i am brake accelerating it, shifting to 1st when im going 65mph and just beating the hell out of it.
hmm.

guys, hes talkin about ignition timing. not cam timing. lolz i've spoken to mynismo on aim, and i told him about it. its easy my nismo. you just gotta losen the distributer bracket, (not the cap itself) and then turn it until you read however many degrees you want advanced. the base timing is 20 degree before top dead center for a twin cam. i'm not sure about single cams though. now if you want to advance the thing you have to make the number go up. so to be on the safe you side, you raise it by 4 degrees. so you should have 24 degrees before top dead center on the twin cam. once again, i don't know waht the base timing is on the single cam. you can look it up on the FAQ on www.240sx.org. however there is one tricky part. the way the timing marks are set up is that they are unmarked. they are nothing more then a few lines on the pulley and you gotta line it up with a pin thats stickin out of the block. i forgot what each mark means, it either means it goes up in 5's or 10's. but i forget which way is 0 and which way is 30 etc. sorry hahah can't help you with that one. i have to look it up on alldata at work tomorrow. if your still interested let me know

i need some pics tat :tongue:

anyways thanks, i knew i talked to someone but i forgot who. i knew it wasnt the cam sprocket, thats why i was confused

Originally posted by mynismo

i have f'in underdrive pulleys sr. they kick some ass, i just got them in 2 days ago.

thank you for the pic ghost, thats all i f'in needed. here's a ka sprocket

http://images.cardomain.com/member_img_a/236000-236999/236112_24_full.jpg

all these freakin names... I LIKE PICS!! lol


and dorokin, I AM WAITING FOR MY TRANNY TO BLOW. I SERIOUSLY WANT IT TO F'IN BLOW. when it does i'm running 14's. but i might as well save some money and wait for it to die as opposed to just doing it for the heck of it. that way i can at least convince myself that i am doing it just for having a manual. i can make up an excuse to list it under "car maintenance" instead of "car upgrades". hehe

how long does it usually take a tranny to DIE?? i am brake accelerating it, shifting to 1st when im going 65mph and just beating the hell out of it.
hmm.

Good luck. Unless your making serious hp/torque the tranny aint goin nowhere

how hard is it, or how much is labor to install a torque convertor for an automatic. i heard that really gives autos some free hp.

Originally posted by TatII
guys, hes talkin about ignition timing. not cam timing
http://www.240sxforums.com/forums/images/smilies/doh.gif

You should do a bunch of neutral drops, or drain most of the fluid and drive hard :D

damn.... just got the fluid replaced.

some guy is interested in purchasing the rb25det dotcom i have, if that falls through i might think about it.

lol you people are sick:headshake

but i do neutral drops... hmmm maybe not enough

i will start doing it at every red light :-) too bad my tires squeal like all hell

neutral drops = 100% perfect way to eventually completely ruin your automatic transmission. :biggrin:

ike, since im probably going to try to sell my rims/tires in a couple months, i'll try to absolutely kill my transmission once i get my 195's back on.

i can't wait to get the 195's back on! these aa tires suck. they are sweetass in the rain and have awesome grip.... but i can't have any fun!!! arg. i want to be able to drift again.

Wanna drift? Get a manual :D

that's your guys' answer to EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE OR RELATED MATERIAL... a manual...

it cracks my shit up. i do still love my auto :iceslolan

yeah...and the girls like them too..ex: your creaping at about 5mph and you push the clutch in and rev it up a few times then tila and all her friends come over and lean on your car and look in the window and start rubbing your chest..saying *ohh...you are a big boy...* lol sorry got cought up in the moment...so yeah manuals are better

Originally posted by DoriftoSX
yeah...and the girls like them too..ex: your creaping at about 5mph and you push the clutch in and rev it up a few times then tila and all her friends come over and lean on your car and look in the window and start rubbing your chest..saying *ohh...you are a big boy...* lol sorry got cought up in the moment...so yeah manuals are better

:spit:

That has never happend to me before.

Oh yea,manual is better

:lol:

Originally posted by ghostchild316


:spit:

That has never happend to me before.

Oh yea,manual is better

:lol:

me either but it sure did sound like FUN!:lol:

Originally posted by DoriftoSX
yeah...and the girls like them too..ex: your creaping at about 5mph and you push the clutch in and rev it up a few times then tila and all her friends come over and lean on your car and look in the window and start rubbing your chest..saying *ohh...you are a big boy...* lol sorry got cought up in the moment...so yeah manuals are better
i've already had girls do that to me at the drive-thru before... MENISMO DOESN'T NEED A MANUAL TO PICK UP CHIX

:icon16: :icon16: :icon16:

put it in neutral, rev past red line, then drop into gear never letting off the gas

when you drive in town shift it manually start in first then when it passes redline shift to second, wait passed red line again then shift to drive, this isn't the best way but it will help in time

something you could try would be go on the highway get up to speed then put it in neutral and rev to redline then drop into gear with your foot still on the pedal, that has to jack up something

I would be killing my auto too if I had full coverage insurance then I could just buy a 240 with the money I got from insurance, but since the insurance company still thinks I'm 15 and its my moms car I only pay $29 a month, so I'll keep that till they figure it out

Originally posted by mynismo
how hard is it, or how much is labor to install a torque convertor for an automatic. i heard that really gives autos some free hp.
Your car is Automatic...:(???

Originally posted by Soyo

something you could try would be go on the highway get up to speed then put it in neutral and rev to redline then drop into gear with your foot still on the pedal, that has to jack up something

i thought of putting it in reverse on the hiway doing about 80 :icon16:

im gonna keep the auto FOR NOW.... i really dont have that kinda money to throw around, maybe in a few mo or next yr. my auto is fairly fast right now so i'm ok with it

yes legend, its an auto. a fast auto :bigthumb:

I think you are a bit mixed up. The timing light is not for Cam timing (that will require an adjustable cam gear and some patient dyno time). The timing light is used for ignition timing. If the light has an inductive clamp, you simply clip it around the #1 cylinder plug wire and aim it at the timing belt. (usually at a certain location). Whenever the plug fires, the voltage in the wire induces voltage in the timing light essentially creating a strobe light. This "freeze frames" whree the belt is when the cylinder is firing. The marks on the belt (or a gauge cast into the block) tell you how advanced or retarded your ignition timing is.

Originally posted by mynismo

i thought of putting it in reverse on the hiway doing about 80 :icon16:

im gonna keep the auto FOR NOW.... i really dont have that kinda money to throw around, maybe in a few mo or next yr. my auto is fairly fast right now so i'm ok with it

yes legend, its an auto. a fast auto :bigthumb:

Don't listen to Soyo. YOu're trying to blow the tranny, not your engine. And I wouldn't recommend the reverse thing (if you were serious). It would prolly be a really good way to take out the tranny, but I don't think it would be good for the engine. And I know for a fact that it wouldnt be good for the rest of the drive train. GO with nuetral drops and low fluid. :bigthumb: :chair: KILL IT!

this post is almost a month old dude! we've had numerous discussions about auto/manual since this one...

im sticking with the auto, i like it a lot better. i would only get a stick on a really fast (<13sec) car.

Originally posted by Soyo
put it in neutral, rev past red line, then drop into gear never letting off the gas

when you drive in town shift it manually start in first then when it passes redline shift to second, wait passed red line again then shift to drive, this isn't the best way but it will help in time

something you could try would be go on the highway get up to speed then put it in neutral and rev to redline then drop into gear with your foot still on the pedal, that has to jack up something

I would be killing my auto too if I had full coverage insurance then I could just buy a 240 with the money I got from insurance, but since the insurance company still thinks I'm 15 and its my moms car I only pay $29 a month, so I'll keep that till they figure it out

I doubt your insurance would cover your tranny if you blow it.

they wouldnt cover an auto>manual swap either

:wink:


who gives a shit, i got money :tongue: im saving for my rb 240. im thinking about ditching the s14 idea i had and go to a s13 silvia. rb25det's pass emmissions fine... im really not sure about the sr's though. im sure i can find someone i can tip off at echeck

Originally posted by mynismo
they wouldnt cover an auto>manual swap either

:wink:


who gives a shit, i got money :tongue: im saving for my rb 240. im thinking about ditching the s14 idea i had and go to a s13 silvia. rb25det's pass emmissions fine... im really not sure about the sr's though. im sure i can find someone i can tip off at echeck

echeck? I guess that's emissions inspection? I don't have those down here in FL. I could gut the cats and put straight pipes in if I wanted hehe.

Originally posted by entity


echeck? I guess that's emissions inspection? I don't have those down here in FL. I could gut the cats and put straight pipes in if I wanted hehe.

lucky bastages!

Originally posted by RalphCare


lucky bastages!

I guess the Gov. figures the wind will just blow it over to Texas or Cali muahaha.