I finally gave into the RWD hype and bought my first drift car . . .
Oh wait we don’t care about this one, hold on…
I finally decided to pull the trigger on my second RWD car and boy was it the biggest mistake I’ve ever made:
Just a bit about this machine as I first bought it: it’s a 1997 Nissan 240sx (ORIGINAL KOUKI HOLY MOLY) with around 370,000 miles on the chassis and 60,000 on the rebuilt motor. It came with no wheels so my friend Cosio (@notkouki) and I had to haul a pair of his wheels and a pair of mine 94 miles to Sacramento to bring the car home. I guess I’ll start off with the pros that this car was blessed with. It’s an original Kouki (support authenticity), it had an Autopower 4 point cage installed, Fortune Auto Super Down Low Spec coilovers, Stance and JIC Magic rear arms, Front R33 brakes with drilled and slotted rotors, a fatter radiator that I forgot the brand of, electronic fans, an extra passenger headlight, a JDL double din, two keys, and a clean title! This is also @griplow_’s old chassis, if that matters to anyone. As far as the cons go, I mean have you looked at the photo? The previous owner, Austin (@austintreihagen) was running some super wide wheels on stock body, we’re talkin’ 18×11. It looked good for sure, definitely not my style though. Unfortunately with great wheels comes great sacrifice:
This has since been hammered in, so you can only imagine how far it was pulled out initially. Anyway, all the quarter panels and both fenders, bacon. As for other cons, the car was backed into so the hood and passenger headlight was lightly damaged, the “throwout bearing” was rattling so that needed to be addressed, the idle was bouncy but it never died out, the car didn’t pass smog, the welded diff was howling, and the axles were clunking. Wonderful. The drive home was a blast, I honestly was unsure if it would even make the 94 mile trek, I guess since I’m writing this you already know I did.
Safe to say, I made it home. I like to think the long drive home was a testament to how reliable this car would end up to be. This was actually during a family party also and my entire family had the same thought, “you spent $6,600 on this pile of shit?“. Why yes, yes I did. But can you blame me? This 21 year old pile of shit just so happens to be my dream car. I actually took out a loan to buy it, it was that serious. I figured I should probably document exactly how much I spent on this thing. The loan ended up being around $7,000 with all the fees. Was it worth it? Abso-fuckin-lutely.
1997 Nissan 240sx 