[Joe Kerekes]

Hi, my name is Joe, I'm from Vancouver but currently live in Victoria, and I was referred to this forum by Ian Mostert from v240 ( and maybe here too??).

I have a champagne gold '89 240 that I got about 2 months ago, 5 spd, no A/C, no HICAS, very fun zippy car, I already love it. Good overall conition on the outside, minimal rust, only obvious spot on the passenger side front strut tower.

Have a Energy master kit for it and an r32 VLSD both sitting in my room. Plan on putting it on coilovers, some plain black steelies, and likely an RB25DET that my friend has if the engine is good condition, otherwise an LS1 + T56 combo.

I also have a '72 Chevy Nova into which I put an LQ4 (2006 6.0L gm truck engine, ~400hp is my guess) and that car is the "long-haul project" so-to-speak!!

-Joe

This post has been edited by Joe Kerekes: 19 February 2009 - 02:52 PM

[Richard Selman]

Welcome

Let see some pics of both cars

[Joe Kerekes]

Welcome

Let see some pics of both cars

I have a link to my build thread on the Nova, gotta apologize for the engine bay it's a disaster, I've since pulled the engine and am gonna repaint the bay.

I'll post pics of my 240 with it's 4x4 stance in a couple of days...

This post has been edited by Joe Kerekes: 19 February 2009 - 02:55 PM

[Joe Kerekes]

the 240...

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the Nova...

[Mr. Jack Walker]

nice cars man. you race the nova at all?

[Joe Kerekes]

No I haven't raced it, not yet at least. Still in the middle of the engine swap, engine has come back out and now I'm at cross-roads as for transmission and possible power-adders...

This post has been edited by Joe Kerekes: 23 February 2009 - 05:17 PM

[Jason Debruyn]

nice nova! and also a clean 240 you have there. And also seeing that nova and links to your build actaully give credibility to yourself and the plans you have for the s13, as most pople talk alot but never get stuff done... props!

[Joe Kerekes]

Thanks for the compliments!

Yes the Nova has been a long haul, and now that I have a fun (aka non-FWD) daily driver, I think the Nova project is gonna get prolonged even more!

I'm quite happy with the condition of the 240. I was willing to pay for a strong-running stocker with practically no rust over a mediocre but already-modded 240...

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off-roading stance!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[karl maclean]

Fuck!!!!!!!!!!!! nice nova, the 240 looks fairly clean as well, nice job on both, and welcome

[Richard Selman]

Yes, Very nice looking nova.... I've always like Nova's for some reason... They kinda have that "stubby" Muscle car look...

Champaigne s13 looks good. Good starting place at least. I always forget how high stock is... lol

Just like me tho, you go the poo brown interior... WHAT A WEAK COLOUR CHOICE NISSAN!!!!

[Joe Kerekes]

Just like me tho, you go the poo brown interior... WHAT A WEAK COLOUR CHOICE NISSAN!!!!

Yea turd brown is pretty un-attractive, that's why I've slowly been accumulating a bunch of good-condition black interior parts for less than $100 total

[Richard Selman]

Yea, I thought about buying a whole interior a while back, when one of the guys was parting out a black interior, but it is a lot of work... and I just didnt have the time and the time... And once you kinda start, you kinda need to change everything... or its the type of thing that would bug the hell out of me... You know I dont mind the lighter brown (Tan), its the dark poo brown.... WTF!!! some Nissan guys like, " yea, the next coolest colour is going to be dark poo brown, quickly lets put it in our s13..."

[Arminder Deol]

MMmmmm a nova.

Hopefully you're wheel choice for you s13 is better than that on the nova....excuse me being blunt but those are horrid....especially on that car.


On a more positive note, what motor/tranny combo are you thinking for the nova....i find it far more interesting than whats to become of the s13 lol.

EDIT: ewwwww just read it, you put the damn 6.0 into it! a NEWER gm motor?! if you were gonna go that route should have just done the 5.3, way more reliable. Well, to each their own, good luck with the time bomb....the only thing more unrelaible is the 8.1.


As for a tranny, you may be able to source a factory option 6M from the states. Theyre rare but their out there. And theyre strong.

This post has been edited by Arminder Deol: 26 February 2009 - 12:30 PM

[Ian Schmitz]

wow that nova is mint! what are the plans for the 240?

[Joe Kerekes]

Amrinder,

Sorry that you don't like my choice of wheels or engine for the Nova.

The 6.0L LQ4 is identical to the LM7 5.3L, including compression ratio of 9.4, heads, similar cam (if not identical, not sure), intake, oilpan, iron block(obivously), even stroke, the only difference is the bore. Not sure how you justify that the 5.3L is more reliable... becuase it makes ~40hp less in stock trim? Not sure that is completely justified.

Also, the factory M6 you refer to is the T56 which is not very rare, used on the viper, f-body, corvette, and cadillacs. All these are cars which are often wrecked by owners that don't know how to drive, so they're common to find used (in the states that is). Not to mention a hunongous aftermarket support and now aftermarket production as well.

Because I chose to put in a Nissan engine into a Nissan car, this makes my s13 boring? I think the 300rwhp in a 2900lb loaded weight would beg to differ from "boring".

Sorry if my S13 is not unique with big wing/decals/bright paint/unique engine/whatever else, and also please don't be so harsh when it comes to the Nova. It's got many hundreds of hours into it, and is now going to be boosted too so that is going to be a lot of work, but I think the STOCK engine with 500 streetable hp should be more than satisfying, especially considering it's such a wildly unreliable engine to begin with.

This post has been edited by Joe Kerekes: 26 February 2009 - 08:29 PM

[Ian Mostert]

hey joe its cool you made it on here. The nova looks sweet. my dad would kill to have that thing. especially cause its orange lol. keep us posted on the builds.

[Arminder Deol]

Amrinder,

Sorry that you don't like my choice of wheels or engine for the Nova.

The 6.0L LQ4 is identical to the LM7 5.3L, including compression ratio of 9.4, heads, similar cam (if not identical, not sure), intake, oilpan, iron block(obivously), even stroke, the only difference is the bore. Not sure how you justify that the 5.3L is more reliable... becuase it makes ~40hp less in stock trim? Not sure that is completely justified.

Also, the factory M6 you refer to is the T56 which is not very rare, used on the viper, f-body, corvette, and cadillacs. All these are cars which are often wrecked by owners that don't know how to drive, so they're common to find used (in the states that is). Not to mention a hunongous aftermarket support and now aftermarket production as well.

Because I chose to put in a Nissan engine into a Nissan car, this makes my s13 boring? I think the 300rwhp in a 2900lb loaded weight would beg to differ from "boring".

Sorry if my S13 is not unique with big wing/decals/bright paint/unique engine/whatever else, and also please don't be so harsh when it comes to the Nova. It's got many hundreds of hours into it, and is now going to be boosted too so that is going to be a lot of work, but I think the STOCK engine with 500 streetable hp should be more than satisfying, especially considering it's such a wildly unreliable engine to begin with.

Don't take me wrong my friend, I love the car.

As far as the wheel choice goes, I love wheels so perhaps I've set my standards too high. As well it's an opinion thing for me about rubber bands on older muscle so for that I apologize.

As far as the motor goes, I used to be a chevy tech and the ratio of 6.0 I saw fucked right up vs. 5.3's was astronomical. As far as the tranny goes I was referring to the newest generation of T56's because strength wise and power handling wise they are very robust iirc.

Also, the main reasoning behind my comment on the motor was that it's a newer gm motor...as far as old muscle goes im a Nazi of keeping it within its generation. It's unique that youre doing a modern day injected motor and I give you props for that, just not my cup of tea.

And I can appreciate the time you have put into the vehicle regardless of wheel/motor choice, because that's how one of those should be built.

As for the s13, you misquote me. I didn't say it was boring, I just said that I'm far more interested in the Nova. I've been through my fair share of S13's and I've beaten the hell out of them and I know theyre anything but boring....there's a reason I'm on this site.

Also, anyone that has known my s13s knows that I dont do bright colors, decals, and wings. I appreciate the clean sleeper look far more.

I apologize that I came forward as being very blunt, I can appreciate the work you have put into your car. At the same time though I request you not judge me by my cover as well and assume what I find appealing.

[Joe Kerekes]

Don't take me wrong my friend, I love the car.

As far as the wheel choice goes, I love wheels so perhaps I've set my standards too high. As well it's an opinion thing for me about rubber bands on older muscle so for that I apologize.

As far as the motor goes, I used to be a chevy tech and the ratio of 6.0 I saw fucked right up vs. 5.3's was astronomical. As far as the tranny goes I was referring to the newest generation of T56's because strength wise and power handling wise they are very robust iirc.

Also, the main reasoning behind my comment on the motor was that it's a newer gm motor...as far as old muscle goes im a Nazi of keeping it within its generation. It's unique that youre doing a modern day injected motor and I give you props for that, just not my cup of tea.

And I can appreciate the time you have put into the vehicle regardless of wheel/motor choice, because that's how one of those should be built.

As for the s13, you misquote me. I didn't say it was boring, I just said that I'm far more interested in the Nova. I've been through my fair share of S13's and I've beaten the hell out of them and I know theyre anything but boring....there's a reason I'm on this site.

Also, anyone that has known my s13s knows that I dont do bright colors, decals, and wings. I appreciate the clean sleeper look far more.

I apologize that I came forward as being very blunt, I can appreciate the work you have put into your car. At the same time though I request you not judge me by my cover as well and assume what I find appealing.

OK, thanks. Glad you like the car, older flashy cars like do have a tendancy to grab a lot more attention than newer cars like s13's, etc.

I can understand the wanting to keep with tradition and put a SBC/BBC -> muscle car, but for me the appeal of an EFI engine is much greater than that of a carb'd 350, seeing as I probably wouldn't be able to afford what would interest me, a big-block or something like that.

I didn't know that you were a GM tech, can you elaborate on what kind of problems you experienced with 6.0's?

Sorry to misquote you on the S13 comment, I just interpretted that as meaning my planned mods for the S13 are the basic run-of-the-mill ones, and so the car isn't anything special, thus "boring". Sorry for assuming your style in cars, that comment was more of a knee-jerk response, for which I apologize. I too appreciate the sleeper look way more. If and when I do an engine swap into the 240, it will have a requirement of min. ~300-350 at the wheels, while keeping with a completely stock body, a possibly black steel rims or something completely unassuming.

To satisfy me, one of my cars has to be quick and not look it, and I think it's safe to say that the Nova surely is NOT a sleeper

[Arminder Deol]

OK, thanks. Glad you like the car, older flashy cars like do have a tendancy to grab a lot more attention than newer cars like s13's, etc.

I can understand the wanting to keep with tradition and put a SBC/BBC -> muscle car, but for me the appeal of an EFI engine is much greater than that of a carb'd 350, seeing as I probably wouldn't be able to afford what would interest me, a big-block or something like that.

I didn't know that you were a GM tech, can you elaborate on what kind of problems you experienced with 6.0's?

Sorry to misquote you on the S13 comment, I just interpretted that as meaning my planned mods for the S13 are the basic run-of-the-mill ones, and so the car isn't anything special, thus "boring". Sorry for assuming your style in cars, that comment was more of a knee-jerk response, for which I apologize. I too appreciate the sleeper look way more. If and when I do an engine swap into the 240, it will have a requirement of min. ~300-350 at the wheels, while keeping with a completely stock body, a possibly black steel rims or something completely unassuming.

To satisfy me, one of my cars has to be quick and not look it, and I think it's safe to say that the Nova surely is NOT a sleeper

Lol the older cars don't even need to be flashy in order to catch my attention, I just have a handful of them that I love, mainly GMs. Not to mention I've rebuilt some older ones before.

As for the motor, the biggest issue we used to have with those was in the 2500's and even the Suburban's and it was almost always oil system related. Whether that be leaks, blockage, component failure. Again, it is taking mileage into consideration however from what I saw the 5.3's held up very well over the long term.

[Dayton Faurot]

Amrinder,

but I think the STOCK engine with 500 streetable hp should be more than satisfying, especially considering it's such a wildly unreliable engine to begin with.

What has 500 "streetable" hp? not ur 240 neither does your nova that cars nice and all but even your 400 hp estimate is a little steep for a essentially stock 6L.