[Billett]

Sooo.... this isn't an Evo obviously, but since I unfortunately do not own one of those yet I thought I'd post some pics of some of the other builds I'm working on right now.

First off, this isn't my car, it's my older brother's. He works as a mechanic in Ocean City and literally spends all of his money on his cars. He owns this 240, an '84 El Camino, a '98 Honda civic (which he despises), an '82 Camaro, and a '96 Bandit 600. Problem is he can never get them all to run at the same time haha.

Any how, enough about him. He bought this about 2 years ago from a kid joining the military looking to get rid of it. When he bought it, it was completely apart. Just a shell, a KA, an SR, and an auto and manual tranny. He kept the manual trans, bought a blacktop SR20 (his redtop apparently wasn't good enough haha), Greddy FMIC, stock turbo, 6 puck racing clutch, and a couple of other goodies. Got the whole thing put back together in about a year. Ended up looking a little something like this.

not much to look at, but it was a complete sleeper. goddamn was that car fast. It had absolutely no weight at all, and flew everywhere. Chirped tires in the middle of summer all the way up to 4th.

Then he finally got it registered and insured and tagged. And then I happened...

The day it was tagged I drove it to my gf's house and back. 10 mins round trip. On the way back I was rear ended by a corvette going around a corner onto a bridge. Drifted for a bit and thought I would save it, but right at the bridge is a bump from where the road surface changes. It caught and spun back around, I missed an explorer, hit the guard rail and spun, hit it again on the rear of the car, and spun back into my lane just before an RV drove through me.

The corvette drove off right after it happened. The lady in the explorer took off after him. Then the cops showed up... He said that there was no evidence of another car hitting me and that I was lying. When the lady in the ex came back and backed me up he then told me that the guy in the corvette was my friend and that I had let him go and was taking the fall. Then he proceeded to say that since there was no paint transfer from his car, that I had been going too fast and it was all my fault. Then my brother showed up. He was actually a lot nicer about it than I thought he'd be all things considered. I talked to him, the lady in the ambulance, the cop some more, told the reporter to fck off, and then went to call my uncle for a tow. Cop said I couldn't have him tow me. I had to use their tow service because it was on a bridge and we needed traffic moving again asap. My uncle lives 15mins away, his tow truck took 30. It also cost me a pretty penny... When it was towed away he handed me my reckless driving ticket and told me to have a good day and drive safer next time....
Went to court, long story short, the lady in the explorer came to my rescue. Since the cops couldn't prove I was lying and that there wasn't a corvette there, and the only witness that stayed sided with me the charges were dropped. Didn't get anything out of insurance, so we started tearing apart the car again, and bought him a new shell.

He bought a few different parts for this one since I trashed his radiator and intercooler. Went with a blitz one this time, (wouldn't recommend them), but other than than we just yanked everything from the old one and put it into the new one. Worked for a while. Unfortunately it developed a bit of a piston knock. He thinks it was from the accident, I wouldn't doubt it but would like to not be held responsible yet again... Anyway, he didn't check it out immediately and drove it around for a bit without any problems, and then it 'sploded. And yes that's his face on the other side of the block in the one pic.

So now he's building up the redtop he kept. Properly. He wants a lot of power out of this thing, just bought a new turbo, greddy front mount, pistons and rods. When he gets the money he's going to find a beefier diff, and wider rims, although he says he wants to find an adapter and use my z06's haha.

So there's my life story. sorta. Anyway more pics as we put it back together. We just got a huge new compressor so we're going to paint it as well. I'll try to get some shots of the newer goodies from him tomorrow if I can. Til then, I hope you all enjoyed wasting a good portion of your time on this

 

[Billett]

btw in those crash pics the license plate was held on by duct tape. shit is tough as hell

 

[Billett]

reserved

 

[GSXRiderK6]

I could care less about this car. Why post it on an EvoX forum?

"Evo X Build Journals Build journals specifically for the Evo X. One thread per build. Be sure to read the sticky."

 

[Billett]

1. Please create one thread per build. Note I'm specifying per build not per car. If you rebuild the same car in the future, start a new thread for it.
2. Please only use this section for big builds. Frankly, no one cares if you're installing an intake and exhaust. However, if you're building a motor, a trans, or doing major modifications to the car, then have at it.
3. Please use the following format for thread titles: Username - Model Year - Color - Model (additional comment)
4. You may want to reserve the first few replies in your thread so you can edit them later and add updates. This way they appear on the first page of the thread and they're not buried 10 pages deep.

Sticky doesn't say anything about it being just evo x's, just that title, and there are no other build thread sections. want to move it to OT or somewhere else be my guest. It may not be an Evo, but I'm a member of the forum with a build so I posted it. If you could care less about the car then why the fck did you click on the link? Don't talk about my reading skills when you purposefully click on something you don't want to read and then cry about it.

Mods if it's a problem tell me now before I start the thread on my s10. Only reason I did this one first was because I had all the pics together. No hard feelings about it, but it would save me the time if you're just going to take it down. Thanks

 

[GSXRiderK6]

1. Please create one thread per build. Note I'm specifying per build not per car. If you rebuild the same car in the future, start a new thread for it.
2. Please only use this section for big builds. Frankly, no one cares if you're installing an intake and exhaust. However, if you're building a motor, a trans, or doing major modifications to the car, then have at it.
3. Please use the following format for thread titles: Username - Model Year - Color - Model (additional comment)
4. You may want to reserve the first few replies in your thread so you can edit them later and add updates. This way they appear on the first page of the thread and they're not buried 10 pages deep.

Sticky doesn't say anything about it being just evo x's, just that title, and there are no other build thread sections. want to move it to OT or somewhere else be my guest. It may not be an Evo, but I'm a member of the forum with a build so I posted it. If you could care less about the car then why the fck did you click on the link? Don't talk about my reading skills when you purposefully click on something you don't want to read and then cry about it.

Mods if it's a problem tell me now before I start the thread on my s10. Only reason I did this one first was because I had all the pics together. No hard feelings about it, but it would save me the time if you're just going to take it down. Thanks

I clicked the link to tell you I could care less about your car. No hard feelings.

Now let's play "I spy something wrong":

EvoXForums.com - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Forums > Evo X > Evo X Build Journals > Billett - 240sx SR20

 

[xVforVelocityx]

^ I agree although I won't be as harsh, theres no reason to show such hostility. Its a quality build thread, just in the wrong place is all...

Really cool build though, can't believe that accident, that cop was a complete jerkoff. My step-brother had an SR swapped S14, great car, this one looks very nicely done, its almost a good thing that the crash happened because I like the red body much more than the silver one

 

[Billett]

I clicked the link to tell you I could care less about your car. No hard feelings.

Now let's play "I spy something wrong":

EvoXForums.com - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Forums > Evo X > Evo X Build Journals > Billett - 240sx SR20

Let's play read, yet again. Chill out dude. I said if the mods want to move it they can, and that's fine. I didn't see another build section so it ended up here. Some of us like more than one type of car, and want to share it with other people. I'm sure there is at least one other person on here who has had/has a 240 and might be interested. You like your bike obviously, but you don't hear me btchin because you made it your profile name, since this is obviously not a GSX forum. It's not something to get so uptight over...

 

[pistolpete69916]

I'm glad this thread was made and i dont give a fuck what section its in. Sub'd.

 

[GSXRiderK6]

^ I agree although I won't be as harsh, theres no reason to show such hostility. Its a quality build thread, just in the wrong place is all...

I'm just in a bad mood, I'll come back and be nicer tomorrow. GL with the build bud!

 

[Billett]

I'm glad this thread was made and i dont give a fuck what section its in. Sub'd.

You're just in it for the potential flames haha

Not gonna happen. If they want to move it, fine, if not whatever. I'm not one to get butthurt over the internet by someone I'll never see.

 

[GSXRiderK6]

Let's play read, yet again. Chill out dude. I said if the mods want to move it they can, and that's fine. I didn't see another build section so it ended up here. Some of us like more than one type of car, and want to share it with other people. I'm sure there is at least one other person on here who has had/has a 240 and might be interested. You like your bike obviously, but you don't hear me btchin because you made it your profile name, since this is obviously not a GSX forum. It's not something to get so uptight over...

I love this guy! I bet you could talk yourself outta anything! hehe

 

[DrivenFab]

I could care less about this car. Why post it on an EvoX forum?

"Evo X Build Journals Build journals specifically for the Evo X. One thread per build. Be sure to read the sticky."

No need to be a dick about it

 

[pistolpete69916]

You're just in it for the potential flames haha
...

No really, im interested in this build. I almost bought a 240 w/ RB26 in it for 6k the other day, but passed up on the offer because i don't have anywhere to put it lol

 

[GSXRiderK6]

No need to be a dick about it

That's correct.

 

[Billett]

The Rb's are really nice in this car. We almost got a friends rb25 instead of rebuilding the redtop, but we already had it so... 240s have so much potential with all the aftermarket support they have, and you can make them so fast for very little cost.

I suppose this could be moved to OT or Other Automobiles, but neither of those sections really fit it either if you look at their content. Like I said, move it if you want, but I didn't know where to put it.

 

[Wicked White]

Sub'd to keep an eye on this thread.

 

[GSXRiderK6]

I suppose this could be moved to OT or Other Automobiles, but neither of those sections really fit it either if you look at their content. Like I said, move it if you want, but I didn't know where to put it.

Seriously, no hard feelings, but I had to do this. This is only a joke...mkay?!

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&ix=sea&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=240sx+forum

 

[Billett]

thank you.

Sub'd to keep an eye on this thread.

 

[Billett]

Seriously, no hard feelings, but I had to do this. This is only a joke...mkay?!

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&ix=sea&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=240sx+forum

It's np. He's already on NICO Club, but he doesn't post much. I put this build on my s10 forum also. No one there seemed to care... I'd post it up myself on a 240 forum but personally I don't have a huge interest in them. I'm going to buy an Evo, so I'm learning all I can about them before I buy. I have no interest in owning my own 240, I just enjoy helping him with his.