My Coupe build....The End Result...

[turbotagteam]

I don't think I ever posted anything here about my build that I completed in August.

I bought the car last January....ripped it apart...and built it from the ground up. EVERYTHING on the car was done by me. And I mean EVERYTHING. I painted it, did all the fab work, all the mechanical, even tuned it. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

This is what it looked like the day I bought it.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/frontleftside1.jpg

Drove it 900miles from Philadelphia to Western Michigan without a single hickup. Then it went into work with me. I worked at AllSpeed Performance in Muskegon MI.

On my lift waiting the tear down...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/silvia3.jpg

Interior gutted for roll bar

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/silvia1.jpg

Picked up a Silvia front from EliteJDM

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/4.jpg

The beginning of my Defi collection :)

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/silvia2.jpg

Rollbar allmost finished. I waited untill the seat was mounted to figure out how I wanted the harness bar

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/cage1.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/cage3.jpg

I cut out the stupid hump on the drivers side floor board. I'm 6'1 and it was a crunch for me in a racing seat and I really wanted more head room for when I was in the car with a helmet on. The main hoop of the roll bar really took up alot of space.

Before

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/floor_before.jpg

All material removed

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/floorpan_1.jpg

New floorboard welded in place

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/floorpan_2.jpg

Next up was doing the body work on the front end. It wasn't too bad but having never done bodywork, I had to learn on this car :)

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/silvia_1-1.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/silvia_2.jpg

I painted the engine bay first. I was pretty scared that I'd have major problems with dirt and grease so I did it seperatly than the rest of the car. I actually had no problems at all. It came out beautifull..

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/PearlBay_1.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/PearlBay_3.jpg

Rest of the car in primer. After MANY MANY hours of painfull bodywork.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/Primer_1.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/primer_2.jpg

The end result...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/eee57bd7.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/69984169.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/a19413e2.jpg

I also picked up a set of used Gramlights. This is what they looked like on when I got them...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/volk1.jpg

But I had a ton of extra paint so pearl white gramlights sounded sooooooo gangsta :)


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/7df56b59.jpg

Looks MUCH better :)

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/9a7437f3.jpg

Now for the engine... I dont have too many pics of the internal work. I did all the headwork late one night and I was the only one at the shop and since I'm an idiot....I forgot to take pics. But....on with the goodies...

Engine in...I did this ALONE! NEVER try to drop in an SR by yourself! It sucked big time :) But it got in there and I quickly started bolting everything in..

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/c4831407.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/db608951.jpg

Installed the oil cooler set-up as well. Tomei oil block adapter, remote mount oil filter pedistal, Setrap oil cooler, and earls pro-lite -10an lines...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/be22ea73.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/bc168382.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/b9475793.jpg

AN vacum lines under manifold

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/d0df7ab4.jpg

The first start-up.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/nissanoutside.jpg

New Seat installed...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/newseat.jpg

Siebon carbon fiber hood installed. I DA'd off the crappy clear coat it comes with and sprayed 6 coats of good clear with a little bit of pearl in it as well.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/CIMG3253.jpg

Breathing fresh air for the first time!!!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/240outside2.jpg

And heres all the fliks of the finished product.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1224900938020.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1224900927339.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1224900915437.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1225246259894.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1224900871035.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1225245700084.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1224901528059.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/turbotagteam/img1225246110302.jpg

I still have a little I want to do. OEM Aero side skirts, either an Aero lip or pignose, and a differnt steering wheel with a quick release...

A complete List of Mods done...

Engine

Redtop Sr20
Stock Bottom End
Fully Port and polished head
Apexi Double Valve Springs
Apexi Retainers
Ferrea 6000 Series Valves
Tomei 256/256 Cams
HKS 1.2mm HeadGasket
Tomei Rocker Arm Stoppers
HKS GT Tubular Manifold
HKS GT28RS .64 A/R
-4an Oil Feed Lines and Coolant Feed and Return Lines
-10an Oil Return Line
Custom 3in 304SS Downpipe
Nismo Transmission Mount
Nismo Engine Mounts
Greddy Oil Pan
Greddy Intake Manifold
HKS SSQV
Custom Polished Aluminum 2.5/3in Intercooler Pipping
Bulleseye Peroformance 700hp FMIC
Koyo Radiator
FAL Dual 12'' Electric Fans
SAMCO Rad Hoses
S14 Water Pump
HKS O2 Housing
Apexi GT Spec Exhaust x/resonator delete
Custom Catch Can Set-Up Using -10an Lines
Circuit Sports OverFlow Tank
Apexi Power Intake
Z32 MAF
Custom 3in Polished Aluminum Turbo Intake Pipe
Nismo Thermostat
Nismo RAD Cap
Power Enterprise Accessory Belts
Custom -10AN Catch Can System
Custom Oil Cooler Kit
-Tomei Billet Oil Block Adapter
-Custom Made Billet Aluminum oil Filter Relocation pedistal
-Setrab 32 Row Oil cooler
-10an Earls Pro-Lite Oil Lines



Drivetrain

Stock SR20 GearBox
Nismo Clutch Arm Pivot
Nismo Slave Cylinder
Blitz Active Single Disk Clutch
Clutch Dampener removed
Silvia VLSD
Silvia 5 bolt Axels
JDM Silvia 4.32 Rear End
Silvia Driveshaft
Ichiba 5 Lug Hubs
Z32 4 Piston Calipers
Z32 280x30mm Rotors
Project Mu Brake Pads
Brembo Sport Drilled and Slotted Rotors
GoodRidge Stainless Steel Lines

EMS and Fuel System

Apexi Power Excel Stand Alone EMS
Apexi Power Commander
SARD 850cc Injectors
Tomei Fuel Pump
Tomei Fuel Rail Fitting
Aeromotive Adjustable FPR
-6N Fuel Lines

Chassis

Painted PPG Ferrari Pearl White
Custom RollBar Integrated Into Rear Strut Towers and Floor Boards
Frame Rails Fully Stitch Welded
DriverSide Floorboard Lowered 3-4in to Increase Head Room
OEM Silvia K's Front End Conversion
Tanabe Sustec F&R Tower Bars

Suspension

Tein HE Coilovers
Full SPL suspension arm kit---comming very soon
Tein Tention Rods

Interior

Bride Zeta III Driver Bucket seat
Sparco Steering Wheel
Custom Made SuperLow Seat Rail
Black Interior Conversion
Defi BF Gauges
--Boost
--EGT
--Oil Pres
--Oil Temp
--Water Temp
--Fuel Pressure
AEM WideBand UEGO Gauge
Nismo Shift Knob
GReddy ProfecB Spec-II Boost Controller

Wheels

Volk 57 Gramlights 18x8.5 19x9.5 Custom Painted Pearl White
Toyo T1R 245/35 275/35

I plan on having a nice photoshoot done soon. I'll post up new pics when I do.

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wow! Nice car bro
And you are crazy for putting that sr in there by yourself..ahhaha

[wgJoY]

absolutely amazing dude! damn, it really turned out great, congrats on the end product!

[96Turbo]

BEAUTIFUL.............................

i like that white a lot...and i don't usually like white cars

+respect

[SoguRacing]

props to you! I wish i had the know-how to do what you've done.

[SammyGreen]

wow nice car!!! great work!!!

[inferno s14]

damn! mad props G!

[Enna]

Great looking car. Was planning on the same color for my S14. And holy shit those white gram lights are sexy as hell!

[ultraman019]

congratulations on your nice build!

[Pho Man]

Definitely +1 for you man. Only question I got is why didn't you do A Pillar bars as part of the cage?

[LongGrain]

so you custom fabbed the part that your oil filter screws onto? damn

i was just going to ask you what you used for that because i'm building a custom oil cooler setup and i plan on using the tomei block as well.

[Crazian609]

CLEAN JOB MAN!!.... Im Jealose...... But to be a critique..... Gotta talk to you about your gages on ur dash........ -.-.. Dont look to good

[junn]

sick build!!

[CrimsonRockett]

Holy shit is that nice.

[Quail]

Love it, so clean!

[liv2drift045]

beautiful car, nice build
props for the gatorade water catch tank/bottle lol

[1994Boy]

Looks even better in person (when its cleaned haha). I must say every time i see your car it looks better and better. Also its Drifting240sx for TST

[atutt]

The colour of your car makes my pants get tight.

Beautiful car overall.

[pinkarrowsnow]

nice car know ya from TST haha

[FaLKoN240]

Very nice.

Lower it some more though. :P

[lukebaumstark]

shes a beaut man, good job on her

[Antihero983]

Clean, simple, and has decent power to back it up.

Props X100000000000000000000

[burnsauto]

congrats on the build. Great attention to detail (especially by taking the time to take off ALL the moldings during paint prep. I hate seeing painted window molding.)

As far as the body work, it seems pretty good. When you get a chance though, reinstall the bumper support, or make a support so the bumper doesn't sag. Yes, I realize with the front mount, you need to cut out about 80% of that sucker, but at this point its not about absorbing energy during a front end collision.

[WangonwWarrior]

I love the simplicity and cleanliness of this car. Its highly modded yet almost looks factory. Nice work

[Slammed180]

Not a fan of same colored wheels. No contrast at all, looks funny.
Also, with everything out of the car, why didn't you stitch weld the bay/interior?

[240lookis]

do you plan on staying with dual projectors and ugly grill?
the same color wheels do look interesting, but i think it can work.
done with criticizing. your car is awesome

[deadghost]

Very nice and simple, I plan on doing something very similar to my hatch, AND I FUCKEN LOVE THE ROLL BAR. But I got to ask though how were you on time: how long did it take.

OH yhea fuck the fags that were talking shit with there criticism, like to see them do anything near of a project you did, and not fuck it up. -to each his own.

[projectRDM]

All that effort on the engine, and you put the OE shitass oil pressure switch back on. -1. It will leak and make a mess out of the nice underhood paint. Otherwise it's an A+.

[abstrakt]

Looks really good. Great job.

[qt_240]

flawless build

[worangejuice]

this thing is smoooth. just needs a bodykit to set this mutha off. So much tlc shown to this s-chassis!

[turbotagteam]

All that effort on the engine, and you put the OE shitass oil pressure switch back on. -1. It will leak and make a mess out of the nice underhood paint. Otherwise it's an A+.

Huh, car has over 5000miles on it since I finished the build. Not one drop of oil has leaked from it.

I do plan on getting a GTR style grill. I just havent had the time to find one yet.

I stitched certain portions of the frame rails and the joints under the fenders. I didnt want it to look like a hack job with tacks everyewere. Plus, at the time, I was building a S14 race car so I had that for my heavy duty track slut. This car was meant for more of a Silvia version of a Porsche GT3RS....Drive it to the track...beat the crap out of it...drive home in relative comfort.

I didnt do A-pillar portions of the cage because the car is street driven. If it was a race car and I was allways going to be wearing a helmet while in the car...It'd be a full cage for sure. But since I didnt feel like smacking my head into a 1 5/8in cromoly bar...I didnt do A pillar bars.

The rollbar took me about 3 solid days. About a day was spent on making the anchor plates. A day bending the main hoop and notching out the rest of the bars. And another day TIG welding everything. I had to learn how to use a finger trigger. I am a welder but I had never used a finger trigger.

The pedistal for the oil filter is actually from a Small Black Chevy!!!! They use the same oil filter sizes!!! I'll see if I can find the part number. I searched forever for one for an SR and they all sucked or were missing vital information. I actually started miling my own on our CNC mill but I just happened to have an old SBC pedistal sitting around and it fit!!! So I ordered a new billet one from summit.

[chairmnofthboard]

Great attention to detail.

[projectRDM]

Huh, car has over 5000miles on it since I finished the build. Not one drop of oil has leaked from it.


It will. There's no need to run it with a true gauge in place anyway. Please do a search if you're doubting it.

[iMAGE976]

nice car, loose the side mound hole.....hehe just my $.02

[Jodan]

very nice buildup sir! reminds me of gentiles car.