Ky S13.5 Ground up build

[LuckyRPS13]

Here is a summary of my build thread from my local car forum. Since I have made a lot of progress I figured I would share with every one here. Enjoy!


It has been about 8 years since I bought my first 240SX
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/l.jpg
Day 1 picture was about 6/4/04

As a young guy I realized that a rolling project was impossible. so I picked up a slightly worn s13 project to bring back. It turned into a rusty parts car over time. and has since been cut up and thrown away.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/Sisters.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/Sisters.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/full1.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/full1.jpg.html)

Drive train, and various other parts donor.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/l1.jpg
pic about 6/2006

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/full2.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/full2.jpg.html)

What was left of the donor after I cut it up in a Autozone parking lot.

So as the years have gone by and i got my hands on deals here and there. I am finally at a point where i am ready to get the project painted.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0052.jpg
This is what the current project looked like when i picked it up. There was no rust at all and was a great price.

3/13/11

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/238201224.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/238201233.jpg

Leaving me to head to the painter 3/14
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF4070.jpg

small update as of 3/30

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_6807.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0073.jpg

This came in on 4/04/11
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http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/DSCF4179.jpg

So many months went by and I had not seen my car for while. My wife and friends were urging me to lay eyes on my car, just to make sure it was still around. I drove over to the shop before work and snapped some pictures. All the body panels are being worked on else where, I was told.

9/06/11
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7043.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7041.jpg

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http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7045.jpg

9/07/11 Talked to my painter, all the body panels are painted ready to go. Including the fenders, doors, bumpers, side skirts, and the 50mm over fenders. just the shell will need to be finished. He sent me this one photo for an up date on some of those parts.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/untitled.jpg

10/04/11

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_6807-1.jpg

10/10/11 Well she is back home. I am going to assemble the car in to a running shape and attach all the panels. Then I will drive it back to him and he is going to a line all the body panels and go over the car again to even out the paint. So this weekend if I can find the time, I am going to go through the motor I have for it. I know i will need to replace some seals, and gaskets ect ect. I want to have it running on its own 2 legs in about a month to have the body finished off. Then I will work on the mountain of other stuff for the car.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7084.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7086.jpg

3/7/12 Well many delays have stopped me from working on this. Mainly working on other peoples cars, and even building another 240SX for some one else. can not complain I am making money. But in the last couple of weeks I have had a little bit of time I could get to work on this. I will post more as I go. I pretty much have all my parts lined out for this project. Just short a few minor things to pick up.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7413.jpg

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3/13/12 Here what I did Friday. I would have done more but dual ear infection and upper respiratory infection was making me feel like crap, so I did nothing the rest of the weekend. Crappy cell pictures but meh not that important.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1003.jpg
3/13/12 My 300ZX rotors were really rusty from sitting out side by the previous owner. they each took an acid bath, followed by a sodium bicarbonate bath. here is a before and after on the front rotors.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1008.jpg

All four cleaned up

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1009.jpg

All four painted to stop any further rust till I am ready to use them.

couple things came in the mail too
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1022.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1002.jpg

Here is a few shot of getting the tempary KA together.
this morning when I got started
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/side%20project/DSCF7580.jpg

How I left it when I went to bed at 10 or so.
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/side%20project/DSCF7583.jpg

How it sits right now. Almost done with it...
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/side%20project/DSCF7600.jpg


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Doing work
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_1157.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7606.jpg


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Here is a little more progress

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7621.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7616.jpg

And few more parts. Matching Gauge set, and a rare no longer produced Nismo key.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1059.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Upgrades%20in%20waiting/IMG_1058.jpg

4/23/12 well as always had some things keep me from getting to my project. last 2 weekends I have been working on my baby sister's first car/beater. She picked up an S13 Hatch that was in need of some work. I have it drivable, and was able to put in a little work on mine this weekend.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7705.jpg

All I did here was line up the fender with the passenger door leaving the front loose to adjust with the bumper and hood. the fender is pretty dusty.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7709.jpg

Drilled out holes on my rear quarter and installed Jack nuts and allen head screws with finishing washer. I like the way it turned out. Th hardware will end up getting a coat of paint.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7712.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7703.jpg

couple more angles

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7707.jpg

other side for comparison

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7781.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7780.jpg

[LuckyRPS13]

12/6/13 when this post was completely altered. Little out of order for the above 1st post, and added much later than when I first made this post. but I wanted to show you little bit more of my starting point with this car. Here are some pictures of before I owned the car I was able to pick up from the previous owners photobucket.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/100_0397.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/100_0397.jpg.html)

The old interior above. Very little of this came with the car and even less ended up being usable. I could not even tell you what actually made it into the car since I have cut up more than a few S13's and I have a good amount of interior parts laying about.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0060.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0060.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0378.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0378.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0012.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0012.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0351.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0351.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0010.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0010.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0009.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0009.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0006.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0006.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0002.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0002.jpg.html)

As you can see all the wiring had been pulled and placed into the spare tire well. I ended up not using any of it. I went with an all option SE 5speed Coupe interior harness, Base model 5speed Hatch engine room harness, and a Super HICAS Upper & Lower engine harness. Surprisingly every thing that is hooked up works with exception of the power locks. I also lack the cruise control wiring but I don't really care. I have an entire S13 harness that is from a Loaded S13 5speed Hatch, but I am not swapping it in any time soon. I will be hanging on to it for a rainy day though.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_0005.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_0005.jpg.html)

Above is how the motor looked apparently during it's previous owners tear down. I never seen it in that condition. It looked as it does in the pictures below.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture114.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/Picture114.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture113.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/Picture113.jpg.html)

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture115.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/Picture115.jpg.html)

The reason it died...

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/550772_4058142942736_1623838579_n.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/550772_4058142942736_1623838579_n.jpg.html)

The first place this project called home with me was this storage unit that they kindly let me use as a garage. While I was grateful to have a sheltered space, it sucked. Not that my tight spaced garage is way better, I don't have to drive 15 min to get to it.

[KiLLeR2001]

Nice, another S13.5 hardtop. Looking forward to seeing progress. :)

[LuckyRPS13]

Post from 9/12/12

Here Is my First conversion harness for the headlights and turn signal. I made a revised version so I can run High and low beams. For those of you who don't know a ton about Nissans S15 head lights in general there is a 3 pin plug for the turn signal on the S15 headlights is incredibly hard find on USDM Nissans, and tracking them down from over seas takes a little while. So if you are looking for a pair PM me and we can work some thing out.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture017.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture011.jpg

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http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture018.jpg

9/4/12 Here is a crappy Iphone picture with the hood on.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_1482.jpg

I have every thing hooked up, other than the cat back exhaust. I am missing a bracket to mount the muffler on. At this point it should run. But I am not getting a signal to my fuel pump. I did not have time to trouble shoot it too much. I Know my pump is good, and my fuse is good. I need to check continuity of the wires and test the relay. I am hoping it is the relay that is an easy fix as I have tons of them laying around. I am not in the mood to pull the entire harness from my parts car, even though I really want to.

9/4/12 9am EST IT LIVES!!!!


Turns out the fuel pump relay was bad, easy fix. It was loud as a tank with no cat back exhaust on it. Brings me back when I had to run open header on my old 89 s13. One of the first start ups. Running open header, seems like bit of a miss, and using unknown age fuel. I am aiming to pump out the old fuel this weekend, change the spark plugs, and hang the stock exhaust if the bracket comes in the mail by then. Then mounting the body panels on. Should be down hill from here as long as the painter does his end faster this time around.

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9/10/12 Here is are the custom hood hings I made from s13, S14 hinges. They put the hood in a good starting point, but I need to notch them for perfect placement. It is about 1/8 inch back, and I had to add spacers to raise the hood on the hinges.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7864.jpg

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7865.jpg

Here is a mock mount to see what I need to trim on the bumper for the FMIC

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF7863.jpg

Crappy cell pic for the bumper placement. I will get a better one as soon as the bumper is mounted.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_1493.jpg

5/29/13

So Life has been in the way of making much progress on this project of mine. Kids, fixing/building/rebuilding other peoples cars, ect. However I cleared enough time to finally put in more work. It is ready to send back to paint to have the shades evened out. I am aiming to have it 90% complete with my current parts on hand for I.A. at the KY Speedway this July. It will still be rocking the pokey NA KA. The Boost will be a winter project.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_2294.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_2294.jpg.html)

[Edwin562]

loving the color and progress!!!!

[Shanevasquez]

Nice work. I love that blue!

[nekrodev]

Beautiful! I can't wait till I can get started on my S15 conversion!

[PerilousActs]

Woo a fellow ky 240 owner! Looks good, man! Can't wait to see it at IA.

[LuckyRPS13]

Some one just linked this to me. Seems like I am a meme now, too funny.


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[hionpsi]

Bump for a nice build. Pm returned as well

[Big Zee]

looks good!! love your color choice!!

[NissanPhag]

What brand fenders are you using? They fit surprisingly well for S15 conversion fenders. Did they come like that or did you have to mess around with them to get the fitment right?

[LuckyRPS13]

The fenders are a Masa brand very rare, very expensive. These came off one of the Enjuku drift cars from what I am told. Under the blue paint is red paint. Only thing i needed to do was bolt them on. Did not use factory bolt locations though. I drilled and then installed jack nuts. took very little effort to line it up.

Only thing better I think would be to get S13/S15 welded metal fenders.

[NissanPhag]

Where did you get them from? I found a pair on rhdjapan for ~$420, which isn't too bad for fenders if they're already properly fitted. Do you know if Enjuku modified the fenders or did it seem like they came with alternate bolt locations from the factory?

[LuckyRPS13]

From my understanding they are hand made by the fine craftsmen with masa in japan and fitted to a 180SX for quality control. $420 sounds right but then the cost of proper packaging and shipping over seas will jump the cost up. I was quoted about $800 in total cost as I recall. These fenders were on Zilvia, the FS thread was very old with no interest when I found it. I contacted the previous owner not expecting them to be around. Turned out he still had them and shipped them to me at a fair price. The only modification I found were 2 small holes that are covered up by side skirts, my guess they were for zip ties. I was unable to use any factory mounting points with the holes pre-drilled in the fenders. But I was completely fine with drilling more hole into my body at that point to add the jack nuts in. I will get some pictures where they mount up under the hood.


I have revised my headlight plug and play Harness for the S13. I wanted the Low beams to stay on at the same time the High beams are on, but I wanted to use the factory wiring to avoid adding more relays, and to cut down on work in general. The first plug and play harness the low beam would shut off when the brights were put on. So now I have a V2 plug and play harness lined out. I Will be soldering it up tonight while at work and I will post pictures of the final product once finished.

[LuckyRPS13]

As promised I just completed my revised version of the S13.5 headlight/turn signal harness(s) Now I can run the low beams while the high beams are on as intended.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_2384.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_2384.jpg.html)

Here is a light socket that will fit in the OEM S15 Side markers/repeaters with no modifications needed to either the socket or the marker. I need to wire it up for plug and play as well. It will most likely be used as a side marker instead of a repeater.
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/IMG_2386.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/IMG_2386.jpg.html)

I can do this for an S14 too.

[LuckyRPS13]

Here is a short video of the headlights using my conversion plug and play harness working with the factory wiring.

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[derrickdee23]

I like it. Looks good man.

[mr.nismo.]

Freaking. Yes. I want to see this in person. I'm moving to Louisville. All my stuff and my s13 are on the way over there and I fly out tonight.

[LuckyRPS13]

Freaking. Yes. I want to see this in person. I'm moving to Louisville. All my stuff and my s13 are on the way over there and I fly out tonight.

feel free to pm me when your S13 arrives or you get settled in. I would be more than happy to point out what little bit of a scene that is going on in the area.

[LuckyRPS13]

I decided to give Plasti Dip a chance for some of the old faded plastic's on the interior and other exterior parts of the car. I Did a few test pieces to see if I would like it. Here we go with the before and after. All the before is how they looked from the spot they were stored in. I cleaned them with soap and water as the only prepping. Allowed them to dry before coating them. the floor kick panel and the window trim both have 4 coats. The speaker plastic has 3 coats. May go with 3 coats on the rest of the plastics to save on materials. It seems to have a low odor after it dried so far, but I am going to leave the smaller parts in my daily driver for a week or so to test how much odor the plasti dip puts off.


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[LuckyRPS13]

Today I did half a 5 lug swap. Tomorrow I will do the other half. You can see a huge change in the car's stance with the new wheel tire combo. I will post the finish 5 lug swap tomorrow. The car should also be headed back to paint on Monday, or Tuesday, but that could change.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture116.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/Picture116.jpg.html)

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http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/Picture118.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/Picture118.jpg.html)

[KiLLeR2001]

Here is a light socket that will fit in the OEM S15 Side markers. I need to wire it up for plug and play as well.


Just a heads up. The side marker on the fender for the S15 is actually a side repeater. As in, it mimics the flash of the turn signal. You will want to splice into your turn signal harness and connect to the side repeater accordingly.

[LuckyRPS13]

I could do that and set it up so my running light in the headlight does not flash any more. That will probably happen after it comes back from paint.

[LuckyRPS13]

Finished up the 5 lug swap, did not get any photos of the other side yet. Was a very busy day. My little gear head helped me out on changing the fuel lines.

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[WhiteS14.5]

Do you have a part number for that side marker light socket?

[KiLLeR2001]

S15 side repeater socket only: 26244-72B00
S15 side repeater entire assembly: 26160-85F00

[purplove]

anyone have a part number for the running light socket or know somewhere I can purchase a pair of them? Thanks. This is going to be an awesome build.

[LuckyRPS13]

anyone have a part number for the running light socket or know somewhere I can purchase a pair of them? Thanks. This is going to be an awesome build.

If you are talking about the 3 pin plug I have had no luck tracking a part # down. But I did have some clipped from s15's over seas by a guy who shipped me a small clutch of them. I make the plug and play harness for them, or sell the running/turn signal 3pin plugs along with a pair of 2pin plugs for the low beams. The high beams use a 9005 bulb that you can pick up a new plug for $7 ish each at a parts store. Pm me if you want a set of low beam, and turn/signal plugs.

[Big Zee]

sure does look good dude!!
love the color choice!!!

[LuckyRPS13]

The beginning of this month the car went back to paint to have the different shades fixed. I got it back Friday 8/9/13, And started taking bites out of my blue elephant. I put the Quarter windows in, installed all weather stripping, rubber stopper, locks, handles, fuel door, Tail lights, wiper sprayers, mirrors, Stripped old window tint, Plastic dipped a lot of exterior trim parts + mirrors, windshield wiper system, Plasti Dipped strut tower bars plus installed them, And I am sure there are more things I am forgetting. I am waiting on the extreme bulk pack of Dynamat to come in to put down for sound deadening inside. Then all the wiring can be tied down to it's permanent spot, and the plastics can go in. I also need to fix the rear bumper add on, should be picking up the hardware for it tomorrow. This how she looked before I put her up tonight.

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[mr.nismo.]

Looking great man. Hopefully I can outsource a real front end soon. Get some coils and a turbo and that bad boy. Also I saw your grill creation. Maybe we could meet up sometime? I opened up my chuki bumper a lot and made air ducting. But the very front is flimsy and the intercooler is exposed. A grill in the front could stabilize the front duct. I tried making something but nothing looked ok to me. I was wondering if I could get some insight from a fellow fabricator?

[LuckyRPS13]

Yeah, that would fine by me. I will shoot you a PM with some contact info.

[Supra_Lover]

OMG its a 4x4 s13!!

[LuckyRPS13]

More progress has been done, it is coming together a little bit at a time. I wanted to go black with all of the interior with no charcoal or dark gray fabric. Ritt dye is all but useless for car interior. After a some online research, Duplicolor fabric and vinyl paint is what was decided to take every thing black.

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Since most of the factory sound deading was removed when I bought it I installed some Dynamat to lessen the heat and sound. The Cargo area still needs to be covered but more dynamat needs to be purchased to cover it.

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Above you can see the car audio wires ran. Plan on putting in some quality sound.

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[Konster]

Carpet looks great.

[Q.Smooth127]

nice build so far man.
masa fenders lookin like oem metal welded ones :)

[LuckyRPS13]

Thank you.
I really need to take some updated pictures. I have all of the interior in other than the seats, and trunk carpet. I still need to frame up a back seat delete. I want to make the lower section an amp rack, and the upper section a 6x9 mounting section. Then 3/4 of the coilovers and 300ZX Brakes installed. Looks like I may end up needing a new/remain brake master cylinder. Also need raise my rear end coils to clear the new speed bumps on my street. plenty more to do after all this, but I am aiming to get this stuff done sunday(today), except the Brake master cylinder.

[Drifting Kalamari]

Very nice build so far!!!

[Black R]

Wow, I bought your other set of s13.5 wide fenders a while back.

Good progress on the build!

[LuckyRPS13]

So I put in some work the past couple of days, and since the last pictures posted. Please excuse my mess it is a work in progress lol.

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[xoxide]

Ugh, is this an early 2000's build or something? So many ricey parts. :barf:

[LuckyRPS13]

I prefer the older kits. I am an old school early Y2K ricer, F&F 1 type of guy, living my life 1 quarter mile at a time. I am not sure if you are putting my work down tho. But if you are, i want to give you perspective. I have been working on all this for a long time, on a very small budget. yes my kit I have had parts of for 6+ years. Along with a lot of other parts. This car has always been back seat to my family. I have a disabled wife, 2 boys(one inspired by this ride to be a gear head) and raising my niece. Buying a house this year, and life in general. I can't and won't keep up with the car fashions. I am not a fan of D-magic type kits, hellaflush wheel set ups, nor do I have disposable cash or a daddy's shop to work out of. I will build it the way I want it. I am building it for me, but I want to show what I am doing with every one who loves the S-chassis's. If you don't like my flavor of blue rice stick with your's and out of my build thread.

[xoxide]

No, no not putting your work down in any way... You've done everything nice. Just some of the parts made me lol. Its your car though, so if it makes you happy thats all that matters.

assuming you were looking at my build thread, d-magic is a sticker produce company, and I work out of my garage, not my dads shop. Thanks though.

[LuckyRPS13]

Ok all good, kinda hard to read people at times on post. I like what I am doing, and yeah I have a lot of old "new" stock. The exhaust I put on to day still had the bubble wrap. It had been collecting dust since the little boy in the picture was a baby. If I could afford to do it with no limit I would probably have aall OEM of the following; S13 Silvia aero side skirts, Type X rear bumper add on, factory S15 bumper with a Greddy lip, metal s13/S15 fenders, and I would still do the same with the 30mm fiberglass wide rear quarters. I do like your kouki S14 a lot. Would be the one car I would trade my DD S13 vert for, but then again I think I would trade for aa truck I can tow with too...

[LuckyRPS13]

Put in a little more work. Resprayed the wheels and then cleared them, they pop now. It is good enough till I am set up to powder coat them. Then a set of eBay pleather seats. Drivers side on a bride super low bracket. was not low enough for me at 6'3", so I sold the seats today. Had a random rock kill my windshield too, weird luck... any ways that was replaced today as well.

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[KiLLeR2001]

Keep on keeping on my S13.5 brother.

[valiants13]

Nice work, I remember seeing some of this build some time ago. After seeing this I think its time to dye my headliner.

[forzanoob]

Seeing that blue in person is so much better then these photos can ever show. Loving this build so much man.
PS thanks for the front end for my s13

[LuckyRPS13]

Thanks, and no problem man. I hope it is working out well for you.


On a side not :bash::mad: Seats.... I Need to make a seat selection on a limited budget. I am not willing to buy Replica side mounting fix back seats, that will most likely not fit my 6'3", 225LBS, 38 waist with birthing hips(LOL). I was going to buy S15 seats or 180SX seats, but I don't like them that much for the price tag that most are. And I would be single paying butt load in child support if I were to buy $1500+ for new/used real seats. so those would ultimately be way to expensive.

I am thinking out loud right now... there is a few options right now.

1st option: Put in my S14 leather seats from my vert DD, and buy some cloth S14 seats for the vert. down side to this is the leather drivers seat is worn in the typical S13 seat spot, only looks bad if your looking for it tho. This will run me maybe $150 more if I have the S14 leather repaired.

2nd Option: Dye a set of cloth S14 seats black and put them in. this is a huge hassle though. Cost $165 with the dye and seats

3rd Option: Buy a 2nd hand single Sparco Fighter seat (per sparco spec sheet should fit me) that I found for sale on the cheap($200) do the fab work on the drivers side needed to sit it as low as possible.
For the passenger side up a free S14 seat I was offered, dye it black
Or pick up a semi local 180SX Type X Seat for the passanger side for $120 bolt it in call it a day. most costly of all any where from $250-$400ish

I think my last option with the 180SX seat will have the most "Sweet!" factor out of them all. but the S14 leather seats are a close 2nd in my mind.

[LuckyRPS13]

So I made the decision on seating after a few hours of debating with myself, and the opinion of a friend that will help me out with the mounting.

Drove 2 hours one way and pick this good shape Sparco Fighter seat which is big man friendly.

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I will be doing some thing along these lines to set up the seat

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I have a lead on a couple semi local Sparco Fighter seats. I will be picking one up with my Xmas bonus then I will have matching seats. I am strongly considering ordering the Red covers with black accents to replace the old worn cover on my current seat.

[slidins13s]

nice build, what size and offsets are rims? thanks

[LuckyRPS13]

18" X 9.5" +12 all the way around. I have picked up a pair of 17" x 8" +25 for the front for better clearance. But i need to respray them to match, and get a pair of tires. The reason i want to go with the smaller wheels in the front is 18's are rubbing when I cut the wheel hard.

[LuckyRPS13]

I washed and dyed the Sparco Fighter seat cover until I pick up a 2nd Sparco Fighter seat. Then I will order one or both as needed. I am tempted to order a red cover for the pair I end up with. I will be picking up a tube notcher, and the DOM tubing later this month to do the mounting and harness bar. Any ways on with the pictures.

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[LuckyRPS13]

Here are some terrible cell pictures I took after I plasti dipped, and mounted my new roof spoiler that came in this past week. Thank you for the prompt shipping and great deal on it Adam496. I will edit this with good quality pictures some time soon.

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Then I found this gem brand new with all the plastic packaging still on it for $25 shipped. I plan on going with a lot of Sparco gear. I have wanted Sparco interior parts ever since F&F 1 in the theaters with Paul Walker's Green Eclipse. Just call me an old ricer IDC. Speaking of Paul I went out and had a Tuna sandwich for Dinner. There are no Dinners around me really so I went to the next best thing, subway...

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[FRESH2DEFCON]

How did that plastidip turn out for your interior panels? Where did you get it? I'm pretty anal when it comes to the scratches in my panels, so I was wondering if it would turn out alright to spray my rear interior panels, kick panel, fuse box panel, etc in black plastidip?

[LuckyRPS13]

I ended up only using it on the radio trim, part of the center armrest, the ashtray/coin cup, and the bezel/trim for the cluster/steering column. I need to redo it on the coin cup since I scratched part of it on accident. I am not sure it would not hold up in places that you would touch regularly on a daily driven car. I am using plasti dip on the wiper arms, wiper trim, windshield trim, side & rear view mirrors, center tail light on the hatch, and rear roof spoiler. I feel that proper prep and a paint with clear would be a better way to go. Or powder coating metal parts.

[LuckyRPS13]

Found a Killer Deal on a mint Red Sparco Fighter seat. I drove 300 miles one way to pick it up. Tomorrow I will be ordering a matching Red cover for the black Fighter seat. My Little Gearhead's favorite color is red so he was beside himself when I got home with the seat. The color looks much better in person the flash is washing it out badly with the light I have in the living room. My aim is to do the needed fab work the week after xmas and before new years and mount them in same day.


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Edit 12/11/13; Today the ordered was placed for a new Red Sparco Fighter seat cover. I was told it is on back order and it would take 2-4 weeks to have it hand made in Italy and shipped directly to me. I called Sparco USA Directly because even though I have to order through a vendor, I like to go to the source for clear details. I was told by Sparco USA they have had 2 red covers on Back order for 11 months now, but typical back orders are suppose to take 2-4 weeks. How ever, if I have not seen them by week three and there is no new info on a ship date I have found a company that has a new Red seat in stock and is willing to order the black cover set that Sparco USA has on hand and swap it all out for me. I just do not want to wait a year for a new cover set. Once I have it all done and over with I will Share who these awesome folks are on all ends. As both vendors have been extremely helpful, and professional and I plan on buying from them both in the future.

[LuckyRPS13]

This is just a generalized blog type post. Mainly typing out what I have in mind right now. Sections may end up being edited or deleted all together in this post over time. Or it will be left alone as something to look back on for my thoughts at the time and see where I went with it.

First thing that comes to mind is to install my Sparco seats(I am infatuated with these seats right now.), and Sparco shift knob into the car. Hopefully a few things I have on hand sell shortly. Then I can pick up a Sparco 350mm L575 Steering wheel which will go great with the Red and Black seats.

Next up would be the back seat delete. MDF board will be used to level the carpet out where the Hatch cargo area starts. I am considering a few variations but I will share my current top choice. Once the MDF is set up, the 4 channel amp and 2 channel amp will be sunk into where your butt would go in the back seat, and a 10" sub in the center. Or place both amps on one side and the sub in the other butt area depending on space. It will have a truck box backing up under it to provide the bass some depth. Not wanting this to shake the block or even my car, just some depth to my music. I would have went with an 8" woofer but the 10" Rockford popped up in the truck box for $20, hard to pass up. There are 2 ways from here; if 6X9's on hand can be shoved into the rear speaker factory location after some extensive trimming, or if that does not pan out, the pair of 6X9's will be placed in to 6X9" boxes on top of the rear seat delete MDF board. And last I would set up a privacy cover for the cargo area. This is my top choice right now, so I won't go into the other ideas at this time.

There are a few thing left that would be nice to have Plasti Dipped; The red sheet metal that can be seen on the fire wall that the carpet does not cover. All the window trim that looks old and worn that I have not covered yet. And Last to respray a few things that are pealing back up for various reasons, the trim at the bottom of the windshield, Coin cup, and third tail light.

Powder coating, there is soo much That I want to cover with this. I am not dead set on a color scheme yet. Few Ideas come to mind. first is kinda generic Silver, and black on all suspension, engine brackets and other parts. An alternative would be all Red suspension arms and undecided on other Items as well. I feel this would give me a running Blue, Red, Gray range(or scale) and Black color scheme that will pop and stand out.

As for the suspension, there is not a lot more I want to do to it. The plans for all of it would be along the lines of reinforcing all the arms and front brace to mimic the Nismo stuff and of course the above mentioned powder coating, along with all new bushings. And last would be to make a 1/2 cage only covering the rear of the car. I don't want to worry about hitting my head while driving, or climbing through a cage to get in.

Then there is great power plant clamly waiting in the garage, which is a S14 SR20DET. It is a great running motor, just begging for a cleaning, some powder coating, and to be dropped in already. I feel like I might be swayed to an LS1 down the road though. but that is at least a year or 2 out before I would go there.

And last for now is the Dash, a few Ideas come to mind. This will be some thing way down the road for me to get to eventually. So this will be put as short as I can. I want to extend the Cluster "hump" out where it comes down over the center of the dash. This new area will be set up with all the gauges that will be used, and if Space is willing I have an analog clock from a Q45 that would look like a great added feature.

There are a handful of small things to tie up still, but the above mentioned are some of the bigger tasks for now. I hope you enjoyed reading through my thoughts on this project. Stay tuned to see it all come to reality in some form over time.

[greenwood]

I think that this is a very nice build and keep up the great work :)

[KiLLeR2001]

I also have ideas for a rear seat delete box. Interested to see what you come up with.

[that_one_coupe]

You are a very determined man. I think I might be heading this way w/my car. I don't have kids or a wife yet (gf for now) but I don't have a lot done to my car due to college and life w/a part time. I hope you finish your build just the way you would like dude. Good Luck

[LuckyRPS13]

I rarely give up on a goal that is important to me. So every one that pokes around these pages will see a car that brought back from a ghost of a shell to roaring with new life and complete.

Any ways on with the update. I ordered a new red cover for my black Sparco cover with OGRacing.com. Turns out they are on back order and no one keeps it in stock from coast to coast, including Sparco USA. I went ahead and placed my order, the next day I checked with Sparco USA to check on back orders this time of year. I was at first expecting to hear 6-8 weeks. That I can deal with, but I was told the last back order was 11 months old and still waiting. This put me in bit of a oh crap mode. After some hunting, another mint Red Sparco fighter was found in St. Louis MO. Just before making the trip I was informed that it would be the end of January that I could realistically expect the new cover in. Being impatient about waiting I went ahead and made the trip out west to trade some parts I had on hand and pick up the seat. Now I own 3 Sparco fighter seats. Woot! And my Black seat is already pending sale for what I have into it. Thankfully the special order request had not been processed by sparco USA for my red seat cover and I was able to get a refund. But instead of just taking the cash back I dropped it and some more cash on a new steering wheel since I don't care for the one I put in. The new one looks a lot better, matching the seats and other "Sparco" items in the car. I am very happy with it. Once my seats are in place in the car and the Steerign wheel is installed I may add on a Sparco quick disconnect or extension. I practically sit in the back seat as it is, so stay tuned for that. Also with me spending over $200 at OGRacing I received a free Sparco Icon hoodie, my choice in color and size. Shipping on every thing they had in stock was very fast I will be buying from them in the future.

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And last, I started working on the wiring for my S14 SR20DET swap. This looks far more intimidating than it really is. Just to fill you in on what I am working with, I pulled this motor set out of a RHD swap S13 body. And as far as I can tell has 180SX wiring. The dash plug is a white female plug where as usdm have white male plugs for 89/90 and a brown male plug for 91-94. Then the pin outs on the power interface are all different. I was told it was a wiring speacailties upper and lower harness. But there is noting to confirm it, and Yuri is too busy to walk through confirming it for me. But he did give me a heads up on the different pin outs which was a great lead. After scouring FSM's, YouTube, and almighty zilvia I found the answers I needed. With some work I have every thing just about ready to go. Every thing reaches where it needs to be all connections are soldered into place. I need to repair a single terminal, and I am going to make a jumper harness for the dash plug, and two power plugs. That way IF I ever part ways with the SR and some one with a RHD 180SX wired body can just plug and play, as can all the other S13 owners. I will post up finished products once I am finished but here it all is boxed up. Again looks worse than it is.
http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/0D044A65-9C08-44C5-99DE-C88268B76694.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/0D044A65-9C08-44C5-99DE-C88268B76694.jpg.html)

I realized that I did not have a decent picture of the car as it sits. So here ya go

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[LuckyRPS13]

Today, a good friend and I tackled a fabricating a mounting set up for my Sparco Fighter seats. We had enough time for the drivers side. Lighting in my pictures is terrible, I will try to get some day light photos tomorrow.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF8589.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/DSCF8589.jpg.html)

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here is the fabrication work to show how we went so low.

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[triad0000]

Nice progress great job. youll love the car even more once your ka-t. love the pic of the 240 between the old school shells at the body shop.

[LuckyRPS13]

I switched gears from Ka-t to S14 SR20DET. Those pictures will be coming soon. I have some prep work to do before dropping it in, nothing major.

[LuckyRPS13]

When ever the weather improves I will put up some better pictures.

Put in more work today, My friend Eric, and finished up mounting the passenger side seat, and fabbed a harness bar using the gutted shell of the rear seat belt assemblies, thick sheet metal, and some 1" DOM tubing. Only thing that did not work out was my harnesses do not reach, so Looks Like I will be looking for a new set of Harnesses that can reach.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/716B19AE-CF09-4928-9A20-4128B483203B.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/716B19AE-CF09-4928-9A20-4128B483203B.jpg.html)

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[LuckyRPS13]

With all the cold weather and my list of parts to put in dwindling, I have not put much work in to the car lately. I am hoping if the weather will warm up to the 40's for a few weeks I can knock out my short but time consuming list of things to do. Currently on my plate of major things to do is; get rid of my parts car and scrap metal pile, pull the ka's from my S13.5 and my Vert, drop the S13.5's KA/transmission into my vert effectively giving it a refreshed motor and 5speed swap, then new carpet and crack free dash. Then last get the S14 SR20DET into the S13.5.

I how ever did finish up my Engine and Transmission wire Harness. I de-loomed every thing clean all the dirt and oil, put new electrical tape and wire loom. extended what needed to be extended, and made a jumper harness for both power interface plugs, and the dash plug.

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Here I am refinishing one of my new 17"x8" +25 5Zigen wheels that will replace the front 18"x9.5" +12 's 5Zigens that are just a little to big to run with out going hellaflush. I think it turned out nicely. The next one will be refinished shortly, probably tomorrow.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/DSCF8600.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/DSCF8600.jpg.html)

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[aga]

very nice build man. keep at it! love those wheels

[sk8terisbored]

This build looks sick! Subbed to see the final product

[juvi22003]

Great build man, love the seats btw....i wanna put a set in my IS

[LuckyRPS13]

Not a huge update, I am waiting on the cold weather to break to move to the next step of this build. But I will share the small stuff I have been messing with.

I don't have any pictures yet, but I did pick up some new 6x9 speaker boxes for the eclipse brand 6x9's I salvaged from my old Q45. They are going to be used to cover the rear speaker channels for more depth and make to help your ears bleed in the mid to high range. I have not put a ton of thought on placement for the 2 6x9's and the 10 inch sub to sit. That will be on a warmer day when I work that out.

Today My new Sparco parking brake handle and shift knob came in. both were super easy and quick to install. Last week I had ordered the Settanta Sparco shifter and parking brake handle. Both in Black finish, however the shifter has a rough finish and looks more of a charcoal color by comparison to my steering wheel and the parking brake handle. the parking brake handle had a smooth texture, and deeper black than the shift knob. And to boot the Red paint between the steering wheel, parking brake handle, and shift knob were all different from each other. All of the Sparco stuff I have purchased new was ordered through OGRacing.com. They were very helpful on the exchange with the shift knob and handle that I returned. In this picture I am using the L575 steering wheel, with the Sparco hub adapter, Globe shift knob, "Drift" ebrake handle, and unseen from my feet are some Sparco pedal covers. Yeah I am a fanboy for the stuff.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/66005013-5F5F-4A30-903C-E92A8CABA838.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/66005013-5F5F-4A30-903C-E92A8CABA838.jpg.html)

Here is a nice fuzzy cell picture of the finished harness bar that I designed utilizing the housing from the rear factory seat belts.

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I did not care for how the 17" turned out, both are almost stripped down and ready for a fresh matching coat to my 18"s

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Then last I tried my hand at upholstery. I need to figure out how to stretch the material better or find a different material that will stretch more. Keep in mind this was my very first attempt and these are both spare test panels that will not ever go into my car. Next attempt will look a lot better, and once it is perfected I will start on the nice pair of panels.

I am hiding the major flaw in this picture.

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This one is looks worse in person.

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Stay tuned I will be putting together some pictures of the complete SR swap I have. After that updates pertaning to the swap will be one large post dedicated to it after the car is running and driving with the motor set I will using.

[rangerjavi]

Very nice work from you and your son.

[LuckyRPS13]

Put in some work today, Had both my old and youngest helping. Although the youngest was side tracked by his flying spiderman toy. Excuse the mess in the garage, I need to reorganize every thing.

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[LuckyRPS13]

Finally I got some decent shots on a clear day. The vert's bumper looks horrible that is why I have the white bumper in my post above.

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[mr.nismo.]

An s14 SR? :-D sounds like your gonna have a fun time

[LuckyRPS13]

Picked up some new tires for the pair of 17" 5zigens they are for better fitment over the wide 18's in the front. I think I will like the staggered look it will bring. No pictures yet, I have not taken the time to put them on. Been doing other small prep work and shinning up my Motor set. The paint is not perfect on the valve cover but Meh I am happy with it till I can set my self up to powdercoat. Wrapped up my turbo header, o2 housing, and down pipe. Cut my finger on one of the metal zip ties, so I smeared it in just so the car can remember all the Blood Sweat and Tears (of Joy!) I have put into it. Then I blacked out all the fiber glass wrap because I wanted to.

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[aga]

you wanted the paint on the valve cover to come out like this? is it a wrinkle paint?

[LuckyRPS13]

Yes It is VHT black wrinkle, then I layered every thing on top of it. Just toying around with it. I did want the red to be little more uniform but I did not have enough left in the can. The end plan for it will be powdercoating. But that will be after I purchase a house and buy a stove for the future garage. I have a LONG list of things I want to powder coat too.

[LuckyRPS13]

It has been so busy for me lately. First Quarter of college ended for me, 4.0 in all classes woot. during the week break between classes I started in on my SR swap. There were few hiccups along the way. At this point almost every thing is finished on the Swap. Here some cell photos that I snapped. I will get some better pictures up later.

I am going with staggered wheel set up now, 18x9.5 +12 in the rear, and 17x8 +25 in the front. the wheel/tires fit alot better in the front now. just need to adjust ride height all the way around again

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The intercooler in this picture is not level. it was a rough mounting. I have since fixed it by rolling the intercooler bottom backwards, and reconfigureing the plumbing with other piping I have. This was done to allow clearance for the way I have my hood pins set up. More pictures will come.

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[mr.nismo.]

Well shit this is looking much better


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[LuckyRPS13]

Just before midnight I started the SR, it is healthy and running. just need to tie up all the loose end and finish it off.

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[mr.nismo.]

Looking good. Don't know if you've checked out my build but it looks like we have the same front bumper ;-)


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[LuckyRPS13]

Looking good. Don't know if you've checked out my build but it looks like we have the same front bumper ;-)

Looks really close but I see a few small differences, either way I like it. I will be updating/coping the way you mounted the pins for your hood latches, I really like that set up.

[LuckyRPS13]

On a weird note, I filled the coolant system up with distilled water only to check for leaks. Started the car,let it idle,and burped the system with the motor running. then a ton of sunflower seed shells came to the top of the radiator, It was at least 1/2 of those small bags you buy at the gas station worth coming out. makes 0 sense why they are there. I am going to pull the water pump, and T-Stat and flush it out more thoroughly tomorrow.

[mr.nismo.]

On a weird note, I filled the coolant system up with distilled water only to check for leaks. Started the car,let it idle,and burped the system with the motor running. then a ton of sunflower seed shells came to the top of the radiator, It was at least 1/2 of those small bags you buy at the gas station worth coming out. makes 0 sense why they are there. I am going to pull the water pump, and T-Stat and flush it out more thoroughly tomorrow.


wtf dude?


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[aga]

your kids.

[LuckyRPS13]

your kids.


You would think but they do not eat sunflower seeds, too much work for me to shell and hand them to them.

[aga]

neighbors disturbed by your hammering ? would you risk leaving the engine like that? who knows what might be clogged inside...

[LuckyRPS13]

My neighbors would not have the testicular fortitude to step into my garage even if I left the door open all night while I was away at work. and I did look down both necks that the radiator hoses mount to, just to check for debris. I think it was there from the previous owner, and I am thinking the T-Stat might be clogged. There was very little movement from the water in the radiator at operation temp. Not to mention the water did not warm up. That is why I want to crack the water pump, T-stat, and maybe pull the coolant lines from the turbo for good measure. I know that the turbo that was on it before I bought the engine was blown. I never seen that turbo so I have no idea if there were any shells in it. I would think they would stop at the banjo bolts, both are easy to access.

[aga]

well, maybe the thermostat has saved you. i hope the engine didnt overheat though when you were filling it up and waiting.

[LuckyRPS13]

I have came to the conclusion that it was mice must have been the culprit, I spotted one few days back hauling ass out of the garage when I went in to work on the car. My guess is he was the one dropping the shells in the coolant systems. that was the only spot I did not have tapped off. there is no visible damage to any thing and the motor is running great.

[LuckyRPS13]

Took the car out for the first drive with the SR20DET. It pulled hard and put a huge smile on my face. However the trip was not with out issues. I popped the inter cooler cold side off of the throttle body in the first mile. Then multiple gages need to be lined out better. I think I need a cleaner ground. I also need to put in the correct speed sensor, OEM temp sensor for the OEM cluster, and Order a proper fitting fuel pump. I have a Q45 fuel pump in there now, I am not very happy with it so I am shopping for a replacement to the dead Walbro 255 pump I have as well.

[LuckyRPS13]

Have not had a moment to swap out the Speed sensor, or the dummy temp gauge. My Prosport Gauges were not reading correctly, they were either reading 0 or jumping from spot to spot. Turns out they did not like the ground that the SR20DET deals with. I was able to confirm this by runing my heavy gauge jumper cables from the negative terminal on the battery in the trunk, to the ground wheel under the hood. Suddely it is reading as it should. I have a 2/4 gauge wire I am going to run from the trunk to the grounding wheel for a nice solid negative connection.

[mr.nismo.]

When I did all my stuff I did custom grounds throughout the chassis. I daisy chained the pos and neg for all my pro sport gauges and they're fine. Make sure you use at least 6-8 gauge wire for the sensors themselves or the readings will be jumpy all the time.


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[ANVIL]

awesome build man. one day when my life slows down i want to take the time to do a full on build like yours. so many short cuts and time saving things ive done to mine just to get it on the road.

[LuckyRPS13]

When I did all my stuff I did custom grounds throughout the chassis. I daisy chained the pos and neg for all my pro sport gauges and they're fine. Make sure you use at least 6-8 gauge wire for the sensors themselves or the readings will be jumpy all the time.


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I am running same size gauge wire that the gauges them selves use. Tonight after I arrived home from class I ran a 4 gauge wire from the negative post of the battery in trunk, to the "Grounding Wheel/Disc" in the engine bay. Also swapped out the s14 SR coolant switch for a S13, now all but my speedo and fuel level are working. I have not had a chance to drop in the S13 VSS, and it will be tomorrow night when I get to drop in the S13 sender with the working fuel level, after I set up the new AEM fuel pump.

Also drove it into work tonight. I defiantly need to swap out my tierods, and get an alignment.

awesome build man. one day when my life slows down i want to take the time to do a full on build like yours. so many short cuts and time saving things ive done to mine just to get it on the road.

So far life has done nothing but become more busy for me. I work on the car when ever I get a chance. So chip away at yours and it will come together. Mine has been a long time coming.

[LuckyRPS13]

well photobucket is hold my pictures hostage. I am going to find another site that is free to host the pictures and fix my thread...

[FourtyKid]

http://imgur.com/

[LuckyRPS13]

Well I am splitting up my pictures through a couple accounts now. Should be fine for a while.

Anyways I got bore and flexed on my carpentry skills with the back seat delete. Lighting was terrible but gives you the idea. Just as soon as I was finished with all this work the 10" woofer blew, but hey for $20 it did a good job while it lasted. I am going to recover the box and source a new 10" after the new year.

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[LuckyRPS13]

Broke 2 of my rocker arms thursday.... Down shifted into the wrong gear and cracked them. made it to where I was headed no issues. car had time to cool down while I was taking care of some things. I made it about a mile down the road with normal city driving and 2 of the arms gave out. clean breaks no metal shavings. I have some on good rocker arms on order, seems like every fwd SR20 I have found in the area is trashed or has the roller rockers that are too big. I should have it back up by the end of the month.

[aga]

i'd say buy some more wood and make a proper panel between the two strut towers, to include both the sub and whatever speakers you want, including the amp on the back , or even inside, hidden, with a couple of computer fans circulating some air.

[aga]

Broke 2 of my rocker arms thursday.... Down shifted into the wrong gear and cracked them. made it to where I was headed no issues. car had time to cool down while I was taking care of some things. I made it about a mile down the road with normal city driving and 2 of the arms gave out. clean breaks no metal shavings. I have some on good rocker arms on order, seems like every fwd SR20 I have found in the area is trashed or has the roller rockers that are too big. I should have it back up by the end of the month.

should change your username to unlucky :P

[LuckyRPS13]

i'd say buy some more wood and make a proper panel between the two strut towers, to include both the sub and whatever speakers you want, including the amp on the back , or even inside, hidden, with a couple of computer fans circulating some air.

I have a piece for the backing. Just did not make the time for that after the sub popped. I have not committed to a permanent location for the amp yet.

should change your username to unlucky :P

LoL there is a bit of irony with my screen name, and the way things have been going for my car lately.

Sub blew up, (most of the audio turns out to be worn)
rocker arms,
The walbro fuel pump that was doa out of the box.
strut tower bar did not fit over the SR,

List of little nagging things keep on out side of the scope of my car as well. I work 12 days on 2 off 64+ hours per week. Then 12+ hours of college course per week not counting the time I take to study(maintaining a 4.0). Building an engine for some one else, swapping an engine for my vert, the project car, weekly grocery shopping, and just to top it off I am in the process of buying a house. Then I have responsibilities I do not mind getting in the way; raising 3 kids(and finding the time to spend quality time with them), supporting my wife, and our small zoo. I sleep about 3-4 hours on average per day, in case you wonder where I find time for every thing. Don't get me wrong, I am tired.

I need a vacation....:faint:

I will be lightening my load in the next 6 months. The goal is to be in a better paying job once I get some Microsoft certifications under my belt, which will reduce my work week and give me my weekends. Time frame for that is about 6 months. By the end of this month, I will have closed on my new house, the vert will be running and a 5 speed, and the project car back up. Then finish the ka motor rebuild by late June. which will then give me more time to spend sleeping, studying, or what ever else pops up.

[Slideurmom]

awesome build so far .what intercooler pipeing did you use for your s14sr in your s13?

[LuckyRPS13]

I had to angle my Greddy intercooler back so the plumbing cleared my floating hood pins. And the majority of the plumbing is the s14 SR20det Isis intercooler piping I purchased from enjuku. I also used a couple of Greddy intercooler pipes I had laying around to make it work.

[LuckyRPS13]

It has been a while since I posted, Life has been extremely busy, bought a house, started college back in January full time (Made the Dean's list every quarter so far), kids starting kindergarten, and working obscene hours.

one of the last things I reported was about me breaking my engine. I have had no time to redo it, but this September I will be building it bigger, stronger, and faster.

here is a shot of the burnt up valve
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This last picture of my car at my old place waiting on the tow truck, this is where I built the car. It was bitter sweet moving from there.
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[LuckyRPS13]

I pull the motor apart some more, Looks like I floated all the valves. Way to go me.... good thing I am upgrading every thing. the upside is that there is no scaring on the number 4 cylinder at all. http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y363/luckyrps135/240sx%20Project/5D1403B3-E593-4C9D-B188-231D189B04C1.jpg (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/luckyrps135/media/240sx%20Project/5D1403B3-E593-4C9D-B188-231D189B04C1.jpg.html)

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Also found this gem when I removed the transmission.

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[LuckyRPS13]

Over the past month I have had a lot of parts come in to build the SR20DET up, not to mention these nice Dickies floor mats. I tend to wear Dickies work clothes when ever I am working on any thing, including building this car. They have earned their place at my feet. Also wat to thank Dynosty tuning for the great deal on the Rings, and valve seals, I will be keeping an eye out for the boxes labled Tomei.... And thanks Jacob for the deal on the bearings, and rear main seal. Every one else keep checking in over the next month or so for engine building pics, I am setting up for big pawr...

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[LuckyRPS13]

I picked up a Freddy oil pan, Freddy intake manifold, and a working speed sensor from a friend of mine Tealsqueal aka Dave. Thanks again man. I am gettting pretty excited about this engine build.


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[LuckyRPS13]

Dropped the bottom end off at the machine shop a few hours ago to my favorite machinist. I should get it back in a couple of weeks.

[LuckyRPS13]

I had this waiting for me when I woke up today, felt like Christmas! I will be dropping the head off to the machine shop finally. I hope to have it back about the same time as the block and be running in the next few weeks.

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[aga]

ooh i'm jelly. i'm gonna be doing a head swap too, with poncams in the next couple of months...

[LuckyRPS13]

I picked my engine from the machine shop yesterday, I am so looking forward to putting this together

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[LuckyRPS13]

Small update, LOTS of pictures. Taking my time here since a few odds and ends are on order.

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[aga]

is the 2nd cylinder wall damaged at the top?

[LuckyRPS13]

Nope, it is freshly bored, but you are making me want to go double check now.

[LuckyRPS13]

It was just some assembly lube.

[aga]

lol sorry i scared you. :P