Just another s13 with a v8

[westky240]

I figured i would finally make a build thread. I know i know.. Its just another s13 with a ls1 in it.. Alot of people hate on it but oh well, I like it. I previously owned a rx-7 Fd with a ls1 and loved it! But i like to drift and i couldnt get my self to potentially beat up a FD. I also didnt do the swap myself and i didnt like that. So i sold it, and started building a s13. I searched for a relitively clean coupe and finally got one. It need paint but other then that it was fairly straight.

Here it is after i drove it home.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/84807079-8647-4E8E-AF40-DA354BD7D09C-16604-00000D8585229A4D.jpg

I dont have a garage either so I decided i would just do it on a gravel driveway instead of trying to use a friends garage, because then i wouldnt beable to work on it as much. After i got the car home I put it on jack stands and started pulling it apart.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/CBF7EADC-9C8F-4A85-9B55-1E87A2365946-16604-00000D8574E5D1F2.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/97C436B0-C555-4C8D-B917-00E00E4E4887-16604-00000D85B7E3D4AD.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/AD56F764-C7F0-459D-AE81-6C77DFE7245E-16604-00000D85D4674CA4.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/958DF9EB-39D3-473A-B668-042763D7FA2E-16604-00000D85E456EF74.jpg

After i got the engine and everything out i loaded it up and sold all the parts to a friend,
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/DDC84A40-A437-47CC-8AB3-CA2738C8BE08-16604-00000D85F8C499AA.jpg

I also had been doing some research on what swap kit i was going to buy and finding a good motor/tranny to pick up. I finally decided to with daft innovations swap kit. I know i heard about the customer service being really bad, but he seemed alright before i paid. After i paid things seem to go down hill, he wouldnt answer my call or provide me with a tracking number. FINALLY after a week i got a tracking number and he still to this day has ignored me! I did recieve everything and it all looked great! but customer service sucked after i paid.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/A8A241CE-C9EF-4B63-A8CD-4CB4D4AB928A-16604-00000D8609B43FE1.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/9B72AB72-3B09-4725-90E6-5735D58E2071-16604-00000D8612590B7A.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/8D9E5308-510F-45D9-822B-A6E703FE8F67-16604-00000D861B8CE4E1.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/14F4F628-8AB8-4C94-98C8-66A80385716F-16604-00000D86295E1D4F.jpg

Then i finally picked up a motor. Its a ls1 that came out of a 99 camaro with 44k original miles, and i found a rebuilt t56 also.

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/48A87599-8121-451D-9EFF-FFD93F34FFD3-16604-00000D859EAD87FA.jpg

Now i was going to keep this motor stock, but i came across a great deal on some parts and decided to just build it!
I picked up some trick flow 220 heads, vengeance racing vrx5 cam, fast 102 intake, fast fuel rails, morel lifters, custom rockers, trick flow pushrods, spring kit, texas drivetrain performance stage 3 clutch and light weight flywheel

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/5B814BF3-55EB-4467-9009-2ADC01611F32-16604-00000D868341A3FA.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/97126FE4-D2CF-4370-9EDF-AF1C98A60013-16604-00000D8644398963.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/B3E547AA-351C-47FE-B044-F698762D437B-16604-00000D8670B5195F.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/B4DE9844-8B52-48BF-B18D-4363BAA5EB07-16604-00000D869FE9F04F.jpg

Then I had a friend help me put it together. I also ended up getting a ls2 timing chain, arp head studs and arp crank bolt.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/FDE6D0FB-C5E9-415F-9AE9-04CBA2733B78-16604-00000D875A719341.jpg

I also painted the engine bay lime green. Yes LIME GREEN.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/4AB17978-2DFD-4003-BAD2-76FB1C4EDFFD-2767-0000023C5DA0C57A.jpg

Then it was time to get the engine in.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/81E7EF74-DC27-4F60-905D-680B51439771-16604-00000D878235B071.jpg

Had to pull the engine in and out serval times as i didnt beat the firewall in enough even though i beat the crap out of it!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/DDBE30C5-C9D5-4D0C-97A1-CDA67066DAF9-16604-00000D8776150835.jpg

I got the headers ceramic coated on the outside and piston coated on the inside!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/DFA23C13-06D7-4023-A781-7CE1A9A762AC-16604-00000D87F5EDF3FF.jpg

At this time most of everything is installed except for a few things. I sent my wiring to jordan innovations, ive heard there work is great!

I got some tein drift he coilovers for cheap and got them installed!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/50188115-9963-4DBB-87AC-F751F673FB38-16604-00000D87C49D1A6D.jpg

Ordered a Isis radiator and fan/shroud kit
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/C0392FB6-D8D0-421D-B3CA-FCD64E2B72DA-2767-0000023B6B2B3760.jpg

I went to advance auto parts and matched up some radiator hoses that i thought would work, and i got the heater hoses done! which one was a pain since the head is in the way! I used 2 pre bent 90's. To get the one on behind the head i had to use a heat gun on the hose!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/69B1BEB8-4076-4307-A217-28377415B090-3458-000003D62BBAD54D.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/66E3FCCD-84F3-40D1-9EBB-CDFE3F1A2DA6-3458-000003D632F9E5DC.jpg

I recently just picked up some fuel line and
fittings for my fast fuel rails, also picking up some 42lb injectors.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/3878BB42-BCE6-4917-97BB-B369348F642B-2767-0000023B530BCEE3.jpg

My friend picked my car up last week and were going to fabricate the exhaust for it!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/C8C568DB-AFCB-4B64-AE3F-C264C86C4E82-2767-0000023B5C74CE61.jpg

As for looks im running the square g6 wheels for the street and a couple sets of xxr for drift events, and picking up a instane gentleman bumper tomorrow. Hope to find some sides a rear bumper soon.

As of now Im still waiting on my wiring from jordan innovations, and i just ordered my fast 90 throttle body, injector o rings, iat sensor, oil pressure gauge and my water temp adapter for the stock sensor. Hope to have it running by christmas!

[Bmxer300zx]

nice man, seem to be going at it quick
if yabdont mind me asking how much was the daft kit? and install?
motor looks good

[7jpat]

looks good but y paint it then smash it up to fit the motor

[future]

Because he obviously painted it before test fitting. It's called a mistake

[westky240]

You can paint the engine bay good with the motor in. There's only certain things I have to touch up plus since I was in a gravel driveway the hoist didn't roll well with the Plywood.

[westky240]

To I had to smash it a lot more then people told me... The heads were hitting the heater core ports and I was having trouble getting the mount to line up.

[westky240]

Did a little work on the car.. Got the steering shaft back on after noticing the shaft was hitting the header so i had to dent it so it would go on.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/F8E73963-DD73-4CAD-96DB-AAED06965DD4-859-000000DD447AE65A.jpg

Also put the msd started on.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/C69DE446-D3E6-467F-8D86-20950D4D7E34-859-000000DD4A0C2F60.jpg

Also picked up a instant gentleman front bumper. Here is a test fit.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/FB38DCCF-B07A-4DAB-B8DE-1687B41731BF-859-000000DD4FE698FB.jpg

[TheZ31Guy]

Daamn! lookin fresh

[ahenry778]

Looks great so far!

[westky240]

Well i recieved some parts and got a few more things done.

I recieved my fast 92mm throttle body and what do you know it doesnt fit right. It was hitting the water pump so i had to grind the throttle body down quite a bit which sucked but oh well, then for the throttle cable to work i had to cut a part out and make new holes on the bracket so the cable would work.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/FFC44E6E-06CD-4F0C-A7FD-5FA923FB9719-8312-000007825F1C319A.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/36372C14-58DF-4FE8-9698-52ED09AA731B-8312-0000078269CCFA87.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/2AEC954A-140B-4726-8F48-F44C64BEB3F9-8312-0000078297A2DE45.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/2D61F3C5-24DD-40E0-99A1-47F9BBF4E51C-8312-000007829F4BFAB4.jpg

Also recieved a oil pressure gauge and got it hooked up.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/3CB292DD-5360-4A8F-B92A-7944CB6B0B34-8312-00000782772FE5C4.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/689EB86C-4C3B-47A7-84EE-A64833C2E87B-8312-00000782860D2039.jpg

I also got some green top ford racing 42lb injectors and my fuel line ran.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/43405620-8FB5-48FF-8EC3-3AD27ACC1713-8312-00000782BC5AD65E.jpg

This is how it sits for now.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/A1417116-C5DA-4477-A4C5-9DA335B8D692-8312-00000782C2EE3C3B.jpg

Mainly just waiting on my wiring to get here!

[westky240]

Well im still waiting on my wiring harness, but i got my intake done which i used 4in 90 degree coupler and 4in pvc painted black. I also installed some suspension arms and s14 tein tie rods with pbm spacers. Just recieved my modded knucles but im replacing the ball joints first. Also got some 3in vibrant race mufflers, asd 16in pull back hydro and a short shifter.

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/247C4DFA-72DB-4605-BB83-C8F8CD441D04-6639-0000077C32991AB9.jpg


http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/7C597B98-4332-4439-940B-AB4A9CBCA194-6639-0000077C3A53EF0E.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/3EE4B722-1571-4442-A9D5-71B7F866B661-6639-0000077C4CE44188.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/30E520A8-0520-4A59-A30A-75D9C8C1B677-6639-0000077C5C41E186.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/5939F39C-CEF5-49E7-A7DE-3A352A389522-6639-0000077C6914D6DE.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/77A28766-6A61-4227-B85C-40252331802C-6639-0000077C82E02B4A.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/59C94AB6-338F-4E1B-B920-F09A24D285C6-6639-0000077C8EB5DF39.jpg

[GSXRJJordan]

Holy shit this thing is gonna be sick!

We'll get in touch tomorrow, wiring's done and boxed/etc with the Dakota Digital all hooked up.

[Mooch]

Looks like the motor is pretty legitimate. Any plans for oiling insurance?

[05subysti]

alot of money and effort into the motor, you should do the exterior white with lime green flake lol idk something crazy.

[BlewByYou]

Sick set up bud..

Really look into an accusump though. Great insurance!!

[Extreme Dimensions]

$hit is a nice build!!

[westky240]

Thanks guys! I recieved my harness and everything from Jeff and Jordan innovations an everything was perfect! I got the car running and a decent tune for now. Car runs really good!

I actually just got off the phone with Jeff and I think I'm going to go with accusump. I also wish I upgraded my rod bolts before but never heard anything untill now. So my plans are to change the rod bolts soon.

The car is currently in a lot of pieces because it's getting painted at the moment. I'm actually helping with all of it and learning so I can paint another car later on. It's going to be a gloss white. I'll upload pictures and take a few videos next week. The car sounds amazing!

[Mooch]

Can't wait to see a video! And yes, an Accusump is the way to go. Or if you have the money, dry sump. Get some more stuff posted up!

[westky240]

Just got done painting it! Came out great! Had a issue last night tho, as soon as we started spraying the actual car it fish eyed all over!! Luckily some fish eye remover worked! I'll have pics posted up later this week! And video this weekend!

[westky240]

Well i still dont have any videos of me driving it, but i will soon! My hood isnt done yet but should be this week! Here is a couple pictures of how the car is and my exhaust!

Heres the exhaust, its just 3in, xpipe and 2 vibrant race mufflers.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/30E6BBEC-BA03-44C8-BCD4-A2B4F81B6499-414-0000001CA3B6B4E1_zps0db43033.jpg

Had to cut a hole for the fast intake to fit. The hood will be done this week!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/26EF3A95-7B7C-4AFC-B210-45E00C947991-414-0000001C439F72EC_zps36936d40.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/6DDBE8D0-39E0-4C87-8FDE-892113C664EE-438-0000001D9EBEDA5A_zpsaae65d4a.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/ADB0622A-E595-4E78-B0C3-BCC5B18F8271-438-0000001DA44574AC_zpsecfc6326.jpg

First fill up
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/234FAA08-AB7B-43AE-9458-62B753F707DA-414-0000001C137D8C7D_zpsadb8e418.jpg

painted
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/DA6A7744-8F85-46B9-8F0E-2484ADA94F4C-414-0000001C5F5B4AFF_zpsdf85fe68.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/F0861F55-DEC7-48F6-A46F-6C12F7E42C26-414-0000001C70D2B2F8_zpse4ce046c.jpg

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/F9EE7ADF-A799-47EA-8ACE-7CF92F538B2C-414-0000001C771F5662_zpse4cbbf3b.jpg

untuned idle:


http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_D56566E8-3AFB-41E4-B390-B582C38DED41-438-0000001E7DDC5CE3_zps7b41e41e.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/D56566E8-3AFB-41E4-B390-B582C38DED41-438-0000001E7DDC5CE3_zps7b41e41e.mp4)

[240boi115]

when i saw the hood at first i was like..:picardfp: but then seeing what you did with it im now like:w00t::bowdown::bigok: about the thread and the hood! sweet build bro.

[GSXRJJordan]

Sounds so good!

[westky240]

Well it's been a while since if posted! I've done one drift event and did very well for the first event, I also borrowed my friends radials and put stock suspension on the rear for the drag strip, I ran a 7.82 at 94. That was my first run the car has more in it and I'm supprise the stock welded rear end didn't break! I also picked up a few sponsors for this drift season. Also rerouted the intake into the front bumper cause my intake temps were way to high! I'll post some pics and videos tomorrow of the car!

[qwikspool]

good stuff
nice to see the progress

[Oakville]

Looks amazing man, lots of quick process! I just dont know how I feel about that front bumper...I guess different tastes for different people!

[h2v7]

more videos man come on the suspensions killing me its done in a very similar way as i would do it myself

some drift vids def with a nice audio quality

[westky240]

front crash bar and re routed the intake!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/70B995D5-C97F-44E0-8460-511A49973F75-2096-0000017E10C42720_zps74a57d8d.jpg (http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/westky240/media/70B995D5-C97F-44E0-8460-511A49973F75-2096-0000017E10C42720_zps74a57d8d.jpg.html)

action shot! Picked up amsoil for a sponsor at this event!
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/ED4F0EB4-DB7B-4523-84E4-7B441813B44C-2096-0000017E2BAC8949_zpse81f9792.jpg (http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/westky240/media/ED4F0EB4-DB7B-4523-84E4-7B441813B44C-2096-0000017E2BAC8949_zpse81f9792.jpg.html)

Drag setup! Had to run the stock suspension.
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/F9591364-24EA-4637-BD93-7E3DB5DB791C-2096-0000017E0080FFCB_zps4ed93b2b.jpg (http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/westky240/media/F9591364-24EA-4637-BD93-7E3DB5DB791C-2096-0000017E0080FFCB_zps4ed93b2b.jpg.html)

stickered up
http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/831FE25C-7351-45A3-877C-833348779C31-2096-0000017DF4AB2607_zpsc75eb3af.jpg (http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/westky240/media/831FE25C-7351-45A3-877C-833348779C31-2096-0000017DF4AB2607_zpsc75eb3af.jpg.html)

Here is a few videos, this was my first event and let me tandem but i wouldnt get close cause i drove the car 2 hours and had to drive 2 hours back. I now bought a truck:)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zps7161c508.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zps7161c508.mp4)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_CDA9BABD-B56F-470F-ADE7-4D4412AF02C6-2096-0000017DE2CEF18C_zps4e3d4e70.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/CDA9BABD-B56F-470F-ADE7-4D4412AF02C6-2096-0000017DE2CEF18C_zps4e3d4e70.mp4)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zpsf35aa9cb.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zpsf35aa9cb.mp4)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zps30c28234.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/803642C9-6A3C-43E8-8232-1C1A438FAA10-2096-0000017E799BA002_zps30c28234.mp4)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_CDA9BABD-B56F-470F-ADE7-4D4412AF02C6-2096-0000017DE2CEF18C_zps6550a424.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/CDA9BABD-B56F-470F-ADE7-4D4412AF02C6-2096-0000017DE2CEF18C_zps6550a424.mp4)

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/th_C67E00D9-6E5E-4F4C-8494-A38F6CBBD554-2096-0000017F34E59A57_zpsf3ca6b4c.jpg (http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l557/westky240/C67E00D9-6E5E-4F4C-8494-A38F6CBBD554-2096-0000017F34E59A57_zpsf3ca6b4c.mp4)

[240KA]

cool car, man. no maf?

[westky240]

cool car, man. no maf?

It has a speed density tune

[GSXRJJordan]

Sounds great, and so glad you're getting out and having fun with the car!

cool car, man. no maf?

Lots of LS guys run no MAF, speed density runs really well.

[alexander240]

what kind of hammer did you use to beat it in?

[westky240]

Well I took the car to dynosty in Louisville , ky and Hal tuned it and it made 412whp on a Dyno dynamics. The car runs awesome!!!

[pooter_potter]

you just convinced me to go v8! love the build man!