Asuka
08-11-2013, 12:21 AM
First off, I've been saving all this for about a year, since it's all a very slow process and I've lost about 90%of my pictures because of my shit luck with phones.
This build sucks and it's nothing special and I'm a *SNIP*
The project has been called gay thunder for the last year, and I don't know why.
The name "Sloth machine" is fitting since it's a slow build, for a slow car. So I'm sticking with Sloth Machine.
Down to brass tacks. I fell into my first s13, the red hatch in some of the pictures, about 6 years ago. Blown transmission from the first owner who brought it into my dads shop.
Here's the kicker, it had almost 800k miles on the damn thing. :wtc:
Long story short there, guy couldn't pay for the work, and I ended up with the car. I was fully stoked.
After dailying a 1998 civic for about 2 years while working on the thing, I got my baby (named Asuka, after Asuka Langley Soryu. Because they're both red bitches.)
That thing is an entire other build thread/clusterfuck.
Fast forward April last year when I decided I wanted another project when lucky me, 2 days later an 89 original two-tone coupe shell shows up on craigslist.
Went and got the car the next day, in a tornado. Funny enough, one of my friends that went to get the car with me(2 hours away) was dumped by his girlfriend who was telling him not to go, but he insisted the car was more important.
I knew all along it was just going to be a simple weekend drift build. Sr swap, Silvia front, the basics along with that.
Got a 180 half cut from a local importer, swapped etc. Everyone's seen a fucking Sr swap so I'll spare that shit
Got the swap running, 200 miles later got rodknock. Fuck.jpg
I swear something interesting is going to happen eventually.
New engine, in and running, current status around August last year:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/9484733204_ae797dfec2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484733204/)
First wash:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/9481939317_d7e89ae70e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939317/)
Few months later, tired of the hardly existent clear coat, I thought I should plastidip the car:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/9481939495_947c136f2f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939495/)
I was fucking wrong, it was a terrible idea. Not thinking at all, I wanted to dark green and black so everyone instantly assumed I was going for some military thing. Made worse by the bombs on the front of the car with F's in them (f-bombs. I'm not funny.)
Needless to say I peeled that fucker and started doing suspension mods etc.
Arms kits, Gab coilovers, j30 diff, 5 lug swap and fully stripped interior, we sat here:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8216275686_3a0126b2a0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8216275686/)
Powersteering cooler out the pignose front, because fuck it I want a Silvia front anyway. I was peeling the car in sections since it took for-fucking-ever.
Through the life of the car I'd had bad luck with alternators for some reason, total kill count is at 6 alternators to date.
But, February of this year on the way to Import Alliance DFW I had the most interesting alternator event.
THE PULLEY FLEW THE FUCK OFF ON THE HIGHWAY!
Flew over the center divider and hit another car lol.
But seriously, shit was fucked and I was stuck in a church parking lot for 5 fucking hours.
Finally got a tow home, I believe this was the 4th or 5th time I'd had to get a tow for failed alternators:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/9484732734_7d7831110a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732734/)
Now around this time I was getting tired of the messy boring bay. So,shit went down:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9481938925_06cab2c151.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938925/)
Thought the teal would go well with the silver and decided to do some other stuff in there too as well as engine and body harness tucks which were a fucking misery:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9481939237_2121b475e3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939237/)
Almost back together there. Tried to clean up everything I could.
Fast forward a little bit into March when I finally got a Silvia front.:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/9484732652_78104a0d70.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732652/)
Just about the ugliest fucking thing to ever roll down the road.
The primer wasn't going to do at all.:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8594639188_c056e57006.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8594639188/)
Not much better, but it's holding me over and keeping me from losing my shit so much.
Minor mods here and there, few good pictures taken later on. Not cellphone pictures for once...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/9481938345_31a74784b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938345/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2818/9484732320_432fc6b86e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732320/)
Now here's where I think it starts to get fun I guess.
Picked up another Sr motor set (which is at the machine shop now) and a whole mess of fun new parts and shit.
Mod list:
Drift motion intercooler
Blitz Nur-spec exhaust
Blitz SS BOV
Isis thermostat
255/lph fuel pump
freddy intake
J-star exhaust manifold
Full arms set
Fortune Super down low coilovers
j30 diff
5 lug swap
Klutch Republik Sl1 wheels, 16x9 +17 all around
Complete OEM Silvia front with aero bumper
Origin roof wing
50/50 tails
clear corner lights
OMP 3 point passenger harness
Takata 6 point drivers side
works bell hub
NRG 2.8 quick release
Nismo steering wheel
glowshift gauges (oil temp, oil pressure, water temp, 2 boost)
Greddy full auto timer
Tomei RAS
Other less important shit I'm sure.
Any ways, wrapping this shit up so far. I bought a car, haven't done anything cool, drifting bores the fuck out of me for the most part now, I wanna go fast Ricky Bobby style so now I want a pretty high way car.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2837/9481938415_eb23252230.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938415/)
How the car sits now.
Plans soon includes bricks, clear lenses for bricks, Silvia skirts and valences then sending it off to paint, hopefully by the end of the year.
This other Sr I picked up is where the real nature of "sloth machine" shines through.
Because I'm a broke motherfucking college student it's probably going to take me like 6 fucking years.
I've named the newer Sr "Squidley-bum" and I don't know why.
Broad plans for Squidley-bum:
Mazworks 2.5 stroker kit
VVL head conversion
twin scroll manifold
Precision 6262
280 lift 12.50 duration cams
1200cc or dual 850cc injector set
That's all VERY subject to change, but I would like to make 650-700 with the Sr, because I know better but I'm still fucking dumb and apparently don't like money.
More updates and the like are to come, now that interesting shit is happening.
This build sucks and it's nothing special and I'm a *SNIP*
The project has been called gay thunder for the last year, and I don't know why.
The name "Sloth machine" is fitting since it's a slow build, for a slow car. So I'm sticking with Sloth Machine.
Down to brass tacks. I fell into my first s13, the red hatch in some of the pictures, about 6 years ago. Blown transmission from the first owner who brought it into my dads shop.
Here's the kicker, it had almost 800k miles on the damn thing. :wtc:
Long story short there, guy couldn't pay for the work, and I ended up with the car. I was fully stoked.
After dailying a 1998 civic for about 2 years while working on the thing, I got my baby (named Asuka, after Asuka Langley Soryu. Because they're both red bitches.)
That thing is an entire other build thread/clusterfuck.
Fast forward April last year when I decided I wanted another project when lucky me, 2 days later an 89 original two-tone coupe shell shows up on craigslist.
Went and got the car the next day, in a tornado. Funny enough, one of my friends that went to get the car with me(2 hours away) was dumped by his girlfriend who was telling him not to go, but he insisted the car was more important.
I knew all along it was just going to be a simple weekend drift build. Sr swap, Silvia front, the basics along with that.
Got a 180 half cut from a local importer, swapped etc. Everyone's seen a fucking Sr swap so I'll spare that shit
Got the swap running, 200 miles later got rodknock. Fuck.jpg
I swear something interesting is going to happen eventually.
New engine, in and running, current status around August last year:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5538/9484733204_ae797dfec2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484733204/)
First wash:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/9481939317_d7e89ae70e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939317/)
Few months later, tired of the hardly existent clear coat, I thought I should plastidip the car:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/9481939495_947c136f2f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939495/)
I was fucking wrong, it was a terrible idea. Not thinking at all, I wanted to dark green and black so everyone instantly assumed I was going for some military thing. Made worse by the bombs on the front of the car with F's in them (f-bombs. I'm not funny.)
Needless to say I peeled that fucker and started doing suspension mods etc.
Arms kits, Gab coilovers, j30 diff, 5 lug swap and fully stripped interior, we sat here:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8210/8216275686_3a0126b2a0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8216275686/)
Powersteering cooler out the pignose front, because fuck it I want a Silvia front anyway. I was peeling the car in sections since it took for-fucking-ever.
Through the life of the car I'd had bad luck with alternators for some reason, total kill count is at 6 alternators to date.
But, February of this year on the way to Import Alliance DFW I had the most interesting alternator event.
THE PULLEY FLEW THE FUCK OFF ON THE HIGHWAY!
Flew over the center divider and hit another car lol.
But seriously, shit was fucked and I was stuck in a church parking lot for 5 fucking hours.
Finally got a tow home, I believe this was the 4th or 5th time I'd had to get a tow for failed alternators:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/9484732734_7d7831110a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732734/)
Now around this time I was getting tired of the messy boring bay. So,shit went down:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9481938925_06cab2c151.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938925/)
Thought the teal would go well with the silver and decided to do some other stuff in there too as well as engine and body harness tucks which were a fucking misery:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9481939237_2121b475e3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481939237/)
Almost back together there. Tried to clean up everything I could.
Fast forward a little bit into March when I finally got a Silvia front.:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/9484732652_78104a0d70.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732652/)
Just about the ugliest fucking thing to ever roll down the road.
The primer wasn't going to do at all.:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8594639188_c056e57006.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/8594639188/)
Not much better, but it's holding me over and keeping me from losing my shit so much.
Minor mods here and there, few good pictures taken later on. Not cellphone pictures for once...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3692/9481938345_31a74784b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938345/)
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2818/9484732320_432fc6b86e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9484732320/)
Now here's where I think it starts to get fun I guess.
Picked up another Sr motor set (which is at the machine shop now) and a whole mess of fun new parts and shit.
Mod list:
Drift motion intercooler
Blitz Nur-spec exhaust
Blitz SS BOV
Isis thermostat
255/lph fuel pump
freddy intake
J-star exhaust manifold
Full arms set
Fortune Super down low coilovers
j30 diff
5 lug swap
Klutch Republik Sl1 wheels, 16x9 +17 all around
Complete OEM Silvia front with aero bumper
Origin roof wing
50/50 tails
clear corner lights
OMP 3 point passenger harness
Takata 6 point drivers side
works bell hub
NRG 2.8 quick release
Nismo steering wheel
glowshift gauges (oil temp, oil pressure, water temp, 2 boost)
Greddy full auto timer
Tomei RAS
Other less important shit I'm sure.
Any ways, wrapping this shit up so far. I bought a car, haven't done anything cool, drifting bores the fuck out of me for the most part now, I wanna go fast Ricky Bobby style so now I want a pretty high way car.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2837/9481938415_eb23252230.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/9481938415/)
How the car sits now.
Plans soon includes bricks, clear lenses for bricks, Silvia skirts and valences then sending it off to paint, hopefully by the end of the year.
This other Sr I picked up is where the real nature of "sloth machine" shines through.
Because I'm a broke motherfucking college student it's probably going to take me like 6 fucking years.
I've named the newer Sr "Squidley-bum" and I don't know why.
Broad plans for Squidley-bum:
Mazworks 2.5 stroker kit
VVL head conversion
twin scroll manifold
Precision 6262
280 lift 12.50 duration cams
1200cc or dual 850cc injector set
That's all VERY subject to change, but I would like to make 650-700 with the Sr, because I know better but I'm still fucking dumb and apparently don't like money.
More updates and the like are to come, now that interesting shit is happening.