Lee's Garage S13 Hatch (Grip/Daily Build)

[Lees_Garage]

Post number 1 is a culmination of post's that got ruined with photobucket's money grab so I just posted everything here with updated photo links (thanks Flickr). Scroll to page two and we'll pick up current info there. You can also follow the build on Instagram @Lees_Garage or YouTube "Lee's Garage". Thanks for following guys, I love sharing this stuff, especially on the forums (old man, I know......)!


Hey everyone! My name is Randy, and I like playing withcars. Lol. I’ve owned 5 S-Chassis prior to the two I used for this build, and seem to be a glutton for punishment. Let’s get into the fun stuff.


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I was browsing craigslist when I stumbled upon a clean S13 fastback for what I thought was a killer price. Called the owner, and found out it was an original owner car with a couple bent valves. AAA was towing it home for me the next morning.


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Excited to once again own a S-Chassis, I hit the forums looking for parts to get this thing back on the road. I found a Zilvia member selling his recently wrecked car with loads of goodies. I was towing that home the very next day.


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Lots of work followed…….


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and I ended up with this (headed to the junkyard (I know I know, I should've kept it!))……


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and this.


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Remember, my project car still has an auto trans, and bent valves, so it was now time for a drivetrain swap.





Let’s kick this off by yanking the motor/auto trans


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Cleaned up the bay.


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Much better


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Installed a man pedal.


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While installing the clutch pedal, etc, I found a bunch ofbutchered wiring under the dash, and decided to swap the entire harness. Thiswould also make the manual swap more complete.


Trying to make it as oem as possible.


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Messy


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I purchased all new oem hoses and gaskets to install on theKA24DE before install, and found a not so pleasant surprise after pulling theintake .



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This led to ripping the head off, and……. (#1 cylinder)


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So, the head went off to a friend (port work/valve job), andthe block was sent out for a refresh. Meanwhile, I started working on the rearsubframe.


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I hate these!!!!


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Fresh powder, new bushings….


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Here is the completed subframe with all new energy bushings,whiteline subframe bushings, new ball joints, and new SPL arms.


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Installed the rear subframe and was very excited to see thecar back on the ground.


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About this time I decided I wanted to paint the car, so offto the bodyshop it went.


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Stripping her down.


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Everything aside from the hood and fenders was stripped, butI didn’t get photos of it all.


Decided to swap to 5-lug. I used J30 front hubs and z32rears. Had to machine a about 7 thousandths off of the J30’s to press the S13bearings into them.


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New wheels and tires. WedsSport TC105N in 17x9 +25 with255/40R17 Hankook Ventus RS3’s


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Here they are on the “mostly” primered car with ride heightand alignment pretty close to where it will end up.


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This brings us to where the car is currently. Hope youenjoyed the read so far, I should have engine updates soon.

[TwelveAM]

Hell yeah this is gonna be good

[Lees_Garage]

Hell yeah this is gonna be good
Thanks man. Hopefully this build meets expectations!

[Jibbberish]

In for grip. Looks like a good start!

[rawgarage]

Solid....good stuff

[Apex Eight]

Such a solid start. I'm sold. Subbed

[90RedCoupe]

Sweet hatch dude. Solid start too [emoji106]🏼


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[KevinEdgar]

daily grip car, yes im in

[PoopCoupe13]

Subbing because one day I'll stop smashing mine into stuff sideways and build a grip 240

[Lees_Garage]

I hate photobucket

[Apex Eight]

Cool truck and holy shit the polisher made the paint look brand new! What kind of polish did you use?

[AzS13hatch]

Wow that polish did wonders. My car looks like yours did. Sadly she sat outside for a year and I had no choice in the matter. I need some revival in my paint

[Lees_Garage]

Cool truck and holy shit the polisher made the paint look brand new! What kind of polish did you use?

I used a Rupes LHR21ES, and am using the Rupes pad/compound system
Wow that polish did wonders. My car looks like yours did. Sadly she sat outside for a year and I had no choice in the matter. I need some revival in my paint

This car has been parked / sitting outside for 10yrs. I was blown away at how well it came back.

[Lees_Garage]

Isn't photobucket the worst!

[Lees_Garage]

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[futures14drift]

great detail in the pics im excited to keep reading this!

[10psitx]

Great job so far man! car is clean looking forward to updates.

[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

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[ghostly240]

Clean build. I wanna see more!

[Lees_Garage]

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[rawgarage]

Keep going!!!!

[[email protected]]

Keep up the solid work good sir!

[Smooth]

Are you really playing "Jinga" to hold your car up??

[Lees_Garage]

Are you really playing "Jinga" to hold your car up??


Mad tyte JDM jack stands!

They are a bunch of screwed together 2x4's. Works great.

[SoundEfx]

Wicked work pimp. That's alot of progress in a short period of time.

What's impressive is that it seems most of the work is done by yourself.

[Lees_Garage]

Keep going!!!!

Keep up the solid work good sir!

Wicked work pimp.


Thanks guys


it seems most of the work is done by yourself.

Is there any other way? lol

[Lees_Garage]

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[SR2oD3T]

that's a very clean white s13. well worth the time and money to invest. love the detail pictures too. keep it up man!

[forgotten]

Love how clean that 240sx is, and nice built !! you mu livest of been so mad when the neighbor killed the 240 omg i would of yelled my life

[Lees_Garage]

that's a very clean white s13. well worth the time and money to invest. love the detail pictures too. keep it up man!

Love how clean that 240sx is, and nice built !! you mu livest of been so mad when the neighbor killed the 240 omg i would of yelled my life

Thanks guys!

forgotten, love your build as well!

[Lees_Garage]

Here is a little timelapse of the subframe being put together.
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[dizzariot]

I love how thorough this is. I wish I had more time to do this :/

[drewr4411]

keep up the good work man.

[[email protected]]

really nice sir keep up the good work! can't wait to see your car at our next big meet!

[Lees_Garage]

Thanks Guys.


Juan, hopefully I can get this thing together before the next one!

[Jcuban1s13]

Update on awesome build...?? Plz!.

[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

A little more strippage today!
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[Lees_Garage]

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[rawgarage]

Nice Evo....

[Lees_Garage]

Nice Evo....

Thanks. It's a fun car, I'm really pleased with it.

[[email protected]]

Again congrats on the Evo, they are awesome cars. take good care of it it'll take good care of you! good progress on the S13 as well bud!

[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

Brought the car home this week to do some mechanical work and get the ride height/alignment dialed in before we start making the body fit the wheels/tires. I'm about a 1/2" too low in the rear, as I want the ride height to be about where the front is currently. After cambering the rear (maybe too much as I'm looking for 2* in the rear) it doesn't look like much work will have to be done. This makes me happy as I am trying to keep the body as stock looking as possible. I am running 17x9 +25 w/ 255/40's and a 5mm spacer up front. I am way to close to the coil and may have to go to an affective offset of +15 in the front.

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I gotta do something about these brakes...... lol
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[s13poop]

Solid work dude :bigok:

[scottie]

Nice updates! It is refreshing to see proper size wheel/tire combo on an S chassis. I am interested to hear how well those tires perform on the street. I look forward to seeing this progress.

[tuzzio]

Buy crimsonrocketts rotora set up.

[Lees_Garage]

Solid work dude :bigok:

Nice updates! It is refreshing to see proper size wheel/tire combo on an S chassis. I am interested to hear how well those tires perform on the street. I look forward to seeing this progress.


Thanks guys. I am currently running the RS-3's on my Evo (DD 100 miles a day with some autox and track days). I've only put 1000 miles on the street and 1 autox, but so far so good. A friend of mine claims he got 30k miles and 10 autox's on a set he had on his FR-S. We shall see.

Buy crimsonrocketts rotora set up.


Eventually I'll buy a Wilwood setup (low cost pads, and lots of pads to choose from), or put an AP Racing or Wilwood setup on my evo and throw the Evo's Brembo's on this.


I am hesitant to upgrade to big brakes with stock power due to the added weight. With the current pad/rotor combination it should be perfect for autox, as I wont be getting too much heat into them, but will lack on open track with lots of hard braking lap after lap. I will be running some ducting and try to use the stock brakes as long as possible.

[R_Rod_s13]

Those wheels and tires look so good !! :rawk:

[Lees_Garage]

One of my main goals with this project has been to do as much as I can personally, and it has turned into an amazing learning experience.

I was looking for someone to do some portwork, and a friend introduced me to an older gentleman who has been building heads for ~40yrs. After speaking with him a few times I came to the realization that he didn't want to just build my head, he wanted to teach me to do it myself. :coold:I'm extremely grateful to be able to learn from someone with so much knowledge! It's disappointing that so much of this knowledge will be gone when he's gone. I wish I could just plug a usb into his brain and download it all!

Today we finally got into the actual portwork :naughty:

I am including some pictures of his shop ( a two car garage with walking room only) because it is filled with all sorts of treasure.

Entering the shop.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8833/28757181402_d1b6305374_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb59s)DSC_0058 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb59s) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

You can see he takes things pretty seriously.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8652/28757168562_b935ab0ff3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb1k5)DSC_0064 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb1k5) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

He's back in the corner working on the lathe.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8258/28757183532_c943f1acb4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb5Mb)DSC_0057 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb5Mb) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

Heads, cams, and valvetrain components everywhere!
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8723/28757179562_77bb346049_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb4AJ)DSC_0059 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb4AJ) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

Highly organized tool box. He knows exactly where everything is though, no joke.
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8793/28757177372_24d3388d1a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb3WY)DSC_0060 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb3WY) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

The mill
https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7794/28861688565_397d57ddbb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KYpGu6)DSC_0062 (https://flic.kr/p/KYpGu6) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

Black magic happening.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8742/28757175202_534163d82a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb3iy)DSC_0061 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb3iy) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr
https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8585/28757185332_55f9743141_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KPb6jd)DSC_0056 (https://flic.kr/p/KPb6jd) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr
https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8282/28247069133_a7b4fe8015_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K36Bxk)DSC_0065 (https://flic.kr/p/K36Bxk) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8883/28244615074_3417407943_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/K2T32Y)DSC_0066 (https://flic.kr/p/K2T32Y) by randalllee06 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

[OBEEWON]

I love old dudes like that. Can tell how precise he is just by looking at his hands.

[shaggyjake]

I'm digging this thread. Needs more updates!

[Lees_Garage]

I'm digging this thread. Needs more updates!

Thanks man. I agree it needs some updates, but the car has been on hold for a while now due to the realignment of some priorities. Never fear though, at some point, she will rise again! Lol

[wuddup]

Subscribed for future updates! Should have subbed way earlier, didn't realize this build thread and that I actually purchased something from you in the past before I sold you the parts car. What a progress you've made!

If you still have those Work CR Kais, let me know if you're interested in selling them back. I'm eventually going to get back into the game again after I sell my other cars.:2f2f:

[Lees_Garage]

What's up everyone! I've been MIA for a while due to new outlet platforms, new kids, different house, life life life, but I'm back, checking in to let you all know that this build hasn't died!


The car hasn't progressed much, mostly sat around and collected dust, but I want to finish her as much today, as the day I purchased her.


I have been a little distracted with a track ready Civic sedan (pictured below) I purchased as a seat time car, but am ready to move on full blast with the 240 now.


The car has returned to the bodyshop to have the bodywork completed, engine bay, and jambs painted for now. I also sold the TC105's and purchased a set of 350z 17x8 rears. The 255's are a little big for these, so I'll be switching to a set of 235's.


Current goal is to "just get it on the road" and enjoy it.


As I type this I realize how much I've missed the forums. The other outlets are fun, but there is something satisfying about reading through a build thread. (Reading CamryOnBronze recent blog post's has helped me realize this). Looking forward to hanging out on here again.


Anyway, here is the current state of my junk. :hide:


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1755/42780900221_8c08191dc6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28bpiaX)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/28bpiaX) by lees_garage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/900/41879795075_5e05e4a3ed_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26NLU1k)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/26NLU1k) by lees_garage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1726/41879795115_0b0e879acb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26NLU22)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/26NLU22) by lees_garage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr




https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1727/42780900131_8d33135b97_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28bpi9p)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/28bpi9p) by lees_garage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/), on Flickr

[tacotacotaco]

Awesome!

I see you are in so cal. Come track with us @Nissan Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NissanChallenge/

[Lees_Garage]

Awesome!

I see you are in so cal. Come track with us @Nissan Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NissanChallenge/



I will, SOON!

[RVAE34]

Love the guy doing port work. Same type of guy doing the work on my RB too. These guys know their shit.

[Lees_Garage]

Love the guy doing port work. Same type of guy doing the work on my RB too. These guys know their shit.

Yea, the knowledge they have is crazy.

[battery1882]

I think I bought something off of you in the past.. Looking good man!

[Lees_Garage]

I think I bought something off of you in the past.. Looking good man!

Thank you!

[Eww Evo]

I am way to close to the coil and may have to go to an affective offset of +15 in the front.

Why not run a bigger spacer to push the wheel/tires away from the coil

[Almighty So]

Why not run a bigger spacer to push the wheel/tires away from the coil

Haha I think that’s the idea he had when he said he was going to run a bigger spacer.. :coolugh:

[Eww Evo]

Haha I think that’s the idea he had when he said he was going to run a bigger spacer.. :coolugh:

Ah my bad, i must of missed that part. Yeah, i had the same issue with my 18x10.5 wheels on my STi. Thanks though

[UJCD]

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