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A Type X build from the Rockies
Here's my slow but steady progress on my Type X inspired S13 from the mountain state of Colorado. Hope you enjoy! This isn't a crazy in depth drift build with lots of fabrication, so you hardcore drift kids probably won't find it too exciting.
Here's a short summary of how I got this car - I originally came from the Roadster scene, and had a mariner blue NA. I loved it, but I needed a bit more space. I was always a fan of the RPS13, so I decided to find a good base to start with. Here in CO, finding a clean base is very rare. Eventually I received a text offering a trade for my Miata, and even though it was a bit hard on the eye, it sure was clean. As soon as I saw it in person, I was set! People thought I was crazy for trading, but I still haven't looked back to this day. It's a 1991 240SX LE, and the previous owner built it for show. The interior was wrapped in Katskin leather, had a new pearl white paint, and not a spot of rust. Luckily those graphics were vinyl..haha. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/...f3bf8439_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/...c74fa360_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/...08d5945c_z.jpg As soon as I got it home, I began ridding it of all the decals and the Bomex lip kit. Somehow, I sold those wheels quick as well. Picked up some S14 stock wheels after finding out it was 5 lug. She cleaned up nicely! http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/...fa213292_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/...6c8ee3d8_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/...5becbe1a_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/...f5665b18_z.jpg And then began the Type X styling. I wanted to keep this car as clean as possible, so I didn't opt for replica parts. Everything is OEM for perfect fitment! Rear garnish plate http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/...5cf84028_z.jpg Rear valences http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/...e75e4a38_z.jpg Rear spoiler http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/...6d362881_z.jpg That finishes the rear end! Onto the rest.. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/...ccc94042_z.jpg Had some crap coilovers on it for a month or so, looked better but rode like ass. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/...45414037_z.jpg Front signals http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/...ff1227d5_z.jpg Front bumper http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/...fa459ef3_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/...ea0d3bb3_z.jpg Bumper extensions http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/...d9b498f0_z.jpg Side skirts http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/...1c96516c_z.jpg 180SX floor mats http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6...450a54ed_z.jpg Eventually mocked it all up/painted and installed http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/...0846de82_z.jpg For a short amount of time there, my roomate lent me his equips to roll on while his car was under the knife. They were weak, but looked much better than stock SE's! Oh, say no to replica ganadors! haha http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/...96c00f9f_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5312/...5365637d_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/...c7901f75_z.jpg Unfortunately, I had a mis-hap on the highway returning from work one day. A work truck cut across a solid white line to hop onto an offramp too soon and kicked up two planks of wood that were on the side of the road. It nailed my bumper and fender, causing some minor damage but enough to piss me off. He kept going, but I was blocked by other people slamming on their brakes...needless to say, he got away. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5275/...1f967104_z.jpg Decided to finally get some wheels. I wanted to keep it simple, so I opted for some RPF1's. Specs were 17x9.5 +18 up front, and 17x10 +18 in the rear. Grabbed some Project Kics lugs while I was at it as well http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5038/...f01cc6b2_z.jpg http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/...6252965f_z.jpg Boosted the KA as well http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5036/...2e9a1e0d_z.jpg Here was the final product for awhile http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6183/...d288317f_z.jpg Then I figured let's attempt to make the front end a bit more aggressive. I was inspired a lot during this build by Brian Harts old type x. I loved the bumper cutout and BNR33 ducts, so I went that route. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/...949ef983_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6...5b897439_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/6...6dba106f_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6...cc6ddb0c_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6...95074012_b.jpg About this time, I had split with my current girlfriend, and my room mate moved out. I decided to buy a house and focus on other priorities for awhile. Eventually, my buddy bought a house with an amazing 4 car garage, so he was nice enough to let me store my car there while I built it since my current house was piled with a bunch of crap. So we tucked it in a corner, and I kept on building. I got a set of 57D's for awhile, but I wasn't too keen on them so they didn't last long. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7...4df37fc9_c.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8...36b8e052_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7...8934899e_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/7...779807f7_z.jpg Since it was an LE, it also came with HICAS which was a downer. I couldn't for the life of me find a non-HICAS subframe until one day a guy offered me that and some cash for my pair of gramlights. I jumped on that, and finally got this. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8...b2e1c1a9_z.jpg About this time, I pulled the KA and went SR for a short while. Resprayed the bay silver while I was at it http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8...39d73a5d_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8...923259be_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...db530d50_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8...1a9d4648f7.jpg Finally went Z32 front brakes http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8...7249638aa9.jpg My buddy picked up an S14 for awhile, but ran into some cash issues so he decided to sell it. It had some Ganadors, so I talked him into selling me them before getting rid of the car. They were for an S14, so they didn't fit perfectly but I didn't care at the time! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8...1361f4e9_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8...006431632a.jpg Then decided to opt out of the SR game, and try an RB25DET. Parted the SR out and bought an RB25DET from Tiger Japanese, but guess what came in? An RB25DE with a RB20 turbo slapped on it. What a freaking waste of money. Filed a Paypal dispute but somehow lost so I was shit out of luck. Thanks Tiger Japanese.. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/8...9fb3d60f_z.jpg But before making any progress on that, my buddy with the 4 car garage decided to move to TN, so I had to get my car to my house finally. Home sweet home with my daily FC.. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/9...340910b9_b.jpg Picked up a Key!s wheel and digital cluster http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/1...71c22b4a_c.jpg I finally got sick of the S14 Ganador fitment, and found a set of S13 Ganadors. Sold the 14's, bought the 13's. Woot! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/1...096f0e94_b.jpg Then finally started to get my wheel game back on track. Bought a pair of 18" BRW03's from GTR-Garage, and sourced a pair of 17's on Yahoo J. Thanks again Kunio! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2824/1...a1332420_c.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/1...1b4ea8a7_b.jpg Ran out of space for images, so I'll continue on with the build in the next post. |
Flawless execution, well done!
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ohh pretty.. thoughg honestly i'd run the bomex front lip and the type x rear spoiler and side skirts. just to change it up a bit.
sorry about tiger motor. they are reall shrewd.. i was all excited when i saw RB25det... |
I really like what I've seen so far! Keep it up my man!
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excellent...execution is everything
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Nice! Sucks you got shafted with the engine, what's next in the works?
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Your friend was a red haired hippy with a kid that looks like Chuckie?
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Wonderful job saving the car. Very well done!
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:bigok:A local with taste, maybe this world is worth living in... :bigok:
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It's about time you made a build thread loll. Follow you on Instagram. I wasent sure what route to go with my car.
Then I saw yours =}. Had to go white with kouki aero. |
Dam I need to make a build thread soon also! But love the progress so far man!
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well this escalated quickly!
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I'm a sucker for clean type x's and ganas. Looks great man.
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Thanks everyone for the comment so far! Made this thread a week ago but I guess it finally got accepted haha. defcon86nwh, LOL yeah thats him haha
Well lets see where I left off Picked up a Yashio Factory shift knob http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/1...9bf99d00_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/1...41d4e25c_b.jpg I mounted some tires on the 03's to roll around on till I got them relipped, so here it was http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/1...f867dfde_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3594/1...b41bf195_b.jpg Eventually sourced an OEM lip. It's a bit rough, but I got it for a steal thanks to Jesse Streeter! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/1...90072edf_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/1...b9c5fa1c_b.jpg Finally got my new lips for the fronts thanks to Wheel Flip. Here's a before/after http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/1...85e431b0_b.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/1...1d0761dc_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/1...2e368100_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7116/1...3b2c2cd7_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7087/1...2bb24610_b.jpg Finally got to drive it around a bit. Went to a local drift comp but didn't compete. Still had HICAS! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/...c2c50063_b.jpg After the meet https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5501/...a80dc1a3_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5308/...b0bde77f_b.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/...7aaaab76_b.jpg After being a spectator at that event, I decided it was about time I got my HICAS out of there. Since I was at it, I removed ABS. I got a Z32 BMC, non ABS booster and lines from a buddy of mine. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5240/...08317da1_b.jpg Here's everything that was removed HICAS wise https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/...9fa3e166_b.jpg Put some new bushings in the subframe and some adjustable suspension arms and threw it in. They're Godspeed...but eventually I'll get something better. I just needed some adjustment! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7422/...60f384a5_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3764/...de247a6a_b.jpg After all that was done, the car felt completely different. I love it! First night test drive https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/...bb53e879_b.jpg I drove the car a few times, then realized it was time to retire the ol' Apexi coilovers. Decided to go with some PBM's https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/...49aa3ce6_b.jpg Here's after the coils settled. I love them so far! https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/...bdfef373_b.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2911/...03dca87e_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/...96f5a866_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3879/...fbb3369b_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3884/...a230546d_b.jpg All that time I was running around with stock KADE. Pretty boring if you ask me. But my buddy ended up parting his KA and going 1JZ, so I hopped on all his KA goodies. It's a basic setup but made the car much more fun! Plus I still had my Greddy FMIC hanging on my wall since the SR/RB, so I finally got to put that back to use. https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/...f7dfbae4_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5572/...de1b39eb_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3883/...1ea3869c_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5554/...e48b4a13_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/...8fda7e66_b.jpg When I eventually got it running. It's a blast to drive on 12 lbs! https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/...348b6aa1_b.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/...74d1c5d7_b.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/...1ba01a4c_b.jpg That's where I'm at with the build today! Unfortunately I decided to steer away from lipped wheels, and go with something a bit more aggressive, light and one piece. I sold the BRW03's, and the new wheels should be here within a week or so. I'll update when they get here. Hope everyone enjoyed the build so far! |
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There is a lot of good going on in this thread. Everything looks great, perfect street car
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Looks good. If you ever visit ole dan let me know. I'd love to shoot it.
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An Type X build from the Rockies
Nismo_lk, was pretty sad when you sold the blitz wheels though =\. Either way can't wait for the new ones.
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Execution execution execution execution
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Looks good to see all the stages of this thing dude!
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Thanks for your old lip! Car is on point.
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This is one hell of a build, insane turn around from the start. I think the only thing that could make this better would be a swap!
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amazing build, You had a boosted KA then sr then went back to ka? just to boost it again ? how do you like the ka-t?
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Great build man, very clean. I'm also interested in your opinion on your KA-T given that you also had an SR. What turbo are you running?
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I really like KA-T as long as it's done right. My first setup in 2011 was definitely not done right, and it wasn't very fun. This current setup is fantastic though! It's a very basic setup, but here it is: ISIS turbo manifold S14 SR T28 PBM intake/Greddy filter Z32 MAF 550CC's Greddy FMIC Excessive intake manifold ARP headstuds Enthalpy tuned ECU Honestly I'd probably stick with a KA-T, but the aftermarket support for SR's is so much greater so I'll be switching again haha |
post the new wheels i wanna see!!!
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jesus when i saw this i was like okay this build is gonna be shit.. NOPE. definitely delivers. sad you sold my favorite wheels tho. but thumbs up for ka-t!
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I wonder what kind of numbers your putting down. I had the same ka-t setup and was always curious what I was putting down.
It never got to see the dyno unfortunately lol |
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