KravingAKouki

damn, this thing engine looks beautiful, ^^dude sees the light for sure

I<3-SR20DET

SO happy this car is getting attention to detail it needs to keep the C's standard. Keep it up!

ill.

Like I said man. I only just got everything back to me including the final price/invoice.

-Bore 0.5mm oversize $180
-Polish crankshaft $35
-Deck block $75

The work was done by Andrew @ Wade Automotive in Penrose, Auckland.

Prices are in NZD, and don't include GST of 15%

My oil pump drive collar is worn, so have to order one from Nissan Japan. At $23 shipped from Japan, I really can't complain. But the 5-10 day wait for it to ship is gunna give me time to get the head sorted out.

Then the whole engine will be ready to basically go back together.

P.S. Cheers bros for the encouragement. It's coming along nicely!

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Pinggg

thanks man, that's all i needed.
keep us posted!

ill.

So thanks to a change in my work schedule I had the day off today and thought I’d get some shit done, and update this thing!



Started off by picking up a can of High Temp Black paint and going crazy painting all my brackets, mounts, and pulleys for my engine, after I cleaned them up in the parts cleaner the other day. They came out really nice, and should look mint once they’ve cured and I can bolt everything up onto the block.



When I dyed my carpet, I had a bit left over and decided to have a go at getting rid of the ugly grey that the sun visors are in these cars. Did all the clips, and the mirror cover too. So much nicer than that ugly ass grey, and all of about 10 minutes work.



Also put my dash in, but forgot to run my windscreen wiper wiring along the dash bar as I’ll be running them through the interior instead of right around the front of the car. So may have to fuck around feeding like 7 wires through or take the dash back out. Ugh. And I can’t get this god damn bezel to sit right, it’s all wavey in the middle no matter what I do…..



Also finally got around to cutting my key up to fit in the Snap-On key holder that came over with my wheels from JP. Fuck I’m useless sometimes.

Now to get on with this damn bay!

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justinedible4

Nice build! I wish I had that garage it would be nice not to have to carry tools down a flight of stairs and work on my car in my apartment parking lot. lol

Junior x

key holder is BOSS!

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tricky_ab

Thanks for the updates! Can't wait to see the engine back in the bay...

s14unimog

Not entirely correct; the factory does what's called electric resistance spot/seam welding. Seam welding, when not performed with a ERW machine, is when two materials, despite their thickness, are butted together and the seam is welded. That weld can be stitched or continuous. Technically that weld area could be classified as a lap joint or fillet.

I would not recommend continuous weld on an S-chassis anywhere.

I love what you're doing though; I've always been a sucker for the type-X in Midnight Purple. Keep the pictures coming.

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d3m3rs0n: if i have a baby im naming it Brandons Fault Emerson

ill.

Haha. It gets pretty crowded in here when I want to work on another car or anything. But for working on one car it's good. I'm still super messy, but every time I can't find something I go on a rage clean and fix everything.

Last couple of days I've been bolting all the mounts back on and all that, as well as alternator and figuring out how I'll low mount my P/S pump. So far so good. Just need to buy a sump, water pump and slap this head together.

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leung

This company makes a bracket that allows you to relocate and lower your PS pump:

Nissan 240sx Neukin KA SR Power Steering Bracket

ill.

Thanks man, but it'll be easier for me to just make something here, than buy something. It's a pretty simple adapter.

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ill.

Put some tires on these things yesterday. Threw them on last night, and only one sits right, the other is sitting on the guard, so I'll re-align that side tonight and take some pics, fingers crossed.

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Gastkr

CR Kai? i like i like alot....

1gr8bar10der

I don't follow so many builds but you're one of them that I do. Job well done.

ill.

Thanks bro's.

Didn't manage to touch the car tonight, which sucks, but I did get to go drinking, so that's good. Regretting that now I'm at work though. Hopefully I'll get into it when I finish up tonight.

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ill.

Been chipping away at this POS a bit lately.

Engine is mostly together. Started off like this.



And a couple hours later. I had it looking like this.



Then I realised cars suck, and snowboarding rules, so bought these.



Now I'm waiting on a couple of small things before I can finish the engine up and drop it off the stand.

But while I wait for those bits, I'm gunna crack into this engine bay on my next lot of days off and get it ready for paint.

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c0nc0n

Chur, another NZer and an awesome piece of history behind that car (Y)

Props for keeping the spirit alive.

Love,
Another Type X owner

ill.

I've been doing a lot of this lately.



It sucks. Kinda wish i never opened up the can of worms. But it's getting closer and closer to paint time

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ill.

I did some engine work today. It was fun. Manifold is now on. Got rid of throttle heating, and inline oil cooler, so slimmed it down under there OK.



Just letting the paint on my throttle body dry as I type this. Now to go at my rocker cover with a dremel so it fits over the rocker arm stoppers. Then paint that tomorrow hopefully.

Then I'll take it off the stand and whack the clutch on, and maybe go pick up a gearbox?

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CamryOnBronze

Nice progress man!

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c0nc0n

What's not fitting on your RAS?

ill.

Rocker cover needs a baffle ground out. There's a picture of it in the Greddy instructions, so must be a common thing. Maybe just for S14/15?

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c0nc0n

I bought the Tomei RAS for mine, went straight in, no grounding or cutting away needed. Might be a VVT thing.

Enna

Hence the whole S14/S15 comment.

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ill.

Yeah it will be. Next to no baffling in an S13 rocker cover.

P.S. maybe an update tonight?

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ill.

Long time no update. This thing keeps getting a few new things added each week.



Engine's off the stand, and now has the clutch and gearbox bolted back up to it, ready to go in the car.

Almost all the welding has finally been done on the car and I'm just getting through all the filler work. I just need to make plates for 3 more holes and then it'll be just about ready for paint!

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gbaby2089

I would just like to say that, I enjoy this thread. Carry on.

DJ_Bucho

Superb Build Thread mate, a real inspiration and I'm loving your attention to detail. Those sun visors look brilliant, as if they came from the factory that colour. Can I ask what dye (brand etc) you used to colour them, as I'd love to get rid of all the ugly grey from my interior and replace it with sexy black like you've got

Z33dori

i hope you plan on painting that valvecover lol


build looks good, shit should look rad as fuck once u get it rolling

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