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blades13.5 · 05-02-2012, 09:25 PM

Here's a write up of my build.

I purchased the car in Fresno, CA from an old lady who kept it in immaculate condition. Rust free! It was automatic with reupholstered leather interior. Everything worked as it should have... Except... the tailights. At night you could see the lights that showed i was there but you couldnt tell when I was braking(from the lights) The car was completely stock with no speakers or anything but it ran smooth and I hadn't found a 240sx like it in my life. I knew that If i had only bought a 350z I woulda spent ALOT less $. I probably would have been content but I didnt like the handling of the Z and i had already fell in love so here goes.

The day I bought it.

First things First were the rims. My stock tires started going bald very quickly and before i knew it it became near impossible not to drift. so i needed new tires. And with new tires comes new rims. ( Forgive me but before I got into building the car I knew next to nothing about them.) So I bought some 235x25xr18 tires on 7.5 +40 width wheels. Mistake but they will be replaced with some mb battles shortly.
Then I was going mad because there was no music at all playing. So I bought 2 10inch subs and a 1000watt Hertz Amp. (components also coming later. Had a custom box made for the car and I asked them to make some ridiculous base. They did so. Had the whole car wrapped in Foam Noise insulation so it doesn't bug the cars nearby.

I got some window tint after that 5% back and back rears. 35% on sides and 50% on the windshield. Professionally done.

Then shit hit the bricks. My brakes started squeaking and my engine started overheating. (about six months after i had bought the car) and at that time i had no money so i kept letting the brakes squeak thinking I'd only have to replace the brakepads. Anyways my rear balljoint and a front suspension piece had busted forcing pressure on the rotor itself and it had thrown all of the brakes out of whack. Anyways dude robbed me of $1,300 for a few stock parts. I had asked if he would do a z32 upgrade and he said he wouldn't due to liability reasons and that California didnt allow any performance modification by law. Wasn't that some bull. (he did get them all working again) But that was the moment I was like dang... I gotta learn how to do everything myself.
2 weeks later...
So the overheating got worse, black smoke started spewing everywhere. I had to stop 2-3 times a day to make sure my car was ok and I became less and less dependent upon my daily. I knew It was the headgasket. I was thinking. Hmmm. Spend $1K having a shop fix it OR... spend 2K and buy a modded out engine. So craigslist found my answer and I bought an SR20 from a guy names Lalo.
I was freaking excited!!! I had told the Lalo I had no spot to do the swap, and that I knew next to nothing about cars so he'd have to walk me through it and I'd give him his full asking price if I could do the swap at his house. He said 12 yr olds did this swap in their sleep so we proceeded.

PS... for anybody wondering. The SR has a top mount t3/t4, HKS wastegate, greddy oil relocation kit, Greddy Oil Catch can, stage 2 unknown clutch, 550cc injectors, Isis Oil Pan, z32 MAF, Koyo Radiator, adjustable FPR, and a custom screamer pipe. Pushes 350hp. Replaced a broken Tomei fuel pump with a walbro Fuel pump.

Bought an ebay inter-cooler setup for a few hundred dollars. Lalo and I went to the pick in pull A LOT to find 5 speed swap parts. Bought the clutchline, boot, shift assmbly, slave cylinder, and the clutch pedal.

BYE KA!!!!!

Bought a fake HKS blowoff valve.

Drove to San fransisco Bought a greddy 3" Downpipe and an s13 manual driveshaft for $100 ( best deal ever) and drove to the burb of SF and bought a 2 way carbonetics LSD for $600 already installed in the pumpkin. (That was a great day
Cleaned up the bay a bit.

I bought heat resistant spraypaint and thought I'd clean up the inside a little bit before we dropped the SR in.

When I was at work, Lalo and a buddy of his dropped in my new engine and sent me pics of their progress. Another amazing day.

Then I bought a Megan type 2 exhaust from Enjuku and a circuit sports test pipe.

Rerouted the Harness. The FMIC required me to either completely remove the front bumper or cut it and because if i hit a pole, I'd still like my sr to be protected I took out a little of the bumper.

I bought a power steering pump and a s14 resivoir to keep things looking sexy.

Everything came together... until we turned the key.

It didnt start...

I met a local thai guy who specialized in Nissans and he got my car... atleast ... running. Which to me was amazing. Their was a lot of things wrong with it. It ran WAY to rich. Like rich enough to place you're kid behind the tailpipe and he'll have black gasoline carbons all over him. Seriously. It died whenever I let off the gas. There was more power in a prius then their was in my car and the battery wasnt powerful enough to crank the engine from the trunk. It was appearent that it needed a new tune. Sooooo... To keep myself positive, I bought a new optima battery that had enough cranking amps to reach the front. I bought a boost guage, a manual boost controller and Lalo wanted to sell me his isis control arms so I bought those and installed them.

The car at that point ran but not really. I had some local 240guys stop by the house.

Had to buy a new Engine harreness to make it wasn't a wiring issue. I bought some new 550cc injectors. I found one of them was broke. Checked the coil packs. New Plugs. Bought 2 MAFS. Trouble still remained... I bought a new Z32 Tokiko BMC, 2x2 Ebrake Cables, Alluminum Calipers for the front and the rear, steel brake lines and new rotors. Shortly after I bought the e-brake assembly and the e-brake conversion brackets. I didnt get to install those parts for a while though.

(Really good story but feel free to skip this part)
My job had me move to Chicago, and again, I didnt have much money to work on the car. I had spent about a thousand dollars at a shop, i wont name their name here, for them to try to help me with no results and I was pissed. So I moved back home to Minnesota. I was forced to leave my baby in Chicago. ;.( 3 months later I got the money and had the plan of getting my car back. So I bought a tune from R.S. Enthalpy. they shipped my ecu back to me. I bought a plane ticket and I had enough money for gas to get back home. LOL. I did so. I found somebody had stolen both of my rear rotors and the right ebrake shield(needed to house the ebrake) I was pissed so i left the very next morning. I got half way across chicago and my car died, my phone died, my ciggarette light wasnt working to charge my phone and I had already used half a tank getting halfway across chicago. Not only that but my car wouldnt go any faster than 55mph. An offense in Chicago punishable by shooting. So I stayed in the parking lot waited for a jump for a few hours. Was able to make it to North Chicago near the shop and I bought new sparks. Knew this was gonna be a long drive but I didnt care because I was determined I had already spent $120 in gas! My car increasingly became less responsive as the oil pressure dropped. 4 pushes up hills and ANOTHER $120 in gas later... I had made it into wisconsin. I was more determined than anybody and was not gonna leave my car stranded!!! Then something in the trunk blew up started hissing. My eyes started watering and I started coughing violently. I found out my battery blew up. Because it was an optima it could still hold it's charge and power up the car but my father told me on the phone that if a spark hit that battery juice my car and I could blow up. He suggested i leave the car there or have it towed back to Chicago. I wasnt giving up. $60 of gas and a few more pushes later I my car wouldnt go any faster than 30mph in any gear my oil pressure moved to around 12PSI... there was a semi for miles honking at me telling me to pull over and probably 3 or 4 miles(construction limited it to 1 lane) of traffic behind me. Somehow i made it to wisconsin dell With like $40 left in my pocket i bought some oil cuz i figured i had probably lost some. A stranger let me stay in her house for the night, Let me take a shower and gave me some food. It was very nice. the next morning the car wouldnt move so I stayed at a gas station for 9 hours and Idad drive down to where I was at. My dad suggested we rent a storage unit and come back a month or two later because all the towing fees were like 5-6 hundred. I called all my friends with trucks. Couldnt do anything. I facebooked for help lol. Asked probably a hundred people if anytone had a AAA premium membership that wouldnt mind me using their free tow. (it would get me to the twin Cities) Found a few but found out they only had regular membership. Signed up for premium myself said it would be a few days before it took effect on my account. Instead, I found the solution in uhaul. It took $350 but i got it back. woohooo good Story. Perseversance is everything.

Found a new job Bought some Megan Coils and some PBM 30MM Spacers.

I then put the coils and did the front and rear z32 swap myself!!! Very fun!!

The car sat low.

I should also mention that when i put these on I had a very good friend of mine and old owner of Primo Performance Jesse Hewitt work on it a little bit and he worked magic on the car! I could finally feel the turbo spool like a ferocious bull trying to attack somebody! That was awesome. The tune just isnt right still

I then bought a new Capacitor, replaced the optima battery, purchased a new fuseholder, distro block, and wire, and rewired the trunk of the car to fix the electrical issues (what blew up the last battery.) I vacuumed out the trunk. Bought a license plate relocation kit, some cupholders, and an A/C system.

Over the past few days, I just bought an AEM EMS and a ZT2 Wideband w/ LCD, a boost sensor and an oil pressure sensor. I'm gonna get it tuned the right way... finally, and I'll be able to enjoy her as a daily and on the track once again. More pics to come guys!!!

UPDATE! 9/29/12

Ok, after many married days of cheating on sylvia, I'm back to spending time/money on her. My wife and i moved back to MN so I can spend more quality time with the car. My tien spanner wrench came in the mail a few days ago so I can finally adjust the suspension. Followed by a failed attempt at raising the rear coils.(They were rubbing the tires) I adjusted the rear coils to the same heighth and measured everything just to raise the right side (Problem wheel) only about an inch but irronically, the left side ended up lower than before?... :/ Weird. Anyways, BMC setup turned out good and it's a good feeling to have all the brake modifications done.

I beat the crap out of the old bmc to get the fitting out.

Will be getting a new clutch and flywheel very shortly to fix the slippage. Running time should be before Christmas!!!!!!! I want to compete in the spring in some tournaments and just practice practice practice. Will show pics and include details soon. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to get the ac hooked up. No idea what custom lines are gonna need fixed, but having it hooked up will at least give me an idea of what I'm gonna do. and I think i'm gonna bore out the banjo bolt to get the power steering hooked up. Thoughts? Ideas?

DJ-of-E · 05-04-2012, 11:24 AM

Super clean, it even has the OEM black strip on it.

Edwin562 · 05-04-2012, 11:31 AM

very clean... i love it!!

leung · 05-04-2012, 01:25 PM

word...but I wouldn't have spray canned the engine bay

91240coupe · 05-04-2012, 01:47 PM

Props for not giving up on your car man that is a nice story!! Nice build

blo0d · 05-04-2012, 02:45 PM

wow, that car is so fucking clean... the panels all line up, amazing!

spray can engine bay... horrible idea

blades13.5 · 05-04-2012, 04:10 PM

Thanks guys! Im gonna be tubing the frame eventually and getting all the paint stripped down and professionally painted all at once so the engine bay paint is only temporary

I just got off the phone will bill from AEM and found out that i purchased the s14 sr20det ems on accident. We will see what my options are other than dishing out another geezle on an ems. Any body willing to trade i will trade i have ecu# 30-1622. Looking for 30-1601. Need help! Thnx

laxrider · 05-05-2012, 08:07 AM

Sweet build! Where in MN you located?

ixfxi · 05-05-2012, 09:18 AM

a champagne s13.................................... i thought i was the only one

gone are the days of me having a stereo/subwoofer
gone are the days of me having a black engine bay
gone are the days of my champagne s13.

blades13.5 · 05-05-2012, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laxrider

Sweet build! Where in MN you located?

North st. Paul off 694. Both myself and the car will be traveling to pittsburgh at the end of the month tho.

Good news and an update. I found someone willing to trade ems's! I thought id never find somebody but i must've gotten lucky.

oishi · 05-05-2012, 04:50 PM

nice, car looks pretty clean, looking forward to the build

blades13.5 · 08-07-2012, 10:54 PM

Update: Friend of mine is sending me some Greddy Rocker Arm Stoppers, a s13 Digital Climate control and an S13.4 Valve Cover Fo Free!!!!!

Pics will come soon.

Imarvin240 · 08-08-2012, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blades13.5

Update: Friend of mine is sending me some Greddy Rocker Arm Stoppers, a s13 Digital Climate control and an S13.4 Valve Cover Fo Free!!!!!

Pics will come soon.

not a bad deal at all and a good friend too hah

rednissan180 · 08-08-2012, 12:35 AM

haha that coupe used to be my best friend jake's car. he's my 240 guru

PG BOOSTED · 08-08-2012, 09:50 AM

Nicely done

blades13.5 · 08-12-2012, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rednissan180

haha that coupe used to be my best friend jake's car. he's my 240 guru

yea Jake helped me out with the wiring harness and a few other things. He helped me out a bunch. Great guy!

Quote:

Originally Posted by PG BOOSTED

Nicely done

Thanks!

blades13.5 · 09-29-2012, 08:48 PM

Update!!! 9/29/12

And to everyone who had nice words to say, Thank you.

*StryfeS13* · 10-21-2012, 12:21 AM

Dude whats up! Remember a long ass time ago when two people came to your house in the black S14 to buy your stock S13 exhaust? That's me haha, hopefully you remember. White tall guy.

Had a S14.5 conversion on it...you like shit your pants over it. (who knows why haha.)

And in your picture with jakes coupe and the white hatch, thats my friend Greg. His old SR hatch. He painted that thing with an electric HVLP and tractor paint and it did NOT look as good as it looks in that picture haha!

blades13.5 · 03-01-2013, 10:20 PM

UPDATE - 3/1/2013

Ok, been awhile since I last updated everything.

I'll start with the little things and gradually make them more interesting. I got a job at Jiffy lube for a little while and my boss who rebuilds engines in his spare time has had issues in the past with Royal Purple so I was thinking of changing to a Mobile one synthetic instead. Most likely he'll be working on the car very shortly and help solve any issues.

Picked up some fresh oil, oem nissan filter, lucas oil stabilizer and fuel system cleaner, Some OEM 370cc injectors for testing, a Nissan Datascan unit to test and closely watch the old Tuned ECU(not the AEM standalone)
(Sorry for some of these off-the-web pics)

A dif Drift Knob.

I found a very tiny hole in the A/N Lines in the Oil Filter Relocation kit so I bought some new Lines(Black) along with some other useful Items. A new Oil Pump and s14 Oil filter pickup(Better design than the s13's pickup, Some ARP Headstuds, a Cometic Headgasket, An OEM front main seal and rear main seal, A clean O2 sensor, a New Alarm Remote (Old one was crushed in my pocket), and a stage 3 Spec Clutch and flywheel.

Oh I almost forgot. I got a Tial Fuel pressure gauge to make sure that the fuel pressure is correct, as well and a GM 3bar Map sensor (for Boost Pressure for the AEM unit)

I'll be putting everything together shortly.

rawgarage · 03-02-2013, 12:17 AM

Great progress

Reece · 03-02-2013, 01:08 AM

Another MN Member I see.

Good progress, I haven't seen this car around before. Well not yet at least.

JIMB0 · 03-02-2013, 08:50 AM

good update, keep it up

blades13.5 · 03-30-2013, 10:47 AM

Update3/30/13: Will be moving to SOCAL in about 2 weeks with my wife.
Nothing has been installed yet. I've been waiting for the right person to install/ get my car running, as I dont want to tamper with things too much at this point. I've got an old friend in Fresno who will be helping me do ALOT of work to her and get her running Possibly to the extent of rebuilding the motor. Anyways. I ordered some pretty baller parts the'll be coming in the mail pretty shortly here. I dont want to just post pics of what they look like until I get them cuz the pics i find on the internet make my build thread look less interesting imo. LOL. I will update with pictures pretty soon tho.

I've been looking for years foran s13.4 valvecover or to make my own. I found one for sale here already welded A/N Fitting. It will be at my house within the next week or two.

Got some SR Power steering lines to convert the KA hardlines that I have installed now. We'll see how they fit.

Also pre-ordered some Catano 5lug Front and rear hubs. As i've looked at doing since this thread was created I wanna get either some te37's or some MB battles so I'm getting ready to be getting those. I'll be selling my rims/tires and PBM spacers so if anybody's interested pm me and i'll get rid of those when I get the new wheels/tires.

NEAR FUTURE PLANS: Get the car running of course. Tune the AEM EMS. Custom oil breather tank, PBM knuckles, Having my man in Cali Weld an 8-10pt roll cage. Tub out the wheel wells. Tube frame the front end/crash bar/radiator and headlight support. Getting the entire chassis painted. Get the new 180sx ROcketbunny kit and paint the car shortly after that. It'll be a very long, expensive and extremely exciting process so I hope you guys get inspired/keep watching and shoot me your ideas/opinions. PICS updated soon.

izzy- · 03-30-2013, 11:18 PM

Good update. BTW, if the guy in Fresno will be using his garage, make sure nobody see's you guys work on it. Fresno can get really ghetto in some areas.

Tank_4g63 · 03-31-2013, 10:35 AM

Nice looking build, if you happen to do a wire tuck, need to tear back into you loom at some point in the future, may I suggest braided sleeving instead of red corrugated loom. Looks much cleaner.

blades13.5 · 03-31-2013, 02:41 PM

Yea that braided sleeving looks much better. It's funny you mentioned that. The red wiring harness came with the engine when I bought it and had some wiring issues so rather than pull everything apart, I got another one. The corrugated plastic looked terrible. Lol.

aga · 03-31-2013, 05:24 PM

about the spec clutch...i dont know how much its been used in silvias, but in starlet turbos, i ve seen most of them, just break. no matter the power, no matter the use, just break. if i were you i would ask the shop if they have a warranty or something...

xoxide · 03-31-2013, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aga

about the spec clutch...i dont know how much its been used in silvias, but in starlet turbos, i ve seen most of them, just break. no matter the power, no matter the use, just break. if i were you i would ask the shop if they have a warranty or something...

The fuck are you talking about? Spec is a pretty well known brand, and stands behind their products. Ive never heard of a spec clutch "just breaking".

aga · 03-31-2013, 10:40 PM

i have nothing to gain by badmouthing a brand, im just saying my own experiences. 3 out of 4 broke, and one of them was on a 100hp car, during break-in of the engine... and they were not installed by the same person, in case you were gonna say its the installer's fault...

JohnnyDrfiter22 · 03-31-2013, 11:21 PM

I have no idea what to say, even with all your issues you kept moving forward but buying way more parts like thats going to help.....#wowyoungpplwannabecoolproblems!

05-02-2012, 09:25 PM	#1
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Michael's Rocketbunny KA-T VMOUNT Build Here's a write up of my build. I purchased the car in Fresno, CA from an old lady who kept it in immaculate condition. Rust free! It was automatic with reupholstered leather interior. Everything worked as it should have... Except... the tailights. At night you could see the lights that showed i was there but you couldnt tell when I was braking(from the lights) The car was completely stock with no speakers or anything but it ran smooth and I hadn't found a 240sx like it in my life. I knew that If i had only bought a 350z I woulda spent ALOT less $. I probably would have been content but I didnt like the handling of the Z and i had already fell in love so here goes. The day I bought it. First things First were the rims. My stock tires started going bald very quickly and before i knew it it became near impossible not to drift. so i needed new tires. And with new tires comes new rims. ( Forgive me but before I got into building the car I knew next to nothing about them.) So I bought some 235x25xr18 tires on 7.5 +40 width wheels. Mistake but they will be replaced with some mb battles shortly. Then I was going mad because there was no music at all playing. So I bought 2 10inch subs and a 1000watt Hertz Amp. (components also coming later. Had a custom box made for the car and I asked them to make some ridiculous base. They did so. Had the whole car wrapped in Foam Noise insulation so it doesn't bug the cars nearby. I got some window tint after that 5% back and back rears. 35% on sides and 50% on the windshield. Professionally done. Then shit hit the bricks. My brakes started squeaking and my engine started overheating. (about six months after i had bought the car) and at that time i had no money so i kept letting the brakes squeak thinking I'd only have to replace the brakepads. Anyways my rear balljoint and a front suspension piece had busted forcing pressure on the rotor itself and it had thrown all of the brakes out of whack. Anyways dude robbed me of $1,300 for a few stock parts. I had asked if he would do a z32 upgrade and he said he wouldn't due to liability reasons and that California didnt allow any performance modification by law. Wasn't that some bull. (he did get them all working again) But that was the moment I was like dang... I gotta learn how to do everything myself. 2 weeks later... So the overheating got worse, black smoke started spewing everywhere. I had to stop 2-3 times a day to make sure my car was ok and I became less and less dependent upon my daily. I knew It was the headgasket. I was thinking. Hmmm. Spend $1K having a shop fix it OR... spend 2K and buy a modded out engine. So craigslist found my answer and I bought an SR20 from a guy names Lalo. I was freaking excited!!! I had told the Lalo I had no spot to do the swap, and that I knew next to nothing about cars so he'd have to walk me through it and I'd give him his full asking price if I could do the swap at his house. He said 12 yr olds did this swap in their sleep so we proceeded. PS... for anybody wondering. The SR has a top mount t3/t4, HKS wastegate, greddy oil relocation kit, Greddy Oil Catch can, stage 2 unknown clutch, 550cc injectors, Isis Oil Pan, z32 MAF, Koyo Radiator, adjustable FPR, and a custom screamer pipe. Pushes 350hp. Replaced a broken Tomei fuel pump with a walbro Fuel pump. Bought an ebay inter-cooler setup for a few hundred dollars. Lalo and I went to the pick in pull A LOT to find 5 speed swap parts. Bought the clutchline, boot, shift assmbly, slave cylinder, and the clutch pedal. BYE KA!!!!! Bought a fake HKS blowoff valve. Drove to San fransisco Bought a greddy 3" Downpipe and an s13 manual driveshaft for $100 ( best deal ever) and drove to the burb of SF and bought a 2 way carbonetics LSD for $600 already installed in the pumpkin. (That was a great day Cleaned up the bay a bit. I bought heat resistant spraypaint and thought I'd clean up the inside a little bit before we dropped the SR in. When I was at work, Lalo and a buddy of his dropped in my new engine and sent me pics of their progress. Another amazing day. Then I bought a Megan type 2 exhaust from Enjuku and a circuit sports test pipe. Rerouted the Harness. The FMIC required me to either completely remove the front bumper or cut it and because if i hit a pole, I'd still like my sr to be protected I took out a little of the bumper. I bought a power steering pump and a s14 resivoir to keep things looking sexy. Everything came together... until we turned the key. It didnt start... I met a local thai guy who specialized in Nissans and he got my car... atleast ... running. Which to me was amazing. Their was a lot of things wrong with it. It ran WAY to rich. Like rich enough to place you're kid behind the tailpipe and he'll have black gasoline carbons all over him. Seriously. It died whenever I let off the gas. There was more power in a prius then their was in my car and the battery wasnt powerful enough to crank the engine from the trunk. It was appearent that it needed a new tune. Sooooo... To keep myself positive, I bought a new optima battery that had enough cranking amps to reach the front. I bought a boost guage, a manual boost controller and Lalo wanted to sell me his isis control arms so I bought those and installed them. The car at that point ran but not really. I had some local 240guys stop by the house. Had to buy a new Engine harreness to make it wasn't a wiring issue. I bought some new 550cc injectors. I found one of them was broke. Checked the coil packs. New Plugs. Bought 2 MAFS. Trouble still remained... I bought a new Z32 Tokiko BMC, 2x2 Ebrake Cables, Alluminum Calipers for the front and the rear, steel brake lines and new rotors. Shortly after I bought the e-brake assembly and the e-brake conversion brackets. I didnt get to install those parts for a while though. (Really good story but feel free to skip this part) My job had me move to Chicago, and again, I didnt have much money to work on the car. I had spent about a thousand dollars at a shop, i wont name their name here, for them to try to help me with no results and I was pissed. So I moved back home to Minnesota. I was forced to leave my baby in Chicago. ;.( 3 months later I got the money and had the plan of getting my car back. So I bought a tune from R.S. Enthalpy. they shipped my ecu back to me. I bought a plane ticket and I had enough money for gas to get back home. LOL. I did so. I found somebody had stolen both of my rear rotors and the right ebrake shield(needed to house the ebrake) I was pissed so i left the very next morning. I got half way across chicago and my car died, my phone died, my ciggarette light wasnt working to charge my phone and I had already used half a tank getting halfway across chicago. Not only that but my car wouldnt go any faster than 55mph. An offense in Chicago punishable by shooting. So I stayed in the parking lot waited for a jump for a few hours. Was able to make it to North Chicago near the shop and I bought new sparks. Knew this was gonna be a long drive but I didnt care because I was determined I had already spent $120 in gas! My car increasingly became less responsive as the oil pressure dropped. 4 pushes up hills and ANOTHER $120 in gas later... I had made it into wisconsin. I was more determined than anybody and was not gonna leave my car stranded!!! Then something in the trunk blew up started hissing. My eyes started watering and I started coughing violently. I found out my battery blew up. Because it was an optima it could still hold it's charge and power up the car but my father told me on the phone that if a spark hit that battery juice my car and I could blow up. He suggested i leave the car there or have it towed back to Chicago. I wasnt giving up. $60 of gas and a few more pushes later I my car wouldnt go any faster than 30mph in any gear my oil pressure moved to around 12PSI... there was a semi for miles honking at me telling me to pull over and probably 3 or 4 miles(construction limited it to 1 lane) of traffic behind me. Somehow i made it to wisconsin dell With like $40 left in my pocket i bought some oil cuz i figured i had probably lost some. A stranger let me stay in her house for the night, Let me take a shower and gave me some food. It was very nice. the next morning the car wouldnt move so I stayed at a gas station for 9 hours and Idad drive down to where I was at. My dad suggested we rent a storage unit and come back a month or two later because all the towing fees were like 5-6 hundred. I called all my friends with trucks. Couldnt do anything. I facebooked for help lol. Asked probably a hundred people if anytone had a AAA premium membership that wouldnt mind me using their free tow. (it would get me to the twin Cities) Found a few but found out they only had regular membership. Signed up for premium myself said it would be a few days before it took effect on my account. Instead, I found the solution in uhaul. It took $350 but i got it back. woohooo good Story. Perseversance is everything. Found a new job Bought some Megan Coils and some PBM 30MM Spacers. I then put the coils and did the front and rear z32 swap myself!!! Very fun!! The car sat low. I should also mention that when i put these on I had a very good friend of mine and old owner of Primo Performance Jesse Hewitt work on it a little bit and he worked magic on the car! I could finally feel the turbo spool like a ferocious bull trying to attack somebody! That was awesome. The tune just isnt right still I then bought a new Capacitor, replaced the optima battery, purchased a new fuseholder, distro block, and wire, and rewired the trunk of the car to fix the electrical issues (what blew up the last battery.) I vacuumed out the trunk. Bought a license plate relocation kit, some cupholders, and an A/C system. Over the past few days, I just bought an AEM EMS and a ZT2 Wideband w/ LCD, a boost sensor and an oil pressure sensor. I'm gonna get it tuned the right way... finally, and I'll be able to enjoy her as a daily and on the track once again. More pics to come guys!!! UPDATE! 9/29/12 Ok, after many married days of cheating on sylvia, I'm back to spending time/money on her. My wife and i moved back to MN so I can spend more quality time with the car. My tien spanner wrench came in the mail a few days ago so I can finally adjust the suspension. Followed by a failed attempt at raising the rear coils.(They were rubbing the tires) I adjusted the rear coils to the same heighth and measured everything just to raise the right side (Problem wheel) only about an inch but irronically, the left side ended up lower than before?... :/ Weird. Anyways, BMC setup turned out good and it's a good feeling to have all the brake modifications done. I beat the crap out of the old bmc to get the fitting out. Will be getting a new clutch and flywheel very shortly to fix the slippage. Running time should be before Christmas!!!!!!! I want to compete in the spring in some tournaments and just practice practice practice. Will show pics and include details soon. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to get the ac hooked up. No idea what custom lines are gonna need fixed, but having it hooked up will at least give me an idea of what I'm gonna do. and I think i'm gonna bore out the banjo bolt to get the power steering hooked up. Thoughts? Ideas? 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05-04-2012, 04:10 PM	#7
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Thanks guys! Im gonna be tubing the frame eventually and getting all the paint stripped down and professionally painted all at once so the engine bay paint is only temporary I just got off the phone will bill from AEM and found out that i purchased the s14 sr20det ems on accident. We will see what my options are other than dishing out another geezle on an ems. Any body willing to trade i will trade i have ecu# 30-1622. Looking for 30-1601. Need help! Thnx Last edited by blades13.5; 05-04-2012 at 07:44 PM..

08-07-2012, 10:54 PM	#12
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Update: Friend of mine is sending me some Greddy Rocker Arm Stoppers, a s13 Digital Climate control and an S13.4 Valve Cover Fo Free!!!!! Pics will come soon. __________________ Check out my build! http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...s13-build.html

09-29-2012, 08:48 PM	#17
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Update!!! 9/29/12 And to everyone who had nice words to say, Thank you. __________________ Check out my build! http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...s13-build.html

03-01-2013, 10:20 PM	#19
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	UPDATE - 3/1/2013 Ok, been awhile since I last updated everything. I'll start with the little things and gradually make them more interesting. I got a job at Jiffy lube for a little while and my boss who rebuilds engines in his spare time has had issues in the past with Royal Purple so I was thinking of changing to a Mobile one synthetic instead. Most likely he'll be working on the car very shortly and help solve any issues. Picked up some fresh oil, oem nissan filter, lucas oil stabilizer and fuel system cleaner, Some OEM 370cc injectors for testing, a Nissan Datascan unit to test and closely watch the old Tuned ECU(not the AEM standalone) (Sorry for some of these off-the-web pics) A dif Drift Knob. I found a very tiny hole in the A/N Lines in the Oil Filter Relocation kit so I bought some new Lines(Black) along with some other useful Items. A new Oil Pump and s14 Oil filter pickup(Better design than the s13's pickup, Some ARP Headstuds, a Cometic Headgasket, An OEM front main seal and rear main seal, A clean O2 sensor, a New Alarm Remote (Old one was crushed in my pocket), and a stage 3 Spec Clutch and flywheel. Oh I almost forgot. I got a Tial Fuel pressure gauge to make sure that the fuel pressure is correct, as well and a GM 3bar Map sensor (for Boost Pressure for the AEM unit) I'll be putting everything together shortly. __________________ Check out my build! http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...s13-build.html Last edited by blades13.5; 09-27-2015 at 07:52 AM..

05-04-2012, 11:31 AM	#3
Edwin562 Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Whittier (562) Age: 31 Posts: 4,721 Trader Rating: (35) Feedback Score: 35 reviews	very clean... i love it!!

05-04-2012, 01:25 PM	#4
leung Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2010 Location: NYC - HK Posts: 1,234 Trader Rating: (73) Feedback Score: 73 reviews	word...but I wouldn't have spray canned the engine bay

05-04-2012, 01:47 PM	#5
91240coupe Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego,CA Posts: 154 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Props for not giving up on your car man that is a nice story!! Nice build

05-04-2012, 02:45 PM	#6
blo0d Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: JAMAICA Posts: 206 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	wow, that car is so fucking clean... the panels all line up, amazing! spray can engine bay... horrible idea

05-05-2012, 08:07 AM	#8
laxrider Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Superior, WI Posts: 112 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Sweet build! Where in MN you located?

05-05-2012, 09:18 AM	#9
ixfxi Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: bangin on my chest Account: BANNED #fucksupreme Age: 79 Posts: 5,923 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	a champagne s13.................................... i thought i was the only one gone are the days of me having a stereo/subwoofer gone are the days of me having a black engine bay gone are the days of my champagne s13.

05-05-2012, 04:50 PM	#11
oishi Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: bay area Posts: 2 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	nice, car looks pretty clean, looking forward to the build

08-08-2012, 12:35 AM	#14
rednissan180 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2007 Location: memphis Posts: 350 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	haha that coupe used to be my best friend jake's car. he's my 240 guru

08-08-2012, 09:50 AM	#15
PG BOOSTED Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: FL Posts: 309 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nicely done

10-21-2012, 12:21 AM	#18
StryfeS13 It's Always Broken. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 1,363 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	Dude whats up! Remember a long ass time ago when two people came to your house in the black S14 to buy your stock S13 exhaust? That's me haha, hopefully you remember. White tall guy. Had a S14.5 conversion on it...you like shit your pants over it. (who knows why haha.) And in your picture with jakes coupe and the white hatch, thats my friend Greg. His old SR hatch. He painted that thing with an electric HVLP and tractor paint and it did NOT look as good as it looks in that picture haha!

03-02-2013, 12:17 AM	#20
rawgarage Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: h o u s t o n Age: 32 Posts: 5,990 Trader Rating: (75) Feedback Score: 75 reviews	Great progress

03-02-2013, 01:08 AM	#21
Reece Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,169 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Another MN Member I see. Good progress, I haven't seen this car around before. Well not yet at least.

03-02-2013, 08:50 AM	#22
JIMB0 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1,002 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	good update, keep it up

03-30-2013, 10:47 AM	#23
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Update3/30/13: Will be moving to SOCAL in about 2 weeks with my wife. Nothing has been installed yet. I've been waiting for the right person to install/ get my car running, as I dont want to tamper with things too much at this point. I've got an old friend in Fresno who will be helping me do ALOT of work to her and get her running Possibly to the extent of rebuilding the motor. Anyways. I ordered some pretty baller parts the'll be coming in the mail pretty shortly here. I dont want to just post pics of what they look like until I get them cuz the pics i find on the internet make my build thread look less interesting imo. LOL. I will update with pictures pretty soon tho. I've been looking for years foran s13.4 valvecover or to make my own. I found one for sale here already welded A/N Fitting. It will be at my house within the next week or two. Got some SR Power steering lines to convert the KA hardlines that I have installed now. We'll see how they fit. Also pre-ordered some Catano 5lug Front and rear hubs. As i've looked at doing since this thread was created I wanna get either some te37's or some MB battles so I'm getting ready to be getting those. I'll be selling my rims/tires and PBM spacers so if anybody's interested pm me and i'll get rid of those when I get the new wheels/tires. NEAR FUTURE PLANS: Get the car running of course. Tune the AEM EMS. Custom oil breather tank, PBM knuckles, Having my man in Cali Weld an 8-10pt roll cage. Tub out the wheel wells. Tube frame the front end/crash bar/radiator and headlight support. Getting the entire chassis painted. Get the new 180sx ROcketbunny kit and paint the car shortly after that. It'll be a very long, expensive and extremely exciting process so I hope you guys get inspired/keep watching and shoot me your ideas/opinions. PICS updated soon. __________________ Check out my build! http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...s13-build.html Last edited by blades13.5; 03-30-2013 at 12:14 PM..

03-30-2013, 11:18 PM	#24
izzy- Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: illinois Posts: 289 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Good update. BTW, if the guy in Fresno will be using his garage, make sure nobody see's you guys work on it. Fresno can get really ghetto in some areas.

03-31-2013, 10:35 AM	#25
Tank_4g63 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Huntsville AL Age: 33 Posts: 45 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nice looking build, if you happen to do a wire tuck, need to tear back into you loom at some point in the future, may I suggest braided sleeving instead of red corrugated loom. Looks much cleaner. __________________ 1992 Talon TSi - DD/Weekend Drag car 1993 240sx - Jackstand Balla

03-31-2013, 02:41 PM	#26
blades13.5 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 31 Posts: 315 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Yea that braided sleeving looks much better. It's funny you mentioned that. The red wiring harness came with the engine when I bought it and had some wiring issues so rather than pull everything apart, I got another one. The corrugated plastic looked terrible. Lol. __________________ Check out my build! http://zilvia.net/f/builds-builds-on...s13-build.html

03-31-2013, 05:24 PM	#27
aga Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 43 Posts: 580 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	about the spec clutch...i dont know how much its been used in silvias, but in starlet turbos, i ve seen most of them, just break. no matter the power, no matter the use, just break. if i were you i would ask the shop if they have a warranty or something...

03-31-2013, 10:40 PM	#29
aga Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 43 Posts: 580 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have nothing to gain by badmouthing a brand, im just saying my own experiences. 3 out of 4 broke, and one of them was on a 100hp car, during break-in of the engine... and they were not installed by the same person, in case you were gonna say its the installer's fault...

03-31-2013, 11:21 PM	#30
JohnnyDrfiter22 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Jersey Age: 38 Posts: 670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have no idea what to say, even with all your issues you kept moving forward but buying way more parts like thats going to help.....#wowyoungpplwannabecoolproblems!

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