Just another S12 Drift car

[TurboJake]

1984 Nissan 200sx S12 Solid axle rear end.

Interior:
Stock! I choose not to remove anything.

Suspension:
Full energy suspension bushings
Full Ksport 32 way coilovers
Custom steering rack with shorter gearing for faster lock to lock
Shortened S13 knuckles for more steering angle

Engine/Drivetrain:
92 KA24DE Engine and trans
Stock rear end (to be welded)
Custom Driveshaft
Poly filled motor mounts and trans mount
Full 2.5 inch exhaust
Fidanza Flywheel
XTD Six puck clutch
Wahlbro 255
Some KA intake...

Will be going KA-T, just gathering parts.

Lots of time has gone into this, And it's not really meant to be the prettiest car. So I'll just let the pics do the talking. As it seems that S12's are being appreciated.

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^ Original Ca20E POS motor...
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What All I did during the swap
Trans mount slotting,
Poly filled motor mounts and trans mount - Ultra fast windo-weld ($15 at the zone)
tunnel cutting
Firewall holes for ecu, which is in the glovebox FTW
Trailer wiring works excellent for the jumpers.
Bent the firewall in on the drivers side slightly so the EGR tube wouldn't rub it. It felt wierd having that hit driving down the road. and the black paint made it very obvious that was what was hitting.
Drilled holes into the shock tower for coil, and moved relays to individual screws for each where the stock air box was..
Altima dual fans, Using an old sentra fan swtich, and a 6 dollar relay from advance for foglights. perfect automatic cooling setup. One fan controlled by that which is sufficient for cooling. and another relayed switch inside the car for the other fan for constant running on track days.
The Flat hood needed to have the braces underneath cut for the engine to fit (I think the poly mounts make it sit higher), but the bulge hood fit perfect. I just lifted it with washers because my tunnel got really hot. That solved that problem.
Just grounded out the fuel pump, so no messing around with relays. Which takes several wires out of the how-to's diagram.
Hybrid shaft (SRA)
OIL PRESSURE SENDER! Goes in damn perfect I'll tell you
I yanked the whole ECU harness (old one and new one) With pulling the motor. Made for MUCH less headache. Highly recommended to just disconnect the ecu, and shove the harness through the firewall on the 240 to pull it out. And to take off the inner fender well on the 200, and yank THAT whole harness too. I can't stress how much easier that made my life.
Heat core is RIGHT by the egr, I just looped the hoses together, But I found a part at the zone for 10 bucks that I will put up if that works for keeping heat in your car (it's 38 outside, and I have no damn heat)
Used the stock 200's clutch slave. Works great
Grounded the shit out of the engine. See pics. 8 guage wire, and 6 of em.
Power steering pump has a tube on it for the 240's lines. Turn that tube 90 degrees and ours bolts right on that tube. So I have power steering.


Suspension that I installed
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That's the quick and dirty. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you have any recommendations, feel free to tell!

[HyperTek]

since your doin a coil sleeve setup, have you lowered it? and my understanding was whenever the suspension is to be uncompressed, the spring could pop out?

[TurboJake]

The Ksports strut tube can be shortened. So I can shorten the tube, then raise the spring up to the body. So it is at a minimal spring preload, Can't bottom out the strut (So I have full travel, because it's at maximum extension until put back on the ground), and has no risk of the spring falling out :D

I Raised them up from the way they came. I have about 4-5 inches of room to drop it. My exhaust hangs low so I need to get that hung up better. Otherwise my resonator will scrape all day long. After that's done, it won't take much at all to slam it.

[TurboFC3C]

I like your license plate

[basicmods]

bout time the s12 got some love. I miss my 86 200sx. it was a red coupe and my first s chassis. I loved that car. Yours should be awesome with the added power of the ka and coilovers to tighten up the suspension. Keep up the good work!!

[BustedS13]

oh sweet, you fabricated an s13, but all boxy and dilapidated and old!



i like these cars!

[David B S12]

oh sweet, you fabricated an s13, but all boxy and dilapidated and old!



i like these cars!


youd be suprised how much less frame rail rust and rust in genral s12's seem to not hav compared to s13's

[BustedS13]

my s13 is rust free but i bet you're right!

[David B S12]

some s13's are rust free. ive been under a number of s12's and s13's. taking in mind the s12 is almost a decade older i have yet to see the massive frame rail rust some s13's get


and jay, the coilovers for the rear, ill be copying you, but ill be using a drop limter using some heavy steel cord/adjustable threaded

[TurboJake]

oh sweet, you fabricated an s13, but all boxy and dilapidated and old!



i like these cars!

Lol to this, yes I did... In fact I fabbed it from an S13 I bought

And onto the rust subject. The S13 I yanked the motor from was rust free too, however it got in a pretty bad accident. I drove it home, the rear was doglegging about 6 inches to the left. It was pretty interesting

The frame rails were very, very bent. Along with a good chunk of the front end.

So yeah, I took a junk S13 and made a um.. a "good" boxy pseudo S13!

Oh and dave, All of my stuff is threaded and adjustable too. Makes no difference if it's steel or aluminum for strength really, I prefer aluminum so everything doesn't rust together. You really can't get a better (Easy) design for what we have to work with. Just better parts to go in there. Ksports (Minus the GT pro's or whatever) to me are entry level coils that are doomed for the most part. Sure you can improve on the actual aspects of the geometry. But it's a track car and will get thrashed, I don't feel like wasting the time to fabricate an entirely different suspension only to hit a wall and screw it all up. I can build a different car with the time and money.

[David B S12]

i ment drop limiter, as in, cord connected from axle to frame

[ixfxi]

this car is so fucking hot


i love the s12




best fucking car on the planet. keep the pics comin, y0.

[TurboJake]

I wouldn't say it's the best car on the planet. But it's certainly not the worst.

Quite frankly? They're ugly, cheap, and easy to work on. That's why I like em. I have a thing for boxy 80's cars that look like they're from TRON

[ayuaddict]

i blame henry for all this nonsense.

i can appreciate these cars however, in person they don't look bad at all. (at least the one that i have seen)

[josephin510]

Nice work on the swap the KA-t is gonna be beastly.BWHAAHAHAHAHAHA

[The Chad]

I wouldn't say it's the best car on the planet. But it's certainly not the worst.

Quite frankly? They're ugly, cheap, and easy to work on. That's why I like em. I have a thing for boxy 80's cars that look like they're from TRON

Nice TRON reference ha. Way to show your age...and now mine :duh:. Clean S12 btw, and good luck with the build!

[ixfxi]

dude i used to have an s12 like yours


best car ive ever owned. got it for 800 bucks

[s13dan]

What was wrong with the factory paint??

[TurboJake]

It was old, on the bottom it was 2 or 3 colors from owners over the years. and then when it was in my driveway it got tagged by some kids. found graffiti all over the car so I just sanded it a little bit (like, 5 minutes of sanding) said screw it for now, and rattlecanned it.

It looks better than what it did. It's no proper paint job in any way. but it's one color. not 4

[Geezy]

is there any place where i can find a more detailed write up for a swap like this??? can't find jack shit.

[gotspins13]

i would love some better pics, all i saw was a dohc and coils, come onnn no body shots?

[ayuaddict]

is there any place where i can find a more detailed write up for a swap like this??? can't find jack shit.

i hear club s12 has hella shit.

search for username Asparagus

[BustedS13]

is there any place where i can find a more detailed write up for a swap like this??? can't find jack shit.

1.) buy an old box of shit
2.) swap in an engine from an old ass hardbody pickup
3.) shittily paint it
4.) tada you're a drifter/canyon racer/decal enthusiast/whatever is popular at the time

[Geezy]

1.) buy an old box of shit
2.) swap in an engine from an old ass hardbody pickup
3.) shittily paint it
4.) tada you're a drifter/canyon racer/decal enthusiast/whatever is popular at the time

fukn genius. after all this time... what was i thinkin

[TurboJake]

i would love some better pics, all i saw was a dohc and coils, come onnn no body shots?

Here ya go

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/Phreakonaleash55/DSCN0740.jpg

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Sorry I never noticed anyone posting on here.

Henry's (asparagus) car is nice, I have no real intentions on making mine look that nice. This thing is very function over fashion, Which is good, because vanity is not one of my forte's.

KA-T stuff is starting to roll in though.
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IHI OR GM-8 are my two choices

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Also have a set of DSM 450cc Dual spray injectors and some other stuff floating around.

As for management, Thinking about building myself a Calum style board. It's pretty easy peasy, and I already have a Gq-4X from rom tuning my BMW. So this will just be the next step up. Possibly going nistune though, depending on how lazy I feel.

Oh, and Club-s12.org has all of the swap info you would ever need for the S12.... SR, CA, LS1, RB, and KA all have been covered. Even a VG33ER and VQ35DE's are floatin around.