Seans cheap daily track car build (v mount in progress)

[abubika345]

This is my build that I've been working on, it's copy and pasted from another forum and some things have changed as I'm not going with a cage or bride seat yet, so far I'm under 2700 for everything including car

Ok well I just got on here so i'll sum up what happened before hand. Last summer I had an sr'ed hatch with 300hp and some goodies and ended up losing my license because 12 points on the record.

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mom said turbo had to go or car would be tooken off insurance so I sold the pinktop sr to brad and got myself a vq, got 20% into and sold it and got an escalade v8, wasted a ton off money and it didn't work with the rhd without lots off $$ so I sold it. During this time I tore apart my car and realized there was some major rust/ separationg going on so my boss ended up giving me his shell.

The v8
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/9427_243229805706_668025706_8577591.jpg

the new shell
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/10222_288649335706_668025706_931502.jpg
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Now will post all of the progress since this

These are copy and pasted from my other thread

Figured I'd update this with some new stuffs.

Picked myself up an sr swap with a bunch of goodies like toda flywheel, new BC rods, and some other fun s*** for $1000
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also got myself new radiator and v mount intercooler for the new setup.

including the shell I should be under $3000 for this entire build
So the motor started going together today, I cleaned it up and b-rad did a nice hone job on it, put the crank and bearings in, doing the pistonrings tomorrow and finishing up the bottom end

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just order this guy
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Even more finished today, pistons and rods are all in

my bc rods
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/4247fccc.jpg

rad and downpipe from driftough.com
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/f5104f36.jpg

brad putting the last piston in and soaking the cylinder walls in newborn babies blood
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bottom end complete
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/98c2612d.jpg

A decent ammount got accomplished today, best part is I'm still under 2k on the engine build including the swap :D

cleaning the head
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New apexi headgasket
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new BC springs and retainers
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ARP headstuds
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head is on and installing springs and retainers
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Yup both my old car and new car are rhd


More update time

cleaning to put pan on
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torquing headstuds
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/341649e1.jpg

Bleeding and putting lifters in
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Rocker arms and exhaust cam in
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Both cams in
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just need to do cam timing and put the valve cover on and start on the manifolds
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Powered by max kit came in

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/34ad3a24.jpg

Got a little progress today but was cut short because the power went out

cam timing done
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Redid intake gasket and put it back together
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need some rhd heater lines if anybuddy has some

also think about how I want to powdercoat my valve cover, my old one was pink(on brads motor now). I'm thinking about pink and blue candy cane

1 piece (only because I'm stock powered)
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K so finally did some stuff today, had some trouble having to bend the stock lines back, f*** those things

custom fit black box to work with mani
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tubing came
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what my fat a** will hopefully be sitting in
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finishing up everything tomorrow to have it so I can drop it in the car sometime next week,

I NEED a stock sr20 o2 sensor (fat type) if anybody has one lmk

Just odds and end stuff to go on now
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intercooler
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/09f71aa2.jpg

nismo 3 puck
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Took more sound deadening out today. No dry ice just beat the s*** out of the floor like it took my lunch money
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put my flywheel and clutch on today, hoping to get my engine bay painted and throw the motor in next week
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[abubika345]

Almost all of the sound deading out, 1 rear fenderwell to go

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Finished taking the sound deadening out, glad that s*** is over
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painted my engine bay today, east coast gray
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/ed898231.jpg

seeing whether or not I want to keep the version select bumper that came with the car
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Got a little done today

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Just did some little odds an end stuff that will be easier with the motor out today. Just need to get it moved over to the other building now. Didn't take that many pictures but here's one of where I tapped the waterneck for the coolant swirl tank

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Today oil catch came in
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got valvecover prepped for powdercoat, I kinda like the raw look tho
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also changed out tranny and motor mounts to better stock ones because mine were toast

K motor is finally in the car, still lots to do but makes me feel better seeing it in, won't be around for the rest of the week so vmount and stuff will be next weeks project and atleast have the engine so it cranks

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[abubika345]

Well I just ordered the piping for my rad

I messaged mr Russell Walker about rad hose recomendation and he showed me this so I went with it, decent price and from what I've read from people using it is it's the best flexible hose for the price

samco superflex hose
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Hooked a battery up to the car today and she cranks, it's nice to finally atleast hear something. Going to start mounting the rad tomorrow and helicoil the tranny mount holes because both on the passanger side are stripped.

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Ok so I go to drill and tap the tranny mount bolts taday and the drill breaks, fuckin a. So I got it to hold up just until I can move the car or figure out another option to fix it. I fit the rad and intercooler where I would like it but was stopped there because my welding skills aren't great so I'm gonna have brad weld it up once he gets a chance. Also put some interior back in and took the type x wing off

somebody buy this wing!!

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[abubika345]

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as low as megans would let me go, maybe start making a mount made up for the radiator and start to get all that stuff mounted.

got rad in today, tacked for now, making plates so I can bolt it in/slash remove it next week

rad mount
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/bd53a72e.jpg

rad in
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/e3bf60dd.jpg

just put this up cus I think it's weird, clip came
from japan but it's a Canadian lady key?
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Little bit done today

cut up rad
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/b1463bf9.jpg

made up tube and support for tube
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hooked up battery to check everything, everything worked great but my one headlight stays down, save that for later tho.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/4c71f5ce.jpg
cookie monster lights work perfect

Today was more of a figure out how I'm gonna do shit day, trying to figure out best way to mount everything

made a new mount for the swirl tank because the one pbm sends with it is shitty
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test fitting intake to make sure it clears everything, engine bay is gonna be pretty tight and probably not look the best but function over form right
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Decided I would learn how to weld today, didn't look the best but it works

got the rad mount so that it is removable now

it's a mess around my car but welded on mounting plates
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made top bar and boxed it out for rad tube
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in the car now and holders for rad welded on, just need to get nipples welded in the rad and inlet pipe welded on the rad setup will be complete and ready to move onto intercooler
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No work today but made a checklist for everything left to do, doesn't look as bad on paper and hopefully I can stop slacking and get this thing running

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[Om1kron]

where did you get that fitting for your upper water neck?

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/57729c34.jpg

[abubika345]

Came with my pbm coolant swirl tank, it came with the adapter price that goes in the rad hose but going v mount I couldn't use it so just drilled it out and put it there

[Om1kron]

that is a great spot since the swirl tank does the bleeding for you no point in having that stupid bolt there from the factory. LOL I was considering an a/n fitting but that's perfect.

good job.

[abubika345]

Thanka, yea AN fitting would be cool but I didn't feel like spending the money to get stainless lines made up.

[abubika345]

More fun stuff today

got my bumper put on and my ghetto 1 license plate light wired in and brake got 3rd brake light an rear wiper working(leaving it on til I get aero)
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then I moved on to putting my front wiper motor in and figured out the motor was toast, went to the giant rhd parts bin and found myself a new one and then I had to beat the inside because the trac was getting caught up, now it's in and I go to test it and the fuse blows, guess i'll see if it worked tomorrow

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dark pic but this is the rhd parts bin (3 clips of parts inside)
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[sean350z]

I'm from D-town too, good luck with the build. :2f2f:

[abubika345]

Ok so some stuff done today

got a windsheild today and put in
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/37e2fd80.jpg
got wipers working and all that jazz

got interior done and seat and manual belt in
leather cus boy gotta ride comfortable and cus they were laying around
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put bumper on to see how it fits up to the rad mount, needs to
be raised and trimmed but pretty good IMO
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/4b97257b.jpg

and thanks I appreciate it, maybe I'll see you around when the cars done, it's hard to miss haha

[abubika345]

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got brakes on today, needed to trim the sheilds a
little to fit the abs brakes on. Also got the nipples welded into the rad and just need the inlet pipe welded in and then hook it up and test and then start working on intercooler

[tricky_ab]

Looking good so far!

[turbox18]

good shit Sean get that shit running ... I see Wangs cars is there now snap some of brads ..

[abubika345]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/35702808.jpg

rad done, it leaks a little but I'm gonna try some alumaseal once it's running and see if it fixes it

Drained the full tank of 2 year old gas too an put some fresh sunoco 93 in it

[NightRyder]

Nice progress! GL with the rest of it

[abubika345]

Thanks

not much done today but brad hettingers car is up and running now so as requested here's a quick video of the first start up

YouTube - Brad hettinger 2010 s13 build first startup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-K9vg5czGQ&sns=em)

[datboibrad]

dude youve got some high dollar parts...please get a btter camera. good progress tho.

[T chop]

"Canadian lady" is Queen Elizabeth........

[abubika345]

Car is running don't have pics up cus photobuckets gay and wants $30 for premium membership

YouTube - My car first time running (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydt1DAidcNA&feature=youtube_gdata)

[JacobT]

gonrad.com (http://www.gonrad.com) is a good uploading site. Give it a try.

[Hashiriya415]

open 2 accounts with photo bucket. That's what I did when the bandwidth was exceeding. 2 accounts work

[SxMachine]

Dont see a thing

[abubika345]

Yea All the pics will show up again on the 15th. I don't have a computer just an iPhone and posting pics is a bitch with separate accounts

[abubika345]

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac114/Abubika3456/1270947543.jpg

made a new account for more pics, here's the intercooler where it's mounted and the piping

[abubika345]

YouTube - V mount walkaround (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXm0Vepqfdc&feature=youtube_gdata)

there's a walkaround of the vmount to show you guys, it's not 100% finished yet

[abubika345]

Some pictures to show you guys new stuff

car is getting pretty close 1-2 more weeks and it should be on the road again

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d67/abubika345/d6410226.jpg

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[96Turbo]

nice work man. but i thought mommy said no turbo?!

[abubika345]

Yea she realized that the v8 would never get done and didn't really care anymore

[Tantwoforty]

did you have the block and head decked?

[abubika345]

The head was decked just a little, the block was left alone