drifter92's 1990 S13 Hatch Build Thread

[drifter92]

I bought this car for $1500 a while back and replaced the fluids, spark plugs, wires, and fixed a couple small problems but after 3 days of driving the engine started knocking really bad...

So after letting it sit for a few months, i put my V8 S14 Build on hold to get this car going as a daily driver...

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Rebuilding the KA24DE
Bored (+.020)
Decked Block
Decked Head
Lightweight ACT flywheel
DSS 1-Piece Steel Drive shaft
Rebuilt Cylinder Head
JDMtastic red valve cover
SPEC Stage 3 Clutch
Peak Performance Trans mount bushing
DIY Semi-solid Engine mounts until my NISMO mounts came in

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[drifter92]

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After lots of Purple Power and scraping with assorted tools...
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ARP Head Studs
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Dash wiring done, new window, window motor and regulator.
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Out with the old...
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In with the new (Christmas Present)
KYB GR2's
Tanabe Sustec 2" Drop Progressive Rate Springs
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Painted Block
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WD-40
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ARP Head Studs installed along with some of the front timing done
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Driveshaft Shop Steel 1-Piece lightweight driveshaft
OEM Nissan Oil Pickup
New tie rod boots from FRSport.com

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eBay headers
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[drifter92]

TEIN Inner Tie Rods with spacers for more steering angle
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SPEC Stage 3 Clutch Kit

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Stock S13 driveshaft = 22.4 lbs
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Drive Shaft Shop 1-Piece Steel Shaft = 14.8 lbs
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Stock S13 KA Exhaust Manifold & downpipe = 25.0 lbs
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eBay Headers (1-Piece with downpipe) = 12.8 lbs
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KYB Struts & Tanabe 2" Drop Springs Installed
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The car right now
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Compression tested my motor today...
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Finished installing the JDM RB69VETT Intake manifold and my HKS Advan Super Turbo inlet filter adapter
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This is the Idler Sprocket bolt, mine was bent a very tiny amount but we didnt know that until after I almost destroyed my head with it.
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[drifter92]

Super JDM tensioner holder
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TEIN S14 Tie Rods Installed with spacers for more steering angle along with new OEM S14 Outer Tie Rods and new boots

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Stock Flywheel - 20lbs
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ACT Lightweight Flywheel - 13lbs
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Changing the heater core due to a broken coolant line stud
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Painted engine bay crucial nasty silver
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Fresh teardrops with new 195/65 federals up front
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I had to wait on a new idler sprocket bolt from Nissan but now...

Longblock is done!!!!!!!!
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The engine is DONE.

Ready to drop in as soon as my steering rack bushings and solid steering column bushing arrive.

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Autometer Oil Pressure Sending Unit Clearance
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Rear Main Seal FAIL, haha. I fixed it
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Here's the actual first start
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I win

Well I got the cooling/thermostat problem fixed, it was just air in the system...

I replaced the thermostat with an OEM Nissan one and did a coolant system burp with a boofie tool made for it and it stayed at temperature for a long time at idle but as soon as i took it down the street, it gained temperature really fast and got all the way up to the first bold bar, I pulled it into the driveway and let it idle until the gauge was between the 2 bold bars then turned it off and soon after it burped huge amounts of air out of the reservoir and sucked all of the coolant out of the reservoir and into the engine, i refilled the reservoir and now everything is dreamland...

I've been driving the car for 2 days and last night I wired my speedometer and the odometer i reset to 000,000 started moving along with the trip meter, woo hoo!!!

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[redline240sx]

wow, great build man. Everything came out clean and on point.

[buri_chan]

props for being young and doing all the work yourself!

[Nick_04K]

What did you paint the bay with? And what color will you be painting the car? (Assuming you will because the current paint is horrid!) Great job on everything else though!

[Ratpack_Chad]

Dude awesome work! That DE looks fresh!

[drifter92]

wow, great build man. Everything came out clean and on point.

thanks man, thats exactly what I was going for

props for being young and doing all the work yourself!

hell yea man, I turn 19 on the 26th, haha

What did you paint the bay with? And what color will you be painting the car? (Assuming you will because the current paint is horrid!) Great job on everything else though!

Rustoleum High Performance Enamel from Lowe's, I think i'm going to repaint it red, thanks man.

Dude awesome work! That DE looks fresh!

thanks man, the engine/header/upper timing cover/intake manifold are painted with VHT Flat Aluminum paint

[HPKMotorsports3]

wow great work... props man why didnt you turbo it?

[driftlife]

hey bro nice clean builded!!!! give you props!! how much did you spend to rebuild you motor and where did you get the parts a im rebuild mine but havent got any look with parts yet ;(

[4DOOR_LIFE]

car has come a long way. although im confused.

seems like you put hella money and work rebuilding the motor and what not. but then you downgrade to shocks and springs? why not get a new set of coilovers rather than wasting money on lowering springs and oem replacement shocks?

[jacobs13]

^^^ that wasnt downgrade. Those coils are old. Thats a really good spring shock setup, you just cant go fanboy low haha

[Edwin562]

nice build on the motor...

[KeesHimself]

Everythings bigger in Texas.

[drifter92]

wow great work... props man why didnt you turbo it?

It's just a reliable daily driver that can drift, I put all of the nice aftermarket parts on it because I was like, Why not have a lightweight flywheel and driveshaft? lol I was saving the rest of my money for my V8 S14, I don't think I have a build thread for it yet, but i've been working on it since Nov 2009

hey bro nice clean builded!!!! give you props!! how much did you spend to rebuild you motor and where did you get the parts a im rebuild mine but havent got any look with parts yet ;(

Engine Machine Work and rebuilding the head was $400
Getting the shortblock built was $150
eBay Rebuild Kit Was $310
Different set of crank/rods was $80

car has come a long way. although im confused.

seems like you put hella money and work rebuilding the motor and what not. but then you downgrade to shocks and springs? why not get a new set of coilovers rather than wasting money on lowering springs and oem replacement shocks?

The suspension was a christmas gift from my brother, the old coilovers were hella shitty, and i was tired of breaking my back on 8K/6K. The streets here are extremely bad, like knock off your oil pan, break your engine mounts bad... lol

nice build on the motor...

thanks man, it was alot of work, and it was also my first time building an engine, now it has over 1500 miles with no issues except the upper timing chain guide breaking loose because i never got the memo from Nissan to leave it off.

Everythings bigger in Texas.

lol, my wiener?

[ManoNegra]

good work, although a lot of unnecessary pictures
about the motor work:
did you replace the freeze plugs? motor looked pretty cruddy
new pilot bushing?
from experience the rod bolts are the KAs weakest link
IMO those are usually a good idea to replace with ARP ones

and because I'm a hater:
loose the tow-hook plushie
it was wack even when I did it 5 years ago

[drifter92]

you are soo cool

[Silentoreo34]

Lol'd really hard at the compression test pic.

Really clean rebuild. Good job.