BN Widebody L98 S14

[reapr]

Hey Guys,
Thought it was about time I posted up a build thread for my car seeing the latest build is just about complete. First post is going to get a little hektic as I change my mind all the time and the setup has changed alot over the years however i'll start with the latest video scotty made showing the car how it current sits.

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Anyway onto the build. This is the build of 1 car spread over 2 shells that is almost done so I thought id post a few progress shots and see if you like the transformation.

This is not long after I got it back in early 2008. Changed the wheels and did alot of mechanical stuff to it and it went alright.
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The motor was fairly tired at that point as was the body so I pulled it apart completely and gave it a fresh motor and new body parts. It was the perfect time to do it as id lost my license for a very long time so was just sitting. This is about mid 2009 at this point.
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The built motor went in and as I was running BN 30mm front guards and 50mm chargespeed rear guards it needed wheels. I ordered these from Weds and they finally rocked up.
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I was pretty excited by now as it was getting close to being the car id always wanted it to be so after putting the wheels on it looked like this. Yeah I know none of it was painted and it was way too high but I was happy it was running. I started drifting it again like this and it was making 360rwkw on 19psi with full boost at 3500rpm. It was great to drive and would start spinning in any gear even with the 11's on the rear. I should mention I was blowing rb25 gearboxes almost every drift day at first even with the original setup so I had upgraded to a dogbox along the way.
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Things went wrong (engine builder) and after the second drift day with the new motor it popped so I was pretty devestated and pretty broke. I parted out what was still alright from the motor (wasnt much) and after a bit of saving I bought this. Was a genuine R34 Nur motor and was still brand new. By the time it went in the car is was about november 09.
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So got it running with the new motor and it was running better than it had ever been before then this happened. I went out a little too wide will linking two corners and tapped the rockface with the rear which inturn dragged the front in and that was it for that car.
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I was pretty broke right now and as I had no license I had no insurance so I made a hard decision and decided to part out the rb26 setup and go for a reliable sr20 setup in a new shell. The new build was to be pretty mild engine wise or so I thought. So I picked up a straight shell off a mate and stripped it then started swapping over everything I was keeping. At this point my BN Type 4 kit had finally arrived from japan together with new BN 30mm front guards and BN 50mm rear guards to match so I trial fitted everything to see how it was going to look. BN stuff is by the best if had the pleasure of using everything lines up even the predrilled holes in the guards line up perfectly with stock holes.
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So now that I had most of the bodywork together it was time for the new motor setup. I picked up an sr20det with headwork, 2871r and a z32 gearbox conversion and was just going to drop it straight in but at this point I decided the 2871r wasnt going to be enough so I bought a twin scroll 3076 .78 setup for it.
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Now that id gone for such a big turbo I had to upgrade everything else so it wasnt done until may 2010 and this is how it sat at that point making 260rwkw on 16psi with full boost at 3700rpm. I know that its hardly any boost for that size turbo but it was still a stock bottom end and wasnt willing to risk it. Sure it wasnt the rb26 setup but it had plenty of power and I was really happy.
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Now that it was almost done I thought it was time for a bit of paint. I'd always liked midnight purple (I had a midnight purple r32 gtr previously) and thought it would go great with the rims so the paint started. These pictures show just how wide the BN guards are particularily at the front.
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After I got it home and put the kit back on it looked great (I think). Ignore the uncut cable ties I forgot to cut them before I started taking pictures.
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And here is a quick one of my 2 cars side by side. The ute is my tow car/daily 4L turbo with 350rwkw.
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At this point I was happy but I wanted it to go lower. My current coilovers wouldnt allow it to go any lower in the rear so I ordered a complete Driftworks setup front and rear and went about swapping everything over.
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This is how it sat before its its first run with the new setup.
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[reapr]

So my first time drifting this car was at winton and I ran into a fair few issues. I hadnt been out driving in almost 2 years so it took a little while to get used to it but I started going ok then the problems began. Was having big missfiring issues so I was having to clutch kick it continuously to keep it sideways. The z32 box ended up going along with the coilpacks so I didnt do much drifting at all but ended up with some good photos. The driftworks stuff was great the car had so much grip and even when the sr was running properly it was a struggle to keep it sideways.
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At this point I was pretty dissapointed in the sr setup and I started thinking about a v8 swap. I probably should have just fixed the missfire issue and fixed the box but as always I decided to bin the setup and started down the v8 path. I thought it was going to be alot easier and cheaper then in turned out being but here is how it panned out. I ended up sourcing a 6L L98 out of a VE SS that was already cammed and making 330rwkw.
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The motor came missing alot so in hindsight it would have been far cheaper to buy a whole wrecked car and strip it but oh well. So I bought a complete Sikky kit as alot of americans recommended it and off I went. The sikky stuff is amazing quality and im really happy I went with them.
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Modifying the stock baffle to work with the sump. Putting the sikky oil pickup on aswell as tapping and blocking off the standard dipstick hole as its no longer used.
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Bottom shot of the sump after I got it all on. Great quality!
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And finally how it sits now with the engine mounts on aswell
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Box and motor are both in but had some real issues with starter clearance nothing we tried really worked so no starter on it right now and will have to try a few more things to get it to clear.
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Ended up pulling the motor and box back out about 2 weeks and split it all apart to fit the starter and adapter plate. This ended up being really fiddly and took ages to get right. Also had to cut away a bit off the bell housing so the starter could engage with the flywheel in its new position.

Once id gotten it roughly into position Peter (sidewayz) came over to help me like always and we eventually got it all back together and in the car. Really tight fit with the urethane mounts and such a big bell housing on the box but we got there after a few hours.

Now that the box was sitting 8mm back the tailshaft would no longer fit! Normally you build a bit of play into them but it seems Sikky made it the maximum length possible :( At this point it was Tuesday and I left it until the next weekend.

Ended up getting the tailshaft shortened by a mate on the saturday (hasnt been balanced yet) then went off to give beau a hand swapping gearboxes. Put the shaft in on Sunday and spent the day cleaning up/finishing a few things off and it was ready to go for exhaust.

Ended up dropping it at Windsor Exhaust on Tuesday morning and it was ready yesterday arvo! Real quick turn around and the quality of work is great cant recommend these guys enough. Ended up being 3k for a full system including extractors and twin 3" straight through with a merge after the box which is pretty damn cheap for the amount of work they put in. Anyway here are some pics of how it sits right now (still on the trailer) and should be going to Peter to redo the wiring and a few other things in the next 2 weeks!

Sorry for the quality of the pics its pretty overcast but I was trying to show how nice and tight it is. The extractors are equal length 1 7/8" and then its into twin 3" tucked up nice and high under the car into a merge after the gearbox then back out into twin 3" that crosses over again after the diff to exit out the rear left as normal.

Drivers side. Nice and tight with plenty of clearance around the shaft.
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Passenger side. Plenty of space here and you can spot the starter in its new position!
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And underbody showing clearance which is as good if not better than the tucked system I had on the sr so I shouldnt have too much of an issue with it.
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What came next was alot of little but annoying things like getting the master cylinder to fit. I ended up modding the firewall and running the standard master but it turned out 5/8 wasnt enough to fully engage the clutch so I ended up fitting a wilwood 3/4 master through the firewall and the clutch works fine now. Peter finished up all the wiring and cleaned the car up a bit then it was off for a tune. Its sort of hard to explain how the car sounds without hearing it in real life but I really happy with how it all came out.

So thats pretty much the stage im up to now. Very few things left to do before I get to finally take it out to the track again.

I plan on updating this thread as much as possible but its always best to check out the Hit And Run (http://hitandrundc.com/) site for the latest updates as its the group im part of and they have some pretty awesome cars :)

[ayuaddict]

GOD DAMN IT.

That is just too cool.

[reapr]

Afaik you guys have very few cars that use the L98 so its basically a 6L V8 out of the latest model holden commodore over here. Has bigger heads that flow better than the ls2 and consequently makes a fair bit more power which is why it was the perfect choice.

And another picture.
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[frizzle]

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[EDacIouSX]

yea looks like a great build. one day i will be able to afford a build like this...

[Eyegazm]

Excellent.

[SlideOrDie831]

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[S14DB]

Afaik you guys have very few cars that use the L98 so its basically a 6L V8 out of the latest model holden commodore over here. Has bigger heads that flow better than the ls2 and consequently makes a fair bit more power which is why it was the perfect choice.

Closest we have is the L76 in the Pontiac G8.

[Om1kron]

wait, this car is fucking purple!!! I thought it was black, we can no longer be friends =(

[reapr]

Closest we have is the L76 in the Pontiac G8.

Yeah the L98 is the same just without the displacement on demand bits.

The car is a really dark purple it looks black most of the time but in the sunlight you can see its purple. I originally wanted midnight purple but it came out a little darker then that.

[S14DB]

Yeah the L98 is the same just without the displacement on demand bits.

The car is a really dark purple it looks black most of the time but in the sunlight you can see its purple. I originally wanted midnight purple but it came out a little darker then that.

That's why I said the G8 as it only has the AFM and not the Displacement on Demand that the trucks have.

[JDM Sil4ty]

this car is NUTZ!! love the history and build..

[thenooblet]

What size cam does it have? That thing sounds nuts.

[flewis]

She runs a ‎232/234

[turbo2nr]

that car is awesome!

[95KA-Turbo]

Completely amazing car! I stumbled across pictures of it right when it got out of paint and had the SR and was immensely in love....now you LS swap it and it basically has everything I could ever want!

[project-D180]

i dont do v8's but this shit is ill bro ..great job

[conrad_s13.5]

holy shit man!

i wish our definitions of 'broke' were the same!

quality ass shit man!

[yomisiu]

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

great stuff

[tricky_ab]

Soo much win in this thread and it's just the beginning. Gald you made it over to Zilvia :)

[driftsilvias13]

Amazing Grace

[duppydem]

What rims are those?

[DancingMonkey]

Car looks Awesome!!!

[wisdom01]

car looks siick! that teaser video is very well done too!

[blingbling]

You sir, have style.

This post just made my day

[Vanity]

WHOA!
v8 in an s14?
AMAZING!

[bc.]

nice work chap

[JosiahP]

damn dude.... that car is amazing!!

[DanielS14]

What rims are those?

lol weds lzx

[Royal_T]

This is straight gangsta.. Need vids of this ripping at the track.. looks good

[K_style]

WHOA!
v8 in an s14?
AMAZING!

It's not like the first time... ??



This is straight gangsta.. Need vids of this ripping at the track.. looks good


YES YES !

[Kouki_monstr]

Subscribed! How I always wanted my kouki..at least someone is making it happen. Beautiful build my friend!

[flewis]

This is straight gangsta.. Need vids of this ripping at the track.. looks good

The car will be at the track on October 21st at the latest, for the filming of the Hit and Run (http://www.hitandrundc.com) section of the new Wreck 'Em (http://www.wreckem.com.au/) DVD. So amped!

[reapr]

WHOA!
v8 in an s14?
AMAZING!

Might be run of the mill in the us but out here I can count the number of lsx s chassis that are running on one hand so its a big thing for us :D

[nathanong87]

WHOA!
v8 in an s14?
AMAZING!

have u seen most of the cars that are built in his country? THIS CAR IS A BIG DEAL!

[95KA-Turbo]

Might be run of the mill in the us but out here I can count the number of lsx s chassis that are running on one hand so its a big thing for us :D

Your car, regardless of if it had a stock KA, isn't even kind of run of the mill in the US, haha. Your car is legendary status.

If cars could have sex with each other my car would want to have sex with yours, and if it didn't I'd smack it in the face and make it watch me do it :tardrim:.

[Imarvin240]

awesome series of builds you have had! they look like they were all well done builds.

[GabeS14]

Love the car! one of my Favorite S14's ever, I hope my new build looks at least half as sexy as yours.! and if your car doesn't have sex with 95kat's S14,
then mine is second..

[SIL-014]

have u seen most of the cars that are built in his country? THIS CAR IS A BIG DEAL!

now now no need to be like that haha

but . seriously this car makes me hate my zenki :facepalm:

[OBEEWON]

25, 26, L98...

...please do a 702 next.

I love this car.

[DeanGrind]

Sicknasty!

[MarcD]

Real sweet man, nice work.

Did you get the rims off YAJ? I'm sure they're the same as a set I wanted off there but I they were a bit too manly up front for me.

[tricky_ab]

have u seen most of the cars that are built in his country? THIS CAR IS A BIG DEAL!

This...seriously take a look at their car shows if you want to take a trip back into time...

[Om1kron]

Real sweet man, nice work.

Did you get the rims off YAJ? I'm sure they're the same as a set I wanted off there but I they were a bit too manly up front for me.

clearly states he ordered them new from weds. went with the flat face instead of concave =(

[UNITEDMASTER]

This car/project its just gangsta,so nice!!! Super legit in all areas.

you must get up some vids..

[MarcD]

clearly states he ordered them new from weds. went with the flat face instead of concave =(

Dam my bad, I was blinded by the pictures.

[flewis]

have u seen most of the cars that are built in his country? THIS CAR IS A BIG DEAL!

ease up champ, theres some pretty decent cars here considering our size, and how screwed we get with any sort of retail cost.

This...seriously take a look at their car shows if you want to take a trip back into time...

I think you're looking at the wrong car shows.

[ATMO_BT1]

i was under the impression car shows sucked no matter where you were in the world

[tricky_ab]

ease up champ, theres some pretty decent cars here considering our size, and how screwed we get with any sort of retail cost.



I think you're looking at the wrong car shows.

Eh? So 20" + rims with air brushing isin't the norm? I'm somewhat playing. I'm not saying that there's no amazing builds in your country, but there's still popular rice at shows...

[blingbling]

Tricky, there's popular rice everywhere.. OP obviously has some sense of taste even if lsx BN sports dressed s chassis are becoming played out in the states.

[flewis]

Eh? So 20" + rims with air brushing isin't the norm? I'm somewhat playing. I'm not saying that there's no amazing builds in your country, but there's still popular rice at shows...

nah, not the norm, I guess thats just the crap that stands out wherever you are in the world.

[xBtony]

Hell yea!!! Soo gangsta. Subb'ed

[NiSilS14]

Holy shit.....

[RB Me]

holyshit talk about a money pit. I learned a lot reading through all this. very nice

[RB Me]

man i would of stopped with the rb26, lol. crazy

[mrslowevoix]

you sir. did an amazing job! gorgeous car

[frizzle]

What is your alignment specs??

[turbo2nr]

What is your alignment specs??

GULLY:goyou:

[reapr]

What is your alignment specs??

Absolutely terrible it has not had a wheel alignment yet and ive done it all by eye so its pretty bad. Once its sideways its fine but its a bit of a bitch to drive.

At the back its next to no camber or toe which is how I like it keep it for tyre wear. Front has way too much negative camber as I had 215/40's on there before which were rubbing on everything but now ive got 225/35's I can take it back out.

It will be rear 0 toe, -1 camber, standard castor and front will be 4mm toe out, -6 camber and 7.5 degrees or so castor once I manage to get it on the aligner. I guess its pretty close to that right now but im sure its a little off.

[ATMO_BT1]

update

Face Lift – Reaper S14's tube front end | Hit and Run Drift Club (http://hitandrundc.com/2012/01/11/face-lift-reaper-s14s-tube-front-end/)

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[OBEEWON]

Not liking where this is going. Too much america going on.

[nathanong87]

Not liking where this is going. Too much america going on.

not america, we are doing a full 180 back to austrailia.

[Kingbaby]

I can't get over the houses in that neighborhood...

[reapr]

Not liking where this is going. Too much america going on.

I've always wanted a tube front end makes working on it so much easier.

None of the original stuff was reusable anyway it was a fairly big hit.

[nathanong87]

I've always wanted a tube front end makes working on it so much easier.

None of the original stuff was reusable anyway it was a fairly big hit.

brett , OB is talking about sponsor decal being all non-street car like. (or so i think he is..)

[slammed40]

this car is titssss

[lflkajfj12123]

^ not anymore lol xD

[reapr]

Haha I expected a bit of hate. Will it make it better if I post full pictures of what the car looks like? I know the sponsor logo on the door is ugly but I worked with what I had.

[reapr]

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And here is one of me hitting the wall. The tie rod pulled out of the tie rod end and the rear hit at about 140km/h which dragged the side and front in. Snapped a few heim joints in the front and snapped the coilover plus the chassis damage.

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I quite like the graphics myself stands out alot :)

[nathanong87]

dang carnage. did bn survive. i wouldn't be surprised if it did.

the graphics aren't bad themselves (imho) i dont like that dooor logo , but as long as u like it!

[yomisiu]

car looks badass, even with the graphics. people need to calm down

[reapr]

dang carnage. did bn survive. i wouldn't be surprised if it did.

the graphics aren't bad themselves (imho) i dont like that dooor logo , but as long as u like it!

Yeah nothing I can do about the door logo, could you imagine how bad it would of looked without the graphics?

The guards have a few cracks but im in the process of glassing them back up. The sideskirts are fine and the rear bar had a fair few cracks on the left but ive glassed it back together.

Front bar wasnt so lucky though it went completely under the car and is in about 8 pieces ill try and put it back together but might just have to buy a new one.

[derek king]

LXZ's make this cool

[blingbling]

This car is a wet dream. Better without graphics but it looks like success is pouring on reapr so more power to him.

[kriss]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39JDe8XpAb0

[sil80sr20]

still needs k's wing