View Full Version : JBB's redtop s14 build
Hello!
I am going to be copying over my build from one of those other 240sx sites.
So I got introduced to the import scene when I was around 19. I was hooked and started searching for my first toy.
I picked up this 89 s13 coupe and loved it. My plan was "save 2 grand to buy an SR and have FUN!", I was a little naive at the time.
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The ride height was terrible and it smelled like a dog (not surprised since the redneck I bought it from showed up with his pit bull in the back seat when I went to check it out/buy it). I had fun with it for a little while and even though it was an "old car" it still got looks.
Well it rained particularly hard one night and when I went to start the car up the next morning, nothing happened. There was a live power cable for a sub in the trunk sitting in the wheel well (lowest point) and apparently the trunk didnt seal well because it was sitting in a puddle of water. I fried several relays. After replacing them I started finding more and more things wrong with the motor, including a broken woodruff key...I eventually ran out of cash trying to get it running right and just sold it. That was around 2009 or so.
Fast forward to 2011 and I picked up a somewhat clean and stock 95 s14.
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Non-SE, 5 speed, hard top, power options, about 140k miles and nothing majorly wrong with it. Typical 20 year old car issues...peeling clearcoat on the hood, some surface rust on the trunk lid, etc. Small crack on the dash and weird cut looking marks on the door panels. Nothing that really couldnt be fixed.
I tucked away some money for a while and got to a point that I felt comfortable starting my project so I began placing orders (end of the year 2012).
For the past 5 years I had planned on ordering my SR from oaskajdmmotors but I did a little reading before placing my order and read on a subaru forum actually that most of their inventory at that time was tsunami flood damaged motors. I also heard that it was pretty easy to get the short end of the stick when dealing with purchases made out of the country.
I decided to go with jspecauto.com since they were located in virginia. I bought a redtop from them (through ebay actually, for the points and added paypal protection). It looked pretty clean, they claimed it only had 54,000 miles, and they had a compression test video. 174, 173, 170, 174. I thought it seemed pretty good even though it was a little overpriced ($2,299 fee shipping). I bought it on a sunday and it was delivered the following thursday.
I unwrapped it and snapped these two pictures while my friend I started looking it over.
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My buddy was over and we decided to just give it a look-over that night. As we started inspecting things, we noticed that there were a lot of parts that looked pretty much brand new. After further inspection, it turns out that just about everything that looked brand new actually had a little dab of green paint...we thought maybe this is how they had marked parts that they had replaced? Who knows...anyways, the parts that had the paint were: injectors, throttle body and cable assembly, idle air control valve, and the throttle positioning sensor. Some other parts looked brand new: water pump, the belts, and the power steering pump.
One thing that caught our eye, that Im still a little concerned about today, was the ECU. It had 2 stickers on the top, "TBO Racing Parts For Racing Purposes Use Only", and "FAST Made in Japan". There were also "fast" stickers along the sides, so that if the ECU was opened up you would have to break the stickers. I attempted looking these companies up, but I found very little information. All I could find about TBO was that they made aero parts, which wouldnt make any sense why there would be a TBO sticker on the ECU. Secondly, the information for FAST was alaso very limited -- I found that it stands for "Fuel Air Spark Timing" and apparently was a tuning company in Japan? Im guessing that this ECU is chipped, and Im really hoping that the tune on here isnt funky...and that it actually runs for now
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Anyways, this thread is going to be pretty picture intensive. I took all of the pictures with my phone, its an iphone 4s, so they might not be the best of quality but I dont have a digital camera. I might not list a description for every picture, so if you have any questions just ask.
Ill start with the parts that Ive been ordering:
My first order came in: (enjukuracing)
Isis m-spec FMIC with piping pre-flanged for a Greddy BOV. I heard that this front mount is identical to the Greddy M-spec.
Mishimoto aluminum radiator
Circuit sports metal coolant overflow tank (my plastic one is all broken and the plastic was flaking into the coolant)
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2nd thing to come in was my walbro 255 high pressure fuel pump
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3rd order came with some exciting parts: (phase2motortrend)
OEM water pump (didnt snap a picture)
ARP head studs (also didnt take a picture)
Circuit Sports 3" downpipe with a flex section
Exedy stage 1 organic clutch
ACT streetlite flywheel
Greddy type RZ BOV
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Then I received order 4 and 5 on the same day so Ill lump them all together: (amazon and FRsport)
AEM Uego A/F gauge
AEM Truboost b00st controller/gauge
Optima redtop battery
ARP rod bolts
Summit racing battery relocation kit (I guess I only took a picture of the power cable..)
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I had another order from Enjuku, however Ive only received 1 part so far:
Circuit sports 3" turbo elbow/up-pipe
Not yet shipped from this order:
steering wheel gauge pod
s14 to s13 A/C conversion bracket
OEM timing chain
NGK iridiums
belts
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order 7 was actually the very first order I placed...and one of the last to be delivered (z1motorsports)
Nismo motor/tranny mounts
z1 silicone radiator hoses
OEM oil pump assembly
s13 redtop SR20 gasket kit
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Also from order 7, but directly from GReddy:
Greddy type RS 3" exhaust (I really really really wanted the TI-C, however, it was discontinued a year ago. I called just about every performance shop I could find and NO ONE had one left. I was told that the RS is the exact same exhaust, just minus the titanium / burnt tip.)
Greddy oversized oil pan (I guess I didnt take a picture of this..)
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Order 8 was from FRsport again,
Circuitsports 480cc oil catch can
Circuitsports 250cc oil catch can
You can just call me TwoCan Sam!! My buddy has a pretty good idea for running these dual catch cans, more on this later
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Here's the pile of parts that has been slowly growing in my 2nd bedroom. Coming home every day brings such mixed feelings, Im happy to see these and know that it will be awesome one day soon, but its also depressing looking at so much money just sitting there that I cant do anything with yet.
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So thats about it for parts for now, if anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know. As a side note, although these circuitsports items are made in china, the quality is far greater than expected. The welds on these things are absolutely sick as well, someone definitely took their time crafting this stuff.
ayrtonlucyk
01-04-2014, 11:22 PM
pretty sweet pile of parts there!
ferrariowner123
01-04-2014, 11:48 PM
Cant wait to see how all of this turns out!! I love coming home to parts!!
-Kyle
flatout
01-05-2014, 01:47 AM
Nice collection of parts. Looked like the corner of my room until i started putting the motor and car together
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Thanks guys, I wrote this out last night and it would only let me post like 1/3rd of my post so I just went to bed. Sorry, I should have pm'ed a mod to reserve some spaces ;D
Ok, engine tear down pictures-- GO!!:
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:-/
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:-\ not excited about seeing oil in there
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pause in time
got the cylinder head off
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went on vacation
pulled silencer from exhaust, thing was huge
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finally got tranny off
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got a few things in
Belts
Plugs
AC conversion bracket
Timing chain
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needed this for the crank pulley nut
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got this gauge pod
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picked up a gpopshop rebuild kit for the stock turbo. i contacted a local tampa shop (the boost lab) about pricing for rebuilding my turbo using the gpopshop kit and balancing. instead of giving me pricing they said they dont use gpopshop kits and didnt offer any pricing for alternatives. I dont know who turns away business in this economy but ok, guess Ill rebuild it myself. great tutorial here -> (HOW TO: Rebuild a T25/T28 Turbo - SR20 Forum (http://www.sr20forum.com/turbo-guides/254779-how-rebuild-t25-t28-turbo.html))
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broke up with girlfriend and started looking for new place
friend ended up moving into my 2nd room (office) so I got to stay at current apartment with 1 car attached garage for a while longer
picked up a few more parts (please dont flame)
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finally got flywheel and crank pulley off
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did first cleaning of block. pro tip -> brake clean worked so much better than engine degreaser (auto zone brand for both)
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my friend picked up the block and we got it on an engine stand that i picked up
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scooped these touge factory pulleys and a cheap magnetic oil drain plug
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picked up a few more parts
heater hoses
oem water pump
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did a little reading and decided to pick up an s14 water neck
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did some more reading and figured i should get the s14 oil pickup/strainer
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my friend thought it would be a good idea to get new timing guides. (later on when we got the front cover off one of the guides was cracked in half, the one that the newer version has a metal plate reinforcing it, so it was good that I bought these before we found that)
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picked up these seats
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got a 2 1/2 ton engine hoist for 80 bucks. it was a 45 minute drive to white-trash-ville where it was chained to a tree. no pictures
started rebuilding my turbo
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this whole time i debated with myself about painting my engine
i had some down time and not a lot of money so i decided to stay busy by painting everything
i started out painting some of the accessories. I originally used VHT engine metallic on my turbo but it came out really blue so I ended up using duplicolor high heat aluminum paint
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i saw this build and liked the idea of a gloss black with rainbow flake so i tried it out on my intercooler pipes
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taped off my block, took like 12 hours to tape and cut all the electrical tape :O (i am no professional, and did it in couple hour increments while just relaxing, listening to some music and having a few beers)
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i hit it with like 5-6 coats of primer and the same with the paint
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started hitting a few other things like the upper oil pan
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set a few parts on the motor to get an idea of what i was working with
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woo
taping/painting the head
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gettin some head
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more down time...painting other things
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i jacked up the crank pulley, was hanging by a coat hanger and i missed the spot underneath it. ill probably just touch that spot up with a sharpie or something
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motor mount brackets, ac bracket, alt bracket, p/s bracket, intake manifold support
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hit up the intake manifold
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I found a greddy oil filter relocation kit on ebay and the guy had it listed for $200. I emailed him if it didnt sell, Id like to offer $150. He said ok, I considered your offer and relisted it for 150 so you can bid. Im like, sweet, and I bid on it. Last minute some guy bids it up to like 168 and I end up stealing it in the last 5 seconds for $170. 2 days later the owner emails me and says hey, sorry, it was my dads and he wanted to sell it locally. So Im sitting here like WTF?? I ended up picking up the circuit sports kit because I couldnt find any other good deals on a greddy one :\
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picked up some turbo lines
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drain tube
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dual activation dual fan thermostatic switch from painless wiring
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After taking Mikester's advice the other week, I was about to pick up a nismo power brace from FRSport because they were on sale...but I was waiting to see if they would drop any more. I was on zilvia looking for a zenki lip and happened to come across a barely used (2000 miles) s14 brace. I got it for $170 paypal'd/shipped, so that was a pretty sweet deal.
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time to tackle the valve seals
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womp womp picked up an SE lip in the mean time
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also some LED kouki tails from our resident kriskouki!
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at first i thought that valve retainer tool was too big and for domestics. I ended up ordering a smaller one (that only came as a pair with the same sized one that I already had). the small one was TOO small. I placed an order for a better style valve keeper tool.
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Well a few days after ordering that new tool, before it arrived, I tried the original tool again and it DID work, I just wasnt hitting that shit hard enough.
Found out from some people on this forum that the SR is an interference motor and you dont need to hook up an air compressor. just set the current cylinder to TDC to prevent the valves from dropping. I was retarded and didnt see one of the oil galleys and didnt block it off with anything. I dropped a valve keeper down in and heard it drop quite a distance, DOH! Dumbass! I tried air in a can, tried pouring oil down the galley, even tried a magnetic strip tied to some fishing line but no luck. !!!! will have to get back to that.
Got busy reading someone elses build thread and they showed a gasket that they put on their oil strainer/pickup. WTF the FSM doesnt mention a gasket, I installed mine with a little liquid gasket just to be safe. This made me worried, so I ordered that gasket and took mine off and cleaned off the liquid gasket.
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got the wrong sized gasket and had to wait for the correct one to come in
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Back to the valve seals
I pulled the oil baffle plate and got really lucky, the keeper was sitting right there ontop of it. I was thinking I'd have to pull the upper oil pan, and maybe rotate the motor which would mean bleeding the lifters since the head was installed at this point.
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so I go to use my new sweet lever style valve keeper tool. It only came with 3 small bolts, 3 fat bolts, and some bolts without threads. I thought that was weird since you need -4- to bolt the horse shoe sides down to where the cam caps connect. I figured Id try and see how snug it is with 1 bolt on the one side. Im torquing down the bolt slowly and all of a sudden the head turns sideways. WTF. I tried reversing it and SNAP, the damn bolt head snapped off
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the one thing I was trying to avoid was taking the head back off. I tried a ryobi screw extractor and my hole got off center and it did not work. my roommate and I tried some reverse thread drill bits, which just didnt want to bite and turn the bolt. we went to harbor freight and got a pretty aggressive screw extractor kit. It started turning the bolt but was hitting the sidewall, so we were like....lets give it a little tap with the rubber mallet to straighten it out. DUMB! snapped the screw extractor off inside the broken bolt. this is turning into a disaster.
We pulled the head and I found a local shop (for hondas..) that said they could get it out. It would normally be $10 but because the extractor is broken off in there it would be $20. Im like ok, sweet, this isnt so bad afterall and I drop the head off.
At this point in time Im unemployed so I have a lot of free time but not a lot of free money :p
I drop the cylinder head off and they said they would get to it the next day. 3 days later I call them (several times, because any time I call before 2pm its a spanish guy that answers who doesnt speak english other than "call back after 2 for ray") and they say they cant get the bolt out because of the material of the extractor, and they actually ask me about cutting the section out to remove it and welding it back in. Im thinking to myself these guys cant be serious, how is that even possibly considered an option. I told them no way in hell are you cutting a chunk out of my cylinder head and welding it back in. They said ok, let us look at it a bit more and see what we can do.
2 1/2 weeks later, I call them up and they say they cant get it out and start asking me how much a new cylinder head is because I should probably just buy a new one.
..............
I go pick up my head and say thanks for the effort guys
went down the road to zFever (now Fever Racing)
man, what an awesome shop!! its literally like a fantasy land for adults. the owner, Doug, is the coolest guy ever. He tried welding a nut to it (even let me hold it with some pliers while he did the welding). We tried 3 times but it did not work :\ on the plus side I got to see a ton of cool cars, talk to the owner for a while, and he referred me to a REAL machine shop in north Tampa (galaxy machining, I recommend this place highly)
Doug, the owner of zFever, has a pretty sick NSX, an s13.5 vert, and an r33 as a daily
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Also saw a ton of z32's, a couple 240z and 280z, handful of s13's, a good amount of s14's
alternator died in my 240 on my way home from school one night about 10pm. barely limped home with no lights, every time my hazards flashed my car would jerk--but I made it!! this totally killed my optima redtop (purchased through amazon, they conveniently have since removed this purchase from my order history and I cant do a return on it). had to swap in a new alternator and battery. went for a cruise and I guess I didnt have the tension bolt tight enough because the belt popped off, took off my water pump belt on its way off, caused my engine to almost overheat, radiator hose burst off shooting coolant everywhere lol man what a day. got a replacement bolt, installed, new belts installed, and got back on the road.
got the head back from the machine shop this evening. $155 to get the bolt out, heli-coil the cam cap section. He also cleaned and decked the bottom for me.
Unfortunately, he says theres metal shavings in the head so Ill have to clean it. He mentioned that the easiest thing to do would be take it to napa for a hot tank, but Ive painted it so he recommended maybe cleaning it out with brake clean or carb cleaner
got a new job at this point. took my head to NAPA to hot tank and yes, it took off all of the paint. While I was there I had them use their air tools to put some pulleys on :) (this is on a quest alternator, I also picked up a quest alt conversion bracket from CodyAce, just no pictures)
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head was super clean though
before:
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after:
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installed my LED tail lights and my seats
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had to paint the head a 2nd time :\
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deja vu
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started installing new valve seals (got a set of supertech valve seals since I had previously installed 8 of the OEM ones from my rebuild kit and had to pull them for the hot tank, oems are way more expensive)
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picked up this HKS intake, thats that mushroom tip! (hodgetwins reference)
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started checking things out again for an idea of what it would look like
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picked up these isis control arms (please dont flame)
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my lease ran up and my roommate had to get a place with his sister to help her out. I moved into a 1br with a detached 1-car garage. the garage wasnt available until a few days after I moved so I had to put all of my car parts in my dining room for a week lol.
anyways, I got settled in and my friend came over to help me get the cams installed. Oh I forgot, I had to buy a new headgasket because when I pulled the head off to take it to the shop I tore a layer or two. Sweet waste of $60.
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So we get the cams in and timed correctly. then we realize that we didnt install the "inside sub bolts" basically underneath the cam sprockets. you can get the intake one in no problem, but I couldnt torque down the exhaust side one due to the extra length on the exhaust cam sprocket (the part that the CAS connects to). faaaark. so we pull the cams and torque those bolts and the following weekend reinstall the cams and get them timed correctly.
Im still driving my 240 with the KA because its a lot more fun to drive than my "daily" driver plymouth neon. at this point my gas tank (probably lines) starts leaking. Currently (to this day) i cant fill my tank up past half capacity or I will start dumping about 1/2 - 1 gallon of fuel when I turn the car off. Im thinking, and heard from others, that its probably the lines to the sending unit, I just havent had the time to tackle that project. Ill handle it when I go to install the walbro pump.
started test fitting things on the SR
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1466147_10151981037262801_1084766558_n_zps43797982 .jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1466147_10151981037262801_1084766558_n_zps43797982 .jpg.html)
my friends and I had an inside joke about me selling my 240 and getting a fiat 500. I had a fun moment convincing them that I sold both of my cars and picked up this one:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1424380_10151960257962801_698027797_n_zps5ee1c597. jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1424380_10151960257962801_698027797_n_zps5ee1c597. jpg.html)
went back to Fever Racing and had Doug cut my coolant line (from under the intake manifold) and weld a bead around the end since I will be using the tap on the s14 water neck. No pics here, sorry. Again, I have to mention how cool this guy is. He let me ask questions for an hour. I found out that they now own Enthalpy and he has convinced me to come back to have Martin tune my car when Im done. I will most definitely be doing this.
Saw some more bad ass cars again, this time another R33 (GTR)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1390699_10151999587092801_446429324_n_zpscdb31b06. jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1390699_10151999587092801_446429324_n_zpscdb31b06. jpg.html)
And this sick rb25 in a 280z
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1460243_10151999586017801_1989725806_n_zps5566ca46 .jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1460243_10151999586017801_1989725806_n_zps5566ca46 .jpg.html)
Anyways
Installed those isis control arms, that was fun
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Had some more fun:
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I decided to take a different route with the initial install. I had rebuilt my T25 and was going to roll on stock boost for about a year or so but talking to Doug and how many times they have done 300hp tunes, I thought I would go down that path for now.
I picked up an s15 turbo
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some s15 injectors
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z32 maf
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drain tube
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clocking adapters
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oil restrictor (turned out to not fit my line, it was -4 to .035)
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got these
transmission gasket
ss braided clutch line
-3 to .04 restrictor (hope this doesnt hurt the turbo, i heard that ideally you want .032
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installed my power brace and front control arms
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thats where I am as of now. Ive had this engine since Oct. 2012 and have been slowly working 1 or 2 hours here and there every weekend. I know that a lot of people get these and throw them right in the weekend they get them, or do serious work and have them in quickly. I am not a mechanic, I had never even changed oil or done anything besides an audio install prior to ordering this motor.
Im hoping to have it done soon. I just ordered poweredbymax comp coilovers (will be delivered 01/07/14). Im in talks with someone about buying their oem s15 front end. Looking to go 5 lug/z32 brakes/gramlight 57d in luminous yellow 17x9 in the next few months. Eventually would like to go with house of kolor galaxy grey paint but Ill probably do a matte black plastidip after the s15 front, jdm kouki rear bumper/valances/sideskirts.
Power wise I think I will be happy with around 300hp from the s15 turbo. I originally wanted to ride stock for a year or so and then pick up a 2871r but we'll see how this goes as Im thinking about doing a drag oriented build after this car
interior wise Im planning on a 350mm perforated nardi wheel with the dark aluminum spokes, nrg neochrome hub to match my ARC shift knob, and wrap my dash/console/headliner in perforated black leather with red stitching to match the nardi wheel. Will eventually remove the rear seats and build a nice box to house 2 10's, 2 6" mids, and 2 1" tweeters for highs.
This is just going to be a fun/weekend car really, not planning on being a d1 hero.
Any comments/suggestions are welcome, thanks! :)
ferrariowner123
01-05-2014, 04:44 PM
All i can say is great, build up, lol'd at the Fiat joke...
Cant wait to see her all done, any plans for, when you get the S15 front to change the color, that greenish blue, cannot be favored?
-Kyle
Haha, thanks man! Yes I plan on dipping the car matte black for a while and possibly going with house of kolor galaxy grey in the future
ZERTA RACING
01-05-2014, 07:30 PM
Sorry but....s15 front will ruin this car. Zenki or kouki with an Sr and nice paint and you will be breaking necks. But then again this is my personal opinion. I personally think that s15 fronts only look good on s15's.
But spending the time to do your motor right the first time like you have is great. I really like how the build is turning out!
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bova17
01-05-2014, 11:17 PM
nice job man, you might want to put a little oil on those suspension arms so they dont get seized up:)
TwelveAM
01-05-2014, 11:31 PM
Keep it Zenki man. But I will give you this......this is one of the best builds I've seen/read in a while. Very good list of parts, very descriptive, and a lot pictures.
Keep up the good work and you can see that you have been taking your time with this build.
Snatch'D Factory
01-06-2014, 08:03 AM
Very nice build up of a SR20.
I personally think Zenkis look more classy, which is my style. I totally think you should keep it. You can do a nice widebody kit or go all oem and turn heads either way. Put make sure you do all you of you body work then paint it. That makes it easier.
Once again very nice build up.
juvi22003
01-06-2014, 10:06 AM
Some nice legit parts you got there, so far so good dont worry i'll be buying ISIS arms too lol
Thanks guys, I really appreciate all the kind words!
I know there's a lot of people who dont particularly like the s15 front on the 13/14 and that's okay, they are entitled to their opinions. I was actually originally going to go with a kouki front end but for basically the same amount of money and just a little bit more work I can have the 15 front. Any day of the week I can hop on craigslist or even the classifieds here and find a kouki to buy, however, I haven't seen very many with s15 front ends (that have been done correctly).
I tried to include as many pictures as I could because I remembered back when I was still in the dreaming and scheming stage those were the types of build threads I loved to read. I would literally spend hours looking through pictures in people's threads thinking "hmm, thats neat" and compiling ideas. I hope that my pictures and some of my included stories will help those in the future to not make some of the same mistakes that I have made lol.
I am pretty excited to get these coilovers in tomorrow but at the same time kind of disappointed to put them on with my terrible wheels ;D
Got a couple things in today:
turbo locking plates
new studs for the turbo -> elbow
locking nuts for said studs
t28 gasket kit (altho I wont be using some of these due to the dif clocking adapters)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zps8210a04d.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zps8210a04d.jpg.html)
ferrariowner123
01-06-2014, 10:03 PM
I love it when OEM parts arrive, there is just something about them....
-Kyle
I do enjoy some OEM equipment
I also enjoy these types of packages :)
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KevinEdgar
01-07-2014, 07:17 PM
Very nice job cleaning up the motor and whatnot. Nice that you decided to go with the T28, keep it simple and do not go S15 front. You'll be glad you didn't in the long run, and for the love of god please DO NOT plastidip your car. It is a huge waste of time, you are better off rocking a mismatched car for a while then getting a macco paintjob. Trust me, I like the way your build is going and I'll be watching.
JIMB0
01-07-2014, 08:00 PM
very nice build and the abundance of pictures make this worth reading. Keep it up!
I installed my coilovers this weekend. Id upload the pictures but I ran out of time and wasnt able to adjust the fronts. The rear looks good, I will probably drop it another .5 or 1 inch. The front, however, is actually higher than my worn out stock suspension lol.
Side note. Well question. Ever since I installed my control arms, Ive been getting this squeeking metal noise. I saw on someone else's build that they used "copper grease" on all the threads on their arms. Is that to prevent this annoying squeeking noise?? Is there anything I can do post install to remedy it? I would hate to have to take them all off just to grease them up
Alright dudes, today was an interesting day. Had a few things show up
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Also this came in
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Before all the hating :p I actually purchased this s15 clip prior to posting my build thread here. I got an amazing deal on it and just couldnt pass it up. Its about the same or maybe even cheaper than a kouki swap would have cost me. I know its not for everyone :)
ferrariowner123
01-13-2014, 09:06 PM
Nice! How much you get it for if you don't mind me asking?
-Kyle
Got my trunk lid installed. Was pretty annoying solo trying to keep the springs on both sides down while holding the lid even to get the bolts in :p
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Its mega dirty in this picture. Also, I had to raise the lower latch for the lid to catch and stay closed. Its a little too high right now, I will try adjusting it a little bit lower this weekend to line up the tail lights a little better
I also got my front coilovers lowered a bit the other day so now the rears and fronts are pretty even. (These are terrible pictures...sorry). Id like to do another 1 to 1.5 inch drop all around. Dont want to get too crazy, my apartment complex has like 10 speed bumps of varying heights from my unit to the front of the neighborhood, its way overkill
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1526251_10152143180892801_1748527896_n_zps333a511f .jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1526251_10152143180892801_1748527896_n_zps333a511f .jpg.html)
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Got this in today, to be installed this weekend. Thanks to RussellM for the sweet deal
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Welcome to JB's chop shop, hahaha probably what my neighbors think
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bosoS14russ
01-17-2014, 03:34 AM
Suuuuubbbbscribed lol..builds coming along amazing dude and i love your patients for your build it will pay off trust me man. o yea dont forget to tuck that wire harness under the driver fender lol
Thanks dude, I appreciate it! Glad someone likes it
Sorry guys, hit my bandwidth limit until the 20th. I guess it wasnt a good idea to have so many pictures on the 1st page lol
Hey dudes, can you please help out. I sold my stock t25 and sent the person the hard lines and drain tube -- I guess I sent them the bolts to the drain tube as well, does anyone know what size they are?
As a side note, I bolted up my DIF clocking adapters to my turbo and went to bolt up the circuit sports elbow that I have. Turns out it doesnt fit for shit. I then looked it up and found out that a bunch of people had issues with it fitting and they have since released a v2 and v3, Im guessing I have version 1... :\
This makes me worry about my circuit sports downpipe as well. I have been looking at the poweredbymax cobra 1 piece elbow/flex section/downpipe and its looking better and better...
Hey dudes, can you please help out. I sold my stock t25 and sent the person the hard lines and drain tube -- I guess I sent them the bolts to the drain tube as well, does anyone know what size they are?
Ended up using M8-1.25x20mm with a crush washer in case anyone else wanted to know.
Awesome turbo elbow fitment:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zpsa4a576bc.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zpsa4a576bc.jpg.html)
Im actually talking to Enjuku right now about possibly getting some kind of credit for it. It's a long shot since I purchased it in Oct. 2012, but I havent used it and am just now test fitting and seeing that it will not work.
Replaced the o rings on my injectors
Off with the old:
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On with the new!
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DIF clocking adapters:
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Oil restrictor. Get it right, get it tight!
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Also installed the kouki bumper. I had some trouble because none of the retaining clip spots match up with the brackets on my bumper support. I also could not keep the styrofoam behind bumper.
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No way to mount the license plate... I just found out theres an oem bracket you can get but I wasn't able to locate one
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I currently have it ghetto zip tied via a chain of small zip ties running to the single hole at the top (probably what that bracket mounts to) and have it pushed into the 2 lips on the bottom. I drove it to work today and didnt find it hanging off the back or worse, gone, so... I dont know. Ill have to figure that one out.
yomisiu
01-21-2014, 02:08 AM
nice. are you getting rid of that SE lip then? i'll take it.
Lol yes I will be, still need to talk to Fever Racing to see how much they'll charge me for the fender welding to do the front conversion first. Also pending some hood hinges since this clip didnt come with them
sleepyS14se
01-21-2014, 09:41 AM
i love this thread....
i guess a redtop s13 swap would be a good choice for my 95 zenki se... i am considering it. This threads confirms my thoughts of just breakin' down and getting one after tax time
You should do it man!!
I cant comment on how fun it is to drive just yet lol
But, the project has been both fun and a learning experience. If you dont plan on keeping the car forever, just toss the motor in there when you get it and have fun with maad skids
sleepyS14se
01-24-2014, 07:54 AM
well i just got notified of a huge change in my income which would allow for a ton more to be done to my 95 se zenki.
That's great man, congrats! Its not always about how much you make but really how much you spend. Up until this past year, I purchased everything on a very tight budget. If you want something bad enough you can live a frugal life to get the things that you want
sleepyS14se
01-24-2014, 01:29 PM
That's great man, congrats! Its not always about how much you make but really how much you spend. Up until this past year, I purchased everything on a very tight budget. If you want something bad enough you can live a frugal life to get the things that you want
i know all about the tight budget, haha.
hopefully with this upcoming opportunity i will be doing alot more.
car looks great btw.
xoxide
01-24-2014, 04:15 PM
If you want to make a decent bracket just get two small strips of sheet metal/aluminum. bend two 90 deg L's drill a hole in each end, use a Nissan self tapping 10mm bolt and drill into the bumper support and screw the brackets onto the bumper support, then mount the license plate to the L brackets using a bolt/nut. Its what I did and has worked great for months.
Kwolfe
01-29-2014, 03:56 AM
Love that black paint with rainbow flake!
Love that black paint with rainbow flake!
Thanks bud. Its duplicolor "Clear effex". The pictures dont really do any of those parts justice; they are a real smooth gloss black until the light hits it just right and you see the flake.
Anyways, no real progress made these past 2 weeks. 2 weekends ago I got a chance to go see my favorite metal band, Amon Amarth, which was amazing.
This past weekend I didnt have a lot of time so I just did a little tinkering. I got some hoses/lines from vatozone and started replacing everything behind the intake manifold, on the intake manifold, and on the fuel rail. I didnt get to finish and I only took these few photos, sorry!
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I got the quote for getting the s15 front end on and unfortunately it's more than what the front clip cost me. Ive seen their work and I know its professional; all the lines will match up, etc. It was a bit much to swallow, about double what I was expecting. I am going to worry about getting my motor wrapped up and installed first and then see about having them do the body work for me.
Still waiting to hear back from enjuku/circuitsports about a possible credit for my fubar turbo outlet. I was looking on frsport's page at the tomei outlets and they have 3 different part #'s for what appears to be the same part. Pending a response from them on what the deal is before I order one
enderr
02-03-2014, 11:42 PM
Thanks bud. Its duplicolor "Clear effex". The pictures dont really do any of those parts justice; they are a real smooth gloss black until the light hits it just right and you see the flake.
Anyways, no real progress made these past 2 weeks. 2 weekends ago I got a chance to go see my favorite metal band, Amon Amarth, which was amazing.
This past weekend I didnt have a lot of time so I just did a little tinkering. I got some hoses/lines from vatozone and started replacing everything behind the intake manifold, on the intake manifold, and on the fuel rail. I didnt get to finish and I only took these few photos, sorry!
I got the quote for getting the s15 front end on and unfortunately it's more than what the front clip cost me. Ive seen their work and I know its professional; all the lines will match up, etc. It was a bit much to swallow, about double what I was expecting. I am going to worry about getting my motor wrapped up and installed first and then see about having them do the body work for me.
Still waiting to hear back from enjuku/circuitsports about a possible credit for my fubar turbo outlet. I was looking on frsport's page at the tomei outlets and they have 3 different part #'s for what appears to be the same part. Pending a response from them on what the deal is before I order one
sick build. amon amarth is kickass saw them live
TonyToniTuna
02-04-2014, 12:02 AM
Fuck yeah! Amon Amarth! Too bad they cancelled their show here in NC due to snow -_-. I really wanted to see them and Enslaved. Motor is looking great! I am currently doing the same thing with mine.
After seeing the pic of you replacing your hoses underneath your intake manifold...I feel I need to take mine back off and go to vatozone and get some hose too smh.
I probably should do that before my motor goes in. Any idea on a part number for the ones you got?
Aw man thats unfortunate, the show was incredible. Skeletonwitch and Enslaved were really good as well but only did short like 30 minute sets.
I actually used positron's old sr20det build thread for the part numbers for the lines behind the intake manifold--
#4427 for the curvy piece
#4374 for the straight piece (it is a curved line that I cut at the elbow)
#4427 for the smaller straight piece (note: same part # as the curvy piece, its the same diameter so just ask them for a straight piece of that size or buy a 2nd curvy piece and chop off the straight end)
For the lines on the actual manifold and the IACV feed/return and the fuel rail, I actually just brought everything in with me. They took me in the back and we matched up everything. Theres 1 large size, 1 medium size that is pretty common for most of the lines, and then 1 pretty skinny size for the fuel lines
TonyToniTuna
02-04-2014, 10:09 PM
Aw man thats unfortunate, the show was incredible. Skeletonwitch and Enslaved were really good as well but only did short like 30 minute sets.
I actually used positron's old sr20det build thread for the part numbers for the lines behind the intake manifold--
#4427 for the curvy piece
#4374 for the straight piece (it is a curved line that I cut at the elbow)
#4427 for the smaller straight piece (note: same part # as the curvy piece, its the same diameter so just ask them for a straight piece of that size or buy a 2nd curvy piece and chop off the straight end)
For the lines on the actual manifold and the IACV feed/return and the fuel rail, I actually just brought everything in with me. They took me in the back and we matched up everything. Theres 1 large size, 1 medium size that is pretty common for most of the lines, and then 1 pretty skinny size for the fuel lines
oh wow. I also tried to search those part numbers from positrons thread few weeks ago on Autozone website and nothing came up :(. I guess I will just take those part numbers in with me. Appreciate the help man! Keep the updates coming!
you know what, when I went into the store with the numbers they typed them in and nothing came up and then they had to do some kind of "related" search to find them. I dont think that they are autozone's part numbers, but they will be able to find them there
So I got a couple things done this weekend, only snapped two pictures unfortunately and Ill have to upload them later when I get home.
I got pretty much all of the coolant and vacuum lines associated with the intake manifold area all hooked up, and the intake manifold bolted up. I got my exhaust manifold connected to the turbo, the fittings and lines onto the turbo, and finally the mani/turbo bolted to the block.
I noticed the other day that my tires were rubbing the springs on my coilovers. I went and bought some 6mm wheel spacers and while I had the car jacked up I decided to lower it all around. I dropped another 2 inches and ran into some problems – I ran out of daylight so Ill have to wait to address these
-The car is currently too low to drive, the tires are rubbing the fenders :\
-The car is too low to jack up, my jack got stuck when I removed the jack stands and I had to use a scissor jack to lift the side up. I guess Ill need to get some ramps or some 2x4’s to drive up on
-One of my front hubs has a stud that is a ¼” shorter than the others. Now with the 6mm wheel spacer, there’s not enough stud to get the lug nut threaded on at all, and I only have 4 lug hubs
So I went ahead and ordered some 5 lug hubs last night and Im just going to buy some new wheels. I am thinking 17x9.5 +12 all around with 235/40/17 tires with a slight fender roll, do you all think that will be alright fitment? Would really appreciate any advice. I started browsing through the wheel fitment thread but it seems like most people over there are running crazy large wheels
Well here are some of the updates that I owe:
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Got these in today..
1 1/16 Z32 BMC
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Some contano 5 lug wheel hubs
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The "wheels are rolling" so to speak...
this thing is such a money pit
soundboy
02-15-2014, 04:27 AM
hurry and install the engine.
Haha man, you have no idea how badly I would like to! You have to remember that I am doing this mostly by myself and I am not very knowledgeable; everything I know I have learned from just reading others' build threads. I really do envy the people on here who do these projects with their dads, at their parents' homes with huge garages, or those who have friends that are basically mechanics. Ive got a buddy who comes by and helps here and there but he knows about the same as much as I do.
So today I went driving around. Hit up home depot and got some wood for some "steps" to drive my car up onto so I can jack it up now.
Went to the local Midas and asked to buy a junk tire. I told them I needed it to set a motor on so I can get the flywheel/clutch/tranny bolted up. They gave me a pretty large tire for free actually, just said send them some business -- sweet deal!
Swung by advance to get some p/s fluid. Out of curiosity I asked about ordering a rack & pinion so I can stop wasting money on my leaky one. They'll charge $135 + my core for a re-manufactured one, something to consider when I've got the motor out. I'm going to check out NAPA as well and see what they tell me before pulling the trigger.
Can someone please answer some questions for me? Every time I ask, nobody responds, I could really use some help:
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Where do those 2 lines go? I think that the one coming off of the FPR goes to the large nipple on the throttle body, but I'm not positive. And the other (that's cut short in this picture)? No clue.
Also:
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Where do these 2 go, also coming off of the FPR? There are 2 small nipples on the throttle body, do they just go to the top and bottom? Ive got new lines to put on the T, but didnt want to cut them until I knew the length that I needed. THANKS!!!
Tonight's plans are to:
get my turbo lines bolted onto the block as they are just hanging there.
drill out the hole on my quest alternator and get it bolted up (missing the locking nut for the long bolt that goes on the bottom :\)
crack open my tranny to install the new shifter bushing and shifter gasket
install nismo mount on tranny
possibly drop the motor onto that tire and bolt up my flywheel/clutch
Is this too ambitious?? lol
Kaifd3s
02-15-2014, 12:49 PM
The fuel line on the FPR goes to return hard line to the fuel tank. The second fuel line comes from the filter.
Sweet, thats what Im talkin about! Thanks my friend.
It is so nice out I decided to do a little unfinished paint work, totally forgot to hit up my starter and turbo intake pipe
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(my new free junk tire is in the background here:)
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Taste the rainbow!!
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That was only 1 coat of the rainbow flake, I ended up doing 4 but didnt snap a picture
I didn't get anything on my list accomplished this weekend. It was my friend's birthday so we hung out instead.
I received a z32 MAF adapter (not really picture worthy). I did not receive my tomei turbo outlet; called enjuku and apparently it is back-ordered for 3-4 weeks. This is what FRSport told me 2 weeks ago...
Still trying to piece together my brake and wheel swap. Im looking for some front 26mm aluminum z32 calipers that aren't overpriced
TonyToniTuna
02-19-2014, 11:03 PM
About the lines on the Throttle body: (copied from another thread)
The vacuum lines are simple: 3 lines start at the throttle body.
The bottom one goes to the canister, block it off unless you are using the canister.
The larger one on top runs to the bypass valve (BOV), there should be no tee's or branches - go directly to the BOV.
The smaller top line splits to the fuel pressure regulator, and runs across the front of the engine to your boost gauge and/or the boost pressure port on your boost controller.
The wastegate gets its signal from the nipple on the intercooler piping.
Ah dude, that's awesome! Much appreciated
Guys,
Lowered car, greddy oil pain ---- skid plate: yes or no? is the $90 worth it? or should I take the risk?
RalliartRsX
02-20-2014, 11:18 AM
About the lines on the Throttle body: (copied from another thread)
The vacuum lines are simple: 3 lines start at the throttle body.
The bottom one goes to the canister, block it off unless you are using the canister.
The larger one on top runs to the bypass valve (BOV), there should be no tee's or branches - go directly to the BOV.
The smaller top line splits to the fuel pressure regulator, and runs across the front of the engine to your boost gauge and/or the boost pressure port on your boost controller.
The wastegate gets its signal from the nipple on the intercooler piping.
I will recommend against this. Reason being, considering how vital the FPR is, having a potential failure within the vacuum line system due to new components (as now you have also introduced a boost gauge as well as several other ancillaries) is much too great of a risk to partake!
FPR should have it's own dedicated source from the TB. You are MUCH better off t-ing into the BOV than the FPR. I can live with the BOV not working or having an issue. a FPR having an issue can lead to a completely toasted engine!
The bottom port is what I used for the FPR.
Very interesting. Thanks for the informative post bud! I'm hoping that my build thread can be used by others in the future when they are looking for answers like these, so that's great, it really helps out
RalliartRsX
02-20-2014, 01:50 PM
Mind you, not necessarily toasted from running lean, but the FPR would go straight to pump pressure. If the pump pressure is high enough, you can promote a rich-detonation condition. Not quiet as bad as lean ping, but still very bad for the engine nontheless.
Also, you would be chasing your tail for ages wondering why the thing runs so damn rich if a vacuum source for the FPR develops a leak :D
240ss
02-20-2014, 02:31 PM
much parts, such money. looking good though. Glad to see you just got a new turbo. With all that money you spent on everything else, seems kinda odd that you wanted to rebuild a stock t25
Lol, Im glad someone can appreciate how much money I have spent on this thing. The original plan was to run the stock t25 for like a year or so while saving up to go gt2871r.
TonyToniTuna
02-20-2014, 11:31 PM
I will recommend against this. Reason being, considering how vital the FPR is, having a potential failure within the vacuum line system due to new components (as now you have also introduced a boost gauge as well as several other ancillaries) is much too great of a risk to partake!
FPR should have it's own dedicated source from the TB. You are MUCH better off t-ing into the BOV than the FPR. I can live with the BOV not working or having an issue. a FPR having an issue can lead to a completely toasted engine!
The bottom port is what I used for the FPR.
Interesting point. I will also use the bottom port for just the FPR then myself.
EDIT Is that bottom port vacuum?
coupesallday!
02-20-2014, 11:45 PM
Subbbeddddddd
No work has been done but I received a couple goodies today
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Some 30mm aluminum z32 front calipers
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Aaaand some lug nuts
Being broke and slowly working towards this 5 lug conversion and brake upgrade..
rangerjavi
02-25-2014, 10:17 PM
Very nice work, still waiting for that motor to be swapped in. Did you ever think about doing the S13.4 valve cover?
The 13.4 valve covers look pretty cool, but, is the benefit really that worthwhile for the cost? They just help recirculate the oil back onto the cams or something right?
I know, everyone wants to see the motor get in there. Im at a standstill because I have no help. There's not much left, just a bunch of little things :\
It will do me no good to get the motor in there right now though because I wouldnt be able to drive anyways. #1 I need to raise my suspension a little bit because my tires rub the fenders. #2, my tires are rubbing the springs on my brand new pbm coilovers (:(). #3 I got spacers for the front and found that one of my studs is a 1/4" shorter than the others and the lug nut wont thread on with the 6mm spacer ----- mostly why I decided to go forward with the 5 lug swap now. Also, since Im down there I figured I might as well upgrade my brakes as well lol
rangerjavi
02-26-2014, 04:36 PM
http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=228728
Thats what I found so far about it.
Got some rotors and some z32 conversion lines. Now all I need is the expensive stuff lol -- the wheels, tires...and some pads
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1904011_10152233863322801_1264250714_n_zpsdbc6a2c4 .jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1904011_10152233863322801_1264250714_n_zpsdbc6a2c4 .jpg.html)
Dang, the time certainly flies.
I finally got around to drilling out my quest alternator and getting it set up
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1958391_10152254773247801_1022861079_n_zpsbf5d2cdf .jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1958391_10152254773247801_1022861079_n_zpsbf5d2cdf .jpg.html)
Ive got a few things coming in this week that I'm pretty excited about. Other than that, no updates for now -- school and work have been keeping me super busy
EDIT: Aaaand I just realized that the codyace adapter is supposed to go behind the alternator not in front like how I have it
Well guys, its been a while. The last parts of my 5 lug puzzle arrived. It was a real hassle dealing with UPS not working with me and my work schedule.
I got some Hawk HPS pads for the z32 calipers and the same for my s14 rear calipers (wow the size difference is crazy)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zpsd27e2d11.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zpsd27e2d11.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsdf92493e.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsdf92493e.jpg.html)
Some varrstoen es2.2 hyper black 17x9.5 all around and a set of yokohama s drive in 235/40/17
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zpsbf96abba.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zpsbf96abba.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps0f502960.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps0f502960.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zpsafcefa26.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zpsafcefa26.jpg.html)
Arrowking
03-14-2014, 09:33 PM
Nice build thread! Really nice on the pictures makes for a great thread to sit and relax to! The size difference in the brake pads baffles me. Now I need to save up for a 5 lug swap!
Oakville
03-17-2014, 10:23 AM
I have never seen more photos on a single page than on page 1....wow! haha nice build brother.
Well I didnt take as many pictures as I wish I would have.
It took my friend and I a good 12 hours on sunday to do the entire job. --
Get off the 4 lug hubs,
throw on the 5 lug hubs,
load new brake pads into the z32 calipers and stock s14 rear calipers,
slip on new rotors,
attach the z32 calipers and braided lines,
raise front suspension 1/4",
raise rear suspension 1/2",
bolt up the wheels,
install the 17/16" BMC,
bend the hard lines for the bmc,
bleed the brakes
after all was said and done, the rear wheels poke a bit. none of them are rubbing the fender lip but Im going to roll all 4 corners anyways, and the rear will need a slight pull. I may drop back down a little once the roll and pull is done. When I turn the wheel, the inside lip of the front wheels touch my coils, so I need to grab some thin (5mm?) spacers. I actually picked some up today on my way home from work and went to throw them on but they were too large (circumference wise).
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo12_zpsea28d641.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo12_zpsea28d641.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo22_zps36842663.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo22_zps36842663.jpg.html)
this dust cap took me an hour and a half to get off.....
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsf02fefbb.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsf02fefbb.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo32_zps051de6cf.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo32_zps051de6cf.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo42_zps447edad7.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo42_zps447edad7.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zpsf94cfdd6.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zpsf94cfdd6.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo51_zps4ae5b36e.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo51_zps4ae5b36e.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo31_zpsd0c07312.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo31_zpsd0c07312.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo41_zps110a0ae8.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo41_zps110a0ae8.jpg.html)
I dont know why but this picture makes the fender areas look pretty empty. In person it looks like the wheels really fill them in well
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zpsc0f0d8fd.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zpsc0f0d8fd.jpg.html)
I scooped up a few 5mm spacers the other day for the front wheels and threw them on. I was only able to get 4/10 of the front lug nuts to click to 80ftlbs while torquing them down (3 on 1 side, 1 on the other, the rest would just spin). I ended up pushing the camber adjustments on the tophat of my coilovers all the way inwards and pulling the knuckle out all the way and there is now [very minimal] clearance between the lip of my wheels and the coilover
I went to roll my fenders today and it was an utter failure. I zip tied my body harness up a little bit but never did the full relocation and hammering of that metal lip inside the wheel well, so guess what? the roller continually got stopped by either the harness or the metal lip. There was about 1/4 of the arch that I could roll.
Before I could even use it though, my front hubs werent spinning with the car in the air so I couldnt even turn the roller. I poked my head in there and wouldn't you know, the bolts that hold the calipers on were sticking out and touching the back the rotors. I thought I remembered someone saying they used a 2nd washer when using their stock bolts with these calipers! I got some 12mm crush washers and it fixed the pass. side, but I found some new problems on the drivers side.
Apparently the metal "wear indicator" is carving a ring around the center part of my rotor. The top and the bottom of the actual caliper are also rubbing a nice ring around the outside diameter of the rotor. wtf man so many problems!! Not sure how to fix this rubbing, its almost like the caliper is a little crooked or something, maybe I should try more washers? or more on just the bottom or just the top to try it tilt it straight? I have no idea, if its not one thing, its another.
Here are some fun pictures:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zps75274551.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zps75274551.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsc00b4bcc.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsc00b4bcc.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps76ca96a4.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps76ca96a4.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps2dd6a058.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps2dd6a058.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zps0f58df03.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zps0f58df03.jpg.html)
Besides that fun stuff, apparently trying to torque down my sweet neochrome lug nuts with those spacers on caused the inside threads to strip out and the front 10 are useless now.
dorinights13
03-22-2014, 07:49 PM
i believe its because you have the abs style rotors which will grind on the brakes double check them. the same thing happened to me when i did my 5 lug conversion. i had the abs rotors on a non abs car lmao
rangerjavi
03-22-2014, 07:55 PM
You're supposed to have extended lug nuts when having spacers, well obviously not the bigger spacers that have studs on them. Turbo II RX-7's have longer studs that fit Nissan's.
I'll have to give it a look in the morning, Im way too worn out to go jack my car up and pull the wheels off again. Is there any way to tell by the item #? I got these from FRSport: Brembo 40206 04U03 OE Replacement Front Brake Rotor Disc 300ZX Z32 280x30mm
Item #: 40206 04U03
http://www.frsport.com/Brembo-40206-04U03-OE-Replacement-Front-Brake-Rotor-Disc-300ZX-Z32-280x30mm_p_15411.html
ZERTA RACING
03-22-2014, 09:22 PM
Are you sure the calipers are the 30mm version? I have 30mm calipers and rotors on my car and the clearance is nowhere near that tight. *Referring to the last picture.
This is the brake swap guide I used and it shows the difference between the three 300zx calipers.
http://importnut.net/300zxbrakeswap.htm
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I bought them off of someone here on zilvia, advertised as 30mm. I will take a measurement today
http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=555715
I just measured and they are most definitely 26mm.
ZERTA RACING
03-23-2014, 12:20 PM
Damn man I am sorry to hear that, at least you know what was causing the issues. I am sure the rotors are fine, you may just have to have them turned. Hope you paid through PayPal and or the seller is willing to work with you.
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Well I got the correct sized rotors in yesterday.
Before I wrapped things up last weekend I swapped the pads with the wear indicator to the back sides of the calipers so I am no longer scoring a ring into the rotor on the drivers side.
I had an hour between getting home and when I had to leave for class so I started right away throwing on the new rotors. It took me about 35 minutes which I thought was alright so I was pretty excited, like yeahhh Im going to get to drive my 240 tonight for the first time in like 2 months.
As Im pulling out of the parking spot, when I turn the wheel I definitely feel/hear the tires rubbing, I guess my weight is just enough to drop it too far -- ohh well, guess Ill have to work on relocating that body harness, hammering up that metal lip, and renting the fender roller again and actually using it this time.
I go to park in a different spot. Step on the brakes. Nothing lol. Before I had a chance to grab my e-brake I was up and over the parking spot block thing. Fffffffffffff. Cracked my SE lip and tore it right off.
After I finished cursing myself mentally I pumped the brakes a few times and it got some feeling back. I did a couple "reverse - stop - forward - stop"s and the brakes seemed to be working alright but I didnt want to do a more thorough test and risk slicing up my brand new tires.
I feel pretty stupid sometimes. Anyone else have this many issues with their car?
EDIT:
Picking up kouki skirts tomorrow
Ordered some kouki rear valances yesterday
Moving right along! :)
Still waiting on my tomei turbo outlet, ordered it around 02/13 from enjuku and they said back-ordered for 3-4 weeks................................
Ive neglected my build for some time due to being so busy with work and the end of the semester. This was my last week of class so I finally got a little bit done.
We pulled my exhaust off in preparation of pulling the engine. I thought it sounded cool with just an open downpipe so I took this stupid little video
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/th_IMG_2072_zps56b01213.jpg (http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2072_zps56b01213.mp4)
Installed the flywheel
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zps96de040d.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo1_zps96de040d.jpg.html)
Removing the pilot bearing/bushing was a real pain in the ass. The method we used was packing the area with lithium grease and using something like a socket extension as a plunger to create hydraulic pressure to actually "press" it out. It took a while but it finally started coming out enough to grab it with some pliers. It broke a bit, but we got it out.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsdbe141ad.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo2_zpsdbe141ad.jpg.html)
After that, got the clutch installed. Will need to insert this picture later as I forgot to snap one.
I got in my turbo outlet that I had been waiting on. Ordered on 02/12 and came in on 05/06 :). The new Tomei outlet, its pretty sick!!
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps9316f739.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps9316f739.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps65f1b3fd.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps65f1b3fd.jpg.html)
Picked up this vacuum manifold
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zps0c11e6f1.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zps0c11e6f1.jpg.html)
So my buddy and I started getting the KA ready to pull out. Unfortunately one of the motor mount nuts rounded so we had to drill a hole in it and use a BFScrewdriver as a punch and hammer it off.
Around 1am last night is when the motor came out.. :) Im sure my neighbors were like wtf is going on out there
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10306774_10152391853027801_1355050742015841224_n_z ps9ded902b.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10306774_10152391853027801_1355050742015841224_n_z ps9ded902b.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10256513_10152391853012801_2521451484134072222_n_z psfa102154.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10256513_10152391853012801_2521451484134072222_n_z psfa102154.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10323983_10152391853017801_6001286769746654971_n_z psc0c3d1be.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10323983_10152391853017801_6001286769746654971_n_z psc0c3d1be.jpg.html)
indomiekid1
05-11-2014, 12:47 PM
nice build, i did the same to my s14 as well, minus the s15 front.
lots of pics...i like! keep it up.
Degreasing this weekend and hoping someone comes to pick up my ka; SR will be dropped in sometime between now and the 24th, hopefully up and running by the 31st
mocked up my exhaust and foreworkz kouki valences
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10390531_10152407064177801_3274874207190804968_n_z ps8eae1e0f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10390531_10152407064177801_3274874207190804968_n_z ps8eae1e0f.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10348651_10152407064182801_8901723945277249498_n_z ps421a81bf.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10348651_10152407064182801_8901723945277249498_n_z ps421a81bf.jpg.html)
RedS-14
05-18-2014, 04:47 PM
Loving the build man! makes me want to consider taping off my sr and start painting it also befor i put it in,it looks brand new haha.Cant wait to see it in the car!
Thanks bud
Sayonara KA24DE, you will not be missed
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10364135_10152416574797801_348578480848679614_n_zp s83850172.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10364135_10152416574797801_348578480848679614_n_zp s83850172.jpg.html)
busy with life lately, not a lot of progress made. going to get some things done tomorrow and this weekend.
got these in the mail
z32 fuel filter
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps201c8fbf.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps201c8fbf.jpg.html)
some exhaust gaskets.. (looking through my parts I realized I didnt have my exhaust gaskets and hardware, Im thinking during the excitement I must have accidentally thrown them away in the box)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zpsfb638c9f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zpsfb638c9f.jpg.html)
air filter
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsd55719ab.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsd55719ab.jpg.html)
new KA tranny dust collar
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zps772b016d.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zps772b016d.jpg.html)
I swear I spend more time looking at and buying parts than I do working on this thing.
Anyways,
I forgot to put up the clutch installed photo
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsc793bf20.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zpsc793bf20.jpg.html)
turbo outlet installed
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zps51dc768a.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zps51dc768a.jpg.html)
Picked up this tomei S fuel pressure reg. I couldnt rationalize the $40 for the tomei gauge and cheaped out on the $9 circuit sports
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps36b05363.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo3_zps36b05363.jpg.html)
turbo lines ran
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps98289fde.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo4_zps98289fde.jpg.html)
and i just made a slightly ridiculous and unnecessary purchase today, Ill give you a hint:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/AEM_zpsa424d4dd.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/AEM_zpsa424d4dd.jpg.html)
aaand, guess who got a transmission full of fluid?? lol woops..
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zpsee3d5645.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo5_zpsee3d5645.jpg.html)
KravingAKouki
06-25-2014, 07:50 PM
I am going to guess you picked up the aem v2 ecu? haha great build man.
70ina30
06-25-2014, 07:54 PM
Very clean build and well documented.
Glad to see your not going with cheap ebay parts to accommodate the strong build!
I am going to guess you picked up the aem v2 ecu? haha great build man.
Haha yes, thanks!
Very clean build and well documented.
Glad to see your not going with cheap ebay parts to accommodate the strong build!
Thanks buddy. I do have some "cheap" parts, Isis turbo manifold and control arms, varrstoen wheels. Obviously I would love to get the real deal for everything but the budget doesnt always accommodate :D
nujabe
06-26-2014, 09:55 PM
curious what brand are the turbo oil lines they look really nice
Thanks man, they're actually the Isis lines. I'm not a huge fan of the bright red and blue AN fittings on most lines so I chose these due to the black lines and fittings
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zpsc5f9686d.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo_zpsc5f9686d.jpg.html)
ZenkiDeven19
07-05-2014, 03:58 PM
Im liking it man!
Silviastunter
07-05-2014, 07:26 PM
How is the exedy stage 1 clutch holding up? Jw thinking about buying on for my sr.
Im liking it man!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
How is the exedy stage 1 clutch holding up? Jw thinking about buying on for my sr.
I wish I could give you a review, however, I havent driven on it yet.
As you can see from the picture below, I was all chained up, ready to connect the transmission and drop the motor in this weekend.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zps348a4f13.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo11_zps348a4f13.jpg.html)
However, forgot the transmission dust shield which I guess cant be slipped on.
So here I had to pull the clutch and flywheel off:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zps03f5cb9f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/photo21_zps03f5cb9f.jpg.html)
I got the shield on and flywheel on but got tired, maybe tomorrow or next weekend it will go in
JDM king240
07-14-2014, 01:04 AM
lovin this build . you have the eye to small detail
well done for undertaking such a big job when you didn't have any previous experience with engines. You're brave. A couple of fuckups are expected and encouraged (that's how you will learn he he). i too agree with previous guys, i'm against s15 front ends on other cars, and plastidipping and happy colours on wheels...but it's your car in the end. keep up the good work, nice thread.
maces13
07-14-2014, 05:32 AM
Can't go wrong with z fever tunes, he tuned my sr no prob. I've been beating the shit outa this motor and still runs strong, it's been a few years now. I just finish another sr swap for a friend and he'll be going to Martin too. I'm sure I'll see you at some event round here. Keep it up looks good bro
Thanks guys I appreciate it. These comments keep me going lol. I was so close to actually installing the engine. Unfortunately, while torquing my flywheel bolts this weekend, I snapped 2 of them. Either my torque wrench was off (I had it set to 95) or the bolts were just old and stretched.
I ordered some arp bolts and a beam style torque wrench so maybe I'll get them drilled out this next weekend and continue moving forward
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Ronald_Mcdonald
08-24-2014, 11:43 PM
You're not too far from me. If you ever need a hand, or need some help, hit me up. I'd be more than happy to help. I'm getting ready to do a pretty thorough over haul on my S13 and my SR. Keep up the good work, and don't let all the little problems get you down.
These cars/motors are amazing fun, and the good definitely out weigh the bad.
Thanks man, I appreciate it and might have to take you up on that offer. I haven't made any progress since the snapped flywheel bolts; I kind of lost interest and shifted my attention to other hobbies. It sucks because I am so close lol
Edit: Also, being banned for 1 month for linking someone to goatse also assisted in losing my interest as I wasnt browsing the forum on my breaks at work every day :p
Heywood Jablomie
09-05-2014, 11:57 PM
Holy chain batman
Forreal though that duplicolor paint is awesome, gotta get some of that.
keep killin it with this build man.
Its been a while :)
I was super disheartened with the whole broken flywheel bolt situation. Mainly because I dealt with a broken bolt in the cylinder head before and when I tried to extract it, the extractor broke off and it caused a trip to the machine shop with a decent bill for the work.
Anyways, I had been part of an 80 person layoff Oct. 10th and had a some free time while trying to look for a new job. My friend helped remove the flywheel and 1 of the 2 broken bolts was sticking out enough for us to grab it with some pliers and work it out :) :)
The 2nd one, unfortunately, was even with the crank and we weren't able to wiggle it out. My buddy punched it as close to center as he could (there was a bur on the bolt and I didn't have anything small enough to sand it off) and started to drill on it but my drill batteries were dead.
The next day, after charging all night, I got to work on the broken bolt. I was using left handed drill bits starting with the smallest sizes that I had and working up, hoping that they would eventually "bite" and start to twist it out. No luck.
The hole that I was drilling was getting pretty large and I ran a 10/32 tap through it real quick and toyed with the idea of jbwelding or threadlocking a bolt inside of it and loosening it that way. I was about to give up for the day and decided to tap a rather large extractor in and twist it with a crescent wrench. Sure enough, the large size of the extractor must have provided enough grab and torque to move the bolt and it came right out.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0131_zps5016c409.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0131_zps5016c409.jpg.html)
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http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0162_zpsaaa9f750.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0162_zpsaaa9f750.jpg.html)
Later that week, I got a hand from my friend again. We threw the tranny dust shield on, got the flywheel torqued back down with the ARP bolts, torqued on the clutch, and bolted up the transmission and starter.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0254_zps5799cd1a.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0254_zps5799cd1a.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0255_zps1017ad2e.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0255_zps1017ad2e.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0256_zps3d363846.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0256_zps3d363846.jpg.html)
Not much left before putting the engine in the car actually. I bought an AC adapter kit from enjuku 2 years ago and went to bolt it up -- it did not line up at all. I dont know if they sent me the blacktop adapter plates or what but this is the second thing Ive bought from them that hasnt fit so I am officially done doing business with them.
(If you recall earlier in my thread, I purchased a circuit sports turbo elbow from them and the mounting holes were way off. I inquired about sending it back for some kind of credit towards a new elbow and they said that they would look into it and get back to me -- they never did.)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0267_zpsb5455a1a.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0267_zpsb5455a1a.jpg.html)
I have now ordered a Cody Ace adapter kit and it should be here by Friday. After thats on I should be ready to install. Then I just need to do my harness and some odds and ends (battery relocate, fuel pump install, intercooler piping holes cut).
I dont recall posting this but I got a carbon fiber coil pack cover and a gold oil cap with a fake carbon fiber sticker on it lol. I still need to make it to the powder coater for my valve cover but I am a little broke at the moment. More updates soon, hopefully!
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0223_zpsaecaaa21.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0223_zpsaecaaa21.jpg.html)
Eventful day.
I received my Cody Ace a/c bracket -- Thanks dude!!
My friend cut off the nubs on the mount
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my good friend Hercules, I mean Harold :D
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PatrickDavis
11-15-2014, 10:58 PM
Is that a stock oil pan? I just got done reading your thread and I swear I saw a aftermarket one at some point.
Yes :)
I'll be putting the greddy pan back on; I had the stock one on there while the motor was sitting on the tire and for the install just in case I beat it up on accident
PG BOOSTED
12-02-2014, 02:13 PM
Hey man, I need your help. We live in the same area, pm me please.
Got my greddy pan on and exhaust bolted up
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10869352_10152890100217801_8975411614787582479_o_z ps95b873e6.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10869352_10152890100217801_8975411614787582479_o_z ps95b873e6.jpg.html)
Old rusty battery tray
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10864032_10152892552407801_4051557458264783226_o_z psf34d2f22.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10864032_10152892552407801_4051557458264783226_o_z psf34d2f22.jpg.html)
My friend helped with the tray removal...he basically made a few small cuts and then ripped it out by hand. Spot welds?? pshhhh. Anyways, it was pretty rusty underneath. Im going to have to cut it out and weld a plate in.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/10862689_10152892885792801_2393386463411044197_o_z ps1f530406.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/10862689_10152892885792801_2393386463411044197_o_z ps1f530406.jpg.html)
Belts on
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Old coolant overflow
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New coolant overflow
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and mocking up kouki skirts and valances..again. I was bored (EDIT: thats right, I was trying to see if the exhaust piping was visible with the sideskirts. It hangs kind of low)
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vJilly
12-18-2014, 08:30 PM
damn youre so close. are you gonna wire it up yourself?
Shoot man, I've been telling myself I'm so close for a year now :D. The original plan was to wire it myself, it doesn't appear to be too difficult. However, I was looking on eBay at the prices of sr harnesses and ecu's and I'm thinking that if I can sell my ka and sr harness as well as the sr ecu then it will basically pay for the wiringspecialties harness with all new clips and wiring so it might be worth it. I threw them up for sale on a local fb page with no bites so I suppose I'll post them on here soon
Still around. Moving slowly but getting things done here and there. Working on the intercooler now -- I didn't realize how much cutting was involved to make things fit but I guess that's why they call it custom.
Picked up this guy from harbor freight:
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Went to town cutting out that rusty spot that was underneath the battery tray
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Plan is to eventually get a plate welded in there, but it'll do for now
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I initially cut out what I thought was a good amount from the bumper support
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it ended up needing A LOT more cut out to fit the intercooler
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I initially cut out just the insides of this part of the "frame"
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The end caps of the intercooler were still resting on the outside sections, so I chopped them off as well
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Everything is finally on there and lined up. I ended up drilling a new hole underneath the original one on the top mounting tab of the intercooler. Then I ended up slotting that hole to lower it a bit more as the headlights were right ontop of the cooler.
As of now, I need to do a little bit of trimming of the inside of my bumper to get it to line up. I also need to cut one of the brackets off of the metal bar that connects the front bumper to the bumper support. Also slightly modifying the wiper reservoir mounting spot to clear the intercooler piping.
Stay tuned!
Apex Eight
01-24-2015, 06:29 PM
Clean cuts, nice work!
you should get some metal plates and reinforce the parts you ve cut, or cap them with metal. too much cutting just to fit an intercooler dude.
Heywood Jablomie
01-25-2015, 03:12 AM
Nahhh it's fine, the those little bits of the end that you cut off the rails aren't even structurally significant. especially if you're still keeping the bumper beam.
coupesallday!
01-25-2015, 07:32 PM
What's the part number for the ac belt you're using?
I got some more work done this weekend.
I feel stupid because I didnt take pictures of the majority of the work..
As the bumper was already off I decided that in order to save my time in the near future that I would go ahead and flatten that metal lip behind the fenders and tuck the wire harness in the driver side wheel well. I was having issues before when trying to roll my fenders; the roller would get stuck on that metal lip.
So we got the fenders off and my friend and I each beat up a side. A normal hammer sucked for the job. I had purchased a 4lb rubber mallet that worked a little better but not by much. We ended up using some 2x4's resting ontop of our knees and placed against the metal lip and hit those with the hammers.
At the end, in order to bend that corner piece thats closer toward the firewall, I ended up grabbing vice grips for the job and it worked fantastically. In hind sight, I should have used the vice grips on the metal lips first and then flattened them with the hammers. Just an FYI to anyone looking to do the same. But yeah, no pictures of any of that.
Since we had the fenders off, I wanted to get a look at how the s15 fenders line up. They actually just about fit perfectly. I was under the impression that everything was way off and that the shape where they meet the door is way different -- not so. If you were to cut about an inch off of the bottom of the fender, closest to the door, it would basically line up with all of the bolt holes. The only difference is where it meets the A-Pillar, there isnt anything there whereas the s14 fenders have material that goes up a bit higher.
My friend almost convinced me to chop them up and just look into getting a small piece fabricated to fill in the gap by the a-pillar lol.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0654_zps0fe9cb7f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0654_zps0fe9cb7f.jpg.html)
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Anyways, I got my radiator mounted. I'll need to cut a few ribs off of the silicone outlet hose as its about 1-2" too long. The inlet hose fits perfect though. Also need clamps for them.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0659_zpsfeb59637.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0659_zpsfeb59637.jpg.html)
Also got the e-fans set in there but not bolted up. Was pretty worn out at that point and called it.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0660_zpsae82df55.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0660_zpsae82df55.jpg.html)
Almost forgot, I had to chop up the bumper retainer piece that bolts onto the bumper support. No pictures of that either. I wasnt able to get things to fit so I basically cut off the left and right portions and bolted them up to make it work. Afterwards I realized that was a mistake as now the grille has nothing to mount to, haha :D
What's the part number for the ac belt you're using?
Sorry dude, totally forgot to snap a picture for you while I was out there. I probably won't be back out to the car for another week or two; I'll see if I can remember next time
Working on my harness and honestly it has been such an up and down rollercoaster that I wish I had the spare cash for the wiringspecialties harness right now :)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0693_zps3da88289.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0693_zps3da88289.jpg.html)
Here are the 4 clips to remove from the KA harness: F2, F9, F7, F3
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0694_zps51cd4051.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0694_zps51cd4051.jpg.html)
It was a little daunting when I unwrapped a lot of the wires that needed to be unwrapped
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0695_zps0a821bb8.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0695_zps0a821bb8.jpg.html)
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Basically 2 out of 3 of these clips that go to a relay box in the s13 engine bay (F8, F10) need to be rerouted into the cabin. Then the clips are cut off and they are wired into the KA's F3 clip.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/image3_zps64897fba.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/image3_zps64897fba.jpg.html)
Here is the F3 clip with the black plastic piece removed
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And here are all of the clips stripped for splicing
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I got confused for the longest time because I was missing wires. The F3 has 39 in total.
F2: 3
F7: 5
F8: 5
F9: 7
F10:6
So there are 26 / 39 wires
Then I found the white clip on the SR harness next to the ecu clip. Luckily it had both male and female parts of the clip, so I can retain the clip without hard wiring. This has 12 wires
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/image4_zpsfadbd076.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/image4_zpsfadbd076.jpg.html)
And that's where I am at. 38/39 wires accounted for.. :'(
Well I see that at least 1 wire is a ground so that solves that mystery. But then two wires from F8 go to one wire on F3 so I'm back where I started lmao
Still working on my harness, just haven't had a good chunk of time to dedicate to it. I was pretty stumped, but finally found some information that cleared up most of the wires as being unnecessary (consult wires, accessories handled by the s14 body harness). Still haven't soldered anything, just taping where they go while planning.
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I kept feeling like I half assed my painting by leaving the fuel rail untouched when its right there for everyone to see and I had already painted a ton of stuff that nobody will be able to see. So, I pulled it and hit it with some paint. It was really cold that night (for FL), it was about 58 out and the paint didnt cure that well. I havent checked it out in the day time yet, but here's how it looked that night
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0729_zpsb76371c1.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0729_zpsb76371c1.jpg.html)
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Got around to swapping my fuel pump out for the walbro
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0719_zpsed56a31c.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0719_zpsed56a31c.jpg.html)
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Swapped out my fuel filter for the much larger z32 filter
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0728_zps80e10e45.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0728_zps80e10e45.jpg.html)
More work this weekend. Looking to mount my battery box in the trunk, run the heater core hoses, and then see where Im at with time. I'd also like to mount my oil filter relocation kit, FPR, and vacuum manifold.
Oh yeah, I ordered extended studs for my front hubs from the contano website (the hubs that I have). I thought it was a little pricey, $90 for a "front set of 10". When the package arrived, I was like dang this thing is heavy.
So I received (10) sets of 5x studs....
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0775_zps5fa7496a.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0775_zps5fa7496a.jpg.html)
Heywood Jablomie
02-19-2015, 07:03 PM
I'll buy a few off ya if they fit the oem hubs. Unless you want to keep all 50 lol
Yeah possibly looking to sell them, still waiting to hear back from the vendor "drautomotive" on here as im not positive these are the correct model for front hubs..
Didn't get much accomplished yesterday.
Replaced a broken pintle cap on one of my injectors.
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Threw on my painted fuel rail and inserted the injectors
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Found a powdercoater that is actually open on the weekends; looking to drop off my valve cover next weekend hopefully. Its on the pricey side though, $150 for a single color and keeping the lettering aluminum. Anyways, heres one last "before" picture
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/1795500_10153076926837801_5953952824093595932_n_zp sc323fc45.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/1795500_10153076926837801_5953952824093595932_n_zp sc323fc45.jpg.html)
I ran my heater hoses....
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I ditched that water cock / control valve at first. After getting back home and doing some reading, it seems like I might need to keep it (this is a 95) if I want my heat functioning and want my car to get to normal operating temperatures? If anyone has any advice on this, please chime in! Thanks!
Decided I wanted to keep the heater control valve. Couldnt find any pre-bent hoses that I think would work, so I picked up a 6ft length of 3/4" heater hose and some L pieces to make my own.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0894_zpsq6ab42au.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0894_zpsq6ab42au.jpg.html)
Got my oil and tranny fluid
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Valve cover fresh from the powder coater
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0877_zpsz6r5crow.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_0877_zpsz6r5crow.jpg.html)
With stuff on it
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On the motor
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Did some little things. Mostly finished with mounting my battery box in the trunk, didnt grab pictures but I will when I wrap it up.
Bent the bracket on the oil filter relocation kit and found a good spot to mount it on the strut tower. Need some smaller self tapping screws to finish that up. No pics yet.
Got some hose clamps for some lines...the one on the cold pipe is now clamped. Cut my radiator hose down to size and clamped both of them down. Again, no pics right now.
Having troubles figuring out how to place the air intake pipe. It seems to be a very tight spot between the power steering reservoir line to the pump, and then the AC line (specifically the lo-port filling point). How in the world do people fit it in there?
Ratpack_Chad
03-08-2015, 09:23 PM
Great build dude, brings back a lot of memories about my first SR swap. I also got my redtop from Jspec and it came with a blown t25..... maybe thats just there signature hahahahaha
Haha yeah, Im not sure that it was blown but the oil in the intake wasnt a good indicator. I rebuilt it with that gpopshop kit (first time doing that) and sold it. I never did hear from the buyer so I can only assume that it has been working. I would have liked to hear it running but oh well :)
Looking forward to getting some things wrapped up tomorrow!
I did a small task tonight after dinner lol - swapping out for a new shifter bushing.
I read a thread where some guy cracked like 2 or 3 of them trying to press it onto the shifter. They came up with a fix of heating up the bushing to expand it some. This worked for me.
I pulled off the old bushing:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1016_zpsozplbs0f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1016_zpsozplbs0f.jpg.html)
I have no idea what kind of lube was used but it was brown/rust colored and nasty looking. I squirted and smeared some engine assembly lube on:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1017_zps3awbluzi.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1017_zps3awbluzi.jpg.html)
And then slipped the bushing onto the tip, put it on my kitchen counter and pressed down until it popped on:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1018_zpsoufxdwea.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1018_zpsoufxdwea.jpg.html)
Now, after thinking about things...is it going to be a pain to bolt down the shifter plate with the transmission in the car? Specifically the two front bolts that are kind of far away? Any tips for this, maybe being under the car or bending the metal "lip" up to reach in there better? Thanks
Apex Eight
03-14-2015, 08:12 AM
Wait is your transmission already in the car? How'd you get the shifter plate off?
Yeah, its installed now. I didnt have the plate on when I installed it because I still had to throw on the new shifter bushing and I figured it would be easier to fill the fluid with the plate off rather than using the fill port
Finally actually sealed my valve cover:
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Drilled a hole and JB-Welded a barbed fitting onto my hotpipe for the line to run to the boost solenoid for the AEM Truboost:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1028_zpsfsijtw8l.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1028_zpsfsijtw8l.jpg.html)
Couldnt get my intake pipe to fit with a 90 degree coupler. Picked up a 45 and cut about 3 inches off of the bottom and 2 inches off of the top. It finally fits:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1031_zpsshop6lae.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1031_zpsshop6lae.jpg.html)
Picked up some correct sized self tapping screws and got the oil relocation kit secured:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1033_zpsvpv0msc7.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1033_zpsvpv0msc7.jpg.html)
Just about finished with "building" my heater core hoses. Those L pipes are great but I had to cut the fat ends off of them to make them a little more compact. I should be finished tomorrow, my back and knees were just starting to hurt from all of the bending over my car.
Looking to finish those, mount the FPR, finalize battery box setup, and look into some of the wiring tomorrow. Finally making some good progress :) Stay tuned
My crazy tube factory heater hoses. I ran out of clamps and need 4 more because of all of the L pipes
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1061_zpslmxrgxuq.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1061_zpslmxrgxuq.jpg.html)
FPR mounted. I had a bolt in my firewall here and could not remember what it held before. Works great for this application
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1062_zpsecnwdpzq.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1062_zpsecnwdpzq.jpg.html)
Put two holes in the P/S reservoir bracket and zip tied the aem truboost boost solenoid
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1063_zpsa5sk3rzp.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1063_zpsa5sk3rzp.jpg.html)
Ran a few lines here. Fuel line from rail to filter. The one on the PCV valve. Line to the FPR (cant see it but theres a T tucked in the hardlines to run across and into the cabin for the gauge. Boost line for BOV. I was going to do the lines for the solenoid but the barb on my wastegate is way larger than the line provided with the gauge.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1064_zpspput0ydm.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1064_zpspput0ydm.jpg.html)
That's it for this weekend. Things are coming along, not a whole lot left
I met some guys a few weeks ago who have been helping out a ton with wrapping up this build. Big shout out to Drift and Flash! This weekend we got the power cable ran through the car and into the bay. I also scored a great deal on a WS harness as I just wasn't having the time to complete my conversion job. Because of the awesome new harness we were able to get most things hooked up and a bunch of the little things knocked out. I didnt snap too many pictures but here's a couple :)
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There's just a few small things left. Wiring for the e-fans and gauges, mounting the a catch can and those lines, putting filter element into air intake and tightening down those clamps, put hot pipe back on / bolt on BOV / run vac line from nipple to boost solenoid, fill up oil and coolant, prime everything and crank it. Hopefully it will start!
Sorry my updates have been really slow. I have been stupid busy.
My friends helped me mostly wrap up my wiring. We got everything into the cabin for the UEGO/TruBOOST, just need to route it over the hump and up behind the wheel for the gauge pod. No pictures of this yet.
The painless fan wiring kit that I had involved tapping somewhere for the huge temp sensor so I gave it to my buddy. I picked up a few relays and inline fuse holders and I'm just going to wire my fans to be always on. I know its not 100% ideal but that's the route that I'm going.
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My brake hardlines are really close to my manifold and I'll probably need to adjust them slightly. I was worried that things will heat up too much so I picked up some of this heat tape.
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I also picked up that circuit sports heat shield
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And started covering it with the tape
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One of the last things left to do is mount my catch can. I didn't like the clear "fish tank" hoses that came with it, so I picked up some black wire loom stuff to put over them. It didn't look too bad but after thinking about everything, I wasn't sure how it would hold up to heat as well. So I picked up some -12 AN braided stainless line
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And some of these fancy Earl's worm clamps that look like AN fittings lol
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Tomorrow, as long as it doesnt rain, my friend is coming over and we should be able to knock out the gauge wiring and mount the catch can. If it all goes smoothly I may pour in the rest of my fluids and attempt to crank it.. I'll take a video if I do.
Alright so my friend got my gauges wired up while I messed around in the engine bay:
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I got my heat shield mounted and the air filter secured. Chopped up some of that braided hose and got the valve cover T taken care of. My catch can isnt mounted yet, its just sitting there. Its going to be really hard to get a piece of that braided hose going from the can to the air intake bung just due to the angles.
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Didnt get to finish the fan wiring because we couldn't find my soldering iron so my friend took the relays with him to his house to work on. I keep thinking this, but maybe 1 more day! lol
mastadon
05-31-2015, 06:21 PM
You are really making an sr swap look like a difficult project lol. You are adding a lot of extra stuff that will be nice to have on there though, looks like it's coming along nicely.
Thanks. I'm lucky to have maybe 2 hours of free time a week so it has taken me a very long time to accomplish something that most people do over a weekend lol
Got in my aem trigger disc and a usb to serial cable to connect my pc to the ems:)
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Got everything hooked up today and bled the clutch. It took most of the day to get to that point. Went to crank it and it didn't start; I get a single click and that's it. Any ideas? Won't be able to get back out there until next weekend so I guess I'll have to run through everything, spark, fuel, etc
Edit: was looking at some pictures and I think I may have the solenoid and power cables reversed on my starter. I'll try that first when I can get back out there
I ran a new ground for the gauges and they work now!
I swapped the wires on the starter and thought that it was correct but I was still getting a single click:
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I took the starter off and my friend hotwired it with some jumper cables and we tested to make sure that it spun and that it engaged, which it did. It looks like the power cable that I had running to it wasnt live or something; I switched the cable and it works now.
Another friend swung by with a gas can and brought me a couple gallons of 93 since I was super low.
The car cranks now but wont start. We unhooked my fans so we could hear and the fuel pump does begin priming however the gauge on the FPR wasn't showing any pressure. Additionally, we tried pulling the first spark plug to see if there was any spark and couldn't see anything but I'm not entirely sure. At this point, I have the video of what's going on -- I think I might just contact the tuner and see if they can take it from here if it wont be too expensive.
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(the noise in the beginning of the last clip is my friend rolling the jack back into the garage)
Wrapped up some few things before dropping the car off at zfever/fever racing. They're going to take it from here to diagnose my starting issue and tune my AEM.
Before I could get it there, I needed to have it able to roll. The inside lips of my wheels were rubbing my coils and my rear tires were rubbing the fenders.
I set out to install extended studs in the front, something I had been putting off for a while. It actually only took me an hour and a half by myself; the first side took an hour, the second side took half an hour. I'm pretty sure that If I were to do it again it would only take me about 40 minutes.
Jack up the car
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Loosen the lug nuts
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Set brake caliper aside
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Set brake rotor aside
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Grab a hammer. I used a 4lb hammer and it only took a few light taps
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Knock a stud out
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Put a new stud in. I stacked up 3 large nuts that didnt thread onto the new stud, then tightened a lug nut I didnt care about. Hit it with the impact for half second bursts to pull it into the hub
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Repeat 4 more times
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Reassemble
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Throw wheel back on
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Clearance!!
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Other side
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Clearance!!
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Went to the back, hooked up the roller
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Heated up the fenders and rolled away until the lip was flat inside
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I didnt get them pulled as much as I needed to, but the tires no longer rub and I can actually move the car around now
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Apex Eight
06-27-2015, 07:25 PM
Nice work! Keep it up man
Thanks bud. I forgot to mention that I put 5mm spacers on the front to get the clearance that I needed. No pictures of them but Im sure people know what hubcentric slip ons look like :)
ZenkiDeven19
06-30-2015, 04:55 PM
Man I hope they fix the issue for you quick :(
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Kingtal0n
06-30-2015, 06:07 PM
I took some notes for you
-I believe you have the wrong trans fluid. You want redline MT-90, chances are you used a GL-5 fluid by accident.
-didnt have to pull shifter plate top part out to fill, only the shifter.
-dont use jb weld anywhere. have a guy with a tig welder build up a spot with fillter material on the hotpipe, and then drill/tap it for your fitting.
-do not use that kind of air filter. use a paper or similar style (like OEM) for best air cleaning, or a style like a K&N.
-I would ditch the T-25 style hot-pipe, remove the adapter, and install the standard T-28 outlet, then have someone fab a new hotpipe out of 2.5" aluminum pipe U-bends.
I dont recommend oil relocations for daily drivers, as an unnecessary complication with added risk. Do you have an oil pressure gauge? I noticed you had the head off but failed to replace the oil pump.
The stock bottom end engines go one of three ways. #1 is oil pump failure, stock pump acquires 150k+ miles and output fails.
#2 is rod bearing failure due to improper ignition timing. When your "tuner" is finished with the map, replace all of their 15* spots at 8psi of boost+ with 9* of timing to save the engine.
#3 is overheating/detonation related failure, watch your coolant temp on the highway while the A/C is on. use a clutch fan and OEM shroud for more reliability. Mount a wideband where you can see it at all times, and watch for it to say 11.5 or 11.8 while you are wide open throttle (after you fix the timing).
The AEM has an output to control fans, never wire them *ON* use the tools provided.
Make sure you set the "blow-off" (bypass valve) as loose as possible. I would change the model to a old school HKS Race or greddy Type-S. Use the loosest setting, so the bypass stays open at idle. Since you have a map sensor there is no reason not to do this. The S15 turbo will be damaged by the mild surge encountered on a daily driver unless you do this.
Other recommendations:
-Since you have stock camshafts, set your fuel cut rev limiter to 6200rpm. Set the spark limiter to 6300rpm. That will put a nice big fat chunk of 800rpm between you and a handful of bent valves.
-Dont use rocker stoppers
-our biggest enemy here in Florida is the heat. I recommend a turbo blanket, partial downpipe crushed lava rock wrap, EGT gauge (at the O2 bung is fine for easy removal/install), and as much creative aluminum heat shielding and reflective tape (all reflecting the heat back to the exhaust system) as you can manage. Get the air filter as far from the exhaust as it can get. Use an aluminum, unpainted hot-pipe. Set your boost to it's lowest setting (hopefully 6~psi) for normal driving. I also recommend a 50/50 meth/water injection system as an added safety/bonus.
Make sure you install the downpipe -> transmission bracket using an OEM rubber. Did you use OEM locking tabs? The gasket wont last long without the support. Also, tubular manifolds typically need additional support, they are prone to cracks if the material is thin.
ZenkiDeven19
08-05-2015, 10:49 PM
Any updates my friend?
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Jibbberish
08-05-2015, 11:59 PM
Subbed pumped for this to be driving.
Hi friends, not much to report. My out of state girlfriend visited for the first 3 weeks of July and then we had a week vacation to Vegas for the final week of July. I was about 3 days away from towing the car to Fever for them to get it running and tuned when a Facebook page popped up sharing a few horror stories dealing with the shop. Now that I'm back in town, I contacted another local tuner who a friend of mine used. His name is Glenn Irizarry and he owns Alchemy Tuning and I have heard great things about his work. He only tunes using speed density, so I just ordered the AEM 3.5 bar MAP sensor and the AEM IAT sensor. Once they're in, he's going to swing by and get the car running/idling and load a base map for me to be able to drive to his shop. Then he can do the dyno tuning for me. Looking to get started this week or weekend :) will post updates as they come.
Kingtal0n, thanks for the notes. I'm at work atm and can't really look over everything just yet but one stuck out to me about the oil pump - I put a brand new one on when the engine was taken apart. And replaced the pickup with the s14 style. I'll check out your other suggestions this weekend when I have some free time :)
ZenkiDeven19
08-06-2015, 09:22 AM
Dang that's awesome of him to come to you to get it running first. Cool guy.
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NOLAGG
08-07-2015, 08:56 AM
Hey JBB , car looks awesome.
Quick question, what black paint with glitter is that? And what primer did you use?
soundboy
08-07-2015, 05:39 PM
Just read thru the entire thing again. Really liked the idea of the s15 front end.
So last night was pretty exciting
Glenn came through and we got started. He wired up the MAP sensor in like 4 or 5 minutes, no problem. Before he got there, I went ahead and tested my battery (because now it had been sitting for over a month after all of our previous attempts at cranking the motor and having the electric fans running before unplugging them). It was dead, of course. So the idea was, I would pull the battery from my daily and we would hook it up and go from there, which we did.
That’s when things started to get weird.
So my tail lights and reverse light (one bulb burned out I guess) came on when the battery was hooked up, even without the key in the ignition. That might explain why the original battery was dead.
Then Glenn’s laptop wasn’t able to connect to my AEM and we were starting to think it could be fried. I bought it on Zilvia like a year ago so any chance of getting my money back would be long gone. I remembered that the 2nd white plug off of the ECU main harness might not have been plugged in all of the way so he fiddled with that. I definitely didn’t use that little latch/lever and just tried jamming it in. Once that was fully seated correctly, my windshield wipers started moving by themselves, without the stalk activated. We unplugged the wiper motor for now. Still no luck with the AEM connecting.
My friend ran to his house real quick and picked up a different cable to see if that was the connection issue. We were using a serial to serial so he went and grabbed a USB to comm cable. 15 minutes later – no luck. I randomly decided to see if my headlights worked because I realized I had never tested them after everything, so I flipped them on and we hear my fuel pump start to prime – lol. We tried reconnecting the laptop and AEM at that point, no luck.
10 minutes later, Glenn remembers that he’s working with series 1 stuff on his laptop and my AEM is series 2. So my friend sets up a hotspot on his phone and we get series 2 on my friends laptop, to put on a flash drive, to transfer to the other laptop. Well, the other laptop is on windows xp and doesn’t support the .NET framework version needed to run the updated software. So we run everything from my friend’s laptop and look over at Glenn’s for the map settings.
With all of the fuel pump priming we start smelling fuel (good and bad, because a month ago when I was at the crank, no start, stage we could not smell fuel at all or really hear the pump priming). I checked the fuel lines and the one coming off of the fuel filter somehow got kind of sliced up and was leaking. We disconnect the battery and swapped that line out real quick.
So now the battery is hooked back up, we have power, no leaking fuel, AEM is connected to the laptop and the basemap is getting loaded up. We go to crank and ---------------------------------------------- the 2nd battery is dead!! J I forget at what point it was but we tried cranking it (I think it was before everything was loaded and before we swapped the fuel line, and it actually sounded like it was about to start)
My friend goes to run to his place again and pick up his battery (he has his motor pulled for an upcoming 1UZ swap for his s14) and a trickle charger to recharge my s14 battery. As he gets close to being back, we decide to pack up. Its around 1am and everyone had work today at 6-7am. SO CLOSE!!
Glenn has a welding job kind of far away today but he is going to give me a call around 6pm and let me know if he can make it back out tonight, if not then Friday definitely. Ive got my battery on the trickle charger and should be good for that. I am super excited to finally hear this thing run.
The main priority right now is getting it started, and then we can sort out the light/wiper issue. I’m thinking somewhere along the way we gave a constant +12v to something touching the lights and wiper wiring. Probably something to do with my makeshift power distribution block that we made. Or possibly the wiring to the boost/wideband gauges that is tapped off of the radio harness.
Also, I had bled my clutch before for quite a while at both the slave and the damper, but I had no pressure last night. My friend is giving me a braided line that goes from the master -> slave and bypasses the damper. Im going to try to throw that on there and re-bleed either this evening or the weekend. The plan is to get the car running so I can drive it to his shop for the dyno tuning.
Will update soon – hopefully with a 1st start video!! :)
nolagg- responded via pm. Duplicolor engine enamel primer, gloss black, and clear effex clear coat.
Soundboy- thanks bud! I found a welder who can splice my fenders for $300 or I may source the work to my tuner now who also does welding
Seems I'm not getting notifications
got the car started. a lot went into it and i may come back and write everything out but i might not..lol
first time running, tractor status
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it had an injector that was stuck and thats why it sounded so bad. we used 2 wires and the battery +12v to unstick it
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got out to Glenn's dyno
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my manifold started to get a nice little gold coloration from all of the heat cycling
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2688_zpsg3eijijj.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2688_zpsg3eijijj.jpg.html)
i had massive boost leaks in several locations. my injectors (s15 - 440cc) began to max out and we didnt want to go over 90% duty cycle. i was putting down 264/260 with those issues. heres one of the dyno pulls
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/th_IMG_2686_zpsrhixri81.mp4 (http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2686_zpsrhixri81.mp4)
afterwards, we went to Glenn's place and he did a leakdown for me and we found the leaks and fixed them. he said he added extra fuel to that part of the map incase we fixed the leaks, and it should have gained 20-30hp from it
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2705_zpss9ncsom4.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2705_zpss9ncsom4.jpg.html)
my ac line touched the turbo elbow during a run while i was out grabbing gas and drinks -- it popped and all of my freon leaked out lol
so we ended the day, i was all happy. get out onto the road and decide to test it out. it hauls!! 1-3 was all squirrely around the lane; i hit 4th gear and was going pretty fast. put the clutch in waiting for rpms to drop and go into 3rd and the car shuts off so i pull over to the side of the road. ended up blowing the 75amp main fuse (alternator fuse).
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2692_zpso3ejmdku.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2692_zpso3ejmdku.jpg.html)
#240life
took 2 hours for the tow truck to get there
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2695_zps9jnf20e1.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2695_zps9jnf20e1.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2694_zpsq9mmpj56.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_2694_zpsq9mmpj56.jpg.html)
i borrowed a fuse from my friend today and tried to start it and it blew right away. im going to end up paying Glenn to go over all of my wiring, just need more $$. it was fun for the 10 seconds it lasted :)
I have some sad news to report.
Had Glenn come over and go over my wiring, we fixed everything (except for the constant on windshield wipers) and figured out my tail lights were on because the washer in the brake pedal broke. Went to fire it up and nothing. 2 more times and it tripped the circuit breaker we installed at the battery.
He went to go grab some bait for fishing and we were looking around; my friend thought we should try hand cranking with a ratchet on the crank pulley nut. It was finger tight and we were all like WTF. Tried to tighten it and it wouldnt move -- the motor is seized. We thought there had been an oil leak because the dipstick kept showing low oil despite continually filling it, but we couldn't ever find a huge oil spot under the car.
Got to pulling it out and the 2 lines for the oil filter relocation kit were loose at the sandwich plate, we are thinking thats where it must have leaked. At this point, I'm not sure what to do. I am moving to California in December and had planned on storing it in family's garage for use when I am back in town. I don't really have the money or time to work on it. That night I couldn't sleep, I was thinking about how much to part things out for and the actual logistics of selling things off -- basically all brand new parts at a huge loss.
I'm going to get it up on a stand this weekend hopefully and look into the bottom end to see how bad it is. My tuner was saying it may just need a new crank and bearings. Will let you all know what I decide to do, though I'm not sure if anyone is really following my build anymore.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3111_zpssvosxjch.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3111_zpssvosxjch.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3095_zpsot8swp24.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3095_zpsot8swp24.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3096_zpsfq4buel7.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3096_zpsfq4buel7.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3097_zpswdhzob5o.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3097_zpswdhzob5o.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3105_zpsgd47cfgn.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3105_zpsgd47cfgn.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3106_zpsiemevwsi.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3106_zpsiemevwsi.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3108_zpstnmieq4m.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3108_zpstnmieq4m.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3109_zpsycwhoocn.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3109_zpsycwhoocn.jpg.html)
Arrowking
09-15-2015, 08:55 PM
Wow, I'm really disappointed to see this. Hope it all works out for you.
RalliartRsX
09-15-2015, 09:06 PM
All that work to end on such a sour note :(
Hopefully, Cali will bring better things!
In for the partout ;)
mastadon
09-16-2015, 02:18 AM
Damn that sucks to hear man. Don't let it die. Too much sweat equity in there. Make it live so you can enjoy what you've created.
Thanks guys. I agree, I've put too much into it to just drop it now. I'm determined to crack it open this weekend and see what the damage is and if I can get it fixed before I have to leave. I had such a small taste of boost and it was good :)
Arrowking
09-16-2015, 09:26 AM
Thanks guys. I agree, I've put too much into it to just drop it now. I'm determined to crack it open this weekend and see what the damage is and if I can get it fixed before I have to leave. I had such a small taste of boost and it was good :)
Glad to hear it! Hopefully it's not too bad and you can complete this build!
Silvia_Lam
09-18-2015, 02:53 PM
Wow I'm in the same boat as you too! Never done an oil change ever in my life before too but I'm just slowly getting into cars, reading build threads here and there to gather ideas and advice for my future project just like you did. It's just when people start talking numbers and getting into the physics/calculation side of things that it gets all over my head and I become so lost (I was never good in math class).
I'm just surprised at the fact that you caught on so fast. How were you able to tackle on stuff like rebuilding a turbo, doing a brake swap, wiring, installing coils, not leaving out a part or bolt risking something will blow up and doing it right the first time yourself and all that even though I recalled you said that you have very little experience with engines and never really worked on cars before. Did you go to like a Wyotech auto school or watch youtube videos or something to learn all the necessary skills for completing such a build? Any advice for someone like to me to catch on to same level as you are in such a quick time?
Lol Silvia Lam its kind of ironic that you'd say that now when my engine is on the garage floor and seized :p. Thanks though I do appreciate it. I've always been a diy person and had the mentality that I could read how to do something and then go outside and do it. There is a ton of information out there on how to do all of this, nothing new is really being done. I would just start saving pages with information and making lists of parts and things to do. Get the FSM for your engine and go from there. You can't find out if you can or can't do it until you try, right? As evidenced in my build, I've made mistakes along the way. You just have to go for it man. Make your lists, plan your budget, expect it to take longer and cost more than you plan lol. Good luck!!
found a blacktop short block for 750 that I can go get next weekend. Going to take my motor apart this weekend and get ready to swap everything over
vJilly
09-18-2015, 06:10 PM
please please dont let this die, such a good build and as much as i hate sr's, this build made me excited. hope it all works out my dude!
dreimers
09-23-2015, 07:16 AM
Good luck man. I just finished mine up after about a year of building. What psi where you at when you put down those numbers on the dyno? Build\re-build is looking good
TheRealSy90
09-23-2015, 08:22 AM
You know what, I'm just glad you didn't kill yourself on your test drive since your brake pads are on backwards man.
Fix that shit. You're running metal on metal.
Set brake caliper aside
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1868_zpsdwmrayce.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_1868_zpsdwmrayce.jpg.html)
dreimers
09-23-2015, 08:42 AM
You know what, I'm just glad you didn't kill yourself on your test drive since your brake pads are on backwards man.
Fix that shit. You're running metal on metal.
DAMN!! I'm surprised that wasn't noticed sooner!
TheRealSy90
09-23-2015, 08:44 AM
DAMN!! I'm surprised that wasn't noticed sooner!
Seriously, every reply after that post I was looking for someone to point it out, hoping that it would be before he went and drove it.
holy shit, good looking out guys, i dont know how i possibly could have done that..
im getting out to the garage tonight to continue some work but i will definitely attend to that soon
Ok so heres the deal. I went down to JDM Miami the other weekend to pick up a short block. It was about a 10 hour roundtrip but now Im making progress. Got to work on breaking down my motor.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3184_zpsntihvuxo.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3184_zpsntihvuxo.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3193_zpswlirkz4c.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3193_zpswlirkz4c.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3194_zps2g0sgyub.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3194_zps2g0sgyub.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3207_zpskq466tow.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3207_zpskq466tow.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3208_zpsotznujgy.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3208_zpsotznujgy.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3210_zpsmiebgs1e.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3210_zpsmiebgs1e.jpg.html)
So I had let my friend seal my valve cover while I was working on something else. He's like "oh yeah I know how to do this, you just put a little bit of liquid gasket on the corners of the half moons". I knew that you needed to fill the half moon and I should have stopped him there. Here is the result:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3205_zpswlkkyibe.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3205_zpswlkkyibe.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3206_zpsl4u6emjf.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3206_zpsl4u6emjf.jpg.html)
I was pretty angry and alone and somehow managed to pick up the block and get it on the stand by myself
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3211_zps2fgf1dy4.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3211_zps2fgf1dy4.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3212_zps6akcaty8.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3212_zps6akcaty8.jpg.html)
my bearings
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3213_zpsg6oo9lzi.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3213_zpsg6oo9lzi.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3258_zpsgbr5kunm.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3258_zpsgbr5kunm.jpg.html)
"new" block from JDM Miami
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3259_zpsqy5bib10.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3259_zpsqy5bib10.jpg.html)
that oil return hardline (the one that meets up with the T on the valvecover) was super sharp. I walked past it and just barely bumped it
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3260_zpsop5obt1y.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3260_zpsop5obt1y.jpg.html)
anyways, got the old block down and the new block up on the stand and started taking it apart. things were good except for the timing chain guide bolts (the allen head ones); some monkey torqued these to probably 50 ft lbs and one of them stripped
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3299_zpsvp5xrvoj.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3299_zpsvp5xrvoj.jpg.html)
we broke off the old plastic style guide and were able to clamp on with vice grips and spin it free
then last night i started the reassembly with a new oil pump
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3300_zpsct2lsmpm.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3300_zpsct2lsmpm.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3301_zpsspgvaqw8.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3301_zpsspgvaqw8.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3351_zpsg6qmtdpm.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3351_zpsg6qmtdpm.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3352_zpsz3u3ckzz.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3352_zpsz3u3ckzz.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3353_zpsskku190k.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3353_zpsskku190k.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3354_zpstr7sknn6.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3354_zpstr7sknn6.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3355_zps0wkkmout.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3355_zps0wkkmout.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3356_zpsswmvgap3.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3356_zpsswmvgap3.jpg.html)
and i got tired / called it for the night. i set my oil pan ontop but it isnt sealed
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3357_zpsbeulllyt.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3357_zpsbeulllyt.jpg.html)
picked up some assembly lube
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3295_zpsxiceijpl.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3295_zpsxiceijpl.jpg.html)
ive got midterms to work on today but when i wrap up im going to head back out there this evening. ill seal the oil pan and secure the chain so it doesnt come loose. then im going to take out all of my rockers, shims, and lifters and spray out my head real good to get any metal shavings out and then scrape off the gasket on the bottom. depending on how things go i may torque down the head and continue reassembly
I slacked last weekend but I got down to business last night.
oil pan sealed:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3404_zpsqylzj2zm.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3404_zpsqylzj2zm.jpg.html)
Water pump:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3405_zpsidottmxt.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3405_zpsidottmxt.jpg.html)
Pulley:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3406_zpscup6rxbd.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3406_zpscup6rxbd.jpg.html)
Cylinder Head:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3410_zpsrxdcmz2x.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3410_zpsrxdcmz2x.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3411_zpsc1jypfez.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3411_zpsc1jypfez.jpg.html)
Bled all my lifters again. Intake side lifters, shims, and rocker arms back in with a little bit of assembly lube
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3412_zps4exrfa4f.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3412_zps4exrfa4f.jpg.html)
Both sides
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3413_zpszgumoqd8.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3413_zpszgumoqd8.jpg.html)
Cams buttoned down
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3414_zpsm2nhsz57.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3414_zpsm2nhsz57.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3415_zpso8rvzwdi.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3415_zpso8rvzwdi.jpg.html)
chain guide in, tensioner in, CAS in, and a light coating of oil poured on everything
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3418_zpsqovptvax.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3418_zpsqovptvax.jpg.html)
Valve cover sealed
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3419_zpss5czgkze.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3419_zpss5czgkze.jpg.html)
coil packs
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3420_zpsuv50yqui.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3420_zpsuv50yqui.jpg.html)
spark cover
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3421_zpsgjkctqxx.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3421_zpsgjkctqxx.jpg.html)
and how she's sitting now
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3422_zpsxkd62srb.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/240%20parts%20and%20build/IMG_3422_zpsxkd62srb.jpg.html)
Im wrapping up some work then I have to go to a housewarming party for a bit. Afterwards I'm going to bolt pretty much everything on and see about getting it on the ground for the flywheel/clutch/tranny. :)
Malik
10-18-2015, 03:41 PM
nice work... looks good
dont do the s15 front though
TheRealSy90
10-19-2015, 10:02 AM
Missed a prime opportunity to do dual rocker arm guides while you had it all apart ;)
haha true. i wont even really get to enjoy it much, im on such a time crunch. im moving to CA in december and leaving this car here for when im in town; i need to get it up and running so i can get it over to where i am storing it.
i got down to business saturday night after the housewarming party i went to:
motor mount brackets and ac/alt brackets
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water neck sealed
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coolant inlet sealed, rubber lines getting added back on, knock sensor on
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intake mani back on
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fuelo rail
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exhaust side
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ready for flywheel/clutch/tranny. ive got family coming to visit this weekend. looking to do those last few things the 30th and get it back in the car the 31st and running the 1st (hopefully)
finally got back outside --
got the flywheel/crank pulley torqued down
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no pictures but got the clutch also torqued
tranny bolted up
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somehow, during the struggle of getting the tranny to slide in, i lost the spring that goes under the shifter plate. i was able to order one from a nissan dealership in Massachusetts so I didnt seal that just yet. Ill have the fun task of doing it in the car again
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got the motor in and my friends got the driveshaft in.
should be one more day to hook up the harness, do my belts, throw in the radiator and fill it, and hook up the intercooler pipes
SoundEfx
11-10-2015, 07:38 PM
I just finished reading the entire thread and I must say that's a hell of a job. You're now the SR Swap Master....lol..
I'm glad you didn't quit.
But I must add that if you want to make some money, you could sell that S15 front you have and not put it on.... Jus sayin....lol.
haha thanks man. yeah, my experiences have been unfortunate but i think that i would be able to tear an SR down and put it back together in 1-2 full days pretty easily now
Hoffman5982
11-14-2015, 12:47 AM
Why are you so mad about the half moons on the valve cover leaking? At most it was a very slight leak, I certainly hope you weren't trying to say that was the cause of your motor running out of oil
nope, not at all. the major leak was most likely at the oil filter relocation lines, like i said, they were loose
ETA: got pretty much everything connected and hooked up on sunday. lost sunlight and didnt get a chance to get it started. i noticed that my gauges werent coming on for some reason so ill have to look into that. this puts me in a real bind because ill be in CA the next 2 weekends and then when i get back i will only have 3 weekends left before the move to CA. that time includes working, finals for 4 classes, and packing :\
BryanS14
11-18-2015, 08:31 AM
Holy crap dude chill on what every you use for your gasket material.
Id be scared a piece will break off in the engine and cause major issues.
greenwood
11-18-2015, 02:04 PM
whatever squeezes out is not used. I also get excited with gasket material. I just error on the side that it squeezes out so it will not push out into the engine.
I'm sure the gasket stuff being red makes it look much worse compared to nissans gray
Holy crap dude chill on what every you use for your gasket material.
Id be scared a piece will break off in the engine and cause major issues.
cool your jets, muchacho. as my last blocked leaked oil out until it was bone dry (admittedly, probably due to the loose oil filter relocation lines), i went with a little extra liquid gasket this time around. i still didnt use an exorbitant amount and there are many build threads showing way more liberal usage than mine
Ive got no pictures to post but it was a semi-success today. The car started just fine with the "new" block! The reason that it was a semi-success is because my tuner wasn't able to get into the map with his password so we could adjust the timing and verify that everything was good to go. He's going to look into it and see if its an issue with his laptop and try to get me running by next weekend. Its cutting it pretty close because I am packing my POD on the 18th and moving to Corona, CA on Christmas day!
ETA: in the downtime, I swapped the brake pads around so I wont die next time I get out on the street. It was just the one wheel and the rotor/pads didn't appear to be damaged
damebash
12-13-2015, 07:24 PM
Hey man do you live in the North Tampa area? I recognize those apartments, I have a friend that lives there, if its the right apartments. But if you ever want to go for a ride or need help I live in south tampa. New on here but I read your entire thread lol. Good luck with the tune! I hope everything works out after all the headaches.
Nope, I lived in Town n' Country, at Camden Bay. Thanks for the offer! Im just now seeing this unfortunately.
So Glenn came by and got into the tune...not sure if I mentioned that we were locked out one of the days he came over. He found his old laptop and the password worked just fine. He got my timing dialed in and we were good to go!!
After I had finished packing up everything I was ready to drive the car over to my girlfriend's parent's house for storage. I turned it on to let it idle while I was trying to install that little brake pedal stopper thing (the one that causes your brake lights to stay on when it breaks or falls out) so I could drive over safely. Im laying upside down in the driver area when I start hearing this tapping noise, so I hopped out and went to look. My belts started to shred and were coming off! :(
I didnt get to have a final drive; we had to have it towed over there. **My girlfriends dad later replaced the belts and lined up my pulleys so they weren't off center anymore**
So anyways, I moved to Corona, California on Christmas day. Things were super busy as we had plans to go to Las Vegas for New Years Eve -- I had like 4 days to do a bunch of things like establish power, cable, etc. and buy a car. I started work the Monday after New Years; I work in Irvine, CA!
So yeah, sorry my thoughts are jumbled right now. I was cross-shopping an FRS/BRZ, a WRX, and a few other cars. I really wanted the WRX because they dont depreciate at all out here and it would be a good investment, but there were no newer ones in my price range. I went and test drove an FRS and really liked it but my girlfriend said she felt claustrophobic in it.
So, I ended up going with something a little different:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/IMG_4119_zpsqb4qh6p9.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/IMG_4119_zpsqb4qh6p9.jpg.html)
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Its nice having a working turbo car! lol
Lees_Garage
01-13-2016, 09:18 PM
Nice ride, and welcome to the I.E. lol
vJilly
01-14-2016, 09:15 AM
Damn i think if i was moving to california i would much rather have my car near me. so many track events in cali it seems.
SoundEfx
01-14-2016, 09:24 AM
Damn pimp, brz, wrx or a BMW..... hmmm..... It doesn't look as if that was a tough decision....lol
Nice purchase.
Thanks everyone!!
I would have loved to have my 240 out here but I didn't really know how to go about it and had read some of the risks involved with having an SR -- sure I could pay someone to pass me for the smog but what about getting pulled over. I also needed something reliable because I'm commuting about 55 miles round trip every day.
I'll be back in FL the first week of May and will snap some photos and videos when I get to drive the 240 again!
SoundEfx
01-14-2016, 12:21 PM
So you're going to drive the 240 twice a year?
You're not thinking about selling it right?
I have it stored at her parents along with my s15 front clip and my rolling tool cart. We both have family in FL and will visit yeah about 2-3 times a year which is when I'll get to drive her. I considered selling it but man I wouldn't get half of what I put into it and there are a few little quirks that make it not perfect that would cause someone to low ball even more. It would be nice to have that little chunk of cash in the bank though. It's a tough decision, so much blood sweat and tears have gone into this project haha
SoundEfx
01-14-2016, 01:19 PM
It's not a hard decision at all... DO NOT SELL!!! lol...
Most of the time after someone sells their project that they literally put blood and sweat into, they regret it when they see another one.
Also, finding these cars in good shape is getting harder and harder by the day.
vJilly
01-14-2016, 02:56 PM
I would have it with me, so many other people in cali run around with VH's, SR's, Rb's etc... I'd do it, have it looking respectable and only drive it every now and then but thats just me.
So guys, to give an update on my new car in case anyone had thoughts of purchasing a BMW, let me tell you a little story.
I bought my 2013 328i as a certified pre-owned vehicle through a local BMW dealership out here on 12/29/2015. It had 23,500 miles and, being a CPO, it had a great warranty. All of my maintenance and everything will be covered for the next year or 50,000 miles. After that, the CPO warranty kicks in and lasts until 2019 and 100,000 miles -- it doesn't cover maintenance (oil changes, etc.) but covers everything else.
So the night I picked it up, we went to my girlfriend's parent's house to get some of her clothes to bring to our new apartment. Everything was great until we left her place. The head unit started going into this reboot-loop where it would stay stuck on the BMW logo screen (no access to iDrive controls) and play music for about 2 minutes before going blank and restarting a minute later.
We were heading to Vegas for New Years celebrations, so we took it to the dealer to see if it was a quick fix, and it was not. They said it was ok to drive so we road tripped to Vegas with no tunes. Coming back on 01/02/2016, we dropped it off Sunday morning, 01/03/2016, and they put me in a loaner 2016 528i with some nice options! :)
I was in the loaner for just a few days until about 01/06/2016 when they said I could go pick her up. They had replaced the entire head unit and iDrive system under the warranty and my car was back to new!
I made it a week, to about 01/13/2016, when I started hearing one of the door speakers rattling. I wondered how it could have blown as I haven't REALLY bumped the music. Then again, with my options my iDrive doesn't have a volume meter, but I don't think it was my cause. I was thinking about bringing it by the dealership again because the speakers are covered as well. Then Saturday night, we had stopped by downtown Fullerton for dinner and we were heading back on the 91 when all of a sudden I get hit with a drivetrain malfunction error, the car starts shuddering, and then I lose all power and come to a dead stop. A fuel supply error pops up on the screen which is odd because I had over half a tank of gas and haven't used anything less than premium since purchase.
Luckily, there was a CHP not too far behind us and he stopped all of the lanes of the freeway. I effectively shut down the entire 91 (which is like 6 lanes of traffic) for 15 minutes. Because this thing is so electronic, we couldn't get it to go into neutral. **I later found out from the tow truck driver that the neutral release is under the center console and you have to pop it off and use a penny or a key or something to twist it**. The car wont start, as its cranking you can get it into neutral but then once it stops it goes straight back into park. The CHP officer wanted to push my car with his bash bar while it was in park and Im like uhhhhh....please dont do that, let me keep trying. Miraculously, Im able to get it into neutral and we push it over to the shoulder and the traffic is on its way.
My girlfriend and I wait in the shoulder for 40 minutes for AAA to show up to tow us 3 miles to the dealership where I actually purchased the vehicle. It's 7:30 at this time and so the service department has been closed for half an hour; they're the ones who set you up with a loaner vehicle. The sales floor manager comes out, who I had dealt with during the purchase, and he starts giving me the standard bs about how he can't get us into a car for the night. I was hearing him out before I started to say anything and my girlfriend goes 0 to crazy in about 2 seconds and all of a sudden he has a car in inventory that we can drive.
So on 01/16/2016, I am in another loaner. This time a 2016 328i, also with some nice options.
I swung by the dealer today as the service dept. wasn't open yesterday. They wanted to swap out my inventory vehicle for an actual loaner. I was like 30 seconds too late and these asian girls got the 4 series I wanted. They didnt have any 1's or 2's available so my options were an X1 or a 3 series. I said I would take the 3, not knowing that they were going to put me into a 320i !!
Now I'm on my 3rd loaner in less than 3 weeks lol. and man, the 320i is seriously slower than the 328i by a considerable amount.
All in all, I'm kind of regretting this purchase... :\
rawgarage
01-18-2016, 11:43 PM
Lemon law.... Cancel the purchase
moto21
01-19-2016, 12:25 AM
Agreed^^^
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SoundEfx
01-19-2016, 12:37 AM
That sucks, but there are two ways you can handle this:
1. Fight them to get out of this purchase.
or
2. Have them change every part in the car that can possibly be causing these issue. At the end of it, you basically have a brand new car.
i got the bimmer back today. the low side fuel pump was dead, which they replaced. they looked into my speaker issue and i feel like an idiot for this but there was actually a loose piece of paper under the seat that was causing the rattle lmao. they also replaced the window weather strip and washed the car for me.
im going to call bmw and open up a record of all of the issues that i have been having -- this is 2 pretty major events. if i hit 3 then im going to start looking into some kind of compensation like extending the warranty or something or returning the vehicle
Hey guys, long time no see.
Was just going through my build thread here and missing my car. I think about her all the time.
Anyways, here's whats been going on with the bimmer
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Around March, I ordered my black vintage plates. They didnt come in until July:
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Not too long after that, I ordered some mSport gloss black kidney grilles
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then I dipped my wheels
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I picked up some carbon fiber eyelids. They initially sent me the wrong ones (bottom) and finally got the right ones (top) in. I've decided to probably not use them.
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I picked up an M3 style front bumper (with fog lights; didnt want to get rid of my fogs). Also got some projector lens housings that have LED angel eyes since I got the standard halogen reflectors with the car. Looking to install these maybe the Monday after Christmas since I'll have the day off.
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Really missing my 240 and my friends. Just bullshitting in the garage and working on it. Miss having my tools around too. :'(. I haven't met any car people out here, or really anyone for the matter unfortunately. Happy holidays
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just kind of hanging on
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couldnt get the sides to bolt up because this metal support bar on the bottom was hitting the fog light bracket:
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this thing; ended up removing it:
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bolted up:
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I need to go back out and adjust the alignment of the bumper just a bit, shouldnt take more than a few minutes. The headlights also need some minor adjustments. HIDs may be in the near future. Also need some adhesive to put my front badge on the new bumper. Ill get some more pictures in the daylight
I know there haven't really been any comments since I started posting BMW stuff. I'm on the BMW forums but don't have a thread going there. And I miss this community / seeing my 240 :).
I haven't been able to snap a good night-time picture of the new headlights with my iphone. I don't own a good camera.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7069_zps9igaadkt.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7069_zps9igaadkt.jpg.html)
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I picked up the cheapo harbor freight heat gun (I think this is the 3rd one I've purchased now..) and grabbed a credit card and went to town on my 328i badge.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7183_zpssqqpvmga.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7183_zpssqqpvmga.jpg.html)
I tried using fishing line and dental floss first but the credit card (it was actually a card from some restaurant) worked the best and didnt really scratch the paint. It left a lot of the adhesive behind though. I tried my fingernail and goo gone and anything I could think of but it just didnt want to come off. Finally, I hit it with some heat and the goo gone + microfiber rag and it came right off.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7181_zpsdn3jyfif.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7181_zpsdn3jyfif.jpg.html)
There's still just a very very fine outline of where the letters were in this picture. (It has since disappeared since having the car washed).
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7182_zpsghefdxbx.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7182_zpsghefdxbx.jpg.html)
I got a warning from the monitoring system that my oil level was getting a little low. Probably a week before that, I received a letter in the mail saying that there was a recall part for an oil line on the turbo. I stopped by the dealership to pick up a quart of their oil for a top off and they were able to take my car in that evening to replace the recall part and add oil as part of the maintenance. They always wash and detail the vehicle before sending it out, so I got a nice free wash:
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I finally got my all black badges in. I ordered 3 sets before receiving the right size:
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I picked up the JB4 for this particular engine and electronic waste gate (vs. pneumatic). It's a plug and play off the shelf tune. There are a few different versions of basic maps (BMS stage 1, stage 2, JB4). The JB4 has several maps, I believe 7, that you can switch between depending on the mods your vehicle has. My car is stock other than the JB4, so I am running a map that just ups the boost from 18 psi to 22 psi. This brings the car from 233hp/241tq to the wheels to 268hp/302tq to the wheels (on CA's 91 octane). A great little bump. With this device, I could also add in a catless downpipe and switch maps for another 20ish hp/tq, and even attach flex fuel wires and start running a 50/50 mix of e85.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7285_zpsnatollwz.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7285_zpsnatollwz.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/IMG_7286_zpsnehfewxu.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/IMG_7286_zpsnehfewxu.jpg.html)
It has been fun so far but I try to take it easy. The JB4 tune doesnt kick in until the oil reaches operating temperature which is good. I let everything get warmed up before really punching it for the time being because of a stupid design on BMW's part. The hot pipe on this vehicle is made of ABS lol. There are accounts of peoples' hot pipes breaking under stock boost. There's an aftermarket aluminum pipe that runs about $300 that I'll pick up eventually (or sooner if mine explodes).
So that's where I am at right now. There are a ton of things that I would like to do to this car but I dont know that its worth it in the end. I am putting so many miles on it that its going to be worthless pretty quickly. I did 23k miles in 2016. I think I may stay around where I am at and look towards the next vehicle. Im really eyeing the 2 series -- I had one as a loaner last year (228i mSport) and it was a blast. They recently had their LCI (life-cycle impulse, the mid cycle refresh of their models) and the 228i is now a 230i and the 235i is now a 240i. I thought it would be funny if I picked up a 240i and still had my 240sx.
Here's a few pictures of the 228i mSport I had for a couple days:
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Standard
03-24-2017, 09:18 PM
Very nice, the headlights and bumper really make the front end look cool! I like the BMW stuff :)
Supraman127
03-25-2017, 06:58 PM
Nice car, but have you considered any of the Lexus RC Series? Similar price range, and a lot more reliable....
Very nice, the headlights and bumper really make the front end look cool! I like the BMW stuff :)
Thanks dude, I appreciate it!
Nice car, but have you considered any of the Lexus RC Series? Similar price range, and a lot more reliable....
Oh yeah, totally. I love that RC350. I see one around Irvine with a burnt titanium quad exhaust that looks dirty mcgirty. Its out of my price range, though. Lol :)
Supraman127
04-02-2017, 03:38 AM
Or, if you need a 4 door, a GS450H. 25+ mpg and 340+ hp.
I forgot to post a frontal view after finally getting my front badge on:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender%203_zpslxkgsfld.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender%203_zpslxkgsfld.jpg.html)
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender1%203_zpshz2zs44d.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender1%203_zpshz2zs44d.jpg.html)
2 weeks ago, I picked up an Injen cold air intake. They are stupidly expensive for this car, and add absolutely no horsepower or torque -- it just makes the intake and blow off noise louder. I picked one up on the forums, used for only 3k miles, for a little under half price. The installation was really easy and only took about 45 minutes. Please excuse my dirty hand prints all over the finished project:
Stock airbox:
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Airbox cover removed:
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http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender2%202_zps0mtqs6tj.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender2%202_zps0mtqs6tj.jpg.html)
Stock filter:
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This is the stock upper intake pipe. It has a passage way inside that does something to mute the intake noise:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender4_zpswh5ovvoi.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender4_zpswh5ovvoi.jpg.html)
Here is the injen lower intake pipe installed:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender_zps6hhsdppo.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender_zps6hhsdppo.jpg.html)
I skipped taking a picture here.
Here is the metal intake box and upper intake pipe/filter installed:
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s189/knuck1es/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender1_zpss6kxgwyc.jpg (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/knuck1es/media/F30%20328i/FullSizeRender1_zpss6kxgwyc.jpg.html)
And the finished product, the cover installed:
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It sounds really good (to me). My girlfriend thinks my car sounds like a garbage truck now; I think she is confusing the sound of their brakes with the bypass valve lol.
I started a new job on 04/17/2017. I worked it out to where my last day at my previous job was 04/08/2017 and I had the whole week off. UNFORTUNATELY, on 04/12/2017 (my birthday) someone hit the front of my car IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX, which is only about 15 people, and did not leave a note. I went looking around at everyone's cars and couldn't find any matching damage. There was no paint transfer so it was really hard to find anything. I also put up 2 signs to please call me if you hit my car, but it has been a week and no one has come forward. I'm talking to my paint guy to see about getting it repaired:
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taylorwallace9
04-21-2017, 03:42 PM
What up with the S14?
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What up with the S14?
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Its hanging out in a garage in Florida :'(
I've been thinking about getting it out here to CA but the two places I've lived at now have both had limited [assigned] parking, which would mean either parking my BMW or my S14 out on the street....neither situation would be preferable.
taylorwallace9
04-21-2017, 03:54 PM
Yea for sure, bimmer is looking awesome though!
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Good news from the paint shop. They are going to be able to buff the scratches on the side out, and do two blend areas to fix the cracked paint. He says because it's black, it will not be noticeable at all. The best part is that he is only going to charge me $150 to fix everything. He's even going to spray my rear bumper reflectors free of charge :). I'll be taking the bumper off next weekend and dropping it off with him, hopefully back on the car by 05/02/2017
Wow, I can't believe its been over 3 years since I've posted something on here. I've had a lot of changes and a recent trip to Florida has brought me back to Zilvia....hang tight until the bottom of the post!!
EDIT: I'm actually not able to embed the scrolling imgur link so here's just a link to all of the pictures....
https://imgur.com/a/rxrKbgA
-I ended up picking up a full carbon fiber interior kit for the F30 328i
-Picked up some new Hankook Ventus Evo2's in 245/40/19 and 265/35/19
-Got some 437m wheels in 19x8.5 +35 and 19x9.5 +40 (pretty wack offsets after coming from the 240 scene lol)
-I got a full M Sport conversion kit (front bumper, side skirts, rear bumper) using one of those ebay coupons that used to come around so often. I sold the front bumper and ended up making most of the money back for the entire kit. I installed the sideskirts and rear bumper.
-Picked up a carbon fiber diffuser and burnt titanium exhaust tipS
-Got a muffler delete out to 2 single tips 335i style
-Got some cool slip on aluminum pedals
-A few pictures with the wheels on, new skirts and bumper, and lowered on H&R sport springs
-Tried out some LCI "blackline" tail lights. The wiring was absolute garbage and they would flicker every time I went over any bumps in the road.
-Got the regular LCI tail lights and a few pictures comparing the original, the blackline and the regular LCI
-Got a few pictures from someone in FL who just finished doing my S15 front end conversion...!!
-Installed a red ignition button for +15 hp
-Out of order but went with a catless downpipe
-.....I had the F30 328i for 5 years and it served me really well. After a few hiccups in the beginning, it was pretty reliable the rest of the time that I owned it. Plenty of passing power for the highways and an overall cool daily. I was ready for an upgrade though and went and checked out a 2018 M2. I ended up buying it the next week. Its mineral grey, manual, 11k miles wooo.
-Got my plate transferred to it.
-Installed a Dinan carbon fiber air intake
-Installed an M Performance carbon fiber rear diffuser
-Got some overlay tint strips for the reverse section of the tail lights
-And then what brought me back to the forum. I was in Lakeland FL for a wedding and picked up my 240!! I arranged for a transport truck to drive it out to CA by the end of the week. I am super excited though I have been out of the 240 world for so long that there is a lot that I will have to relearn. I have about 100 little things that I need to fix on it haha...
Planning to work on both cars as the funds become available.
M2: Looking to do full bolt ons, a Dinan exhaust and bootmod3 flash tune. Should be good for about 380-390whp. I have the N55 motor which is actually pretty limited by the high pressure fuel pump and smaller turbo from the factory. I'd like to eventually get a stage 2 HPFP and pure stage 2 turbo for around 480ish whp. There are a few more cosmetic mods to add as well.... :)
240: The guy who had my car for the s15 front work helped a lot but also broke a few things in the process, including the few things that I already had to fix makes for a looooong list. Keep in mind I basically did not get to drive this after swapping the motor.
My fuel gauge no longer works...the guy said my fuel pump died and he replaced it for me, so I don't know if he knocked the floater loose or there's a loose connection somewhere or what.
My speedometer never worked with the stock KA and after swapping over the sensor when I did the SR swap.
Something may be up with the wiring specialties harness because right when I plugged it in initially (5+ years ago), the windshield wipers would start going and they wouldn't stop. I just unplugged it temporarily to look into in the future.
My tail lights don't seem to be working. They were working when I left my car. The guy who had it ended up dropping my rear subframe to look at the fuel tank and he replaced my rear bushings. Im wondering if he unplugged the lights at some point and didnt get them hooked back up correctly...
My headlight stalk works for switching on/off the highbeams....but there is no "click" to it any more. This was in working order when I left my car...BUT this guy did wire up my s15 headlights. I was planning to buy a little conversion harness from someone on here...
My hood release by the steering wheel broke. I've got to use a pair of vice clamps to grab it and pop the hood.
The driver's side window is falling off the "track"
The passenger's side window doesn't go down at all. Might need a new motor amp?
I never had the time to wire up my electric fans correctly to my AEM EMS2. They are hard wired to be ON all the time and I basically have a wire in the passenger footwell (ECU area) that when touched to a metal contact point, gets them going.
I never tucked my AEM anywhere, its just sitting there in the passenger floor.
I never had the time to properly wire up my AEM Tru Boost or UEGO AFR gauges. I don't remember what they are tapped to for power. They come on when the car is turned on, but when the headlights are turned on, they go off.
There seems to be a hesitation/delay when revving the engine. I tried directly at the throttle body and its there. I don't know if something has happened in all of this time that its been sitting or if it was originally there with the tune.
My power steering is totally gone. The rack used to leak way way back (2011?) when I was driving it with the KA. I may just need to get a remanufactured rack and pinion or something.
I forgot that when the car was being tuned, apparently I missed a bolt on one of the AC lines thats bolted to the firewall. I had gone to get more oil and when I came back, my friends told me that it drooped down, touched the turbo elbow, and popped. I don't have AC because of that. I'm hoping I can find an AC shop that may be able to patch the line and recharge it, because everything is there for working AC.
Literally the week before I came into town to get my car, someone walking by my car actually fell and hit the passenger side mirror. Its taped on but I'll need a new mirror.
Now that I'll be in CA with shitty gas that's barely even 91, I'll have to get the car re-tuned. Kind of sucks that I paid to get it tuned in FL and never even got to drive it. I think I made a mistake going with the S15 injectors so I'm thinking I'll grab a set of nismo 740cc's before finding someone to tune it again. I want to have everything working correctly before going to the tuner. Last time, I had a massive boost leak and didn't get a fully accurate dyno graph.
Well thats about it. Probably more on that list to do than I can remember right now. I am super excited, this is the first time I've seen my car in 5 years. I'll post up more pictures when the car is delivered this week and get some side by side with my M2.
Wooooooooooooooooooooo
I'm having a real problem linking photos here. Doesn't seem to be an issue on other forums, has something changed? I'm using the image tag "" and "" and pasting my imgur link in between but they arent displaying
BryanSayWhat
11-20-2020, 01:34 PM
I'm having a real problem linking photos here. Doesn't seem to be an issue on other forums, has something changed? I'm using the image tag "" and "" and pasting my imgur link in between but they arent displayingSometimes the imgur link can be funky (added text, or doesn't end with ".jpeg") when you right click "Copy image location"... Sometimes it's easier to just right click "View Image" and then copy the link, or "Copy image location".
You definitely need to resize those bad boys, though:
https://i.imgur.com/Y5a0jjE.png
Then do the normal "copy image location", or "view image" then "copy link". Then do the "insert image", or "paste":
https://i.imgur.com/sVES9OB.jpeg
Thanks man, much appreciated!!
I got the 240 and M2 side by side. Its crazy how the 240 makes the M2 look like a huge car.
https://i.imgur.com/OKRqRRR.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/CchF7S0.jpg?2
I had to replace my passenger side mirror because it was barely hanging on before the trip from FL to CA....it ended up breaking off completely on the shipping truck. I now officially have 6..or 7 colors on my car. Flat unpainted black rear bumper, oem black on the trunk and spoiler, oem blue emerald pearl on the car, some green color on the passenger mirror (I actually really like it, I bet it looked nice when it was fresh. It looks close to millenium jade or something), primered welded fenders and oem silver on the s15 front.
I spent a little bit of time cleaning out the engine bay and interior because it seems like the guy who had my car had the hood off and possibly the windows down, outside, with possible rain, for a very long time. There are brand new parts that are pitted and rusting (like my radiator cap, coolant overflow tank, etc.) the studs for the coilovers and the top hats of my PBM coilovers are all rusted. One of the bolt locations to my driver's side seat bracket is rusted. The more I saw, the more bummed I was getting about it. Not much I can do at this point but move forward.
Looking at the S15 front, the guy did a pretty good job at the conversion. I didn't have the time to do any adjusting but it looks like the driver's side headlight needs to be raised maybe 1/16" or 1/8" and it should be spot on. You can see in this picture how there is a "lip" of the bumper that is supposed to sit under the headlight but its stuck on the headlight. You can see the hood line at the fender is low about 1/16" also which would make everything mate up perfectly if the headlight was just that much higher. I have no idea how the headlight is attached to the core support right now so it won't be until I have a free weekend that I can get out there and mess around with it.
https://i.imgur.com/uxcwYdL.jpg?1
I won't be able to do too much for right now but I am making a list of everything I need to pick up to get the 240 running right and looking better inside. I'm planning to drop some funds here in the next week to go full bolt on for the M2 so the 240 will have to wait probably until the new year. Heck, I might even have to wait until I'm a tax season baller to get her going.
Not too much to add lately.
When my rear subframe was dropped to work on the fuel tank, my exhaust tip somehow got crushed. I ordered a longer one a few weeks back (because the original came up a little short on the kouki rear bumper) and finally had some time to put it on.
https://i.imgur.com/PGebc5Q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Tc5wKpF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hkmd5c6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IJadFKz.jpg
I had spent like 2 hours cleaning off the 5 years of grime on my car and we just recently had a fire in the orange county area that has completed covered my car in ashes again. I need to wash it again :(.
In other news, I ordered everything to make my m2 "full bolt on"
I've received the following:
VRSF 6.5" dual core competition intercooler
https://i.imgur.com/b6T1mw7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wXjkj3o.jpg
Turbo inlet pipe (this connects to the Dinan cold air intake)
https://i.imgur.com/kVo0088.jpg
And a turbosmart dual port BOV (this partially vents to the atmosphere unlike the stock diverter valve)
https://i.imgur.com/2YKSr2p.jpg
I'm still waiting on the 4" catless downpipe (I currently have a 300 cell "catted" dp) and the aluminum charge pipes (the intercooler pipes; the stock ones are plastic and known to crack/blow on even stock boost) in order to install everything.
That's it for now
No real updates for the 240. I got a new walbro 255 pump in that I need to install which hopefully either fixes the fuel gauge, or in the process of installing, I can find out what's wrong (floater maybe?).
Im holding off on installing it because I have to pull my passenger seat out to do so. My seat fabric looks pretty sun faded already so I am thinking I can pull both seats out and give them a cleaning when I do the fuel pump. I am also looking into a new carpet.
Still putting some cash aside to get my power steering back. I am thinking of getting the following:
Chase Bays - Power steering kit, power steering hard line replacements, coolant overflow tank and a cap for my radiator.
PBM - Solid steering rack bushings
Rackdoctor - Remanufactured steering rack and pinion
On the other front, I received my outstanding items for my M2. I was a little pissed because I ordered my downpipe to be cerakoted and it came in without it. Then they also put the intercooler that I had just bought on sale, which I couldn't have even installed yet because the charge pipes hadn't come in. So I had to do some back and forth with the company to get some refunds.
Downpipe and charge pipes:
https://i.imgur.com/HRnCWiS.jpg?1
GF got me a real nice low profile, long reach jack for Christmas. I thought it would be enough but even a stock M2 is pretty low. It has a built in center jack point in the underbelly tray but its real far towards the center of the car so even the nice new jack wouldn't reach. I had to pull a 240 move and go buy some wood to drive up on first. (I also had to buy $200 worth of flat top jack stands for this job)
Jacked up:
https://i.imgur.com/0fSguB8.jpg?1
Obligatory stock intercooler vs. new intercooler:
https://i.imgur.com/EdNKVq3.jpg?1
GF helping me (i.e. playing among us on her phone):
https://i.imgur.com/95ZJ4pm.jpg?1
The intercooler and charge pipes weren't too bad of an install. The inlet pipe that is technically the bottom half of the air intake on the turbo was ridiculous. And the BOV, which bolts to the face of the turbo, was equally ridiculous. It took me like 3 days of about 8 hours each day to get everything installed. In hindsight, I would pay a shop to do the BOV/inlet pipe. Luckily my GF has smaller hands and wrists and she was able to help me reach a few things here and there.
I just did the catless downpipe this weekend and shot a SHORT exhaust video. My old lady was doing the revving while I recorded and she was too afraid to really hit the gas here, lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhbG0zTBNkY
Alright guys it's been a little while since posting but I've been doing as I mentioned before and just collecting some parts and doing little things here and there.
On the M2 front, I finally received my Dinan axle back exhaust that I ordered on black friday.
https://i.imgur.com/8b2A1Xx.jpg?1
This thing is rad and coupled with the VRSF catless downpipe it is insanely loud. I shot a little video at SSR Performance where I had the exhaust installed. I have it in sport+ with the valves open so its basically a straight pipe to the far right pipe which you can see shooting out flames:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwR0U-YTtIo
But for the main event, the 240....!
I used a rust-oleum headlight restore kit on the headlights because they were stupid hazy. I previously used this kit ($10) on my girlfriend's car and it works really well and lasts about 2-3 years before needing to be done again. I AM on the lookout for HID headlights but this at least makes my halogens look good for the time being. A little before and after action:
https://i.imgur.com/tDlxoVP.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/FOFvf8W.jpg?2
I believe I mentioned before that the guy housing my car said the fuel pump went out and he replaced it with whatever. So I picked up another walbro 255 and installed that. It DID NOT fix my now broken fuel gauge level and I didn't really know what to look for while in there. I know I've heard about a "floater" but I didn't really have time to mess around with it any further. Also the threads that that big plastic ring screw down onto seem to almost be stripped on one side and its really hard to get it screwed back on evenly. It will start threading on one side but not the other and ends up really crooked to the point that I have to use a chisel and hammer to keep it spinning to get it locked down tight. bummer.
https://i.imgur.com/w9RUNYY.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/NqSMGnv.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/sUxe0Rj.jpg?1
I've been wanting to switch out all of my plastics for black and I remember back in the day people would literally give them away for free or sell a whole set for like $50. In looking around these days (and in a new market: CA vs. FL) the prices have become absurd. $100+ for EACH plastic trim piece. So I set out to pull all of my blue plastics and my rear seats for painting and dyeing black.
Unfortunately I found some surface rust in the back seat area....I don't think its too substantial and I am pretty sure that a day with a wire wheel and some sanding that I can remove it all and hit it with some rust reformer and primer.
I have decided to lay down sound deadening material throughout the entire car and buy new carpet anyways so worst case scenario, the rust only adds a half day of labor to that project. I've found a great website for the carpet but I am still researching which sound deadening material I want to use. I am between dynamat and second skin damplifier pro.
https://i.imgur.com/RCGRlTv.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/EVDLMz1.jpg?1
so I set out to paint all of the back half plastics last weekend.
https://i.imgur.com/BmwlZo6.jpg?1
It was a nice sunny weekend so I was able to clean and dry everything very quickly. I used degreaser and soapy wooter to cleaning all of the plastics. I bought a bissel steamer and hoover extractor and used them on the rear seats and let them also dry in the sun before painting.
https://i.imgur.com/syXabCF.jpg?1
I had a couple of black plastic pieces a friend had given me a while back. I tested a small piece of blue plastic with both duplicolor vinyl and fabric dye gloss black on one half and flat black on the other half. The flat black is almost a 100% match to the oem black. So I used gloss black on the rear seats and flat black on all of the plastic pieces (even the black ones for a complete match). About 3 coats on each piece.
https://i.imgur.com/vgR6Y5i.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/Qbk7m6F.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/m1mHN7z.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/C8nM2J8.jpg?1
I think drying in the sun was good to help get rid of any smell also.
https://i.imgur.com/cNr17su.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/5WT2BFd.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/dR8Ap7Y.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/7IsWxub.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/sj7fV9E.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/Lluum57.jpg?1
I had pulled the passenger seat to be able to get in the back for the fuel pump swap and pulling of the seats and plastics. While cleaning it, I found a pretty gnarly spider under the cushion. So I ran a bug fogger in the car while doing all of this painting....since the plan is to pull all of the interior for the sound deadening install and new carpet eventually. I didn't want any more surprises.
That's about it for what I've done recently. I am STILL collecting parts for some projects and estimate I've got maybe 3 or 4 weekends of things to do. Here's what I have collected so far:
Black dash coverlay and a metal windshield defroster vent. I do plan on pulling the dash and attempting to repair my cracks first (and obviously the rest will need to be black to match all of the pieces I'm painting now). The coverlay is my back up plan in case the repair doesn't look too great:
https://i.imgur.com/DWWgSII.jpg?1
ISR Short Shifter and a GKtech solid shifter bushing. I never really had a problem with the shifter in my 240 before but now that I daily drive the M2 the difference is crazy. The 240 shifter is super loose and sloppy so I'm hoping these will tighten things up. I'll get around to installing it when I have all of the front trim out for painting and sound deadener install:
https://i.imgur.com/uwDMMPi.jpg?2
Next up, PBM solid steering rack bushings. My rack is totally shot and I'm looking into buying a remanufactured/rebuilt unit and wanted to go with solid bushings when I do the install:
https://i.imgur.com/iSDuRVZ.jpg?1
MOOG outer tie rod ends for when I do the steering rack install. My car isnt a drift car or a race car and I don't plan on running any crazy tie rods or spacers, etc.:
https://i.imgur.com/YXirHOw.jpg?1
Chase Bays - Power steering reservoir and lines; power steering hard line replacements (nice braided lines); and coolant overflow tank. I think you get the picture of what's going on with the power steering system now:
https://i.imgur.com/Ho4tbLl.jpg?1
Since I ordered from Chase Bays, I figured I'd get their radiator cap and FPR gauge also:
https://i.imgur.com/W2ZWusu.jpg?1
On the interior side...I got an old school broadway mirror:
https://i.imgur.com/glfPcpa.jpg?1
I'm planning on replacing the lights on my cluster, roof light and A/C control with LEDs. I'm still waiting on 3 that are backordered:
https://i.imgur.com/ZzatUXp.jpg?1
I've been looking for good condition black door panels for like 6 months now and they seem impossible to find. The only ones available anywhere are on ebay from Turkey and the sellers want like $500 a panel. Knowing that they'll probably just break like my shitter blue ones eventually, I've decided to order the Street Faction v2 door cards. I ordered them on 05-08-21 and it said something like 10 weeks I believe. So while I wait for those, I am getting my door parts in order. I've gotten the LH air vent in black and RH door handle in black. I DO have the RH air vent and LH door handle, they should be here in the next week:
https://i.imgur.com/KiqE3JS.jpg?1
I got newer headlight and washer stalks but forgot to take a picture of them.
I've ordered from courtesy nissan a new center air vent trim and air vents, shift trim with shift boot, and LH window regulator. The RH regulator is discontinued so I will be buying a used one on ebay shortly.
I've also ordered from a company JSAI in Australia a rep S15 Spec R Aero front bumper and S14 kouki rear valances. It was also a 10 week lead time.
I've received my p2m black/grey checkered floor mats and trunk mat. I went to home depot and bought a 1/2" thick piece of MDF and plan to spend a weekend re-doing my trunk. I'm going to wire wheel and sand it, rust reform it, spray bedliner, and then sound deadening. I'll cut the MDF to the shape of the trunk mat and then use double sided velcro to hold the mat on. and I'll redo my battery box back there. That should give me a usable trunk again.
So really my last few things to actually buy will be carpet, rack & pinion, RH window regulator, and sound deadening material. I will also be getting a short hub, quick release, and nardi 330m perforated leather wheel.
This will get the car into a pretty good "restored" condition where I will feel comfortable bringing it to be painted.
Mechanically, I still need to be re-tuned for 91 octane out here. I also think I've got a vacuum leak somewhere because (i) the car takes forever to start up (maybe old gas too?) and (ii) when I've driven it around my neighborhood a little bit, it has almost no power and never hits boost. I don't have an air compressor so I'm not sure the best way to go about looking for a vacuum leak.
Ohhh yeah and also since I'll be doing the power steering rack install, I've picked up new oil, oil filter, water wetter and distilled water, and some motul dexron iii atf for the power steering. Some fresh fluids will do her good.
I got my "new" (remanufactured) rack & pinion this week. I wanted to order from rack doctor but they actually don't have any available for an s14 right now. I found a company called Advantage Steering located not too far away in Indio, CA. Their site says they've been rebuilding since '99 so hopefully it works out alright!
https://i.imgur.com/I8XSdRZ.jpg?1
Plan is to install it this weekend, along with all of the chase bays goodies, and do an oil change and coolant change.
I'm hoping also to listen to all of my couplers afterwards and find what I think is a vacuum leak somewhere so the car stops running like shit.
I've also now received from a local, and ebay, both black door air vent pieces.
From amazon I found black door handles (saw it in a youtube video). They're in the wrong positions in the picture :)
From ebay, my before referenced wiper and headlight stalks in black. Much better condition than mine.
And from courtesy nissan, my before referenced new center air vent trim, shifter trim and boot, and driver's side window regulator.
https://i.imgur.com/Fcf75Rx.jpg?1
I have been doing A LOT of thinking about the interior and how best to do everything in a logical and linear order.
I think I have decided for sure on using dynamat xtreme throughout the entire car and using second skin luxury liner pro ontop of it (i) on the floor area for the driver/passenger, (ii) backseat floor area, (iii) trunk floor, and (iv) door cards.
My reasoning being that damplifier pro is the superior product. BUT, it costs $230 per 36 sq. ft.
dynamat xtreme on the other hand is $160 for 36 sq. ft.
I will be using at least (2) 36 sq. ft. packs, but very likely (3).
Damplifier pro: 80 sq. ft. = $470. 120 sq. ft. = $667
Dynamat xtreme: 72 sq. ft. = $320. 108 sq. ft. = $480
This is in addition to the 6 sheets of luxury liner pro that I've calculated I would need...which is $378.
So in the end it adds up to quite a big difference and from the research that I have done, most people would not be able to tell the difference between dynamat xtreme and damplifier pro. I think with me using the luxury liner pro in those key areas, it will be even more difficult for anyone to be able to tell the difference.
On another side of the interior project...I have been doing A LOT of thinking and research on a sound system. I am a pretty big car audio beginner and have had to do a lot of reading. I'm still coming up short and trying to find out some answers. I am considering going to whatever local audio installer I can find and seeing if I can ask them questions or pay for a half hour or hour of their time.
I won't be installing any audio equipment for probably a full year from now, but I want to go ahead and run all of my cables while I have the interior out so that I don't have to pull my seats and carpet out later down the road.
I've basically narrowed down the equipment to the following:
4x Alpine SPE-6000 Speakers
1x Alpine R-W12D2 12" Subwoofer
1x Alpine X-A90M Mono Amp
1x Alpine S-A32F 4-Channel Amp
1x Alpine iLX-W650 Head Unit
I'm just not sure (i) if its too much "system" for this size car, (ii) if my component selection is matched well or if I should get a lesser powered subwoofer or more powerful speakers, (iii) if I should pull out my 4ga power cable running from the engine bay to my trunk battery and replace it with a 1/0 gauge at the cost of $160-$200, and (iv) about various other little things.
Anyways, that's where I'm at now. Hopefully I get it more drivable after this weekend. Likely order the carpet and sound deadening sometime in June or July, along with my audio supplies for the future audio install.
Started my weekend fun yesterday late afternoon but ran into a few problems that took me longer than expected....but luckily I have plenty of free time the rest of this weekend.
Remember when I said my car was running like shit and had no boost at all? Did I write that? Well, after jacking my car up to work on the p/s rack replacement....I find my hotpipe literally hanging off of the intercooler. I am surprised the car was even able to run. I don't know if this was missed by the guy who did my front conversion or if it got ripped off going on/off the transport tow truck from FL to CA.... I haven't turned it on yet since tightening this down but hopefully that was the culprit. I also put in 2 gallons of fresh fuel (only 91 :() and it actually started up a lot faster than it has been. I'd guess the old gas that was in there is probably like 5 years old.
https://i.imgur.com/VByoJ19.jpg?2
I wish I had started doing the lines on my rack last weekend when I did absolutely nothing. It ended up taking a bit longer than expected because, while it has been painted to look nice and new, it covered up the fact that the hard line fittings were rounding pretty badly. It was tough and I was afraid I was going to totally round them and get stuck with them half loose....but I did manage to get them off for the chase bays braided lines.
"New" rack:
https://i.imgur.com/dzuKEZo.jpg?1
Hard lines off finally:
https://i.imgur.com/StXXfQf.jpg?1
Braided lines on and torqued down:
https://i.imgur.com/Nl4C1w6.jpg?1
Chase Bays pinion to reservoir and pinion to pump lines torqued down:
https://i.imgur.com/yCAEko2.jpg?1
I started mounting the reservoir and removing the lines from the pump when I found a clamp on the air intake was 100% loose and sliding around. That could be another leak that I had....no picture.
Anyways, the tie rod puller tool I had was too big so I had to make a run to the store and get a different one. I got the tie rods pressed out, broke the torque on the 4 rack bolts, and started to loosen the steering shaft "U"? joint when I look up and see this massive bulbous black widow looking spider in the wheel well. Like literally a foot from where I had been working on the tie rod end on that side. Thoughts start running through my mind of this fucker dropping down next to my face while I'm trying to work and me freaking out, trying to sit up, and cracking my head on the bottom of the engine. It's up in the fender, almost near where the coilover meets the top of the strut tower, so an awkward angle. I tried hitting it with some spider spray but the angle was too difficult. I threw a bug fogger under the car and called it the night since it was already 10pm.
I am now just looking up some torque specs from the FSM for the castle nuts, rack bolts, ps pump banjo bolt, etc. I think I have everything so heading to grab a red bull and get back to work. Hopefully finish the rack install, do my oil change, install the chase bays coolant overflow reservoir and possibly flush my old coolant.
One more fun find...before hitting my battery kill switch I noticed that when my headlight stalk is on "off", the s15 "parking lights" or daytime running lights are on. Its a good thing I keep the battery switched off...I don't know what that guy did to wire them up but I am finding more and more things that are not making me happy.
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