Getting er done, again!! (56k hang yourself)

[BobbyBoy]

So I had my car with an SR in it for a year. Broke off 4 exhaust manifold studs, and with a blown turbo, this happened. Everything black, the head, block tranny, wiring harness, vacuum lines, engine bay, everything ...

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Then it was time for the yearly motorpull/cleanup.

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Everything was sandblasted, and cleaned, then added a few parts, fixed the studs, rattle canned the bay, and got a few things sent off to the powdercoater. Oh yea and what it really takes to do an S15 turbo is, reclock air inlet, need new oil/water lines, or bend hard lines :jerkit: , new oil outlet, or slot the stock T25 ones, new longer oil outlet hose, and the charge air outlet is now 45 degrees insted of 90, so the hotpipe need to be modified. I guess you learn by experience not message boards.

Other than that and a few other stripped bolts around the car, things weren't too hard, and everything was done at blu808's garage. Only a few things were done outside the garage. Tig welding done by Dan G. at DGR fabrcation in Santa Clara, and powdercoating by the guys at SRS refinishing down the street from DGR. Everything else was done by Luke and I. The powdercoating color is candy purple, but looks dark blue in the photos. In the sun, its like a black chrom velvety purple, you gotta se eit in person, pics don't do justice.

[blu808]

Nice pics bobby. Yes i am pink now.

[Drunk Bastard]

great work bobby! car is looking great, as always :wavey: :wavey:

[TurDz]

amazing....very nice work.

[reefer1114]

im jealous. good stuff

[sticky240]

what kinda spray did you use on in the bay? That powder coated stuff looks great

[BobbyBoy]

it was that high temp 1200 degree paint. I got it at autozone, becasue it was the closest color match. I went to the store sprayed each finger a diffent color of blue went home and that one matched the best.

[sticky240]

haha, awsome paint matching technique

[driftyour40]

it was that high temp 1200 degree paint. I got it at autozone, becasue it was the closest color match. I went to the store sprayed each finger a diffent color of blue went home and that one matched the best.

Thats funny as hell, paint match by finger. You rule, and your car looks great btw.

[csdcowboy]

dude, if you want, i'd totally trade you....



beautiful car :)

[MakotoS13]

hell yes. yet another fine example of how to post hi-res pics.

the devil is in the details

[Ian]

hey, is it me or are luke's rotors red?

[JaeTea]

What digicam are you using??

Those pics are SICK!!!!

[BobbyBoy]

I am using a 5 megapixel canon S50 in auto setting on a tripod. Lukes rotors look red because of the reflecting light off of the red engine stand.

[MELLO*SOS]

Very nice photos, your bay cleaned up nicely.

I like the little touches, like the radiator brackets and strut brace brackets, pulleys etc. If you polished or painted/powdercoated your intake manifold it would look very nice :).

Makes me wish I had a good sized garage to work in :)

[kazuo]

Oh yea and what it really takes to do an S15 turbo is, reclock air inlet, need new oil/water lines, or bend hard lines :jerkit: , new oil outlet, or slot the stock T25 ones, new longer oil outlet hose, and the charge air outlet is now 45 degrees insted of 90, so the hotpipe need to be modified. I guess you learn by experience not message boards.

Except that message boards, specifically FreshAlloy, told me all of that years ago on how to install a S15 turbine onto a S13 SR20DET. :P

Or you can just use KAZAMA clocking plates, like me.. if you're lazy.

Anyway, good job on the car dude, I was going to comment that at least now, you can paint your engine bay, but you obviously beat me to it. :)

PS - Ask Luke how much he wants to powdercoat my SR valve cover black. ;)

[JaeTea]

I am using a 5 megapixel canon S50 in auto setting on a tripod.

WTF?!?!

I have an S40 and my pictures don't come out even HALF that good.

Not to mention the thing takes THE shittiest pics in low light.

[86LXItooFAST4me]

thats beautiful dude!!! very nice!

[BlackZenkiS14]

gorgeous color! very deep and vivid. nice :rawk:

[Salty_X]

Everything looks great, especially the PS reservoir! :coold:

[The Riot Hero]

looks good dude, hopefully ill see it in person eventually

[*NismoS13*]

I'm totally jealous, I love it. Keep up the outstanding work. I've always been a fan!

-Adam

[MakotoS13]

WTF?!?!

I have an S40 and my pictures don't come out even HALF that good.


its ALL about the tripod and proper lighting. i knew these pics had to be 4.0 or higher.

[D1sucks]

Thanks guys. This is blu808 on a different screen name. BObby should have the car completed tonight, then we will be showing it at the sac meet tomorrow.

[jedc]

What exhaust manifold you running? The motor looks good btw.

[TUnity2]

beautiful, simply beautiful.

[nigel1]

that thing is sooooo sekcseeee. :drool:

[ruthlesstyper]

goshers. she's a beuty mang...

[Dutchmalmiss]

damn...the motor looks like it came out of the factory like that.

[S13Grl]

Yummy.....

[mr_240sx]

that valve cover loks HOT in blue!!

[whooha1217]

wow!! very well done!! i'm actually working on my car right now doing almost exactly the same thing... just got couple questions for u...
where did u get the studs and bolts on the ehxaust side of the engine? and how did u mount the turbo to the exhaust manifold, with studs and nuts, or bolts and nuts, did u use lock tie or lock washers (cause i know a lot ppl with bottom mount turbo has the problem of turbo come apart after hard driving for a while)? also what kind of stainless steel lines are those for the turbo oil and coolant? where can i get those and how much they cost? also how did u wash out all the grease on the engine? with just engine degreaser? also where did u buy those extanded bolts for the engine stand, i cant find them in any local hardware stores.... thanks for the help in advance!!!

[Demik]

i will own u one day bobbyboy wait till i graduate HS. HAHAH jk hella nice car man big props to u. CLEAN

[the1_thedave]

Bobby great job, with the car, It looked amazing out there at the show yesterday. I didn't realize you just finished it. Nice. Great job on the win as well. Much deserved.

[mr_240sx]

i got a question about the sr valve cover..... if i were to paint it the same color as my car with the same paint that i used for my car ( house of kolor) would the paint end up changing color due to heat?

[brianglawson]

Real Nice Man...

[papershot]

i got a question about the sr valve cover..... if i were to paint it the same color as my car with the same paint that i used for my car ( house of kolor) would the paint end up changing color due to heat?
yeah, normal paint can't take the heat. you need to get it powdercoated.

[mr_240sx]

ok thats what i thought but wasnt 100% sure.......
is powder coating just a different way to lay the paint on?

[projectRDM]

yeah, normal paint can't take the heat. you need to get it powdercoated.

Yes it can. My old valve cover was color matched for four years, never had an issue. In fact the heat helped to cure it even better, I sandblasted it last week and spent double the amount of stripper and sand than normal to get it all off.

[mr_240sx]

what exactly is powder coating??

[BobbyBoy]

wow!! very well done!! i'm actually working on my car right now doing almost exactly the same thing... just got couple questions for u...
where did u get the studs and bolts on the ehxaust side of the engine? and how did u mount the turbo to the exhaust manifold, with studs and nuts, or bolts and nuts, did u use lock tie or lock washers (cause i know a lot ppl with bottom mount turbo has the problem of turbo come apart after hard driving for a while)? also what kind of stainless steel lines are those for the turbo oil and coolant? where can i get those and how much they cost? also how did u wash out all the grease on the engine? with just engine degreaser? also where did u buy those extanded bolts for the engine stand, i cant find them in any local hardware stores.... thanks for the help in advance!!!

OEM studs, the nuts i got from my mechanic. I used studs and nuts, no lock washers, and tack welded the nuts to the turbo, they wont come off, but can be grinded for removal. They are Taka oil and water lines. I used foamy engine brite, then sandblasted the entire block. The extended bolts for the engine stand are the tranny bolts.

[Jonnie Fraz]

what exactly is powder coating??
Powder coating is where a very fine powder is applied to metal via static electricity and baked into the metal. If it is done right almost nothing will take it off.
There was a meet in Sac? Where and how did I miss it?

[jOeHaCk98]

/\ Jasco kills powdercoat!

[BobbyBoy]

There was a meet in Sac? Where and how did I miss it?

Yea the meet was pretty cool, I managed best 240. You should have seen the look of everyone as the "blue car crew" rolled in, which was my car, a GTR, a TT 350Z and a SC 350Z.

Here are some pics of my car from the meet.

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And here is my fat head

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[stuntman240]

How did you fix your hot pipe and T28 problem?

[BobbyBoy]

I had DGR fabrication reclock the angle on the pipes and tig weld it up.

[ScottMan]

Great Oden's raven that car is hot!!! Holy mercy. I never thought I could be persuaded to actually undertake the beast that is the 1580 conversion but your car makes me want to.

I'm not, of course...because I'm not a glutton for punishment. Definitely the hottest S13 I've ever seen. Maybe even the hottest S chassis. I don't mean to sound like a rambling idiot but that car is ridiculous. Okay I'm done.

[ruthlesstyper]

nice pix from the meet. =]

[mr_240sx]

so powder coating uses some sort of powder and then you put the paint over it?? so would i still be able to use the same house of kolor paint to match my car?

[ScottMan]

^No. The powder is it. The powder goes on dry (obviously) then when they bake it it sort-of melts to a more shiny and smooth surface. If you can't find a powder coat to match your body color you're probably out of luck. Again, the powder is the top coat.

[mr_240sx]

oh ok ...... tks for clearing it up!

[Antihero983]

amazing job, one of the cleanest cars/engine bays ive ever seen! :bigok:

[RSP13-Sideways]

Wow Bobby that looks really good......... :mrmeph:

[drftwerks]

dam those are some ugly ass blue cars

[SilviaDriver]

so powder coating uses some sort of powder and then you put the paint over it?? so would i still be able to use the same house of kolor paint to match my car?

color matching is expensive

your better off getting a SIMILAR color

[jaysbetterhalf]

Immaculate. Looks like you've gone about the right way of repairing your engine and bay. Now that it looks this good, you need to not let those explosions get the best of it! I'm sure you won't.

Congrats on the win at the meet! :bow:

[BobbyBoy]

It's hard to imagine that a year ago my car looked like this
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[Ian]

wow...what a huge transformation


i applaud you and i weep for your bank account

[BobbyBoy]

Eh wasnt too bad, parts were "cheap" since I am in the biz, and I sweated through all the labor myself, with a couple of friends for some help. Makes me weep knowing what people pay for new SRT4s and new Civics, when I have exactly what I want in my car for less

[Drunk Bastard]

i think the car looked better red with gold battleships.....

:rofl: ;)

[Yoshi]

hey man, looks GREAT!
Can you hookup a fellow S13-S15 owner with some pix of how you wired your headlights?

[BobbyBoy]

lol, they arent really wired at all, still need to figure it out, plus i keep blowing fuses.

[Yoshi]

gflasjdf;oiawe;oh;;ij0hweewzxc!

Dammit. Why are all the S13-S15 people in the same boat?! :hammer:

[SilviaDriver]

how much does that place charge to powdercoat z32 calipers

[BobbyBoy]

Prolly like $50 i would guess. I paid $200 for all my stuff powdercoated, like 10 different parts. There are like 9 different powdercoaters in Santa Clara. The guys I use do a lot of industrial large projects, so priority on auto parts are put after their thousand dollar jobs, but i like their quality, and the guy there is friendly.

[RSP13-Sideways]

I always thought the gold battleships looked perfect, I loved it when it was an auto! Very reliable!

[whooha1217]

u might sharing what u have done to the engine when u took it out?

[Muzzy]

wtf happened??? is all the black shit on the back of the motor and fire wall clutch dust???

[IGSDann]

wtf happened??? is all the black shit on the back of the motor and fire wall clutch dust???

As he said in his first post: Blown Turbo.