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Touge_drifter · 07-24-2011, 09:28 PM

nicely done, I would have found wires that match the harness. leaving them all with is going to be a headache if there is a gremlin with in the wiring. I am liking where this is going though!

J~TIN · 07-25-2011, 11:50 AM

Highly considering this swap. Any preferences to swapping the firewall such as cutting or drilling out the spot welds? Id perfer to drill mine out but cutting does sound easier. Just worried about warping the firewall welding it all in

shaggy sr · 07-25-2011, 12:33 PM

Nice job
But r u aware of Vin tampering?

EnemyS15 · 07-27-2011, 02:48 PM

yeah man, I am aware... I' had the vin welded onto this one and shaved , prepped and painted.

J-tin, doing the spot weld remover, you save more surface metal by going spot weld remover. Grind down the excess metal and you are good to go.. I just plasma cutted my daily firewall cause I got tired of those motherfucking welds on that mother fucking firewall lololol

EnemyS15 · 07-27-2011, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coupster

Do you think that cutting the firewall out completely as you had was the best way to convert over to lhd. I have herd but never seen individuals cutting out only the sections they needed. Has any one ever seen someone only cut the sections needed to convert to rhd been done? I would imagine that it would make the process easier?

As far as the build great job! I am excited to see her grow. Any advice except takevyour time and practice welding?

just cutting out sections, to me, is half assing it.. you gotta cut out areas for pedals, close off others, ac stuff doesnt match up so you gotta cut and cover here and there. Before you know it you got a swiss cheese slab of metal you are using for a firewall lol. If you are going to do something this extensive, do it the first time and call it a day.

EnemyS15 · 10-31-2011, 11:49 AM

It's been a while since I last updated.... with very limited time to work on this, this project has been taking a lot longer than expected.

Chase bays power steering line kit.

I wanted a clean look for the lines that are being ran from power steering cooler to the reservoir so I went ahead and cut out 2 holes to rune the lines through.

full view of the lines ran through... I placed the custom cooler right behind the latch (through 2 factory holes) using stainless steel bolts....

I just need to finish wiring the Ka f3plug from usdm to match Jdm interior harness.. I will be posting a help post shortly showing which cables I need help finding out where they go to the JDM F4 plug once this is done, refill fluids and start it up...HOPEFULLY! lol

ps... anyone know of some sort of rubber lining i can use to cover the sharp edges from the holes I cut (prevent line movement to fray the lines)

mattack69 · 10-31-2011, 01:00 PM

Hit up LOWES for grommets, they usually have a good variety

jdm2191 · 10-31-2011, 02:12 PM

Whats the color in the engine bay? Is it a gunmetal?

EnemyS15 · 10-31-2011, 02:53 PM

Gt-r titanium grey

Andres_G · 10-31-2011, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnemyS15

ps... anyone know of some sort of rubber lining i can use to cover the sharp edges from the holes I cut (prevent line movement to fray the lines)

Maybe use vacuum tubing and cut it straight down (long ways) and insert it around the hole? just a though.

coupster · 10-31-2011, 07:05 PM

When I did my rhd swap I used window trim for the sharp edges near the intercooler piping.

conrad_s13.5 · 11-01-2011, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattack69

Hit up LOWES for grommets, they usually have a good variety

^ this,. they have pretty much every random size ive ever needed

Josh7X · 11-01-2011, 02:01 PM

Looks good man. I've always wanted to do that.

EnemyS15 · 03-01-2012, 07:49 PM

I haven't updated in a while....

I installed DEI reflective heat shield throughout the firewall

]

The Rb25 finally makes it home!

bblack_91240 · 08-01-2012, 05:53 PM

What happened to this?! Please tell me you finished it...

EnemyS15 · 08-02-2012, 11:42 AM

Everything is in place for this one. I ended up with a free shell to use for a "track car". So I sourced another 25 and have been playing with that one. I am only missing a few parts to get the RHD one driving. It'll be my daily.

I am needing: Driveshaft, Wiring specialties harness, custom piping for air to water intercooler, ecu, tucked rad, and a hood.

I'll post more pics up on the rhd one once I get these parts in next month.

Te37 · 08-02-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnemyS15

Day 10/11 total hours -16

Shows where the engine harness meets for the elongated wiring for the new location of the fuse box

Where the wiring is being routed.

Interior view of where I am at now. Also shows the elongated wiring.

Another view of the interior and the progress.

More to come on Thursday.

Im no electrical engineer, but damn i would not want to diagnose that mess. I would shy away from electrical tape, and maybe go for some adhesive lined shrink wrap.

Otherwise looks like i could use this as a diy if i decide to go rhd!

p.s. what type/awg/# of strand of wire are you using?

Nissansota240 · 08-02-2012, 01:09 PM

For mine I was able to move the fusebox to the trunk access hole without adding any wire, if you de loom the engine bay harness and cut the necessary wires that go to the fuse box in the drivers wheel well you can reroute all your wires back through the car and end up with the fusebox color correct wiring inside the car, just solder and heatshrink it all back up

The wires just make it back to that spot, actually works out as a nice still accessible location for the fuse box.

EnemyS15 · 08-02-2012, 01:51 PM

I ended up going a different route with the harness. Instead of tucking it back in where Nissansota has it, I sourced a S14 Jdm uncut dash and engine harness. Fuse box is in the factory position, I am going air-to-water intercooler so the battery and fuse box can stay in the factory location.

Had I stayed with the original idea, I would've definitely went back to the drawing boards and got actual colored wiring to match.

4-20sx · 08-02-2012, 02:11 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i like that... dope fuse box relocation!

fmayi1101 · 08-16-2012, 08:57 PM

progress!!!!!!!!!

onthegrind · 08-17-2012, 10:34 AM

I daily two RHD cars. A S13 silvia and a 66 Ragtop beetle, i love driving rhd cars and want every car i own to be rhd its a blast to drive and IMO much more comfortable and gets lots of attention! looking forward to the finished product! your gonna love it!

EnemyS15 · 08-17-2012, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fmayi1101

progress!!!!!!!!!

Next month I'll be purchasing the final missing items to finish this motor swap/ rhd conversion. I'll update accordingly.

ShadowMan · 08-17-2012, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunma_Dori

Cool build.

I drove a imported S13 Silvia for a little while in the states. I hated it, couldn't see shit to pass people. Drive through's are no longer convenient. Merging on the highway. There are many situations that will piss you off, even if you leave out the police hassle, but more power to you!

RHD
- License to pass on the shoulder now, because you can
- Drive thru's are never conveinent because they are all window lickers
anyways, I always end up having to go back in for the items they forgot to read off the list that's in front of them, now you just give retards a reason to make sure they don't fuck your order up because they think you're too awesome.
- Merging on the highway, pssshshhhh, just get on doing mach Jesus, the sheep will move, they always do. Shit most of them will swerve and flip their cars off the road to avoid hitting a rabbit or squirrel, and they think they were smart in doing it too.
- Making the cop walk all the way around to the other side of your car and
stand in the weeds/mud/etc. to give you that ticket, fuck him anyway right?

I think your rhd conversion is coming along nicely. Have fun with all the mentioned above.

thisisastickup · 08-19-2012, 09:34 PM

sick tits dude, I want to see the finished product, this rocks.

EnemyS15 · 06-10-2013, 05:33 PM

Long time since the last update.

This is where I am at now! Finally got the entire piping system done. Stainless steel everything aside of the intercooler charge pipe.

From Cold side. Piping was routed inbetween the inlet and outlet of the chase bay's tucked radiator. Water barrell tucked under.

From Hot side. Tail Q Bov mounted.

V band elbow with o2 bung. Master power turbos are not a true 3 inch v band. Vband had to be lathe a small amount to fit the turbo v band. Stainless Steel

Heat exchanger Mounting onto the back of the bash bar. Retains everything OEM.

Dump tube and piping from elbow through downpipe, to my Gt spec exhaust. All stainless steel

Next up... finally install all the remaining parts to get it started :
Full wiring specialties wiring harness
Raw pro mod fuel rail
Plumb the air to water IC set up
Haltech plat pro ecu
Super spark series 2 coilpacks
Ross tuffbond harmonic balancer
HKS timing belt
Tomei cam gears
New timing tensioner
water pump
water pump
Crank collar

Then its dyno and tune. From there it'll be ac setup and then move towards suspension, body, and paint = FINALE!

SupaDoopa · 06-11-2013, 03:56 AM

Glad to see this thing making true progress. Glad you decided to go back to a factory colored harness because with all that white, you'd be there for DAYS trying to figure out which is which and you would have instantly regretted it.

Good shit. I like where this is headed. Can't wait to see it done!

jr_ss · 06-19-2014, 06:15 PM

Any updates on this Billy? I know it's been a long road, just curious where it was.

TwoForDeh · 07-10-2014, 06:50 AM

^What he said

jr_ss · 07-10-2014, 06:09 PM

He's parting the car and grabbing an R-chassis. Everything is forsale, except for a few select pieces.

07-24-2011, 09:28 PM	#31
Touge_drifter Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Down south Age: 42 Posts: 545 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	nicely done, I would have found wires that match the harness. leaving them all with is going to be a headache if there is a gremlin with in the wiring. I am liking where this is going though! __________________ No tune No life

07-25-2011, 12:33 PM	#33
shaggy sr Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: queens, nyc Posts: 1,454 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Nice job But r u aware of Vin tampering? __________________

10-31-2011, 01:00 PM	#37
mattack69 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany biashses Age: 40 Posts: 412 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Hit up LOWES for grommets, they usually have a good variety __________________

10-31-2011, 02:12 PM	#38
jdm2191 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Whittier Age: 30 Posts: 3,717 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	Whats the color in the engine bay? Is it a gunmetal? __________________ My Build: The "Coupe De Ville" 1JZ Build!!

08-01-2012, 05:53 PM	#45
bblack_91240 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central PA Age: 32 Posts: 475 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	What happened to this?! Please tell me you finished it... __________________ DD: '05 Saabaru with full JDM STi 6spd swap Project: '91 S13 Hatch SR20

07-25-2011, 11:50 AM	#32
J~TIN Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Age: 29 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Highly considering this swap. Any preferences to swapping the firewall such as cutting or drilling out the spot welds? Id perfer to drill mine out but cutting does sound easier. Just worried about warping the firewall welding it all in

07-27-2011, 02:48 PM	#34
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	yeah man, I am aware... I' had the vin welded onto this one and shaved , prepped and painted. J-tin, doing the spot weld remover, you save more surface metal by going spot weld remover. Grind down the excess metal and you are good to go.. I just plasma cutted my daily firewall cause I got tired of those motherfucking welds on that mother fucking firewall lololol

10-31-2011, 11:49 AM	#36
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	It's been a while since I last updated.... with very limited time to work on this, this project has been taking a lot longer than expected. Chase bays power steering line kit. I wanted a clean look for the lines that are being ran from power steering cooler to the reservoir so I went ahead and cut out 2 holes to rune the lines through. full view of the lines ran through... I placed the custom cooler right behind the latch (through 2 factory holes) using stainless steel bolts.... I just need to finish wiring the Ka f3plug from usdm to match Jdm interior harness.. I will be posting a help post shortly showing which cables I need help finding out where they go to the JDM F4 plug once this is done, refill fluids and start it up...HOPEFULLY! lol ps... anyone know of some sort of rubber lining i can use to cover the sharp edges from the holes I cut (prevent line movement to fray the lines)

10-31-2011, 02:53 PM	#39
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	Gt-r titanium grey

10-31-2011, 07:05 PM	#41
coupster Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Florida Panama City Age: 35 Posts: 118 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	When I did my rhd swap I used window trim for the sharp edges near the intercooler piping.

11-01-2011, 02:01 PM	#43
Josh7X Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nor Cal Age: 32 Posts: 69 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looks good man. I've always wanted to do that.

03-01-2012, 07:49 PM	#44
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	I haven't updated in a while.... I installed DEI reflective heat shield throughout the firewall ] The Rb25 finally makes it home!

08-02-2012, 11:42 AM	#46
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	Everything is in place for this one. I ended up with a free shell to use for a "track car". So I sourced another 25 and have been playing with that one. I am only missing a few parts to get the RHD one driving. It'll be my daily. I am needing: Driveshaft, Wiring specialties harness, custom piping for air to water intercooler, ecu, tucked rad, and a hood. I'll post more pics up on the rhd one once I get these parts in next month.

08-02-2012, 01:09 PM	#48
Nissansota240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Land of Purple Rain Posts: 1,255 Trader Rating: (21) Feedback Score: 21 reviews	For mine I was able to move the fusebox to the trunk access hole without adding any wire, if you de loom the engine bay harness and cut the necessary wires that go to the fuse box in the drivers wheel well you can reroute all your wires back through the car and end up with the fusebox color correct wiring inside the car, just solder and heatshrink it all back up The wires just make it back to that spot, actually works out as a nice still accessible location for the fuse box. __________________ DLG - DIRTYLOVE

08-02-2012, 01:51 PM	#49
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	I ended up going a different route with the harness. Instead of tucking it back in where Nissansota has it, I sourced a S14 Jdm uncut dash and engine harness. Fuse box is in the factory position, I am going air-to-water intercooler so the battery and fuse box can stay in the factory location. Had I stayed with the original idea, I would've definitely went back to the drawing boards and got actual colored wiring to match.

08-02-2012, 02:11 PM	#50
4-20sx Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: los angeles Age: 36 Posts: 2,113 Trader Rating: (50) Feedback Score: 50 reviews	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ i like that... dope fuse box relocation! __________________ "get that nacho out of my face"

08-16-2012, 08:57 PM	#51
fmayi1101 Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: ny Age: 33 Posts: 89 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	progress!!!!!!!!!

08-17-2012, 10:34 AM	#52
onthegrind Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: 570 strokin hoes in the poconos Age: 29 Posts: 295 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I daily two RHD cars. A S13 silvia and a 66 Ragtop beetle, i love driving rhd cars and want every car i own to be rhd its a blast to drive and IMO much more comfortable and gets lots of attention! looking forward to the finished product! your gonna love it!

08-19-2012, 09:34 PM	#55
thisisastickup Zilvia Junkie Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Lenox, IL Age: 29 Posts: 389 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sick tits dude, I want to see the finished product, this rocks.

06-10-2013, 05:33 PM	#56
EnemyS15 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 1,677 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	Long time since the last update. This is where I am at now! Finally got the entire piping system done. Stainless steel everything aside of the intercooler charge pipe. From Cold side. Piping was routed inbetween the inlet and outlet of the chase bay's tucked radiator. Water barrell tucked under. From Hot side. Tail Q Bov mounted. V band elbow with o2 bung. Master power turbos are not a true 3 inch v band. Vband had to be lathe a small amount to fit the turbo v band. Stainless Steel Heat exchanger Mounting onto the back of the bash bar. Retains everything OEM. Dump tube and piping from elbow through downpipe, to my Gt spec exhaust. All stainless steel Next up... finally install all the remaining parts to get it started : Full wiring specialties wiring harness Raw pro mod fuel rail Plumb the air to water IC set up Haltech plat pro ecu Super spark series 2 coilpacks Ross tuffbond harmonic balancer HKS timing belt Tomei cam gears New timing tensioner water pump water pump Crank collar Then its dyno and tune. From there it'll be ac setup and then move towards suspension, body, and paint = FINALE!

06-11-2013, 03:56 AM	#57
SupaDoopa Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: 隠された意図 Age: 33 Posts: 3,502 Trader Rating: (26) Feedback Score: 26 reviews	Glad to see this thing making true progress. Glad you decided to go back to a factory colored harness because with all that white, you'd be there for DAYS trying to figure out which is which and you would have instantly regretted it. Good shit. I like where this is headed. Can't wait to see it done!

06-19-2014, 06:15 PM	#58
jr_ss Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pa Posts: 6,056 Trader Rating: (34) Feedback Score: 34 reviews	Any updates on this Billy? I know it's been a long road, just curious where it was. __________________ My SR20VET

07-10-2014, 06:50 AM	#59
TwoForDeh Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH Posts: 426 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^What he said

07-10-2014, 06:09 PM	#60
jr_ss Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pa Posts: 6,056 Trader Rating: (34) Feedback Score: 34 reviews	He's parting the car and grabbing an R-chassis. Everything is forsale, except for a few select pieces. __________________ My SR20VET

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