MidnightKouki

she thinks it was because she gassed it too much while turning in the rain....turns out it was (probably) due to retarded camber wear on the driver side that I hadn't noticed....but dont tell her that.


So Ive just been plugging away at the car in all my spare time. Really trying to be done the swap by May 5th...there's some euro vs JDM car meet and all my coworkers drive slammed VW's..so I need to show those fuckers whats up haha.

Battery relocation


Yanked the motor apart in preparation for new seals, gaskets, pulleys, clutch, belts blah blah


Now...the real reason anyone even looks twice at this thread...the KRANZE's.

Tires came in. Original plan was 225/40/18 on 10.5 and 245/35/19 on 11.5...falken fk452 all round. I knew it was gunna be a risky stretch but I really wanna try and retain stock fenders+pull


Went to get them mounted today....and....


...well...



...no dice. fuck.

I was ok with the stretch at first. but later on we noticed it wasnt holding air at all. fronts and rears fully deflated eventually.

Luckilly he had some 235/40/18's and 265/30/19's in stock so mounted those up no problem. I'm happy with the look and everything but now it's gunna be just that much harder to fit. And I blew like 800 bucks on the falkens (this is canada keep in mind, by the time tires show up they're like 50 bucks more a pop)





Renting a fender roller this week.....I'm gunna do it myself (or at least try to) Any tips on not fucking it up?

Ryan.maccie

James bro! I have always had really bad luck Stretching Fk452's.. They seem to have a very stiff sidewall, not alot of give..

Fries

TAKE YOUR TIME. Like little by litte to get a good roll/pull. Not going to lie though, I'd probably just go wide body. (Origin type 2 rears pleaseeeeee)

I'm just worried it's not going to turn out how you want and look like ish cause you can't tuck the rear. Do it right the first time broseph!

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I guess its time for an update. Car is still working through the swap but should be ready in the next couple of days. In the last couple weeks I've been busy getting the motor ready and fitting the wheels.

Finally got the flywheel resurfaced


So that I could slap the new clutch in


Got everything back together with all new gaskets, pumps and seals...


As for the wheels, a buddy lent me his PBM fender roller. I spent the next 24 hours buried in my parking garage pulling the SHIT out of the stock metal


First fitting


So here's what I ended up with. For now, I'm happy that I was able to make the shit fit period, however a few problems arose...firstly, I'm not getting nearly enough front camber and everything is maxed out, secondly...it's looking impossible to tuck rim because of the curvature of the inner fender....so it looks like new coils and overs are gunna be on the horizon.


A few more shots...






So after that was all sorted it was off to the shop for the swap, and to be reunited with the rest of the assorted SR20 swag.


Out with the old...


In with the new...





So this was how she looked last time I checked on her...We're hoping to fire it up in the next few days...fingers crossed.



Thanks for lookin bros

Edwin562

nice progress!!

S14Serge

Loving this build gonna keep an eye out for it lol

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Tedskiii

Kouki's are my favorite 240 hands down .. I'm trying to work my way up to one. So rare here, and people sell auto's for 8k+. Started with a Ka Hatch, traded for an Sr'd Coupe+Silva front. I'd trade my car for a Na Kouki.

HiddenCharacter

Very linear build....subscribed.

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florante rea

Looks good so far, ditch those taillights and get the real one

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driftwhat

Nice build man, Lokks pretty good!

I saw your post about the coilover bolt falling out, I had the same thing happen to me but caught it beofre the coilover could fall... Scary when you here something bang around and then see something go flying out the back of your car. Luckily I found the bolt in perfect shape still, just backed it self out... Oh well lesson learned!!

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Chl_drifter

Pure sex ,im jealous. Only 4500 for a kouki

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MidnightKouki

thanks for the love fellas.

So the swap is done! I've been driving every spare second for like 3 days straight now...only shitty thing is I think the BOV has too soft a spring so im getting leaking issues on the highway.

Anyway, I still have lots of plans for the engine/bay, but for now its somewhat tidy...


Today was super nice so I washed the car for the first time in like 5 months and busted out the camera



drowning hazard








Finally....Canada just got way the fuck cooler. Spotted the first JZX100 in BC...
Aristos are coming in in september, and it wont be long before R34's and S15's flood the streets

HellaDough

ehh wheels looking goofy I give your car a D+

jdm2191

looking real fly bro, cant wait for the rear overs

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STL240SXDRIFT

Love they way the wheels look!

dreamin240sx

^^^^^^^^

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tricky_ab

God a JZX100 was my second choice, I love my friend's JZX90. I believe he's getting a 100 as well...I can't wait till S15's are legal.

Anyways, I love those rims!

Rome704

haters are going to hate

nice ride bro

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zroser

Great build and diggin the wheels

niza

so sick!!! what size are the black wheels (off set, etc) and what size tire were you using? keep up the good work i love it!

Bushido

lookin good, slot your front coils and crank the camber

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g_mac530

Car is coming along great. When you did your pull, how did you get the pull to taper under the gas door like that? On mine, the pull tapers off before that because I just couldn't get the metal to move.

I can pm you a pic to give you a better understanding if you want.

Thanks.

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Alright bros, Its been AGES since I've updated this, but big changes are coming so it's time to get this going again.

So first I'll recap summer/fall 2012. Basically I just drove the shit out of the car every day. It's my daily so she got lots of use this summer.

I hit up lots of local meets and started really getting involved with the local scene










Drove down to washington for a few shows, met some really chill people. Even made top deck at Stancewars2012



And lots of photoshoots...

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MidnightKouki

Don't worry, it wasn't all hardparking.....lots of street missions, touge runs and highway rips. This bitch gets driven.



NSX's and S2K's couldnt hang haha....








Anyway, tomorrow I'll post up my 2012/2013 winterbuild....BIG changes coming. I'm sure my IG followers can attest haha

Thanks for checkin this out

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Josh400

Damn I love that color! So jealous good luck on the build

silviavert

Nice, I really dig the color

Dolph_KYAS13

Is that Vlad Crown's S14?

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PG BOOSTED

Nice. dude i feel like your going big with the SR or going V8.

MidnightKouki

This is the beast in question. Still going strong daily and destroying the occasional mountain

Unfortunately nothing too crazy will be done motor wise until next winter. BC has super bullshit emissions laws and cars need to be tested yearly. If they don't pass they cannot be insured.

BUT...next winter they are scrapping that shit finally so the motor will be made insane when that happens.


And thanks for the comments on the paint. Lots of people locally have ripped it off unfortunately, but its all good.

When the sun catches it jussst right, it goes apeshit.

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PeaceOnesxWai

More photoshoots!