Jyttah

Time for another update.
I had a single day where i went to look at the car. This time i had to do something different.

My friend who are creating the oilpan for me, asked me if i can figure out how much space there is for a intake and exhaust manifold as he would like to design these. So i had to figure out how to get these measurements. The car is 360km away from him, so its not possible for him to go and do the measurements himself.

After a LOT of research, i found a solution. My friend is a technical designer among other things, so if i could create the enginebay digitally, he can work with that. So the solution is a 3D scanner.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B86oz2unQtz/



So now he can create everyting without even getting his hands dirty :P
Next stop, is to 3D scan the CA18DET engine.




I also had an extra instrumentcluster. Here i thought about adding the Defi Advance ZD into. But after a lot of playing around, its not possible due to the 2 buttons on it.
Instead i wanted to create a Carbon face to make it a bit more exclusive. The face will be made of only 2 layers of carbonfiber cloth - wich means its only around 0.4mm thick! Perfect for this application.







My mechanic took the valves out of the head, and they look pretty good. No need to change anything here





Last but not least, I have to do some fiberglass work, so we can get the car ready for paint.
The rear valances have to be extended around 2-11mm to follow the OEM lines and the right overfender had to be shortened 2mm in the end.
Nothing a bit of fiberglass cant handle :P

Dolph_KYAS13

Was that scanned with an xbox Kinnect? Ive had some success with that in the past. keep us posted with the CAD screenshots.

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'93 Skyline Type M

Jyttah

Yes. it was made with the Kinect sensor
Im planning to do some 3d scanning of multiple parts for the car so i have them for future use

Jens

Awsome build Topic man! Personally I'm not a big fan of the widebody. But with the attention to detail its pretty cool man! Keep up the good work.

Jyttah

Thanks! I didnt like the widebody at first, but after ive been looking at it for quote some time, i actually like it as it makes the car look lower and more aggressive

Jyttah

I guess the devil is in the details.
I have a spare instrument cluster, so i wanted to install my Defi Advance ZD instead of the rpm. But after some looking around, i noticed its not possible as i couldnt access the bottoms. So i wanted to do something else.

Ive previous been working with carbonfiber, i figured it could be cool to have inside the instrument cluster.

I started with a small piece of carbon i had laying around. As its only 2 layers of carbon cloth, its very thin. but its perfect for this application because we dont need any strength.



I cut it down and sanded it so it would fit inside the instrumentcluster.

And remember, ALWAYS use a mask when cutting or sanding carbon fiber.


After all the cutting and sanding it was washed to remove the dust. Then its time for some epoxy. Here i can give it some extra color/glitter. and it gives me the possibility to wetsand it so it gets extremely glossy.






I also painted the surrounding plastic as previous owner painted it purple, so i found some mat black that fits the whole theme.
Together with the carbon, it looks really good and clean.




It all went pretty well, so i decided to make some more.




Next stop is to cut out for all the gauges.
This part sounds easy, but as the piece is very thin, and the holes are small an narrow, it makes it very difficult - Please excuse the rough cuts, I still havent sanded all the edges yet.




I have these cutouts leftover that i dont know what to use them for. Does anyone have any idea?

Jyttah

So... Im sure that im not the only one going crazy in this lockdown.
I was supposed to start in an aviation-related company just before all this happend, so it has been postponed to an unknown date.
This is giving me WAY to much time on my hands.
Its good but its also bad!

So i went to look at a another S13.
The car is without danish tax as its been importet from UK about 10 years ago.
It since have been sitting in a barn, so we can call this a barnfind

The engine was build by JAPengines.co.uk and afaik it have Wiseco pistons and some other goodies.
The car itself have very little rust, but somebody thought it would be funny to airbrush the whole freaking car!!! On top of that, it have some very 2000's bodykit that i have no idea what is
To top it off, the price for this car is... and hold on! 3100euros or 3300USD...

Im still thinking about buying it and get it back together. All parts for the car is there, complete interior with S14 leatherseats and so on...




















Would you buy it?

IIIXziuR

I would buy it exclusively for that amazing dragon airbrush artwork, m8. Sensational.

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Jyttah

Well... Thats exactly what i did!! Gotta get some of the Dragonpower!

Jens

You now got to save the dragon man!

Jyttah

So i think its pretty long time ago i last updated this thread.

And the answer is: Yes i bought the dragon S13. Build thread is here: https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=673779

Anyway. Ive have a few pictures of the rear fenders being re-welded as i wasnt happy with the first try.
And my friend is also in the middle of cleaning and making the head nice an pretty.

Jyttah

Im sorry! I havent updated this thread in a long time.
The main reasons are that the car is located 3 hours drive away from me, and i have another car that takes a lot of my time. Mainly because its a lot closer to me than this one.
But luckily ill get this car home soon.













When i get it home, ill remove the rear subframe to rebuild it properly, and to move the 5lug conversion to the other S13 i have.
Then i have to clean the whole underside so i can give it some proper protection so it will last in Denmark. I also used the TypeX bodykit on the other S13 as its a RHD, and its a lot more fitting when im going to a TypeX look-a-like. So this means im on the lookout for an agressive kit for this car. Im 90% sure itll be some Originlabo Racing line. But time will tell

Anyway, this is just a small update. Ill be back with more when the car gets back.

Im thinking about doing some youtube videos on putting it back together. But are people interested in that?