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Old 04-06-2013, 11:26 AM   #1
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A Poor Man's Dream S13 (VQ, big angle, etc)

So I have a very long build thread in the premium section and on a few other sites that includes all my car history and whatnot, but I figured I'd keep it short and sweet in this section of Zilvia and just show you what I'm working on now.

I purchased this car a couple years ago with the intention of saving it from a lifetime of hackdom at the hands of the "car guys" up here in Michigan. Also, a rust free shell is very hard to come by, and this was one of the cleanest (underneath) I'd seen. So I bought this for $700.







I cannot tell you how botched the R33 conversion was, or how much of the wiring had been hacked up, etc, etc, etc. The more I got into this thing the more I realized it was going to need a total restoration.

So I started pulling it all apart. I'll save you from having to look at all the pictures of the deconstruction process and get straight to the good stuff.

I started working at a shop called Strictly Import Motorsports, where they convinced me that this car needed a RWD 4G63 swap. The plan was to stick a stock block DSM engine in with a twin-scoll HX35 setup and call it a day. Let's just say things got a little off track.







And I ended up with a forged 2.3liter stroker that I still needed a LOT of money to get in the car and running the way I wanted it.

So unfortunately, I have abandoned that route.

In comes this:



And this:



So I finally got the thing torn down and was ready to start the build up. So another shopping spree was in order:





Powdercoated:













And I bought a set of old Kei-office coils to get started on.

Extended my LCA's 25mm (need to redo).



So then I did this:







Scuffed the entire interior and painted it with white epoxy (messy stuff).



So here's how it sits right now.





A lot more to come, very soon.
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