dluevanos01

Well I had the idea of making a build thread but was unsure if I wanted to keep the car or part it out. Ever since I bought it I have been working, going to school or doing something to the car, and I was kinda tired of it so I wanted to part out the car, but I came to the realization that I simply couldn't. So I will push forward and finish the car now.

Now moving on to the car. (complete specs at the bottom)

I bought it Febuary, 14 2012. Looking back I was to naive, and maybe should not have bought it. Pretty much stock, sr20 and tein coils.




Kept it pretty much like that for about a year. Then bought suspension, brakes, RPf1s, 5 lug swap and HKS hypermax from Kunio a GTR-Garage.





After I started piecing together OEM Kouki Type X parts. Then focused on the bushings. Installed PBM subframe raisers, energy suspension bushings, and coated the bottom of the car with 3M undercoating.




Then an Nismo/ARC bug bit me an I started buying parts.






Probably the last picture I took of the car with the old SR.
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Then this is where it went downhill. On March, 18 2013, I was on my way to a friends apartment to pull an all nighter for our final the the next day. On my way there I decided to take the car, then on the freeway I heard so fluctuating humming/drone noise, pulled over and everything was fine so I assumed it was tire noise, kept driving then about 10 miles later, engine stated to knock. Threw the car in neutral, then before I could turn it off the SR threw a rod.




Started to part out what was salvageable, and looking for another engine. Decided to stick with an sr20 since when taking apart and looking at everything I was able to familiarize myself with it. I made the mistake of selling the ARC BOv & SMIC......

After about 4 months and looking at some sketchy engines, I found one that I was comfortable buying. Might have paid a little more than I wanted but it was the only one with receipts and clear specs on it.

Took me a while to get it in since I painted the engine bay and cleaned some stuff.





cleaned the engine up bit.




Nismo catback!





Found a Nismo and ARC oil caps within a few weeks of each other. As well as a Nismo catback







Got the car running. BOY WAS I STOCKED!!!





Lately I don't drive the car much, but seats started to bother me. I bought some R32 GTR seats.




Now, I'm trying to decide if I'll paint this car, or buy a cleaner, straight shell(quarter panels) and transfer everything.

Also Looking for new wheels, and maybe new kit for the car. Along with some other parts, but I'll be updating this often and see where it goes.

MOD LIST:
-Old school Nismo strut bars* (single bend (ca18) front)
-Old school Nismo Oil Cap *
-Old school Nismo Cat back *
-Nismo S13 Power Brace
-ARC Super Micro Radiator*
-ARC intake box*
-ARC ver.1 Oil cap*
-OEM 180sx Kouki front (frp lip)
-OEM 180sx Kouki side skirts
-OEM 180sx Kouki Wing
-OEM 180sx Kouki wings
-Battle Version Traction, Toe and Tension rods
-S14 Kazama RUCA
-S13 Kazama inner & outer tie rods
-S13 PBM ver. spindle and adjustable FLCA with monobal ball joint and roll center correction.
-S13 subframe with PBM bushings (painted silver)
-S13 ichiba front 5 lug
-S14 read 5 lug hubs
-Brembo “F40”/Gran turimso BBK w/ 32mm X 330mm 2 piece rotors
-Z32 complete rear brake swap (w/ ebrake)


Engine:
S14 sr20det
-CP pistions 8.5:1 stock compression
-Eagle rods w/ ARP 2000 studs
-ACL Race rod and main bearings
-Moroso oversized baffled aluminum oil pan
-Blitz FMIC
-Nismo engine/trans mounts
-CodyAce Quest alternator and A/C brackets
-S15 7layer exhaust manifold gasket
-Z32 MAF
-Greddy Suction intake pipe
-Nismo 740CC injectors
-S15 T28 (GT28r)
-Silicone radiator hoses
-RS-Enthalpy ROM tune
-Forge Fast Road recirculation/divertor valve
-DIF steel braided turbo lines
-s14 koyo copper radiator
-Nismo Sport Copper mix Clutch
-Tomei Poncams 256/256 retains VTC
-Greddy RAS
-ARP head and main studs.
-Circuit Sport MLS headgasket.
-Ishihara Johnson teflon crankshaft scraper
-Wiring specialties s14 sr to s14 harness (modified by Eric Typner to go on s13)

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dluevanos01

Forgot to update this, so I sold the RPF1s to my friend, this are the pictures of the last time I drove with them




The car is on spares that I took off my daily when I put stocks on it. Been having bad luck with purchasing wheels. Wither they sell before, have cracks/weld repairs, or are out of my budget.



Also traded most of the leftover SR stuff I had to my friend for OEM 180sx manual seat beat conversion with the "oh shit" handle.
Haven't have time, between running my business and school, to install them but hopefully I can get to it tomorrow.

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killer240

Legit cool build. Love the rare parts. Keep up with the updates

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R_Rod_s13

Dam the first couple pics makes me want to buy rpf1s for my pig noise... good build love the car and the rare parts. Want to see more!

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Rusker

I like what you're doing. Looks like it will be a great build.

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angel mkiv

Is that brembo kit for a 240 or converted?i swear I remember seeing a 240sx brembo kit online somewhere?

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dluevanos01

Thanks!!! I will try to keep this updated as much as possible.

Thanks, I absolutely loved my car at that stage( minus the bad body) but I just grew tired of the RPF1s.

To tell you the truth I am not sure. They were sold to me as R32 vspec Bremobs as they came of a clip that my friend bought.

After some research, I found out that they were either F40's or grand turismo BBK for skylines. So it was all bolt on. However I was at my friends shop and when they were doing 88rotors lamborghini, the calipers are identical to what the Murcielago has at the rear.

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Edwin562

about time i see a build thread for your car, damn. lulz

dluevanos01

AHAHA took me a while ot realize it was you aha. But yeah, finally got around to it.

So didn't have time to install the seatbelts but I was able to finally find some wheels. Having them redone so I should have them next week. Front came out to the specs I wanted but the rears will be a little too aggressive, But I think I can make them work.

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Konster

Really like the old SR setup, for some reason I like the side mount look better than front mount. Quick question about the handle, any chance it will work on a Vert and do you have any pictures of it installed?

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dluevanos01

Yeah, I agree with the sidemount set up but I'm very happy with the Blitz FMIC.

As far as the seat belts, I have not installed them but I can't see them working with the a vert as they extend towards the roof line past the a pilar. But I'll take pictures when I install them on Wednesday.

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Konster

Not the seat belts dude, I'm talking about the handle AKA 'oh shit handle'.

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bmaddock

Sweet build, excited to follow this one. Although I went another route, I could totally see myself doing a similar build to yours.


Edit: Damn I've never had an itch for rare parts but for some reason I really want that Nismo oil cap hahah. Just started searching for one.

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OutlawLui

not bad . remind me of my car...

dluevanos01

That's what I was trying to say. The Handle extends from the a-pilar to the roof line. I'll have pictures of the it installed tomorrow, so you can see it.

Thanks. Yeah, I got lucky to find both. While I love the ARC one for the color contrast, the nismo is still my favorite. Good luck with the search. It took me a while to find a reasonably priced one.

Thanks

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Konster

Thanks dude.

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dluevanos01

Got the OEM 180sx seat belts installed. This daylight time savings change has not been helping me as it gets dark relatively soon.

Fist ran into some trouble deciding where to bolt the seatbelts on the door frame. I wanted to use the hole on the to make it look cleaner but there was nothing to bolt it on on.



Decided to bolt it on the rear most location for the OEM seatbelts.





So much cleaner and nicer. Forgot I needed a JDM 180sx headliner.



Also, took off the front knucle/lca to take the brakes and test fit the wheels. They cleared and should be done next week. That'll give me some time to fix a couple issues before I focus on getting the wheels on.

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Forgot to update this as I was fitting new wheels.

Screenshots of VRsheels post and the day I picked them up.





Got home and test fitted them right away




Got tires mounted the next day as I was waiting for the sealant to fully.


Extended the front lower control arms and ran into some issues withe the tie rods being too shourd, so I replaced the rod end spherical bearing with a longer one and I was able to get more thread on each side of the rod ends.

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Had to align the front to be able to drive it while I wait to have time to get it aligned properly.

rear fit perfectly with no need to change anything.



Drive it for a a few miles and went to the 562 S-Chassis meet.

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Front tires are way too tall so will need to step down to either a 215/45 or 225/40

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DILLONDILLONDILLON!

keep it up dude!

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Jissan

Car looks good man. Love the custom wheels!

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OBEEWON

I love G7's so much.

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delado

looking real good!!!

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dluevanos01

Thanks!

I might be trading tires with my friend who has same brand and relative new 215/45s so I will have the car sitting better. Also will be working on the sideskirt/fender fitment

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So I was busy with finals, and getting everything ready for vacation. so I've just been doing small things here and there.

I bought a lot of small things from a friend who was parting out a wreck hatch. Picked up all the key cylinders to have all matching in the car.

took it apart


USDM top, JDM bottom


Final Kouki (type x) housing with USDM cylinder.



also got new cleaner rear interior panels and carpet
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cleaner, I need a leather bag and I'll probably get rid of the sub.


Cleaned around the engine bay

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Also, my friend Stephen took pictures of the car.

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5280VertDET

Keep it up man, nice attention to detail!

Is that the Isis intake pipe attached to the ARC?

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dluevanos01

Thanks!

Just realized I never responded to your pm. It's greddy intake pipe. It pushes the box to the front and to the side a little too much.

When I had the s13 sr, I used the rubber intake pipe and it was easier to get the Induction Box to mount in the right place.

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5280VertDET

Haha, no worries! Just noticed that ARC rad too... mmmmm.... dats nice....

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dluevanos01

Forgot to get you pictures, If you still need them I'll get them tomorrow when I work on the car. Thanks yeah, I want that ARC cooling panel you bought a couple months back!!!


So, I went on vacation for the holidays, and came back and being busy with school (graduating this year )

Drove the car like a couple time for the first 2 weeks of jan, and everything was fine, except it started to bog around 3k rpms so I figured it would be a boost leak somewhere.



bought a vlsd to re shim, but then decided to sell it and just get a two way. So I got a nismo 2 way. Cleaned the diff housing and inspected everything.





The same night I bought the 2 way, the car started to run stupid rich( 10.5 afr at idle) so I figured that was the cause of the bogging at 3k. Come to find out that cylinder #4 was running rich. swap the injector to cylinder 2, and now all cylinders run really rich and foul the plugs within a few minutes of running. So I need to replace the FPR.



Removed the front end to be able to check for boost leaks easier.



Will be picking up a tomei fpr, hopefully tomorrow so I can drive the car with a proper diff in it and see how it feels.

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RPS13-604

you make me consider getting 17's all around!