tayloray

Okay, so some of you may have seen my cars for sale, etc. But i decided to make a build thread. so here goes. I've had quite a few cars, and i have been drifting for awhile. So for a little history first.

started in this Taylor @ CFRC in his Porsche 951 1-22-10 - YouTube



pretty much completely stock.

Ended up with this, swapped a rebuilt rb20 in it.





Got pit maneuvered by a girl who was texting on I-4, and they totalled it, and i finished it off a couple of events later and parted it out.

I bout this,




Went through a few more cars after i sold that one, but nothing seemed to work well as drift car, and i just kept trading them off.

So i'll start with a the pre-build up before i decided to tear the car back apart.

I bought this 95 zenki about a year ago, with an rb25, way to big of journal bearing turbo, and coilovers.

How it sat when I got it.













Attempted to do a drift even with the car like that, And even entering at 60+ i couldn't get the turbo to stay spoiled.



So Before doing another event, i ordered an ebay CX racing Gt30r BB, that didn't some in on time, so we decided to put a stock rb20 turbo on just to make the event, and hustled to gut the car, weld the cage in, and swap the whole turbo setup in one night.









The cage was super ghetto, but it was the aftermath event at cfrc, and I really wanted to be able to tandem.

Ran no wastegate, and the event went alright after we fixed almost every single intercooler coupler. But the car was severely under-powered.





The turbo and extended tie-rods finally came in.













Decided to get rid of the Cellulite looking quarter panel and bought soe over fenders.











Put the tie rods on, and rack bushing right before an event, last minute as usual.





Went to PSI, and my buddy Andrew modded my knuckles.







Put new wheel bearings in and rotors on while it was on the lift.



The car was so much more fun with the added angle.






Didn't do much to the car after that, just drove it, and had constant issues.



Broke my wastegate off, 3 runs into a comp



and this is how the car stayed.









Last event the car actually ran well: CFRC Summer Slide Fest 2012 8-car Tandem Hot Lap Session - YouTube

Then had transmission problems the next event, and had to get it towed home, this is when i decided to re-do the entire car.



I usually let things be ghetto, and just didn't care, as long as it drifted, nothing mattered. I got really tired of it, but fixing someone elses work just wasn't very rewarding. So I usually just left it. This time. I'm doing everything right, to the best of my ability.

I started by pulling the rb25 out. They're cool motors, but just not my thing anymore. Too much headache. i needed to put a ton of money into it to get it to where it needed to be, and i was just done with it. So I got rid of that, sold the old coilovers, scrapped the zenki front, cut the ghettoly done in one night cage out.

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tayloray

So to start the build up.

The original plan was to go 5.3, planning on doing a turbo setup down the road. purely for reliability reason, not for cheater torque. I was shopping around and found something I've always wanted to do.

So i ditched the bandwagon v8 plan, and picked up this sr swap, I really love the way SR's make the car feel, since they sit so far back, and weigh nothing, the car is just so much more nimble than with a big inline 6 hanging over the front wheels.









The motor is a s13 Sr20det that i got a killer deal on.

90MM Darton Sleeves making it a 2.2
Eagle Rods
CP Pistons
Calico crank and rod bearings
Arp headstuds, mainstuds, and rod bolts
BC Ti valve sprins
BC Ti retainers
BC 272 Cams
HKS Rocker arm Stoppers
Greddy Intake Manifold
Splitfire coil packs
AEM Series 1 standalone
Precision 6262 with Steel braided oil/coolant lines
Custom tubular manifold
tial 44mm wwasgate with screamer pipe
Greddy oil pan
80lbs injectors
top feed rail
aem fpr
walbro 255 fuel pump (soon to be aeromtive in tank)
Spec Stage 5 un-sprung clutch
sr trans (which i'm sure will be dead soon.) with b&m shortshifter


Took the valve cover and both oil pans off. Motor is super clean inside.

The engine bay before cleaning



And after some engine degreaser and a lot of time with a pressure washer





Primer on.



Painting in my garage wasn't the best idea, but it needed to be done, this is my first time painting with a gun.





Came out pretty well, did 3 coats of paint, and 2 coats of clear







way too much ackreman, angle mods will be re-done soon.



motor went in pretty smoothly.



Fenders are tacky, but they match the rears



Wheels are gone now, car is on stock springs and struts until i decide on the new suspension

The whole front chassis harness was super hacked.





Took my old hacked harness out. cleaned everything up a little bit.



put the new un-cut harness in, and relocated the engine bay harness.







worked out some of the wiring.



re-soldered some connections/ checked the harness for any issues.

Got the motor started, runs like a champ, still have a lot to do. I will continue to update this as i go along.

Found this R35 that had a pretty siilar paintjob to my old coupe, just thought i would share. lol



Back to the build.

Got The dash back in.





Relocated the engine bay block, and bolted it to the trans tunnel.



Relocated the ECU to the glove boxs to keep it away from moisture, and leave it easily accessible for tuning.



Picked up the fuel rail and oil return AN fittings i needed from Action Performance in Daytona.






Picked up some cheapo oil/temp gauges from work for the time being, re-using my old wideband and boost gauges. Also dug this Nakamichi headunit that came out of my old SR86 out of my parts pile.





My buddy Nick Johnson gave me some poly sway bar bushing since mine are dead. One less thing to buy.





Took advantage of the Half price day at The daytona LKQ and picked up a wingless trunk, and some altima fans.






My friend owed me some money so i ended up with some new wheels for the time being, 18x10 265's all the way around.








Wiring in The gauges/switches and making my switch panel this week. Took off my LCA's and knuckles for my friend Andrew to do. Extending the LCA's and re-doing the knuckles.

Tax returns should be here soon.
Purchase list includes;
BC Coilovers
300zx brakes
EBC pads
New radiator
Intercooler/piping
Tial BOV
Vented hood, and headlights
AEM meth kit
And probably a 300zx Trans and adapter plate, i don't see the sr trans holding up very long.

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tayloray

Pulled the Knuckles and LCA's off. taking them to PSI tomorrow for andrew to work is magic.

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Extreme Dimensions

Nice keep it going!

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tayloray

Thanks! Added a pre-rebuild build to the thread just to really show from start to finish.

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daily missile

nice build. also noticed the bike peg shift knob and subrosa sticker on cluster. i used to ride a few years ago. havent much lately except for every now and then.

killer240

"tap the wall you pussy"


lololol

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tayloray

I'm in the same boat, my friend Ryan usually convinces me to ride every now and then, but cars always come first now.

Haha yeah, I will always love that picture.

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Turbo Mat

I'm in that picture (; damn I remember my first time seeing the coupe and I fell in love with how rad it is. Seeing your Build on FB and then looking at the thread are two different things man Keep it up!!

Turbo Mat

Old video I shot of the car
http://youtu.be/p8x25q-hMBc

Turbo Mat

Not sure how to embed.. Have more video and pictures from a few years back.

Also can't figure out how to delete my post FUUUUUU.

tayloray

I love seeing videos of me I've never seen before, thanks! That car was so rad. And that was such a fun event.

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project_silvia

Cool build I remember offering you my s14 for yours with the RB lol

KendallH

Good luck with the build Taylor, get lots of seat time this year!!

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iStubz

what wheels are the newest ones? theyre sick af

tayloray

Thanks man! that's what i'm aiming for. I want to go to an event, and actually drive the whole event, and enjoy it. We'll see what happens. lol

They were some volk knockoff's i believe. Ended trading them to my girlfriend for here 17x9.5 +15 battles





They look better on her car, and i drive it as much as she does, and the wheel gap with the battles was just un-acceptable.

So the main progress that's been made lately has been my garage. My dad is a horder, and i just got fed up with how much of a mess it was, so me and my friend spent about 12 hours, and clean the whole damn thing.

Before;



After;







So i worked on wiring up my headlights to the new engine bay harness.





Found this bracket while cleaning the garage, along with some other sheetmetal that will be perfect for my gauge/switch panel. it had 4 holes drilled already that were exactly where i need them to be for my radiator brackets, so I enlarged 2 of them, and i just need to cut it to size.



not sure what i'm going to do here. Heat wrap and dot 5 fluid?



traded my kouki over fenders for a radiator plus some cash. one less thing.



since my zenki fenders were beat to hell, i did a little experimentation with them to match the rears, and fit the wheels better.

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tayloray

Here's a video of it running on the base map, it's really strange, because i prime the pump with a toggle i have hooked to the stock trigger, and it will run for quite a while, after only priming, if i leave the pump on, it floods out really bad and barley wants to run. the video is it running absolutely horrible compared to normal, but you get the idea. It had a map on it when i got the motor that it was tuned to, but i can't seem to get it to start with that tune. also, after i blocked the IACV (which wasn't hooked up, and fixed my brake booster leak, it won't idle now. I'll be able to trouble shoot better once the intercooler is on, and i can actually drive the thing.

IMG 2522 - YouTube

I'll get a video with the piping on and see how it does then, and AEM wizzards on here?

The 1601 MAP base map is the only one it will start with.

http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/...s889d791b.jpeg

Had to take the intake manifold off to extract the broken brake booster fitting.



While it was out, i decided to make a block off plate for the IACV because it's not used.







I don't have a vice so i had to use the grinder with one hand, and hold the plate down with another, so it did'nt come out perfect, but close enough.

saved the day and let my buddy borrow my battles until his ne wheels come in.



picked this up on sale.



Also picked up my next oil change, and an air filter, just need a 4" intake pipe, not sure where to find one just yet.



Extended my harness, and got my headlights wire up.





all that's left for the engine bay is intercooler piping.

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s13mikesr20

Dam what exhaust manny r u using.... super cresh setup

Wizard

great build so far keep up the good work ill be following you. just wondering, where did you find the pic of that r35? ive been thinking about doing a paint job similar to yours/his. same color scheme but it would look more like his sort of like a camo. thought i was gonna be the only one to do it but you guys beat me haha

Big Zee

I heart S14's and yours is awesome.
if your going to do a Z trans swap, could I suggest maybe a Z33 trans instead ?just as tough, but better gearing for what your after

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tayloray

It's a custom built manifold, really decent setup. thanks!

Thanks man! thats probably what i'm going to do actually, i'll probably blow up a few Sr transmissions before i give in. lmfao

Haha, a friend of mine posted it on my facebook. I've actually seen another 240, just like mine was but hatch, still pretty original though.

My girlfriend drew an old picture of my car



made this for my gauges.



Got my modded knuckles back



Got my intercooler kit in



Had to cut pretty much every pipe to fit.



Mocked up all the piping






Tried my hand at welding






Got it back on four wheels, and drove it about 10 feet, it really needs a tune.







That's about it for now, gotta finish up some odds and ends the hopefully get it down to Martin at R.S Enthalpy for a tune.

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