TwoForDeh

WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES!!!!!

I keep looking at all these build threads and have come to the conclusion that I finally make my own. Little background about me first. My name is Joey. I came from the euro scene a few years back and one thing I pride myself in is bringing the clean/oem style from the euro with me to contribute to the s-chassis scene as well. I've had numerous 240's but this is the first one I've gone this in depth with. It all started with a janky, rotted coupe I had...


I ended up trading that coupe (without the Eurolines, of course haha) for this RHD shell. I picked up this car with a SR in it. The firewall was swapped, but, everything else was sitting on floor of the car (wiring, dash, subframe, rack, etc.) I loaded her up on the trailer and brought her home. Don't worry, the first things to go were those HIDEOUS stickers. I got under the car and tried to find rust or rot because I knew there had to be some hiding somewhere, as I live in New England. After searching for a couple hours, I couldn't find a single speck anywhere. None of the subframes, the rails, ANYWHERE. I was sooo stoked.


I ended up going through hell and back with the wiring. The harness was actually cut on the body side. The part that was cut was the entire extension that goes up through the dash. Now, I'm not sure how many of you have actually pulled apart a dash harness, but, Nissan decided to use 7836593457 of the same color wires for 586235 different things. So the wiring quickly became a headache. I ended up making a LHD harness work as a temporary solution until the winter when I ended up buying new 180sx harnesses from a fellow forum member here.

Finally got alllll the electronics working and the SR started. Here is a pic of the interior of it.


So this is the part of the story where all hell broke loose. After 2 months of wiring hassles, I get the car running and driving and take her out. The car was driving good, running well, I was the happiest guy alive. A couple days later, I decided to try my hand at sliding with the RHD because, well, it needed to be done. I go and initiate annndddd knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Spun bearing. I knew what it was immediately because this was the 3rd SR to do that to me.


Skip ahead a month to when I have the motor out of the car. I first dropped the pans to see if i could throw some bearings in there and make it last a bit but, all the rods, pistons, bearings, and even the crank, were blue and yellow. Which didn't make sense to me until a couple hours later. I was pulling the motor apart and I found a piece of 10G power wire stuffed into my turbo feed line. I don't know who's train of thought would say "Hmmm, this looks like a good idea!" but, it was there. What I'm assuming happened was the little t25 wasn't getting any oil, was superheating and thus caused everything to fry and get blue and yellow. I could be wrong. It's happened before. I then started buying the fixings to rebuild/build an SR20DET


Long story short, I ended up scrapping the SR and decided to go RB. I picked up a RB25 car with a questionable body and drove it, drifted it, etc. for a couple months. I then lost my license which is when things started getting a bit heavy for the RHD.


I ended up selling that blue shell and got the RB ready to get all prettied up for the RHD, because the RHD is in the middle of a full shaved and tubbed bay along with a nice cage.

I pulled the RB apart to do a head gasket because it over heated a couple times and I was paranoid. And to my surprise, I pull the head off, and BAM. The thing is fucking gorgeous. Perfect cylinder walls, perfect fire rings, everything was amazing on it. For once in my life, I had finally lucked out on a good motor.

This is how the RB sits as of last weekend. It'll be all buttoned up this weekend and ready to go in the RHD.


This is the RHD bay as of today, 08/22/2014. My best friend at DTM Autowerks is the engine bay king. Go on IG and look up DTM autowerks and #dtmautowerks and you'll see some of the bays he's done. He started the filler work today and should have the bay finished and painted this weekend. it's getting a painted Valencia orange from the BMW 1M.


I have allootttt more pictures that I'll upload of the progress throughout the time. This is just what I have in my photobucket at the moment.

Parts list as of 08/22/2014:

I will update as new parts are ordered/installed along with anything I forgot making this post.

Exterior:
Resprayed last year white with heavy gold flake
Varrstoen ES6 18x9.5 et +10; 18x10.5 et+15
225/40/18; 215/40/18
Origin kit (rep)
I do plan on going Type X over the winter and picking up some awesome wheels also

Engine:
S1 RB25DET
McKinney Motor mounts
McKinney Driveshaft
Joey Autosport special intercooler piping
OS Giken Super Single clutch
Freddy intake mani
Everything else was kept stock for the time being for reliability purposes
3 inch o2 housing with screamer pipe and 3 inch straight to blast pipes

Suspension:
Fortune Auto 500's
Extended FLCA
ISIS RUCA (let's see how long it takes for me to ruin them)
Tein tension rods
Tein inner tie rods
Gonna be ordering a set of SPL outers here pretty quickly

Interior:
Right hand drive conversion (obviously)
Bride Low Max Vios 2's
Bride rails
4 point cage (main hoop, harness bar, cross bar, bars going to the strut towers, and the x brace between those bars)



Any input or advice is much appreciated as well!

TwoForDeh

Here's a brief update of what's going, guys. The bay got completely finished this past weekend. It is absolutely gorgeous! My buddy ended up wanting a stock RB turbo and I wanted his holset, so we ended up trading and all I can say is I can't wait to get bigger injectors and get this bitch tuned! I got the RB all ready to go in and I should be getting her put in within the next few days! Here's a couple pics:

ep9716

Diggin this so far, Keep it up!

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Salvarath

This thread is awesome! I love what you're doing. If you don't mind sharing, what did you lose your license for?

TwoForDeh

Haha well, most people automatically assume for DUI or speeding or something reckless..but..I lost mine for having too many non-inspection tickets hahaha.

Thanks for the kind words I'll keep it updated as more happens!

On a second note, just placed an order with Raw Brokerage to wrap up the little pieces that I needed like new radiator hoses and couplers because the old ones didn't match the new colors.

TwoForDeh

Going a little backwards, to show how unbelievably clean this motor was inside, here's some pics that I took when I pulled the head off to do a new head gasket:















I had been eyeballing one of these OS Giken clutches for a long time and this was on the my motorset so I was beyond stoked on it

TwoForDeh

Here's some more photos of the rebuild process:















Here's the motor with the stock turbo setup before the Holset:

TwoForDeh

MOTOR IS IN!!!

TwoForDeh

Starting to piece together the interior. I need a new dash in the worst way.

rellik27

Engine bay looks real nice. The same thing happened to me when I opened up my rb25, I was stunned at how clean it was lol. Keep up the good work.

Maximo018

Nice build so far. As towards the dash... I say fill it sand it and either flock it or paint it. Hel u could probably get away with re wrapping it.

TwoForDeh

I actually have 5 yards of black suede that I wanted to re wrap it with. I'll probably save that for over the winter though

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ngz0128

My brother is the guy that traded the turbo with you. This looks like an awesome build, cant wait to see it come together! Such a clean bay. Good luck.

TwoForDeh

Got the engine harness routed aside from the maf connector. Waiting on the last bit of parts to come in from Raw Brokerage. BUT! I started her up last night! Gotta trace a short to the ecu relay which SUCKS but hey, she started up briefly. Man, did I miss that sound.

Sorry for the shitty IG screenshot pic

TwoForDeh

Got the last parts I needed from Raw Brokerage. Man, their customer service is unreal.

I think I found the wiring issue last night. The engine was starting and then turning off after I let go of the "START" position. The ecu wasn't turning on the the "ON" position nor was the fuel pump relay clicking. When I turned the key to the start position, the fuel pump would click and the ecu would light up so I switched the ignition wire and accessory wire at the ignition switch and everything works like it should. ECU turns on in accessory position and fuel pump relay does its cycle. So, theoretically, it should start and stay running. I'll find out tonight!

TwoForDeh

So, I tried starting the car last night. It cranks but doesn't fire/start with the new configuration. Back to the drawing board. I hate wiring gremlins.

TwoForDeh

Alright dudes, I need some advice. Here's the issue:

The engine was starting and then turning off after I let go of the "START" position. The ecu wasn't turning on the the "ON" position nor was the fuel pump relay clicking. When I turned the key to the start position, the fuel pump would click and the ecu would light up so I switched the ignition wire and accessory wire at the ignition switch. The ECU now lights up and the fuel pump relay does its prime cycle. But, when I crank it, it won't start. But, when I have the wires the other way at the switch (the way they're configured when the ecu isn't getting power), it'll start but turns off when i let go of the key. I did find a burned wire to the ECU relay, but, it has continuity and carries the load of 12.5 volts. I'm at a loss here.

dbeiler

Have you checked and verified the power coming off the ignition key cylinder? Remove the steering wheel shaft plastics to gain access to the electrical terminals on the key cylinder. Turn the key to 'on' and check for power at acc terminal. Turn the key to 'start' and check for power at starter. The electrical cylinder may be faulty; not sending power to all the required wires. If this is the case, it can be temporarily fixed by jumping the dead wire to another constant power wire (on the cylinder). Example on S14:



The electrical cylinder can also be disassembled and cleaned. Be careful, though. Several little springs and BBs inside will pop out and possibly get lost. Example on S14:

TwoForDeh

I did check the power coming off the ignition switch and it all seemed fine. I'll double check that tonight when I get to the shop while i'm going over everything else. Worst case, I'll try and find an extra ignition switch laying around and see if that does anything. Thank you

pancakes562

Such a pretty engine

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TwoForDeh

Ok dudes, found the gremlin last night. Check power at the ignition switch connector on each wire in each key position. One of the wires was pinned incorrectly. I switched the wire and the digi cluster lit up and the ecu turns on/off like its supposed to. I'm gonna try and start it tonight because the battery didn't have enough juice to crank the engine.

TwoForDeh

Finally tracked down that wiring issue last night, like I previously said. Here's a couple pics of the shit I've been staring at the last week or so. Everything is in good order now, thank god.

TwoForDeh

SHE RUNS!!! Starts and stays running and runs like a top! I have a video on my IG. I can't post anything from Facebook because my work blocked social media. Thanks Fidelity hah

If you want to see/hear it running and also see the digi cluster in action, check out the video on my IG

@thatrhd240

TwoForDeh

Also, HUGE props and thanks to David at Raw Brokerage. The upper radiator hose needs to be trimmed to fit with a front facing intake mani and it wasn't lining up and too much was trimmed off. I called Dave and he sent me one right away with no charge to me. I will continue to go to Raw Brokerage for any part I need in the future.

OBEEWON

Engine bay.
So good.
so many shines.

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TwoForDeh

Thank you sir. Debating whether or not to paint the whole car this color or leave it the metallic white. Opinions?

TwoForDeh

Didn't make much progress this weekend because I ended up fixing a 4 wheeler I got for $50 and spent the weekend shredding that thing hah. Should be doing the brake lines tonight. Also ordered a clutch master cylinder from a 97 Nissan Pathfinder which supposedly is about half the size of a regular s13 CM. Hopefully should clear the intake mani now.

TwoForDeh

So I took her for the first drive last night! A few little things to work and come to find our, the rear wheel bearing is roasted but aside from that, I'm happy as fuck. Engine runs well, idles a little high but I'm ok with it because it makes this OS Giken clutch easier to start in first haha. Gotta put the rest of the front end and kit on later today.

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TwoForDeh

Well, there she is. Mostly put back together. Runs and drives amazing now that the wheel bearing is fixed.

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Snagged some photos in my favorite spot. Definitely gonna go back when the leaves match my bay haha

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