1.5JZ S14 Silvia

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  1. jonny mac

    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    Hey guys, so this is now a new shortened version of my build thread after photobucket took a dump on everybody by changing it's hosting rights

    i'll be able to reduce the initial 1200 pictures down into a more compact version of a thread haha

    starting a fresh because i cannot be bothered going through every post and editing links etc

    so here goes, lets wind the clock back 4-5 years at the begining of basically a nut and bolt rebuild haha

    my bone stock s14 silvia sr20de n/a import from japan


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    mint

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    crap

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    5 stud swap, wheels and cs2 coilovers

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    rolling road for a baseline to know how much a jz engine could change the car

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    126bhp at the wheels, pretty sure a yaris has more

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    some work equips i didn't keep for long as the offset wasn't right

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    drift day with the n/a to see what it's like, 3rd gear is possible with enough pressure in the back tyres and lots of throttle

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    then up at a local small track

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    new exhaust

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    bought an r154 gearbox from phil at driftworks from the r32

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    got a 4.3 r32 skyline diff and had it welded

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    r33 shafts

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    r200 s14 turbo rear subframe as my car had the r180 diff and frame so wasn't any use, had it powedercoatd and solid dw bushes installed

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    bought a 1j

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    stripped box for shifter extension

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    clutch arrived

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    dmax roof wing and rear arch paintwork tidied up

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    engine ready for work

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    holset for later, used stock twins for a while

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    greaddy genuine lip

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    sr out

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    toyota bits for clutch hub and box parts

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    making wiring stuff work, my mate mark helped alot and i learned so much about how wiring works!

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    twins on

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    rack bushes done while engine's out

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    shifter extended 3"

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    box on

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    engine in, car towed to workshop for fun stuff to start

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    fabricage

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    bought some jdm wheels, 17x9.5 and 17x10

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    bought all new parts for underneath the car, everything was either new or powdercoated

    z32 rear brake conversion also

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    stone chipped chassis too since it was already clean and mainly rust free

    r180 subframe off and in the bin

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    geomasters front and back

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    powedercoated backplates, new brake shoes, cleaned up bearings

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    arms getting greased prior to fitting

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    done

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    modified front xmember and extended lower arms

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    temp exh made up to fit jz twin turbos, fuel pipes crossed over to opposite side

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    more stone chipping and new parts on front end, tein rods and ends, polybushed extended arms and new moog ball joints, geomaster hubs, geomaster tension rods

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    r33 gtr brembo brakes and ebc parts, braided hoses

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    first drive was awesome

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    kit on

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    went for a drift day with the car for first time since engine change, 4.3 ratio and r154 works so good

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    temps were up as i was using a cheap radiator

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    chasing my mate stevie

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    then went to driftland and had a blast

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    chasing my mate john with his s15 i'd recently turbo'd for him

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    geomasters are awesome, lock is incredible

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    twins off and 6 boost manifold and holset going on

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    also done injectors, emanage blue, turbosmart wastegate and a few other bits to make just shy of 450bhp at 1.5 bar on stock cams

    moved fuse box inside car too

    onto mapping

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    406hp at wheels, great step up from 126 haha

    front end adjustments because overheating, moved rad forwards to run viscous fan and big oil cooler

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    remade downpipe to fit better, paul does all my welding

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    and a custom full oval system from front end back for ground clearance

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    private driftland day

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    finalboss driftland day


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    koyo rad

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    banzai magazine shoot!


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    got bored so decided to do a new engine build since i had a fully sorted chassis that was very capable of handling more power


    bought a load of new parts for the build, going 1.5jz so a 2jz block and 1jz head

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    cam and crank sensors, thermostat, o2 sensor, coolant sensors, seals etc etc

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    330d box

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    new 6 boost t3 divided with twin wastegate ports

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    twin turbosmart gates

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    put the head down to bret sims motorsport, he done a massive port job on the head, every chamber opened up for maximium flow, head skimmed and refreshed

    new stem seals and bc springs and retainers, bc 264 cams setup in the head too with shims

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    banzai

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    so i had bought a 2jz ge block, had it machined to take oil squirters and turbo oil feed, i sent my block to a motorsport company in dundee scotland

    unfortuantely i wasn't to know how bad i'd end up

    i wanted a new set of pistons in the block and bearings so the compression ratio would be right+ refreshed and since i don't have engine building precision tools i thought i could turst them

    my block came back with deep scoring in the bores in some cylinders, weather that was there before i don't know but it should have not been returned to me like this from an engine builder

    deep enough that my finger nails would go inside and catch

    when removing the bearing caps to try remove the pistons to see if i could hone them out going on advice from other engine builders i'd realised some of the 'new' bearings were also damaged

    on an engine only turned over by hand a few times
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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    i'd bought alot of parts from this company also which turned out to have issues, a new turbo....found an owen dev sticker on the housing

    called up owen dev and quoted the number, they said it was rebuilt and off a bdc car....awesome

    got that back but as for the block etc i was told i'd marked it with a screw driver and it's my own fault.....yeah so basically i had to start from the begining minus the money i'd paid so far

    i'm not to mention his name as i'd not like to be done for slander for making damaging accusations but i guess you just learn who not to deal with in the motorsport trade!

    thankfully i didn't use the engine as it would have burned oil and all sorts

    so.....cut to a few months down the line, i had no money and a half built car after selling my 1j+r154 setup and piling all the money into the parts for the new build

    i got in contact with DY engine services, dave yandell, he suggested oversizing my block which means new pistons and rods again and another set of bearings+arp studs etc

    i just went with it and put it on my credit card because i had to! otherwise i'd have an expensive useless tin on wheels


    dave worked his magic, block hot tanked and painted, .5mm oversized so bores were like brand new

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    so now i spent a little while saving and paying off stuff etc, then moved onto turbo choice, fast spooling over lag

    gtx3582r, t3 divided .83 housing, 4" intake, 2.5 intercooler out

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    link g4

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    swirl pot

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    fuel pumps and filter from torques

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    3.6 diff back in for matching bmw box ratios

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    id1050x injectors onto top feed rail with twin feeds

    from real st in america

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    loom work and r8 coil packs

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    fuel pipes done and regulator on

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    gktech arb and power brace on

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    engine run in on dyno and oil changed correctly

    box developed a noise so changed it, abc couldn't have been more helpful with aftersales advice, probably best company i've dealt with

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    back onto dyno after driving around for a while making sure everything works for a base boost map

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    pretty good for just base boost :D

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    changed onto the good stuff

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    went for a drift day with just stock 1 bar of boost which is wastegate spring pressures, boost controller off

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    had so much fun, went down with my mate stevie to crail and we spend the day chasing eachother

    i was rusty as that was my first time drifting in 2 years with a whole new engine/box setup and a new alignment and anti roll bar setup

    completely different car to drive, it's 100x easier and such an animal now, the boost comes on so hard so fast too

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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    heat changed colour of the torques an fittings

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    back to dyno and had boost turned up

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    the car was mapped up to 2 bar of boost and made something over 600hp, unsure on exact figure due to wheel spin but it's insane.

    so i need to go back with some 265 r888's now to make sure i can get grip and we will do a proper power run

    as for now, the car insurance was set to expire the day after mapping so it's just been put into storage since august, i've had other priorities to sort out just now....turbo converting my supra haha

    it'll get back out in 2018 and insured and ready to rock around march/april time

    but for now it's just needing some overfenders on the rear since the 1/4 was reshaped by stevie's s14 during a drift session and it'll mean i can run stupidly wide rear wheels




    also dumping these in here for my own reference incase i'm ever stuck without them, boost controller references

    p1: wastegate pressure no boost controller
    p2 - 1.2 bar, 40 gain =25
    p3 - 1.5 bar = 50 gain =25
    p4 - 1.8 bar = 60 gain =25
    p5 - 2 bar = 65 gain =25
     
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    just read this got to say my dream combo love this car have you put up a thread about your supra your building?would love to see some footage
     
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    lovely car.
    if you sell that car one day, tell me! :)
     
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    I'd need 35 grand haha, only way I'd ever sell this car, would have to be a stupid price for me to ever hand the keys over as I've built my dream sbody that I've wanted to own for years and years. sounds ridiculous when you read it back haha but I can't ever imagine myself without this car
     
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    hows the 330d box with the 3.6 diff? 1st must be interesting, is top useable on longer drives?
     
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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    it works really good, tbh it feels the same as the r154 with 4.3 diff

    I use 3rd gear when drifting a lot because the turbo comes on boost so quick that there's little to no lag now, 2nd gear is gone almost too quick, it's fine for when you really slow down if chasing someone on a tight couple of corners, but otherwise I just leave it in 3rd and sometimes have been into 4th when there's enough space to stretch it's legs

    I think working it out, the ratio's work out to feeling the same as having a 4.3 back end again with the beemer box and the 3.6.

    the 3.6 was the lowest ratio I could get with no hassle, I believe there are certain models of r200 diffs with 3.1 etc etc which would have been interesting

    on long drives I think form memory it sat at 3300 at 70mph :S and for all the time the car was on the road I've not managed to find out when it stops in 5th, will do that on dyno next time it's in for a power run
     
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    You using a 5 or 6 speed gearbox buddy
     
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    jonny mac 1jzS14

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    5 year on update, kids and covid came so i broke the engine and performance parts as i was going to need some extra cash and had other things going on

    the car was finished on the dyno, was out for i think 2 evenings then the insurance ran out, so with the youngest child's due date coming up i decided to shelf the car, then the idea came to strip the running gear out and get some money back then slowly build it back into a nice road car

    some of these pics are not in the correct order, it had some overfenders fitted to the rear in plans for large wheels

    arches cut out and welded up higher
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    so that was 2018

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    went to a show


    mid 2020 / early 2021 everything started getting pulled

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    everything was sold that was related to the 1.5jz, loom, fuel pumps, injectors, ecu etc, roll cage gone, fancy seats gone, anything i didn't see any reason to keep hold of and was good at taking in money

    the next thing on the list was to have the little cage bolt holes welded up and sealed etc


    then i began the slow long process of just building the car again but taking my time and having no time limit

    bought another subframe and started stripping it down to have it refreshed

    the idea here is to use polybushes instead of solid bushes now, i want this back on the road as a nice road car with speakers and back seats and comfort

    fast road spec as i'm getting old now and have no patience for loud fuel pumps or roll cages anymore
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    and a nice fully stock 35k mile 200sx s14 turbo manual differential NON WELDED! factory lsd! 20210416_141620.

    bought a front cut off another s14a breaker as i have a plan to return to stock front pannel, build a nice oem finished 1jz powered car here, bonnet cable and catch, no more aero catches or tube front

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    once that was all welded up, i got onto the other job, i had one week of ramp usage in the workshop so had to pull many late nighters to get it done

    started grinding back the floor again to do a full refresh on the shell, underneath was still amazing condition as the stonechip i'd applied back in 2010 or whenever it was has preserved the shell very well, plus it basically hasnt seen a wet road in over 10 years

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    hit most seams etc with anti rust converter stuff and then applied red oxide primer

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    should have dropped the tank for this bit

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    got some nice new poly subframe mount and diff bushes fitted, also ordered the sr autobodies bolt kit for the rear end
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