1996 S14.5 rebuild! Messy thread. V8 swap postponed/abandoned ATM, build goes back to SR and now Rb25 {}
PROJECT START!! Just into the history of the car abit. It is A 1996 s14 and My mate swap a BMW 328 for it a few years ago. A pic of it with my s13 I had at the time It had a few mods on it (tubular manifold, walbro, exhaust and Fmic) he drove it around for a few months until the bottom end started knocking and as he had no money to fix it sold it to another one of my mates for £500. My other mate got a replacement engine and fitted some alloys and used it as a toy for a few months until he wanted to sell it. Then he got wheels This is where I bought it, I paid £1500 and used it for 6 months without doing much To the car until one day the bottom end started knocking so I parked it up and used my BMW for a year. my first job was to remove those stupid indicators. After stripping a few bits and selling them over the last year the car was heading for the scrap until I wanted to go turbo again. This was the car just before I started the project. So the project began at the start of February 2012 I pulled it into my garage to start striping it down, removing the engine and suspension ready for rust removal and to paint up the engine bay. The s14 and my old S13 that my mate now owns in my garage Engine out After striping the bay down I grinder down all the rust and treated it with rust remover and zinc primer using these. And under arches irst job wast to get S14.5 wings and 50mm overfenders. As I was wanting to fit over fenders I had to cut and weld the rear arches Now I could test fit the new arches I got 50mm over fenders for the rear, 25mm s14.5 vented arches for the front. Also got a spoiler that I really like for the boot After this i had a think about what to do with the fuel cap as i wanted one to sit flush on the overfenders. After scratching my head for a while i went ahead and cut my fuel cap hinge and latch to extend them. Finished cap, works well
After ordering new Daiyama Coilovers, FMIC and a 100mm Radiator off Japspeed and a set of wheels off eBay it felt like Christmas when they all arrived As I carried on with the car I sprayed up the subframe and suspension arms etc in silver and some other bits yellow Also fitted Coilovers
After getting 50mm and 20mm spacers for the wheels, I test fitted them to have a look. 18x8.5 et 35 front, 18x9.5 et 35 rear After this I thought I best get on and service the engine I bought to replace the broke one But after getting carried away with the paint it ended up looking like this
As I bought a 100mm universal radiator I had to make brakets on the bottom to fit it, once I done that I fitted rad and IC When I removed the old engine I had discovered that the T28 turbo had started to eat the housing, so I would need a new turbo. I didn't want another standard s14 turbo so I bought a s15 roller bearing turbo a a upgrade It was now time to fit the engine at last When I had the car on the road the standard brakes where shocking so I had to upgrade them. After looking around I went for Wilwood brakes and ordered a 345mm kit for the front My bodykit then turn up, I got the s15 M sport front bumper and s14 vx skirts and rear bumper
Now it was time to start on the bodywork, fitting the over fenders and smoothing in the edges Now Im up to the point I'm currently at, the car has been sprayed in primer and has been flatted back ready for base. Will add more updates as the build goes
really like the look of this. thinking about doing a 14.5 from scratch. not sure what engine to run in it though
Thanks guys, can't wait to finish it so I Can have a day off I wish I never did a s15 conversion now as it has been a lot of work and cost me alot more than I wanted to spend, Could of done a RB25 swap for the same price
Thanks fella, I occasionally go down pembrey to watch but have never entered, my mate did a bit of drifting down there in my old Redoxide s13. Once I finish this project I may enter with my BMW 328 compact and have a go
As my deadline comes ever closer I've had the news that my carbon bonnet is going to be delayed again So because I need a bonnet to aline the front end I've had to cough up more cash and buy another bonnet. I was lucky to find a Fiberglass Bonnet for sale on here and after a 450 mile round trip i had what I needed to carry on work. Also fish eye Fibreglass Headlights that bought a while ago. Also bought standard lights on Friday as will be easier to fit Also gives me the option of having a painted or carbon bonnet fitted as I fancy. My main job this weekend has been to get the car running. I had to first get some loose ends like modifying the oil return for The turbo and wiring up a electric fan Done. The car was ready to start and after sorting a fuel problem out it finally started. Exhaust wrap has burnt a bit lol
oops forgot to update this thread. After the last post i got it ready for top coat. As the car has so much new fibreglass I didn't want to spend a fortune on painting it for it just to crack and wreck a expensive paint job, so I chose to paint it satin black. I got messed about with the standard S15 headlights I bought so I had to use the crappy fibreglass lights I had bought previous. Here is the car after i painted it.
I managed to get my car on the road with days to spare before my japfest deadline. I liked how the car was looking but I really wanted a BGW so I got a japspeed one I had the car on the road for a few months over the summer but its gearbox broke and after driving around without 5th and reverse for a while i took it off the road to do few jobs and i want to spray it. im thinking to go a dark metallic orange or metallic purple. A Photoshop pic to give a idea
It's been a while since I posted on here so I need to update the thread. i used the car for a while but then got a skyline so the 200 sat in the shed for a few months until I eventually got round to spraying the car. It had gathered quite a bit of dust and spiderwebs over that time welded and filled old spoiler holes being as i sprayed the car satin black it was easy to rub down however it still going to be hard work - - - Updated - - - The car was ready to paint so i set up my temporary booth again sneak peek As you can see I went with neither orange or purple but red Thanks to my mate Ricky shape for painting it
Got the car out after a couple of days drying and unwrapped it The roof isn't getting painted as i think gloss black will be to much After painting the rest of the car i put it back together and this is the finished look
finally the car is back on the road. i took it for a mot and it only failed on a ball joint. for its first outing i took it to the BDC at pembrey to spectate
I've now got the motivation to spend some more time and money on the car, can star buying more goodies to make it better, so part 2 of the project now begins Im concentrating on the interior now as it is standard ATM and in my mind dose not suit the the look of the exterior so got myself a deep dish wheel and gauges and other bits and bobs also a hydo things are now moving again Thanks to the Sxoc boys from South Wales. Instead of car park meets we now do meets at people's garages and spend the day working on whoever car needs the A-team Mine was our 3rd successful get together and had a good turn out and got the car stripped down. I have also had my new engine and it is going to be a job to fit but it's what I want. 1UZ-fe v8 baby!!! Possibly turbo Am yet to decide on gearbox but will most prob be a R154 as I'm going to turbo the engine. - - - Updated - - - Update with pics Since September my cars been parked up waiting for helping hand to strip her down. Had a good turn out She been sitting on stands for a while I've got major plans this time so was happy to make a start. Ended up having a good turn out on the sxoc strip down day and got the engine out and rear subframe off. Started with the front end first tho Everyone got stuck in and had a great time. I wanted to do a compression test before removing the engine so I could sell it, however we tried and tried to get it to turn over fast but it was just to lazy. Got the engine out and went about why the engine was so lazy on turnover After a bit of head scratching We finally got the engine to turn over fast enough to get a good reading Compression was ok over all the cylinders so at least I can sell it for some money to pit towards the build.
