Well I haven't posted this yet because I've been a bit busy with work and family since moving back to the states from Japan. I picked up a 95 S14 when I came back and this is what I've been up too for the last year. This is what I know its came with: Hydro E-brake plumbed but not mounted 5 Lug Stock 16" rims 17" MB Weapons rims Buddy Club Bucket Function Form Type 2 coil overs solid subframe bushings SPL solid diff bushings off brand tc rods Some kind exhaust (that I hope will pass emissions) I only have 1 week to get the car reged and through emissions so I hope everything goes as planned. Here are some pics of what I'll be working with Hydro E-Brake Here is the list of what I will be bringing back with me one way or another. S14 SR20DET 5 Speed mission R33 GT-R Fuel pump 1.5 way LDS KTS coilovers KTS 32mm Sway bar 8 Point cage Uras Type II body kit Bride Seat Custom Shifter SMIC & FMIC Full interior(minus the dash) D Max Crystal Corner light D Max Crystal Blinker lights D Max Kouki Fenders D Max Rear Overfenders Kouki trunk with Kouki wing Kouki Tail lights Kouki Head lights Full 3" exhaust from the turbo back to an HKS Dragger muffler R33 GT-R wheels Z33 Fairlady Z wheels Z32 Brakes And some other odds and ends here and there
Here are my D-Max Clears. I think I posted these on my other thread but they're for this car. D Max overs 20mm fronts 40mm Rears Gas Cap Cover
Here it is in Texas getting cleaned up and ready to be shipped to my new house. I also put my Bride in, wheels with good tires and raised it about 3 inches. Here she is in the garage for the first time in it new home in Idaho. All alone.... Oh wait there's a friend So, after having her a few days I had some free time to de-faging the car. I removed all the retarded stickers and tint. Also put all the MB's on.
Well I got tired of the the whole push button start shit that the old owner put in to bypass the anti-theft system so I rewired it and cleaned up the relay box and battery. While I was at the rewire I took out the POS radio that didn't work and fixed the HVAC controls so they weren't falling in the dash anymore. And since I had the dash torn apart I hid the hydro E-brake for now until I can get the rear brakes fixed to be able to think about using it. I got bored and lowered the car. I maxed out the front coils and lowered the rear to match. Well the only problem I ran into was I got high centered trying to get out of the driveway. I also picked up a few things the other day for the car. I had some wiring issues and had a seized caliper. So i got some brake parts and a few tune up parts that are well needed. Here are some more pics. Parts Lights and washer pump wires
After 3 months of waiting I finally got my stuff from Japan. Kouki Wing I test fitted the D-Max rear overs And I can't be without my baby's!! So, I had to put the GT-R's on
Brakes went on the other night. Old with the New On I also rebuilt the rear calipers, replaced the disks and pads while I was at it. Put on the KTS coilovers KTS swaybar Front and rear strut bars Test pipe HKS exhaust Oh look at all that space, wander why its there..... Cage is in, well mostly anyway.
Did a little metal flexing trying to fix the lasts owners awesome fender pulling job. Here it is with the over fender on. Then got bored so I put the URAS rear bumper on. Here is how the over sits on the tires right now. All I need now is a kouki hood and I can finish the body work.
I had a few issues with the car. One is I did a coolant flush to get it ready for the cold since the car is from Texas and since I did it the car gets way too hot. It doesn't over heat it just get almost there. Two is the battery decided it didn't like being whole so it blew a hole in the bottom of it. Since I can't drive the car I went to put my LSD in and while doing it one of welded in nuts on the front of the sub frame snapped off so the bolt would just spin. So I pulled out the sawsall and cut the bolt head off and got the diff out. So my plan is to cut a hole in the sub frame weld a new nut in there and then re-weld up the hole but that plan came to a stop when I realize I didn't have any cutoff wheels so that didn't get done today. Well since I cant drive at all and it might be awhile before I can I stripped the front off(lights, fenders, hood, bumper). Once I was done with the stripping I decided to do some test fitting of some more D-Max stuff. The wheels are 17x9 +30 with 225/45's and a 15mm spacer. So there's a little gap. Also there is only one bolt holding the fender on too. I got the LSD in and rest of the body work done(but still need a hood) In the air On the ground More pics to come when its day light out.
So I havent worked on the car all week till last night. I did get the lights all wired up and got some paint on the car too. I know its not much of an update. Some outside pics Here is the trunk stripped nothing exciting. While I was in the trunk I decided to go ahead and fix the "body work" the dumbass that had the car before me did(tape and bondo). Welded Bondo Done(mostly)
Oh, whats this? Stripped car? Dust? Could it be........ Why yes it is. I sanded the car down this evening to get it ready for some primer. Look whats going down tomorrow!!!!! Sorry for the crappy hazy pics but here you go
She is "almost" ready for the road. I have the mirror left to paint. The rear overs should be ready to go on next weekend. Here is Hydro E-Brake V1.0 I need to do some finish grinding and paint it. I put my JDM rear seats in and removed quite a bit of airbag shit. Airbag shit gone
So, the SR came out of its cocoon. I went with the polished valve color this time because I want to "try" for a clean look.
A little update. I redid my hydro e-brake. I like the way it came out a bit better this time. New left; old right Installed Snow and loving it! So I got one of these today with the help from the guys at BK Industries in Boise
This is one of those SR20 engine things, right? I just want to make sure before I put it in my car. Motor is in!!! - - - Updated - - - Here's the fun stuff Wires that are being tucked in the dash Wires being tucked in the bay Unneeded crap pulled out The nest Wires that need to be shortened and tucked in the dash What's left that will be staying the bay How the wheel well will look Here is what I did with the fender well. Going around the corner(not done) Drivers side nest cleaned up(grounds are left) Behind the glove box. All the relays and the fuse panel will be tucked up on the right side above the ECU.
Well I got the car back on the ground finally. And I got the over fenders on also. They will be pulled back off to get painted this week. Here are a few pics. Overs on And on the ground While I'm waiting on parts for the motor, I added some paint to the over fenders.
After I go the car all wired up and ready to go. I started it and after running for about 5 minutes the head gasket went. Look I found my coolant Well I got the head off today. All I have to do now is clean it up and put the new head gasket on and reassemble it. I'm still waiting on two parts to come in. Here are some pics I had a cam snap while putting it all back together. Here's the cam that broke Some body work getting done. And here she is back on the road
Here are pics of what I got before I broke the cam. New cams Here was what was causing the God awful sounds after I replaced the cams.
Here are pics of what I got before I broke the cam. New cams Here was what was causing the God awful sounds after I replaced the cams. I've also been trying to get the car all one color. Also been working on shaving up my other trunk lid
Some random parts that I've got in So, I went to several tire shops around my area and no one would flip my tires because of "too much tire wear". So I had to do it myself by hand. And because everyone wants way too much for a used stock filter adaptor I made one at work. Random wheels pic from the last time I cleaned out the garage. The wife thinks I have too many, but its half of what I had in Japan. And this brings us to today!
