Project Lilia Uber ("BUILD THREAD")

[xharobikeslifex]

whats up people my name is <^>John<^>None<^>Ponce<^> and this is...
PROJECT LILIA

i recently owned a black 240sx that i used as a temporary shell due to the amount of rust. Now i just recently purchased a 1990 Nissan 240sx w/ a RHD conversion. i bought it off of craigslist in california for like $800 never actually saw it in person but made my best judgement w/ the pics he had sent me.

These are old pics he showed me:






These were recent pics:




ya he painted it satan which is cool 4 now....

And this is were the Build Begins!

First before i like to start this dank build i like to take before pics of the entire vehicle













Now its time to START! finally ugh
I started to tear down the interior. I pretty much am going to completely strip it to start removing the sound deading which i have never done! but luckily i had heard that dry ice helps break it down so it won't be to bad right?

Tools:
10, 12, 14mm socket
3/8 ratchet w/ extension
needle nose
pliers
flat/star head screwdriver



I started by removing the seats and just went from there...






After half of it was stripped i started to lay trash bags down to prepare 4 DRY ICE!




thats it 4 today

[xharobikeslifex]

so i decided to remove the dash today and low and behold i found a rats nest these pics wont do justice in what i see but heres an idea in what it looks like








everything seems to be either butt spliced or zip tied together... crap.

[positron1]

So what are some of your plans and stuff?

[Sabot]

It looks like your project is going to be a lot of fun I would try to redo all that wiring to prevent problems in the future but keep us posted

[smelly240]

thats a hatch... are you doing the infamous coupe conversion?

i hope u didnt drive that thing to your place... its def a nightmare.

support brackets BOLTED IN PLACE! LOL

the guy didnt even use a spot weld cutter... he tried to just break them?

i hope you fix it a lot. its a shame to find stuff so messed up (you shoulda known tho - i mean look at the car)

[xharobikeslifex]

my plans are to completely redo the whole entire vehicle first im focusing on interior, and as u can see from the pics i have alot of work to do. i plan to do portions instead of buying stuff for this and that "meaning" if im working on the interior im not gonna quit till its up to my needs being done then next ill move onto maybe suspension and etc. btw ur swap build is really amazing i plan to get some tips from ur build

[xharobikeslifex]

It looks like your project is going to be a lot of fun I would try to redo all that wiring to prevent problems in the future but keep us posted

diffinitely keep you guys posted and as for the wiring i think i might just buy a clip and use the 180sx wiring harness and call it a day

[xharobikeslifex]

thats a hatch... are you doing the infamous coupe conversion?

i hope u didnt drive that thing to your place... its def a nightmare.

support brackets BOLTED IN PLACE! LOL

the guy didnt even use a spot weld cutter... he tried to just break them?

i hope you fix it a lot. its a shame to find stuff so messed up (you shoulda known tho - i mean look at the car)

and actually i was planning on doing the s15 front end conversion on this baby . and ya they really did not do much of a great job with the conversion at all i just found out something really bad to that will make u cry stay tuned will post pics soon

[s13gebala]

you still have the fenders?

[xharobikeslifex]

yes sir
Modified by xharobikeslifex at 7:50 PM 4/5/2009

[xharobikeslifex]

Sorry for the delay in updates but some things came up my dog recently had to go threw surgery, to sum things up he had a herniated disc and he's recovering just great just a FYI the surgery costed $3100 and it was worth every penny i mean he's my baby



so anyways to continue in were i last stopped i currently took a break on taking out the sound deading such a PITA! so i decided to remove the whole front end

Started with the fenders


removed left fender

removed front bumper

then the right fender


now for the lights started with the right

and lastly the left front end completely off yo


i even managed to take off the hatch woot woot score! pretty much my intentions are this 1. strip entire vehicle 2. remove sound deadning 3. fix and repair 4. prep it 4 paint!

[positron1]

Cute doggo...more pics!

[xharobikeslifex]

okay so i started to go back in the car to remove the sound deadening and i just couldn't keep my eyes off this hidous harness it makes everything look like a train wreck so i decided to remove it

but first i took many pics of the mess just in case i need it later on 4 reference



Notice in this pic u can clearly see stuff being hold by zip ties ya maybe my bumper but nty on the rhd conversion






After i unplugged, unbolted, and dyked everything i managed to put all the mess off to the side and made my life alot easier in removing the sound deadening here you can see that i used the heat gun to get all the sound deadening off after getting majority of it off with dry ice




After going to the local parts store i picked up some adhesive remover to get all that gunk off started on the what is now the passenger side

heres a Before pic

After pic

ah so much better working on getting the whole inside like this

[xharobikeslifex]

haha i will once i find my charger to my camera i just lost it lol

[xharobikeslifex]

More pics of my dog as requested!

[xharobikeslifex]

being exhausted from cleaning up the junk left from heat gunning the sound deadening i moved to the front of the car in taking out the engine. now im going to be brief on this because there is so much info in removing and installing a ka but here we go!


I first removed the battery


then the intake system aka "whale pen15" haha i have to much fun with the camera



removed the radiator hoses then the fan connected to the engine and pulled the radiator and fan shroud as 1 combo


completely took the power steering system off


blocked my wheels in the rear


jacked the front


wooo im exhausted..... ok


removed the downpipe cat and catback exhaust as one combo


then the drive shaft and me trying to curl one haha ahh the aluminum one will be much easier to curl im not that strong
also unbolted the transmission mount bracket


while i was down there i got the lower engine harness, slave cylinder, and that transmission gear speed thing i forgot what its called but hey it's removed!


went back on top and removed the upper engine harness, gear shifter, and unbolted the 2 engine mounts


i know probably not a good idea to put chains around the power steering pump but i did it anyways out of eager to get this thing out and about so i started to put the chains on the p/s pump to hoist it out of there until...



there was like no where 4 me to wrap this other side on so i had to remove the heat shield connected to the exhaust manifold but before i could do that i had to remove this emissions junk


ahh much better

now its time to puller out right MEOW!



Note: i have a floor jack in front of the car to raise and lower the front as needed this helped me more to have a floor jack here then on the transmission like what most people do.


oh ya its getting closer!


CLOSER!


kiss it good bye




and its OUT!



now dropping in the KAT!



little more tweaks and she'll be set in there snug


Done! freshly rebuilt KAT installed haha to bad a sr is gonna be going in this bad boy!

[idahotuner]

dude that is one mean looking KAT. are you going sr and that is why i\this is in the sr sectionand not the 240?

[xharobikeslifex]

yes i plan to put a sr

[iceman.chris]

Awesome thread man, keep us posted!

[xharobikeslifex]

ill try to update as much as possible

anyone on here know of a good site to buy silvia/ or 180sx front clips with or without body panels? there was a forum on here about that topic, but most of those sites mentioned either do not exist or no longer sell front clips any good advice would be appreciated

[Didderson]

Sweet thread man. Lol you're entertaining. I like the kat.

[xharobikeslifex]

Now that the engine is removed its time to remove pretty much everything from the engine bay so it can be prepped 4 paint i started by removing the charcoal canister



this is not nessary to remove when painting the engine bay but since me not wanting to have a/c i started to removed the condensor first started by loosening the lines i had to use a 15/16 wrench! on those suckers




removed the connectors to the fans


then yanked out the condensor!


went up top and took off the master cylinder


does anyone notice something wrong in this pic?


clearly whoever did this rhd conversion must of wanted the brake booster 1 inch away from the firewall awww sigh



in this pic you can see that they diffinitely bent the brake lines from lhd to rhd! jeeeze talk about epic fail and as i explore more on this rhd conversion it only seems to just get worse and worse...


wanting to know what the firewall looked liked i went inside the car and decided to completely remove the brake, gas, and clutch pedal. Started by removing the clutch pedal and then by removing the brake pedal to take off the brake booster and only to find something dreadful...




wtf is this?


is that bolts being used as WASHERS!!!!

unbelieveable


devasted by what i just witnessed i removed the ecu and engine wiring harness first by removing the harness from the ecu


snaked out the harness


went to the front of the car to loosen a bolt to remove the whole steering wheel assembly and saw that they diffinitely didnt take there time to cut the holes properly they could of at least put some rubber grommets around there hackerd cutting skills



and then went inside and removed the 2! bolts that was holding it to the firewall and removed the steering assembly


went over to the gas pedal and started to wonder were they bolted this suckah
Notice: the holes on the firewall to the left


well 2 bolts were in the engine bay haha


and the other 2 were in the wheel well. i think im going to cry ooooooh and did i ever mention the tools needed to remove the bolts to the gas, clutch, and brake pedal 10mm nope 12mm nope guess again 14mm? no just simply use your HANDSSSSS yes all of these bolts were all hand tightened!


decided to remove the clutch line from the clutch cylinder all the way to the slave


all i did was unbolt this 10mm bolts and removed it


i wanted this high pressure p/s line off so i can unbolt this engine mount but of course as fate has it i was starting to strip it.



so after some hours of trying to tinker with it spraying it with pb blaster and seeing if it will loosen i gave up got some towels and handed my roomate dillon some vise grips and asked him to loosen this and within 2 minutes it was off! yes a sigh of relief



took off the motor mount with a 14mm rachet wrench


i then went to the local parts store got some engine degreaser and cleaned her up a lil bit



this concludes my day

[iceman.chris]

Sweet thread, keep it up!!

[slow s13]

are you going to get a jdm firewall? I cant believe someone went RHD without one.

[xharobikeslifex]

yes i actually plan to get a 180sx front clip if i can find out were to buy one that is

[xharobikeslifex]

so theres been a bit of confusion with the project silvia everyone is thinking that its an actual silvia when really thats just what i named the car sooooo.... to resolve this her name is now Lilia why that name cough no reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjd_mpaEvE

[xharobikeslifex]

Today i managed to get a few things out of the way i started by jacking up the rear of the vehicle so i can remove the differential.

Here i jacked it up on the diff and raised the rear


Then placed jack stands


make sure to block the front wheels


i thought it was going to be an easy task in removing the rear wheels but sadly my impact gun wouldn't loosen them so i had to bring out some LEVERAGE


well good thing i plan to go five lug


once the wheels are off remove the cotter pin with a pair of handy dandy needle nose pliers


remove the king shaped metal piece with your hand (I forgot the name)


get a 36mm socket and remove it with an impact gun


get under the vehicle and get a 3/8 ext and a 12mm socket and a 12mm wrench and remove the axle bolts connecting to the differential


same goes for the other side except i had to use a longer ext


let down on the e-brake


move BOTH axles (since its not lsd) so that you can get to the other bolts


pull up on the e-brake and remove the rest of the bolts


get a 1/2 rachet with a 17mm socket and remove the bottom 2 bolts this is located on the back


then i had to use a 3/8 rachet with a 17mm socket for the 2 top bolts


make sure you have a jack ready underneath the diff


remove the 2 bolts located right near the front of the diff (driveshaft side) with a 17mm socket and impact wrench


lower the jack a little to allow clearance to remove both the axles i used a pry bar to remove it out and away from the diff


if axles are being stubborn tap at it if needed (or pry it out)


once axles are out carefully lower the jack until Diff is out!


exhausted from taking out the diff i was just looking at the sohc and noticed that on the heater hoses they used what seems to look like a sprinkler connector and a prestone cap blocking it off jeeze


decided to remove the taillights it pretty self explanatory but disconnect all 6 connectors

3 on one side 3 on the other


and remove all the 8mm bolts


i had to pry mine off due to some sealer still stuck on

[Didderson]

I feel really bad for you with the firewall issue. Really glad you're doing it right. Looks like some people didn't have the tools, care or even common sense to complete anything worth noting!GL

[xharobikeslifex]

thanks hopefully everything will go according to plan but i guess ill have to wait and find out

[240life]

G/l with your build. It is alot of work, but with a little attention to detail I believe you will pull it off