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rlvq35de

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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

  1995 ka-t build up Silvia widebody conversion*4.14.08* RIMS!!!!


pdateI will clean up this post, pictures and the build info as this gets further along. I bought this car with 92,000 miles and havent driven it yet. My sole intention was to boost the factory motor and do a silvia conversion. Progress has been slow, but it is now coming together.

Some upgrades I can think of right now.

Block stripped down. Cleaned bored for arias pistons.
Head cleaned, all new valve seal/retainers/springs
Ported head mildly three angle vavle job
Cometic head gasket
arp hardware for crankshaft girdle and head
Crower v2 cams
Xcessive motorsports polished intake
JGS MANIFOLD and DP
Ams GT32
Tial 38mm Wastegate
JGS bov with open atom attachment
JGS turbo line kit and filter
Every Autometer Nexus guage available
Greddy profec B boost controller
Apexi Neo fuel controller
Jwt ecu
Z32 maf
Ams complete fuel system with 65lbers/ fuel pressure reg
z32 fuel filter
SPL parts oil sandwich adapter
Nismo Fully adjustable shock and spring suspension
Front and rear sway bars from suspension techniques
Nismo front strut tower bar
Nismo rear strut tower bar
Nismo Front power brace
Turbo blanket --enjuku racing
header wrap
Agency power brake line conversion for z32 brakes
Z32 big 4 piston calipers with brembo rotors
Greddy oil catch tank
Greddy radiator breather tank
Greddy EVO TT 80mm exhuast system
agency power silicone radiator hoses
agency power underdrive throttle cable pulley
AEM wideband with guage
Autometer digital pro shift light guage HOTT LED changing/staged lights
Kognition design Cabon fiber interior pieces/whole center console/rear view mirror/steering shell cover/ interior mirror covers..more to come
Silvia Front radiator support for the conversion
Origin lab stylish front bumper
" " side skirts
350z rays lightweight track wheels
Silvia headlamps
Silvia Hood
Koyo radiator
Two electric fans/ with thermostat
Nismo bushings/everyone that is available/subframe/diff/a arms etc.
Nismo limited slip diff
Drive shaft shop steel shaft
Origine Wide body conversion fenders
Msd ignition
greddy intercooler kit.
New front cover/oil pump
JGS oil drain kit

There is more, thats off the top off my head

I will post some pictures I have, and clean up the post and add better ones as we get along.

Best part, Im a parts and service director for a nissan dealer, and have a shop and parts warehouse at my disposal to help!

Rob










my office
last nights progress



I will have many questions as this moves along, so far everyone hear and at ka-t org have been great, also big thanks to

TURBO240--- Chris for all his deals and updates

Those manifolds...intake and exhaust will be for sale once AMS finish fabrication.

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Arlington Heights IL
4-10-2006

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That car is looking HOTTT!

and thank YOU!

Keep us updated!




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2-1-2005

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Looks great. Keep us informed.



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12-2-2004

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Looking awesome man. Thats a really impressive list of goodies your adding.
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just wanted to make sure i heard right... you are KEEPING the ka, and doing a silvia conversion? sorry, i just found that kind of odd... but its still cool, and original. anyway, good luck with the build, should be a sweet car...



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if they sell apc parts, chances are youre in the wrong place.

You car can have speed, reliability, or be cheap, but only 2
it can be cheap and fast, but wont be reliable
it can be fast and reliable, but it wont be cheap
it can be cheap and reliable, but it wont be fast
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bergen county nj
1-16-2005

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Looking good, keep us posted. And what color is the car gona be with a pink valve cover?



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10-19-2004

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Quote, originally posted by S0lid_Snake »
just wanted to make sure i heard right... you are KEEPING the ka, and doing a silvia conversion? sorry, i just found that kind of odd... but its still cool, and original. anyway, good luck with the build, should be a sweet car...


Uhhh Ivan is the same way lol. I think there are a few people with Silvia conversions that still have the KA.




rlvq35de

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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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First. Yes I am keeping the ka, am I to be critized for liking the silvia look more?
Oh, I forgot I have the spec-r steering wheel to!

The valve cover isnt pink its candy red, and thats not the final valve cover. The camera distorts red slightly, the jack looks pink to, its dark *** red in person. Im still finishing up the podercoating on the one that is going in.

The car color will be a mercedes AMG black, silver metallic pearl. Extra coat of clear. We have a body shop on site.

There will be so much more going into the car.

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Pink valve cover would've been hot lol

Very nice car man.




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Clarkston WA
1-14-2006

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daaayumn thats gonna be hell of a car.

Keep up the awesome work!




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Sanford/Columbia NC/SC
10-25-2006

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daaaaaaaaaayummmmm

its looking gorgeous. what intake mani are you running on that?

and what kind of break are you getting on parts since you work there?




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OMG awesome!!!!




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11-25-2002

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Quote, originally posted by rlvq35de »
First. Yes I am keeping the ka, am I to be critized for liking the silvia look more?
Oh, I forgot I have the spec-r steering wheel to!

The valve cover isnt pink its candy red, and thats not the final valve cover. The camera distorts red slightly, the jack looks pink to, its dark *** red in person. Im still finishing up the podercoating on the one that is going in.

The car color will be a mercedes AMG black, silver metallic pearl. Extra coat of clear. We have a body shop on site.

There will be so much more going into the car.

I love that look and the pink VC....lol. In AMG black that car is going to be hot.

WD




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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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Yeah, I figured staying with the original color would be best. The AMG blacnk paint chip looked best. Mostly all parts were at cost.
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12-6-2006

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sweet a$$ ride. Blood red valve cover is HOT.



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rlvq35de

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1995 240sx ka-t
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little update




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Quote, originally posted by rlvq35de »
Those manifolds...intake and exhaust will be for sale once AMS finish fabrication.

Ya, my question is... Why did you switch to a LOG style manifold? Just curious..

And, If you are selling that tube/header exhaust manifold, I assume it's T3? How much are you asking for it? I'm also curious about the intake manifold too, but mostly the exhaust.

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I was wondering the same thing, the other mani is very well put together.




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1995 240sx ka-t
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5-10-2006

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it fit horiibly, i would have had to smash the inner fender in an inch and a half, the downpipe was hitting number three cyl collector, so it was returned. I will sell this one for the ams one once its been proven. grundzero was great about the situation
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A little update. Finally finished guage wiring. except egt and nitrous.

Have to finish fabricating cold pipe. Install radiator breather tank, gonna make it an overflow bottle instead of breather. And hook up catch can.

Then fire her up! Crank the boost to 20 and fly, hopefully more then a few miles!

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12-19-2004

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why is the turbo manifold different now?
rlvq35de

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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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answered that question in above posts. Xcessive fit badlymanifold and downpipe, needs extreme modifiaction to work, and I dont beleive pay saying high $ justifys re working it. So log for now, than TURBO24o manifold and intake when available, prolly with a gt35 turbo upgrade, 44mm wastegate and sell at a good stater price for someone.
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12-21-2006

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the ams manifold is available now u know.
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i know, but i would like to start up car, drive it, get any bugs worked out, then upgrade again. only if im not happy hp wise.

the full race manifold divided runners is available to, however, i believe the AMS manifold is much nicer

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4-10-2006

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Thanks Rob.

I got when ready for you whenever you get that thing going!

EDIT: whoa, that was weird, I post here and two seconds later, I am talking to you on the phone...




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1-23-2006

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Really nice looking set-up. Very similar to to mine. I have the IAP mani and it also has some fitment issues which they refuse to recognize. Downpipe needs to be hacked and rotated in order to clear the tranny. I may also upgrade to the AMS mani later too. I hoping to get my beast fired up this week. Good luck with your sweet ride. Maybe we can hook-up we're not too far apart.

Kal




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Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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Thanks, your build is coming along nicely. Well, groundzero was more than willing to help. I could have fixed the issues with some re working, but rich refunded all my money and shipping. I probably would have stuck with them, but was in a rush to finish the build. Same reason I couldnt wait for ams. Now, im gonna enjoy boost for a while then upgrade to the GT35 and thet AMS manifold.

I just welded the JGS bov on intercooler piping, a fitting for the PVC system on intake side. Now, i think Im gonna fire her up tomorrow. Just gotta figure out what plugs to use.

Where in PA are U?

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96 s14 VG30E swap on the way
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12-23-2005

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Wow looks very very nice, and similar to the build that i am planning





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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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got everything hooked up tonight, cranked her over, set fuel pressure, killed battery in a matter of seconds trying to get oil pressure. Will start her tomorrow.
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Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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ok got oil pressure, tired to start her, wouldnt start. Took dist out and moved it a tooth. Starts now, but wont stay running. I dont think I set distributor to tdc at crank, gonna check that tomorrow morning. Will make some vids soon.
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set it at 20 btdc at crank the last tick and install dizzy!



Quote, originally posted by WDRacing »
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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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so wait, I thought the you set the distributor to spark plug one with the distributor at TDC.

You are saying set the crank pulley to 20 degrees on the alignment pin at crank, then install distibutor to CYL 1?

Its driving me nuts,

First I had MAF code, thats ok now that apexi neo is plugged in!!!

I have a constant p1320 code. I have the MSD 6al ignition. After readin MSD install, I realized I never cut a wire inside of it to tell it that its a 4cyl.

But I need timing clarification on the TDC.

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2-1-2005

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Set crank pulley to TDC (second mark from the left) on the compression stroke (you can remove the oil cap and peek at the cam lobes, which should be pointing outward).

Install dizzy, so that it's pointed to #1 once installed.

Check timing with light, adjust as need via FSM instructions, drive the hell out of car.



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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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Ok, timing is perfect 20btdc. Car is sputtering and running 10.1-10.5 afr. So rich its unreal and not wanting to even rev without reving slowly..

Throwing a p1320 ignition signal primary code.
Injectors must be dupming a ridiculous amount of fuel. Upon further research and talking to msd, because the distibutor and fuel timing is direclty related, they said for a 240sx i need tach adapter part number 8910-eis . Other wise injectors are getting the wrong signal. I was monitor it with my consult unit, and noticed the injector cylce and base fuel schedule were way off from each other, double the alowable amount.

So, ordered the msd tach adatper and we will see.

Next i just gotta get this greddy boost controller set up, I hate the instructions!! Revved it a few times and heard soem compressor surge.

Amazing how fast boost started to build with the GT32!

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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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Litlle update. Car runs pretty good. Trying to get boost controller set up correctly. Ordered up some fully adjustable rear suspension arms and links. Beefier inner tie rods and tie rod ends. All to complement all the nismo bushings.

Gotta start mounting the Origin Bodykit, and put some miles on her. Then wheels and a fresh paint job.

As she stands now.








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very very clean car bro



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i'm interested to see what the car looks like with the Z track rims. have any pictures of it on all 4?
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7-21-2006

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Nice Job!! i love it whe people take the time and do a car right!!!
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1995 240sx ka-t
Vineland nj
5-10-2006

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I only have the fronts. Got em free. Brand new. I cant decide if I want to spend the 600 or so and get the rears used.

I am prolly gonna buy some works, HRE's, or anything three piece that I like. Wheels are very important to me.

As for doing the car right, Ive only begun.. I will change things out so many times to make it as close to perfect as possible. I already have plans in the works for the spare KA i have.

Anyone need an auto trans?

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These are nice, will they fit an s14
19x8 front +38 offset
19X9.5 rear + 38 offset

This is a s14 with silvia strwberry face conversion. Origin front overfenders(widebody)

Nismo fully adjustable coilovers

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