A lot of you guys may have seen my coupe build thread with the sr20 going in... well i decided i wanted more than a four cylinder for that car so i changed things up quite a bit.Well back in april i purchased my second 240. It's a 1993 hatch and came with hicas and power everything, just what i needed for a good daily driver :] The week i bought it i dropped it on tein coilovers w/ pillow ball mounts, followed by project nissan tie rods and tension rods and a non hicas rear subframe. I later put on a pair of 15x8 weld racing draglites in the rear, which are some sweet wheels, i've had fun with them. they only weigh 3.5lbs a piece and are very durable.anyway, jumping to about a month ago....... my friend called me up and told me the local junkyard had 2 running 351 windsor motors for $150 a piece and suggested i should put that in my coupe, which would leave me with an sr20 collecting dust in the garage. So i decided to rip the stock KA out of the hatch and get the puppy ready for an SR swap Here is the motor:
It's an S14 sr20, and just so everyone isn't arguing about the turbo size by getting it confused with a blacktop, it is in fact a gt28 and not a 25.
I purchased it from Heavy Throttle back in February. I knew i was paying a good bit more from buying it there but I have heard nothing but good things about them, and they've got warranties on their motors so i decided i couldn't lose! Plus, Jeff hooked me up with so many parts so i've gotta say i am very pleased so far.
Now on to the build. I was being fairly rushed from the get go, which i hate since i like to examine everything and take my time to make sure everything is exactly how i want it; so the engine bay didn't get painted black like i wanted, but thats fine since the factory paint still looks pretty clean.anyway, here's the motor all assembled and ready to go in!:
Current Specs:Stock s14 block with new rear main seal and new gaskets besides the head. I plan on building the motor once i have a reason to pull it apart so i'm not worried about having the original head gasket.Fidanza 10lb flywheelSpec stage 3 clutchGReddy knock off intake plenum. I want to get a JUN style intake and larger throttle body when i get some extra cashKOYO Aluminum RadiatorPermacool electric fanMegan Racing aluminum pulleysMegan Racing DumptubeMegan Racing Turbo Manifold :/SARD 550cc injectorsGReddy M-Spec FMICProject Nissan motor and transmission mountsHKS SSQV Blow off valveAutometer Boost and Oil gaugesApex-i turbo timer.... i think thats about it. i'm sure i'm forgetting some things but oh well
the motor going in. it was just me and the dude in this picture doing the install.... not too fun:
Once the motor was in, I did all the harness splicing and whatnot and then went to plug in all the hoses and electrical plugs. After being very uncertain of my work, i did a bunch of research and made some phone calls to find out i hooked most of the hoses up way wrong..... but i figured it all out and now i know exactly where everything goes. here's when i had it all wrong:
then i couldn't get my intercooler piping fitted up the right way, and i don't have a welder so i couldn't make it how i wanted it. So i went to lowes and spent $11.50 on some pvc piping and made a mock up of what my piping should be like:
it fit PERFECT!! exactly the way it should have fit. So i took it to the local muffler shop and got them to make me some piping based on the pvc. Bad idea. They used the wrong diameter tubing from what i told them, the bends were **** and the piping was way heavy. So that was $30 wasted.I got tired of effing around with stuff like that and made my self a nice little list of everything i should order to get this project done right.So i went online, searched around, and ordered some more stuff. here is what i got/ have left to get:I didn't have the plugs for my injectors, i just shaved my stocks ones to fit which was pretty cheap, so i called up Denso and ordered 4 new couplers and terminals which only cost me $19 shipped. Good dealNismo low temp thermostatNew S14 FMIC piping kitGot myself a drift knob to flash out my interior a bitand i still need a boost controller since the one i rigged up is actually a valve for air tools, a 1 piece driveshaft, and possibly a catch can.Within the next few days i will be ordering S30 fender flares and new wheels from Diamond Racing. I'm pretty sure i'm going for 16x9's all around, but i may go with a 10 in the rear. 9" is a custom size and costs me an extra $75 per wheel since they have to cut down a 10" and make it into a 9. They also gave me an explanation which led me to believe that doing this will weaken the wheel. Let me know if you've got any suggestions on the wheels.
So having nearly everything on order, i decided to do some engine bay work while i'm waiting. The first thing i aimed to do was a wire tuck. I've never done one before so i'm still trying to figure out the best ways to route everything. Here's how it looks so far:
I haven't really done any tucking yet, I just started taking everything out that i wanted to move so that i have some sort of a goal of what i want. If you've got any ideas or suggestions on how i should go about doing this then PLEASE leave some!!
thanks.Then i removed the intake plenum because i needed to fix some hoses that were hard to get to, and i removed all my ABS components. I realized that the ABS brake master cylinder is different than an non ABS one in that it only has 2 hose connections where as a non-ABS has 3, so I will need a new master cylinder and I'm going to go ahead an get a new brake booster while i'm at it just so i wont have to worry about the old one seizing up on me.Anyway... thats how she sits right now. Can't wait to get the tuck and the ABS removal done so i can focus on getting everything hooked up and running. I don't plan on going anywhere until i get my wheels set up the way i want either so if you guys think a 16x10 in the rear would be a better decision than 16x9's all around then let me know. thanks!!! and please leave some, i want to know what you all think!
Modified by Stripes at 1:23 PM 3/20/2009
