here's something kinda new :)

[NeedCAforS13]

my KA powered s12

I know its nothing that hasn't been seen before, but I think I did a pretty clean job and its not a popular chassis on Nico... I'm gonna hide all the wiring under the intake manifold, but my main objective was getting it running! Now that it is, I'll have to condense my pages and pages of wiring information I gathered into an easier format. When I do, I'll be sure to post here how I did it... just incase anyone else wants to add an easy and cheap 60hp to their s12 at 2200lbs this thing is gonna move! (I just need a driveshaft for me to test it out, but I got it started tonight...)











and a closing picture of all three of my cars together <3



Sean

[4felix20]

not a popular chassis only because they're so hard to find!

i'm seriously jealous of your S chassis army. especially the s12. it looks pretty good, did you run into any difficulites other than the driveshaft? i wish i had a project like that...i know that thing is gonna haul ***.

[NeedCAforS13]

haha, thanks driveshaft wouldn't have been a problem except for the fact that the car WAS an auto and I swapped to manual. I used a hybrid KA bellhousing on an s12 transmission, so the length is correct. The wiring was the real nightmare, but since I know how its done I can post a guide to wiring now!

Sean

[comablack783]

nice job, looks really clean. any plans on making it a KA-T powered S12? btw those come in coupes also right?

[NeedCAforS13]

yep, the come in coupes too (but only with the CA20E engine). The stock motors for anyone interested is one of 3 options:

CA20E (Single cam 2 liter CA) with 95hp. I HAD this one.CA18ET (single cam 1.8 liter CA) with 125ish-hp?VG30E (z31 300zx v6 motor basically) Its fast, but kinda nose heavy

Sean

[GrilledCheese33]

Thats cool and different! Me likey. I second the wish to have an s chassis army like yours Thats a clean swap, its gonna be quick little car! But very nice

-Darren

[SHIEF]

Looks good Sean. Always glad to see progress on S12's. I just sold my S12 (SN One Cam Man on club-s12) to a local guy and he's doing the car up right. He's Richochet on club-s12. Someday people will understand the potiential the S12's have. Once the whole Civic, uh, I mean 240 trend fades.

[rico05]

How about dropping that CA20 crank and rods into your CA18 then tell me how to do it so I can follow suit

Very nice! You lucky bastard!

[SHIEF]

How about dropping that CA20 crank and rods into your CA18 then tell me how to do it so I can follow suit

Very nice! You lucky bastard!

The ca20 rods are weaker than the ca18, so you wouldn't want to do that.

[574-240sx]

looks good. BTW, Nice looking cars.

[NeedCAforS13]

thank you I like them too! lol

and I got it running pretty well and idling nicely today. Still have to figure out the tach and water temp/oil pressure guages. They're run differently on the s12 chassis than through the EFI wiring harness. Gah, I hate wiring!

Sean

[4felix20]

i don't know why i like that so much, but i do. very cool....again.

[frsh13]

hey mind telling me what lip that is one your red coupe? thanx

[NeedCAforS13]

Nissan Motorsports (made by Xenon). Discontinued, and you won't be able to find any more... I've had this one for quite awhile now.

Sean

[hannibal]

Nice, Ive never seen that before. I assume you used the stock mounts. What are your plans for the S12? How hard is it to find suspension parts?

The collection is looking good as always!

[HashiriyaS14]

That's quite a collection of cars you've got there. I remember what you got that Kouki for.....just insane..

Is the S12 really only 2200lbs? That's like, Miata and MR-S territory. That's LIGHT.

What ever happened to S12 Nick?

[hannibal]

Funny, Ive been on an S12 kick since I saw Sean's. Hashiriya and I have been scheming about how we can get one.

If it really is that light, it'd make a badass track car. Especially now that we know the KA drops in...

[9240sx]

Very cool swap,I like those cars .Does any one else think they look alot like a mid 80's Corolla GTS,AE86?

[SHIEF]

If you guys want to check them out go to http://www.club-s12.org those guys know their stuff, and you can pick one of these bad boys up for cheap.

[NeedCAforS13]

Nice, Ive never seen that before. I assume you used the stock mounts. What are your plans for the S12? How hard is it to find suspension parts?

The collection is looking good as always!

stock KA mounts. Fit right on the s12 subframe.

suspension is EASY!

280ZX front suspension300ZX (Z31) rear suspension (you can even grab a z31 lsd if you want)

thats it I have KYB GR2's all around and suspension techniques springs. JC whitney sells the springs in pairs, and your local Autozone can get the KYB's.

[NeedCAforS13]

Is the S12 really only 2200lbs?

I've read that on club s12.org. The sticker on the door reads 3400lbs GVWR. For comparison the sticker on my base model s13 coupe (lightest one) reads 3700lbs. So its 300lbs lighter than the lightest s13. And the car is stripped to nothing with aluminum seats. I think it should be somewhere in that range.

Sean

[NeedCAforS13]

If you guys want to check them out go to http://www.club-s12.org those guys know their stuff, and you can pick one of these bad boys up for cheap.

an excellent site, but they weren't very friendly to new guys no one was willing to share what wires went where for the KA swap, even though a number of them had it done. They just kept telling me to use my FSMs (which I did, but it was alot more work than if they had just helped me out!)

Sean

[4felix20]

that's it. i'm buying the first s12 i see for sale within range of me.

[4felix20]

have any dash or interior pics?

[NeedCAforS13]

nope, but I can take some... right now the interior is full of, well the old interior. because I have to store the car in the garage (its not registered right now, and I keep getting code enforcement stickers stuck on it )

I'll take some pictures once its all cleaned up inside

Sean

[NeedCAforS13]

that's it. i'm buying the first s12 i see for sale within range of me.

haha funny story. I got this from some old lady for $200. It was up on blocks in an appartment complex near me and I saw it everyday for like a year on my way to school. Finally one day I went door to door to all the appartments asking around to find out who owned it it belonged to some old asian lady, and I asked her how much she wanted for it. She looked at me funny and said, $200, after which I promptly went to an ATM, paid her, and had the car towed home (I <3 AAA). Guess I just get lucky with my cars!

Sean

[sillyverts13]

total thread hyjack sorry

where on earth did u optain that lip on the coupe? i saw that on ur site u said it was a Nissan Motorsports Lip... google found me nothingthanksjacob

[NeedCAforS13]

you won't find it because its been discontinued for afew years. I got it from the Nissan dealer out of the nissan motorsports catalog. PN from the 2002 Nissan Motorsports catalog (the year I got it) is 99996-S13AD2. Try searching for Xenon and you might get better results(because they made it for Nissan Motorsports, and some Xenon dealer might still have one in stock). But your Nissan dealer has been sold out for at least 3 years now.

Sean

[fanta]

Beautiful! I spot a few CA18ET-powered S12s in the yards, sharp looking cars.8)

[8ggalant]

s12's own (i prefer coupes tho)...good luck w/ the project...im sure u'll have it on the road soon