Ok Well I have some extra time So I decided to post what all Ive been doing to my vert for the last 4 months that I have not had my license. (dont ask I was stupid) I have a lot of pictures so tell me what you think so far, I am in the middle of the 5 speed swap but am almost done, just waiting on the dust cover for the tranny. have done all the work myself with a little help from my brother and my friend Wen. And i just got a free$, and rust free 86 from one of my moms friends wohoo.

Start with the interior, I ripped out the old s13 seats they where looking kind of ratty, put in s14 seats, the nice ones, got them for a steal at $75 for both, Nrg steering wheel which isnt in the pics, blacked out everything.

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re doing my trunk without the spoiler

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stechs and gr-2's thank god my uncle has spring compressors
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painting up my valve cover and removing my manifold for new stainless one

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some more parts
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This is where my intake is going, Ive got it all hooked up just no picture, For the battery I used a optima yellow top which I re-positioned to the trunk.
Modified by Patarach at 10:01 PM 5/17/2009

My new 86, It is not much now but when I have some time it will be great.

looks like you're doing a fine job.

thanks for the pictures and sharing your build. i just have one request: could you please hit the ENTER button before and after inserting pictures? my mouse wheel doesn't scroll sideways...

Alright since I found this post from years ago with the help of vert builds thread I will be continuing it. . . 2 years later. quick update of what has happened since then, will post pictures and etc from along the way but.

Went through 3 exhausts trying to avoid fix it tickets.

New wheels, 2 times. current are 962's 9" all around.

turbocharged, went through 2 turbos, 3 different intercooler set ups, custom gauge pod.

New dashboard

removed door pillars, installed autoloc seatbelts


Modified by Patarach at 11:15 AM 5/21/2009

Yes please post pictures of the rest.

Ok well unfortunately I lost a lot of the pictures I had taken for all the work done until now. Today I finally finished up my fmic install, I was using a large side mount prior but I wanted somewhat of the bling factor and I had an interesting idea how to run my intercooler piping.

So basically I ran 2" pipes from the turbo to the intercooler and a pipe that starts as 2" that then turns into a 2.5" about a foot before the TB.

I ran the pipes in the very small area between the radiator and the front bumper support / frame, I had to saw out I very small amount of the front bumper support to get the pipes to fit, and although I'm using 2" piping I think the space could only fit a 2.25" pipe max, unless I wanted to run a smaller radiator.

As far as how quickly its spools, It spools just as quick if not faster than my SMIC setup with fmic power about 2.5k for full boost at 7psi.

The only downside Is the fact that I needed to use a rather short intercooler, which doesn't bother me from a performance standpoint, because its 4" thick so it cools the air well and does not create to much drag, or at least thats what I am telling myself. It just does not fill up the front bumper very well.

But anyways heres the pic's I don't think anyones going to read the book I feel like I just wrote anyways.

EDIT: Its a little crooked as I kinda rushed the pipes together and there is no mounting bracket in the pictures, so first person to point it out .





Heres some more pictures

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what exhuast did you end up with

I ended up with a homeade exhaust that is 3" piping I used a 35" cherry bomb as a resonator and a thrush rear muffler, It sounds pretty good not exactly what I would want but it looks stock, and thats what matters as far as fix it tickets are concerned.

I have to drop it down and paint it pretty soon. so I will post pictures

It's looking good!

Any pics of engine bay?

heres is some engine shots / more intercooler shots. Keep in mind that i basically just threw it together to get it running, Its summer, I want to drive my vert.


Modified by Patarach at 1:43 PM 5/21/2009

heres some picture I took while at my dad's shop today,

Wheels are obviously xxr 962's tires 235/45/17 general exclaims

17x9 all around, had to put an 8mm spacer in the front the get the wheels to not scrape against the strut.