HPballer76's s13 hatch w/s14 sr build log

[hpballer76]

well i started a build log on another forum a couple days ago so i figured i might as well start one here to. I had been wanting a 240 for a while and had been looking around for one pretty much all last summer. I wanted to get one as a project car to work on cause I didn’t want to keep moding my truck. I was originally planning on getting a 240 with a stock kade and eventually turboing it since I was starting this as a learn to drift/fun weekend car. But in October of last year I found a guy that had started a project and couldn’t finish it so I picked up a 89 shell with a blown single cam and it came with an s14 sr20 and a few other parts for a pretty good deal. The only problem was the shell was an auto and kind of ruff on the outside and a little bit of frame rail rust. So I ended up picking up another 240 that was a 5 speed with a running single cam for cheap and it was in better shape on the outside and no rust, it just had a stripped interior which didn’t really bother me since this well be a track/weekend car. So I sold the other shell and the single cam out of my new 240 and ended up making a little money on it. Well enough talk onto the pics!

The shell that came with the s14 sr20



The s14 sr and the blown ka24e with all the parts that came with the shell and sr20. Ohh forgot to mention the sr20 started life as an automatic so hopefully she hasn’t been ran to hard =) also got an extra piggy front bumper and front fenders.



Got the auto trany off. This is for sale if anyone’s interested



Painted the valve cover. This is just temporary I’m going to redo it sometime soon.





About this time I came across another 240 that was a 5 speed and running and driving so I sold the other shell and picked this up for cheap. Wingless and wiperless hatch =)







Then sprayed the block with silver engine enamel to get it looking pretty and replaced a few gaskets.



Installed the turbo manifold.



Then I decided to make life easier and picked up some circuit sports oil and coolant lines.



Installed those. Yes after I took the pic I realized the lines were backwards so I fixed those lol



Had my flywheel resurfaced, new through out bearing and put exedy clutch on.







Put on the trany, then I found out the auto sr and 5 speed use different starters so I got a 5 speed starter.



Then pulled the ka.



Ready to drop the sr in.



And dropped the sr in =)





The only part I didn’t do myself was the wiring which was done by Taylor Durdan at Durdan Perfab. He did a great job and I would recommend him to anyone that’s not looking to tackle wiring them selves.

Started with this.



And ended with this.



Made a bracket for the sohc throttle cable with 2 washers.



My project sitting with my dads.



Re-tapped the stock water temp sensor for the autometer one.



Got an eBay cxracing s14 intercooler kit. Everything fit in the s13 chassis except the hot pipe was a little bit tall and didn’t clear the hood so we took about 3 inches out of it.





Where the s14 kit was to tall for the s13.





Had 3 inches taken out of the straight section.



And had the bov flange and a boost source nipple put on the hot pipe.



Got my boost and water temp gauges installed



And all put together. The bov being held on with a clamp is only temporary.







After getting everything installed and double checking everything we put some gas in her and she started up first try! She ran pretty good to begin with just high idle so adjusted that down and she would hit fuel cut around 4k rpm so upgraded the stock fuel pump to a walbro and so far so good!

Then I wanted to at least have a little protection in the front so we took the factory bumper and cut as little as possible so that it would slip over the fmic.







Put the piggy bumper back on.





Then the car had cut springs from the previous owner so I was planning on just getting a set of megan street coilovers but ended up finding a great deal on a set of used tein super drifts!



Out with the old.



In with the new!



How she sat so far. This was with no adjustment on the coils they didn’t come with wrenches so I ordered those.





Then it was time to get an exhaust on it. Decided to do a custom straight pipe with just a dynomax race series resonator.













Then I picked up some wheels from drifterjerry . 17x9 +12 front 17x9.5 +12 rear, nexan n5000 tires, 215/40/17 front 225/45/17 rear







How it sits as of 4/5/09 this is still with no adjustment on the coilovers I just got the wrenches for them this week and haven’t had time to mess with it. so I will try to get it slammed and more pics up this week. I also have rucas that need to be installed so I can adjust my camber in the rear.













Well that gets you guys caught up on what I’ve done between October 08 and now.

Let me know what you guys think. I will try to keep this thread as up to date as possible. Hopefully I will be getting it slammed this week!
Modified by hpballer76 at 9:30 PM 4/7/2009

[TroubleBound]

This looks like its coming along greaT. I hate when i start a thread and get all excited reading about what they're going to do and then waiting for updates, and never seeing any sort of finished project. But you covered it all start to finish in one post heh, at least the sr20/suspension/wheels/exhaust install. Sweet custom exhaust BTW. I'm collecting parts in my room to do this to mine soon too, i even have p45r's in the exact size you do haha scary, mine are matte black though with red lip. Are yours the +12 offset? They'll look baller when you get them coil wrenches and drop it. Have you already rolled the fenders or do you plan on it? I was wondering how my 9.5's would fit in the back figured rolling would be required. Cant believe you've only been at it since 0ctober, keep up the good work/keep us updated.

[Dittoz7]

Build Price So Far.

Looks Good.

[noobdrftr]

looks good so far...are you going to paint it?

[1sikS13]

Those wheels look nice, whats the offset on them? Slam it and it will look 10x better. Other then that, clean swap, nice wiring, overall nice and clean. Get a piggy lip on there. Otherwise good work man

[hpballer76]

This looks like its coming along greaT. I hate when i start a thread and get all excited reading about what they're going to do and then waiting for updates, and never seeing any sort of finished project. But you covered it all start to finish in one post heh, at least the sr20/suspension/wheels/exhaust install. Sweet custom exhaust BTW. I'm collecting parts in my room to do this to mine soon too, i even have p45r's in the exact size you do haha scary, mine are matte black though with red lip. Are yours the +12 offset? They'll look baller when you get them coil wrenches and drop it. Have you already rolled the fenders or do you plan on it? I was wondering how my 9.5's would fit in the back figured rolling would be required. Cant believe you've only been at it since 0ctober, keep up the good work/keep us updated.

haha thanks man! yea i have been meaning to make a thread for a while now and just finaly got around to it so i had alot of info to go into the first post. yes they are 17x9 +12 front and 17x9.5 +12 rear. i have done a small baseball bat roll in the back but thats all for now. if you arnt looking to tuck tire then you should be good with just a roll depending on tire sizes, im planning on doing a roll and small pull. yea she has came along way in only a few months!

[hpballer76]

[QUOTE=Dittoz7]Build Price So Far.

Looks Good.[/QUOTE

Thanks! dont really want to post up prices in here but if you email me at [email protected] i will be more than willing to answer any questions you might have.

[hpballer76]

looks good so far...are you going to paint it?

thanks man! yes it will get painted just not sure when since this is a track project paint isn't to high up on the list of things to do but sooner or later it will get done.

[hpballer76]

Those wheels look nice, whats the offset on them? Slam it and it will look 10x better. Other then that, clean swap, nice wiring, overall nice and clean. Get a piggy lip on there. Otherwise good work man

thank you sir. wheels are +12 front and back. and it will be slammed as soon as possible. im suppose to pick up a parts car from a friend which has a piggy lip along with a clean black dash

[mRodiek]

Looks like youve been pretty busy dude I love the wheels, even in gold-hyper black one day for me

[hpballer76]

yes i have. thanks man!

[xrproto07]

Very impressive build you got going on! How much did you pay for the S14 Sr??

[hpballer76]

Very impressive build you got going on! How much did you pay for the S14 Sr??

thanks man! well i said i wasn't gonna post prices but ill go ahead. i got everything you see in the first 2 pics plus an extra piggy bumper and front fenders for 2500. not an amazing deal but its pretty good.

[OutToWinPAHC]

wesome start so far. I just dont like how the IC looks like its crooked behind the bumper cover.

+1 for using a core support

[hpballer76]

wesome start so far. I just dont like how the IC looks like its crooked behind the bumper cover.

+1 for using a core support

i agree with you about the ic but that was the way it had to be to make the s14 kit work in the s13 so ill have to deal with it for now.

[s14derrick]

everything? IMO thats a great deal

[hpballer76]

not everything in the thread. ive bought lots of other stuff for it but everything you see in the first 2 pics is what i got for 2500

[s14derrick]

i read that part lol. sorry didnt come out right. but yeah everything in the first 2 pics is a good deal for only 2500 thats about the price of the sr swap alone

[hpballer76]

lol yea thats y i went ahead and picked it up when i found it

[Bumnah]

Good stuff. Durden perfab did my wiring as well. Taylor is a great guy.

[mixeds14]

NICE build man, all u need now is a paint job n it be right.........u ever take it to main street???? i ride by there once in a blue moon, n laght at the people getting pull for crusing

[hpballer76]

NICE build man, all u need now is a paint job n it be right.........u ever take it to main street???? i ride by there once in a blue moon, n laght at the people getting pull for crusing

thanks man! nahh havent been up to main street yet, the car actually still dosent have tags =( but that should be taken care of in the next week or so. once that happens let me know if your gonna go up there and ill come let ya check it out.

[Taylor_Durdan]

car looks good! glad the wiring suited you well! let me know if there is anything else i can help you with

and Bumnah.. you flatter me

[lonely_coupe]

wow. that's lookin' REAL good so far. the motor after you sprayed it looks brand new!

how much cleaning did you do by hand before it was able to accept paint? crazy clean.

[hpballer76]

thanks taylor the wiring was great! i will contact you if i need anything else done or have any questions.

and as far as cleaning just purple power and alot of scrubing then pressure washed and sprayed it.

[hpballer76]

Small update. As of 4/20/09

Worked on the 240 a little over the weekend and got it sitting a little lower. I still want to go lower but it will more than likely stay at this height for a while.







And my messed up quarter panel thanks to the previous owner =(



And a few more pics just cause..



















What do you guys think??

Also my turn signals aren’t working. I thought it was the flasher under the dash but replaced that today and no luck also checked all my fuses and nothing. What should I check next?

[j-z]

sweet build man.... take that b**** up to maaco and throw a $100 single stage paint job on there for now. FYI, do all the prep work yourself, it will turn out much better. good job though! nice lookin piggy

[Bumnah]

car looks good! glad the wiring suited you well! let me know if there is anything else i can help you with

and Bumnah.. you flatter me

I meant another taylor, not you obviously.

[hpballer76]

sweet build man.... take that b**** up to maaco and throw a $100 single stage paint job on there for now. FYI, do all the prep work yourself, it will turn out much better. good job though! nice lookin piggy

thanks man! i had actually thought about doing that. but i plan on tracking the car so im not sure if i want to spend all the time on the prep work getting all the dents out and then take it to the track and have it get dinged up.

[Chris28]

It's amazing just how much lowering a car and having wheels that fit can do to a stock bodied car. I like this pic the best. Car looks good man.