S13AL's 91' S13 HKS HIPERMAX III's, Blacktop SR20, S15 HLSD

[240sxAli4Life]

Damn your 240 is really coming along great!! Cant wait to see more!! And i rode in a S14 with those same coilovers about a month ago and i can agree with you they kick A$$!! Great for all track use!!

[lococabbag3]

keep up the good work man! im going to be doing alot of the same stuff when i graduate from military school next month. what wheels are you going for?

[S13AL]

Thanks zooopreme, 240sxAli, and loco.

^I bought the hatch for 150.

I know that many other coilovers compare in stiffness, but not in ride quality.

For now I plan on spraying the z32 wheels satin black and rocking them for a bit. Eventually I'll get Super Advan Sa3a's and have them powdercoated black. GL with your plans loco.

[lococabbag3]

progress?

[S13AL]

I actually drove in a time attack event today. I'll post more soon.

[S13AL]

I attended a Time Trials event with my friend on the 1st at Bremerton Motorsports Park. I learned so much about car control. Braking into turn1 from 120mph does not compare to autocrossing.




My friend's 911 SC

http://youtu.be/DbMd0iQn2wA
A link to a crappy video I took with this plywood camera mount I made. The mount worked out, but the seat shook so much.







I had a blast shredding my tires and melted my rotor to one of the brake pad backing plates after it wore through the friction material.


I changed the pads to get me by for a few weeks until the z brakes and 5 lug.

New gorilla lug nuts that I will transfer to the 5 lug hubs.




Gave the z wheels a wet sand, primer, then VHT polyurethane wheel coating(satin black).



Stopped by the junkyard and picked up some maxima mirrors(Thanks to Razi).

This keyswitch light.

J30 front 5 lug hubs

300zx NA rear wheel hubs.

new SS conversion lines for brakes and S14 se rotors

I'm going to buy new S13 front wheel bearings for the J30 hubs and have a lip machined on them for the retaining ring when I get the brake rotors turned. That's basically all that's holding me back from 5 lug.

[SoCal-S13]

dood... nice build.

[S13AL]

Thanks, I'm a fan of your build too. All the s15 stuff especially.

[SoCal-S13]

im really into the led bulb turn signals that s*** looks nice. I did my 3rd brake light with led's...might have to jock your idea and do somethin with my turn sigs

[S13AL]

I've been busy lately, but now that school is over there should be more progress.

First off I did my rear 5 lug conversion with z32 wheels.


Some of those bolts were a b**** to reach without disconnecting the control arms.


So I did.



Hawk brake pads to go along with the fresh s14 se rotors.


All done.


Z wheels look nice next to stock width.



If I went lower the fitment could be nice, but first I would have to roll the fenders.

The next issue I had to get down to was my power windows. The driver's side has been dead for a while and the passenger side went out recently, so I diagnosed both sides with a multimeter and took a trip to the junkyard.

I pulled a similar motor out of a 94 altima with low mileage.


Since the motors weren't exactly the same I used the internals from the new motor in the old housing and it worked. The part that kept the motor from actually working was some sort of resistor or capacitor inside the housing. On the driver's side a pin inside the amp/relay assy had desoldered from the circuit board so I re-flowed it with new solder and it's good for another 20 years.


Now, on to the cool stuff.



I bought an HKS Sport Exhaust. The piping is 75mm with and 83mm tip, it's satin black, and is very tame for driving on public roads (at low RPM's).


A comparison to my stock exhaust.


20 years can really degrade a piece of metal such as this.


This is what's left of one of the studs I had to drill out.


I ended up drilling the cat for a 10mm bolt that slipped right in to replace the stud.






I really like the low-key element of it.



Here's a video I made for the exhaust that has a pretty good description if you would like to read that as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppD-eElkZ0c

[240TKE128]

Looking good always good to start with basics.

[S13AL]

I agree, but every aspect of this car will be modified or addressed in some way, though nothing is ever going to be over the top. I might have the z wheels for a long time. The SR swap is more important than flashy wheels to me. I also wanted kouki tails for some time, but I've grown to like the stock ones and the kouki's won't make my car faster in any way.

[badbob2121]

flashy wheels and the kouki's won't make my car faster in any way.

exactly how i see it too...

[Nashville91s13]

Kudos to you sir. Great build. Wish I would have found my LE before college so I could have the time to do my swap. Autotragic is so borrrring.

[S13AL]

I realized that my passenger side windshield wiper was not sticking to the windshield very well, so I checked it out.

here is what my windshield wiper bushing looked like on the passenger side.

Here is a new one that I pulled out of a 90s Altima at the junkyard.


My girlfriend wanted to help me change my oil.

She also helped me zip-tie on my new lip.




Then my buddy with an MA60 supra let me borrow his ridiculously offset wheels (-40)

[S13AL]

I went to the Nissan/Mitsubishi meet in Olympia the other day and got some pictures.




Some 510's. The yellow one was clean as hell, SR powered, and it was a legit RHD bluebird.

Super clean S30 Z.


Some clean S12's including a slammed coupe.


This S13 is the cleanest I've ever seen. (The guy was wiping down the inside of the wheel wells!!!!) With an RB25 swap and lots of work in it. Props.

[S13AL]

SR swap coming soon.

[S13AL]

Car looks a lot different now that 5 lugs is done and new wheels, but I'm going to post this update in multiple posts over the next couple days, because there is a lot of stuff done.



First off got j30 hubs machined and finished 5 lug.



Z brakes were actually shot, only one was rebuilt for some reason. Got q45's to get me by, realized I love them and don't need the flashiness of z brakes, so I rebuilt the z32s and sold them. (that and they didn't clear my new wheels).



Next a friend and I replaced my subframe bushings with eneergy suspension polyurethane.



We cut the bushings an inch or so at the top to bring the subframe closer to the car and correct roll center a bit.



Had to cut the metal center piece too and it turned out well.




Awesome and cheap modification for your suspension. Much more firm on turn in. Huge improvement.



21mm hollow HICAS rear sway bar also stiffened up the rear suspension a ton compare to stock 15mm.



Key ring light finally installed

That's all I have time for now, but there is some more interior stuff done as well as wheels and a new engine sitting in my garage since the end of summer. It's going into the car in two weeks now. So excited. More updates soon!

[S13AL]

So much has happened to the car good and bad. I can still say the body is straight, and nothing too expensive to fix, but a lot of s*** has gone wrong, hopefully I can fill you guys in on that soon. For now let's catch up with progress:



Picked up an awesome brown hatch/privacy cover



Hit it up with even more awesome vinyl/fabric paint.




Can't even tell it wasn't grey originally.




New Clutch Master installed




Cut up some vacuum hose connectors to make bushings for my clutch pedal that was being destroyed by the return spring and squeaking like hell.



Here's the two smaller ones



This one's a bit harder to see with the grease, but i fit the center section of the connector in the bracket and the spring inside through the opening in the center.



Whatt? new wheels!



And an Sr?



Ka out, grimy bay...



all out and purdy.

This is basically to tease you guys. I did the swap over a month ago and the head gasket is already blown, so more work.
Reply to my thread if you want to see moar! I need to know someone cares...

[badbob2121]

Im still watching

Looks great! great news about the sr (except the headgasket, but it happens) , any rebuilding plans yet?

You should ditch the t25

[S13AL]

Yeah, man. I'm thinking I should go with a cosworth MLS and ARP studs, because that would be a pretty killer combo, but then I have to buy exhaust and intake mani gasket seperately (with the oem nissan HG you get all that stuff in the combo) I just don't want to blow another OEM one soon, cause of this 92 octane fuel I have to use...

[badbob2121]

cosworth MLS and ARP studs, because that would be a pretty killer combo...

It is a killer combo, and is exactly what i bought...

In regards to the manifold gaskets, i would look at it as a one time, worth while purchase and never look back... the oem intake manifold gasket is only like $15, and now you have the option of choosing oem or aftermaket for the exhaust manifold gasket.

I will throw this thread out there as well....
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/124925-gt ... motor.html

There is a lot more power to be made very easily

[S13AL]

I guess my peeve with replacing the manifold gaskets is that I already did once before putting in the engine. Only four hundred miles on those suckers. Also, my theory for the gasket blowing is a combination of low octane fuel and the fact that my intercooler cold piping was touching the radiator crossover hose(still using Ka rad) making enough detonation for the ECU to not be able to counter.

Now I'm also getting very tempted to rebuild the bottom end while I have the head off, but this really was a low mileage motor. The cam lobes are still a mirror like finish.

[S13AL]

Here are some pictures of what it looks like before I snow drift/crashed. Only mechanical parts got damaged including wheels. Good thing, cause I hate body work



















I've got tons of pictures from the engine swap, but I left my camera with a friend so that update will be very soon. I'm currently working on replacing the head gasket and getting a new front subframe and tension rod. Hopefully a new set of these beautiful mesh wheels as well, but i might just straighten these out with a BFH for now and slap some paint on them.

[ludi]

Realy nice build. The rims look out awesome. But you need a little bit more camber in front and rear, i think.

Greatings, ludi

[S13AL]

For looks maybe moar camber, but for performance this gives me great contact patch.

[ludi]

That's not true. Performance cars need camber! - 2 to -3 degrees at the front and -1,5 to -2 degrees at the rear are good values​​.

This is a brief overview:

Touring
Front
Camber = -1.0 to -1.5
Caster = P+7.5/D+7.0
Toe = 0.0

Rear
Camber = -1.0 to -1.25
Toe = 0.8 to 1.2 toe-in


Sport
Front
Camber = -1.5 to -2.0
Caster = P+7.5/D+7.0
Toe = 0.0

Rear
Camber = -1.25 to -2.0
Toe = 0.5 to 1.2 toe-in


Race
Front
Camber = -2.5<
Caster = P+7.5/D+7.0
Toe = 0.0 to 1.0 toe-out

Rear
Camber = -2.0<
Toe = 0.5 to 1.5 toe-in

Greatings, ludi

[S13AL]

Of course, but the question is, do you know how much camber I have?

[S13AL]

It's close to -2 in the front and -1.5 in the rear. I already get a good amount of camber wear in the front daily driving let alone at the track. so Im fine with what I have thank you very much.

[S13AL]

I'm too tired to write about the Sr swap so I'l just post pics.


Walbro installed



Pulling the Ka

Had the coolant pipes cut and rewelded by Ray @ autohero


Gaskets

SR


Oil pan fubar


Intercooler hole cut and lined with vacuum hose

Interior harness



180sx body harness does not = 240sx body harness... whoops.

fun connecting heater hoses behind firewall.

new fan shroud. yay.

intercooler piping in.


shortening the throttle cable.

That's it for pics from the actual swap I have more recent ones i'll post if I'm not too lazy. This thread doesn't get much new traffic anyway, so I don't care too much about updating it.