bersh's ca18det s13

[Didderson]

white comet is deff right. gilberts is dumbdumb.i went to ask if they could make me some ic piping and they wer like no we dont do that. "just use pvc piping its alot better."

I would have freaked out too haha... Good to know man. I'll just keep my relationship with them simple, only turning my brake rotors .

Moar pics in future updatesssssss lol

[bersh240]

sorry tom. i found my camera today tho. soo this ones for you.

drove car to work last night. everything was good. came home slept till 1. woke up. hungout with a lady friend. then drove to advance to pick up my sparkplugs.yayyy $10 doller sparkplugs.oh wait.WTF. 3 sparkplugs. guys at advance were like freaking out. so they have to order another one. which will be here tomorrow... awsome.well on the way home all of a sudden car dropped cylinder again. pulled up the dukes house and bo and luke came out to help me."idk man, its turbo, i dont know turbo" thats all they could do so big ron was kind enough to follow me home to make sure i got there ok.we figured out if we pinch the vac line running to mbc it seems to run a lil better. so i looked for vac leaks and sure enough.so being the hardcore 240sx owner.. i grabbed some duck tape.fired it up. a lil better but not right.then mechanic friend came over from accros the street. "you check your ignition coils?"yup. he then just reached over a tugged a clip on one. it was broken. plugged it in and engine ran like a champ.so fixed the broken clip with a ziptie of course.so that explains why it ran yesterday fine after i checked the ignition coils. the clip just wasnt keeping the wire on. another mystery solved..i have lots more stuff but i gotta go to work.

[bersh240]

so i did this like last week but never posted..but ya noone prolly knew about this...ya the last bad spot on the body. grabbed my trusty angle grinder and went to town. and SUPRISE!!stupid insects.made a template. a lil cut cut. a lil jbweld. some rivets.and tadaaaits sooo close to perfect. if it was the same color you wouldnt even notice.

soo question nico. that look right to you?or this?ugh.that is all.i may take the 240 fishing tomorrow..back to MY ROADS. gravel

[MICRoS13]

I think you installed it a bit low, but pig is an easy fix lol. I remember my chuki/lip bumper I drilled new holes to get it to fit higher and look better imo.



Modified by Didderson at 7:13 PM 1/10/2010

what color is this ?

[troskinatior]

what color is this ?

Black.

[Didderson]

Its a 1990 charcoal grey color. I used GM charcoal grey to replicate and it came out vry close to the oe color which is what the hood is.Sweet update chris. See it just takes some time and thought to troubleshoot. Great job findin the problems.
Modified by Didderson at 8:08 PM 4/3/2010

[Dattebayo]

Wow, you can work with sheet metal pretty well...

Just a question about the oil leakage... What weight oil are you using?

[hbpignosePA]

while it looks decent, im not sure how well JB weld and rivets are going to hold up

but nice job tackling that yourself; i just take my rust problems to a family friend

[bersh240]

im usin 10/30w mobil 1 right now.i never thought of the weight of oil causing that.its soon gona be time to switch to summer oil anyway. mabey thatl help.

and hbpig. the jb weld and rivets will hold for a couple years easy. plus thers bondo and glazing putty on there too. body filler falls out before rivets...

ANYWAY!teaser of whats happenin in the bersh cave

[bersh240]

im gona blow this car up.front brakes are leaking fluid.so i guess i need to rebuild the j30s after all.AND while changing the plugs i dropped a bolt. AND ITS JUST GONE.ive been searching for it for 2 hours and practically ripped the entire engine bay apart. i even checked under the valve covers. now i gota go to nissan to get another one cause the local hardware store doesnt carry metric. wtf is with that.

[Didderson]

AND while changing the plugs i dropped a bolt. AND ITS JUST GONE.

Check on top of the subframe and the motor mounts. Usually they get seated in there when u drop em.Make sure u didn't drop it inside the cylinder man lol.Get one of these at harbor freight: http://www.harborfreight.com/c...90566

[bersh240]

it was in one of them...long story short.bumble bee flys towards bersh.bersh screams and grabs fly swatter.bee lands on bolt holder.bersh smacks bolt holder with fly swatter.bee flys away laughing as bersh scrambles to find bolts

[Didderson]

Lol nature screwed up your build. Don't be so scurred of bees man, IDK lol..

[bersh240]

i had already got stun twice today and i wasnt very happy.ok well i went to the hardware store. asked the guy. and he was like ohhhh we keep them in a "happy" place.ok... so i went to my happy place and found the bolts i needed.car runs amazing with those new plugs.the older ones wer gapped to .25?.... again thanks to my amazing tuner...jerk.so now im off to get vacume lines.sooo.. question.what size do i need?..

[Didderson]

Just pull your old ones off when u go into the store and match up the sizing. Idunno. It's different for different vacuum ports.

[bersh240]

oh i ment like. 10ft redo all the stuff.or 1foot and repair the worn thru one.butttti went to american speed center. and they could only do 50ft of it for 50 bucks.i was like screw that. thats way to much tube.i went to advance and got normal rubber tube and just did the one hose. im gona order silicone good tubing off the internet soon.or if any of the lanc boys wana split the cost... 50 feet is enough for a few cars... comon tom. you no you want that smooth silicone under your bonnet.

[bersh240]

ok...
ive been falling beind here.
soo... got new front calipers since junk yard ones wer leaky leaky

now.. let me tell you. when buying calipers. if it comes with hardwae. DONT USE IT. OEM is the only way to go here.. at least this was the case for me. it was all cheap and even one caliper pin bolt got stuck and had to pay for it to get taken out.
example of strange random hardware...

it felt like plastic. odd. anyway.
eventually got em squared away.

im sick of brakes.
then i was all like duddeee front mount intercooler.
"hey joel, got any piping???" "sure do Bersh, ill be over in the morning"
ghetto-rig,ghetto-rig.
FAIL!
car bit me,
and piping didnt really fit....
DUH CHRIS. s13 SR20 PIPING NO FIT CA18
this is the best that we could get the hotpipe to fit.

ha.
then i was like. well. custom piping needs to happen.
but since i gota relocate battery might aswell do it.
so got a battery box from sears.

$10 bucks.
its plastic. guess what. i dont care. im gone secure the battery differently. not jus sit it in the box. its more to make it look complete.
mocked up the intercooler withoug pipes this time just to make sure it fit.
i think its perfect.

i also decided might aswell remove the rear sound deadening.
HAMMER TIME.

the bill called. "hey your paints here you ordered"
SWEETOOO

i wish you could see how shiny it is..

i have lots more but im tired.

[bersh240]

screw it ill post some more.
ordered cables for battery from knu concepts or whatever they call it.
SUPER FAST SERVICE.
1/0 gauge amp kit. 150 amp fuse.

i also got a 150 amp cirsuit breaker for the back. gone use inline fuse in the engine bay.
DOUBLE PROTECTION.

im putting the circuit breaker righttt here.

sooo buh bye useless trunk light.
i wanted a brighter light for the hatch anyway.
so i chop chopped.

got a harbor frieght led strip.

and then when i put the fuse in.
SUPER RICE LIGHT!!!

HAHA I DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD BE BLUE.
ohh well. dont hate.
i just had the hatch open in the dark and its SUPER bright. much better than the oem crappy light in the corner. so i like it.
i really wish i had read the packaging before i bought it tho. i thought it would be normal like yellow light.
ill post a pic of it in the dark tomorrow so you people can see the super lit up blue interior.

[bersh240]

wow my thread is dead
oh well someone out there in new zealand probably reads it.
heres the super rice light picture.

all that light from a tiny lil 7in led strip.
it does a good job.
but its a bit much dont you think...
and also took a classy pic in black and white.
the last few days of chuki

[bersh240]

YAYYY UPS man just dropped this off.

sard fuel pressure regulator. and nismo adapter thingy.


oh and dont say a word about my battery.
its just held by bungies until my optima cage comes later this week, then ill be done relocation.

[Didderson]

Looks good but I boggle at your aftermarket fuel pressure regulator lol.
I still looks at it but nico should fix the old pic bug its so gayyy

[OM3GA]

Where did you get the Sard FPR that comes with hose fittings instead of AN line fittings? Great choice on FPR though and Nismo adapter FTW i hope it fits on my SR with the Greddy Intake Mani.

[bersh240]

i know. pics are odd now. ive found clicking on them brings em up in there own window tho.

and omega. phase2motortrend is where i got it. MGE posted the link a page or 2 back. the hex plug is missing from mine. so there sending me a free circuit sports fuel pressure gauge...
and new problem. drove to take pssas today. bungie corded battery and all.
car hicups again. im running so rich that my brand new plugs are fowled already. i hope i can get the fpr in soon...

[bersh240]

i took some pics the other day.
car is comin along. got lots of parts installed.
im not gona take the time to update like crazy since my thread is dead.
so if anyone wants to know about something. ASK.

[White Comet]

looking nice, you're doing good for a high school student. you sure got me beat

[Mychal]

dude that flat black doesnt look bad at all

[troskinatior]

Why no paint?

[Magnum375 Jr.]

It's looking good Chris, what all do you have left to install?

[Idahos13]

Car looks good man! Keep up the good work!

[bersh240]

Basically the paint thing is a sore subject. It caused many a family argument. I have a new plan though.
And joel... You should see my basement...
I have an entire wall lined with parts on shelves and such.
Alot of it got put on the car last weekend tho.

And i just need to say it. Thankyou lancaster for putting up with my random and pointless questions. But ive learned so much the last couple months. Couldnt have done it without everyone.