Cough cough - RB20 into S13 - hood wont close??

[Acecool]

The hood will not close.. I am thinking it is from the IC piping, but not sure...

I am using the R32 crossmember..

Any ideas?

Josh

[SeVa-S13]

And to quote Kamin; "Welcome to RB swaps into an S-chassis."Easy fix? You're hitting the skeletal hood support at your TB at the very least. Tear away the fire-damping cloth crap if you stil have it. Hack away at support with a small cutoff wheel. Also welcome to wobbly hood club.

[Cpt_Impossible]

I used the r32 xmember and mine shuts without any cutting. Only time I had any problems was when the clamps on the connection to the throttle body had the adjustment screws on top and those would hit, but I simply rotated them.

Take some chalk and put it on any part you think might be rubbing, try to close the hood and see where the white marks are on the hood liner. Or you could simply look from the side and see what is highest and start from there. If you think an IC pipe, remove it and see if the hood closes. Find out what hits and go from there. Dont just start cutting.

[Acecool]

Yeah, I kind of wanted to avoid cutting...

Good idea with chalk, ill get some from school tomorrow :-)

and, my driveshaft should be in tomorrow from shaftmasters so.. yeah...

Maybe ill just take the ic pipe off real quick, brb

[Joe]

Yeah, I kind of wanted to avoid cutting...

Good idea with chalk, ill get some from school tomorrow :-)

and, my driveshaft should be in tomorrow from shaftmasters so.. yeah...

Maybe ill just take the ic pipe off real quick, brb

if you wanted to avoid cutting you should have done more research and realized nearly everyone has to cut the skeleton

and out of curiosity why did you have a driveshaft made? a stock 5 speed shaft will work in a RB20 trans.

[Acecool]

My was an automatic - and to buy one it wouldve been 20 to 120 from the junk yard..

60 new with exchange of old shaft...

Yard didnt have any for 20, only 120, so no go....

:-)

Still checking

[Kansei240sx]

stock driveshafts are only good for sitting around taking up space anyways... IE... garbage.

[Acecool]

Kamin, I am not trying to flame a moderator, however you should do research, and this is a good topic :-)

Cpt_Impossible

You were right on, the clamps from the TB were on top, that was 1 point of blockage...

Second point was the FMIC pipe - I loosened the connection, and pushed it down, and the hood closed :-)

No cutting etc required...

I am one happy camper... thanks all

Josh

[l0nestar]

I'm glad you got everything to work!

I don't know how much different the R32 and R33 cross members are, but I know that my hood will have to be shimmed (washers stacked) and part of my hood was already cut out (previous owner + ebay strut bar). My throttle body sticks up above the crown of my fender, so this shall be a wonderful ' test'.

Oh yeah, R33 cross member + RB25 + S13(DE)

[Project240]

Second point was the FMIC pipe - I loosened the connection, and pushed it down, and the hood closed :-)

So, you're running an FMIC? If so, are you running a front-facing intake manifold, or the stocker? Stock BOV, or aftermarket?

Because if you have a stock RB20 swap, with a BOV in the stock location, you do have to cut your hood bracing, period. As Kamin said.

You don't want to be running around with loose IC piping, either =P

[Acecool]

I loosened it to move it down :-)

josh

[gomer23]

Cutting the skeleton is pretty easy....took me under 20mins with a grinder w/ cutting wheel.

[DJButton]

Or cut out the whole skeleton. In most stock RB20's with R32 x-members you have to at least knotch to fit the TB so Kamin wasn't lying, he knows his stuff. What exactly is your set-up anyway?

[nizmo zilvia]

Or get a custom intake manifold and dont use the stock mani

[Coolwhip]

Ever dig a hole in your back yard and strike a PVC pipe? Same thing with your hood striking your IC pipping.

LOL, just messing with you man. Glad to see you got that sorted out.

[Coolwhip]

oh and by the way, Karmin probably wrote 60% or more of the information your researched for, so yea.

[Project240]

My old RB20 S13's hood was so wobbly. I could see it flex up and down a little just driving down the road.

The good thing about my S13 now is, it's an SR, so my hood keeps its shape when I open it.

The bad thing is...it's an SR...

[Acecool]

I can notice that too, when going highway speeds of 100+

[RBKIDD]

get some hood pins, should lesson the shaking