finally my sr20 build

[breadbox]

Its not a patch, its a stomp pad.

[brn-n-jpn]

yeah it is

[brn-n-jpn]

I picked up my sr head a couple of days ago from the machine shop. They took the head apart and cleaned it out. Plus they didnt charge me because we have been waiting for my tomei dual spring set for awhile. Back order and they were going to be installing new tomei guides, the springs and supertech valves plus do an angle job and deck the block. So the guy told to just bring the head back when the springs come in.




Then I got bored and welded some spare metal I had laying around and made a small stand to put the head on. Then I mocked up the intake manifold with fuel rail and throttle body and the turbo set-up.






Oh she looks so good

[idahotuner]

that intake and fuel rail are beautiful. i picked up a matco valve spring tool so i can change springs and everything my self. saves money over time.

[costa_rican13]

mock up looks great! very nice intake mani. ill be watching till its finished!

[Magnum375 Jr.]

If only you had a 240 worth putting all that power into LOL....when you picking up your sr up?

[brn-n-jpn]

that intake and fuel rail are beautiful. i picked up a matco valve spring tool so i can change springs and everything my self. saves money over time.

yes if i had the tool i would do it myself

If only you had a 240 worth putting all that power into LOL....when you picking up your sr up?

actually on the hunt for another 240 so i can still drive one while working on the other one

[Magnum375 Jr.]

Jeffs brother is selling his, its pretty damn clean too. He wants 2k.

[White Comet]

joel's right, links in my sig. its an se with sunroof bag straps and block off plate.
head looks good. whered you get machine work done at? If i was you i'd def pick up a cleaner s13 for the sr. its good to see you got another 240 but that ones beat, i wouldnt have paid that much for it. but great progress so far.

[brn-n-jpn]

yeah the 240 i have now i bought for $800 and Race Krafters on Dillerville Rd did the head work

[White Comet]

good to know, i need a machine shop at some point. i paid $300 for my shell with perfect frame and 90k miles

[brn-n-jpn]

yeah minethe frame is good but the rear passenger quarter panel is garabage and i bought it with 185k miles but it still runs strong enough to pull a 15.74 @ 88mph lol

[JDM240SXcoupe]

Whos yellow crx is that?haha sorry im a crx guy, i own a 91 crx si

[brn-n-jpn]

the yellow crx is my best friend Mark's car and he is selling it
$4000obo 90k orginal miles 5spd SOHC nonvtech

[White Comet]

yeah minethe frame is good but the rear passenger quarter panel is garabage and i bought it with 185k miles but it still runs strong enough to pull a 15.74 @ 88mph lol

i keep forgetting you bought a running s13 with ka. 800 isnt bad for a running car. i paid 300 for a shell.


is mark getting anything to replace to crx or just gonna rock the evo

[brn-n-jpn]

mark wants either a rwd car or a luxury car

[White Comet]

he should get a crz, theyre fun and ridiculous gas mileage

[brn-n-jpn]

Got a valve cover finally, Tomei blue powder coated

[brn-n-jpn]

So my parents suprised me with the 33 gallon air compressor, air wrench, impact gun, and air hammer for Christmas!!

Now working on the car will be so much better

[Herzeleid]

Suscribed.
Love the fact that there are lots of pictures in this thread. Keep up with the good job you've done so far.

PS. Love your parent's xmas gift.

[Cbus240]

wow lot's of good info/detail in here, definitely will be checking things out when I rebuild my SR! great work so far, good luck with the build man!

PS:
CRAFTSMAN TOOLS FTW! haha I have the same 33 gal. air compressor (the previous version before yours) it is awesome, you will love working with air tools at you're disposal, they make life so much easier!

[brn-n-jpn]

mocking up for a fitment and to see how it looks

[bllabong89]

nice score on the air equipment...Is that a GT-Spec? It looks like one and if so, I think your going to like it. I have the same exhaust on my s14 and I really like it. It is great quality in my opinion.

[brn-n-jpn]

yes it is the GT SPEC 3.75"

[bllabong89]

Yep, that would be the one.

[brn-n-jpn]

cut the old rusted exhausted




and this how i had to work on the car for welding and it sucked







so i had to cut the flange to the headers off, bought vibrant flanges from pepboys welded one on to the headers and using the other one for when i go buy the blast pipe
Running open headers for now

[brn-n-jpn]

So I got bored and a decided to tackle the rust holes on the trunk hatch. I started by grinding and sanding down on the holes and rust spots.










Then I took a cutoff wheel and cut the bad spots out.














Then using a metal body patch mesh, that has a sticky side, I covered all the holes with the mesh for something the bondo to stick to. I used about 2 layer of bondo sanding smooth in between each layer. Then used bondo glaze, the dark red, to fill in the low spots.













Resanded after all the bondo was dry then prepped, cleaned, primed, and painted with Rustoleum black.









It turned out ok. If I would ever have to do it again I would weld in metal patches, grind the welds flat, add body filler, prime and paint.
But its better than the black Ducktape.

[White Comet]

i gotta say the hatch repair isnt that great. especially since you have a welder. when we fixed my bro's hatch we used the process you described for what you would do next time. apexi exhaust is nice though

[brn-n-jpn]

yeah i didnt really feel like putting that much effort into it since rear quater panel is pretty much all bondo from the previous owner

and the apexi exhaust will not go on this car because its 3.75" and the car is still N/A
FOR NOW

[truckmtr240]

I got a spoiler-less hatch at the junkyard for $50!