JacoToTheB's s14 build

[Jacototheb]

I figured if I'm going to be working on this car I might as well make a thread documenting my progress. Feel free to write down any opinions and tell if you like what I'm doing or not. Thanks!

I bought the car for $2,000. It's a 1995 SE. Didn't have a rear seat, trash and ashes everywhere inside from the PO, he smoked a lot.

It had a giant 3" tach on the dash which left 2 holes when I took it out. A "carbon fiber" steering wheel, which I replaced with the stock one my friend had. It also had no back seats. My friend also had a set of cloth seats for the back.



The trunk didn't open when I bought it cause the key was broken off inside.We got it out tonight.



Here is the inside of the trunk and the contents



We sanded down the inside and painted it with flat black rustoleum.



And we started to sand on the hood.

[Dire91]

Nice, what's your plan for paint? Also how did you get the key out?

[Jacototheb]

I plan on painting it Nissan super white.

And we just took out the whole lock/latch assembly and wiggled it around with a screw driver til it fell out.

[Jacototheb]

More sanding going to happen on saturday, and painting the wheels on sunday.Still waiting on parts to come in.

[crakin]

looks nice man

[Jacototheb]

Thank you!

ARP Head studs and the gasket set came in today.

This thread is gonna have a lot of pictures.
Modified by Jacototheb at 9:23 AM 4/9/2010

[240SXcoupeRB25]

nice 240 homie keep us posted

[prdquik]

Thank you!

ARP Head studs and the gasket set came in today.

This thread is gonna have a lot of pictures.

Modified by Jacototheb at 9:23 AM 4/9/2010

I bought my rebuilt engine from JIS engines.

[Jacototheb]

Hows it run? I had never head of JIS parts but it was a good price.

Here is a pic of the old steering wheel and the ricer tach that was in it.



New eBay shift knob!

[240SXcoupeRB25]

its lookin pretty good homie

[Jacototheb]

Header came in today!



Found this exhaust leak



Got a pic of the engine bay



Did a bunch of sanding today, starting to show the original paint. Which is perfect... The PO was sooo dumb. Wish he would have left it white.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

looks good.are u gunna do a motor swap.or keep the KA24DE

[slightly boostid]

Looks like this S14 is gonna be saved! Should be a fun build.

[Jacototheb]

I'm trying to save it lol!

And I'm going to build the ka.

What the car looked like after some more sanding.



Before shots of wheels.



Prepping for paint.



Painting



After



Painted the calipers red.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

it looks pretty good homie.I would change the rotors on your car they look about done

[Jacototheb]

it looks pretty good homie.I would change the rotors on your car they look about done

Thanks man!And yeah those rotors are shot. After i get new fenders, the paint is done, and all my parts are installed i'll be getting new rotors. They work for now.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

yeah you are welcome.what kind of rotor are u gunna put on.most people jus put on 300z brakes.

[Jacototheb]

Probably just oem replacements. Brakes aren't a big deal to me lol. I painted the calipers red and that's good enough for me.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

if i was you homie i would jus replace all the rotor and brake pads and put new ones on lol

[Jacototheb]

Haha I will soon. Just gotta make sure I have money for my other plans too. I won't be doing much more til school is out. This summer I'm gonna lower it on coilovers, get a real set of wheels, fix the sunroof and seats, new internals, brakes, and turbo(along with all the turbo entails, fuel, ecu, ect...)

[240SXcoupeRB25]

If looking to get really good coilovers I would get KTS or J.I.C. MAGIC that what i would get lol.So how much power are you hopeing to get out of the KA24DE.They can easly handle 350hp on stock internals

[Jacototheb]

I'm hoping on getting 350hp by the end of the summer, before forged internals.

Put on the header and full 3" exhaust, header, cold air intake, shift boot, and stripped the interior so paint all the inside deals black. Cutting out a hole in the back seat to install a 10'' sub. Kicker CVR.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

Thats what am talking about. So you are painting the car black and what about rims.

[Jacototheb]

Thats what am talking about. So you are painting the car black and what about rims.

Haha it'll bump. And I'm painting it white myself. I've always owned white cars and I've heard from everyone that white is the best to start out with cause you can easily fix your mistakes.

And I'm looking for some anniversary 350z wheels. But I'd have to sell mine first.

Mint SE wheels painted gunmetal with nismo stickers for sale

[240SXcoupeRB25]

Post some pics of your rims.

[Jacototheb]

Post some pics of your rims.

Looks much better in person.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

They look f***'n sick bro. Can i have them jk lol

[Jacototheb]

Haha thanks, I wanna upgrade to some wider ones though cause I'm probably getting a wide body kit.

[240SXcoupeRB25]

That would be sick a wide body kite on it. So you should put some WORK meisters they are some sexy a** rims and they look good with wide body kits lol.

[Alyx]

Hey Jacob, I was wondering what kinda prep and what paint you used for the wheels, they look pretty good!
I'm considering doing something similar to mine and was curious of your methods and products.

Nice progress so far, keep it up!