2JZ-GTE Swapped Coupe build(s)

[Flicktitty]

Just got my OEM Nissan Silvia headlight brackets in on monday and got the OEM Nissan Silvia S13 Hood (BRAND NEW) in today so i finally have EVERYTHING for my silvia s13 front!

[Flicktitty]

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Well, we dropped the car off a couple weeks back to get the new cage installed, we picked it up last week.







This is part of the cage in the trunk



also painted and cleaned up some other things.








I made a mount using the factory cruise control mount to hold the Greddy Profect B boost controller selinoid



Moved the "green box" that does the intermediate wipers to a more hidden spot.



Reinstalled the freshly repainted brake booster


Oh yeah, in this pic the fuel tank is out of the car, also reinstalled that




Went walking around the hardware store and found some neat looking bolt and washers.


while we were at the hardware store, saw this stuff.

and installed it.



And then i stripped the paint off the old used Silvia fenders, took the black paint off and noticed they were two toned i <3 two tones.

Started doing a little front end mock up.





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[Flicktitty]

pretty sad i called nico HOME. for so many years, this is where i started this build thread with the help, and drive of the members.

now i do updates just to let them go to the wayside.... that will most likely be my last update on here.

[BigDAT]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

please PM me a link to wherever you will update it. I did the same thing a few months ago.

[NemesisS14]

I cruise these forums for certain resource information, but I see more activity at 240sxforums.com.

[Flicktitty]

i guess i can do an update.

Removed the trans for the TQ Convertor upgrade.


Stock on right, the titan 3500 convertor on the left. a neat size comparison.


we re assembled the motor/trans and decided to put the motor in the car.


Started hooking up some of the accesories for the motor. starting with the power steering. The braided SS line is made by ISIS. i will swapping this out for a custom one later this year that i will begin to market. the other pressure line is just a stock line. the 2 low pressure lines are just stock or any off the shelf rubber line.





i then went ahead and worked on the heater hose. the upper hose just consists of 2 90 degree hoses and a connector. and then i heat wrapped them in a reflective heat sheth.




I then went to the driverside and hooked up the brake booster check valve and mounted the injector resistor box.



Then hooked up the lower radiator hose (Stock MKIV TT hose trimmed to fit)

Had some friends come over this past weekend to lend a hand,


started to assemble some of the new -4AN wastegate lines.... sucks i broke a fitting, luckily i got one from a shop in town. will show finished product tonight.


made up some mounts for the oil and the transmission cooler.



Liz (the girlfriend) wanted to assemble the AN lines for the oil cooler, so she did.


the oil cooler all hooked up and plumbed.




went ahead and plumbed the transmission cooler


figured out a decent place to mount the fuel pressure regulator.


Also laid some paint to the new fenders and the grill.

[Flicktitty]

i put all the innercooler couplers/pipes on and tight!!






thats the return line for the fuel.


yeah that was a b**** to get it in there. but i got itttt


did all the wastegate lines in an lines as well!


and mounted it .



Been busy trying to get it done, Wired up the dual fuel pumps


Had my girlfriend do some wiring under the dash.



Make sure the battery is charged!


the rear interior starting to go back into the car.


Get a basemap tune loaded up through the MAPECU2



Got pretty much everything ready except some gauges and went to fire the car....CRANK.....CRANK.......CRANK.... no start. Noticed car wasen't getting a RPM signal and had to rewire the MAPECU2 up the correct way. Went to start again....same thing (atleast there was a RPM signal) Noted there was less then 6psi of fuel pressure went back through noticed a few mistakes and i have to correct that this weekend. thats it "for now" hopefully a startup/driving vid next week!


Random engine bay pics







and a little "sneak" peak of the front end coming together.

[Flicktitty]

Updates. finished up some more engine bay loose ends and what not this past weekend. got everything pretty much how i want it....for now atleast.



Also got the majority of the interior stuff hooked up and figured out where it will go.







got the car up and running and a friend put a base tune on the car. and was able to take the car to a 240sx meet just down the street!






During the test drives found out the coolant temp gauge wasen't working. neither was the trans temp. must fix those as well as the car developing a few leaks. but it is getting there!

[Razi]

Great build man!
A clean build like this is hard to come by.

[supersayianjim]

really sweet process. i want your front bumper. so i notice also walbros don't like heat also. on these hot as f*** days it runs like a** full tank or not. runs lean till i give it some gas. ive had it for a yr and half now and kinda edgy about keeping it in my tank. as i melted x2 plugs racing in wisconson about a month ago..

[Flicktitty]

Great build man!
A clean build like this is hard to come by.

Thanks alot man, the plan for this winter is to clean the bay even more, redo some wiring an reroute some lines. and try and hide more stuff. but it looks good enough for me.

really sweet process. i want your front bumper. so i notice also walbros don't like heat also. on these hot as f*** days it runs like a** full tank or not. runs lean till i give it some gas. ive had it for a yr and half now and kinda edgy about keeping it in my tank. as i melted x2 plugs racing in wisconson about a month ago..

Yeah, Walbro's HATE heat. good thing is they take all of 10 minutes to change them and they are cheap. but if i have an issue with them i will be stepping up to either Dual Bosch 044's. or the Aeromotive 340.

[supersayianjim]

so give me a link to that mapecu 2 software?? i might need that for my 1jz ehrn i get it running(here after 1 more good study at covance).

[Flicktitty]

http://www.mapecu.com/

they stopped making the MAPECU2 about 3 months ago when the new MAPECU3 came out.

[supersayianjim]

checked this out. so is this user friendly or very difficult to use??

[Flicktitty]

I've NEVER tuned a car. Always leave that to someone else, but the wiring was straight forward. pretty easy to use/play with as long as you have some common sense as to what things should and SHOULDN'T be. and once you read the manual.

[Flicktitty]

Also had the car out and about this weekend and at a local 240sx meet!

here are some pics. Car looks different without the garage around it haha

[Flicktitty]

Well i figure i can update this since in it officially 2012.

Had the car up and running for a few short months, seemed to be one issue after another with the new tuning software and the fuel system as well just being in a whole new car in general. But we got a few things sorted out and made some decisions to go bigger on some stuff this winter in the idea of making everything "smoother"

We took the mapecu2 out of the car and we will be installing the AEM EMS Version 2 in the next couple of days.
We are also taking out the dual walbro 255's in favor for one Deatchwerks DW300 fuel pump as we have decided the car will never make the switch to E85, and just live life as a small turbo pump gas terror. With the adjustments to the fuel pump some of the fuel system stuff will be redone. We are also going with a TRD 160 thermostat (stock is 180) in hopes of helping the car run a little cooler. As well as we may be swapping out the current e-fans for a set of Spal slim fans, and a dif fan controller, but time will tell. Also on the list of "To Do" is finish the rest of the Q45 brake upgrade.

The plan is to have the car back up and running in early spring (march) and have it tuned in march/april by Larry @ Sound Performance (one of the best supra/2JZ/auto tuners in the country) and let the car f*** rip for the rest of the year.

That's enough words though, how about some more pics from the car's few travels this year.

[Flicktitty]

Update? for anyone that checks this still....

After a few short months of the white coupe running on the Mapecu2 i HATED it. so the mapecu2 needed to go. In favor of the AEM EMS Version 2. I also decided to upgrade the turbo. So the PT 6265 .68A/r Billet was replaced by a Precision 6266 .68A/r CEA turbo. Also re-heat wrapped the heater hoses. Installed a TRD Thermostat, (while i was there i modified the upper waterneck some more for a better look, added Flex a lite fans, as well as a DIF fan controller, and did some custom power steering lines (using XRP fittings) I also deleted the A/c compressor and got a new belt along with a new tensioner. Also picked up a custom wiper motor cover (very happy with this)

here are some pics.

[badbob2121]

Such a sick build.

Your bay is so clean, awesome work.

[OutToWinPAHC]

I just hate the hug 90 intercooler coupler.... grrrr

[Flicktitty]

Such a sick build.

Your bay is so clean, awesome work.

Thanks man!

I just hate the hug 90 intercooler coupler.... grrrr

yeah, im not sure how i feel about it. Will most likely be there for this year, in talks of tucking the bay and cleaning up alot more stuff next year, might go with a new intercooler,piping and maybe throw on a wiggens clamp or two

[nevertheless]

updates?

[danshaz82]

def one of the cleanest builds on here. so much attention to detail.
i may have missed it, but any plans for skirts/rear aero?
also, i love the wheel/tire fitment. sooooooo meaty. hopefully i can see this thing at usair or something sometime soon.

[Flicktitty]

I feel as though this needs to be updated as it is long over due.

I did some suspension and brake work on the front end of the car.

NEW OEM NISSAN FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS
NISMO POWER BRACE
SPL TITANIUM TENSION RODS
DIF STAINLESS BRAKE LINES
INFINITI Q45 CALIPERS
EBC SENTRA ROTORS
O'REILLYS GOLD PADS (for now)
HAWK HPS




With the MAP ECU 2 long gone it was time to make the car run on the AEM EMS V2, after some tweeking and adjustments the car was ready to go down to Sound Performance for the tune.

The temperature outside was 96 degrees with a humidity in the high 60's when the car was strapped to the dyno, So needless to say i wasn't expecting much. A few hours later after a few pulls and a couple of mishaps and issues. the car got to 400rwhp on 14psi only being able to rev the motor to the 5800-6000rpm are due to a fuel pressure drop. (Wiring to the fuel pump needs to be upgraded) For the temperature, the low boost and the higher stalled automatic that is in the car i am pretty pleased with the setup.


Took the car to a local car show a couple weeks later


Drove the car some that summer (2012) had a few issued with the wiring Tech2 did to the car. Which caused us to redo a few things to get the car back running. Also noticed a small oil leak from the oil return line, guh. always something right?

Here are some pics of the car throughout the summer/fall of 2012.



we ended up selling the Megan street coilovers and picked up some HKS HyperMax RS coilovers


We parked the car shortly after getting the coilovers on the car for the 2012/2013 winter.
Decided it was time to get rid of the noisy water pump, figured get a new timing belt well i was in there as well as a new tensioner.


Got that back together and decided to tackle a little wiring job to clean it up a little bit.


With the radiator removed i massaged the upper core support to gain a little more room. But i didn't want to make a big cut cause i hate how that looks.



Also got one of these!


Figured a new strut bar was in order, Picked up the GT-SPEC bar.


Also thought it was time for a wheel upgrade! Stich Mesh 17x8+35 (f) 17x9+35 (r)


In March of 2013 this happened.


Then we built this.



Out with the old in, In with the new.


While the wheels were painted we had the spark plug cover,and strut bar ends as well as the new velocity stack painted to match.




Got the interior pretty much finished.


Took the car out and did some cruising around.


Car developed a misfire so we redid the coilpack connectors.

and picked up a clean low mile set of uncracked coilpacks, as these were toast.


With the car back up and running i decided to straighten the garage and found this!


Went to a meet and had a friend take some more shots.





did so more cruising around with some friends.







had a friend take some shots of the car before we put it away for the winter.



























Mod list:
1989 Nissan 240sx Coupe XE
19,000 Original miles
2JZ-GTE Aristo swap
MKIV Supra (USDM) camshafts
Tech2 Motorsports swap kit
Precision 6266 .68A/r T4 turbo
AEM EMS Version 2 standalone
Fuel Injector Clinic 750CC injectors, -6AN fuel rail
Aeromotive FPR
Red Horse racing fuel lines and fittings
Deatchwerks DW300 fuel pump
Godspeed Intercooler
Custom 2.5” Intercooler piping
Tial 38mm Wastegate
Tial Blow off valve
Treadstone Turbo manifold
CX Racing downpipe
Megan OE Type II “cat back”
Titan 3500 Stall converter
Speedhut custom speedometer and Tachometer
Axis Racing custom gauge cluster
Axis Racing custom center gauge panel.
AEM Digital gauges (Wideband,Oil temp, Trans temp, Oil pressure, Oil Temperature)
GFB E-Force II Boost controller
Silvia S13 front end conversion
SuperMade Instant Gentleman body kit
Origin trunk spoiler
17x8 + 35 235/40/17
17x9 + 35 275/40/17 Mickey Thompson Drag Radials
The car has had a variety of coilovers, from Megan street’s to the HKS Hypermax, Now the car will be riding on ISC Streets.
Megan traction and RUCA
SPL Tension Rods
Tein inner and outter tie rods
Silvia S13 VLSD
Clocks Off Racing 6-Point NHRA roll cage
S14 SE front seats
RJS Pink harness
Cruise Pink shift knob
Yashio Factory E brake button
Big End Pink steering wheel
NRG Short hub and V.2 Quick Release
Factory huds up display
and lots lots lots lots more

[Hijacker]

Excuse me while I wipe the drool up off my desk. You two have done an amazing job with that car.

[Flicktitty]

Excuse me while I wipe the drool up off my desk. You two have done an amazing job with that car.

Haha, thanks! Means alot.

Car is still no wear near finished, although this winters "to-do" list is pretty short which is nice for a change, just going to throw some new tires at it, put a boost controller on the car, a new downpipe/exhaust, maybe a new intercooler and piping. and Retune the car and have some fun.

[CJH]

It's true, you guys have built a great car. It looks clean and well done. Congrats about the engagement. I assume she said yes, otherwise this thread would have been updated differently

Keep up the good work. One of these days my crap will work and we might meet.

[Razi]

I love how everything is pink haha.
I got to drive friend's MkIV with about 450hp and that thing was fast. Your coupe must be ridiculous.

[Flicktitty]

It's true, you guys have built a great car. It looks clean and well done. Congrats about the engagement. I assume she said yes, otherwise this thread would have been updated differently

Keep up the good work. One of these days my crap will work and we might meet.

Thanks man! Yes she said yes LOL

Hopefully we see each other at some point.

[Flicktitty]

I love how everything is pink haha.
I got to drive friend's MkIV with about 450hp and that thing was fast. Your coupe must be ridiculous.

Haha thanks, That's where her word came in, i just tried to keep it at a reasonable amount cause too much can get pretty terrible looking.

Yeah this thing goes pretty well. The weight compared to the supra is pretty big but the current gear ratio in the car i believe is hurting the cars performance as it still has the 4.08 Gearset in it, I would like to drop it down to a 3.54 or 3.69