LS14 is running...

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:00 pm

zerothread/240101

Post by **Dano** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:52 pm

W00t, yay chris! Glad you made it in here bro!

-Dan

Post by **CCurate** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:44 pm

uuuuuuUUUUUHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!Got to clean myself Up! orThe Dark side is strong in that one

Post by **cnichols** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:51 am

I finally took her for a test drive Friday night after a 13 hour day of work. It went from jack stands, no clutch, no coolant, wheels off, front end off, no driveshaft bolts, no battery tray, interior a mess, electric fans not working, no exhaust to fully functional in one day. Will try to get video for audio sake. It has long tube stainless headers to a Y-merge to the Apex'i GT Spec (entire exhaust is stainless) and I think it sounds AMAZING.

Updated pics...

Post by **Dano** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:29 pm

You put those wheels on just for me didn't you...awww

Looks perfect, and the rarity of the med. blue matched to a traitor'd kouki front actually looks amazing. Get video! Those wheels still make me hot and bothered...

-Dan

Post by **redrocket** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:31 pm

OMG that car is like so awesome

too bad you sold out and put that front end on

Post by **koukicody** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:38 pm

kouki>zenki

+100000000 for the LS1 swap!!

Post by **AZhitman** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:42 pm

Chris, you are a BAMF.

I'm in love with that - Well-done, Sir. Well-done.

Post by **redtop91** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:46 pm

Post by **Blown240sx** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:49 am

awaiting Video..... I wanna see some pavement eating.

Post by **Sil40_Mayhem** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:12 am

That thing is evil. Pure evil. It steals kids' candy, makes fun of the disabled, and feeds ex-lax to the neighbor's dog...

In short, it's AWESOME!!! Excellent work!

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:24 pm

redrocket wrote:OMG that car is like so awesome

too bad you sold out and put that front end on

Quiet...you know you love the Kouki monster front end. Now that you don't own an S14, you have no need to be loyal to the Zenki.

Glass projector or plastic? Hmmm.... But seriously, you know I have love for both.

AZhitman wrote:Chris, you are a BAMF.

I'm in love with that - Well-done, Sir. Well-done.

Thank you! You can all expect video this week. Just need to get an air filter on it (been driving w/out one...too much temptation not to), fix PS leak, and well, that's about it.

Post by **hannibal** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:18 pm

Wow, that thing rocks! Cant wait to hear it driving...

Love that blue color too!

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:35 pm

hannibal wrote:Wow, that thing rocks! Cant wait to hear it driving...

Love that blue color too!

Thanks, I will have to get some video this week (weather permitting) because I LOVE the sound.

Color is Mediterranean Blue...factory color on the 240 in 96 only.

Post by **XofXtimeX** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:25 am

I should be putting my engine in about 2 months long as I don't hit anymore financial bumps.

Your car is what I'm striving to try and make mine look like.

I'll probably have a few questions for you when I get started so be expecting me

Post by **Repo Man** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:08 am

Chris, nicely done my man. We need to have an Indy meet again so you and Dastoor and everyone else I haven't seen in a coon's age can all get together again and we can drool over your bastard-child 570SX.

One thing I want to know is do you plan to eventually beat Hal in that bad boy?

Post by **n00b240** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:05 pm

What will you do with a beast like that? Autocross? Roadrace? Drag? Drift? It would be interesting to see what people plan on doing with this swap

Post by **Repo Man** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:02 pm

Anything you want.

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:08 pm

repo man wrote:Chris, nicely done my man. We need to have an Indy meet again so you and Dastoor and everyone else I haven't seen in a coon's age can all get together again and we can drool over your bastard-child 570SX.

One thing I want to know is do you plan to eventually beat Hal in that bad boy?

Dastoor is back in whipped mode w/ his new fiancee so he doesn't even answer the phone. He's gone Eurotrash on us...leasing a BMW.

No, Hal is not within reach. I'm not shooting for that because I want to drive this on the street regularly. Maybe someday, if I turn it into an all out drag car, I'll try and chase him down. All I know is I rode in his Lexus a couple weeks back and it was pretty scary. He's putting down at least double what I am to the wheels.

Is there a decent meet in Indy coming up soon? I might be comfortable enough with the car by then to make that drive.

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:11 pm

n00b240 wrote:What will you do with a beast like that? Autocross? Roadrace? Drag? Drift? It would be interesting to see what people plan on doing with this swap

I'm trying not to dedicate it to one particular form of racing just yet (and may never). I wanted to build an all-around nice driver that is flexible enough to do anything.

VIDEO!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j10t3Og5T2w
Modified by cnichols at 2:38 AM 5/1/2007

Post by **Repo Man** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:21 am

Nichols, I sent you an email to the address in your profile. We need to talk.

Post by **Swedish Mike** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:09 am

Really nice, nice to see these crazy hybrids!

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:09 pm

hey man quick question regarding your differential. Did you have to customize any part of your differential to get this running?

Im planning on putting a kaaz 2 way LSD on m s14 and was wondering if i should just hold off till im certain im doing this swap.

Thanks.

Post by **cnichols** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:00 pm

-ExCesS- wrote:hey man quick question regarding your differential. Did you have to customize any part of your differential to get this running?

Im planning on putting a kaaz 2 way LSD on m s14 and was wondering if i should just hold off till im certain im doing this swap.

Thanks.

Not at all. Driveshaft will be custom, but there's no need to do anything to the diff. I do recommend new aluminum or Nismo diff bushings to reduce wheel hop.

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:14 am

cnichols wrote:
Not at all. Driveshaft will be custom, but there's no need to do anything to the diff. I do recommend new aluminum or Nismo diff bushings to reduce wheel hop.

oo worddd thanks man

Post by **s14det** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:53 pm

Dude that sounds awesome. I think it sounds alot better then any LS1 I have ever heard. Nice solid deep tone!!!! I always wondered what a good quality import exhaust would sound like on a V8.

Makes me wonder what my Nur Spec would sound like UUMMMM
Modified by s14det at 5:35 PM 6/1/2007

Post by **rh4motorsports** » Wed May 30, 2007 6:19 am

hey looks familiar.. haha it's still always going to be the cleanest lsx swap of all time!

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:25 pm

Another question for you, since your the only one who posted an LS powered 14. Do you have any pictures of your build up. Not necessarily (sp) the build but the custom parts you put in and parts your cut out. Mainly the engine bay work.

Post by **cnichols** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:21 pm

I've been dragging my feet on updatin the pics on this site...

http://www.streetelite.net

Will get around to it someday. Browse through those and let me know specifically what else you want to see.

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:28 am

nice pics, those are pretty much what I was looking for.

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