My s13 build...vh45/suede/tubs/wire tuck..full resto 56K NO!

[speedeast]

I expect pictures.

[omgshawn]

Pulled the tank. It actually looks good in there, lol.




I was expecting it to be bad, judging from the rest of the car.. I guess I'm just going to clean it up, re coat it, and still use it. If it was bad, I was going to cut the floor out, run a cell/external pump/AN lines all the way to the engine bay, which would be $5-600 to do the way I wanted, but since it's good I'll put the money towards something else for now and do that later on down the road.


Also, did I mention I love wiring?




Stripping out the rear wiper, antenna, the rest of the seat belt system and anything else I come across

[speedeast]

Lookin' good! You're wire harness looks just like mine right now, haha! I love wiring too; I like the challenge I have with it. Glad to see your tank was clean, mine is gone now. I pick up my new fuel cell on Tuesday! So excited!! Moar pix!

[omgshawn]

Haha thanks, it is quiet a challenge but I love seeing the finished product, totally worth it

Nice bro, how are you going about mounting the cell?

And I'm just about done with the inside harness so I'll have some more pics up soon

[omgshawn]

Stripped and laid out(somewhat lol) on the table, pulled the front harness off it because this will be done soon


What was pulled out so far, still didn't get to the dash side of the harness

[motoman399]

^^ feel free to send me your old wire scraps lol. i am doing a wire tuck and am gonna need all the different colors. good luck with the strip

[omgshawn]

Lol that's not even half of it, I have a tub full of wiring from this car I'm not using, let me know what colors you need and I most likely have extras

[motoman399]

i honestly have no idea what colors i will be needing. i havent even started it yet. i just know im going to need a crap ton haha. i have a spare harness and i dont even know if its going to be enough for my idea of how im doing it.

[omgshawn]

How do you plan on doing it?

[motoman399]

well i plan to split up the harness in two sections and have basicly one harness on either side of the car for the body harness and then just tuck the engine harness as good as i can. i have an s14 so i have that big a** fuse box i have to get rid of. so im going to do a custom fuse box also. its going to be a big a** project.

[omgshawn]

Do you plan on having the fuse box inside or in the engine bay? You will probably have all the wiring you need left over if you put it inside

[stk240atx044]

Damn you are so lucky to get some JDM tails with your buy thats sweet. Cant wait to see the build go further!

[omgshawn]

Haha yeah I got lucky..saved myself some decent money

[some_white_guy]

man that suede is baller
i'm gana request a write-up or at least more pics of the process but i know you have a s*** of work to do on this soon-to-be beast haha

[Midwest_240sx]

Please do a write-up on the interior cuz I got stuck with the gross brown and have been wanting to do suede even before I got my 240'. And it is cracked so bondo is gonna fill them cracks.

[tmwnn]

Don't worry, I'm gonna. That s*** looks nastyyyy. I just got my tank filled and some more wire to fix the rust issues, so I'm gonna clean this one up and redo it. I refuse to use flux core lol

I'm diggin the build.

Just a question though, I agree those welds look nasty, and whoever did it didn't even bother cleaning up the slag
But I thought when welding the diff Flux was better since it penetrated more?

[speedeast]

But I thought when welding the diff Flux was better since it penetrated more?

Not necessarily, depends on your technique and your equipment. It's definitely cleaner though to avoid flux-core!!!

[omgshawn]

I'll probably make a write up for the suede, I still need to finish a couple more pieces anyways

And yeah I shouldn't have a problem with the gas and penetration, and just like Speedeast said, definitely cleaner!


@ Midwest - Don't use bondo, if you're going to be covering it with something I would think an epoxy based glue will work a lot better for cracks, maybe a little more of a b**** to sand but will be stronger

Thanks to everyone for the comments, you guys are keeping me motivated!

Oh and I had to put getting the engine on hold until next weekend

[Midwest_240sx]

Thanks for the tip. This is my second car and I'm learning as I go. So far so good. lol My first car was a 1994 Saturn SC1. And it ran pretty good so I didn't have to worry about anything. Ur car is coming along nice. How close are you to setting that monster in the engine bay.

[omgshawn]

Thanks, I don't mind helping so if you have any questions ask away lol


Well, I'm picking up the engine most likely this weekend, if everything goes as planned...I'm hoping to have it in the car with a couple months..still need to get a trans/clutch/flywheel and make mounts and fab up a set of headers etc so I got a bit more to do

[Midwest_240sx]

Damn, I wish I could go all out like that. Mine is sitting in the garage wait for me to get a job to put the SR in there. My mommy is bitchin about it lol. It runs but the auto transmission is bad. I put my master cylinder in there and my clutch pedal. I almost have enough saved but I didn't count in the fact that I gotta buy the IC piping and the better fuel pump.

[omgshawn]

Haha, well atleast you have a garage..I got to work outside

And I know how that is that's why it's taking so long for me..money

[Midwest_240sx]

omgshawn thanks ahead of time. I had an interview at Imo's yesterday, they called me today and asked me to come in tomorrow. So I will have money for my baby (240sx). I will be asking you for help if I need it. Should have the SR in a month.

[omgshawn]

No problem dude just let me know

[omgshawn]

Let me start off by saying....this thing is f*** big. lol


After a tough struggle into the backyard...don't mind the shot KA crank on top


Where it's currently at



Parts and extras



Not too shabby



KA block vs VH


Probably going to start on the engine harness tonight..

[Lonismos14]

that is a big fffing motor.. so whats the plan? Forced Induction?

[speedeast]

[tr4c3]

This thing was a b**** getting into the backyard lol. Can't wait to get mine. I'm not if he is telling his plans but the car is going to be ridiculous.

[motoman399]

thats pretty sweet. i honestly dont think i knew about you wanting to use that engine. keep at it!

[crash n burn]

try picking that bad boy out of the back of a GMC van with 2 guys. holy crap. looks great though