My S13 VH45DET build thread

[Red93coupe]

paint is vht wrinkle

Where on earth did you find the red wrinkle? I seriously looked everywhere, even ebay didnt have it

[Chaluska]

http://www.google.com/search?q=vht+red+ ... 6fe9bc4f15

its all over the place...

[Red93coupe]

http://www.google.com/search?q=vht+red+ ... 6fe9bc4f15

its all over the place...

Strange i worked at O'Reilly and now NAPA and when i was building my vg30dett I looked and no one had this paint......maybe I'm retarded lol

[b20vtechb]

i had advance auto parts order it in for me, they had it within a couple days

[Madhatter969]

Build up looks great man, should be amazing when you're done.

[b20vtechb]

Build up looks great man, should be amazing when you're done.

thanks i'm hoping it will run as good as its gonna look lol

[b20vtechb]

studs welded to the adapter plate and ground back down


thread inserts put in


plate bolted on


flywheel on with flex plate spacer and arp bolts


transmission bolted on


sitting in the car



and some carbon fiber accents for fun



some of my header making stuff should be in next week, and also most of my fuel system and oil system parts, so things should start moving decently quick now

[JoseBronx]

[mixeds14]

man that thing s goin to be sweet... btw thats a big turbo u got there..

[b20vtechb]

5/8" fuel line for the feed


bunch of fittings and FPR


oil filter block



intake manifold modified for the top feed injectors




lancer evo calipers with 09 G37 rotors.


pipes for the turbo manifolds

[b20vtechb]

finally moved into a new house with a garage!!!









got my collectors and flange in


bunch of s***



finally got the fuel pumps that have been back ordered forever


i should be able to start making some good progress now that i'm settled in and have a place to actually work on the thing regardless of the weather!

[S13_RB25]

Pure sexiness!! Nice build bro can't wait to see it on the road...

[b20vtechb]

little bit of progress...

[meet07]

This is gonna turn out great!

[b20vtechb]

This is gonna turn out great!

i sure hope it does!

working on the fuel lines







i for some reason got a random idea to use heat shrink on the fuel line and i think it turned out great!

more manifold fun

[b20vtechb]

more fun... now i just have to take them over to a friends house and tig everything

[Razi]

Wow, completely amazing!

[SR Meister]

oooh god! this thing is gonna be nasty when done! im loving it. nice motor setup with a nice car to go along with!!
-are you gonna be cleaning the bay? as in painting it?

[killernoodle]

Nice! I'm going with the same kind of manifold on my brother's SR. Did you get all that from McMaster?

I hope you're patient

[b20vtechb]

oooh god! this thing is gonna be nasty when done! im loving it. nice motor setup with a nice car to go along with!!
-are you gonna be cleaning the bay? as in painting it?

i'll probly respray it its, truck bed liner. after everything is mocked up the engine is coming back out. so i can move the passenger side brake line and run some other stuff.

Nice! I'm going with the same kind of manifold on my brother's SR. Did you get all that from McMaster?

I hope you're patient

all the piping is from acestainless.com much cheaper then mcmaster . collectors and turbo flange is from bmc race

[splintercell]

subscribed!

[SR Meister]

amazing! i cant wait to see done pics! im so excited and its not even my car..lol

[b20vtechb]

subscribed!

thanks!

amazing! i cant wait to see done pics! im so excited and its not even my car..lol

yeah i cant wait too i feel like i've been working on this thing forever! but she's slowly coming together,
i went to pull a part indy yesterday and picked up an altima brake booster and the ecu plugs i needed for the aem ems

[b20vtechb]

took the headers out and took them to get the flanges blasted.





got the driverside fuel rail totally done











depinned all the ecu plugs and getting ready to start the wiring fun!

[b20vtechb]

and the progress from last night..

[Madhatter969]

Dear god, this is coming along well! The most epic inspiration to get my sh*t on the road quicker. lol

[b20vtechb]

heres some more progress for now

[b20vtechb]

heres a little more progress





fuel lines all ran











notch for the alternator





oil crap

[m tr4nch]

friggin amazing.. super nice job so far, can't wait to see this completed!

btw, that car looks so familiar, i thought i had pics of it saved from a few years ago..

[b20vtechb]

friggin amazing.. super nice job so far, can't wait to see this completed!

btw, that car looks so familiar, i thought i had pics of it saved from a few years ago..

wow where in the world did you get those pics.. those look like they where from before my buddy ryan had the car.
and thanks for the comments on the car.i've read through your build as well and the amount of work you've put into that thing is impressive! manifolds are hopefully getting tigged up today.