NC SC CHAT

[maxima278]

I'm with dalzell. Just be sure you're looking at the correct year model engine there. Seems like they change from year to year. I would still cap off as many as possible.

Alright Maxima nevermind its yours it is a little too much for me to get into at the moment.

Yeah, it's a parts car at this point. too far gone to save unless you already have all the parts laying around, especially since it is auto and has most of the interior ripped out. I am fixing up an S14 to sell if you're interested.

[Black on Gold]

Well, SOHC and DOHC doesnt matter. And Nissan decided to rid of it on the S14's because they realized it was useless and not needed.

Anyways, i fixed the idling problem and she doesnt smoke anymore by hooking up the lines. The motor doesnt shake at idle anymore either. There is only one hose that i didnt hook up because when i did, the car would not start. I'll have to see how it does on gas mileage. Hopefully i've fixed the problem. Im ready to spend some money on mods

[gnvarnadore]

hey guys i was just on enjukuracing.com and they are selling used parts on ebay. they have a oem s15 steering wheel, a stage 3 clutch, and all kinds of other parts so check it out they might have something yall might want.

[gr8bryt]

It seems that I'm having the same or at least similar problems. Lots of shaking during idle, low idle (> 1K rpm), crappy fuel mileage, and misc noises. Maybe I can gain some knowledge from that chart. My engine bay is so nasty looking though, mostly from where the oil runs down after pulling the filter, gosh I hate that. Why can't there be a little drain ramp so the oil can run down away from the motor? I believe the water pump housing is leaking, but I don't understand why, I'm sure everything was tightened down when I took it off. I used grey silicone sealant and I was told that's the good stuff. Most likely I'll just get a new water pump and hopefully new bolts and perhaps that will solve my coolant leak. I need to stop procrastinating and replace the mid-shaft bearing as well, I can't get any decent power to the wheels unless I rev to 3K! SO there you have it, at least that's all I know of to be wrong. I'll get with you all later.

[Black on Gold]

Honestly Bryton, you sound to have worse problems then i do. Check for Vac leaks or anywhere that there should be hoses or hoses attached too. That would help the idling problem a bit.

Sound to me though you just need to swap the KA out man.

[maxima278]

bryton, you should just find yourself a good dohc KA. I believe there's one on craigslist atlanta for $265. It's disassembled, but I'm sure you could get it going.

[scs13]

why swap it out?? theres nothing seriously wrong with it. did that radiator solve the overheating problem? vacuum leaks are a *****, pretty sure thats why my car was running like **** for so long, hence why i scrapped all that **** off my motor. i would go ahead and try the starting fluid thing to see if you can find any vacuum leaks like that. but do you happen to have any problems with cold starts or with shutting it down and cranking it again when the engine is warm? my brothers car would idle like ****, shake like crazy when you tried to crank it up after warming in up and then trying to crank it again. im sure he was getting ****ty gas mileage too because it was dumping fuel like crazy. all because of the coolant temperature sensor. fixed that and so far it has been running beautifuly.

[gnvarnadore]

dang bryton. ok everyone with a s13 or heck even some s14's our cars are getting up there in age so lets all make sure we check our hoses because a vacum leak can make the car run like crap and the radiator hoses can fail and colapse(sp?) causing the car not to cool properly, thus overheating.

[Black on Gold]

Just posting some pics i found:

[gnvarnadore]

ok i got a question, could a fried o2 sensor wire cause the car to idle funny and or drain the battery? because i was checking all of my hoses and wires to see if i had any problems and well my o2 sensor wire is melted the **** up. only bad hose i found is the one that runs from the valve cover to the intake/tb boot has a crack in it.

[gr8bryt]

I've been giving some thought to putting in a dohc ka for the time being just to get me over to my RB. I figure I'll spend about $300 in getting all the little querks worked out of my current KA. The only issue that's been holding me back besides money(of course) would be that I don't know how or when I'd be able to drop it in. I work M-F and usually have school on the other days. There's the weekend, but I would need access to a healthy supply of tools, an engine hoist, and a couple of people that actually know what they're doing.

[Zee]

I've been giving some thought to putting in a dohc ka for the time being just to get me over to my RB. I figure I'll spend about $300 in getting all the little querks worked out of my current KA. The only issue that's been holding me back besides money(of course) would be that I don't know how or when I'd be able to drop it in. I work M-F and usually have school on the other days. There's the weekend, but I would need access to a healthy supply of tools, an engine hoist, and a couple of people that actually know what they're doing.

Honestly dropping in an engine is not hard at all. Since you are taking out the old it would be even easier just label wires when taking out the old KA and just put them in the same location for the new KA no problem there. I know how you feel I work M-F 8:30-5:30 and have school on Tues. and Thurs. it sucks, but it is all for the love of the 240.

On A Side note: Maxima give me a price quote and whats wrong with it and any upgrades and I only want a S14, so if it is not just tell me I could probably find someone else to buy it but the things I want to do would not be feasible with a S13. Anyway talk to you later.

[gnvarnadore]

hey Bryton talk to Jordan (scs13) im sure he would drop in an engine for you

[gnvarnadore]

On A Side note: Maxima give me a price quote and whats wrong with it and any upgrades and I only want a S14, so if it is not just tell me I could probably find someone else to buy it but the things I want to do would not be feasible with a S13. Anyway talk to you later.

what are you wanting to do to a s14? your wanting a 5 speed right? and how much are you looking to spend on one because i know a guy thats been thinking of selling his s14 and you know money talks.

[Zee]

what are you wanting to do to a s14? your wanting a 5 speed right? and how much are you looking to spend on one because i know a guy thats been thinking of selling his s14 and you know money talks.

Ya I want a 5 speed, but I won't say how much I am looking to spend because people have a tendency to up the price if they know I am willing to spend more.I am wanting to do a full S15 Front Conversion with the S15 taillights,too. Which I am going to look for a body shop to mold in for me with an SR20DET with some basic upgrades for now (look at the blog on my myspace for the full details, it is titled "My Project") till I get the money then, around this time next year I am going to buy just and SR20 Block and completely build the engine from the ground up and drop it in another S14 for racing, autocross you know the good stuff, but the S15 swapped car will be a Summer Driver and maybe more if I decide to get rid of the car I have now. I am also do a few things to the interior but nothing much.
Modified by Zee at 8:34 PM 5/7/2007

[Black on Gold]

That car will more then likely take you more than a year to do. Especially being in school and all

[maxima278]

Not sure how the S15 taillights will look... What kind of car do you have now?

[gr8bryt]

I was thinking about that since I know he did one for his brother's car recently. I just have to get all my ducks in the pond at the same time.

[gr8bryt]

I think an s14 w/ s15 all around conversion will look okay, albeit I'm curious to see how the rear will look. I suppose with enough cutting and bondo it could look really close to an actual s15....go for it and keep up posted with progress and pics of course.

[scs13]

im about to pull an engine out of my friends car tonight. we were gonna turbo it, but it looks like he is gonna need a new manifold. current topmount is making the t3/4 hit the brake mc and the outlet hitting the ps resevior and strut mount tunnel thing, and the elbow/dp was gonna hit the brake hardlines . so i think we are just gonna go ahead and prep it for the turbo, put the drain for the turbo in the oil pan etc, remove all the emissions and all that and then put it back in. it will probobly be another month before he gets the new manifold, injectors and safc II. ill post some pictures tonight of how the setup looked last night.

does anybody know where we can get some like 370-550cc injectors and an safc II btw?

[gnvarnadore]

in the september 06 modified mag they had a s14 silvia that had a r34 syline front end and tails with a wild cutom made body kit pulling it all together, so s15 front and tails wouldnt be that hard to pull off.

[gnvarnadore]

ok i got a question, could a fried o2 sensor wire cause the car to idle funny and or drain the battery? because i was checking all of my hoses and wires to see if i had any problems and well my o2 sensor wire is melted the **** up. only bad hose i found is the one that runs from the valve cover to the intake/tb boot has a crack in it.

anybody know?

[dalzell240]

you might need a new o2 sensor because the o2 sensor tells how much air and fuel to send to the motor so you're probably getting a false reading from that. check you alternator wires because thats what will most likely drain the battery

anybody know?

[dalzell240]

some new shots from today new spot mirrorscar seat muffler

[Zee]

Not sure how the S15 taillights will look... What kind of car do you have now?

Here is his Cardomain Page

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/675883

I own a Chevy Cavalier, but check it out on my myspace because telling you what it is doesn't do it justice.

[Black on Gold]

Yea, i dont know about the whole S15 taillight conversion. I think its alot more work. It not worth it in my opinion. Why would you do that to a perfectly good S14 too? The only taillight conversions i'd do are on a Hatch-Kouki Type X's, S14b-Kouki Tails, and on a Coupe i think R32 tails look good.

[maxima278]

Yeah, that's more time and money you could be spending on making the car more of a blast to drive. Just dream of importing an S15 of your own onw day and try to make it happen and be happy with an S14 in the meantime.

[Zee]

Yea, i dont know about the whole S15 taillight conversion. I think its alot more work. It not worth it in my opinion. Why would you do that to a perfectly good S14 too? The only taillight conversions i'd do are on a Hatch-Kouki Type X's, S14b-Kouki Tails, and on a Coupe i think R32 tails look good.

S15 has been my dream car ever since it first came out and I wanted but since the import and price is just too steep for me since I am in college. I thought this would be something good to do since most of the engine work I can do myself so it will be fun. I would love to do an SR20 from an S15, but I don't like the idea of a 6-speed so I am going to go with the S14 SR20 but it is to look just like a S15 except for a few things like seats and the fact that it is a left-hand drive which I found a way to change but I would need a donor S15 clip, but it just seems like too much work. Anyway that is the reason I am doing it, it will be really fun.

[Zee]

Yeah, that's more time and money you could be spending on making the car more of a blast to drive. Just dream of importing an S15 of your own onw day and try to make it happen and be happy with an S14 in the meantime.

yeah was thinking about that too, so I was also thinking about this... and spend what I would save on some go fast goodies.

[Black on Gold]

Well with seeing that your in college and your wanting to do all this to a S14 your going to spend about 80% of what it costs for a S15. I've seen a few S15's on here go for 28000 which isnt bad at all. You'll have to factor in the S14- $3000 ( at the least), S15 conversion for the front- $1300, S14 SR- $2300, S15 Rear Taillights-$600, Labor of Taillights-$2000, Paint-$800-2000, plus theres all the other things i've seen on your myspace you'd want on your car. So far thats already $10,000 and thats not including the upgrades you wanted to do