Pooh, I command thee, arise from your slumber!

[audtatious]

Trim that hood to fit and you can use the smaller headlights as seen on 90's cutlass's...

[TheMAN]

there's no cutlass's in japan and those lights will be crappy and will be illegal anyway

he will probably be better off trying to fit the mazda lantis headlights in it, but they might be a little big

[ganma_ca]

Or grab some supermade buckets and some PiAA's:D

[themadscientist]

I don't have $1200 for new headlights. The yen rate is Y78:$1 too.

[TheMAN]

yahoo auctions... who said to buy new?

[themadscientist]

That s*** don't hit the auctions hardly at all and if it did it would still be expensive.

I asked the typhoon if I could work on the car tomorrow. It said "b****, you better strap s*** down cuz I'm comin!"

[TheMAN]

but of course... but good deals always requires diligence
it took me a long time, but I got lucky and scored a Gruppe M intake for my mazda at half price of new... still was expensive as hell but I don't regret it one bit!

[themadscientist]

Sorry, I need a running engine and bodywork first. Nifty headlights are last on the list.

[TheMAN]

it does look to me there's a possibility of fitting stock mazda lantis headlights in... I think you should take some measurements first
those headlights are pretty cheap in the used market

[themadscientist]

Back at it today. I needed to get all the junk out of it. Like many a dead car it had become a storage facility. Not a bad one either, look at all the s*** I had in there!



Stock electrical and other stuff that belong to the car.



Bunch of Skyline stuff an other exhaust parts.



That rusted hatch let a lot of rain get in. It's really nasty inside.



The interior is sort of salvageable. Dash is sun-dried and starting to crack.



At some point a cat was using the car as an apartment, front door was the shifter hole.

[themadscientist]

The wiring is a mess. Good thing I will be rewiring the body after I strip the interior out.



I forgot I made that nifty thing for the glovebox for the computers. If you wondered how I did it, here's how.



I filled the box with expanding foam insulation. After it dried I carved it out.



The frame was made of sheetmetal bent and pop riveted then upholstered with vinyl.



All you kids better be damned thankful there are so many user friendly tuning tools like standalones and such. Back in the day it was all piggybacks, reading plugs and listening for knock over a screaming wastegate. Quit whining!

[float_6969]

Not much of a step up from a carb when you still tune the engine with a flatblade screwdriver, LOL!

[themadscientist]

I knew carbs. I've jetted carbs and you VPC are no carb!

[TheMAN]

is there a HICAS power steering pump in that pile? huh? huh? huh?

[roplusbee]

Mad:

I remember when you posted that pic of your interior. You, Float, and Boost were my inspiration to do and stay CA. Fast forward to now......I'm in a '09 NISMO Z and shopping for a "new" S13 Fastback to drop a CA in. Good luck and God's speed to bring Pooh out of retirement!

[themadscientist]

Ah the Z. The 370Z is one of the few new cars I would buy. The 350 didn't do it for me, but the aesthetic changes they did to the 370 hit all my love buttons.

[ska69]

why so much jdm electronic stuff? because race car?

I really dig those door inserts, would love to do something like that

have you decided on the chassis wiring? I was looking into ISIS wiring the other day, looks great and very simple, dunno if you're friends with wires but I ain't. and such approach should really help me out.

[themadscientist]

I'm investigating about six different companies. I'll probably get something on order in two weeks. I will be doing a detailed writeup when I'm done so others can see what is involved and get some ideas for their own cars.

[roplusbee]

Ah the Z. The 370Z is one of the few new cars I would buy. The 350 didn't do it for me, but the aesthetic changes they did to the 370 hit all my love buttons.

I actually like both, but the NISMO was the one that did it for me. So I am looking @ a 1992 SE c/ CA, but it needs some love.

why so much jdm electronic stuff? because race car?

I really dig those door inserts, would love to do something like that

have you decided on the chassis wiring? I was looking into ISIS wiring the other day, looks great and very simple, dunno if you're friends with wires but I ain't. and such approach should really help me out.

His interior is pimp dude. The lady and I are talking about doing a Spiderman/Venom type thing in her Tahoe. I am thinking about doing Raggety Ann and Andy in the 240SX when/if I get it.

[themadscientist]

I found a new hatch! Thank you type X 180 in the junkyard.

I also found an answer for another problem, a turbo. I sold my old turbo setup. I have a couple of HKS manifolds and they are still my favorite being big cast iron twin scroll beasts, but I don't have a turbo. I have a T4/T3, yes, but I'm not redrilling these manifolds for that.

I went out a hunting and I brought back a kill! Hello Trust stainless manifold.



Nice stainless tubular manifold, but the steel wasn't the greatest back in the day and used ones are always cracked. This one is no different, but I found the cracks and they were properly repaired. Will it crack again, yes; it's a certainty, but I only need it to last me about a year until I can get a new T4.

There are some bits of slag in there I will have to take care of so they don't come loose and f*** up my turbo. If you want to have your heart broken bolt one of those cheapo egay manifolds on your engine without checking inside and have your turbo eat some junk at a couple of thousand RPMs.



Now, why buy another manifold you say? I already have a turbo for this manifold!




It's a TD05H-18G with an 8cm housing, perfect screw for the CA. It meets my power goals and there is another advantage, if it fails, I have another one!

[roplusbee]

So Mad..........whats the possibility of you selling one of those HKS turbo manifolds? I may be getting my hands on another CA powered S13 that needs some love. It's the one with the external WG flange right?

[themadscientist]

Those will never be sold. They are vintage parts that you can't get anymore. I don't think it's really a great match with a LHD car, either. Just punch a hole in the stock manifold and weld a gate flange on it.

[roplusbee]

I feel you

[float_6969]

Since I'm the one he sold his old kit to, let me tell you from experience, you had better be COMPLETELY DEDICATED to running that manifold. It doesn't clear ANYTHING brake related. You will NOT have power brakes with the HKS turbo setup. I'm STILL trying to get brakes sorted out. Also, the wastegate doesn't clear the steering shaft. You have to grind the top of it down so that it will clear. And it's gonna take a REALLY good exhaust shop (luckily we have one where I live) to make an downpipe that will mate the exhaust from the wastegate back in at a decent angle. You can run external wastegate, but I've done it and it sucks.

It's a great manifold, but I think for the money I've spent, and the time and trouble it's caused me, I could have had comparable tubular manifold built that would have been twin scroll. And I would have had power brakes.

[roplusbee]

Roger that! I will take your word for it. And man I am having a time trying to source a unmolested, non-rust bucket, or non-SR swapped S13 (fastback or coupe). I am always a bit too late on every one I have inquired about lately...............

[ragenasian]

I had one too and sold it for the same reasons float described. The guy I bought it from had pictures of it mounted in an S13 but he never really elaborated on what he did to make it fit. Just sold it due to it being more hassle then it was worth. Tried to use it in my AE86 as well, and ran into the same problems.

[TheMAN]

rather than a huge laggy T4 turbo, have you thought about a more efficient ball bearing GT35 or GTX turbo? they're "smaller" but because they're more efficient, they flow just as well as the larger old skool journal bearing turbos

[louiswun]

Since I'm the one he sold his old kit to, let me tell you from experience, you had better be COMPLETELY DEDICATED to running that manifold. It doesn't clear ANYTHING brake related. You will NOT have power brakes with the HKS turbo setup. I'm STILL trying to get brakes sorted out. Also, the wastegate doesn't clear the steering shaft. You have to grind the top of it down so that it will clear. And it's gonna take a REALLY good exhaust shop (luckily we have one where I live) to make an downpipe that will mate the exhaust from the wastegate back in at a decent angle. You can run external wastegate, but I've done it and it sucks.

It's a great manifold, but I think for the money I've spent, and the time and trouble it's caused me, I could have had comparable tubular manifold built that would have been twin scroll. And I would have had power brakes.

I think the HKS manifold design base on RHD chassis.

[themadscientist]

of course it is. The CA18DET never went to the states.

[float_6969]

rather than a huge laggy T4 turbo, have you thought about a more efficient ball bearing GT35 or GTX turbo? they're "smaller" but because they're more efficient, they flow just as well as the larger old skool journal bearing turbos

T4 doesn't automatically equal lag on a CA18. I know this from experience. With my HKS T4 turbo kit. The manifold is a paired manifold. All I did was change out the turbine side from the stock, single scroll .48 A/R, to a twin scroll, .58 A/R and this thing will probably make full boost (27psi) by 4500rpm. And it starts making boost by 3500rpm. And anybody who owns a CA knows it doesn't matter how much boost you throw at it, the CA18DET doesn't do ANYTHING till 3K rpm.

I'm not saying I wouldn't see marked improvement going to a modern turbo, but from my standpoint, if I can do all this with an old journal bearing, imagine what a brand new turbo will do!