Orange S13 RB26DETT Street Driven Destroyer From Australia

[endlss]

My name is Mitch, im 22yo from Australia mate! Been a bit of a lurker of the old nicoclub for a few years and thought its about time i sign up and Share the Details of my Build up!

So this is my S13 (240sx) Silvia, RHD 1992 model. I purchased the cr with a rb20det conversion allready completed with a Modification list a mile long, making a reliable 256kw (340hp) Most of the pictures show the car in this setup which lasted almost 3 years of nasty Clutch/limiter bashing street fury lol, Before finilly a oil problem let the motor go to heaven. Allot of the parts have been sold off and im in the middle of a rb26dett conversion!

I have a ton of pics but ill just start with a few for now to get everyone keen.

Here are the mods so far that will remain with the car

1992 S13 Silvia
Orange with a very faint Gold Pearl

RB25DET gearbox
OS GIKEN Twin Plate Clutch
KAAZ 2WAY LSD
SARD Fuel Pressure Regulator
CUSTOM Stainless Intercooler Piping
HKS Pod Filter's
BOSCH 044 External Pump
External Surge Tank
ASE Polished header tank
TRUST 600x300x115 Front mount
KAKIMOTO cat back exhaust with Titanium look tip
5 Stud Hubs
R32 Skyline GTST 4 pots up front 2 pots up back
BREMBO front discs
PROJECT Mu Street Pads front
TEIN HE Drift Spec Coilovers
BRIDE ZIEG III low max seats
Matching BRIDE interior trim on doors, glove box, mats & gear boot
NARDI swede steering wheel
SAFETY 21 HALF CAGE
CUSCO strut braces front and back
CUSCO Sway bars front and back
HICAS Lock Bar
HID Head Lights
Apexi RSM
DEFI White Face Boost Gauge, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, Water Temp
PIVOT Security Start Button
TRUST Gear Knob
Boot Mounted battery
Factory nismo AERO front bar

Volk/Rays Engineering TE37 Rims
18x8.5 +30 front
18x9.5 +40 rear
With 15mm bolt on spacers all round

GTR Style grill
NO A/c condenser and lines removed


The car previously had

RB20DET engine conversion
TRUST TD06H-25G Turbo kit/stainless manifold
46mm External gate with screamer
Trust Adjustable Cam Gears w/ Trust Timing Belt
Z32 AFM
SARD Fuel Pressure Regulator
SARD 720cc injectors
APEXI Power FC + Hand Controller

Making 256KW at 18psi

So ill get on with the pics, and ill add another post when i get home from work with regards to what is being added with the new build! enjoy






















And the newest Picture, Dead 20 on the right, 26 on the engine stand to the left. This is just after 1 days work, Sump is allready off and at the engineer to get converted to Rwd!



Maybe some new pics later tonight Hope everyone enjoys the build, hope to be finished and running by the end of january!

Mitch

[costa_rican13]

that looks beasty!sweet car!

[zer0faith]

excellent choice in new motor. cannot wait to see her roaring!

[laxands13]

word. i actually really like that orange. that looks like it should be an awesome build

[elchoccolatte]

Nice Ride!!!

[Madhatter969]

I'm loving every inch of this car!

[endlss]

thanks for all the kind words, ive got to take some new photos this weekend and get them posted up. Built myself a new workbench and got most of the motor pulled down. Hopefully sticking to my end of january deadline !

[mattblancarte]

Very nice! I'm digging the colors.

[scotty-2-forty]

WELCOME! Sweetness! My kind of cleanliness! Color reminds me of Hugger Orange; had that on my 70 Camaro years ago! Have fun with the change-over. Why don't you put a crossbar in the cage and attach some nice safety harnesses? Beauty.

And in case you haven't already:
best-looking-s13-s-ever-thread-t363427.html
... and ...
clean-240-s-t491753.html

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Sucks to see an aero front bumper cut up like that!

Great looking car though. Very nicely done, I'm diggin the orange!

[endlss]

Makes me really proud to hear that everybody likes it. It truly is my pride and joy. I am planning to add some takata harness's and a harness bar in the future. Engine first

OK finially some progress and some new pictures, Have sorted out the wiring. and all the plumbing on the 26. god there is alot you dont need!

Aircon compressor removed, rb26 power steering pump removed and the rb20 bolted into place. (conveniently fits using the standard mounting location of the air conditioning compressor)

Front pipe has turned up, still waiting on AFM's and hks hard intake kit. But the thing really slowing me down is the VRS kit, will seriously hurt somebody if this s*** doesnt turn up soon! As soon as it gets here the motor will be redy to have clutch bolted on and motor dropped into place.

All the engine covers have been nicely painted aswell. Here is some pics, also one of my new workbench (actually just reallised i didnt take one of the actuall work bench so i will get onto that in the next few days )

[simmode1]

OP, you're in Australia... I'm just curious: Did you ever consider swapping in the VQ30DET instead? Australia seems to be the only place where I've seen ppl swapping that...

[s13sickboi]

that is one clean coupe! love the color. Mishimoto orange ftw

[bersh240]

loveeeee itttt

do you have any high res versions of the second pic?

[pj]

i've seen your car before man. dont remember where but ive seen it.

[endlss]

yeah whats your email, ill send it to you mate

[RB26]

that is one sexy ride mate! keep us posted. I'm in the middle of my own rb26 build right now. It's been taking forever but sooo worth the wait.

[bersh240]

yeah whats your email, ill send it to you mate

[email protected]
thankyou sir!

[EnjoiNismo]

This has been one of my ideal cars for a very long time.
I'd love to see your car in person.

[the_hype_flash]

<---- Is jealous of Australians. Such nice cars with practically no limit to what they can do to their cars.
mmmmmm home of the rb30

[endlss]

The two guys i sent hi res photos to let me know you got them ok?

So many kind words guys, makes me really miss my time in california in 2008 i really want to come back soon.

Far from it! our rules are very strict, but there are things called engineeres certificates that as long as an engineer deems your vehicle and mods to be safe you can get them signed off so police cant touch you. Some things cant be made legal like aftermarket ecu's etc but very seldemly do police realise and pin you for that. BUT some police will still defect your car no matter what the cert says, just to make your life hard. But its all part of the game!

and to the rb30 comment, lol anyone interested in group buy? ill organise a pallet of them haha

Spent a little time on the motor today, everything is stripped down ready to replace all the gaskets! also going to heat treat the manifolds and dumps.

[endlss]

Whole front of motor is finished

Cam seals
N1 oil pump
Water pump
crank seal
new idler bearing
new tensioner and spring
Gates timing belt

hmm think thats the whole front? Was starting to get super angry as i realised i got sent 3 crank seals instead of one crank and two cam seals... turns out cam seals are same part number as crank seals in 32 gtr's haha

Still waiting on vrs, and waiting for my standard manifolds and dumps to get painted in that black heat proof stuff. Should tidy it up a bit.

Then only thing left is rear main seal and bolt clutch/flywheel up and drop it in

Wiring is allready finished. Then just mod front pipe to fit my existing 3" cat back system and two cooler pipes and bam back on the road


Also found out i got a nice surprise turbo wise with my front cut, .60 - .64 turbos, There either N1 or Nismo Group A turbos. Pretty happy bout that

[supersayianjim]

hey there. welcome. i also have a rb 20det that iam hoping to get your hp levels.. question

why didn't you buy a side mount intake(like the 26 has). and was one needed?? also where did you get your rear strut bar for the engine bay??

[endlss]

Sorry it took so long to get photos uploaded but here they are

Motor is in and cleared everything everyone said it wouldnt haha





That strut brace is cuscu and sourced it from japan, also there is no need to change manifold on the 20 untill your making 300rwkw and then you have to spend $1000 on a properly designed and manufactured item unless you want to go bacwards in power. and at that price id rather just stick another 4psi and some extra fuel in there i reckon it would give the same result.

[jerseydevil36]

Absolutely Beautiful ride!!!!!

[endlss]

Sorry there has been a lack of reply's

Learnt a lesson during this, if you want something done right do it yourself!

the only thing i outsourced was wiring and they stuffed it, ended up using the gtr owners manual and re-wiring it myself from scratch, so there goes 3 weeks and $550 that i didnt have to spend if i had of just atacked it myself, but its finished now!

drives beautifully, amazing sound and on only 10psi it is amazing fast and responsive. going to run it in for a few days, do another oil and filter change and put it on the rolling road (dyno) and tune some more boost into it... probly about 18psi and its all finished.

Also some semi slicks going on tomorow morning so cant wait for that! will give it a scrub tomorrow and get some final pictures up for you, i just have this one for now



just from my camera phone sorry about the quallity!