project 200sx hatch

[Idahos13]

Wow man this totaly makes me want a s12 even more! s12's look awesome slammed. Good luck with the build man

[hbpignosePA]

haha unfortunately it wont be slammed anytime soon.

its expensive to modify the suspension.

you have to make your own coils for it

[S13Joe]

Looks really good so far, mind telling me where you got the undercoating and how much did it cost? Really sick car man, keep it up.

[hbpignosePA]

autozone etc has it

its in a blue box w a 196oz container

should be enough for the whole undercoating.

you gotta make sure you really sand it or it will chip off.

its under 75 bucks

apply w a paintbrush

and thanks man; i got lucky w how clean it is overall. has less rust than my s13

[Idahos13]

haha unfortunately it wont be slammed anytime soon.

its expensive to modify the suspension.

you have to make your own coils for it

You can use s13 coils in the front, but you have to use s13 front knuckles and disk brakes, and for the rears just take off the top mounting base of the rear coil and take off the spring and make it into one rod that goes through the strut hole. Megan actually makes a coilover kit for the s12 front and rear for $950.

[hbpignosePA]

no.

you need s13 tension rods, s14 tension rod brackets, knuckles spindles, etc. etc.

the stock stuff doesnt fit so you need your choice of coils.

and why would i buy megans? i dont buy cheap s***.

i would much rather build my own using koni dampers from a MR2, GC coilover sleeves and some pillowball mounts: and as far as just putting a coilover sleeve over the shock in the back sure you can do that but im almost positive you gotta modify the shock tower since its tiny.

believe me ive researched it. and almost 1000 dollars for suspension on a daily is out of the question for me right now

there is a privately run business on club s12 who builds coils for around 850 (fronts are coils backs aren't full coils but again part of my goal with this isnt a off the shelf car, drift slut or track whore.

its a daily driver.

if i do end up going coils you bet your a** ill build my own.

[Idahos13]

I was just puting it out there that they actually sold a kit for the s12. It would definately be cool, but that is not your plans. Oh and thanks for some more info on it man!
Modified by idahos13 at 8:54 PM 8/3/2009

[hbpignosePA]

ya im not tryin to be a d!ck, but i need this running and i got some big plans for the s13....

i couldn't refuse this for the price; and i wanted a nice way to get rid of the KA... what better way to recycle a strong single slammer in a under-represented chassis?

[Idahos13]

You wernt man, so no problem. And most definately single slamin s12 FTW!! I want to buy one sooo bad now. I would want to put a ca18det in it thow or my DE and make it a KA-T. it's always nice to have dreams lol. If any s12's come up in my area for a good price i'm most definately going to buy one! So any updates man?

[MikeyS13]

Trade for my '88 MR2. Its a 5spd, and my current daily. I just need something larger.....do you know any sites for the S12 aside from Club-s12.org?The MR2 only has about 32K on the engine after the rebuild. I can get you pics and a vid if you want or change your mind. I just really want an S12.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Damn, Josh, the silver bay looks GOOD. Keep it up.

[hbpignosePA]

oooooooooo yessssssssssss

i forgot how they changed the word hYpEEEE to sphincter

my thread = attacked

[OutToWinPAHC]

lol at "hype" I even sigged it.

I like what you did with the black frame rail and silver bay. I hear what your saying without dropping to o much into a daily or just a cheap project in general.

Can't wait to see how you attack this some more.

[hbpignosePA]

thanks kevin.... its kevin right?

yea as i said my wheels are turning for the s13 again. got a game plan but im not ready to reveal it yet.

hopefully we can have another s chassis meet (maybe in october? that be awesome)

if so this will definately make the trip

[OutToWinPAHC]

Yea its Kevin I got plan in the works to.... but I reveal.... 86GMC sonoma, KA24E-T or DET with S13 rear suspesnion..... I am looking for parts.

Hybrid swap kevin

[S13Joe]

autozone etc has it

its in a blue box w a 196oz container

should be enough for the whole undercoating.

you gotta make sure you really sand it or it will chip off.

its under 75 bucks

apply w a paintbrush

and thanks man; i got lucky w how clean it is overall. has less rust than my s13

Thanks man, this is definatly on the to do list for the coupe, project coming soon.

[hbpignosePA]

haha cool stuff dude i need some type of work vehicle when i gotta haul stuff.

well lets just say i parted out a datsun z....... found a zxt parts car i can get what i need for under 200, and a KA trans bolts up soooooooo

l28et in a s13; rebuilt and still cheaper than an rb25

[hbpignosePA]

o cool your a mod now?

can you change the title of this thread.

just make it project 200sx hatch

k thanks bye

[OutToWinPAHC]

I am the newest moderator, woo hoo....... I'll change it, once I figure out how lol

Edit, that was easy.

[MikeyS13]

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dude come on now. i found s12s for sale on cl without looking for em. and no one wants an aw11.

There really was no need for that...I'm just trying to find a nice example. S12's aren't that easy to find, I have been checking CL also, check all of PA/NY/NJ/CT/MA/RI/VA/MD/DE, etc...all I found were a few rusty automatics...that isn't what I'm looking for. I know you have a preference, but the AW11 is a great platform for different types of builds. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean that others don't. I'll admit, it wasn't my first choice for a daily driver, but it beat the '98 4 door Ford Escort I had at the time, and gets better gas mileage. Downside is the lack of space, obviously. I'm used to driving rotaries. I wasn't sure if you were being sarcastic or just a d!ck about it....sarcasm I can take, but being a d!ck isn't very nice. The proper thing you SHOULD have done was just PM me if you had a comment to make, instead of making yourself look ridiculous. That would have been the mature thing to do. I'm sure I'll get some sort of response to this, I just felt your comment wasn't needed, considering it wasn't even you I offered the trade to in the first place. +1 for a good fail though....

[OutToWinPAHC]

what are the plan this week? Sucks you moved so fast because I want to buy it lol, no but I wanted to see those datsun wheels on this. I think it would look nice with them, but I am just a fan of those wheels all together.

I know its not the time yet but are the gauge signals going to work with the S13 KA ECU? I am curious about the tach signal

[hbpignosePA]

still have the datsun mags.

they are in the loft.

i MIGHT not run them right away; only due to the fact im not lookin to buy tires for them (and i have 4 sets of wheels/tires i could use with good tread left)

when i do run them im thinking of getting some old school tires with white lettering (70s 80s muscle car style) cuz it will look rad.



and oo yes all the stock gauges will work; its a cut and splice job similar to the SR.

plus greeneyes is taking a look at the body harness early next week to hopefully clean it up a bit.

im thinking the ECU will mount in the glovebox, since the stock ECU is on the drivers side and the KA is on the passengers.

all in due time.

and wanted to buy what? or are you poking fun at the noob?

[hbpignosePA]

haha i dont care really the extra posts help add to the......

you know the word

[hbpignosePA]

lol its all in good fun i use it more to make fun of VRT.

at least some work done tmw

for real i gotta get movin on this stuff...

[m tr4nch]

daaamn man this is coming along very nicely i love how clean the bay and everything looks now (you know me and cleanliness lol). good job keep it up. i will definitely be checking back regularly.

oh, and i think i know of this "huge" yard you speak of

[MikeyS13]

Anyway, the last thing I'll say in this thread is that he's got a really nice example of a S12, hope the swap goes smoothly and the car becomes what you want. I'm not out to make enemies, and I'm sorry if I came off that way.

[Idahos13]

I want updates lol, I definately love this build. I'm starting to look for a s12 in my area now, hopefully I will come across a clean one like yours!

[OutToWinPAHC]

hb.... I cleaned some of the junkout for you. Let me know if you see anything else you want gone / changed.

[hbpignosePA]

haha didnt work on it all week, i got spurts of crazy progress and then downtime (day trips this week)

some work tmw. will probably work on getting the front suspension cleaned up and back on; maybe the gastank as well....

i got to wait till i make some money this weekend (and see how much i can spend since i have to pay my last school payment.........ugh) after that it will start rollin again.

greeneyes or WC will help w the body harness mess early next week.

im HOPING to have it primered by monday too....

paint next weekend.

[OutToWinPAHC]

I really need to move out that way..... all that space for projects. i'd be going nuts as well. Plus I gotta give it to you guys, you have knowhow and talent.