Russo's Complete rebuild project S14 Zenki 56k = Fail

[Russo]

Hey everyone, I'm new to the Nissan game my project for the last year and a half has been my 1994 Prelude which I am keeping as my DD and rebuilding this 1995 S14 as a weekend car.

Anyhow bought the car couple days ago in Roanoke Virginia, drove it 10 hours home on a bad clutch and wanted to die when I hit traffic on the Jersey turnpike lol. ( I live on Long Island)

Ignore the fact that my yard is disgusting my dad does not like to throw things out


PURCHASED 7/22/10

What the 240 has now:
17x8 Weapon MBs Bronze 215s front 225s rear
Eibach springs
KYB GR2 struts
5 lug swap
300zx front calipers
stainless steel brake lines
A very very bad clutch
No rust

What's wrong with the car:
Hood's messed up from driving under a trailer hitch
Couple dings
Rear bumpers cracked
Paint is in decent shape
Passenger side power window stopped working (after I brought it home)
Needs a new ignition cylinder

What are my plans:

First off this is going to be a complete rebuild going on over the next 2-4 years depending on what my job situation is.

Paint - Full paint job engine bay & interior - Root Beer Metallic - [Yeah honda paint colors!]
Drivetrain - RB25DET swap bolt ons at first eventually building for more power once the car runs
Wheels - Either BBS or Work VS-XX / Meister S1s
Suspension - All new energy suspension bushings, coils, etc.
Interior - Haven't decided what route i'm taking. All I know is there will be at least a harness bar and one racing seat


The first step will be the teardown!

Initial pics w/ my prelude





10 hour drive with two blown airbags, HELL YEAH!




Pics of my prelude just for s*** and giggles:



Going to strip out some more of the interior right now and try to figure out why the car is running like complete s***. Maybe even find out where this gas leak is coming from. Will post some more pictures later tonight.

Any criticism/ suggestions / comments are appreciated

[Russo]

Wow haven't updated this since I got the car okay some progress:

Interior is stripped
almost all Sound deadening removed
headlights removed (preparing for lexus RX330 w/ TSX-R clear lense retrofit)
Gotta remove a couple last things then pulling the motor and prepping for paint
Also done random little things here and there with the car some pics cause i'm a picture whore

Still need a lot of cleaning in the interior before I prep for paint, I know




put some leds in the cluster made it look 1000x better


hoping to have paint on the car by the mid-late september
working 5 days a week makes this project take longer

as always questions comments and criticism is always accepted

[1fasthatch]

I was wondering when you would make your way to this site from preludepower. Its 3rd_gen_lude if you where wondering who I am.

[GrilledCheese33]

Welcome to nico, looks like you have a solid project there. Reminds me a lot of mine. Good luck with it and keep us updated!

[Russo]

havent updated this in a bazillion years here's some updates:

I've decided to not go with an rb25det because my dad is moving to south carolina..well, now. He leaves on thursday so I am in a pinch. I have until the house sells to finish this car and make it run.

SO, here's whats happening, paint is on hold. When I pull the engine, the bay and the interior will be painted satin black (I wanted to do this in the first place just gives me more of a reason)

Then after the engines pulled and bays painted, I'll be putting an sr20det (begin tears, but alas, there is a silver lining!) sr20 with all new gaskets, seals, hg, head studs, cleaned and painted all purdy. And I'll be running (most likely) a gt2871r, 740 cc injectors, etc. etc. I'm not going to list all the random s*** like FMIC! oh noes how original. lol


after that's going on paint will be next, still rbm.

mad progress pics: Go!


things left to order:

Mishimoto dual core rad
Mishimoto dual electric fan
New oem radiator hoses
Blitz FMIC and piping
Blitz DD Bov and hotpipe
AEM Wideband gauge and o2 sensor
3" turbo elbow and downpipe with o2 bunges
Fidanza 6 puck ceramic clutch kit
fidanza 11 lb flywheel
Oil catch can
255 lph fuel pump
short shifter

as always comments complains suggestions always welcome

[s13_chris]

You're lucky to start out with such a nice project. Ill be watching. You'll love sr's.