swimshark J30 Build (lots of pics)

[swimshark]

the box is the power block to connect cable to run to the trunk. the 1 red 0 gauge comes off my alt and then the 2 other 0 gauge cables run through my car to the trunk to my battery. im gonna route them in the fender on the new car.

[swimshark]

what is that box the 0 gauge wire is all wired into attached to the fuse box? and did you get my last email?

shoot me an email. havent got any.

[swimshark]

Hi all. Yes im still alive and will be soon bringing you a ton of pics of the new white J that is almost complete. Havent been online much. Just car work, eat, relax, celebrate holidays and sleep. lol

[driverdriver]

Can't wait for some new pics.....

[stressgreenJ30t]

wow man, amazing work. cant wait for updates. you gave me an idea about getting a new air filter that is not a panel type

[swimshark]

Gold J up in the front yard






First snow together


Interior stripped


Other manual trans was bad and had a leaking front seal


Dirty from leaking gear oil


Both motor mounts were trashed from hitting mountain and steering rack bushings were messed up as well


New flywheel plate and 300zx rear subframe collars


Rebuilt and revalved S13 rear coilovers came back finally


Motor from the Gold J. Took the oil pan off and redid the seal around it and put on a new rear main seal


Was putting on the pressure plate on the flywheel and some of the aluminum holes started stripping for drilled all 9 out and put steel helicoils in




6 puck clutch for the J






Motor back in the white J


Oil filter relocation bracket installed with 1/2" NPT to AN8 fittings


Headlights and bumper installed. Custom wiring harness is routed as well


Transmission is installed after prepping the tunnel


Dynamat is installed with the shifter bracket


Shifter installed


G wheels stripped of the paint using Aircraft Stripper. They are getting powder coated flat black


Driveshaft and rear of car installed


Starter on


Oil filter relocation finished


Putting together the rear coilovers


Subframe collars, coilover and adjustable rear upper arm installed


Radio harness complete


Blue brake caliper installed


Rebuilt the clutch master cylinder and bought a new OEM slave cylinder


Aluminum support brackets added tot he trans tunnel for the e-brake


Carpet installed


After center console and gauges were installed and wiring completed with the gauges


O gauge cables ran to the trunk for batt relocation


Added small brackets tot he back of the grills so that they can be more properly mounted


All the wiring done under the passenger side headlight


Grills installed


Power steering reservoir relocated, fuel filter relocated and coolant catch can redone


Added switches to the area where the e-brake handle release used to be


Car is running and powering the front lights currently

[yodawill2000]

Bravo buddy !!!

[swimshark]

bright mode

[driverdriver]

That's like hallelujah lights.

Love it!

[swimshark]

so here is my prototype side marker. it incorporates the normal running light and the blinker in the side marker next to the headlight. gonna work on a set that you dont have to modify the area behind it as much to get it to fit in properly.



i have the drivers side mounter and it looks real good.

things i still have left to do is hook up my sub in the trunk, figure out why no audio comes through speakers, take a part drivers side door and fix the locking mechanism/try swapping the key holes from my gold J30 onto my white car. also climate control acts funny and only comes on when i have it set for the fan to come on full blast.

gold J30 comes a part this next weekend and i'm getting ready to scrap it. lots of misc interior parts will be available if anyone needs some.

[1994 infiniti j30 190+]

nice work on the side markers. i think it will look great once its completed. as for the audio i know when i hooked up my radio in my car i had the same issue and i had to bypass the individual amps at each speaker to get any sound so you may have to do that to get them to work but with your car you had a car phone so im not sure but its worth a shot haha.

[swimshark]

what all did you have to do to bypass them? on my 94 they worked without any issues. :-/

[1994 infiniti j30 190+]

heres how mine looks. yellow to green and purple to red. this is the passenger side. if i remember we looked at the wiring from when we did the radio and we matched up what wires went to the passenger side and i think they were the same color from the radio to the amp then just twisted them together and played something and if it worked we were set but if not we just tried the other wires. but there is 4 wires going to the amp and if its the same for the rest of them it should be easy but if not i can easily go look because its easy to take it apart and see. i just dont remember if i kept the rear amps in since i replaced the rears but it wasnt that bad to do.

[swimshark]

aight thanks man. ill let you know what happens. i got to pop the passenger seat out cause i left the plug for the car phone under the carpet and need to retrieve it.

right now im in search for new shock inserts for my front coilover setup. want to find a set of 300zx shock inserts if i can and see if i can use those with the 240sx lower mount and EVO 8 camber plates

[swimshark]

[swimshark]

tried on some friends wheels he may sell. manaray ms-6

[EriCCirE]

I have a full set of oem amps and front bose speakers that I would be willing to trade you for some parts if your interested

[swimshark]

i got kicker all around inside now. just did the amp bypass and put 5.25" door speakers into the stock box.

[yodawill2000]

Those Manarays looks sweet but with the low profile tires one pothole would ruin my day.
Since the Ice storm here my drive to work is pot hole h&ll
they are fixing them as fast as they can but there's still quite a few.
Its like driving a Slalom on Loop 12. LOL

[xxcrashxx]

amazing job on the J.... kinda makes me wanna start fixing mine up. wanted to ask though, could i get more info on those rear struts u were using, with the adjustable coil shelf thing. cuz both of my rears are shot...

[jdurrty]

i think its time for an update!

[JDM_J30_tx]

Agreed!!!!

[iandrew89]

Hey swimshark I know you said the gold j was heading to the scrap yard do you still have it or did it already if so how is the driver side quarter panel? Pm me if you could please.

[swimshark]

naw its been gone for a while. had to get rid of it cause i was becoming an eye sore for me and my neighbors.

i will have a few updates soon. doing a little bit of my own paint work to save some money.

[iandrew89]

Thanks anyway I have a pretty bad rust spot in my quarter and was just trying to replace it with another before I paint it and give it to my cousin next year when she leaves for college. It will be her first car so I want to fix it up a bit for her. I know this is a long shot too but you wouldn't by chance have an extra keyless entry remote for a 94 would you?

Also very nice build on your J. Jealous when I see yours and then look at mine.

[swimshark]

i should have one back at home. and thanks. took a few months planning and then a few weeks of hard work.

[swimshark]

been doing werk. i got the wheels from a friend for putting his SC300 back together.

[yodawill2000]

Why is the Belt cover off ??
Adjusting something ?

[swimshark]

just left if off and been running it like that for a while

here are some pics my friend took yesterday

[yodawill2000]

Lookin' Sweet Buddy !!!
I'm going to investigate that dual Intake your running for Winter use.
But need to make it easy to switch back to OEM CAI in the Summer.
Under hood temps on a day like today are Brutal here in DFW.

Now that my youngest has Graduated College , Magna Cum Laude by the way.

I will have Time and some extra play money to start putting on all the stuff I got from you plus some Nice LED fog lights and
non cosmetic stuff that's way overdo.
KS and Harness. PCV valves ect.
By the way.
Anybody know of a good source for some nice PCV hose that's preformed like OEM ??
I'm pretty sure mine will crumble. lol