The unanswered, nearly-taboo question

[AREITU]

I live in southern california and after swining by the Apex'i Garage sale a few weeks ago, I'm fairly motivated to somehow obtain an S13 and drop an RB into it. This forum has convinced me that the RB has at least as much support as an SR to get it into an S13 and around town without:1) Discovering your valvetrain is dead (SR20s sensitivity to lubrication) 2) Discovering something is horrendously wrong 3) Discovering everyone else has one too (Nothing wrong with it, though)

As some of you may know, southern california experiences wonderfully bright and sunny weather year round. I live in Palm Springs which makes things even better with 100+ summers. So I was wondering, is it remotely possible to have an RB in an S13 with A/C?

[mightymouse0x]

well being new here and all but knowing enough about cars, and reading a lot of posts made. you should be able to. i mean anything can be done if you have the money. you might just have to rearange things and make it fit.

[AREITU]

I already know you can do whatever with x-amount of money. My question is targeted at people who've done the RB swap before (I should pick my topic names better) because I would be on a fairly restrictive budget (barely enough to get the car running reliably). Removing PS is not out of the question for me.

[mightymouse0x]

the anwser is yes, you can keep your ac

[taco-salad]

from what i know, (i haven't done the swap.... yet) the only thing about the AC is you gotta fabricate your own AC lines, you might want to check with someone that's done it tho

[HotWIRED]

How about the wiring?? Any info on it?

[ItzGenX]

Wiring shouldnt be too hard, look in the service manuals. I have been wondering this for some time also though. Mostly everyone with an RB has no a/c and PS. I want all the luxuries of a/c and power steering. I think all that is needed is fabricated lines and a small amount of wiring. I believe an a/c repair shop can do the lines for the a/c and power steering since both use aluminum lines. My only concern is if everything will fit under the hood without major cutting etc.

[Vrtgrumpy]

What!!! Have power steerng n my car. just used the factory lnes from the S13. As for A/C, just need new AC lnes made. took mne out because have so much stuff in front of my radator as it is.

Everything should fit because it is all lower then the head of the motor. Lots of side clearence, no concern there. Only part is the wiring for the AC.

Grumpy

[Redline240]

What do people have against power steering anyway? I notice a few guys got rid of it when they did their swap....just wondering why you wouldn't try to keep it, it makes life so much easier...

[lessthanjakejohn]

No power steering>>I look at it as one less part to break

[ItzGenX]

Daily exercise... :bowdown

[Projekt]

drive a FWD car with no power steering, not very fun. however in a rwd i can see people living with it.

[Siddhartha]

Why fear the drift??? Embrace it, love it, become one with the drift . . .

[Sygerwulf]

lol yeah, until you slam into a guard rail

[Siddhartha]

Tru dat, but learn to harness the inequital power that is drift . . .

(writing english comp essay now . . . )

[Projekt]

i prefer the faster way around a turn

[creophus]

Drifting rocks! :rockon Make sure you have good tires though...otherwise you'll drift when you want to grip and that's not good. I like P/S and don't want to be without it or my A/C!

[Siddhartha]

Generally, people set their cars up for drift right before they go out drifting and return to normal before the ride home . . . and why waste good tires drifting on nice ones???

[andrave]

if you have to parallel park on a regular basis, I'd advise keeping your powersteering. Not advise, recommend. Well, not recommend, insist.Unless you are a beef cake with a steering wheel spinner, anyway.