The 'white elephant' SR20DET swap

[idahotuner]

My parents weren't happy about all the new parts needed tho.

Idaho, thanks a bunch for your help and numerous parts. Great doing business, hopefully one day you'll live in pa . Good luck finishing up the swap man.

While I was down there I snapped a pic of my diff pumpkin that I dressed up after putting the s15 hlsd into.

hey my dad has given me a hard tim about how much i am putting into my car. he is like you will have over 10000 dollars in this thing. that is a down payment o na house.lol

hey no problem. i enjoy doing business with you.i am planing on my own intercooler kit at the end of this month. most likely a GREDDY

how much did that hlsd cost. did it drop right in. cause that could be a less expensive route for me to take instead of getting a KAAZ 1.5 but we shall see.

[White Comet]

^ iirc the hlsd was like $600 so its close to a 1.5 or 2 way if u can get a good deal.

btw, didderson, do ur parents still think its a us spec motor?

[Didderson]

Yeah I bought the hlsd internals for like 240 shipped, and then you have to get hlsd output shafts. I bought them new for like 250 shipped. Both shipped from japan.

I love how it grips, I tried to throw the car around in first gear and it did, but it slides/grips nicely. I'm still very noob at driving rwd, but it seems easier to control. idaho if you're looking for grip you might want to check howstuffworks.com search for torsen differential. < That's what the Hlsd is.

They still think it's a slight variation of the KA Whew. But if they ever see it again they may think otherwise because... One of the guys at Mrgreeneyes coupe's garage in hershey had a blacktop sitting around in pieces, so he gave me the coil pack cover . He said he'd just get an aftermarket one because he likes stuff like that. So if my parents see it again and they at least know what a turbo is, they will be like wait...? lol

I have a bouncy idle from 1 to 2k rpm's if anyone knows what's up. It does that at all temps. other than that it runs /boosts great. I'm going to clean the iacv again and see, but I'm leaning toward that it's broken.

[idahotuner]

hey tom i want a link. to where you got the stuff. that sounds like a route i want to go.

[Didderson]

hey tom i want a link. to where you got the stuff. that sounds like a route i want to go.

Honestly I just got them from ebay sellers. People with s15's in japan get rid of theirs after swapping it out so you can usually find good prices.

[idahotuner]

i will need to chat with you to get mor details later.

[Didderson]

Completed pics!

I figured out the problem, it was my BOV vaccume lines weren't run properly. The black nipple on the old HKS needs a vaccume source also, so I ran one from the FPR line T'd off and it starts up and idles beautifully. Only thing is it's a little high idle like 1500 rpm but thats fine w/ me. ON W/ the finished product night pics:

Note: i have a few videos i'll release tomorrow

Motorrrr with catch can on the DS frame rail:

I'm not good at taking night pics:my fav:

interior w/o flash:

[idahotuner]

dude tom that look so so nice lol. did you get me the pics of the intake. i can kinda see it there.

glad you figured out the problem

this is my favorite pic

[Didderson]

arg I forgot what you wanted a pic of. I'll take another tomorrow after classes it'll still be light out. I'm bad at holding a camera still, and it's only 3.8 megapix

I'm not pleased w/ those out of focus pics lol. must do a good photoshoot this springg w/ wc and greeneyes

[idahotuner]

oh ok.

your car does look great man. makes me wis hi had pop ups

[White Comet]

tom, u forgot to mention the bouncy idles back. mien did the same thing once before. it revs to about 2k then falls to 1.5k and keeps repeating that. it looks like the bov is leaking though, but does anyone has any thoughts on it?

[Didderson]

Good call comet. I think it's becaues it still idles high. Still has trouble starting a little, but it is better. Probably cause i need to really tighten the iacv screw.

I've got a few pics/vids. no time to comment on them now, gotta go pick the sis up from skewl.

for idaho:

[duffman1278]

Good work man! I envy you...Its almost going to be 1 year for my SR swap and I still can't drive mine.

[White Comet]

i was going through ur photobucket and.....lmao is that the pics i took when we went to get that s13 transmission?

[Didderson]

Lol hell yeah!

I had 1 more vid. greeneyes isn't such a good cameraman eh?



This is my build cat. She liked to go out in the garage on a nightly basis to see what I got done lol

It's all good duffman. Don't know why yours is taking a while, but at least I still have a bumping idle to work out . I thought it went away but it didnt lol.

[idahotuner]

hey thanks tom. it looks great. i think will get that intake too. might even order my hot pipe and cold pipe from them. because then i can have them weld the thing for the hks bov on my cold pipe. which is where i want it. and then have a normal hot pipe.

what is this bung coming off of the attachment for the MAF to the air filter?where did you get this attachment as well? cause i forgot lol

looks great.

the video sounds good too. but i am sure it doesnt do it justice. lol

damn make me want to get mine started so bad.

[idahotuner]

oh hey tom you calvi isnt that bad.this is a nice pic. if it was lowered just a little. wouldnt look half bad

[Didderson]

Yeah man, I always liked the look of cavys but it's how the car drives that bugs the hell out of me. It's so slow, automatic and the handling is like a bowl of jello. Green jello. But yea their body lines are nice.

The little bung off the side of that filter adapter I forgot to tell you just cap it off. I threw some liquid nails in the hole to fill it up. It's for the factory PAIR valve connection. This specific adapter came with my injen intake tube that was on my KA when I bought the car. No filter adapter is included with the pipingpro.com kit.

[idahotuner]

i might re use my old MAF adapter and just drill new wholes in it. save my self some money.

[mrgreeneyes]

why did you post the first two vids? lol. we need more camera time... and/or daylight...

[idahotuner]

lol the one where you actually get to boost is the best. need some day time pulls though

[White Comet]

why did you post the first two vids?

+1 i can barely make out whats going on

oh hey tom you calvi isnt that bad.

hah try riding in it

Yeah man, I always liked the look of cavys b But yea their body lines are nice..

its that kind of thinking that'll get ya banned

[Didderson]

i might re use my old MAF adapter and just drill new wholes in it. save my self some money.

That's exactly what I did.

lol wc. I thought those vids might get me banned :/.

They're not bad, just having tire spin a tad in 1st gear is all. The last vid is the best, but u can't tell cuz its night we failed.

[idahotuner]

calvis do handle like sh*t. lol

but that isnt enough to get you band haha. we all have dd.oh and videos need to be taken in the day time. and do some harder acceleration, so we can hear that baby spool up

[White Comet]

yeah i agree abotu getting day vids. we'll ahve to get soem shots of u driving from outside the car as well. i'll follow you as the camera car sicne i know u couldnt shake me

[mrgreeneyes]

yeah i agree abotu getting day vids. we'll ahve to get soem shots of u driving from outside the car as well. i'll follow you as the camera car sicne i know u couldnt shake me

haha, till he hits a corner... intrax springs ftl...

[White Comet]

true but hes also a noob at rwd/ hard cornering/boost/ and shifting (no offense tom) whereas i am comfortable with this setup despite how much it sucks

[nice_try]

hey its roy..i was wondering what kind of maf sensor i should run on my sr20det? its still flippin runnin hot!?! and i'm gonna have to take my guages back out cause my tac isn't workin
Modified by nice_try at 8:58 AM 1/29/2008

[White Comet]

the stock sr20det mafs should work but that wouldnt cause it to overheat

[nice_try]

yea about that mines gay it didn't come with a stock maf