veebee's progress

[whiterps13]

You just cant make a decision, can you?

At least youre starting with a fresh platform with no damage. Good luck with everything..

[veebee]

haha, this is the final decision. the other one was just going to cost waaaaaaay too much to get repaired. why do that when i can buy one in perfectly good condition for 2x less than that? makes more sense!

[newfengshui]

"handle 200hp before it pops"

HA! the damn thing comes stock at 220hp

that guy's a doucher.

[veebee]

yeah i know, that's what i said. he kept insisting, though. i was like whatever pal

[MOB240]

nice progress man! thats a nice kouki you have in your sig too! what color is it? what do you have done to it?

[veebee]

silvermoss, b&m short shifter, brm 2.5" stainless exhaust with test pipe, rps max series clutch, jun flywheel, wilwood big brake kit soon to be 300zx tt calipers with splparts rotors, jwt pop-charger, ksport coilovers soon to be stance, hids4u.co.uk hid conversion, j30 vlsd. that should be it.

also, here are pics of the car that is pending:

http://img337.imageshack.us/im...6.jpgh ... im...5.jpg

[MOB240]

do you have any other pics of the kouki?

[veebee]

lol yeah

http://i8.photobucket.com/albu...5.jpgh ... bu...7.jpg

[MOB240]

thanks man! do you have hid's on it?

[veebee]

yeah, i mentioned above that i have a kit from hids4u.co.uk

6000k

[veebee]

*******MEGA UPDATE*********

a decent story for those that have been reading my progress thread/or care to read this:

so myself and my girlfriend's dad drove down to marietta, ga today to check out this 93 s13 i found (pictured above). well i don't know how many of you saw the weather today around the tennessee/alabama/georgia area, but yeah. it was bad. anyway, we met up with the guy, had some lunch and discussed cars, and then got down to business. on to the drive home! here are some tips for better living: rwd cars + interstate speeds + torrential rain = . also, the tires are fine so you can't place the blame on them! although maybe you can, they could just plain suck in the rain.

but, needless to say i made it home in one piece, as did the car.

the dude also showed me the shop he hangs out at, and man were there some nice cars there. his s13, the yellow zenki s14 from formula d was there, a ton of mr2's that the shop owner owns. i can't remember the name of it, all i know is that it's in marietta and right next to a shell station!

and so the work begins. silvia front is probably going to be installed saturday, followed by ordering all of the engine swap stuff mid-late next week.

edit: things i found in/about the car: s13 seats are not comfortable for 3+ hour trips. my cd player screen changes colors! a ton of pennies in the center console. something that looks like it was made for spackling/fiberglassing/etc. some ibubrofin. a pen. a tie rod. the windshield wipers suck, need to replace them asap.
Modified by veebee at 9:54 PM 3/1/2007

[veebee]

and now, for your viewing pleasure...



ordering the sr/parts next week

[bt2s14]

Nice the silvia front end went on today huh? Looks like you pretty fun project on your hands now.

[veebee]

yeah, it's getting that way.

i just wish i could find a write-up on how to do the install. i couldn't find ANYTHING on how to install the front end.

my corner lights don't sit as flush as others i've seen in pictures and i'm wondering if i've done something wrong

[SR20drftSX]

im like super jealous of you southern folk , no salt to destroy your prescious cars...god , that turbo is sick!

[veebee]

*******UPDATE*********

ordered: blitz lm fmic kit, blitz nur spec exhaust, exedy stage 2 clutch, blitz 3" downpipe, circuit sports turbo outlet, greddy profec b spec2 boost controller, stainless test pipe, koyo rad

tomorrow or thursday = sr and enjuku hotpipe w/ hks ssq

then, the wait for the parts to get to me and for the motor to get to the shop. THEN, the wait for the installation...

[sushimi]

it's not bad to have smaller hands, you can get them places and stuff.. I mean they're nice hands and all.. Yeah..

lol

[veebee]

that post is best post

[seejaytoo]

lookin really nice man cant wait to see those engine mods ^^ that post was funny

[veebee]

you and me both

[DJButton]

A big to the parts list, waitin on a few myself, it sucks.

[veebee]

my connection in cali got my turbo to me in 2 days

i'm wondering how long this stuff will take...

the motor will probably be the longest wait. i don't know how enjuku is with shipping on those so yeah

[veebee]

update: everything is ordered and on the way.

cars are expensive :||||||||||

i still need coilovers and wheels, otherwise i'll be riding with a nasty motor on top of stock 4x4 suspension and three stock se wheels and a wheel with a missing hubcap!

if anyone has some coilovers and/or wheels they're selling let me know

[veebee]

and the parts begin rolling in

arrived today: koyo rad, blitz fmic kithopefully arriving tomorrow: clutchhopefully arriving wednesday: exhaust, downpipe, turbo outlet, test pipe, half clear/half amber bumper signals (edit: now included: walbro fuel pump, gauge cluster with harness (yay), s14 water jacket, kai engineering stainless turbo lines

HOPEFULLY ARRIVING IN MEMPHIS NEXT WEEK: MY SRfollowed by my car for the install

Modified by veebee at 11:57 AM 3/15/2007
Modified by veebee at 1:57 PM 3/17/2007

[sicride]

you must be cheating at life too if you have 3 sweet Nissans. Can I borrow one?

[veebee]

the 300 isn't mine. that's my pal's. i just have 2 240s!

also, i'm debating between getting electric fans or not. does it really cool that much?

i can always get them down the line...

[sicride]

It depends which electric fans you get... Altima fans cool the engine enough from what I hear. The biggest deal is getting rid of a lot of rotational mass on the rank. Not only is it a lot of mass but those fans are big size wise and keep in mind weight at a further distance from the center is harder to spin.. DOOOO ITTTT

[seejaytoo]

i went with the 90-96? taurus fans, two speeds, supposed 3500 cfm of flow. and there cheap, like 30-50 bucks at your local junk yard... gets the job done

[veebee]

yeah i read your other post about them when i was doing my research (see: searching)

i'll have to investigate further

on another note, my clutch came in!

[veebee]

new pix, hehehehEHHEhEHheHEHEH