WC's never ending s13 project

[White Comet]

yeah, yours is still easily salvageable

[White Comet]

well i picked up my camera so i have more pics to post, but it won't be for a little since i need to run some errands

[White Comet]

pics being uploaded into photobucket now. and i forgot to answer your question about cutting the manifold tom, it just took a sawzall and metal blade, piece of cake

[White Comet]

heres the update! i do want to point out that much of the current work has been wiring, BUT i felt that wiring info would be more helpful to other as a separate thread. so after i update in here, i'll be starting a new thread just for the wire tuck to be used by other for reference.

picking up where we left off, heres my remedy for turbo manifold studs. after much thought though, i'll be adding split washers on both sides just to be safe.

i put locktite on the threads that are threaded into the manifold as well as on the nuts.

heres everything mocked up

hmmm think this'll be a problem?

how its sitting now

heres the engine bay being repainted. hurray for my brother helping out

when keegan was over busting his *** doing wiring (thanks again ) my brother and i started stripping a bunch of stuff off of the engine. the engine was cleaned up a little more, and all the brackets and crap on it were prepped to be painted then sprayed black, while the engine and hardware is getting aluminum paint.

all the brackets being painted

i came over the next day and my brother had painted a bunch more for me, i took off the valve cover and sprayed it with another coat

i'm redoing the vc, since i was never happy with it the first time around. as you can see its just primered now. i ran out of time and had to go to work.

there wont be much to update the next few days since i'm working a lot but i'll link the wiring thread once i get it done

[mRodiek]

It looks like you threaded the studs unevenly, mine are much shorter and dont go all the way through on the manifold side-could that be a problem?

[White Comet]

yeah there uneven but that won't matter at all, there reason though, is because you don't have the same clearance with all 4 studs.

you should be fine as long as everything is tight

[White Comet]

heres the thread dedicated to my wiringhttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=403443

[brn-n-jpn]

Jeff the build is looking good so far... I can't wait to get so I can finish up on my build.

Full- Race GT3071 twin scroll:bowdown Dante

[White Comet]

wait a minute, are you the dante i know?

[brn-n-jpn]

yes

[idahotuner]

jeff. you want my turbo.?

[White Comet]

i thought it sold?

[idahotuner]

he found one locally. he is still buying some other parts.

[White Comet]

i REALLY want it but i can't justify a new turbo right now. thats the exact one i want though

yes

hahaha thought so, how your s13 doing?

[hbpignosePA]

was dante at carlise? i think i remember the name

[White Comet]

think he was, but even if he wasn't his name might have been mentioned followed by the phrase "killer of 240s"

[hbpignosePA]

yup he was there... lol talkin about a motor he had but no car

unfortunately my bodywork got pushed back again till first week of march and pandagarage is out of manual seat belt conversions till at least then... so im stuck

i think ill drop my differential and put in my HLSD this week

you get that motor in?

[White Comet]

not yet, i'll finish wiring first, and theres still a few little things i need before i put the engine in. i'm thinking about getting a knock greddy intake mani while i have the engine out. i'm not sure we'll see i have a bunch of parts that i'm waiting to come in

[brn-n-jpn]

hey now... i am notr the killer of 240's...well anymore

[brn-n-jpn]

once i figure out how to post pics i will show the build so far and the parts that i have for it... but i am having a delima posting pics

[White Comet]

upload pics to photobucket then click the link under the picture that says img tag and paste it in here. i'm curious to see what all you're doing to your current 240 and i'm glad to hear your not killing 240s anymore, but then again, the more you take out, the more rare mine becomes

[mrgreeneyes]

dante has found the internets... hide your s13's....

how you been man?

[brn-n-jpn]

yea for those out there wondering the reason why they call me the 240 killa is because 5 out of 6 that i have owned i either totaled or blew they motor but since i have calmed down a lot i think there will only be one more 240 because i want to start with a fresh shell but i will finish the build when i get back from this bis a$$ sand box (Iraq) in about 6-7 months

[brn-n-jpn]

http://s650.photobucket.com/al...8.flv

[White Comet]

car looks pretty good, but i don't like how the fmic is mounted i'll have to see this beast in person when you're around

i didn't bother to snap any pics yet, but yesterday me and my brother went through the process of swapping my sr bellhousing onto a ka trans. the swap was insanely simple, except getting the bell housing back on. it seemed o like getting hung p on the clutch forks. but everything i back together now and the engine is almost completely assembled. i was happy with the vc because it has so many layers of paint from the previous owner, so i i wanted to do it better, but i didnt want to spend a lot of time since i plan to replace this vc in the nearish future. so luckily my dad knows a guy with sandblasting equipment and in the past when my dad needed something sandblasted, the guy woudl just let me use the equipment. so while i'm waiting for some parts to come in, my dad will sand blast all teh paint off in the next day or so, and i'll lay down some nice gloss black to keep me happy for the time being. i'll get the pics today and post them this evening

[brn-n-jpn]

yeah the ic is a whole different story... i was only home for 10 days and i just fixed the little things on it while was home and try to enjoy driving it.the previous owner just had the IC sitting on the bumper as its support but its a work in progress

Modified by brn-n-jpn at 9:33 AM 2/17/2009
Modified by brn-n-jpn at 7:52 AM 2/18/2009

[brn-n-jpn]

a vid of the carthe part list:red top sr20apexi intakedual slim fanskoyo rad300zx TT calipers front and rearStance GT coiloversgreddy bovfmic with sh**y custom pipingcustom 3" catback exhaust

parts in the mail or sitting at home:S15 oem black housing headlightsS15 front bumpersard top fed fuel railsard type r fuel pressure regulatorsard 800 injectorsvelocity stack intake mainfoldfull-race twin scroll dual wastegate top mount manifold2 44mm tial WGGT3071 turbo

Hey i have to spend the $ i make in Iraq on something useful

[LuckyDerDer]

240s in snow =

[brn-n-jpn]

yea ignore the dat on my pics i never fixed on the camera those pic and vid are from december 2008

[White Comet]

i can't wait til you start a build thread so i can whore my car