WC's never ending s13 project

[White Comet]

awesome guys, i'd love some local support!

edit- not car related at all, but i cant stop laughinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

[mrgreeneyes]

awesome guys, i'd love some local support!

edit- not car related at all, but i cant stop laughinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

i first saw that vid 2 days ago. lmao for a while

also, i envy you being able to use that back bay for your car... ***...

[White Comet]

yeah. my dad wants me to get all my **** out of there, but i just kinda took over, that whole back bay is mine

[TekuDrifter18]

Free bumper FTW thanks for the wiring now all i got to do is paint the bumper and ill be set. glad to see you got something done in the rain yesterday for your car.

[White Comet]

yeah i figured i'd do what i could, im glad the wiring went well, the led bulbs in the bumper lights look sexy

[brizanden]

wow talk about worse build thread of the yaer. can i get a fail please?

[Chris28]

Off topic but free bump lol

Do any of you PA guys know the band August Burns Red? It's metal so not that mainstram but they're from lancaster lol. I've been listening to them for a while and seen them live a few times, but just realized they are from lancaster haha.

But on topic...what led bulbs are you using? Something custom or just the plug and play led bulbs?

[Chris28]

wow talk about worse build thread of the yaer. can i get a fail please?

I hope that was sarcasm...

[Ghast]

Looking gooooooOoooOooood!

One Love,

Ghasty

[White Comet]

chris- nope, i've never heard of them, thats some pretty cool stuff though.

as for the leds, theyre just plug and play 194s. i had a few extra with me and one of tekudrifter's positioning lights broke so we threw these in

[mrgreeneyes]

Off topic but free bump lol

Do any of you PA guys know the band August Burns Red? It's metal so not that mainstram but they're from lancaster lol. I've been listening to them for a while and seen them live a few times, but just realized they are from lancaster haha.

But on topic...what led bulbs are you using? Something custom or just the plug and play led bulbs?

ABR is pretty popular with the people i chill with. two of my buddies attend nearly every one of their shows.

lancaster has a decent music scene as far as band that make it big. "lil old amish country" my ***. we are doin' big thiiiings in lancaster. or "lanc-lanc" as the homies refer to it

lancaster is actually a pretty damn cool smaller city. i scrape my car through there a few times a week. seriously, i do

[cmoody2006]

WOW bout time you got a chuki bumper... Now you won't be hassling me for mine I've got lots to update on mine just haven't got around to it yet....I must say moog's look really good installed.... The anticipation is killin me! Let's see who can have their car on the road first.... me or you.... lol

[White Comet]

yeah man, i'm gonna be working on it more today, i'm just still draggin my *** a little. when do you plan to have yours running?

[cmoody2006]

Well if things go the way i plan I'll have my suspension back on it today and I'll be takin it over to my friend's garage so I can stay warm and work on it... If it all pan's out that way... I should have everything done by next week or a little after x-mas but I'm off 4 day's this week so I should get a lot done and today's payday! I'm really needing some advice on what to do with the blown ka24de i just picked up for 20 bucks... I found a guy that has a good block with stock piston's and rod's still in it and the head on my blown one can be used again once I get it resurfaced. So i might go pick that up today if he call's me... That way I have a motor for my gray shell that I picked up....

[hbpignosePA]

ABR is pretty popular with the people i chill with. two of my buddies attend nearly every one of their shows.

lancaster has a decent music scene as far as band that make it big. "lil old amish country" my ***. we are doin' big thiiiings in lancaster. or "lanc-lanc" as the homies refer to it

lancaster is actually a pretty damn cool smaller city. i scrape my car through there a few times a week. seriously, i do

yea lancaster city is pretty chill.... waay better than york which is just beat if i didnt work so much id def spend more time there...

free bump

[mRodiek]

chris- nope, i've never heard of them, thats some pretty cool stuff though.

as for the leds, theyre just plug and play 194s. i had a few extra with me and one of tekudrifter's positioning lights broke so we threw these in

did you get them from superbrightleds.com?!this website is so confusing to me-idk which ones match up to the 194s in the gauge cluster!

[White Comet]

i wanna get some from superbrightleds.com, but the ones im talking about were just picked up at a little speed shop down the road

[TekuDrifter18]

chris- nope, i've never heard of them, thats some pretty cool stuff though.

as for the leds, theyre just plug and play 194s. i had a few extra with me and one of tekudrifter's positioning lights broke so we threw these in

i love how they look. ill take a pic and send it to you. since it was something you did for your build.

[White Comet]

sounds good man, feel free to just through the pics up in here

[SirSilvia]

I say just get rid of Ohio, nobody likes that state anyway....

I have to second that, its like driving your car on a giant cheese grater. ABSOLUTELY horrible roads. pimpazz build man, I like you attention to every detail. Amazing work

[Razi]

WC is your VLSD a J30 one?Sorry if I missed what it was.

The guts of the J30 diff pop into the S13's diff ring gear right?That's what I've been reading but not so sure.

From what I heard, you pop out center section of the J30 and put it into the open diff's ring gear. And it's complete. (Do the years count? I would imagine not)

[White Comet]

pimpazz build man, I like you attention to every detail. Amazing work

thanks man, im extremely anal, and while i wish i was driving the car already, i know i'll be happy with the end results

WC is your VLSD a J30 one?Sorry if I missed what it was.

The guts of the J30 diff pop into the S13's diff ring gear right?That's what I've been reading but not so sure.

From what I heard, you pop out center section of the J30 and put it into the open diff's ring gear. And it's complete. (Do the years count? I would imagine not)

my vlsd is from a jdm s13, so i'm not sure on any of the j30 stuff. the diff i just picked up is a q45. i'm selling that just without the ring gear. after i get my car running and driving with the stock ring gear, i'm gonna swap in the q ring gear and see how it feels

[White Comet]

small update, didnt have a whole lot of time to work on it on saturday since i had a wedding to go to, but i did manage to get the diff back in the housing and the housing bolted back up to the subframe. i bolted on all the rear arms as well (besides the rucas, which i havent ordered yet) and torqued everything to spec. the subframe is ready to go back up and the rucas can be added later.setting the proper torque

my wife took a random pic of the fsm

i can already tell the reshimmed diff is stronger. when turning one axle before the other one woudl budge slightly but not really want to turn. now the other axle wants to turn easily and it feels very solid. thats basically it for now, more updates to come possibly tuesday. i'd do some work tomorrow but i work most of the day, and its also my brother's bday. so i'll update again in a few days

[mRodiek]

question...why are you sticking with the VLSD? i may get a free one with my motor and im debating between it and a welded diff

[White Comet]

excellent question. i've used a vlsd for years now and i like the way they feel, not as harsh of a transition as a welded but still nice (when not worn out). my fc has vlsd an i got used to it and this unit has been in my other 240 for about 2 years so i've grown to like it. the welded will work fine for a really cheap fix but its a blunt method with little precision. i can make a viscous pretty much do what i want it to, just ask didderson

[mRodiek]

im lookin to use it for drifting though but i dont have enough $$ for a 1.5 or 2 way..and its my DD. i will search tomorrow but i figured id ask for your opinion--i heard the VLSD sucked for drifting

[White Comet]

no way man, the vlsd slides very nicely. the hlsd sucks at drifting, the vlsd is fine for it especially if you reshim it. i have a spare vlsd i'm looking to sell, and i'll even reshim it before i sell it

[mRodiek]

hmm maybe ill try it out then and ill have a spare welded one FTWthanks but i may be getting a free one + SMIC/piping when i order my motor...all for being a member of zilvia screw yes!

[White Comet]

cool then, well to anyone else, im selling a vlsd unit reshimmed to lock better then stock. i just need to update with that info in my fs thread.

update coming tomorrow, i'll have all morning to work on the car and should get the subframe back up before work at 4pm

[spooled240]

hey WC, how hard was shimming the vlsd? I was reading up on this and apparantely shimming a vlsd will make it lock like a 1.5 way clutch type lsd!