nice build thread

Hi everyone, another busy weekend.

Arrived at my buddies Race HQ bright and early to get some work done.


Assembled the rear end and installed:











Rear wheels on and swaybar installed:

Assembled the front suspension:



Had to cut the brake dust shield to allow the wilwoods clearance:


Safety wired the rotor bolts per Wilwood's install instructions, insures my brakes don't go boom



Here is everything installed in the front:


I had to put the wheels I bought on the front because the factory wheels just hit the caliper. The oem s14 wheels have a slight taper on the I.D. The very edge of the caliper hits the wheel when you torque it on the hub. I'm hoping a small spaced will fix this and allow me to run the stock wheels in the winter.


Cut out a brake line flare fitting from an old master cylinder to install into the blocked port on the 300zx master:


Bench bled the new master cylinder, swapped over the plastic reservoir, bent the factory brake lines to the correct location, and installed:



After bleeding the brakes I did an alignment:


Here is all the factory stuff that came out.


Here she is in my driveway late Sunday night. I'm going to shake down the car for a couple days, paint the wheels/get new tires, then pull the KA.

Slowly getting there

Started unhooking boring KA stuff:


Exhaust and driveshaft out:


Getting ready to pull:




Here we go




Stupid ATF, I let that trans drain forever and it still had 1000 gal of ATF in it


Out with the old:




Before and after a scrubbing:



And lastly got the factory harness out:


Now I'm just waiting for the sikky kit/wiring harness. Hopefully I'll have this thing running by the end of September.
Till next time

Build is excellent! I'm envious! Just out of curiosity, what are your plans for the old KA? I might be willing to take it off yur hands if the price is right. PM me if you like. Good luck with the rest of the build man!

Thanks pepe, unfortunately the ka is already spoken for. I do have an auto trans for sale though haha.

I should have an update soon. Thanks again to everyone subscribed.

Hi everyone, still plugging away on little odds and ends. I'm at the point where I could start installing the LS1 if I had the Sikky Kit. I'm going to call them today and see if it's on its way yet.

Started bolting the LS back together. I had to drill and tap the top of the water pump to vent the head steam ports too.


I had to order 300zx SPL rear shock mount spherical joints. The stock rubber shock mounts in the knuck were twisting and cracking, along with the shock and knuckle hitting/binding. After searching online I found out that the angle that the rear shock mounts in the s13 and s14 are different. If you run 300zx rear knuckles in a s13 you won't have an issue. Nothing an angle grinder couldn't fix



Got my new tires in, Hankook Ventus V12 Evo2's. 245 40 R17 front and 255 40 R17 rear. I got them mounted on the 5zigen ZR+ 17x9 +27 wheels I got from some dude off his is300. They had stupid dumb stupid stretched stupid tires




I also painted the wheels black.



Drilled out the spot in the firewall for the clutch pedal. Now I have the correct amount of pedals. I also started getting rid of the crap-o-matic stuff.





Next up is banging in the trans tunnel and grinding some tabs off of the T56 trans. Hopefully I'll have everything I need by the middle of September. I'll have another update this weekend probably.

Looks like a fun build! Curious why the staggered tire setup on squared wheels? Props for not doing the stretched thing Ha ha

2_Liter_Turbo wrote:Looks like a fun build! Curious why the staggered tire setup on squared wheels? Props for not doing the stretched thing Ha ha

Thanks. The reason for the staggered tires was to just get as much rubber as I could fit in the front and rear with my given offset. I got the wheels cheap and the offset is pretty good for a s14. The 245 in the front is like a 1/32 of a inch from hitting the coilover and sits flush with the outside of the fender. The rear sits almost right up against the rolled lip. I'm not to worried about the little more understeer that I might see with a wider tire in the rear, that's what adjustable sway bars and a heavy right foot are for

I have a small update with pics coming tomorrow, and also I should have the sikky kit this week so I can get started putting the motor in.

GoodzKouki wrote:

2_Liter_Turbo wrote:Looks like a fun build! Curious why the staggered tire setup on squared wheels? Props for not doing the stretched thing Ha ha

Thanks. The reason for the staggered tires was to just get as much rubber as I could fit in the front and rear with my given offset. I got the wheels cheap and the offset is pretty good for a s14. The 245 in the front is like a 1/32 of a inch from hitting the coilover and sits flush with the outside of the fender. The rear sits almost right up against the rolled lip. I'm not to worried about the little more understeer that I might see with a wider tire in the rear, that's what adjustable sway bars and a heavy right foot are for

I have a small update with pics coming tomorrow, and also I should have the sikky kit this week so I can get started putting the motor in.

No worries, I was just curious because I will have a 255 up front on my S14, but I have +22 offset wheels so that'll make the difference. Looking forward to videos of the engine

Yo know it 2_Liter, I'll have videos of the first start up hopefully by the end of the month.

Here's a mini update:

Installed Poly steering rack bushings.


Cut off the tabs from the trans that would interfere with the trans tunnel.




Notched the rear of the windage tray so the Sikky oil pan will fit per there instructions.


Me and a buddy also beat the hell out of the trans tunnel so the bell housing won't hit when installed.

That's all for now until I get the rest of the stuff in the mail. Till next time.

looking good here bruh, keep us posted

This build looks great so far man... you are few steps ahead of my LS build so I need you to keep posting so I can keep taking notes lol
I still have not landed on what mount kit to go with. I know Sikky is popular and relatively local for me but I have also heard good things from some of the others. Cant wait to see what you think of the kit when it is all tied together.

Thanks SlideRite. I can tell you that my buddy who did a ls1 in his s13 coupe used the fueled racing kit and had no problems at all. I've been hitting him up here and there for info on the swap. He did his about a year ago. I was on the fence about going ls1 or fully built KA-T until he let me drive his car Here's a pic of it after the swap, super sleeper.

yeah, fueled is the the other install kit I was seriously considering.
That looks so nasty!!

Hello Everyone

Here are some pics of what I've been up to for the past week. Enjoy.

Sikky Kit










Had a little hiccup with the power steering line not being included, but Sikky got them shipped out right away after I called.

Installed the slave cylinder only to have the aluminum fitting for the remote bleeder strip. The start of the threads were a tiny bit messed up and after tightening it it didn't feel right so I took it apart to find no threads left. Again Sikky was quick to help me out and shipped a new one along with the power steering lines.




LS1 to 240sx Mishimoto coolant hoses:

Time to get to work


New rear cover seal, rear main seal, and pilot bearing:




Installed oil pan, motor mounts, flywheel, and clutch:








Removed front swaybar:


Installed clutch master:


Wrapped headers



Installed power steering lines:


Trans and motor together ready for install ( my buddy with the ls1 s13 in the background):





Now I have a bunch of stuff to hook up and I'm still waiting on the wiring harness which should be another 2 weeks or so

Till next time.

Dude, looking better and better!! So it appears you went for the solid mount option for the sikky kit? I was considering the same thing. haha you are now officially wayyyyyyyy ahead of my build. Keep us posted, it looks awesome

SlideRite44 wrote:Dude, looking better and better!! So it appears you went for the solid mount option for the sikky kit? I was considering the same thing. haha you are now officially wayyyyyyyy ahead of my build. Keep us posted, it looks awesome

Thanks, I'm trying my hardest to get this car on the road haha. Those are the polyurethane mounts btw. I've had another busy weekend, I'll have an update with some pics most likely tomorrow. You have any pics of your car?

yes yes, i see the green now... i was only paying attention to the shiny metal haha. I have a thread of my own going on
my-s13-ls1-drift-car-build-t592891.html
issue is, i just had knee surgery so i am unable to make any quick progress. im hoping to road test early next year.

I'm almost at the point were there is nothing left to do until the harness arrives.

Got the drive shaft in, I'll take a pic of it installed later:


Here is the shifter, if it sits weird when the center console is installed then my buddy is going to help me modify it.


Ran the oil filter lines to the relocation housing:


Testing fitment of the rad/fans:



Fuel filter and lines installed:



Had to move the A/C dryer, got the compressor bolted in and the lines installed. The sikky ac kit isn't compatible with kouki's for reasons I found out quickly. I made some mods to get it to work.





Here is how she sits. I also got my heater lines all figured out, I'll post a pick when I hook them up for good.

Looking good man, she's almost finished bruh

stm37s wrote:Looking good man, she's almost finished bruh

Thank you, yep at this point I need the wiring harness to really do anything more. I'm going to run my two gauges and put the center console back in, but that's really all i can do for now

I got my front lip in the mail yesterday so I installed that.





Here is the sensor for the autometer water temp gauge, it's located in the block behind the starter.


Here is almost everything mocked up to make sure it all fits.

Hi everyone, I haven't been up to much with the car. Still waiting on the harness

I was able to put a radio in and wire up my water temp & oil pressure gauges.


I will have a nice post with videos as soon as get the wiring in.

Installed Sikky front swaybar:





Still no word on the harness

Duuuude, this is awesome!!! Its torture to keep watching you build, knowing I am still unable to work on mine lol. Whats the deal with the harness??? keep it up man, cant wait for that first key turn.

Thanks Slide. The harness took forever to get here, but I finally got it last Thursday. My next update is coming during my lunch break today. Hope you are feeling well after your surgery, I take it you have a few more weeks before you can even start thinking about walking/wrenching?

About damn time


I don't have a bunch of pics of the process to follow, I was working all weekend by myself and was mostly focusing on getting everything done.

It was such a (female dog) to get the ecu plug through the firewall. Took about an hour and required the glove box being removed and the AC+blower motor assemblies being unbolted.




Jump to everything pretty much together


Dakota Digital Speed correction box and ecu all hooked up. That ecu is a monster, gonna try and fit it in the glove box.


Girlfriend thought my car was a little dirty


Everything ready to go, all systems check, prepare to fire.....

SIKE

First problem: The battery was dead. I had it charging for a couple hours, but it was enough. I put the charger on engine start and tried again. Turns out the battery wasn't holding a charge at all so I got a new one.

Second problem: the car did absolutely nothing. Turn the key and not a single thing happened. I wen through some trouble shooting and after confirming power/signal to the starter I confirmed that the starter had to be bad. Well needless to say I was pissed The passenger header had to come back out in order to remove the starter. Long story short the starter was a turd and I got a brand new one from advanced.

Third problem: So with the starter in I was ready to crank her over until I saw oil pressure. This time it actually turned over and everything seemed good. I then installed the wires/plugs and put the fuelpump fuse back. Now for the moment of truth.... crank.... crank....crank... Another long story short thanks to the internet I had the feed and return lines to the fuel filter/regulator backwards

Finally after many many many long hours and busted knuckles I could finally say..... SHES ALIVE!!!!! It obviously was super loud with the open headers, but it went right to 1000 rpm and idled pretty smooth.

The next night when I got home from work my buddy followed me as I drove to our garage/shop. The car was running like poo and wouldn't go faster then 25 mph. It also wanted to stall every possible chance it got. The 10 min drive took 30 min. When I finally got there we pulled a multiple random misfire and o2 sensor bank 2 CEL codes. I pulled the plugs and cleaned them, and we checked the wiring to the o2 sensors. In the end we figured that because the o2 sensors are at the very back of the long tubes that they were picking up fresh air causing the motor to run rich and foul the plugs. So we stopped worrying about it and got to work on the y-pipe.

I wanna thank all my buddies who stayed up till 1:30 getting this exhaust finished, most importantly Phill who pretty much did most of the work and all the welding








I have driven it to work a couple days now and still need to get some miles on it cause it's getting tuned tomorrow. My next update will hopefully have videos and a dyno chart

Sweeeeet!!