for some history on this car for those who don't know.... this is a copy and paste from my former NA build threads on various forums...
we all know that i wrecked my car to avoid a deer... so the adjuster is coming by tomorrow to cut me a check for the car, and i'll be buying it back... since i can't retitle it I'm going to use it as a parts car, and for a part out, to try and make some of my money back on the buy back...
with whats left over, I'm thinking of buying this Gold S14 base for $4100 cash with around 85k miles on the chassis and around 70k on the black top, it's needs alot of TLC, most of which i can pull off of my Black S14 that's totaled... mostly interior bits here and there, radio bezel, shift boot, ignition surround, and few minor bits and peices on the inside...
engine runs kinda rough, it must be a a MAF sensor (will replace with Z32 maf listed below, and i have a feeling it's got a to be a vacuum leak somewhere, it idles like it's misfiring on a cyl, but as soon as RPMS are above 1k, it's smooths out great and pulls hard... Also, the seals on the turbo are bad and has no gasket between the turbo and the mani, turbo smokes and has moderate shaft play.. at anywhere after say 35mph, the steering wheel shakes like it's trying to piss it's self and run away, my S14 does the same, just not so bad... more parts of the parts car (i hate calling it that "parts car", and now i will cry for a minute)
Okay done crying, as for the outside as you can see in the following photos, the front panels are pretty much shot, both fenders, hood (which due to lack of fastening the hood pins, flew open and shattered the windshield), and the roof being dented... all of which parts, except for the roof i can pull off of my car, as well as my buddy's parts car, namely hood and fenders... the trunk is also bad, which a tree fell on, it's just misaligned and needs to be replaced, also another thing i can pull of my wrecked S14...
as far as the mods go it has....
S13 Black top SR20DET
hks wastegate actuator
greddy type s bov
greddy profec spec II boost controller
greddy turbo timer
Apexi safc2
Brian Crower stage 2 cams 264/264
VLSD
big ass intercooler
greddy intercooler piping
walbro fuel pump
autometer boost gauge
autometer oil gauge not connected
underdrive pully set
full 3" exhaust
Apexi N1 catback
Racing Hart 18" wheels
Eibach lowering/race springs, front are heated to lower car for SR
B&M short throw shifter with B&M round knob
extra things that come with the car...
two coil packs
sr20det fuel pump
ecu
300zx mas air flow sensor
sr20det cam angle sensor
bare sr20det head
greddy front mount intercooler (dent in the bottom)
two stock wheels with 100 percent tread
well here's a few shots of the car...
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Apexi N1 cat back..
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and now to get current and up to speed....
well guys, i finally brought this bucket home... it made it on a 2hr trip with no screw ups.... the suspension is shot out, the brakes are non existent, and the idle is rough and the starter isn't getting enough ground/power one or the other...
today i went to start the five lug swap, then saw that it had a security lug nut... and i was an idiot and didn't check the glove box so i gave that up (later looked in the glove box and there it was).
so instead i figured i's take care of some of the cosmetic things, so i swapped over my headlights, and light bulbs (silvania silverstar ultras) and my cheap-o fake HID high beam bulbs... and found out that the driver side harness was ate up and i'll have to use the harness from the parts car (the black Zenki), to make it light up correctly (low beam is dim as hell)...
after that i decided to figure out why the shifter was soooo wobbly so i tore open the center console, and got in to the shifter, found out that the upper boot had no screws holding it down (why do i think this is going to be the story of this car??)... after i removed the upper boot, i realized that at least it is a true V2 B&M shifter... with no boot... again, pulled from the parts car...
after removing the shifter lever, i found out why it was so wobbly.. the lower bushing on the ball was missing, so since the car came with the stock SR shifter, i took it off and swapped it out... easy, got the boot on, trim all back and went to put in my radio bezel and another mess...
found out the crappy CD player wasn't fully secured and was actually hard wired into the original harness (weak sauce) and that wasn't something i wanted to get into... the SAFC is wired through the back of the vents in between so i cant remove the vent panel with out breaking it (two of the locking tabs are already broken anyways so when i get motivated i'll finish her off). so i reinstalled everything, got the radio bezel back on in a half way recognizable fashion, and even rewired the cigg lighter (I'm a smoker and use it, just not the ashtray, which i NEVER use)... got it all pieced back together and for now, called it a night... i had a long drive on shot suspension and a turbo that as soon as it started boosting, smoked out the car bad... had to ride most the way under 30% throttle (i know that cuz the SAFC told me, it is good for SOME things...) which was kind of a pain... i mean come up, you scoop up a turbo car that's most likely pushing 220 to the wheels and you can't even romp on it...
here's some pics, there will be many more to come as i document the resurrection on this car...
just got home, look at my two babies, popped the hood to get ready to jack her up...
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getting on what i thought was the five lug swap...
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just a quick little motor shot... first time boosting... EVAR!!!
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replacement turbo, Garret GT28...r? dunno... sez .63 AR... brand new, scooped it up for $350... Ball Bearing... woot woot..
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ADD: i just went outside to look at this kids "custom downpipe" and it IS nice... but it's only held on with one bolt... no wonder the smokey turbo smokes all under the hood and in the car... ARG!!!! time to do more work...
at least i ended up scooping it up for $3800 and not the $4100 we agreed on...
that's it for now guys, stay tuned for the rebuild of this heap.... more too come and thanks for reading through...
we all know that i wrecked my car to avoid a deer... so the adjuster is coming by tomorrow to cut me a check for the car, and i'll be buying it back... since i can't retitle it I'm going to use it as a parts car, and for a part out, to try and make some of my money back on the buy back...
with whats left over, I'm thinking of buying this Gold S14 base for $4100 cash with around 85k miles on the chassis and around 70k on the black top, it's needs alot of TLC, most of which i can pull off of my Black S14 that's totaled... mostly interior bits here and there, radio bezel, shift boot, ignition surround, and few minor bits and peices on the inside...
engine runs kinda rough, it must be a a MAF sensor (will replace with Z32 maf listed below, and i have a feeling it's got a to be a vacuum leak somewhere, it idles like it's misfiring on a cyl, but as soon as RPMS are above 1k, it's smooths out great and pulls hard... Also, the seals on the turbo are bad and has no gasket between the turbo and the mani, turbo smokes and has moderate shaft play.. at anywhere after say 35mph, the steering wheel shakes like it's trying to piss it's self and run away, my S14 does the same, just not so bad... more parts of the parts car (i hate calling it that "parts car", and now i will cry for a minute)
Okay done crying, as for the outside as you can see in the following photos, the front panels are pretty much shot, both fenders, hood (which due to lack of fastening the hood pins, flew open and shattered the windshield), and the roof being dented... all of which parts, except for the roof i can pull off of my car, as well as my buddy's parts car, namely hood and fenders... the trunk is also bad, which a tree fell on, it's just misaligned and needs to be replaced, also another thing i can pull of my wrecked S14...
as far as the mods go it has....
S13 Black top SR20DET
hks wastegate actuator
greddy type s bov
greddy profec spec II boost controller
greddy turbo timer
Apexi safc2
Brian Crower stage 2 cams 264/264
VLSD
big ass intercooler
greddy intercooler piping
walbro fuel pump
autometer boost gauge
autometer oil gauge not connected
underdrive pully set
full 3" exhaust
Apexi N1 catback
Racing Hart 18" wheels
Eibach lowering/race springs, front are heated to lower car for SR
B&M short throw shifter with B&M round knob
extra things that come with the car...
two coil packs
sr20det fuel pump
ecu
300zx mas air flow sensor
sr20det cam angle sensor
bare sr20det head
greddy front mount intercooler (dent in the bottom)
two stock wheels with 100 percent tread
well here's a few shots of the car...
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motor...
Apexi N1 cat back..
and now to get current and up to speed....
well guys, i finally brought this bucket home... it made it on a 2hr trip with no screw ups.... the suspension is shot out, the brakes are non existent, and the idle is rough and the starter isn't getting enough ground/power one or the other...
today i went to start the five lug swap, then saw that it had a security lug nut... and i was an idiot and didn't check the glove box so i gave that up (later looked in the glove box and there it was).
so instead i figured i's take care of some of the cosmetic things, so i swapped over my headlights, and light bulbs (silvania silverstar ultras) and my cheap-o fake HID high beam bulbs... and found out that the driver side harness was ate up and i'll have to use the harness from the parts car (the black Zenki), to make it light up correctly (low beam is dim as hell)...
after that i decided to figure out why the shifter was soooo wobbly so i tore open the center console, and got in to the shifter, found out that the upper boot had no screws holding it down (why do i think this is going to be the story of this car??)... after i removed the upper boot, i realized that at least it is a true V2 B&M shifter... with no boot... again, pulled from the parts car...
after removing the shifter lever, i found out why it was so wobbly.. the lower bushing on the ball was missing, so since the car came with the stock SR shifter, i took it off and swapped it out... easy, got the boot on, trim all back and went to put in my radio bezel and another mess...
found out the crappy CD player wasn't fully secured and was actually hard wired into the original harness (weak sauce) and that wasn't something i wanted to get into... the SAFC is wired through the back of the vents in between so i cant remove the vent panel with out breaking it (two of the locking tabs are already broken anyways so when i get motivated i'll finish her off). so i reinstalled everything, got the radio bezel back on in a half way recognizable fashion, and even rewired the cigg lighter (I'm a smoker and use it, just not the ashtray, which i NEVER use)... got it all pieced back together and for now, called it a night... i had a long drive on shot suspension and a turbo that as soon as it started boosting, smoked out the car bad... had to ride most the way under 30% throttle (i know that cuz the SAFC told me, it is good for SOME things...) which was kind of a pain... i mean come up, you scoop up a turbo car that's most likely pushing 220 to the wheels and you can't even romp on it...
here's some pics, there will be many more to come as i document the resurrection on this car...
just got home, look at my two babies, popped the hood to get ready to jack her up...
getting on what i thought was the five lug swap...
just a quick little motor shot... first time boosting... EVAR!!!
replacement turbo, Garret GT28...r? dunno... sez .63 AR... brand new, scooped it up for $350... Ball Bearing... woot woot..
ADD: i just went outside to look at this kids "custom downpipe" and it IS nice... but it's only held on with one bolt... no wonder the smokey turbo smokes all under the hood and in the car... ARG!!!! time to do more work...
at least i ended up scooping it up for $3800 and not the $4100 we agreed on...
that's it for now guys, stay tuned for the rebuild of this heap.... more too come and thanks for reading through...
