jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Hi guys, just posting some parts of my build thread for the sake of sharing, I've signed up on here for a good look around at other build threads, also possibly on the lookout for a CD09 gearbox depending if i cannot get myself a supra 6 speed v160 I know a few guys in scotland with supercharged 350's. anyway, here's some parts of the build thread, i cannot copy it all over just now as i'm on a tea break at work so i'll get this updated as i get on through the next few days start off with the car: a stock S14 kouki jdm import, non turbo sr20de manual with low miles, no rust, immaculate shell (after having a few uk spec cars i'd learned my lesson) hmmmmm bought some cs2 coilvoers from driftworks jetwashed and some wheels on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 bought an r200 diff subframe from a uk spec turbo, had it blasted and powdercoated, then bought and put in some driftworks solid diff and subframe bushes I had adjusted the timing, put on a decat/stainless steel exhaust and a little k&n filter onto the n/a engine the night before a rolling road day, on the rollers at wallace perofrmance at an sxoc day, it made 126 hp at the wheels took off the front wings to roll/seal them up and bought some 18" equips but the sizes weren't good for me done a crail skid day in the car, first time properly drifting an n/a as all my last sbodies had turbo'd sr20's had to really drive the car to get it to slide, was managing to keep it pinned in 3rd gear by the end of the day once it had dried up and i could tell where the front end was going decided to do some work with the bits i had started to collect for the rear subframe upgrade opened up my r32 diff from jdmgarage ratio 48:11 being 48/11= 4.363 final drive let it drain overnight also gave it two coats of hammerite black along with my r33 driveshafts next was to toast the bushes out the rear lower arms i have spare they are about to get powdercoated black to match the subframe diff and shafts i've got some new driftworks lower arm bushes to go in the arms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) took it out skidding one night in the middle of nowhere at an old banger track it's only a single track place so it's tight and the corners are 90 degree bends so it was a tad tricky had the 4.3 diff welded then basically screwed myself when i was drunk by going over my ankle and doing the ligaments and tendons, in my foot/up my leg had to take some time out of the car and missed a drift day i'd paid for bought an r154 toyota manual 5 speed box from phil at driftworks as it was his spare backup box for the driftworks r32 r154 prop shaft end cleaned up bought a crane, not lending this one out this time!! brings nothing but hassle haha bought a front sump as the soarer 1jz engines are all rear sump which would hit the cross member/rack on my 14 and bought a 1jz got it home Edited December 14, 2015 by jonny mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 gotta nip back to work but i'll finish updating this tonight hopefully guys :) so much more to post haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeppoJeff Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 You from Aberdeen by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Sure am how come ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeppoJeff Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Sure am how come ? As am I...recognised the car I'm sure and union square car park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Oh, just noticed your location haha, didn't see that when i read it on my phone earlier! ah cool haha i believe there are quite a few 350z owners up here. i'm mates with pete clark if you know his white z? Edited December 14, 2015 by jonny mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 the rear casing has to be removed to get the shifter linkage off there is a small bolt which has a ball and spring, this bolt has to be removed and both ball and spring removed with a pencil magnet as they risk falling inside the box internal shifter/selector linkage rod some other parts ready to go away for modification r154 front prop section s14 front prop section shifter shifter housing shifter rod will also be sending away my spare fuel rail to be modified bought these from wayne@autoextreme ACT 6puck sprung paddle! will be ordering my flywheel and walbro 400lph fuel pump this week from him, excellent service from him! unfortunately i was missing the release hub since it's a pull clutch on a toyota, so got on the phone to toyota and have made an order of a few parts i need complete clutch release hub with all spring clips and washers as seen below in green, all pressure plate housing bolts and some other parts wasn't cheap.... so after recieving all my bolts i needed for the job that friday night i set about fitting the japspeed manifold to my engine to see how much work was required for making the external wastegate fit however that was cut short the manifold wouldn't go over the head studs, was actually laughing at how bad the fitment was, even the gasket they supplied had clearly not been used for reference as when you hold the gakset up to the manifold it's completely off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) hockey pucks arrived for using as engine mounts also since i've got a greddy lip coming i've wanted a set of vertex skirts, rear spats and a dmax roof spoiler to go with it all which in my opinion will complete the car for me so the car was put back on standard shockers and wheels to go into the bodyshop for some work it's going in to get the rear arches done as when they were flared by pervious owner they have started rusting slightly where rolled which is unfortunate as it just needed a lick of underseal on the inside and they would have been fine also will be getting my skirts painted and have a new roof spoiler i bought from ep racing painted and fitted Edited December 14, 2015 by jonny mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 roof spoiler and skirts are painted, rear arches are done and look amazing! cannot thank stevie enough! the man has some epic skills, colour match is identical! also after the hassle with the cheap manifold i've decided to get myself a proper 6boost from autoextreme, going to be looking at over a grand for just a mnifold but if it's as good as everyone makes on then i'll just have to go with it ---------------- rear arches reshaped walbro 400lph fuel pump turned up thanks to wayne at auto extreme put the new engine on the stand with the help of the crane to begin work only pic i took is: fuel damper removed, water pump fan removed, air con pump and fan belt off turbo turned up it's a brand new holset hx351w (the most up to date hx35 by holset) with a t3 twin scroll exhaust flange, 4" inlet, internal wastegated and has slightly lighter 7 blade compressor wheel. removed the actuator just now and the plan is to have the internal wastegate welded shut and a small plate welded over the gap for it to keep exhaust gasses flowing smoothly stripped aircon pump to reuse bracket so got the car on a sorn since the road tax was due and it's now off the road, last picture before i started the strip and here's where it's at now, just about ready to have the engine taken out removed aircon, radiator, abs pump bracket, all inlet pipework, carbon cannister, viscous fan plus cowling, front bumper and grill, clutch slave cylinder, exhaust unbolted my Trust greddy gracer aero lip arrived from japan engine coming out few weeks ago, remove the engine with box and loom attached, just pulled loom through bulkhead started collecting more bits from toyota! having boxes like these show up reguarly now :S this is all the washers, snap rings, clutch hub, pressure plate bolts and more stuff drivetrain related tried on my vertex skirts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeppoJeff Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Oh, just noticed your location haha, didn't see that when i read it on my phone earlier! ah cool haha i believe there are quite a few 350z owners up here. i'm mates with pete clark if you know his white z? Yeah I know Pete. I'm quite good friends with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 got the dash out and began stripping the rest of the car to remove the sound deadening on the floor pan all done! just need to remove the glue left over now, using petrol, it seems to work well! swapped the engine's sump over from a rear to a front sump, bought a new baffle plate from toyota and i have also bought another front sump, soarer throttle cable to the s14 built the clutch hub together with the new bearing and all the washers and spring clips and so on 400lph walbro onto to the tank cradle some loom work, this was as bad as it looks, headache however it was my first loom, i actually quite enjoy them now made up a battery cable to reach the starter and also the solenoid wire has been extended to reach it since the starter is on the other side of the engine here's what i cut out of the nissan loom's f4 plug and ecu plug spent a rather long time like this: reading pinouts.... after some long thinking about it, the twins are going back on for now! don't have enough money to finish everything else, so for now the car will be ran this way untill i get enough cash behind me for a 6boost manifold and all the rest...ecu injectors etc finally fitted the energy suspension steering rack poly bushes shifter back from steevo, modified and extended 3 inches, fited great and seems to work fine! box resealed and hopefully won't give me any troubles, his weldeding work is excellent, just waiting on my mount and propshaft now! twins back on the engine for now to get it running nearly ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) new aux belt gearbox mount conversion mounts with pucks and high tensile bolts competition clutch lightened flywheel on with arp flywheel bolts and a good coat of the green loctight (the heavy duty stuff) ACT 6 puck clutch and new toyota hub with all new clips and new bearings R154 gearbox on twin turbos oil returns made engine in just needs a little shove....BIG SHOVE! and it's in! new problem: clutch cylinder space first running video [media] [/media] big thanks to my mate mark for the help along the way Edited December 14, 2015 by jonny mac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 got an s13 CA18det UK spec clutch master cylinder, bulkhead holes match up and it looks like it'll work perfectly, it has the bleeder on the top and the clutch pipe at the bottom which LOOKs like it's far enough away from the turbo pipe i'll have to spin the clip around so the head doesnt touch the turbo pipe, it's a tight fit! alloy rad after some wiring issues, me and mark finished off the wiring, now with factory s14 dash running oil pressure light, alternator battery light and rpm gauge all in tune fabricage arrived had my mate josh weld the floor plates in gearbox stuff making progress, slave cylinder bought new from toyota as the one that came with the box wasn't good £270 later the custom prop arrived with new uni's and grease nipples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 custom clutch line arrived with banjo fitting for space around the turbo pipe door cards done rough and quickly, need to make a better job of my other set dash got same treatment bought some rare wheels, 17x10 et10 hardrace arms arrived for the back of the car new ball joints from america bought some z32 new brakes from conceptua then they arrived stuff ready for cleaning and powdercoating bought a full r33 rear brake setup and some z32 calpers to do a brake shoe conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 got it lifted up high enough off it comes it's ridiculous how much the subframe locking collars have split the old bushes got my powdercoated stuff back magic aero rear spats arrived horrible job on my back with a grinder, cleaning up the rear end of the shell.... also can i just say....god i love imports soo clean compared to UK cars!!! all stone chipped and cleaned up, fully protected now a pic of the sills mid clean up before spraying stonechip on....making all the uk 200sx boys jealous rear arm bushes and a jdm turbo non abs rear prop to go with my new diff driftworks hubs ball joints into the powedercoated arms and bushes i'm one for greasing everything, i hate siezed threads etc so stripped and prepped everything properly with this build bearings tidied up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) subframe and brake pipes done new wheel and hkb boss from driftworks, also funny auto bacs gear stick from japan new box oil also some seat rails for recaro seats getting there: made up new fuel pipes and swapped the sides over since the 1j inlet mani is on the opposite side of the engine mocked up some electric push fans and a fmic with pipework Edited December 14, 2015 by jonny mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 dash and carpet back in seats in new front end parts, tie rods, rod ends, front tension rods, lower arm bushes and stuff more toyota parts, thermostat, dip stick, various seals etc lower arms extended 20mm and braced first time out the garage, yeah..... exaust for twins made up of soarer jzz30 downpipe mixed in with some 3" stainless pipe cross over pipe done full exhaust wrapped getting there various pipes and stuff old stuff bought new r33 front brakes soarer badge needs to go on somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 hydraulic shop next door made a new power steering line back together for now new power steering pump outside for first time in ages more stuff arriving 2jz pvc valve and hose upgrade matched r33 skyline brake master cylinder first drive...took it for alignment then home, was unreal! adjustable lock stops made as steering was binding on full lock oil cooler for future use changed a few things, new toyota o2 sensor, went throuh 2 alternators, coil pack clips, another ecu all to get it running smoother lip on skid day running warm so bonnet and bumper are off then another skid day at driftland gk tech r33 shaft spacers to prevent cv failure finalboss 2014 car was on form but again during drifting, serious heat from the engine bay came over the hill along the wall in 3rd gear flat out and span, managed to save it and with the slowest touch of the wall i broke the intercooler and headlight brackets and headlight mounts....my own fault for going silly and not lifting the throttle trying to link the whole straight section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 back out in half an hour though began to focus on making more power and sorting ecu, car kept hitting fuel cut on factory limit 550cc uk supra injectors e manage blue, 3 bar map sensor too 6 boost turned up custom made plug and play emange loom twins off engine bay full loom removed dash back out and loom tucked behind dash from engine bay, extended wires through for lights, alternator, starter and other sensors off the orignal fuse box downpipe made, new coolant temp sensor for ecu in, rocker covers sanded for paint everything heat protected, new oil feed for turbo etc screamer made sard fpr bought and sandwich plate for temp sensor ALOT of late nights got me here mate paul welded up some parts for me custom oil return matching seats from some sort of limited edition evo chopped all this extra rubbish out the engine loom while i was soldering in new resistor pack for new injectors new toyota inlet mani gaskets and removed the water/oil heat exchanger pipework new custom fuel rail bored out to 10mm and AN6 fittings on each end, inejctors flow tested and cleaned too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 new fuel pipes made up and filters and stuff more loom stuff whif bitz upgraded performance coils prop seal getting it all working mapped by russ at performance HQ so far 406bhp at wheels oil cooler stuff ready new black metalic cam covers and new toyota gaskets custom made front power brace by paul chopped up front end and decided to brace it with a sufficent crash bar and also move radiator forward enough to run viscous fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Soooooo jealous!! Done a sterling job. Lovely S14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie_k83 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Love it, great build from start to finish and nice to see an S-Body that isnt rotten...! Really must make the commute up to Driftland at some point, once i get out and learn in the BMW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny mac Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 new slam pannel made up, supports rad, oil cooler, headlights etc got the front end back together and put in a new set of 6k HID's i bought online weeks ago i need to allign the lights again with the beam setter car was then moved onto the spare ramp which is never used and i could begin the next job i've wanted to sort for a while since going single turbo the exhaust has always pi**ed me off, keeps catching the speed bumps outside my house, without a flexi in the downpipe either i was worried i'd cause some damage above it had buffed through one of the welded joins on the back too and was leaking out there also when on the rolling road, i had to remove the wastegate to make an adjustment, done this by removing the lambda sensor from the downpipe and it came out the top the lambda sensor stud which was a bolt welded onto the back of the flange had snapped the weld and was spinning!! tightened it with vice grips holding the thread and an open end spanner overtime with the heat etc it must have worked it's self loose as when i tried to tighten it again the stud just fell out in my hands so as per usual with my car, nothing's done in half measures....:S new exhaust time the stud left me in a pickle, josh had welded the bolt to the lambda sensor flange, then the flange was welded ontop of the downpipe we made then the hole for the sensor drilled out so i couldn't get a welding torch inside at the angle to tack a new bolt in place and my exhaust was badly leaking from there since only half the sensor was held on, throwing off my afr gauge which i couldn't risk new exhaust time then! took off the downpipe and exhaust, checked the manifold for any leaks incase it wasn't just the downpipe i was hearing, all is good! bought a few v bands for making a new system, no more gaskets to ever leak! spare 3" flexi from previous box of spares and took delivery of some 3" 1.5 meter lengths of pipe the apex exhaust backbox will possibly be going too as i'm potentially making a staggered shotgun backbox now....NO silencers BLAST PIPES! my mate paul is chopping up some 3" pipe into loads of little angle pieces to make a 'lobster back' style downpipe, basically loads of pieces put together to form tight angles the exhaust will be tig stainless welded and the plan now is to make it a full oval system along the floow for maximium ground clearance the last thing i've done lately is get the reverse lights working the reverse light switch on the gearbox had basically no loom left as someone cut it super short before i bought the box, managed to get two wires soldered onto what's left and joined them into the oem sr gearbox loom which was still hanging down the back of my dash from the fusebox ------------------------------------------------------ some more work was done last night v band on apex backbox and on bottom of flexi for new downpipe paul had managed to use the massive press at his work on some pieces of my pipe for the floor of the car, however when they squash normally the ends pinch and become almost pointed so a solid bar in the vice and each pipe was hand beaten into a circle at the sides, took me ages haha while i was doing that, paul started making the new downpipe the last pipe had to be dented in with a hammer to clear the last cylinder's manifold branch, now, since we have more time/material etc it has correct clearance and much more room to allow for expansion etc (not that it'll be much) and same again with the steering rack, rather than a mashed in pipe, this time it has max clearance one 'finished' downpipe, needs welded up which paul's going to make a jig for to stop any flex/movement with heat the other thing needing added is my lambda sensor stainless fitting which will be made up and a wideband bung which i have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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