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Last updated: Oct 31, 2007
WTB:
- Nothing atm
FS:
- Stock RB26 pistons and rods
UPDATE: The project has been revamped. I am no longer making a rb powered drift car. I am now, instead (seeing as i already have completely my SR drift slut), making an RB26 powered convertible S13.4 silvia. It is mainly for show, but will have a beautiful rb26 that will, unfortunately, not see much action.
The project's highlights will be the ultra-rare Silvia Convertible chassis, and an obnoxious number of chromed parts. I aim to showcase me, and my shops skill and talent with this project, and will be building a clean, reasonable car with no shortcuts, or hokeyness, and will be seen at a car show near you.
The Chassis:
S13.4 Silvia Convertible. Its past life was as a DEAR Motorsports demo car, featuring their D13.4 conversion kit. Its won a few car shows in Japan, and i hope to do it justice over here in Canada. It is currently equipped with an automatic CA18DET in stock trim.
The Motor:
(Sorry, picture quality will be low on most pictures as i'm using my cell to take pictures... whenever i hit an interesting milestone i'll snap some pics with my Nikon D80).
The Dream:
500+hp. Clean & Sexy.
------------ [Dec 9/06] ------------
Motor arrived at the shop yesterday. Began tearing it apart today. Currently in the process of undoing all the ********. This part sucks, involved removing every pipe on the motor, plugging it up, and putting masking tape around it with a number that corresponds to a number written on the pipe. Hoping i can get all the ******** off by monday (got customer cars to work on too so we'll see, depending on free time).
Pictures:
The big mess of vacuum lines and **** on the intake side that i need to take care of.
At least the clutch is new.
removing pipes... this is tedius
Labelling everything... this is also tedius
When doing **** like this, its important to remember to thread all nuts and bolts back into their sockets after removing things (or bag them up), so you don't loose them all.
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------------ [Dec 10/06] ------------
Spent most of today working on other stuff, so didnt get much done, however i did get some more piping off, undo the subframe from the motor, get the clutch/flywheel off, and get the motor mounted on the stand. Now i'm in the process of taking the turbos off. so far i got piping off one of them, the stockers seem to be in good shape, with minimal shaftplay.
Currently I'm leaning towards a GT4088R single turbo setup... any comments on this? I'm not sure what sort of lag i'm going to see with this...
Putting the motor onto the engine stand... Chris Williams is the guy in the pic... he works at our shop, and is helping me out on the project. \
Engine sitting on the stand. Very handy.
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------------ [Dec 14/06] ------------
The motor accessories are completely stripped off now. Today i finished that up by removing the main pulley, timing belt, and cam gears. Tomorrow i hope to remove the head.
The motor in its current state.
The turbos
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------------ [Dec 15/06] ------------
Got a little bit ahead of schedule today, as i had help from Chris, and Chevy.
-The head is removed
-Cams are removed
-Pistons, rods, and crank are removed
-Frost plugs are removed from block, and its basically ready for hot tanking
The cams.
Chris and Chevy making short work of the head.
When the impact gun fails to do the job, Chevy takes the initiative to construct an 8' breaker bar.
the oil pan and head are now removed
Pistons and rods and such.
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------------ [Dec 18/06] ------------
Now that we have the motor torn down, and its going to be a while until i get all the internals collected together, i decided to bring in my chassis and start working on other things. We started with the rear end.
I installed a VLSD in my car a while back, however this definitely won't do, so we took the VLSD out. I fished out my old open diff, and went about putting the Nismo 2-way LSD i picked up in japan, only to discover, it didnt fit.
Well, when i bought it in japan, the salesman told me it fits in open diff Silvias. Well, i figured the open diff in a 240sx would be the same, however no such luck. It turns out NA Silvias use a R180 Diff, instead of the R200 diff that all USDM s13s use, regardless of whether they are vlsd or not.
If anyone has a R180 pumpkin (old school skylines, NA silvias, 240z, 260z, etc.), and wants a Nismo 2-way, i'll give you a killer deal
Seeing as we couldn't install the new diff, i just drained both the VLSD and the Open, and cleaned the open all out with brake clean, cleaned up all the bearings and such and put it back together. Once i get my new R200 2-way, the case will be all set to go.
Chevy standing behind our makeshift differential rebuilding work station
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------------ [Jan 07/07] ------------
I've been busy with new years and Christmas and stuff so i havn't had a chance to work on the project in a while. Today i decided enough sitting on my ass, time to get 'er done.
I got up nice and late (10PM), and stayed up playing Warcraft 3 until 9am, at which point i headed down to the shop and got to work.
I figured since i'd been lazy for the last couple weeks, time to get the most pain in the ass thing out of the way... removing the blown KA-T.
I started by removing the bumper, hood, pop-ups, fenders, and bumper support (for easy access and so i can repaint the engine bay, and remove all the wiring). Then i removed the turbo kit.
After this i realized how much a mess the place was, so while the coolant and oil were draining, i built a shelf and table out of some wood lying around in the shop. I found some rim enamel so i painted a board of chipboard with it (to give it a smooth finish), and screwed it into a table frame i found.
After doing this i got to work on the engine. The removal went smoothly, other then me forgetting to remove the shift knob, which took 5 minutes to fix.
The only difficulty was doing the whole removal myself (no one else at the shop today). I weigh 120LB, and my engine lift's wheels are seized. I ended up having to brace my back against the front windshield and kicking the engine to get it swinging back and forth, at which point i quickly jumped off the car, and braced my back against the rad support and kicked against the hoist in time with the swinging engine. After around 20 minutes of this the engine was clear.
Here i've removed the bumper and hood.
...and off come the fenders and bumper support
Engine being prepped for removal
Quick table-making break. Was tired of worrying about someone knocking my head over or tripping over the crank.
Ready for removal
Removed
Why you dont turbo a ka...
The now nice and neat corner.
My ka-t's clutch... its for sale
Pretty productive day overall.
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------------ [Oct 31/07] ------------
Serious revamp of the plan today. The motor is now going into a Silvia convert. While waiting for the car to arrive from japan, i am starting work on the motor.
I am aiming for a mild-moderate build-up on the motor. Nothing too crazy for a motor thats not going to see too much action. I will be ordering bottom end parts tomorrow, these will include:
- CP Heat berrier + molly coated Pistons
- Eagle Rods
- N1 Oil & Water pump
- Crank collar (for oil pump)
- ARP Crank girdle, and head studs
- ACL Bearings
- ATI Super Damper
The block will be decked, and rehoned. Crank will be reground and balanced with the rotating assembly.
The convert
The current engine bay... BLASPHAMY!!!
The shop... just funny to see it nearly a year ago in the first pictures and see how far its come.
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