s13Addict's slow build thread... (56k...good luck)

This is the first time I've made on of these, so I don't really know where to start.. So here we go.
The (short) history of my cars..

Started out with this 1993 Acura Integra (which I miss badly, due to the fact it gave me NO problems)






Then, after riding in a friends s13, fell in love, and bought this beauty for 1k...original owner...220k miles on a beasty single slammer





Video of my first time EVER drifting...the only vid I think..



Well, got in a non-drifting related wreck, and next thing I knew, I had to sell her cause I couldn't afford to fix her...



So found another s13, this time a coupe twin cam

First day I saw her:


VLSD, Exhaust, a bunch of fixing problems/broken shit, and 5%tint later...



A run I made at the speedway..


and a bad run I made at the speedway:


Here's the damage:



Anyways, everythings straight now, except some one hit and ran on me the other day, so thats just more body damage I have to work with.

I just ordered Megan Racing Street Coilovers, so that'll be the most recent update. I also plan on painting my car during Christmas break with help of a friend, and plan to get some more suspension parts... We'll see I guess.

Thanks for reading/watching all that if you did lol.

Sorry for the repost, didn't mean to post it twice lol

Well, look what came in today!!!!!

Megan Racing Coilovers, Street Series! Over 900 bucks worth of it...







Will be hopefully putting them on tomorrow. So pics soon to come.

Anyone have any helpful hints? Should I lower it more, it just leave it with the way they come from the factory?

Sweetnesnesnesnes!!!!!

s13Addict wrote:

Anyone have any helpful hints? Should I lower it more, it just leave it with the way they come from the factory?

Put them on first, and then decide that.
And if you have an aftermarket exhaust and go too low....you will rub it on speed bumps, small animals, old ladies in the fast lane..etc

Squirrls, natures speed bumps.

Wow, Sorry I haven't been on here in a while guys. Been working alot, going to school alot, and drifting a lot. So not much time for teh intarwebz.

Well since the last post:

-The coilovers are ON, and I LOVE THEM. The ride isn't too bad, and totally worth how it handles and looks.
-Got front and rear strut bars, will be getting sway bars soon.
-Got a new trunk, spoilerless
-Painted the car white again, with a rattle can, because the paint was so screwed up and out of wack...
-Got some wheels that look alright, got them for 100 bucks so I can't complain.
-s14 seats
-Took it to the Kiss Kiss drift practice, and it was AMAZING. Even with just a simple setup like mine, it felt soo good and soo smooth.

Here's a few pics...

Before:



During paint:






After coils and rims and paint:



Before




After:




Not bad for Rattle can paint job and 100 dollar rims...

Money is on hold to save up for new motor, due to my valve stem seals and rings are GONE and I can't afford a quart of oil a week anymore.

About damn time you post... (J/K)

Looks sexy, can't wait to see it in person now that you have done all that stuff to it.

dump it LOW like till your front lip is an inch off the ground. slam it! haha

Eeh... You have NO idea how bad the roads are down here. I'm having SO much trouble driving around right now as is.

However, for photoshoots and what not, I will DEFINITELY slam that shit.

lol its what you have to deal with when youre dumped. i wish all roads were smooth and even, i say just hammer it and look BAD ASS

Lol!

lol ill post pics of my current ride height later, today some guy in a coupe parked in front of my work and was looking at my car and i went out and he said "your car is slammmed!"

if you guys roll to the mega 240 meet in 2010 you will see my car in person! lawl.

Damn its lookin really good.

No more monster truck ride height lol.




Good job.

nismo racer wrote:

the mega 240 meet in 2010.

Meow?.....

Project is on hold, saving up for something. Almost done, so give me a two or three weeks and I'll come back with some updates.

2-3 weeks?...

That's way to fucking long...

Not sure if anyone here cares or even checks this thread but...

I'll sum up the past few months:

Got a early graduation gift- oem rebuilt ka24det

swapped it in, spent about 2800 total including motor

got the car looking good, and running decent.

got in a wreck, screwed the front end up pretty bad...

fixed the front as much as possible

then the stupid Neo that I was using started fucking up, and the motor ran so rich it washed the cylinder walls down

tore the motor down

new block, head, head gasket, OEM pistons, polished and balanced crank, new rings, all new gaskets etc...

motor is assembled

ready to swap back in

now looking for something to tune with...

If you're interested enough, I'll go find some pics.

I'll try to keep y'all more posted.

<<< Interested! Haha.

Ha well, I lost a lot of the good stuff. But here's a few pics and vids.

She looked like shit, ran like shit, and smelt like shit (gas). We actually did the whole swap in one day, due to us being kicked out of our swap place. So it was half assed.

But that will all be different now.
Before:





After:








Then wrecked it, which I don't have any good photos of but here is some after we did some takin off







Here's us pulling the motor the second time around:








I did a complete OEM rebuild with all new gaskets, new block, new crank, paint for the block/valve cover, and a few miscellanous stuff for all about $250

Not bad, I reckon.

my main worry is the tune. I don't think it's going to run any better than before, and I don't have the $$ to dump into NIStune or a tuned ECU...

Oh, and I now rock an s14 as a DD:




Gets me around.

Motor is ready to be swapped in, which hopefully will take place this week.

Here's a few vids, with shitty audio.

I ran it on 5psi for awhile, then 8-9.