86 sr20 powered s12 build - 2 years later on the road!

[D-sport S12]

baller, kinda the same build im doing on my SR (one day to be finished)

keep it up you make good progress

[Phisherman09]

my s12 like engines.


and jdm lights.


put the you know what in the you know where.




gonna go try to pick up some 13 year old sluts now

[sam31183]

orange engine bay is orange...i hear that the 13 year olds loooove that.

[Phisherman09]

oh hello.

for some strange reason i still have this hunk of junk.


amended story of why i havent updated this in 2+ years.

got married, had a kid, sold the 350z, bought a s13 for a family car. blah blah



as for the car, it threw a rocker arm who knows how long ago, wrecked the head and cams, so i lost motivation.
for some strange reason i got motivation once again..

started by giving my car head





got it running. never really ran right :S


had ungodly wiring issues from myself and previous owner(s).

so, i took on the task of replacing all the wiring with a 14 circuit harness meant for some bitchin camaro or some shit.




also installed some new gauges and other crap



washed it and such


just needs a new wastegate and it should be back in action

[BattleFairy]

so your headlights never goes down again?.....thats sad for you

LOL

nice car & child

[Phisherman09]

over two years later, its back on the road. (blew a coolant hose on the test drive. lol).

runs pretty good. just of wastegate spring pressure (5psi). its scoots, but still feels slow for some reason lol.

feels so good to be back in the s12 game.

[I_heart_VVL]

5psi on an S13SR? No wonder its slow.

in for updates!

[D-sport S12]

This is reminding me a lot of my build lol. I've had quite a few of the same issues except over 2 years since mine been on the road.
Good job

[Roof]

this thing is fuckin sick.  Good shit man.

[Arro]

oh hello.

I like how your intercooler *replaces* the radiator core support bracket and keeps the top of the core support and the hood latch held up... what's the size of the core?

[sideways_s12]

Def want to know how you did that I want to do the same with the det and will the bumper still fit with modifications

[DjayS12]

Size is: Big enough lol

[David B]

dude u can put that center piece back, you just need to add a few washers on the bottom bolt, i used a socket or two

will save your hood from raping your rad support in high wind's lol

[Phisherman09]

]Oh hi.

Long time no see.

Long story short, turbo blew juneish last year. Around the same time my daughter started developing eating problems, we spent from july to january this year fighting it, in and out of the childrena hospital, got behind on bills from missing work a bunch.
So, this car sat for almost a year,again.

Finally got caught up, back on track, and started fixing it again two weeks ago. Got a new turbo, new fluids. Fixed a bunch of dumb issues
Been daily driving it for about too weeks now.

[8SixS12]

Wow what a story. I definitely understand the family / life thing putting your project on hold. My daughter is almost 4 now.  It's hard trying to find time to work on the car.  I might get 30 minutes a day and then not even touch it for weeks at a time. Anyway I'm glad to see you got it on the road again.  Now you're my inspiration to get my car done! 

[sideways_s12]

Glad to see your back at it! You never did answer the my question about the intercooler tho....

Def want to know how you did that I want to do the same with the det and will the bumper still fit with modifications

[8SixS12]

I'd like to know as well looks like a cool idea.

Sideways , If you look at my build thread I am considering doing the same thing but with a smaller intercooler to allow airflow to the radiator. 

[sideways_s12]

Ill check it out thanks