Jordan's S13 Silvia ♠️♠️

Fin said:
duuuuuuuude!! It's looking awesome :) mishimoto rad cools like a boss so you definitely won't have any cooling problems

As for the tools, we're always going to be working on cars , so quality tools will be an investment (plus less swearing with decent tools to do the job)

Can't wait to see her in a coating of black and the front a little lower :P
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Me too dude, once Huxley has done his thing, I can start messing around with the aesthetics and ride height :p It'll be nice to be organised with my tools for once, and like you say begin collecting decent tools. It's just I'm not into buying the likes of a Snap On toolbox considering I only mess about with cars on the side kind of thing :)

J_W97 said:
Can you not cut down the fire proof sleeving?
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Yup, the drain isn't fastened at the moment as I would like to get some new jubilee clips on there to make sure they'll last :)

Over the weekend I spent some time doing a job that I didnt want to do :( I had to cut up the shiny new D-Max bonnet :cry:

Took my time measuring the templates to make sure they are exactly where I want them, plus I want them exactly equal seeing as I only have one shot at this.





After a couple of hours they were done! Without making a mess of the bonnet too :p Hopefully this makes Huxley's job easier when he places the pins type things.



Began fettling with the front wings again, and remembered how much I hate fibreglass mouldings. Managed to make my corner lights sit nicer, but there are quite a few moulding imperfections so they'll require some loving to make them all equal once they are back.



Quickly threw my seat back in to double check the hydro position and its perfect :smokin: Couldn't resit a quick snap of the seat though...



This week will see Huxley commencing work, so the next update will follow once its back and it should have made leaps and bounds of progress. Im stoked to see the results considering th equality of his work in general and the work he put into my cage.
 
So, its time for an update :)

Not long after the last update, and friend had the lovely job of trailering the car back up to Huxley.

By the end of the first day, this was the kind of progress Hux had made.







Pretty impressive if you ask me :)

Then came the task of the tubular front end, which I think Hux has nailed;







And then, it finally resembled a car for once! I can't described how stoked I was when he sent me this picture. After all the time of looking a car that doesn't even look like a car :cry:



We did encounter a problem though, where the intercooler I had ordered is 4" thick, instead of the regular 3" cores people tend to use. The problem here was that for the core to sit where Huxley usually places them, it would clash with the headlights. So we had 2 options;

a) Move the rad back
b) Fit the core more forwards and in front of the front crossmember

So after looking at some pictures, some discussion we opted for (a) and moved the rad back as little as we could. After looking at my pictures, theres tonnes of spaces between the viscous and the rad, just the cowling may need to be "modified" which shouldn't be a big deal, hopefully!

Thanks to my friend we went and grabbed the car off Huxley last night, and to say I'm thrilled with the work he's put into this car is a massive understatement. I can't thank him enough for turning a shell with a dodgy cage and front tubs, into a car that has a full blown jungle gym of a cage and a real fancy front end! :smokin:



The crash bar is awesome too, the bumper hugs it so tightly its unreal, in a good way! Bumper does not sag, and its much stronger than the original "crash bar" than Nissan think is sufficient.

Few pictures once I got the car back into the unit last night;





And was greeted to this today! Shouldve been revising today, but the car took priority. Need a break from so many textbooks anyway :p



FINALLY! The front end was lowered, although this was the maximum the coilovers would allow. After all, they are optimised for performance, and they havent been bedded in yet (although they are hard spring rates!)



Then I began to lower the rear, again, this is maxed out but to be honest, its exactly the height I wanted so I'm not phased. I could go lower through adding droop but I think this will do, and ill let the fancy springs do what they have to do and give me better grip :p





May have noticed the front brakes;



They are huge! Cant wait to see how they feel out on track though :p I also threw on the rear Z32's to see how the dual caliper looks. Unfortunately I didnt grab any pictures, but it looks pretty cool and again, I can't wait to try them out and see how good the hydro is (Not for entries of course :euge::euge:)
 
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Im planning on selling the Superclarkey hubs in favour of some front geomasters after hearing how they respond with huge flicks and angle :smokin: Plus, I could kinda do with the drop and the freshness of some new hubs and bearings :)











Whilst the car was away, I started thinking about the interior. I grabbed my old dashboard out of the S13 along with the centre console. I'll set about making a much neater dash and make the centre console fit along side. Even though this will be quite an extreme car, I can't help but have that little bit of "luxury" (If i can even call it that?) and make the car feel a bit more back to its roots.

Threw the centre console to see how it'd fit around the hydro;



So thats it at as of today. Im planning to grab a tool box at long last tomorrow, do some revision and maybe some more odds and sods on the car.

I may have also ordered some new gauges :smokin:
 
Looking good. How much do the geomaster front hubs drop the spindle? And do you have 18's all round at the moment?
 
This is easily my favourite build atm , please get a propa paint job , don't get me wrong I know first hand there's no point , but it would be a shame to rattle can it ,
 
200sx_ said:
45mm :) And yeah 18's all round, just a personal preference with a kit and helps to clear the brakes too :cool:
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Hmmmm, that rake makes the rears look like 17s. 45mm will allow you to even it up nicely.

What's next on the agenda?
 
sparky_s13 said:
Starting to look insane mate!!

What colour will it be?
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miffy said:
This is easily my favourite build atm , please get a propa paint job , don't get me wrong I know first hand there's no point , but it would be a shame to rattle can it ,
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driftyste said:
Met brown
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Thanks guys! As for colours, I'm hoping to keep a form a black on the outside, with a metallic type gunmetal in the engine bay & interior. Although, I haven't fully decided yet :p but it will be black!

It won't be rattle canned, it'll be sprayed using 2 pack paint :)

BenRice said:
Hmmmm, that rake makes the rears look like 17s. 45mm will allow you to even it up nicely.

What's next on the agenda?
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Yup that's my thinking. I can then have some adjust on the coilovers for preload adjustment too. But as it stands, I don't really want to go much lower on the front, I'm quite digging the reverse rake!

I see by what you mean on the rears, fitment is really spot on which probably makes them seen a bit lost haha!

As for what's next, I need a damn tool box! Can't deal with be unorganised for much longer. As for the car, I need to decide on paint and start acquiring the fuel system parts, re under seal the car and start mocking up things like the FPR, Oil Relocation plate etc before I think about primer and sanding. :)

Dean85 S14 said:
Same hydro in the same position I had on my S14 (but lhd)... aaah memories :)
Car looks great!!
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It feels the most natural to me! BenRice ^^ did the same sort of thing with an identical hydro which showed me how to mount. But the throw is perfect, I don't have to lunge out to grab, it's just within my grasp for when I have those "Oh Sh**!" moments and need a handbrake :wack:
 
ElkWörks said:
needs sparkle two tone. some sort of grey bottom half and a sage green pearl top halk.
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Personally I love two-tones on Silvia K's Aero or BN due to the lines. The D-Max kit personally suits a single colour in my opinion :) Though, more two-tones need to exist for sure! A friend has just gotten his, which I think will do the colours justice :)
 
200sx_ said:
It feels the most natural to me! BenRice ^^ did the same sort of thing with an identical hydro which showed me how to mount. But the throw is perfect, I don't have to lunge out to grab, it's just within my grasp for when I have those "Oh Sh**!" moments and need a handbrake :wack:
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I loved the reverse mount idea so you can hide it under the dash, only bad side in my case was that it came with a 0,7 cylinder that was not the best for lock, but still usefull in those oh shit moments you are talking about or to slow down :)
why not PSM knuckles? (front and rear)
 
Dean85 S14 said:
I loved the reverse mount idea so you can hide it under the dash, only bad side in my case was that it came with a 0,7 cylinder that was not the best for lock, but still usefull in those oh shit moments you are talking about or to slow down :)
why not PSM knuckles? (front and rear)
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I spoke to PBM about the cylinder at the time of ordering, and they strongly advise the 0.75 with the dual caliper setup? Hopefully it'll lock nicely without a huge amount of travel, I hate seeing hydros with a huge throw on them!

As for the knuckles, I did enquire about them but I'd want to run their lower arms to get the most out of them but they dont have stock for a long time which is a paint in the ass! So did some thinking and think a pair of Geomaster's, fresh balljoints and LCA bushes will be the easiest way to go :)



Decided to begin fitting my old dash today, with the hope of a much neater install. Wont bore you too much as it isn't the most fascinating of tasks but I've managed to try and retain the sides, and began to trim the centre console so that I can get the required throw on the hydro.







Kinda of procrastinating at the moment which is not good! Need to start revising more but i'll try and get some odds and sods done this weekend and begin ordering a few little things :)
 
Looking super awesome mate!! And I know what you mean about taking a break ... Those dates with IFRS and ISA's are killing me :facepalm:
 
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