Jordan's S13 Silvia ♠️♠️

Bommel said:
Yeah was just wondering did you use the American or NZ shop man, thanks man :thumbs:

What engine is going in ? 4cyl is gone. . Going 6cyl or a V8 ?
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The mighty SR is staying dude, was just a ploy as a V8 seems to be everyone's answer these days ;) I tend to use the American site, always seem to have better stock :)
 
Managed to get a couple of minutes on the car over the last day or so, spent my time trying to mock up some more of the tubs and ended up with this;



Only tacked at the moment until Ian gets a chance to come down and lay down a proper weld instead of my attempts haha!

This is what my attempts look like on the upper arch, seemed to have decent penetration on the other side though!




I need alot of practice but this was the first ever time I picked up a welder after a few minutes playing around, its not my welder so didnt want to keep using it :( Although, id love to get my own MIG welder soon and learn once all this is done though, something very addictive about it :p I had to cut out a section where I encountered the glorious Nissan metal and kept blowing through, so decided to quit before I made a right mess of things, its just a simple case of plating it underneath
 
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Swamp said:
that is quite a nice weld for a begginer. Did you do it in one go, or stitch it?
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Attempted a stitch weld because of how thin both metals are so wanted to avoid blowing through any metal :wack: Just watched a few youtube videos and decided to have a go haha
 
Decent welds those... my first welds didn't go too well haha, burnt through a plate on my first try hahaha, keep going bud!! :D
 
Rich, tom, murts, liams old unit. most have moved out so im sure liam needs people to make up the numbers again. Always somebody about to help you weld then.
 
I'm kind of in the process of finding something closer, a 45+ minute journey each time you want to work on the car is too much for me dude. Plus, with the amount of effort and parts going into this shell, apart from Liam I don't know the others in their unit and wouldnt trust them with my car/tools/parts lying around. Cheers for the heads up though mate :thumbs:
 
Well as things are slowly moving along in the background whilst im writing a number of assignments at uni, thought it’d be a good time to have a break and indulge you lot into my grand master plan ;)

So first things first; The Turbo!

Those who are keen on my Instagram or my old build thread may remember posting the picture below;



Inside this box of amazing Japanese goodness lies a brand new, genuine Greddy TD06L2-20G!



Truth be told, ive had this sat in my room for a fair few months, more towards the beginning of the year in fact! Ive pretty much spent the whole year planning how I want the car/engine setup after using my experiences in my old S13. The thing that annoyed me was that I loved the 4:3 final drive, but as im always mid-top end of the rev range the poor little T28 felt gutless, literally as if it was N/A car as it had none of the old Japanese kick to it no more, also due to the fact the T28 is quite a small turbo too!

The reason why I chose the TD06 over the more common GTX series is that fact, I want a kick so brutal, it’ll make me driver harder and faster than before. Full boost tends to be around 3.5-4k which suits me fine, as im spec’ing this car more towards a mid-range monster than try to get maximum spool, when im not even down low in the rev range! Oh, and there’s also the fact these turbo’s sound AWESOME on full boost, we all know this is a crucial factor! :p

The Manifold

Since I wanted the original 3 bolt exhaust housing for authenticity and the fact it’s the 8cm^2 housing, my manifold options were fairly limited. Either genuine Greddy manifold (which will more than likely crack after being made of stupidly thin metal!) or I do Option B) Contact Andrew Ward (Wardy) off SXOC. Some people may know of his work as he sure is getting more popular and theres a reason for this, his work is awesome and for the prices he charges it’s a no brainer why people still consider off the shelf generic ebay manifolds which will all crack at some point!
With the TD06 setup I have a further 2 choices regarding the manifold setup, generic Top Mount setup which can sound the absolute nuts! (Those who know Charlie Hadfield’s PS13 from Australia will understand ;) ) or the option ive always preferred after taken a massive inspiration from the C’s Garage boys and Jesse Streeter amongst other Japanese drivers, the notorious mid-mount which gives that throaty crackle/rasp noise! So, Wardy got hold of a manifold thanks to Daze (Yes, Daze from the internet ;) )and began replicating these manifolds in a more durable “Steam Pipe”, and if ive gotten them the right way round the materials used are;

The runners are made from sch10 stainless steel
The collector is CNC cut from sch40 stainless steel
The flanges are laser cut from 10mm mild steel

What I enjoyed about Wardy’s work was not that its second to none, but he tried to improve the manifolds where he can. For example, the Greddy manifolds are notorious for the design of their collectors in terms of they aren’t the best, but Wardy comes up with this!



Massive improvement, I did have the original pictuire of the Greddy collector but cant seem to find it ☹

Upon Wardy’s jig whilst making the manifold;



Moment of truth!





I remember opening the box, I was simply blown away! The quality is unreal, lets hope it sounds as good as it looks ;)
 
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Boost Control

Now, ive always wanted an external gate just to make those noises and have rock solid boost control. So whilst my vision is to built it once and build it right, ive opted to choose the Turbosmart 45mm Hyper-Gate. Tial’s are notoriously bad for leaking even genuine ones from what ive been told from numerous people who know their stuff, and Turbosmart is apparently one of the few that actually seal and wont leak, which is fine by me!

So a friend hooked me up a killer deal @ Enjuku Racing and before you know it, its sat in my room waiting patiently! (And it still is lol!)



Opted for black to try and keep the car simple and classy ☺





Another selling point was the 45mm V-Bands it uses, allows for quick and easy changes and alterations ☺

The Clutch

So far ive sorted how to blow lots of air nicely, now I needed to decide how to get that power down to the ground. My aim was a clutch that was above my requirements so I know it wont slip and will handle some aggressive clutch kicks, as im not interested in high power, handbrake entry drifting. I still want to retain the proper way, a flick and a kick!

So after speaking to a number of people around the world who have pretty decent SR20’s, I settled for an OS Giken Super Single, then changed my mind as the id be running it near its maximum torque application so a twin plate has to be done, purely for the little metallic jingle they make upon start up! ;) I then settled for an STR Twin Plate, a clutch that its optimized for the street but then I was recommended the OS Giken TS2BD clutch, which in laymen’s terms, a Dampened Twin Plate clutch. Ive stuck with a sprung clutch just to ease the box a bit, even though the hefty 350z box is going in :smoking:

So ordered from Japan, wasn’t too long til it was here. Only way to know it was genuine too;



Some proper snazzy stickers which im sure ill whore off somehow;



It even has its own proper instruction manual, albeit in Japanese. Hey, it makes me feel cool haha



SR20? Check!



The money shot!



Standard Flywheel bolts are stretch bolts and should* only be used once, and whilst I have a fancy clutch it’d be rude not to run some proper flywheel bolts, so got hold of some ARP’s which’ll do the job nicely!



It sure is big, but it’ll handle what I throw at it and combined with the lightened flywheel, it should weigh around the same as the standard flywheel and clutch combo ☺

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Engine Management

I hate running Air Flow Meter’s, even though ive never had any trouble with them you always hear non stop running issues which 99% tend to be down to the AFM’s, and id rather not run an old Z32 AFM anyway. So a MAP sensor based ECU was required, id considered the Link G4 as a friends car ran one on an RB and it ran sweet, but the JDM boy inside of me wanted a Power FC D-Jetro, just to have the controller in front of me :P

Plus, Greg @ Protuner will hopefully be mapping this, so has loads of experiences with PFC’s and no doubt one of the best mappers in the UK so I have faith he’ll be able to push the engine to its limits with the ECU setup. So off some money went to Japan again and back came this;





Came with the new funky controller too







Whilst I bought my Wastegate form Enjuku, I also bought the Tomei Oil Block so I can ditch the standard water cooler block from factory. A key point of doing this is to eliminate the chances of the standard block cracking which would be bad! An since I have a Tomei love I had to buy one!





Quality is as you’d expect, second to none. I couldn’t help myself just staring at it to be honest, reminded the reason why I’d rather save that little bit longer and buy quality goods.

Now I needed a sandwich plate as I want to run an oil cooler to make sure the SR stays at optimal temperatures, not that ive had any ounce of temperature issues anyway. Prevention is key!

So, ordered myself a GREX/Trust sandwich plate, again its beautifully made and everything about it looks like something id trust running my oil with ☺



Just need to find somewhere to mount it the engine bay but im sure that’ll be easy enough.
 
Fuelling

The minimum size id want to run would be 740’s so naturally the thing to do would be to buy Nismo 740’s, which I did ;) Came from Japan again too, ensuring they aren’t knock off’s and brand new, so fingers crossed they’ll flow exactly what I want them too ☺





I couldn’t just leave it there now could I?! I decided to run a Fuel Pressure Regulator too, purely so if its needs upping it can, or whether I want to monitor it, I can ☺ Plus, if I can upgrade from the stock regulator, why not!

So bought a Tomei Type L FPR, Hudson runs one and advised to go for the larger diaphragm version too ☺



Ordered a few fittings to attach it to the stock fuel rail too, and whilst I was there a small Tomei Gauge so I can easily monitor the pressure.





The engine will be having a “slight” refresh so to speak ;) Something I was intrigued about was the Mazowrx Timing Chain Tensioner. The stock tensioner is purely oil pressure activated, may be a good thing, but can also be a bad thing too. Plus with stiffer valve springs it can cause excess wear on the standard tensioner, so why not run a fancy billet tensioner from the SR20 gods that are Mazworx in the USA?! Seriously looks awesome in the flesh!

 
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Valvetrain

Stiffer valve springs must mean CAMS! To really make the most of the TD06, cams are kind of essential to “wake” it up and make more power = more smoke right?! Haha. Well I had a set of 2nd hand 256 Poncams in my room for a while, plan was to use them with my T28 before things escalated. Sold them to a chap on here and swiftly purchased a pair of 260 Procams, with Brian Crower springs and titanium retainers. Hey, if your going to do it, do it right aye!



(Note the GKtech water neck adapter, im planning on running this for the Water Temperature gauge sensor instead of keeping the cut radiator hose at the top, something I always doubted to leak whilst out on track)



Anyway back to Camshafts;

Titanium goodies!





BC Springs;



I think Tomei have something to say about the intelligence of some people! ;)




Really blurry picture unfortunately, but kinda “the money shot” showing the spec’s of the cam but im sure you guys know them anyway ☺



In order to get the most from the cams, Ive opted for adjustable pulley’s so Greg can really dial them in how he wants to and make those cams work hard! So, in reality there was only one brand I wanted, Yea, you guessed it. Tomei!





Im planning on deleting the VVT after speaking to Greg, so this was necessary. Whilst people will want extortionate amount for a Non-VVT camshaft bolt, I simply ordered one through FRSport for pennies!

 
My Coilpacks have never let me down, but whilst I was ordering a few bits from Japan these kinda snuck into the basket for a steal of a price, whoops!







These along with new spark plugs should help me get a slightly stronger spark, which should make a tiny tiny bit more power but if anything, prevents the Coilpacks breaking down like the old Nissan ones start doing.

My sticker game has been upped!





After running my S13 pretty low to the ground, my original sump had some small dents in it. Now, I could’ve either got an OEM replacement or spent the time bashing it straight again, but since this car is going to be initially aimed towards track duties, for the piece of mind I’d rather run a baffled sump to try and prevent any issues that could occur. So, more money went into Tomei’s pockets and in return they sent me this;









Now, if ive gotten my fact the right way around, Tomei had a problem a few years back with these sumps, where the baffles came loose and resulted in engine going pop. But after countless hours of researching the internet, the general consensus seems to be it occurred when they outsourced the manufacturing to China, which nowadays they do in Japan? Either way, me and a friend checked the baffles over and all the welds look spot on which is good news!

(I also have a Tomei Oil Cap <3 which I forgot to take pictures of :( )

Managed to grab some fresh M8x1.25 studs from Horsham Developments to run in the manifold, pretty insignificant compared to the other stuff, but I need to attach the turbo somehow haha!



Quick test fit :)




So that’s todays update, I shall be revealing about what’s happened to my engine and update you guys through what’s been done to it :) Ive tried to spend some time writing this up to kind of guide you guys behind the thoughts ive had over many many months to try and put all the right parts in the right places etc to make the most of this setup. Now, who else is excited for a seriously low, mental SR powered PS13?


PS: Few more hints, its not going to be a Onevia no longer, after speaking countless times about Aero with Hudson, he kinda made me going Silvia front end…. Oooops! Oh, and the car is booked in to Huxley in January for something :p Aaaaand there still a couple of parts in transit from America and Japan which should be here Monday with a little luck!

Remember, things have just gone FULL RETARD! 2015 is going to fun!
 
Engine is going to be amazing, bet you can't wait to bolt all that on. I think it'll look good with the silvia front on.
 
That manifold makes me moist, very moist indeed.

Bet all that cost a very pretty penny indeed
 
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Fuck me, I loved your '13 but this is something else! I've always wanted to save up and go for a balls out build, this and daze's current rebuild may well be my inspiration to do so.. (Sorry in advance bank account!) whats your Instagram?
 
Dastardly said:
Engine is going to be amazing, bet you can't wait to bolt all that on. I think it'll look good with the silvia front on.
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Fingers crossed that's my aim! :)

J_W97 said:
That manifold makes me moist, very moist indeed.

Bet all that cost a very pretty penny indeed
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Manifold does look so so good. Yeah, worked flat out over summer to afford this, should be worth it when it's done. I'm aiming for 1.6 bar haha :thumbs:

Leno said:
Fuck me, I loved your '13 but this is something else! I've always wanted to save up and go for a balls out build, this and daze's current rebuild may well be my inspiration to do so.. (Sorry in advance bank account!) whats your Instagram?
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Instagram is @jordanstone_

Yeah Daze is doing something similar, albeit he'll be running a more 'mild' setup though but I'm sure he'll enjoy just as much :)
 
Duuuuuuude.... Duuuuude loving that parts list, going with proper parts saves headaches in the future! Really keen to see how it turns out mate ✌️
 
Fin said:
Duuuuuuude.... Duuuuude �� loving that parts list, going with proper parts saves headaches in the future! Really keen to see how it turns out mate ✌️
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Yup, thats my plan. Build it once, build it right :thumbs: You know the game plan though haha, fingers crossed I will have 2 more goodies arriving tomorrow if it all goes as it should!
 
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