I have just started up my s14a rebuild project which had really stalled last year due to cash, kids, wife & job etc (not in that order though!!)

 

 

It was originally posted on SXOC but they have closed the thread as I am no longer a member?? So I thought of posting it on here with all new pics etc as alot of the stages, processes techniques should interest z32 owners (hopefully)

Ever since seeing these on single turbo converted GTR's I always wanted one, I think they look the nuts.

 

 

Now the Greddy pipe is rare and expensive so I started looking around for a cheaper option.

 

So I bought the ally twin pipe from Ebay and was for a VW Corrado?? And the twin Apexi kit is from an RX7, which i had to chop up a little to make it all fit. Well thats what thought any way....

 

 

With the afm bolted on as well it pushed the induction pipe length to far out of the engine bay and also the afm was to close the turbo so I am going to have to put the afm behind one the apexi's but then this pushes it to far right into the arch.....

 

So I have left this little problem for now and I will just bolt on a single induction pipe in the mean time. (The only easy solution is lose the afm and go for a G Link or Apexi D Jetro ecu)

Looking good mate. keep up the good work :pint:

 

Cheers mate,

 

will do cant be bothered to do any work today!!

you could helicoil that stud hole to get it down to the correct, quite easily mate...

I gave the engine bay a fews coats of Por 15 as s14's do like a bit of rust!

 

 

 

Right it was time to drop the RB in and hope my custom mount kit all fits as most RB conversions in the UK are done with the R33 front cross member and R33 engine mounts but this kit is supposed to allow the RB to sit lower and a little bit further back in the chassis and I also had a nice set of s14 Nismo engine mounts which I wanted to use in the build.

 

 

 

Easy does it, with a little help from Jay20 off SXOC!

 

 

 

The brackets line up 100%!!!

 

 

 

Gear box bracket lined up aswell.

 

 

 

Done!

I say Paul that greddy turbo has plenty of beans lol.Very nice:)

you could helicoil that stud hole to get it down to the correct, quite easily mate...

 

I will probably end up doing that cheers as stud number 1 has gone now to!!

I say Paul that greddy turbo has plenty of beans lol.Very nice:)

 

Cheers Lee!

Some more tasty parts!!

 

 

Apex s13 58mm alloy rad. The RB rad sits to tall in the engine bay and you have to modify the boonet to make it fit and as i had a carbon bonnet and didn't want to butcher it.

So I went for the CA18DET type rad as both inlet and outlet channels are on the same side as the RB25DET but also its slightly shorter and thus fits nicely under the bonnet.

 

 

Solid Diff mounts and Drift Work Poly bushes.

 

 

God Speed Project front control arms & Walbor 255 fuel pump & FSi Fuel Pressure Regulator.

 

 

God Speed Project traction, camber and tension rods.

 

 

More Drift Work bushes and God Speed Project rear control arms.

Edited August 26, 201114 yr by Kinugawa turbo

I will probably end up doing that cheers as stud number 1 has gone now to!!

 

Something like this mate....

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Recoil-helicoil-thread-repair-M10-x-1-25-/270805384970?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3f0d423f0a#ht_500wt_1156

The next stage of the build was to start on the intake side of the engine. I dedided to go for a Greddy "copy" inlet manifold which does away with the restrictive and messy over the engine intake pipework on the RB25 and then I will need to fabricate some custom pipe work to come around from my FMIC through were the battery used to be located and up into the throttle body.

 

The s14a FMIC pipe work I have is far to long and I need to chop over 40 cm out of it but still retain the pipes for the boost solinoid, BOV etc.

 

 

 

Q45 90mm throttle body

 

I decided on this over a custom jobbie as it retains the throttle sensor and only needs a little rewire as there are 2 plugs on the wiring loom to link it all up on a series 2 rb25det.

On a series 1 rb25det the throttle sensor just plugs straight in, something I didn't realise until I had a spare plug and was wondering where does this go??

 

The next step was to transfer all the std intake manifolds pipes, breathers and sockets onto my new Greddy intake manifold.

 

 

Notice the size difference but there is a good weight saving also!

 

 

 

 

Now this is where some of the cheap Greddy copies can come unstuck with the pipes not lining up and the quality of the threads can cause poor fitting and leaks etc. Luckily this was not an issue and everything bolted on as it should.

 

Edited August 26, 201114 yr by Kinugawa turbo

Thats going to be one hell of an awesome car when its finished Paul.You must let me have a go in it when its done.;)

thats going to be one hell of an awesome car when its finished paul.you must let me have a go in it when its done.;)

 

+1!!!

Thats going to be one hell of an awesome car when its finished Paul.You must let me have a go in it when its done.;)

 

Hope so! Nearly sold it when I lost my job earlier this year but it has been my pride and joy for over 5 years now and I dont think i will ever sell it. If i was gonna be really silly, I would like to get an RB30 bottom end with fully forged internals from Thor Racing and ditch my T67 for a T78 stick some 1000cc injectors in a high flow fuel rail........ Well we can all dream!

Great work there Paul, keep it up! :cool3:

Great work there Paul, keep it up! :cool3:

 

Cheers Howard!

Wow cool build paul. keep it coming mate.

Wow cool build paul. keep it coming mate.

 

Cheers Stu!

I have finally managed to get some more work done on the s14 and thought I would give this thread a long overdue update. Any thoughts, ideas comments would be well recieved as I am building this in the same workshop as three other RB conversions on S bodies and of course want mine to be the best:yes:

 

I have clocked the turbine housing on the Greddy T67 so the oil return now faces down and the oil feed is now up in the air. I then bolted it to the manifold and measured the gap from the exhuast housing to the bulk head so I can start working on the custom down pipe.

 

 

I also completed fitting the custom intercooler pipework. This was trickier than first thought due to the size of Q45 throttle body and custom intake manifold which made it very tight indeed.

 

 

I have only linked it all up with silicone atm but will need to get it all welded together when I start running some big boost through it:yes:

 

I then got to work on the twin Apexi intake kit removed from an Rx7 andf the only way to make it all fit was to remove the apexi elbow joints and replace them with 2 Z32 AFM's ( thanks to CoolQ for selling me his spare!)

 

 

I am really pleased that i managed to fit them and I reckon looks pretty tidy with the Greddy T67?

 

I quickly dropped the rad in to make sure there was enough room to fit the electric fans as the viscous has now been dumped.

 

 

Apologies for the pictures the I phone 4's camera is cra*

wow thats a good build

nice n clean body aswell

great stuff

Next step was to plumb in all the pipe work on the Greddy style intake manifold.

 

 

To make this easier I removed the standard brake servo which I was planning to upgrade to a Z32 servo and BMC. But due to the size of the intake the larger Z32 servo wont fit so i will have to make do with just the Z32 BMC.

 

 

This took about an hour but hopefully should be sorted! (these Greddy copies have a tendancy to leak.....)

 

I then went to work on sorting the HKS BOV which again caused problems as space was again very tight on the intake side of the engine.

 

 

I had to buthcer the last remaining piece of the SR20DET FMIC pipe work to make it all fit and after much grinding, cutting and swearing it all squashed together:hammer:

 

I finished the day by plumbing in the oil catch can and alloy rad but I now have no space for the coolant overflow bottle:confused1:

 

 

I then sorted the throttle cable by rotating the Throttle Body 180 deg which made the cable the exact length, result!!! I thought this was gonna be a real pain in the ar*e

 

Paul, hats off to you fella!! looks the nuts, will try and get over and have a looky. What sort of figures are you looking to get.???

superb engine swap

Paul, hats off to you fella!! looks the nuts, will try and get over and have a looky. What sort of figures are you looking to get.???

superb engine swap

 

Cheers Stu, should pop up anytime mate. Got some big projects going on in the lock up atm.

 

It should make over 500bhp at the fly with 740cc injectors.

wow thats a good build

nice n clean body aswell

great stuff

 

Thanks mate.

 

The pics make it look better than it actually is lol but cheers anyway!!