JZS14 Silvia

Hey guys, so this is now a new very shortened version of my build thread after photobucket took a dump on everybody by changing it's hosting rights

so here goes, lets wind the clock back 4-5 years at the begining of basically a nut and bolt rebuild haha

my bone stock s14 silvia sr20de n/a import from japan


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mint

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crap

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5 stud swap, wheels and cs2 coilovers

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rolling road for a baseline to know how much a jz engine could change the car

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126bhp at the wheels, pretty sure a yaris has more

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some work equips i didn't keep for long as the offset wasn't right

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drift day with the n/a to see what it's like, 3rd gear is possible with enough pressure in the back tyres and lots of throttle

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then up at a local small track

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new exhaust

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bought an r154 gearbox from phil at driftworks from the r32

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got a 4.3 r32 skyline diff and had it welded

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r33 shafts

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r200 s14 turbo rear subframe as my car had the r180 diff and frame so wasn't any use, had it powedercoatd and solid dw bushes installed

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bought a 1j

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stripped box for shifter extension

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clutch arrived

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dmax roof wing and rear arch paintwork tidied up

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engine ready for work

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holset for later, used stock twins for a while

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greaddy genuine lip

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sr out

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toyota bits for clutch hub and box parts

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making wiring stuff work, my mate mark helped alot and i learned so much about how wiring works!

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twins on

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rack bushes done while engine's out

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shifter extended 3"

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box on

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engine in, car towed to workshop for fun stuff to start

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fabricage

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bought some jdm wheels, 17x9.5 and 17x10

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bought all new parts for underneath the car, everything was either new or powdercoated

z32 rear brake conversion also

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stone chipped chassis too since it was already clean and mainly rust free

r180 subframe off and in the bin

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geomasters front and back

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powedercoated backplates, new brake shoes, cleaned up bearings

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arms getting greased prior to fitting

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done

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modified front xmember and extended lower arms

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temp exh made up to fit jz twin turbos, fuel pipes crossed over to opposite side

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more stone chipping and new parts on front end, tein rods and ends, polybushed extended arms and new moog ball joints, geomaster hubs, geomaster tension rods

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r33 gtr brembo brakes and ebc parts, braided hoses

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first drive was awesome

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kit on

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went for a drift day with the car for first time since engine change, 4.3 ratio and r154 works so good

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temps were up as i was using a cheap radiator

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chasing my mate stevie

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then went to driftland and had a blast

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chasing my mate john with his s15 i'd recently turbo'd for him

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geomasters are awesome, lock is incredible

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twins off and 6 boost manifold and holset going on

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also done injectors, emanage blue, turbosmart wastegate and a few other bits to make just shy of 450bhp at 1.5 bar on stock cams

moved fuse box inside car too

onto mapping

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406hp at wheels, great step up from 126 haha

front end adjustments because overheating, moved rad forwards to run viscous fan and big oil cooler

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remade downpipe to fit better, paul does all my welding

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and a custom full oval system from front end back for ground clearance

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private driftland day

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finalboss driftland day


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koyo rad

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banzai magazine shoot!


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got bored so decided to do a new engine build since i had a fully sorted chassis that was very capable of handling more power


bought a load of new parts for the build, going 1.5jz so a 2jz block and 1jz head

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cam and crank sensors, thermostat, o2 sensor, coolant sensors, seals etc etc

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more

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330d box

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new 6 boost t3 divided with twin wastegate ports

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twin turbosmart gates

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put the head down to bret sims motorsport, he done a massive port job on the head, every chamber opened up for maximium flow, head skimmed and refreshed

new stem seals and bc springs and retainers, bc 264 cams setup in the head too with shims

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banzai

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so i had bought a 2jz ge block, had it machined to take oil squirters and turbo oil feed, i sent my block to a motorsport company in dundee scotland

unfortuantely i wasn't to know how bad i'd end up

i wanted a new set of pistons in the block and bearings so the compression ratio would be right+ refreshed and since i don't have engine building precision tools i thought i could turst them

my block came back with deep scoring in the bores in some cylinders, weather that was there before i don't know but it should have not been returned to me like this from an engine builder

deep enough that my finger nails would go inside and catch

when removing the bearing caps to try remove the pistons to see if i could hone them out going on advice from other engine builders i'd realised some of the 'new' bearings were also damaged

on an engine only turned over by hand a few times
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block got delivered back home to me and i now could start assembly

head studs and head gasket on, sump on too

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head on

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new cam sensors

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cams dialed in once belt went on

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abc clutch kit, twin disc to 330d box

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wastegates on

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new tubs

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bailey morris made the prop

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screamer pipes

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swirl pot

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fuel pumps and filter from torques

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3.6 diff back in for matching bmw box ratios

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id1050x injectors onto top feed rail with twin feeds

from real st in america

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loom work and r8 coil packs

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fuel pipes done and regulator on

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gktech arb and power brace on

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engine run in on dyno and oil changed correctly

box developed a noise so changed it, abc couldn't have been more helpful with aftersales advice, probably best company i've dealt with

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back onto dyno after driving around for a while making sure everything works for a base boost map

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pretty good for just base boost :D

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changed onto the good stuff

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went for a drift day with just stock 1 bar of boost which is wastegate spring pressures, boost controller off

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had so much fun, went down with my mate stevie to crail and we spend the day chasing eachother

i was rusty as that was my first time drifting in 2 years with a whole new engine/box setup and a new alignment and anti roll bar setup

completely different car to drive, it's 100x easier and such an animal now, the boost comes on so hard so fast too
 
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heat changed colour of the torques an fittings

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back to dyno and had boost turned up

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the car was mapped up to 2 bar of boost and made something over 600hp, unsure on exact figure due to wheel spin but it's insane.

so i need to go back with some 265 r888's now to make sure i can get grip and we will do a proper power run

as for now, the car insurance was set to expire the day after mapping so it's just been put into storage since august, i've had other priorities to sort out just now

it'll get back out in 2018 and insured and ready to rock around march/april time

but for now it's just needing some overfenders on the rear since the 1/4 was reshaped by stevie's s14 during a drift session and it'll mean i can run stupidly wide rear wheels




also dumping these in here for my own reference incase i'm ever stuck without them, boost controller references

p1: wastegate pressure no boost controller
p2 - 1.2 bar, 40 gain =25
p3 - 1.5 bar = 50 gain =25
p4 - 1.8 bar = 60 gain =25
p5 - 2 bar = 65 gain =25
 
HOLY MOLY, fair play for uploading all the pictures again!!
Just went through the lot, thats amazing! some amount of work/parts and money that went into this car, thats pretty cool!!!
 
well 2 years on now and it's going to get pulled out the garage, family life and supra life has taken over, I've had 3 supras in the time this car has sat in my garage

I have been saving up money and been buying things along the way over the last 2 years


over the next few weeks it'll be moved so I can work on it, plans are:

-4 inch downpipe somehow
-4 inch oval floor system
-stock intake manifold back on with idle control and new gaskets
-new I/c pipework for manifold change
-sparco wrap around fixed bucket seat and bride rail, recaros coming out and stock passenger seat back in for moving tyres to drift days etc
-hydro handbrake going on with new brake pipes
-new tyres on the back 255 width, if I can afford a big pair of 18's I will be buying them
-overfenders going on for a final time after all rivnuts have been secured in chassis
-IRP polybushed gearbox prop doughnut going on
-gbox coming back out for clutch inspection and nut/bolt checkup, might also swap in my spare box which will be quieter
-add new wiring loom section for +12v live to ecu constant to allow idle control motor to work correctly
-stickers going on all over the car
-remake slam panel/rad support bar



there are a few other things that are small time consuming jobs, I really want to remove the engine again and remake the water pipe around the block so that I can have shorter matrix pipework and less clutter in the bay however it all comes down to time frame and what I can/can't manage to do in the short period i'll have the car at the workshop for



main thing is that the car has been dry stored in the garage, it'll have the fuel drained and fresh fuel in before starting it up again and also will be cranked with ecu unplugged to get oil pressure up first time
 
time for a very long overdue quick update.......i have still got this car, it had in 2019 a ton of work done, 4 inch custom made exhaust etc, more fuel, more power!

cleared around 700hp on the dyno estimated by the mapper, we couldn't get grip past 660bhp with 2 people in the back, 285 wide semi slicks at low psi and so on.....2 bar of boost was insane

one of the scariest cars i've driven. the power delivery was incredible


upload pic




second child and covid came along the same week as lockdown announced, i was off work for a long time during it etc and had to sell parts to get some cash in the door quick as the wife also was off work and it became a disaster for us

now years on here i am with the shell still in great condition, i recently copied an sr autobodies style floor pan refresh. just a clean up, repaint, new stonechip and a sorting out

bare metal, rust prevention paint, red oxide, seam sealer, gravitex stone chip, black enamel ontop

it is going back to nice road car spec, usable 300bhp and just an enjoyable car again, it was too crazy before

polybushed subframe instead of solid bushes, lsd instead of welded diff, cage removed, fuel pump back in tank for noise reduction, nice set of speakers etc





stock front pannel welded back on with bonnet cable instead of aero catches, stock uncut s14a bonnet on and ready for painting, all done with original spot welds etc so it doesn't look like it has been off, trying to keep it as oem and clean now as possible



stock fuse box disaster as it's a jdm car with different wiring, sorting that out slowly, lots of little things going on to make it just a normal modified s chassis with a 1j

1jz vvti chaser engine which i've tidied up, got it in a mess from an importer after waiting 12 months. head rebuilt by the head shop, all 24 valves reseated etc so should be a nice stock engine with bolt ons for now, i've been refreshing it and painting bits over the last while to get it ready to go in the bay

then the car is off to the fabricators for new tubs, i/c pipes, exhaust work, gearbox mount and a few other various little jobs i'd like done since it's now no longer a drift car i can have some cool things made without the fear of crashing and ruining them




will update later once the engine is in, fabrication and paintwork is done, can't wait to drive the car again. Being a dad has taken over but this will always have a special place in my heart this car.


maybe i'm just getting old
 
time to post a few updates since it has been a few years

i got into supra's for a little while and that took over the time for the s14

long story to go with the car now but basically it's now a lovely road car with a few cool pieces

after selling the forged 1.5jz engine, i decided to take the car back out of my garage at home and buy an engine to put it back on the road

I waited nearly a year for this to show up from JDM DISTRO in ireland due to covid delays etc as it was all around that sort of timeline with backlogs of shipping etc

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upon inspection on arrival, i quickly realised it failed a leakdown test and require valve work

head off

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block was cleaned up nicely as the rings didn't fail test

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full engine gakset set from toyota used, replaced a load of extras also, oil pump relief valve seal etc, the little things that count

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the head was sent to precision machine services in elgin, they had recut all 24 valve seats, new supertech valve stem seals, full head clean/skim etc etc the full works to ensure it's as good as new

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the shell went back to bare metal, the stonechip i put on the chassis back in 2012 had preserved everything perfectly, so good to see a clean unwelded s14 set of sills for a change!

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some red oxide in places before the whole floor was done

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red oxide, seam sealer, pannel wipe etc
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2 coats of gravitex stonechip
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sr autobodies bolt and nut zinc kit

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new superpro polybushes removing the solid ones to make it a nice road car again

accuired a standard 39 thousand miles factory viscous lsd, no more welder

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will eventually replace with a 2way

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i didn't get much pics as this job was done late into the hours of midnight-early 1/2am finishes and then back to work the next day at 8am so it was quite tiring to say the least!

brushed on hardened black ral9005 enamel top coat to protect the stonechip as it's paintable

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subframe back on
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new set of fuel and zinc brake lines made up also


head back on

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that was 2022

now into 2023

starting off in jan 23 with the ftwl motorsport twin clutch disc for the bmw 6 speed gs653dz gearbox conversion

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lots of new toyota bits arrived for the engine, new timing belt, tensioners etc

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made a start at the engine bay also, replaced fusebox loom and fusebox as it used to be mounted inside the car,

brake servo got a clean up and paint, new clutch master cyl etc

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then the good bit, the car went into my mates fabrication garage and it had some work done,

new gearbox mount to body using an anderson steel gbox bracket and poly mounts

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new tubbed arches for large wheels

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new exhaust system and boost pipes for the 1jz vvti

3.5" oval tube

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stock slam pannel stitched back on, bonnet cable and catch hooked up, another stock s14a bonnet sourced and put back on the car so no more aero catches etc, just a nice road car again!

along with a low mileage sourced steering rack as the old one had play, with some new polybushes to hold it in

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all front end components stripped and sent off for blasting and priming

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new moog ball joints for the sake of it

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front end got the primer and seam sealer treatment

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then again, gravitex stone chip and black enamel paint ontop to protect further

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the car went to the bodyshop to have the engine bay painted, bonnet and a few other little seperate parts painted

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air con removal bungs if anyone needed part no
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right in the height of summer with redsx (mark) one of my best mates that i met through an sxoc food meet back in 2010

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big boy wheels, 18x9.5 and 18x11

work meister s1 3piece

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show car brake fluid (no damage to paint if leaks out cylinders in fresh painted engine bay)
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the car got out for an mot and it had one show it went to that year if i remember correctly then was stored again as i'd just bought another tt6 supra at that point also
 
so this now being 2024, it was quite a big year of change, house sale, divorce, change of curcumstances etc led again to the car being put on the back burner again after finishing it

it got out for a few shows and the mot test and a few other little things

it runs poorly as the stock ecu isn't great so it'll get a stand alone next!

finally after years of searching since regretting selling my last one, a period correct bride brix II seat! low enough for me

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the cars first outing of 2024, a local car meet in april/may time


looks ace on those wheels!!

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which moved to an indoor car park and i actually met an irish guy with an s14 that had traveled over for it!

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then, again the big aberdeen performance car show of the year at crathes castle, the car comes out and goes on the stand with all my friend's skylines etc

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and now the sore one, the tt6 supra i sold in the divorce, i kept the s14 as it was purchased back in 2010 before we had even met

i was so proud of my two cars

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and the last time the car was out for 2024 with mark
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ecu master, loom, 1.8t/r8 coils, bosch dbw throttle body, 350z pedal and a few other bits purchased

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old loom removed, car bricked again now in the garage for 2024 with no wiring or ecu haha

much thanks to redsx (mark) for the wiring help, was great to learn more about it!
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now into 2025 update

after house move i've got the car still dry stored in a garage which is excellent as I was quite worried about the thought of it having to sit outside in the weather, the main thing is it won't get fu**ed, never had to see a rainy overnight yet :D

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drive by wire setup now on

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along with all the full ecu master catalogue, new knock sensors, temp sensors etc

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an fittings into rocker covers and water neck, intake temp sensor bung welded on into boost pipe

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mark and I built this cool immaculate s14a for his mrs, he got a rolling shell and we did everything else from there, it's a clean uk spec which is very rare these days!
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made a little relay and fuse box for the ecu

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we went to the new place called the drive, it's a car cafe and it was a great day out

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credit to iffacar for photos

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i'll try share his instagram to support him
 
and again, out for mot and the aberdeen performance car show of the year

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this will soon have a top mount turbo

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this is always a nice feeling though, seeing people appreciate the car

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as for now, i just took delivery of 1050x injectors saving a massive 30 quid off them on black friday! i will be buying a walton manifold and pulsar g25 660 top mount turbo next

the car is remote mapped through logs just now but needs a dyno session but there's no point at the moment as i'll be changing turbo soon



and i just bought two supras this year to build into one good one, so i'll have that as a distraciton for 2026 haha but seriously though i hope to use the car more in 2026 when the nice weather comes back out

i also need to upload some videos as the 1jz vvti sounds incredible, best sounding jz variant there is, exactly the reason why i chose that particular one
 
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so, to update it's summer 2026,

I've had the car back out for an mot again, had it out to 'the drive' at haddo in aberdeen and along to a little sxoc mini meet

i've not done much with it other than collect parts in the background and also purchased a new number plate for it, life has been quite busy lately and it's not a practical daily with kids haha

took delivery of a walton manifold vband, g30 660 garret turbocharger, 0.83 exhaust housing vband, turbosmart 50mm wastegate, 4 inch exhaust tube to make the downpipe and 50mm exhaust tube to make the screamer pipe

it'll be back up to it's fast old self after the summer holidays once the kids are back in school

POWER!

(this is the code of injectors to drop into a stock vvti jz fuel rail)
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walton motorsport kindly welded on a 90* elbow for me onto the turbo, one of their vibrant performance elbows they sell
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one of the local hydraulic suppliers made up a 90cm an4 oil feed pipe for me
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besides my stupid sidelights, i love this car (wings are terrible) i need oem 14a wings again if anyone has a pair?
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after being rolled out of the unit and cleaned

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my new flame spark plug cover :D

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went along to an indoor aberdeen performance car show with mark

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little sxoc mini coffee meet

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the green s14a is one of the cleanest uk cars i've ever seen, Mark (sil80) and i built it for his girlfriend, it was off the road for years and it shows it hasn't seen many miles on uk roads yet

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the wheels are going to be split and the faces chromed or powdercoated some sort of chrome/silver effect, i am fed up of the black now, they were only ever put on that way because that's how i bought them.

i've also been looking at dmax carbon vented bonnets for the car now as once the top mount turbo is fitted there will be serious heat in the engine bay again and it's best to vent it out as fast as you can
 
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