Hey everyone, my car is a red 1992 S13 that ive had for about 5 years. It is currently reaching the final stages of an RB26 engine swap and car rebuild. I am obsessed with rare and period correct parts from Japan, I believe all these little things add to the car in a huge way (even if theyre items as small as an oil cap for example).
My goal is for this car to scream 1990s/early 2000s style and be a genuine Japanese build done in Canada.
To start this off here is a current parts list of my car
Drivetrain/Chassis:
- S13 hatchback
- Full stitch weld chassis
- R33 RB26 engine
- RB25 transmission
- Custom trans crossmember with URAS mount
- C's short stroke shifter
- Custom length one piece driveshaft
- BNR32 differential
- Q45/Z32 6 bolt axles
- Ogura racing Carbon twin plate clutch w/ lightweight flywheel
Wheels/Suspension/Brakes:
- Blitz 03 17x10 rear 17x9 front
- BNR34 Brembo front brakes (PDM racing lines)
- BNR32 rear brakes (PDM racing lines)
- BM50 brake master cylinder
- BNR32 Aluminum rear uprights
- Adjustable rear arms
- Powdercoated subframe
- PoweredbyMAX subframe risers
- BNR32 rear 5 lug hubs
- Garage clear S14 knuckles for increased angle
- Ikeya formula S14 roll center adjusters
- Kazama tie rods
- NISMO powerbrace
- Tein Superdrift coilovers (Modified rear mount for aluminum knuckles)
- Tein EDFC system
Engine/Engine compartment:
- R33 RB26
- Wring specialties PRO harness
- ARP headstuds
- Apexi metal headgasket
- Tomei oil pan baffles
- Oil pan modified for RWD only
- Trust oil filter relocate and oil cooler
- HKS downpipe (modified to clear steering shaft)
- HKS/Custom intercooler pipe kit
- HKS adjustable cam pulleys
- Trust accessory pulley kit
- Mines intakes/K&N filters
- Greddy BNR32 radiator
- Samco radiator hoses
- GTR intercooler
Interior:
- Cusco 7pt with Cusco padding
- Bride zeta I with bride rails (x2)
- Takata 5pt harness
- RYO 4pt harness
- Personal 330mm steering wheel
- D-max quick release
- NISMO 260km/h cluster
- BLITZ black light gauges (Boost, oil temp, oil pressure)
- Yashio factory okachan water temp
- Greddy turbo timer (pink crystal)
- Greddy Profec boost controller (blue crystal)
- Wideband meter (in cluster clock location)
- Tein EDFC controller
- Apexi multichecker
- Tommykaira dead pedal
- Suede wrapped headliner/glovebox door
- C-pillar bar
- Juran rear strut bar
Exterior:
- M-sport rear bumper
- Vertex sideskirts
- BN sports type I front bumper
- M-sport (replica) hood
- Eastbear aero side mirrors
- Kouki 180sx taillights
- B-wave wing ("small" version)
- Dmax kouki position lights
Picture of how the car currently sits
Heres some old photos of the car, im not going to go into much detail and just let the pictures do the talking
Heres another phase it went though
Did lots of hunting/buying and installing parts, once again, mostly going to let the pictures do the talking as theres a lot to go through. As i post updates they will be more in depth.
Subframe build/hicas delete version 1
Lots of interior stuff
Brake upgrade Version 1 (R32 GTR brakes)
My first pair of Blitz 03s i acquired (17x10)
Once the other pair arrived shortly after
Kouki tail lights
More 17" 03s
Test fitting bwave "smaller versions" wing
Bought a lot of SR stuff at one point with plans to build it with forged internals and do a GT2871r build.
Would have been a great setup but plans basically fell through as i was spending more than i wanted on it all and would rather have put it towards the RB swap i always wanted to do from the beginning
This is basically where things get interesting, sold most of my aftermarket SR parts and worked the rest of the parts into a deal for an RB26
Had a solid plan this time around so it was time to get to work
Pulling the KA
Removing the sound deadening
Did some witing stuff, prepped chassis for stitch welding, not the most fun of jobs...
Carbon Ogura racing twin plate for the RB
Finishing up the stitch welding
Swapped out to an R32 GTS front crossmember, it seemed there wasnt really an obvious way to mount the RB26 so i just figured things out as i went
My RB25 box with C's short stroke shifter, very nice shifter, they are getting hard to find and i was lucky enough to get one bnib
Greddy R32 GTR radiator
AFR meter i fitted into the clock section of the gauge cluster
Greddy GREX oil cooler setup
Profec B boost controller. I love the crystal, gameboy-look of the older greddy units
Picked up paint for my engine bay and interior. This was my first time painting so it was a bit of a learning experience but i am happy with the results
Some R34 brakes came available to me at a good price and i couldnt resist so i picked them up
Lots of putting things back together
Pulled the subframe out of an R32 GTR for some more parts
This was the beginning of my subframe build version 2
Had another S13 subframe powdercoated, swapped my PBM risers over, installed GTR diff with S13 rear cover and made some spacers to solid mount the front portion. Installed the GTR aluminum knuckles, Q45 and Z32 axles, GTR sway bar etc.
Got my bottom end back from the machine shop so it was time to start assembling
New oil pump, since this is an R33 there is no problem with the oil pump drive on the crank being to short
Installing new valve seals in the head
Gasket matching these water ports
Head bolted on with the ARP headstuds and Apexi headgasket. Timing belt also installed
ARP stud for timing belt tensioner
Got some parts polished which came out amazing
Max amount of images has been reached, still lots more to come before this thread is up to date to where i am now.