From the begining to almost completed....

[spools14]

UPDATED PICS PAGE 2 and page 5!


This car was bought over the winter. When i purchased the car it was completely stripped (read: EVERYTHING) No interior, no chassis harness, no panels, very little sound deadening left, everything was gone. It was destined to become a drag car. The pervious owner removed the stock front rad support and front wheel arches, and welded in round bar.

There is still an enormous amount of work to be done, but it runs now..lol
Everything on the car has been replaced. Every bushing is poly, all suspension arms have been replaced or strenghtened. All of the engine bay chassis wiring was relocated under the dash including the 2 fuse boxes.

Nick from Omega Motive and Marshall from Street Dynamics both helped with the build. Nick designed and fabricated the intake manifold and Marshall Designed and fabricated the turbo manifold, and I/C piping. They helped me out a lot and were a big part of making this car a success.

In the following pics it still needs paint, aero fitted and installed, and a crap ton of small details worked out, but I thought I'd post the most recent progress. Enjoy.

P.S. Thanks for the pics Bryan.









First thing i did was test fit s14 dash and door panels. Kinda fit..lol












Hard Race roll center adjusters:






Thanks to Logan @ ASPEC for the hook up on these!




Kazama Coilovers...

[ecuastyle84]

nicely done...i love how you put the s14 dash and panels...looks sick

[arkive43]

wow very nice, awesome build.

[liv2drift045]

wow thats crazy i remember when you first started this... great to see it almost done.. nice build

[max2damax]

wow, I guess a striped car CAN look good!,
on the other hand, this might sound stupid, but I dont know this, is there any reason why this pipe is welded instead of just bent.

[spools14]

Originally Posted by max2damax

wow, I guess a striped car CAN look good!,
on the other hand, this might sound stupid, but I dont know this, is there any reason why this pipe is welded instead of just bent.

cause it's sweet lol

nah, we didn't have any 3" mandrel bent pipe at the shop.

[max2damax]

best answer I could've got haha!!

[BrandonFD3S]

Very nice work! Just curious where did you pick up a set of Kazama Coilovers?

[spools14]

Originally Posted by BrandonFD3S

Very nice work! Just curious where did you pick up a set of Kazama Coilovers?

Ebay actually..haha

The guy was from FL, and had them imported.. they were only on his car for about 100 miles or so.. when I received them they looked brand new.

[status:one]

awesome build so far!! Looks incredible.

[swayray]

wow.... i'm very impressed w/ your build... it looks like you really took your time in planning and researching before putting it all together... well done...

one question though... what kind of gains are you expecting w/ that intake manifold setup?

[Lordrandall]

Nice, I like the dash too. Nice update on the build.

[spools14]

Originally Posted by swayray

wow.... i'm very impressed w/ your build... it looks like you really took your time in planning and researching before putting it all together... well done...

one question though... what kind of gains are you expecting w/ that intake manifold setup?

hmm hopefully good gains.. lol The owner of OmegaMotive (Nick) is a very good friend of mine. Which is why I'm running his intake mani. I love it! it has velocity stacks in it, just an overall extremely well designed piece. here's a pic inside:

[Ca_laurier]

holy shit. wasn't expecting that when i opened this thread

the s14 dash looks awsome to

[MELLO*SOS]

Cool build thanks for sharing pictures and some info.

- Why does the s14 dash only "kinda" fit, it actually looks pretty damn good from the pictures. Do you have any more details on this (too lazy to research on my own)

- I like the plug wire heat shield, but do you think that will heat soak from the manifold and melt your wires?

- I like how you rerouted the harness on the driver's side thru the heat shield. The MAF and CPS wires always look so stupid going across the front of the motor!

- What EMS and injectors are you using?

[spools14]

Originally Posted by mello88

Cool build thanks for sharing pictures and some info.?

- Why does the s14 dash only "kinda" fit, it actually looks pretty damn good from the pictures. Do you have any more details on this (too lazy to research on my own)

It fits fine now.. it "kinda fit" when i first test fit it. It took some massaging to get it right but, i think it turned out pretty well.

Originally Posted by mello88

- I like the plug wire heat shield, but do you think that will heat soak from the manifold and melt your wires?

Nah, it should be fine.

Originally Posted by mello88

- I like how you rerouted the harness on the driver's side thru the heat shield. The MAF and CPS wires always look so stupid going across the front of the motor!

- What EMS and injectors are you using?

Greddy e-manage and 550's

[PoorMans180SX]

Nice build. Kinda similar to what I'm doing. Give us a whole car shot, sitting on the ground!

[spools14]

Originally Posted by Turbo711

Nice build. Kinda similar to what I'm doing. Give us a whole car shot, sitting on the ground!

Should be driving it by the end of the week. Finishing the downpipe and exhaust tomorrow. Then I need to start fitting the kit. Afterwards i'll post some pics of it outside on the ground.

[MELLO*SOS]

Thanks for the answers. +1 for you, GL with the project.

[s13gold]

nice build...especially the craftsmanship.

[DJ_Sunrise]

very nice.. wish i had the balls to undertake a project like this..

-Bart

[BrandonFD3S]

Originally Posted by spools14

Ebay actually..haha

The guy was from FL, and had them imported.. they were only on his car for about 100 miles or so.. when I received them they looked brand new.

Wow.. man great project can't wait to see it done. You are giving me Ideas for my upcoming project.

[spools14]

Originally Posted by s13gold

nice build...especially the craftsmanship.

Thank you, it means a lot but Nick and Marshall did most of the custom fab stuff, they are awesome.

[MELLO*SOS]

Some more pictures of the s14 dash or info on what changes you made would be cool . I'm sure it's been done a million times before but this is the first time I've seen it posted recently, I like it I think it looks pretty damn good.

[spools14]

Originally Posted by mello88

Some more pictures of the s14 dash or info on what changes you made would be cool . I'm sure it's been done a million times before but this is the first time I've seen it posted recently, I like it I think it looks pretty damn good.

I honestly didn't take any other pics of it.

I wouldn't reccomend it for a daily driver simply because I removed all of the dash venting, I also had the trim a decent amount of junk underneath the dash. This car WILL be street legal, however, it won't see much street use, it'll mainly be used at VIR.

I'm sure with some more time and effort the dash vent could be retained, maybe by using a flexable hose, but i wasn't really interested in the vents working sicne it doesn't have a/c. Also, the door panels had to be modified aswell... just trial an error really.

[bardabe]

dude your welds are so bad ass. I wish I could make my welds look like that. maby in a few years. ha ha but never the less insane. absolutely gorgeous.

[fromxtor]

those have got to be the best pie cut welds I have ever seen. Looks frikken awesome.

[atutt]

Originally Posted by ecuastyle84

nicely done...i love how you put the s14 dash and panels...looks sick

Do the S14 dash and door panels just drop right in?

[the terrible one]

please more info on how you did the s14 dash and panels!!

[swayray]

that intake manifold is re-gad-damn-diculous!

are there plans on mass producing those? itbs?