Surge's First SR Build Thread

[surge s14]

Power Plant: sr20det (jdm tyte y0)




i wanted to see whats inside got me engine stand and tore it down





at the end i just knew i wouldn't be happy if i dropped it in like this
since its been in the hands of the locales and god knows how many jdm ppl ran hard as shit.

well i ordered bunch of stuff


i got a better look of my turbo set up looked good


but since i was going this far might as well upgrade

[surge s14]

later on my buddy scuba was like "when the fuck are you taking the block to the machine shop buay"


i took the parts to Adrian's Automotive Machine Shop




Work done by Adrian's Automotive Machine Shop
clean block
chock &hone cly block
pressure test head
valve job
intall all head componits
clean, cheak &polish crankshaft
couldn't be happier

later on i found this gem 1989 240sx


we ended up tearing down the car as well




dry iced it to take off all the under layers

[surge s14]

i ordered some more stuff





at this point this is the mod list
cp pistons 86mm 9.0:1
eagle rods
supertech valve springs
supertech retainers
supertech valve guides
oem timing guides
acl bearings
megan mani
brand new gt287r .64
taka lines
hks bov ver.2/hot pipe
hks cams 264/264 (step 1)
Tomei 740cc
z32 maf
New oem water pump
complete gasket set
Cometic head gasket 88.5 mls .040
god speed fmic

couple of weeks ago i started preping the car for Guerros shop

[surge s14]

a closer inspection of the car i found some disturbing news i have large rust holes along the chassy rails

this is the biggest one i can fit my whole hand thou it


this one on the inside of the car


and of coarse no 240sx is complete with out ghettoizing something
this is a huge peace of metal rusting away with some kind of epoxy

[surge s14]

the latest thing is the car is being handled by Guerro at his shop
he is stiffing up the car by spot welding the car at ever few points or more flex areas
he had only been working on the car for 2 hours at this point and already iam most impressed

[surge s14]

since there wasn't anything to do i decided its time to do all the little thing i wanted to do. like clean up and re-paint all my accessories

here are some i did last night i forgot my cam so i don't have any before and after pics but trust me they were rusty as hell

now there nice clean


here kinda the process what i did
i went to vatozone to pick up some of that 500 degrees motor paint eer whatever ive tried this stuff before and its ok but sticks better with primer thats is designed for this time of usage

this is the high temp primer looks like when its sprayed on


i let is sit for about an hour till it dryed and sprayed the actual high temp paint added about three cotes looks much better in person and feels so smooth


i also did my intake manifold


here my durty ass tranny and i had cleaned it before so i went round 2 on its ass


now its clean... sort of :/


i did the same thing as before
primed it up


new paint added
and now looks like this


im very happy the way all of this turned out

[surge s14]

heres the new stuff you cant see much cuz of all the shavings here is more spot welding
this is the inside of the behind the driver seat


here is the finished product of the strut tower area


under the dash back side of the fire wall


chasi rails
this was a hard pic to take but both sides are spot welded


tranny tunnel

[surge s14]

the roll bar
very basic i know

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power washed the bay


the undercarriage


started sanding the bay


me still sanding some more

[surge s14]

emoved all the suspension

Grinden the wheel wells



Primerd the bay

Wet sanding


Preping paint


Done

[surge s14]

well she is going to back to the place where i got my cage done
(The Chop Shop Speed & Custom) to get some reinforcement

pics of the subframe
driver side

pass side

she should be strong

wheel wells

before

after

i used some protecting coating lets see if it lasts

also more stuff got here still waiting on back orders

[surge s14]

clean and painted


energy master kit ohh yeah!



the subframe is ready to rock


i would have done more but i got helled up with supply's
i Spent the last 2 days bed lining my car with this



Under the car =D


also these came in

[duffman1278]

Those wheels look sick!

[yingiang]

keep up the good work, i'm building mine soon. awesome stuff. i want to see more high five for a fellow texan

[kalypso123]

Sick wheels, everythings gravy.

[CBS]

spot welding firewall = baller

[idahotuner]

dude you are going about this the right way. major props

[wannabdr1ftr]

wow those wheels are sick...cant wait to see the final result. Keep updating!

[Z33dori]

title should be

how to build a 240 the right way...

looking forward to further updates

[bigOdom1]

great progress

[clark]

holy shit awesome! subscribed!

[Om1kron]

lol judging by the bad hair cut i'm going to say. "marines?"

[bshotts]

I love Equips...they will do your chassis justice as long as you take care of the finish. Subscribed!

[SleepR 240sx]

Very impressive build so far. Will definintley keep watching this.

[s13dan]

damn.. for a second i thought the SR was going in the c5...

[surge s14]

thanks ill be making more updates in a week or so

thanks again for the complaments

[surge s14]

i would have done more work but rain fucked me up =/

here is the wheel wire tuck i dont want to eat up my harness when i lower my car.

bay wire work going back in


dash wire work going in fucking sucks


heres a batter pic of the bed liner on the floor board


sub frame put back in i ordered new bolts (took 4 weeks to get) since most ether broke or are just plane rusted to hell.


im going to order new collers since they look like shit

heres a better pic of the sub frame reinforcement

[silnismo]

Looking good, i see a shit ton of potential.

[surge s14]

this is what ive been up to

i repainted the block and oil pan to give it the fresh look


i gave the oil pan the sparkly look


also my head was painted... oh so nice


my garage is getting full of parts i need to get this shit going lol


i repainted my dash it was a faded gray as you can see the color of the steering wheel


i painted the roll white but i might redo it kidda boring

right now im gasketing the set up

[Z33dori]

man i'm loving this


White cage + maroon car = hot