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nismo2491 · 01-13-2005, 06:00 PM

Here's some pics of the start of the drag ka-t project. cars been sitting since this time last year, already had some parts laying around, did the first mods today.

parts I had sitting around, HUD (for sale, it works), clear bumper lights, catch can, deltagate (for sale, 150 (not 150,000) miles on it), setrab oil cooler, msd shift light down front, non-sealed beam headlights, multichecker

158k mileage ka, soon to be built ka-t

msd shift light and rpm switch

timing chain kit

grant steering wheel and faze gauges (gauges and controller for sale)

front of car

god its about time that gay exhaust came off

back corner

alright more pics to follow with the first mods
KEvin

nismo2491 · 01-13-2005, 06:05 PM

first mods:

aluminum bezel installed

block off plate where cruise switches were

jdm gauge bezel (yeah block off plate and coin holder)
oh and I wonder what those switches might be used for??

switches, jdm bezel, and gauge cluster installed

here's my view

another shot of the switches w/ air fuel gauge visible

some armor all on the grant wheel (put that on 2 years ago) and another shot of the bezel, notice right corner where vent normally is, I'll be putting some gauges there. also notice the faze gauges are gone.

nismo2491 · 01-13-2005, 06:06 PM

and geocities sucks, anybody know a better place to host at?
KEvin

KiDyNomiTe · 01-13-2005, 06:47 PM

www.photobucket.com or www.imageshack.com

**ThatGuy** · 01-13-2005, 06:56 PM

nismo2491 · 01-13-2005, 06:56 PM

yeah just put everything on photobucket. I'll edit the posts later. anyways I'm moving the switches I think cause they weren't very agreeable there. kinda would feel weird in te middle of the run to have to push them. I already made new panels out of CF to replace those, I think the on-off toggle will stay, and I'll probably go to a momentary, on-off-on toggle to use for the remote opener, and the pushbutton for purge, and I'll figure out a way to mount the actual spray switch with the shifter. like the b+m shifter switch
KEvin

nismo2491 · 01-13-2005, 10:07 PM

the replacement vents, not drilled yet or anything

center vent w/ carbon fibre insert. This will house some other gauges

think i could use some air? brand new tires that will never see street action again

uhhh little bit of mileage? only a tad
KEvin

driftyour40 · 01-13-2005, 11:49 PM

I'm not sure what look your going for but right now the two things that I had a problem w/ was the mounting of the A/F gauge and the carbon fiber panel looks like it needs to be re cut to match the hole better. Don’t take this as flaming or anything this is my honest opinion, or constructive criticism whatever but I’m not trying to be rude. Anyhow I like the rest, it looks good to me.

nismo2491 · 01-14-2005, 12:43 AM

yeah I did that carbon fibre panel fast as shit. It actually lines up right, the bracket is just kind of tilted up right now, its just a matter of bending it down a bit and I got tired of working after several hours. The a/f gauge was there way back in the day when I was trying to not scream anything done to the car (hence the ricey ass DTM style exhaust on 2.75" fully mandrel bent pipe, injen cai, jwt ecu, etc). I didn't want the gauge to be seen. and since now it won't really be used (i'll have a digital wideband) I'm kind of leaving it there just to see if I actually want it. as far as look that I'm going for, I'm not. its a purpose built 1/4 mile car. it will see some street use but until I'm fast enough, no reason to have a crazy paint job etc. Basically until I get sponsored, if I get sponsored (coughivanfromphatka-tcough)
KEvin

MakotoS13 · 01-14-2005, 07:59 AM

i swear i've seen a better bezel somewhere before.....

nismo2491 · 01-14-2005, 10:07 AM

what is that, your car? hey for $4.99 you can't complain, also its for a zenki s13 (I guess there was some difference where the turn signal and high beam indicators are because the ones in mine are custom holes so I can see a bit).
KEvin

CoasTek240 · 01-14-2005, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nismo2491

what is that, your car? hey for $4.99 you can't complain, also its for a zenki s13 (I guess there was some difference where the turn signal and high beam indicators are because the ones in mine are custom holes so I can see a bit).
KEvin

custom holes...looks like they were punched through with a nail.
im not tryin to flame or anything here, but a lot of that work looks half assed...i guess if its funtional and you dont care how it looks, then ok. You want it as a drag car anyways. what ever floats ur boat.

nismo2491 · 01-14-2005, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoasTek240

custom holes...looks like they were punched through with a nail.
im not tryin to flame or anything here, but a lot of that work looks half assed...i guess if its funtional and you dont care how it looks, then ok. You want it as a drag car anyways. what ever floats ur boat.

you hit the nail right on the head (pun not intended)

as far as looks yes its purely functional, but I probably will be cleaning a lot of it up for a bit, this was all done in a half assed bordem last night, and those fucking carbon fibre block off plates are harder than youd think.
KEvin

kandyflip445 · 01-14-2005, 10:54 AM

I like how those buttons are conveniently tagged "Shut ^" buttons. lol

nismo2491 · 01-14-2005, 11:32 AM

yeah its my "shut up" buttons, thats for when the passenger is whining that we're not going fast enough, to shut them up.
KEvin

nismo2491 · 01-15-2005, 10:57 PM

well day 2 on the drag s13 ka-t buildup today.
installed the shift light, took off the aluminum bezel, put carbon fibre block offs where the drivers vents normally are, one side will be housing some switches, I got 2 of the 3 installed today including the indicator, need to get a on-off-on momentary switch tomorrow. MSD RPM SWITCH for the shift light is mounted on the pass side of the center console. also did something kinda cool in my book, I'll have a pic of that too.

shift light just after mounting it up

what the shift light looks like from the outside

MSD RPM Activated Switch, it controls the shift light

thats got the new carbon fibre block off plates, switches, shift light is actually lit up by itself, there was no flash for this shot, I just had a 9-volt hooked up to it

that's with the wheel up, and flash on

that was my little cool thing I did, I custom did that myself, not sure if I'll use that or get the b+m one.

and no people I'm not posting day by day shots, just when I do something kinda modded like this stuff. next day I work on it I'm finishing wiring up the nitrous stuff, and then re-doing the center vent block off plate, and then de-spoilering the trunk
KEvin

clean · 01-15-2005, 11:26 PM

where does the ka-t part come in? what are you doing as far as nitrous setup? nitrouus and turbo?

nismo2491 · 01-16-2005, 12:11 AM

its going to be built for drag, and the class I'm building it to spec wise allows you to run 2 power adders, so yes nitrous and turbo. as far as the ka-t part I'm ordering the setup actually at the moment. This is just kind of stuff that I've been meaning to finish up for a while that I half did a while ago (the center vent had been out for over a year). the entire car isn't even supposed to be done until august. like I said I'll be updating when I do the more update worthy stuff. this update actually was kind of an update to an update. the pics at the top is because people had said last week when I announced the project that they wanted to see pics, then these were to update those pics since I changed some stuff around.
KEvin

97DubTruck · 01-16-2005, 04:57 PM

ok so the whole drag ka-t got a instrument cluster. cool. let us know when the turbo part comes into play because personally i could care less about seeing a fucked up s13 get $20 in parts installed.

nismo2491 · 01-16-2005, 06:06 PM

I'm so sorry to have wasted your time. how bout next time you want to share your opinion you share it with somebody who cares, like the bottom of my shoe. or maybe my tailights or something. simply put. fuck off.
KEvin

Gladman · 01-17-2005, 04:00 AM

He's right you know.

Everything install so far has added weight, decreased your ability to read your gauges and nothing has added power... so far its a rice mobile..

Lets see some power adding crap!

axiomatik · 01-17-2005, 11:48 AM

That's one hell of a ashtray light you've got there, I think mine's only a 5W or so, 100W seems a little excessive.

Toahk · 01-17-2005, 12:47 PM

Why did you mount the rpm switch on the outside and not hide it somewhere in the dash?

nismo2491 · 01-17-2005, 09:12 PM

so I can change the pill if I want to. yeah the 100w ashtray light is nice, it lights up the whole car :-p
the gauge surround is off now btw if you look at the pics.
KEvin

01-13-2005, 06:00 PM	#1
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	drag ka-t pics (56k beware) Here's some pics of the start of the drag ka-t project. cars been sitting since this time last year, already had some parts laying around, did the first mods today. parts I had sitting around, HUD (for sale, it works), clear bumper lights, catch can, deltagate (for sale, 150 (not 150,000) miles on it), setrab oil cooler, msd shift light down front, non-sealed beam headlights, multichecker 158k mileage ka, soon to be built ka-t msd shift light and rpm switch timing chain kit grant steering wheel and faze gauges (gauges and controller for sale) front of car god its about time that gay exhaust came off back corner alright more pics to follow with the first mods KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party Last edited by nismo2491; 01-13-2005 at 07:04 PM..

01-13-2005, 06:05 PM	#2
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	first mods: aluminum bezel installed block off plate where cruise switches were jdm gauge bezel (yeah block off plate and coin holder) oh and I wonder what those switches might be used for?? switches, jdm bezel, and gauge cluster installed here's my view another shot of the switches w/ air fuel gauge visible some armor all on the grant wheel (put that on 2 years ago) and another shot of the bezel, notice right corner where vent normally is, I'll be putting some gauges there. also notice the faze gauges are gone. __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party Last edited by nismo2491; 01-13-2005 at 07:06 PM..

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01-13-2005, 10:07 PM	#7
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the replacement vents, not drilled yet or anything center vent w/ carbon fibre insert. This will house some other gauges think i could use some air? brand new tires that will never see street action again uhhh little bit of mileage? only a tad KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-13-2005, 11:49 PM	#8
driftyour40 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SoCal Age: 43 Posts: 644 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I'm not sure what look your going for but right now the two things that I had a problem w/ was the mounting of the A/F gauge and the carbon fiber panel looks like it needs to be re cut to match the hole better. Don’t take this as flaming or anything this is my honest opinion, or constructive criticism whatever but I’m not trying to be rude. Anyhow I like the rest, it looks good to me.

01-14-2005, 12:43 AM	#9
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah I did that carbon fibre panel fast as shit. It actually lines up right, the bracket is just kind of tilted up right now, its just a matter of bending it down a bit and I got tired of working after several hours. The a/f gauge was there way back in the day when I was trying to not scream anything done to the car (hence the ricey ass DTM style exhaust on 2.75" fully mandrel bent pipe, injen cai, jwt ecu, etc). I didn't want the gauge to be seen. and since now it won't really be used (i'll have a digital wideband) I'm kind of leaving it there just to see if I actually want it. as far as look that I'm going for, I'm not. its a purpose built 1/4 mile car. it will see some street use but until I'm fast enough, no reason to have a crazy paint job etc. Basically until I get sponsored, if I get sponsored (coughivanfromphatka-tcough) KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-14-2005, 07:59 AM	#10
MakotoS13 BANNED Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Texas Age: 42 Posts: 4,205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i swear i've seen a better bezel somewhere before.....

01-14-2005, 10:07 AM	#11
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what is that, your car? hey for $4.99 you can't complain, also its for a zenki s13 (I guess there was some difference where the turn signal and high beam indicators are because the ones in mine are custom holes so I can see a bit). KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-14-2005, 10:54 AM	#14
kandyflip445 Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arden, NC Age: 40 Posts: 4,460 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: kandyflip445 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I like how those buttons are conveniently tagged "Shut ^" buttons. lol __________________ My 240 vBgarage

01-14-2005, 11:32 AM	#15
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah its my "shut up" buttons, thats for when the passenger is whining that we're not going fast enough, to shut them up. KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-15-2005, 10:57 PM	#16
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Day 2 well day 2 on the drag s13 ka-t buildup today. installed the shift light, took off the aluminum bezel, put carbon fibre block offs where the drivers vents normally are, one side will be housing some switches, I got 2 of the 3 installed today including the indicator, need to get a on-off-on momentary switch tomorrow. MSD RPM SWITCH for the shift light is mounted on the pass side of the center console. also did something kinda cool in my book, I'll have a pic of that too. shift light just after mounting it up what the shift light looks like from the outside MSD RPM Activated Switch, it controls the shift light thats got the new carbon fibre block off plates, switches, shift light is actually lit up by itself, there was no flash for this shot, I just had a 9-volt hooked up to it that's with the wheel up, and flash on that was my little cool thing I did, I custom did that myself, not sure if I'll use that or get the b+m one. and no people I'm not posting day by day shots, just when I do something kinda modded like this stuff. next day I work on it I'm finishing wiring up the nitrous stuff, and then re-doing the center vent block off plate, and then de-spoilering the trunk KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-15-2005, 11:26 PM	#17
clean Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: nowhere Age: 44 Posts: 473 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	where does the ka-t part come in? what are you doing as far as nitrous setup? nitrouus and turbo?

01-16-2005, 12:11 AM	#18
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	its going to be built for drag, and the class I'm building it to spec wise allows you to run 2 power adders, so yes nitrous and turbo. as far as the ka-t part I'm ordering the setup actually at the moment. This is just kind of stuff that I've been meaning to finish up for a while that I half did a while ago (the center vent had been out for over a year). the entire car isn't even supposed to be done until august. like I said I'll be updating when I do the more update worthy stuff. this update actually was kind of an update to an update. the pics at the top is because people had said last week when I announced the project that they wanted to see pics, then these were to update those pics since I changed some stuff around. KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-16-2005, 04:57 PM	#19
97DubTruck Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: location, location Posts: 532 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ok so the whole drag ka-t got a instrument cluster. cool. let us know when the turbo part comes into play because personally i could care less about seeing a fucked up s13 get $20 in parts installed.

01-16-2005, 06:06 PM	#20
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm so sorry to have wasted your time. how bout next time you want to share your opinion you share it with somebody who cares, like the bottom of my shoe. or maybe my tailights or something. simply put. fuck off. KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party

01-17-2005, 04:00 AM	#21
Gladman Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver Age: 39 Posts: 287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	He's right you know. Everything install so far has added weight, decreased your ability to read your gauges and nothing has added power... so far its a rice mobile.. Lets see some power adding crap! __________________ Kick Ass 2.4Liter Engine!

01-17-2005, 11:48 AM	#22
axiomatik Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ATL Posts: 4,702 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That's one hell of a ashtray light you've got there, I think mine's only a 5W or so, 100W seems a little excessive.

01-17-2005, 12:47 PM	#23
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01-17-2005, 09:12 PM	#24
nismo2491 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern MD Age: 41 Posts: 1,373 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	so I can change the pill if I want to. yeah the 100w ashtray light is nice, it lights up the whole car :-p the gauge surround is off now btw if you look at the pics. KEvin __________________ To quote the great Ron White: if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. and try to find somebody who's life gave them vodka, and have a party