Economix TrackSlut S13 Chassis, S14 SR20DET build

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Originally Posted by ch1873857

glad to see your picking up where you left off. takes a lot of devotion. are you keeping the SR? what are your overall plans. and what kind of stuff are you looking for?

Thanks for the love. I've been meaning to do this for years, but college then my career put it on the back-burner. Now that I've got both those set, it's on and I plan on going spider monkey over the next year to get this done!

My plans are simply to get involved with SCCA for some weekend fun racing or to cruise her on the winding country roads. I don't have a high horsepower goal like I think most people tend to target. I'm more interested in handling and applying what power I can get out of her. I love brakes and suspension knuckles, but I do still love the sound of turbo spool and a nice BOV.

Not sure if I will ever paint her or do real body work since I plan on beating on her, but who knows. Aesthetics = dead last priority.

I enjoy driving and pushing limits of anything so as long as I can do that with her, then I'll be a happy dude.

Thanks for asking! Stop back anytime!

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Ok, so more teardown pics, which I'd like to make big and not thumbs... Nonetheless, I repainted the valve cover to a paint shifting color since I had it on hand. The exhaust is from a Zilvia member #deedilus (also supplied me an extra Starter and Timing Chain) and the ECU is from #efrain_n7 who helped me get the proper unit - I had an automatic ECU for some reason - more reason NOT to buy a motorset off eBay!!! Learn from me kids, if you're gonna spend $$, pay the premium and get the right stuff or save your money until you can afford to. Years of setbacks are NOT worth it!



Gutted the interior.





Started gutting things under the hood.


Got new intercooler piping from my dudes at EnjukuRacing.com.


Waiting on a premade converted harness from Yury at WiringSpecialties.com - shooould be here soon, but I'm sorta stuck without it. So until I get that, it's more tearing down and loading up on random parts.