My S14 Drift Car Build - LS1 content inside

[95KA-Turbo]

At the paint shop (Stock or Modified in VA Beach) looking fresh:





Those SE wheels up front have a 25mm spacer, lol!

[Gjohnson7]

Originally Posted by 95KA-Turbo

Those SE wheels up front have a 25mm spacer, lol!

Insane!!!!!!

[PITCH]

Boss. EvenunpaintedonSE's.

[colexcore]

isn't that the trunk originally off tom konig's s14.5? bc i remember dreamworks painted his EXACTLY the same.

[sidewaysil80]

Originally Posted by colexcore

isn't that the trunk originally off tom konig's s14.5? bc i remember dreamworks painted his EXACTLY the same.

yeah i picked up toms old car in a trade and ripped it COMPLETELY apart and am rebuilding/restoring it and fixing alot of his jury rigging. in the process knoop wanted a carbon fiber trunk and i wanted a metal one so we traded.

anyway, steven i'm soooooooooooooo stoked to finally see this car finished and one solid color. lol fraternal porsche colored twins.

[ARS14]

just read this whole thread over the last hour and it's completely inspiring. All of it is top notch work. Props on the whole build. I wish I had skilled people around me who could/would be willing to help me with my builds. I'm actually doing an LS1 swap into my Porsche as of right now while I decide what I wanna do to my 5spd Vert lol

[yaba94070]

Originally Posted by ballinnmiami240sx

Today was the day the s14 ls1 was goin to be on the ground no matter what. Even thought we are having one hell of a winter snow storm that wasnt going to stop me. I fired up the garage heaters and went to work. I got all four corners installed today and tried to set ride height. The rear will go super low and still have enought adjustment for the lower control arms to be parallel with the ground. The front still needs a smaller spring to get the stance we want. Everything is going on smooth with only a few spots that had to get grinded down.

What it looks like outside?


Full shots back on the ground. Front ride height is not set, but you can tell how much more the new tub modifications will allow this car to go.


This is going to be one bad bitch. on the back ground you can see razmus car which is also getting to Re_specGarage love. We are putting a jungle gym inside his car.....lol


Insert LSJUAN!!!


Lower control arm mods to hopefully fix the suspension geometry. Im not an engineer, but it looks like its going to work. It uses a momo ball housing welded to the oem LCA's. We also inserted a spherical bearing to work with a GM ball joint stud. Lots off reasearch went into this to make it work.


Lower control arm angle at this ride height. The new ball joint set up will allow us to adjust the level of the LCA when we decided what the final ride height will be. I know the tire is on the wrong side....

For you west coast hellaflush cats. The east coast knows a little bit about fitment.


The rear still needs to be adjusted at the ball joint. As you can see on a lowered 240 the lca is pointing up. With the GM ball joint and some spacers we will solve that problem. Now you will be able to ride super low and have your LCA in stock location. The rear got some love from Fortune auto s14 coilovers with z32 mounts to fit the z32 rear spindles. If you want great service hit them up. Also a set of spl rear upper camber arms, PBM solid spacers and ofcourse all my attention to detail and mods.

Last picture will be the super angle this car will be getting. I need to run down to lowes tomorrow to see if I can find a bolt and a few spacers to make the tierods work.

major props doing a very similar build right now but your defntly going way beyond subscribed for sure...

[95KA-Turbo]

Thanks guys....I realized I didn't post pictures of my skid plate we made in here:



Its 1/8th inch stainless steel and it bolts to my front subframe, tension rod brackets, and the front frame bar. In addition to protecting my oil pan, the substantial strength of the plate has really tied my whole front end together and made it feel completely different. It feels amazing now! That coupled with the 1/4" I raise the front end, and the alignment, and the new (stickier) front tires has really brought the car to life even more. I can notice a significant difference in front grip and steering feel, and the car is WAY flatter through turns. I can't wait to get it on track!

[colexcore]

Originally Posted by sidewaysil80

yeah i picked up toms old car in a trade and ripped it COMPLETELY apart and am rebuilding/restoring it and fixing alot of his jury rigging. in the process knoop wanted a carbon fiber trunk and i wanted a metal one so we traded.

anyway, steven i'm soooooooooooooo stoked to finally see this car finished and one solid color. lol fraternal porsche colored twins.

he didn't do much aside from installing an SAFC but i am glad that car went to apparently 2 people now :P that know what the fuck they are doing.

Damn steve shit is legit. I remember the days where we thought your gold KA-t S14 with black bumper and hood was the tits. Above and beyond dude. Shit is legit.

[95KA-Turbo]

Legit as fuck, lol

[colexcore]

i remember me and you at ODS in NoVA and you attempting the bank. God those days were so much fun.

[ballinnmiami240sx]

This car 2005 lol WOW!!!

[colexcore]

Originally Posted by ballinnmiami240sx

This car 2005 lol WOW!!!

yeah talk about massive overhall

stoke auto kouki

to

ballin outta control stretch poke slam LSJuan drift machine!

[JDMStanced]

Paint the car ?

[95KA-Turbo]

Car will be in paint for a while. Had to go put some 350Z wheels up front though because apparently my tie rods are spaced down too far to run 16s without rubbing, hahaha. Those are fucking 245/45/18s up front, I only have like 1.5 fingers worth of room before they hit my modified fender beams, lol.



You can see how awesome the 18/16 stagger is, hahaha. You can also see a little work has been started on the fenders.

[blueshark123]

those fenders need alot of work i can imagine

[daftphunk]

Can't wait to see it when it's painted.

[deolio]

lbs of bondo...

18/16 stagger is sick. you should rock it.

[SicBastard]

I'd like to see a pic with the wheels from that 370Z in the background on your S14. How much of a difference did your front fender braces make when you first put them on?

[hellion240sx]

which fender braces are those?

[95KA-Turbo]

They are some old school URAS fender braces. I put them on and my front strut bar at the same time, so I can't say which helped more, but it definitely made the front end feel much better.

The skid plate tying my subframe, tension rod brackets, and front frame rail of the car together was a much more significant improvement. Someone should make a front brace that connects the subframe, tension rod bracket, and chassis. A big ass front sway bar helps a ton too.

[hellion240sx]

do you have a pic off the skid pad installed. it's really got my attention. I'm sure out weighs a lot. but worth the stiffness. our if you can ms paint what you mean in the post above with it tying everything together. plaplease and thank youe

[tricky_ab]

Originally Posted by blueshark123

those fenders need alot of work i can imagine

First thing I was thinking myself. Nice to see it finally going in for paint

[Nick_04K]

Im so damn excited for this thing to be painted.
I hope it doesn't take toooo long.

[PoorMans180SX]

Those fender braces look pretty flimsy, haha.

You have pictures of the finished knuckles? I'm about to modify mine.

[surge s14]

raging boner here waiting for paint :P

[95KA-Turbo]

Picking the car up tomorrow to semi-prep it for the show on Sat. Wont be painted, but I decided to fuck with my floor mats.



It took entirely too long, but I'm happy with the outcome. Its too bad Dmax went out of business in the US, because I'm definitely not paying 400-something for the vertex ones.

[FLMadness]

they are 400?!!?!

the fender work will look nice.
cant wait to see em after primer!

[95KA-Turbo]

Since I whored up the pictures in the kouki thread and the wheel fitment thread, I might as well whore them up in my own thread:

[FLMadness]

did you figure out a final color?