My RB S14 Build Thread

[240Shwag]

Blew out a tire on the highway and did some minor damage. I didnt have time for it, so I put it off to the side and bought a truck. Truck is good, so I decided to build the old 240.


Found a nice spot to work on it. Little tight, but it will do.



7/10/11:
Lots of heavy drinking this weekend as usual, but still some progress. Got rid of the body kit and the damaged areas.






Some rust here and there, but its not too bad.




7/17/11


Got the motor pulled. Finally, been slacking and ****ing around half the time. I am expecting the new motor tomorrow, and will have some more updates then when its unpackaged.
The EFI harness gave me a bunch of **** so I left it for now. There is alot of connections and misc **** going through it for the ABS/cruise etc. I will probable have to take the dashboard/blower motor/evaporator out. Ugh. Also, the rear bolts/nuts for the driveshaft are frozen, so I'll have to grind those off someday this week.

This is for sale. Runs good. Little bit of timing chain noise. No smoke. Pulls strong. I think around 170k miles.





Motor is delayed, won't be until until tomorrow.
Jeez you guys are killing me lol.

First, I made some waffles. Those are cake batter waffles if your wondering.


Then the motor came in and the first thing I got it ready for was the compression test, but someone beat me to it and had pretty much everything loosened for me.


I got this on all six. Which was nice.


I sweated my ass off in that building, which sucked. I need A/C.


And another couple pictures for ****s and giggles.





I'm gonna begin cleaning everything up this weekend, the car and the motor. I still need to order a gasket kit, mount kit, and awholelotofotherpartsidonthavethemoneyforrightnow.

I'm going to keep the AC, surprisingly. It shouldn't be too hard to do correctly, which is seemingly rare to read about.
Been really hot so I have been slacking.

Got most of the wires off everything, since the wiring will more then likely be the most time consuming part of everything.


RB looks alot better without wires.


Some gauges that I will need.


Also ordered a entire rebuild kit from Nissanparts.cc with the oil/water pump. Later I found the dipstick and tube are broken along with the fast idle valve(snagged the KA one since its the same), so I have to order those too. I will remove the rest of the crap from the engine bay this weekend and hopefully have the small rust spots fixed and the engine bay/undercarriage painted by next weekend.

Engine bay is almost stripped. I'm seriously so sick of this heat.
I see the rust, it will taken care of.


I had to make an adapter plate for the engine stand, but it works.


The heat seriously pissed me off, and I had to kick something. Messed my foot up a little.
I know, I have weird ugly feet.
Small update today.

Got the engine on the stand. I thought it was going to break but it held up lol.


Some of the accessories removed. I have to graft the KA a/c pump on there.


Then I scrubbed the **** out of the engine bay.



I had the wires and the engine bay fuse box looped over the fender. I decided I wanted to disconnect them from inside the car. Upon peeling back the fuse box kick panel, I realized what a cluster **** it is under there and decided that I want to eliminate that whole shebang from inside there. Its a ****ing ugly birds nest of wires and half of the **** can be routed on the passenger side of the car anyway, so thats another project I will be documenting for you guys.


I decided to tackle repinning the M63 connector. I did it at my house and recorded all of the information and even made a guide(A/C and everything), once the car is running I will release it for everyone to use. This swap is significantly easier on an S14 due to the M63/F3 connection. Pretty much the only thing that needs to be done is repin the connector and the car will run.


And done.


Next comes the rust removal and general grunt work of prepping the chassis. I am still waiting on my rebuild kit for the RB to come in, along with the dipstick/tube.

Also, buy a detroit series 50 engine, I know you want one.

[rb20240sx]

I subscribed. You going with a oem front bumper?

[Coolwhip]

promising! can't wait to see that RB tucked into that engine bay.

[pandaroo]

lookin good man!
your right i do want that diesel. wonder how it would fit in my 4runner lol.

[240Shwag]

Originally Posted by rb20240sx

I subscribed. You going with a oem front bumper?

Yeah, but I can't find one. I placed orders for them at multiple dealers, and they all canceled my order. I can't find one locally or even on these forums.

Originally Posted by Coolwhip

promising! can't wait to see that RB tucked into that engine bay.

Me either, I'm excited. I never had a car that actually made some kind of power.

Originally Posted by pandaroo

lookin good man!
your right i do want that diesel. wonder how it would fit in my 4runner lol.

Haha, we have about 20 of them. 250hp and about 1200ft/lbs of tq. Factory rebuilt, ready to go.

[tricky_ab]

Working in the heat blows. It slows me down so much, it's not even funny.

[rb20240sx]

[QUOTE=240Shwag;4190281]Yeah, but I can't find one. I placed orders for them at multiple dealers, and they all canceled my order. I can't find one locally or even on these forums.
Just keep looking someone is always parting out a s14 on here.

[240Shwag]

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

Working in the heat blows. It slows me down so much, it's not even funny.

I have some industrial fans set up now, and it cooled down a tad. But it seems everytime I have some free time, mother nature cranks up the thermostat again.

[240Shwag]

Spend some of my lunch break with the lower wiring harness.



Cut my finger with a razor, didn't know they could do that.


All unloomed. Looks like a mess. Going to have to change some of the plugs by the fuse box to the KA plugs.


Finger by the end of finishing lol.

[endlessboost]

I have a oem front bumper for sale! Pm me for more details.

Where'd you get the motor from and what mount kit are you going with?

[240Shwag]

Originally Posted by endlessboost

I have a oem front bumper for sale! Pm me for more details.

Where'd you get the motor from and what mount kit are you going with?

Will do that right now!

I got the motor from Venus Auto. I know I know, but they sent me a motor with good compression and an uncut harness and threw in both crossmembers, driveshaft, cluster, and some other goodies at a reasonable price.

I am either going Syko mounts or DIY solid billet mounts.

[champwhiteej8]

Nice progress. Looking forward to seeing more as well as an rb with a/c.

[240Shwag]

Originally Posted by champwhiteej8

Nice progress. Looking forward to seeing more as well as an rb with a/c.

Thanks! The interior will be mostly gone, but the ladies like to complain about the wind in their hair, so it has to stay. I'll be using the KA pump.

[240Shwag]

Got the gasket/timing kit in. Still waiting on the N1 oil pump and the balance of the timing kit.



Its JDM tight yo.

[conrad_s13.5]

start wearin gloves and shoes man!....lol

[csr41]

Lookin' great.

Subbed.

[240Shwag]

Got the driver side fender off, it needs to be replaced.


Got the doors off and wire wheeled the rusty spots.

[240Shwag]

Spent another couple hours with the car after work.

This cluster **** really scared me. Before:


After. Much better.




Broke the mother ****ing windshield with the dash support bar. New windshield too ugh.


Lots and lots and lots of wires.


The car when I was leaving. See what happens when you don't run mud guards and fail to clean out the fender regularly?


The start of my (re)wiring spreadsheets. The work never ends. Nissan could have layed this all out in the FSM with a large foldout, but someone must have been drunk that day.

[Eion]

Are you going to be selling that KA?

[HIGHFIVEBETA]

Looking good!

[240Shwag]

Originally Posted by Eion

Are you going to be selling that KA?

Sold! Sorry!

Originally Posted by HIGHFIVEBETA

Looking good!

Thanks!

[koukidriver]

Its nice to see someone taking time to address the small details and functioning AC very nice.

[rb25det powered S14]

congrats man.. love seeingn 240sx's get love.. i saved a RB25det S14 from its death a few months ago.. the owner was just letting it rot ... i sold my mustang and bought it.. within 24 hours i has all the rust cut out and patch pannels layed in.. tons of greddy parts, coilovers, and more.. all in just a few months.. the other day my girlfriend told me she is prego... Im not giving up on the car tho.. i'll start a build thread soon.. keep up the good work!

[240Shwag]

Its been about a week since an update. I'm still waiting on the balance of my rebuild kit for the RB. I removed the majority of the interior and I'm stripping the sound deadening.

First I tried some of that air in a can shit, upside down, it worked okay.




Then shit got serious. I got 10lbs of dry ice.




I forgot to take pictures after that lol. Sorry. It worked really good though but I waited too long and didn't get it all so I will try again this weekend.

Got the rusty ass battery tray removed.


Middle finger looks pretty small here. Idk whats up with that lol.


Also, a customer of mine is going to give me a older miller tig welder, so I should be starting that project soon once I get it up and running.

[champwhiteej8]

nice progress. cant wait for more!

[OBEEWON]

Scanned quickly and saw blood, hairy toes, and sweat. Looks like you are working hard.

[BNASTYs13]

nice build

[S14DOOD]

nice build really look foward to seeing this thing done.

[Highway Riding]

Bump for another NJ bro. while i have the same exact car and color I have an SR and am jealous of this build..... GL man

[tricky_ab]

You've moving at a nice pace...Keep it up