Lifewater's Sileighty Build Thread

[lifewater]

Hello,

I'm originally from a local New York/NJ forum and this is the thread I posted there. I cleaned it up a bit but basically this just the condensed version of my 3 year continuing thread on my local forum documenting my progress. I hope you enjoy. I know Sileighty's arent the favorite here but I hope you can enjoy the work that went into making this car:


Edited: (Added Full list for my build)

Motor
CP Pistons (9.0:1)
Eagle Rods (w/ ARP Rod Bolts)
Clevite Bearings
Clevite Main Bearings
Nissan OEM Thrust Washer
ARP Main Studs
ARP Head Studs
Cosworth Metal HG 87mm 1.1mm (thick)
Supertech Dual Valve Spring/Retainer Pkg.
Tomei ProCam 260 12.50mm (in)
Tomei ProCam 260 12.50mm (ex)
HKS Cam Gears
New S13 Front Timing Cover/Kit
Tomei Rocker Arm Stoppers

Machine Work
Balance & Polish Crank
Machine Bearings
Deck (Block/Head/Oil Pump/Water Pump)
Overbore (.5mm)

Clutch
Exedy Stage 2
Exedy Lightweight Flywheel

Gauges
STRI Boost/Oil/Water 52mm Gauges
Greddy Profec Spec B
Innovate Wideband

Suspension/5 Lug
Stance GR+ Pro
5 Lug Conversion (OEM)
Z32 Front Brakes/Rotors
5 Lug Rear Rotors(Brembo)
Agency Power 5 Lug Sleeves
GTSPEC Strut Bar (REAR)

Wheels/Tires
Grams Light 57 Optimize 17x9.5 +12
Black Motegi Lugnuts
Falken Azenis RT615

Cooling
Mishimoto Radiator
Altima Fans
Fan Controller (DiF)

Shifter
Ebay Short Shifter

Intake Side
740cc Nismo injectors
Greddy Intake Manifold

Exhaust Side
Tomei Expreme Exhaust Manifold
Greddy Downpipe
RSR ExMag Exhaust
Test Pipe (Bung Weld for wideband)

ECU
Power FC (Map Version)

Turbo
GT2871r .64 Trim Turbo

Misc
350z Seats
350z Rail Fabrication

Exterior
Silvia Front Lip (OEM)
Kouki Tailights
Silvia SideSkirts
Kouki Valances
Brick Headlights
Silvia OEM Hood
GP Sports Replica Roof Spoiler
Type X Wing


The goal for this car is going to be 350-400hp on a GT2871r turbo with a fully built motor at around 18-20lbs.

Here's what it looked like when I bought it back in like 2007. Came with a SOHC KA in bad shape... Clutch was shot, but rust was minimal (Lil specs on the frame rail, shock tower, and rocker arm). So I decided to wait for my SR Swap before driving it.








Fast forward to my Wings Swap and Silvia Front Car drove like a completely animal. I had no idea turbos cars were so fast. I met Dane shortly after and he brought me back down to reality, showing me I was actually running 19lbs on my stock t25 turbo, making my car feel like a Ferrari. In the end the turbo ended up blowing at Drift Nirvana. Here's some pics of the progress made during Mid 2008:









Center Console Mod (Courtesy of Duplicolor!)




Got rid of the god ugly stock tails and replaced them with legit kouki tails!




Since the turbo was fried I upgraded to a 2871r, Power FC, and 740CC Nismo Injectors. BUT Due to a busted o-ring I ended up bending rod #4 and ruining my motor. So what else is one to do? Rebuild of course :P I hope to have the motor completely rebuilt by sometime toward the end of the summer. The motor should be good enough to handle around 500hp, but I will be keeping it around 350hp (turbo limitations).

Waiting for paint and a motor:





























Most of the motor is assembled at this point. All that's left is the lifters, cams and the rest of the timing chain setup.. Then all the peripherals can start going back on the motor.

We did run into an issue with the oil baffle pan. Apparently ARP main studs stick out of the girdle too far and you cant seal the pan properly cause they hit the pan. Having the choice of shaving the pan or the arp stud, the oil pan was chosen as the victim.

Here it is clearly not sealing correctly (this is with the pan bolted down)



Fabbing oil sump to allow mating with ARP main studs:





Recap of whats being done:
Full repaint, engine bay included, installation of Type-X wing/rear valances, silvia sideskirts, silvia front lip, GTR grill. Oh and I finally got brick headlights

Ground 0! Soon to be painted.


Engine bay work

[lifewater]

Primer, new seam seal, rust removal (On strut tower, battery tray, entire bottom of my rad support), removal of that thing that holds the sohc distributor









More updates as available

Removal of rust on the hatch:



<3 that pull. Brought to you by my 3 childhood baseball bats. Thanks Pat & Dane:



Zomg so exciting:



Fender fixin:



More fender fixing:


Pulled the fenders:






The owner was nice enough to let me see my car get painted:






























Taking it home from the autobody shop:

[lifewater]

I needed some motivation, so I dressed her up all nice. All thats missing is the JDM rainguards:
















And heres how she sits as of today:


Whats next:
Powdercoat crossmember: (Black Chrome) - Done
Powdercoat Z32 Brakes: (Red, hopefully matching rim lip) - Done
Powdercoat Valve Cover: (Wrinkle Red) - Done

Motor Install
Wiring (fusebox relocation to passenger side + full tuck)

PS: Yes I will lower the car when its done!


UPDATE: 5/3/2012

I know its been forever since I updated, but a lot of shits happened and the car finally fucking runs. Alternator was rebuilt and then almost went on fire, a bolt snapped off on my z32 calipers. Wiring is a pain in the ass. But whatever the thing fucking moves now.Thanks to Dane (MTX450), Alex and Pat for all the support for the last 3 years. And thanks to my job for slowly paying for the build.









Finally bought a Xenon rear bumper, which is going to be painted this week and hopefully installed. Interior still needs work. Last weekend and this week was basically spent driving around with Dane street tuning the Haltech. Sometime in the next few months I will bring it to the dyno and post the results of our hard work.

[sincity_sil80]

wow... lookin good! +1 for a sileighty

[LayNLow]

Dang, I think this is the first time I have seen all of this new stuff! Awesome shit bro!

[gearhead55]

Your car looks gorgeous man. What size and offset are those rims? tires sizes?

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by gearhead55

Your car looks gorgeous man. What size and offset are those rims? tires sizes?

17x9.5 +12 I think or maybe +15

[turbo_dreams]

That's my boy !

[sickstatus]

very nice. u gunna lower her a bit?

[Z33dori]

i guess these Sil80s are starting to grow on me!

get some coils overs asap...


what valve springs are those? they look like double springs, plz do share.

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by Z33dori

i guess these Sil80s are starting to grow on me!

get some coils overs asap...


what valve springs are those? they look like double springs, plz do share.

The car has coilovers, its currently running Stance GR+ Pro setup. Its so high so I can actually jack the car up and so the body shop didnt have a hard time getting it up on any ramps.

As for the valvetrain... supertech 110lbs dual spring.

[ManoNegra]

digging the color, what's it from?

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by ManoNegra

digging the color, what's it from?

BMW Sparkling Graphite, its on some M3's and 1 series

[bboyoracle]

Looks great! Looking forward to more updates.

[tricky_ab]

It's looking great so far!

[omgRWDgoodness!]

That color is spectacular! I was pretty relieved after seeing the rest of the paint pics, realizing that you didn't keep it flat black
Love everything overall too, I'd do almost exactly the same if I were to build an S13. Can't wait to see pics of it lowered and with the motor finished.

Makes me want to visit my dad so I could see it in person...
New York, son! Ball hard and build em' RIGHT!
East coast > West coast

[ILoveJDM]

why did you pull the fenders first without test fitting the wheels/tires? 17x9.5+12 you can fit with just a roll/tiny pull.
wouldve looked 100000x better without that huge pull.

[Z33dori]

Originally Posted by lifewater

The car has coilovers, its currently running Stance GR+ Pro setup. Its so high so I can actually jack the car up and so the body shop didnt have a hard time getting it up on any ramps.

As for the valvetrain... supertech 110lbs dual spring.

damn, didnt know supertech made double springs for the sr thats awesome. Thanks

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by ILoveJDM

why did you pull the fenders first without test fitting the wheels/tires? 17x9.5+12 you can fit with just a roll/tiny pull.
wouldve looked 100000x better without that huge pull.

I just like the way it looks really, no other reason... Mind you I have stock suspension arms so its cambered a bit. Once I get adjustable arms that is gonna sit outward more. Can always rock spacers if its a few millimeters off.

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by Z33dori

damn, didnt know supertech made double springs for the sr thats awesome. Thanks

My one issue with them was installation is dangerous and frustrating. I almost lost and eye when the collets didnt sit properly. I think i spent an hour just looking for lost collets too.

[Silky_Johnson]

damn one of the cleanest sileighty built here. the other one was from LB. Ca but that one only had a KA... but yours, man... props to you bro....

btw. what kind of lip is that?

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by Silky_Johnson

damn one of the cleanest sileighty built here. the other one was from LB. Ca but that one only had a KA... but yours, man... props to you bro....

btw. what kind of lip is that?

OEM Silvia Lip (ABS Plastic). Came as an option on the silvia coupes i believe. Was ridiculously hard to find.

[Silky_Johnson]

great. something i got my eyes on, yet is impossible to get by... i guess the pignose will do..

thnx though and keep up the great work

[BlitzRPS13]

Good progress man.. really like that color choice.

[cfreshs14]

wow, it came out looking great! keep us updated...

[EASTSiDe 2 WESTSiDe]

damn looking great loving the paint.

[gamble-did-it]

Nice Color.. Looks like they did a great job with the paint!!

[initial D]

Looks good, i like it alot. are you gonna clean up the wiring in the engine bay also?

[j00ni3]

props for the awesomeness, just wondering where did you get the paint done? , also how much was it for the full body paint with the fixing of blemishes?

[pinkarrowsnow]

awesome props for another awesome car coming out of the east coast.