My s14a Project

**crouchy** · 13-03-2009, 18:35

Right guys i thought id start a project thread as it will be good to see my car to go through its stages.

Being a student and 19 i saved up alot of money since i was 16 with full intentions of by a 14a. luckily for me the month before my insurance ran out(when id be getting a 200) one popped up in the local paper 1 mile away GREAT. i went and looked at it and it was a minter. here's the spec:

64K 1999 T reg.
One owner from new (the guy is in his 60's)
100% standard
Excellent condition in and out escpecially body work.
full nissan history including brand new front calipers a month before me buying and 4 new tyres.

£3000

i got it for £2800 and was chuffed as has saved 4 grand with intention of not even gettin one in such good nick as this.

here is the pic i took the day i bought it back in october.

whilst waiting a month before i could drive it due to insurance i ordered myself an apexi induction kit from apex and also a HKS SSQV from sumo. (yes i no dump valves make the car run crap but i didnt know this until after it was fitted)

November the 11th and i got to drive it. went to give it stick and feel what i had been waiting for since i was 16 and judder judder judder.BOOST LEAK

after geting a second hand WMIC i couldn't be bothered and got on the end of Dan@DB-power's group buy for the FMIC kit. a month later i got my intercooler, a few days later i got a pm saying the pipes were the wrong angle and had to be corrected. so in december now and still no boost what so ever

January and ive got all the bits to fit the cooler. went to take the front bumper off but all the screws crumbled apart and couldnt get it off. So with the help of my mate and his drive and the knowledge of Clouder_sx we fitted it without trimming and bumper and without taking it off. must be a first time.

took it for a blast and ........ BOOOOOST

3 months later and i felt the power of the beast

**stu_** · 13-03-2009, 18:48

That looks like it was a bit of a bargain!

I know the feeling. I had the fun of a leaking WMIC when I bought mine too. Then after several hours of holesawing to fit the FMIC, at 1am I took it out for a test run and...

**crouchy** · 13-03-2009, 18:53

whilst on sxoc one night i came accross a defi link BF boost guage and controler 2 both brand new for 190 recored posted. snapped them up from the guy called Paranoid. who had then to me the next day. great bloke and reccomend dealing with him. i then got myself a GReddy single pillar pod and fitted it in. real pleased and look the mutz nutz.

i also got myself a kouki rear bumper and genuine rear kouki spats

. from bluedanny85. hope he will see them on my car at japfest this year as it will be on the stand. however i havent got them on yet but today took them to Audiosport to be primed up sprayed and fitted.

I then got my self a monstrocity of a wiring kit from caraudiosecurity.com 0 gauge full of goodies for 50 bob. i also got myself a even beefier battery 110 AMP hour and well you can see for yourself in the pics.

as you can see its held in by the spare wheel bit. doesnt it look small next to the collosal battery

with the help of my mate lee2475. (he worked at the nissan garage my car had been pampered by and had looked after it.)

we routed the cable through the interior, cut the battery terminal off and used a splitter block in the engine bay to join all the power to the main cable.

as you can see Lee and I did a good job and it looks almost as if it was done in a factory.

i then had a local fiberglass company to make me up a battery box in my boot. today i picked it up and fitted it and its great cost 120 quid including fitting. the company is called Audiosport located in redruth and i recommend them to anyone.

did a top job and found out the guy who made it is after an s13.

as you can see the box went really well and i have got the buy doing my bumper for me.

he will also be modding the front bumper for me to get more air to the cooler.

**crouchy** · 13-03-2009, 19:03

i will get some pics of the boost guage up this week end but need to get some of it first

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this afternoon i decided my car was filthy so i gave it the best clean it has ever had. 2 washes, then polished twice. all glass cleaned in and out. hoover and polished inside.

i also fitted a jap plate on the front and removed the sx badge on the back as it had gone horrible and the chrome was comming off. its now gleaming and all the neighbours were out having a gander.

i also got some no more nails doublesided tape and fitted my JDM deflectors

however since fitting the boost gauge and getting used to the car i noticed then the front mount kit i have is real laggy mainly due to the length of the hotpipe side of things.

ive also painted my brakes with a tin of hamerite but i think it looks poo. when ive got the time i am going to take all the calipers off and spray them all properly.

my next mods between now and easter are the following.

clear my ovedraft.
get an apex fmic pipe kit. not the core but all the rest including shiny hot pipe.
an apex stainless elephant trunk
some of the recirc pipe for my bov to make it look like its having colonic irrigation.
walbro pump
HKS grade 7 plugs

will get some more pics up and keep you all updated. it may move slow as i have a budget of 250 a month for mods on the car

**crouchy** · 13-03-2009, 20:13

forgot to mention that i fitted my new JVC headunit its all black and suits the dash a treat.

**Chriscooke** · 13-03-2009, 22:07

What double sided tape did you use on the deflectors. I got some like the stuff off of ebay that you had but it doesn't seem particually solid

Cars looking good

**crouchy** · 14-03-2009, 10:11

Originally Posted by Chriscooke

What double sided tape did you use on the deflectors. I got some like the stuff off of ebay that you had but it doesn't seem particually solid

Cars looking good

i had some off the bay and it was crap also. its called no more nails extreme hold or somthing. said its for outdoor use and 1m can hold 50kg

. i got it in wilkinsons and cost me £4.79 but i had to get 2 packs (one for each side) not there is no movement in them and although the tape was expensive it fcuking good stuff.

**200sxdon** · 14-03-2009, 10:29

Hi crouch car is looking good mate. Looks like you have made a good start already

**crouchy** · 14-03-2009, 10:32

thanks mate. i plan on going to stage 1a but using the finest jap branded parts possbile so it might take some time.

i mainly want the car to be set up to handle really well so alot of money is going to be spent underneath the car

**200sxdon** · 14-03-2009, 10:40

Stage 1a is what i am going for to.

**crouchy** · 14-03-2009, 10:45

These just turned up in the post.

some HKS silicone hosing from Sumo power.

and i got a handheld dyson for keep the inside clean. (so mother doesnt nag me for getting her hoover dirty lol) will also use it on those lonely nights

**crouchy** · 14-03-2009, 16:25

Heres my Headunit and Defi Link Controller II all fitted in. not best happy about the controller and might tape it under the steering wheel. been experimenting as to where is best and what works at the moment. think ill put my HKS EVC 6 in the ash tray slot.

The Guage with GReddy pod holder. for some reason the needle doesnt sit at exactly 0 even with just the ignition on. is there an easy fix of is if fubard?

And my final discovery .................. RUST

the shell itself isn't bad bar the bit on the spare wheel bit right on the seeem.

the rear and front subframes have seen beter days. when the weather gets good ill have it jacked up grinding and undersealing, fun fun

not that bad for a 10 year old car thats lived next to the sea its entire life

**Chriscooke** · 15-03-2009, 10:41

Originally Posted by crouch-21

i had some off the bay and it was crap also. its called no more nails extreme hold or somthing. said its for outdoor use and 1m can hold 50kg

. i got it in wilkinsons and cost me £4.79 but i had to get 2 packs (one for each side) not there is no movement in them and although the tape was expensive it fcuking good stuff.

Cheers mate. looks like I will be paying a vist to wilkinsons then

**catherall** · 15-03-2009, 13:43

nice start and yay another person from the southest of west

and more of us youngn's gettin 200's now

oh nd looking foward to seein it in the future

and finally Welcome

**nismo** · 15-03-2009, 19:47

You got a good deal on the car,

Were did you fix the fuse on the positive side off the battery feed when you moved it ?

**s12-newbie** · 15-03-2009, 20:27

jack that nice lookin motor up asap (now the decent weather is here) & give it a scruf with a wire brush & paint your underside with a brush & some decent paint, hammerite is good but follow what the tin says!!!!!!!!!!!!!

other than that it looks good! keep it up!

**barney rubble** · 15-03-2009, 20:33

love your jvc head unit.can you pm me how much it was?

**crouchy** · 15-03-2009, 23:01

Originally Posted by barney rubble

love your jvc head unit.can you pm me how much it was?

£120 from www.caraudiosecurity.com

**crouchy** · 16-03-2009, 19:14

today i found my boot full of water even tho it hasnt rained (very confused) and by the sounds of things my turbo gaskets have taken a poo poo

**crouchy** · 17-03-2009, 12:43

Originally Posted by nismo

You got a good deal on the car,

Were did you fix the fuse on the positive side off the battery feed when you moved it ?

its just behind the battery. however i blew the fuse trying to start the car in gear lol. so now i dont have one

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