hello to everyone on sxoc.
after a few months of picture taking and mods i decided to get all the pictures together and add them to a project thread.
So heres the story..
After spending a few months questioning people and researching into s13's i went on the search for a s13 gettin me as far as 200 miles away to view one.
after alot of searching and not finding one i wanted i passed a parked s13 about 500 yards away from my house.
i met the guy who owned it by accident explaining im looking for a 200sx and he said the one i had seen was his and it was up for sale for £1500 and turned out to be a solid car with a reconditioned engine in it that had done 500 miles (car actually done 55,000 with the old engine)
he did admit about the slight running issue but with the car baught in january and not going on the road till june it became my project.
im not mechanically minded but was willing to try,learn and fix this myself with advice from fellow sxoc members and friends.
the car i baught standard for £1500
so the first mod was to remove the spoiler and relocate the number plate.
after doing the usual stuff i got myself a set of BC racing coilovers from Aex preformance.
front on only in this picture
After getting some inspiration from a white s13 with green volk TE37i did a full 5 stud conversion and ordered my self a set of Rota grid drifts in 18x9.5 et35
....with triangle tyres stretched
then added them to the car along with alot of test fitment moments thinking they wernt going to fit.
when i realised how much time this s13 would take up i decided to have a clean-up and make some sort of work space
new home for the next couple of months.
rims on with the coilovers dropped low
Some time later with some money saved i took the "I need kouki lights" stance and got myself some.
while i waited eagerly for these lights i got some interoir stuff done
OMP corsica wheel and 3 gauges and playing about with a sub box and amp in the boot.
the lights came and i started straight away..
fitted
then the mechanical stuff started to raise its ugly head.. discovered oil in my water so i suspected the head gasket and whipped the head out also replacing all the inlet gaskets...
Seemed very daunting like this but i got used to it
after discovery that it wasnt the HG and the head was checked by ERS in burscough i put her all back together.
The only discovery from all this was one manifold studs was snapped and was leaking through the gasket so i tapped it out and added a new one.
sleepy eye mod..
My friend simon who has stuck with me with this car from the begining.
sourced some s14 brakes to slow me down..bearing in mind it wouldnt move for a few months.
got a front mount intercooler from egay and like i was advised but wouldnt listen i ran into problems with the piping but not going into all that again.
so a few pics of the car as it stood..
ran the car for a week and the symptoms started again, miss fire and juddery idle, spent alot of time doing everything that it may be but only just recently got told by micraplay to check the CAS and Cam splines and found them in this condition..
awaiting new cas and cam to fix this,
in the mean time, here i am pondering what to do next..
next mods going to be doing a new exhaust and maybe some carbon goodies.
big thanks to everyone on sxoc for the help and big thanks to shaun of church garage, both chris's, big gra for coming down for a nosey, and simon.
big plans for this so will keep posted.