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    S15 Silvia - My new project.

    After months of looking at S15's and trying to convince myself I didnt need one, I just had to get one... So spotted this for sale down south, left for Tralee at 9am yesterday morning and never managed to get home until 3am.

    The car is an S15 Silvia Spec S.

    Quite pleased with the car for the money, it needs a small tidy up and a good wash, excuse the stupid inovite wheels and lexus lights, they will be the first items removed. :L

    Here is some pictures taken this morning, no time to wash it or anything.





    and I guess I should show what I bought earlier on in the week for it also, a Toyota 1JZ conversion with front sump. :up:



    First step is to get a manual gearbox for the 1JZ and get the car cleaned up a bit.

    Now, time to try and do some sleeping in work.

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    Bought a new bumper for it today on eBay as the old one had a few cracks and marks on it, got lucky and managed to get a pearl white one for decent money.



    Integra Lip is finally on its was from England, should be here in a day or two.

    Started giving the headlights a clean up today as they have the old nasty yellow frosted look to them, done one side to see how it would turn out, will do the other side through the week.



    More to come very soon.

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    looking good mate. keep the pics coming

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    Sounds a great project! Car looks tidy mate!

    You only need two tools in life - wd-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the wd-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

    And if you can't fix it with a hammer,you've got an electrical problem!

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    Coilovers arrived today!



    Took the ugly Nissan and Silvia badges off.



    and the car getting ready for a good buff.



    Also, got this delivered on Friday...




    Have a supra on its way from England soon as a gearbox doner, should hopefully have it here before next week.

    More to come

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    Nice looking car you've got mate. Looking forward to the progress on this!

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    Nice. I'll be watching this thread .

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    this is interesting i will be watching this keep the updates coming!

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    This arrived the other day as a donor for the gearbox, managed to pick it up for £700 delivered to my door (From London) which was a bargain considering the price of these gearboxes now days.



    A day after arriving at my house it looked like this..





    Also earlier in the week I whipped out the SR20DE from the S15.





    Nice R154 ready to clean up



    Ordered my Mounts and gearbox bellhousing yesterday so should hopefully have them here in a week, more updates to come then!

    Dylan.

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    looking good keep up the momentum

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    Got a couple of presents from Thailand yesterday.


    Mount kit and Bellhousing for the 1JZ>R154.

    And.. Getting this tomorrow all being well..

    Exedy hyper single clutch and flywheel



    Pretty much good for a test fit in the coming week, then a bit of paint for the engine bay.

    More to come.

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    Great to see you making quick progress on this mate. Keep it up!

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    Looks like a fun project!

    I agree, I would be swearing at at an sr20de!

    Haha!

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    i want to see what happens next right now @@"

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    A few updates, things have been slow for a little while, will hopefully be picking up the pace from here.

    New front mount arrived.


    Bought some new wheels, SSR Professor SP1 - 17x10 ET16 and 17x9 ET16, very good condition however I will be getting them stripped and polished instead of black.



    Finally got my oil returns sorted, cut, moved and tig welded. Fits like a glove now




    Next on the list is sorting out the engine bay, needs a few small patches welded in and it will be getting a nice fresh coat of paint, its then time to put the engine in

    More soon..

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    Glad its going well, im glad your losing the black on those rims, dark rims on light cars most the time look plop.

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    Got a new downpipe and elbow for the turbo's, took a little bit of work to get it to fit but I got there in the end.





    Mount fouled the new elbow sightly so had to trim it down a bit, painted them silver at this point also.




    A few bits and bobs.



    SSR's still in need of the centres stripped and polished.



    Test fit on the car, obviously need alot less tyre and some arch roll.



    Quick test of the paint on the engine bay before it got welded up.



    Its actually alot more green than the photo shows, its pretty much exactly the colour from the side of this bus.



    Engine bay is now all welded up thanks to my mate Derek, done a fab job which I will get pictures up of soon.

    New steering wheel should be here mid week and hopefully have my Kevlar Brides ordered soon also.



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    Got the engine bay painted at long last, me and my mate Jordy spent about 10 hours today taking it through the stages, very happy with the outcome, the paint is like a mirror with very little imperfections - Not bad for a DIY job.

    Rubbed down and still being stripped.


    Cleaned and taped up.


    Primed.


    Me painting it.


    First few coats of paint.


    Final coat with lacquer.



    Engine will be in by the end of the weekend once my gearbox bolts etc arrive.

    More soon.

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    nice project keep it up!

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    I was looking at this car, when it was on.done deal. Looks like it will be a monster when you are done

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