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Thread for the s30. Thanks haha

Just talked to my welder, he should have my oil pan finished up in the next couple days. I have Wednesday and Thursday off work, so hopefully I can get the motor put in and the car back on the ground.

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Also should be ordering some Abercrombie tie rod ends as soon as they're back in stock. And picked up a new power steering rack last night, should put it in tomorrow and get the lines made to work with the KA pump.

Also have BN replica sides and rear bumper if anyone wants to buy them. I ordered them by mistake and there's no way they'll fit with my ride height. I'll trade for GP side skirts and rear if anyone has them.

What size are the tubs u put up there, where'd u get em?

I built them out of sheet metal, idk the dimensions

so why havent you boosted your ka yet?

Looks like ill
Be doin the same

Been too busy with suspension/steering/aero/cooling stuff. I may throw together a conservative t28 setup next season, depends on whether I'm ready for a 1j or not by then.

And I can't find anyone to buy my BN, so I'm gonna just raise it and run bigger tires.

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Ditching the 215/40's for 50 series in the rear and a 205/50 in the front. My collars are all gone in the rear so I'll have to put them back on and raise it about a half inch. Also need a fender pull cause 17x9 +13 with extended balljoints doesn't really work with stock fenders.

Got my DTSS elims installed last night too. It was a bitch without a press but I finally got it after a few hours of hammering and cutting.

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Motor SHOULD be going back in tonight. My welder should be fixing the leaks in the pan tonight and I'll spend all night putting everything back together.

how much for the bn?

I'll take $300 for it. I just don't want to be out on it, I just put bigger tires on it and raised it so I'll slide on it on the 20th

post more pictures of it. front bumper and stuff.

The only way to roll with BN is on the ground.

Honestly it's growing on me. I've never been a huge fan of BN but I'll probably keep it. At least until I blow it up

Yea the kit is gonna get fucked anyways might as well run then you won't care as much haha

this is best for all.

you need to watch more of this.

Just picked up the ball joints and oil pan from Doug. It's all going on this afternoon and hopefully it'll be back on the ground tonight.

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Had to step up to a 215/50 in the rear and raise it about an inch. I need 18"s badly :(

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Just put the engine and transmission back in and dropped it on the ground. Even with raising it an inch and a half the skirts are still on the ground.

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Shits unreal on 17's.

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Tomorrow I'll grab the DSLR and take some real pictures. Also, my Abercrombie tie rod ends are shipping out Monday, that's the last thing I need to drive it!

I glanced at the first PIC.

Custom ball joints.
Tubes of jb-Weld...
Immediately thought the worst
and almost shit my pants.

Looks good boss, keep it up.

Went ahead and grabbed the DSLR

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Ride height is clean the 17's are good

yeah looks like perfect height to me.

nice dude! keep it like that you'll be fine

Don't listen to these guys. Lower back down until skirts touch the ground. they will eventually grind themselves down and tuck 18/19 stagger and turbo the KA so you can spin em. Problem solved.... Lol either way BN is just too big for 17. If you plan on staying that size run GP sides and rear and still.... Lower it back down. After seeing your S30 thread I'm a little upset about you raising the FC. Shits still sweet though! Keep it up.

I literally have half an inch between the bottom of my skirts and the ground, I'm just going to say fuck it for now. I plan on running/destroying the kit all this season and going with a completely different setup next season.

Gonna try and run GP next season with either MSport or Sexy Style front bumper, different wheels and much lower. I really want to go back to running the PBM's at max low with all the collars removed, but you can't do that with BN. Either going to find an 18/17 stagger or relip my Enkei Aegis to 17x11 and run them in the rear with some Rezax or something up front.

my pbms are max low with 18s. tires are ruining my life. I was going to droop spring but tire is too big and hits wheel well.

Back on the crown Vic wheels I maxed my PBM's out, but that was with a 205/45/16 and nearly tucking rim. Shit was super slammed and still felt awesome :/ I kinda miss that look

Had a high pressure line made for the power steering yesterday, to go from the KA pump to the FC rack.

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Midwest Hose couldn't do banjo fittings the right size so I completely eliminated the banjo and screwed it straight into the pump.

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Blocked off the secondary port on the FC rack and ran an s13 reservoir with s13 sending and return lines and started it up and voila, power steering. Feels awesome.

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Got a couple more things to do and it'll be ready for road testing this weekend, just in time for round 2 of STD's series on the 20th

What did you use to block off the unused port?

A KA flywheel bolt. It was a little too long so I just cut it down and used a copper washer

Not making Round 2, developed another leak and I don't feel like fixing it in the next couple days.

Took it out for a little testing (i.e. donuts in the access road) since I got my Abercrombie tie rod ends, and somehow ended up wrapping my main power wire to the fuse box around the alternator pulley and ripping shit out. Had to ghetto rig it to drive back to the house, but it's looking like an easy fix.

Honestly I'm not sure if I like power steering. It's just weird having it. Might go back to depowered or a manual rack if I can find one. Overall, the car feels completely different with the dtss elims, new and extended balljoints, and the steering mods. It'll take some getting used to for sure. The thought of selling it has crossed my mind a lot lately. I'm just tired of dumping money into a 25 year old car and not getting results. It's not even street legal yet and I've had it a year now.

Bought a bike.

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I'll be painting it first thing and dailying it around this summer.

Random pic:

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WEAK.

Come on man dont let us down.









OR ELSE. :suspect:

put a soda or a beer can or something over your wiper moter it will look sick!

s30 aka 240z is on the list of cars I want to get...that is for damn sure. The FC has been a journey and so has mine, been workin on it for about 5 years, just straight dumping money into the money pit and finally got to drive it this spring (around the neighborhood cause it is on a rough tune)...but all in all, I'll keep the FC for as long as I live. Very nice FC build with KA swap...very unconventional but works hella. I likes the look of the Crown Victoria rims with stock body much better, but thats my opinion. and that 240z is makin me jelly right now.

when I see that you have a ka power steering pump all I can think of is the pump whining. lol

Pump does whine! haha

Well haven't updated this in a while.

Burned my clutch up doing this:


So I pulled the motor, did the clutch and put in a new oil pan gasket.

Also finally got it tagged and street legal, so I don't have to worry about street driving any more.

May do a rolling shoot once I finish up the motor. Still have to put the wiring harness back in and radiator and stuff.

AYE YO AYE YO DON'T ROLL BACK!

your taillight fell of

Lmao

LOL! Spectacular! The ending was so full of win, nearly pissed myself.

Subbing. As a S13 convert, this car makes me oddly happy, as I've considered this swap before, and still may do it, although I'm more likely going 1U once I get my shell.

But the car is looking sweet, and I love the daily.

Been a while since I updated this. Everything is back together, I've been working out the kinks by just daily driving it, surprisingly there's been few. There's an event up here on the 27th, I'll be out there for the first time since the FC has actually been 'done'.

Incidentally, it's been raining all week, street driving has been fun to say the least. Going to a buddy for an alignment tomorrow, my steering rack isn't centered and I have a ton of toe out in the front. Makes highway driving a little sketchy, but besides having way more angle to one side than the other, it feels fine sideways. My toe in in the rear is a little unavoidable, with the bald tires it walks around a little bit in the rain.

Doing a calendar shoot tonight with the s15 from Tokyo Drift actually. Pics will be up

Some photos in the meantime

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love it!

Clutch slave cylinder went out during the photo shoot the other night, have an event on Saturday so crunching to get it ready. Just changed the master and slave cylinder and bled the system, still have to swap power steering pumps, change the oil to 20w50, build a skid plate and find a trailer.

Hopefully there'll be some drifting pics up soon!

This has also been keeping me occupied the last few days:

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s30 stuff?

Yep, PBM coils, Techno Toy Tuning adjustable arms, and a ton of bushings

Slid all day yesterday at Stroud for Stick to Drifting's round 3. Had a blast, since this is only the second legal event I've been to in the FC. And I've made a lot of suspension changes since the last event. Had to tweak with the coils in the back to mess with my grip settings a little, with the underpowered KA and 50 series sidewalls, I was having a really hard time maintaining a drift through the sweeper, but after cranking up the preload and running the dampening about halfway, ended up not having a problem with it durin the afternoon.

Started running out of angle then though, the track was basically a replica of FD Atlanta, and coming out of the long sweeper into that sharp left transition was super hard on stock angle with no ebrake. I think I connected that section twice, other than that it was extremely difficult. I'm about to cut up my knuckles and have them tigged along with the suspension in the s30.

My 215/40's up front were bald, so the day before the event I switched them out to 205/50's, some freebies with good tread I had laying around. Had to raise the front about a half inch since it was rubbing really bad, unfortunately.

Gotten a few pics from the event, they aren't too great though.

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Can't wait to get rid of the monster truck tires and put the aero back on.

Also, for some reason none of my FS posts are working in the FS section, if anyone has a set of FC front widebody fenders and would like to trade for my BN sides and rear, HIT ME UP

Or if anyone would just like to buy my sides and rear, also HIT ME UP

I got a set of m sport reps vented if you would like

How much you want for em? I might be interested