Lee's Garage S13 Hatch (Grip/Daily Build)

[Lees_Garage]

Originally Posted by SR2oD3T

that's a very clean white s13. well worth the time and money to invest. love the detail pictures too. keep it up man!

Originally Posted by forgotten

Love how clean that 240sx is, and nice built !! you mu livest of been so mad when the neighbor killed the 240 omg i would of yelled my life

Thanks guys!

forgotten, love your build as well!

[Lees_Garage]

Here is a little timelapse of the subframe being put together.

[dizzariot]

I love how thorough this is. I wish I had more time to do this :/

[drewr4411]

keep up the good work man.

[Juan@Fontananissan]

really nice sir keep up the good work! can't wait to see your car at our next big meet!

[Lees_Garage]

Thanks Guys.


Juan, hopefully I can get this thing together before the next one!

[Jcuban1s13]

Update on awesome build...?? Plz!.

[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

A little more strippage today!

[Lees_Garage]

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[rawgarage]

Nice Evo....

[Lees_Garage]

Originally Posted by RAWGarage

Nice Evo....

Thanks. It's a fun car, I'm really pleased with it.

[Juan@Fontananissan]

Again congrats on the Evo, they are awesome cars. take good care of it it'll take good care of you! good progress on the S13 as well bud!

[Lees_Garage]

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[Lees_Garage]

Brought the car home this week to do some mechanical work and get the ride height/alignment dialed in before we start making the body fit the wheels/tires. I'm about a 1/2" too low in the rear, as I want the ride height to be about where the front is currently. After cambering the rear (maybe too much as I'm looking for 2* in the rear) it doesn't look like much work will have to be done. This makes me happy as I am trying to keep the body as stock looking as possible. I am running 17x9 +25 w/ 255/40's and a 5mm spacer up front. I am way to close to the coil and may have to go to an affective offset of +15 in the front.

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I gotta do something about these brakes...... lol
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[s13poop]

Solid work dude

[scottie]

Nice updates! It is refreshing to see proper size wheel/tire combo on an S chassis. I am interested to hear how well those tires perform on the street. I look forward to seeing this progress.

[tuzzio]

Buy crimsonrocketts rotora set up.

[Lees_Garage]

Originally Posted by s13poop

Solid work dude

Originally Posted by scottie

Nice updates! It is refreshing to see proper size wheel/tire combo on an S chassis. I am interested to hear how well those tires perform on the street. I look forward to seeing this progress.

Thanks guys. I am currently running the RS-3's on my Evo (DD 100 miles a day with some autox and track days). I've only put 1000 miles on the street and 1 autox, but so far so good. A friend of mine claims he got 30k miles and 10 autox's on a set he had on his FR-S. We shall see.

Originally Posted by tuzzio

Buy crimsonrocketts rotora set up.

Eventually I'll buy a Wilwood setup (low cost pads, and lots of pads to choose from), or put an AP Racing or Wilwood setup on my evo and throw the Evo's Brembo's on this.


I am hesitant to upgrade to big brakes with stock power due to the added weight. With the current pad/rotor combination it should be perfect for autox, as I wont be getting too much heat into them, but will lack on open track with lots of hard braking lap after lap. I will be running some ducting and try to use the stock brakes as long as possible.

[R_Rod_s13]

Those wheels and tires look so good !!

[Lees_Garage]

One of my main goals with this project has been to do as much as I can personally, and it has turned into an amazing learning experience.

I was looking for someone to do some portwork, and a friend introduced me to an older gentleman who has been building heads for ~40yrs. After speaking with him a few times I came to the realization that he didn't want to just build my head, he wanted to teach me to do it myself. I'm extremely grateful to be able to learn from someone with so much knowledge! It's disappointing that so much of this knowledge will be gone when he's gone. I wish I could just plug a usb into his brain and download it all!

Today we finally got into the actual portwork

I am including some pictures of his shop ( a two car garage with walking room only) because it is filled with all sorts of treasure.

Entering the shop.
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You can see he takes things pretty seriously.
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He's back in the corner working on the lathe.
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Heads, cams, and valvetrain components everywhere!
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Highly organized tool box. He knows exactly where everything is though, no joke.
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The mill
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Black magic happening.
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[OBEEWON]

I love old dudes like that. Can tell how precise he is just by looking at his hands.

[shaggyjake]

I'm digging this thread. Needs more updates!

[Lees_Garage]

Originally Posted by shaggyjake

I'm digging this thread. Needs more updates!

Thanks man. I agree it needs some updates, but the car has been on hold for a while now due to the realignment of some priorities. Never fear though, at some point, she will rise again! Lol

[wuddup]

Subscribed for future updates! Should have subbed way earlier, didn't realize this build thread and that I actually purchased something from you in the past before I sold you the parts car. What a progress you've made!

If you still have those Work CR Kais, let me know if you're interested in selling them back. I'm eventually going to get back into the game again after I sell my other cars.

[Lees_Garage]

What's up everyone! I've been MIA for a while due to new outlet platforms, new kids, different house, life life life, but I'm back, checking in to let you all know that this build hasn't died!


The car hasn't progressed much, mostly sat around and collected dust, but I want to finish her as much today, as the day I purchased her.


I have been a little distracted with a track ready Civic sedan (pictured below) I purchased as a seat time car, but am ready to move on full blast with the 240 now.


The car has returned to the bodyshop to have the bodywork completed, engine bay, and jambs painted for now. I also sold the TC105's and purchased a set of 350z 17x8 rears. The 255's are a little big for these, so I'll be switching to a set of 235's.


Current goal is to "just get it on the road" and enjoy it.


As I type this I realize how much I've missed the forums. The other outlets are fun, but there is something satisfying about reading through a build thread. (Reading CamryOnBronze recent blog post's has helped me realize this). Looking forward to hanging out on here again.


Anyway, here is the current state of my junk.


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[tacotacotaco]

Awesome!

I see you are in so cal. Come track with us @Nissan Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NissanChallenge/

[Lees_Garage]

Originally Posted by tacotacotaco

Awesome!

I see you are in so cal. Come track with us @Nissan Challenge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NissanChallenge/

I will, SOON!