93 SR Hatch build in the Mitten State

[sr20drifter1]

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

haha, don't do it man! The money pit NEVER ends, no matter how legitimately you try to build it, haha. Thanks!



Yeah man, crashing at your place would be AWESOME! I think my friend Shane might be with me as well with one of his 240s- Shoot me a PM and we can try to get everything all squared away. Really appreciate the hospitality! Good to hear about the Power FC, hope it shows up soon for you. I think I have a set of 740cc injectors secured to use, but yeah- then my tune will be off. So I am not sure what I am going to do yet to get out there. I'm looking into options for getting it retuned in time right now... we'll see what happens!

Hey Damon. I hope you make it next week end at Toby's BBQ. I'm almost in the same situation. One of my tires blew up. I bought a different set last week. I hope I receive them before the week end, so I can get them balanced and also get a alignment before the trip.

[CamryOnBronze]

^ Thanks man, good luck to you! I am still planning to make it at this point- I got the car back on the road today. It's going in for a tune adjustment for the new injectors tomorrow, and then hopefully it will be ready to rock! I hope you get yours sorted out as well!

[Broadfield]

Originally Posted by sr20drifter1

Hey Damon. I hope you make it next week end at Toby's BBQ. I'm almost in the same situation. One of my tires blew up. I bought a different set last week. I hope I receive them before the week end, so I can get them balanced and also get a alignment before the trip.

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

^ Thanks man, good luck to you! I am still planning to make it at this point- I got the car back on the road today. It's going in for a tune adjustment for the new injectors tomorrow, and then hopefully it will be ready to rock! I hope you get yours sorted out as well!

If either one of you have one more issue that could potentially keep you from the cookout, I'm gonna slap both of ya!

It sounds like both of you have it under control though!

See ya at the cookout!

p.s. Damon, Ill be calling you tonight.

[S14Serge]

I hope to build an S13 hatch like your's one day!!! Those work wheels really set your car off btw!!!

[CamryOnBronze]

^ Thanks!

So, time for an update... this damn car! :lol: My friend forgot the Tomei diff at his work over the long weekend while I was out in GR to hang out and get it, so I wasn't able to install it. However, I had a tuning appointment last night, so I needed a diff to get there. I helped my friend Greg remove his open diff/six bolt axles on Labor Day and put my old VLSD/axles in his car. Thankfully, Greg was cool enough to let me borrow his open diff so that I could get to my tuning appointment.

I also picked up some NISMO 555cc injectors from another friend over the weekend and installed those. I needed to solder the stock clips back in as well, since I am no longer running the deatschwerks injectors. I took the car back to Matt at Monkey Wrench again last night and had the car retuned for the new, smaller injectors. He said that the NISMOs were actually opening/closing faster, so the tune was actually richer at mid throttle with those installed. In the end, I made the same numbers and am only at 80% duty cycle, so the car is back on the road and feels great!



I decided to throw the 180SX driver's seat in as well to try it out yesterday. It looks pretty cool, but I threw the Zeta III back in last night. I like the seating position a lot better, and I fit well with a helmet on- everything is nicer overall with the Bride, aside from climbing in and out, haha.





So yeah, that's the current status- it's great to be driving the car yet again! Everything is pretty much ready for my trip down to Toby's BBQ in Normal, IL this weekend. I just need to drill relief holes in my fuse box covers to keep them from filling up with water again, since rain is in the forecast for Saturday. I'll have some new pics after this weekend! I'm hoping to throw the Tomei in and hit the drag strip next Wednesday as well, but we'll see how that goes...

Oh, and I made the top 4 in the Wiring Specialties Contest! Here is a link to the voting page once again:

WS Harness Set RAFFLE - FINAL 4 !!!

[310R]

Voted for you bro car is sick,have the same kind of build going on.Let me know if you want to let that 180sx drivers seat go?

[japslapsilvia]

i just casted my vote for u...love the build!!!!

[Drift_This]

Voted para tu

[CamryOnBronze]

Thanks for the votes guys!

Snapped some new pics yesterday. Just realized my position light is out... FAIL! lol













Leaving for the Broadfield BBQ in the morning! This will be the longest trip I have taken in this car, so I hope everything goes smoothly!

[lightsource]

jizz-jizz-jizz

good shit dude! I <3 this car. This is the second car I show to people when I want them to see the cleanest built/kept 240--without lots of fabrication--first being broadfields coupe.

That's gonna be a fun drive! Good Luck! Can't wait to see the rolling pics!

[Broadfield]

Originally Posted by lightsource

jizz-jizz-jizz

good shit dude! I <3 this car. This is the second car I show to people when I want them to see the cleanest built/kept 240--without lots of fabrication--first being broadfields coupe.

That's gonna be a fun drive! Good Luck! Can't wait to see the rolling pics!

Does that mean you would pay Damon and I top dollar for a group shot of our cars?

[tricky_ab]

Those snaps look great!

[CamryOnBronze]

Originally Posted by Broadfield

Does that mean you would pay Damon and I top dollar for a group shot of our cars?

haha, YES!

Thanks a lot guys. Unfortunately it is supposed to rain on my drive down tomorrow... here's to hoping that I don't have another water, fuse box incident, lol. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight worrying about making it down there- crossing my fingers she's good to me!

And thanks lightsource, that means a lot- I am kind of bummed to see Toby's car in person, because I know it will make mine look like crap, haha.

[kyles1988]

Originally Posted by Broadfield

Does that mean you would pay Damon and I top dollar for a group shot of our cars?

Whoa whoa whoa..if kent sees this post hes going to murder me.

[Broadfield]

Originally Posted by kyles1988

Whoa whoa whoa..if kent sees this post hes going to murder me.

LOL! Uhhh dude, did you forget about this pic? DONE!

[lightsource]

Originally Posted by Broadfield

Does that mean you would pay Damon and I top dollar for a group shot of our cars?

If you've got an expensive DSLR and I can handle the camera? ABSOLUTELY!

I have plans with my buddy to drive up to Normal (when I get my car tuned correctly for it's first mid/cross country drive) to get some fabrication done to our cars by you.

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

haha, YES!

Thanks a lot guys. Unfortunately it is supposed to rain on my drive down tomorrow... here's to hoping that I don't have another water, fuse box incident, lol. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight worrying about making it down there- crossing my fingers she's good to me!

And thanks lightsource, that means a lot- I am kind of bummed to see Toby's car in person, because I know it will make mine look like crap, haha.

I say... heavy duty trash bag around your fusebox, heavy duty zip ties, heavy duty water resistance much?

Broadfield automatically gets seniority with his WTF-Mobile but don't worry, your cars will compliment eachother nicely. I wish the sun was gonna be out, nothing better than a shot with the sun at the right time of day. Rain or shine it's gonna be a great shot.

[CamryOnBronze]

Alright, so I made the trip out to Normal, IL to meet and hang out with Toby and Kyle this weekend. I was really happy with how the car behaved for the most part and had a lot of fun! Cool dudes and nice cars down there! I snapped a few pics from the trip, but Kyle did some awesome shots of my car- I'm sure he will post them up after he has played Halo Reach for a few months first, LOL.

Here are some of my snaps from the weekend:

Shortly after arriving and washing the car:



At the photo spot after Kyle got out of work:



Toby and Kyle setting up the rig. No less than 15 bums came by to either ask us what we were doing, or take a piss in the parking lot, LOL:





Toby laying down the glue for the Bride fabric for me on Saturday night:



My car chillin' in the shop while we hung out and worked on the door panels Saturday night:







In the driveway at the start of the BBQ on Sunday:







Finished (mostly) door panel- I just need to add the piping to the edges:



So yeah, I had a blast- it was an awesome trip! Huge thanks to Toby for guiding me through the whole door panel process, I couldn't have pulled it off without him. And thanks a lot to Kyle too for working so hard to try to make my car look good in pics and for letting me crash at his place!

On the drive home, I hit a huge crater on I-55 and knocked one of my D-Max sidemarkers out- all that was left when i got to the gas station was half of the chrome internal housing and the bulb socket, lol. My lip suffered a ton of rock chips and one of my wheels has some paint issues as well. I also started to see some knock on my Power FC, so I need to address all of those things when I get time. Overall, though, I am really impressed with how the trip went- the car did really well! I had never driven it for longer than 2 hours on a trip before, so this was pretty fun!

My only gripes were the fact that I-80 was shut down in BOTH directions for a really bad accident, so I got routed all over the place in ridiculous traffic to get home to Michigan- that, and the fact that I think I am going to have a huge blister on my right heel from not having cruise control, LOL.

[lightsource]

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

On the drive home, I hit a huge crater on I-55 and knocked one of my D-Max sidemarkers out- all that was left when i got to the gas station was half of the chrome internal housing and the bulb socket, lol. My lip suffered a ton of rock chips and one of my wheels has some paint issues as well. I also started to see some knock on my Power FC, so I need to address all of those things when I get time. Overall, though, I am really impressed with how the trip went- the car did really well! I had never driven it for longer than 2 hours on a trip before, so this was pretty fun!

My only gripes were the fact that I-80 was shut down in BOTH directions for a really bad accident, so I got routed all over the place in ridiculous traffic to get home to Michigan- that, and the fact that I think I am going to have a huge blister on my right heel from not having cruise control, LOL.

Sick pics! It WAS sunny, that's good.

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[kyles1988]

I'm in disbelief that he just quoted that entire post.

[lightsource]

Originally Posted by kyles1988

I'm in disbelief that he just quoted that entire post.

haha wow, I didn't even realize.

TY for that

[Bumnah]

Looks bad ass in this picture:

[va240dude]

Glad the trip went well, would like to know the secret to installing that Bride fabric or any door cards and getting them to stay there long term! More interior pics when you get a chance!

[daftphunk]

Damn, great thread man. I just went through all 21 pages haha, your car is so clean man! Props, so much inspiration.

[Broadfield]

Originally Posted by va240dude

Glad the trip went well, would like to know the secret to installing that Bride fabric or any door cards and getting them to stay there long term! More interior pics when you get a chance!

S13 Door Card Insert « Broadfield's Blog

[CamryOnBronze]

^ What he said, haha.

Thanks for the compliments guys! I'll try to get some more interior shots this week.

[CamryOnBronze]

A couple rig shots, courtesy of the man Kyle Smith:

[kyles1988]

Allow me to post the coolest one

Why hello there Toby.




I'm working on the rear rig shot tonight. I don't think the other stills turned out.

[CamryOnBronze]

Epic Toby action blur, lol. I forgot about the rear rig shots- stoked! You do some awesome work man...

[kyles1988]

Rear rigs might turn out alright. Thanks for the compliments, I wish we would have had more time to get good day shots, I just wasn't feeling the black car at night thing! Plus we had doorcards to upholster and internet gossip to talk about.

[Drift_This]

Shots look really good man. Super nice car