Twin Turbo V8 S13 Build!!!! - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

picsbypenny · 01-10-2012, 05:00 PM

the build!

It all started when I bought my first 240 to build a drag car but that car was far to fucked to do anything with so i parted it out and sold the rest of it back to the original owner lol. I purchased my coupe next and yet again got another fucked up car but I modded it still. i got it looking pretty nice then my buddy said he needed a car for his gf so he offered to trade his 240 shell + cash for my coupe. i was like fuck it what do i got to lose i was gonna rip out the motor anyways at least this frame wasn’t fucked.

so we traded cars and on march 1st I was the proud owner of a 240 shell with no suspension and nothing on the car. When I got the car I took no time to waste and got my suspension on (mdu coilovers) and my wheels from my other 240 (xxr006). by the end of the night I had the car sitting on the ground slammed and looking good.

The original plan was to buy my buddy's back up motor for his dragster but i couldn’t afford it. So my next free day me and my buddy Eddie went junkyard hunting for a sbc. We finally got to u pull it and talked to the guys running the place and they said they had just got a chevy truck in that I could possibly pull the motor from. We checked out the motor and it turned over and had compression when we rotated the assembly so the next step was to negotiate the price and get working on pulling the motor. By time the junkyard was closing we had the motor and trans pulled and started loading it into my buddy's van. We got back to the car around five and decided to shoe horn the motor in.

Well we got it in but there was no way in hell that the car was gonna work like that so we just left it there for the night. we started drinking next to the car and we were both starring at the cutoff wheel and we basically said fuck it lets make it fit tonight and we did. The next day Eddie got the motor mounts welded in so the motor was sitting pretty now. I’m gonna skip through the bull shit drama that happened all around this phase. The car ended up at a new location and work continued. i soon acquired more parts that I needed an some that I didn’t. the plan from the start was to TT the SBC but after Eddie showed me the first turbo we both came to the conclusion that a single was enough.

After more motivational and only being 9 days into the build we decided to tackle the next big step, which was the tunnel and god, this is a bitch. We picked up some recycled sheet metal to make the tunnel since I didn’t really care what it looked like. So we bent cut and tacked shit in place and got a pretty wicked looking tunnel.

After a couple more days we started to get the turbo mani's mocked into place. With the size of the turbo we needed lots of exhaust pressure and a short distance of travel for minimal lag so what better place to put it than right in front of the motor. We got more stuff for the car and got a lot of stuff buttoned up and got all the minimal wiring stuff done to start the car. This is where shit started to go downhill, and quickly. We tried starting the car with loading the motor with just the essentials to fire up, spark fuel and air. Well we kept doing it and figured the dist had to be 180 off since it wasn’t firing. Well we re stabbed it and tried starting it and it started to go so we added more fuel. Well when we opened up the throttle to add my fuel the carb backfired. This caught the fuel in the bottle on fire, which was dropped, which caught the car on fire then almost the house. We were able to put the fire out with the water hose. I almost gave up on the car that night but the next day when we looked over it we realized it really wasn’t too bad.

We kept our heads up and kept working. We finished up all the wiring for all the lights and everything for the car to run and drive. We did a pretty epic wire tuck and took out about 20lbs of wiring oh and we cut some holes in the hood to make stuff fit!

Day I blew the turbo!

So after blowing up the Holset I decided to do my dream setup the TTSBC. Twin 50mm T3/T4 Ebay Turbos LOL! Here it sits now...

buentellomma · 01-10-2012, 05:06 PM

nice ! way to think outside the box a little bit...... your far braver than myself using ebay turbos

jdm2191 · 01-10-2012, 05:08 PM

Thats a ugly V8! as long as it runs though lol

deolio · 01-10-2012, 05:23 PM

you misspelled "drift"

Flicktitty · 01-10-2012, 05:29 PM

looks pretty neat, are those just ebay turbo manifolds with the twin turbo setup?

EsChassisLove · 01-10-2012, 06:14 PM

Daniel,

Why the fuck are those turbos internally gated?

I never noticed until now lol. SEtting yourself up for some boost creep, I promise lol.

bb4_96 · 01-10-2012, 08:17 PM

at least he got girls to stand next to his car.

STL240SXDRIFT · 01-10-2012, 08:23 PM

And this is a thread because...?

blueshark123 · 01-10-2012, 08:29 PM

I do not approve. Sorry but this is way to ghetto i don't give a fuck mentality for me. I am surprised it runs still.

RedSiBaron · 01-10-2012, 08:35 PM

rat rod as fuck.

its like a $5 hooker that will take your drugs, then stab you...

MedHat240sx · 01-10-2012, 10:20 PM

what rims are those? cuz ive bin looking for a set exactly like that

WholeGrainS13 · 01-10-2012, 10:53 PM

Sweet build. More pics of said "baby"

teh smithers · 01-10-2012, 10:57 PM

This has the potential to be pretty cool, if the car was given quality parts and attention to detail. Can't have a dream build without those.

LoneStarSilvia · 01-11-2012, 12:53 AM

Thread needs more first picture.

josephin510 · 01-11-2012, 01:03 AM

How the fuck you blow out a holset????

ih8bmps · 01-11-2012, 01:33 AM

i have a few questions as well, how much boost did you end up running on it, and what did it do down the quarter mile? was there a tune on the motor or just stock junk yard engine with a turbo mounted on it? any hp numbers ect? seems like a cool back yard build but im sure alot of us are wondering the same things i asked.

240KA · 01-11-2012, 01:34 AM

we finally have someone who is willing to publicly admit that he runs ebay turbos. can't you guys just stfu and see how long they last without scaring him off?

murda-c · 01-11-2012, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by josephin510

How the fuck you blow out a holset????

99% chance he got it used...

picsbypenny · 01-11-2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by buentellomma

nice ! way to think outside the box a little bit...... your far braver than myself using ebay turbos

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by jdm2191

Thats a ugly V8! as long as it runs though lol

Junkyard Dog comes to mind when I was building this...

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Originally Posted by deolio

you misspelled "drift"

I tried typing it out but then it autocorrected to drag again

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Originally Posted by Flicktitty

looks pretty neat, are those just ebay turbo manifolds with the twin turbo setup?

Yes, but I only bought the manifolds online... I picked up the turbos from a local parts distributor.

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Originally Posted by EsChassisLove

Daniel,

Why the fuck are those turbos internally gated?

I never noticed until now lol. SEtting yourself up for some boost creep, I promise lol.

This setup only needs to last until I finish my motor build lol.

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Originally Posted by bb4_96

at least he got girls to stand next to his car.

That's the easy part lol...

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Originally Posted by STL240SXDRIFT

And this is a thread because...?

I have no life

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Originally Posted by blueshark123

I do not approve. Sorry but this is way to ghetto i don't give a fuck mentality for me. I am surprised it runs still.

thankyou

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Originally Posted by RedSiBaron

rat rod as fuck.

its like a $5 hooker that will take your drugs, then stab you...

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!! but more like $3 hooker

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Originally Posted by Wyattkerner

what rims are those? cuz ive bin looking for a set exactly like that

XXR 006 with 17x9 +30 225/45

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Originally Posted by WholeGrainS13

Sweet build. More pics of said "baby"

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Originally Posted by LoneStarSilvia

Thread needs more first picture.

one.

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Originally Posted by teh smithers

This has the potential to be pretty cool, if the car was given quality parts and attention to detail. Can't have a dream build without those.

The dream was to build a fun car with less than $5k in under a year that I could have fun with at the track!

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Originally Posted by josephin510

How the fuck you blow out a holset????

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Originally Posted by murda-c

99% chance he got it used...

Yes, the turbo was used, but rebuilt. When my buddy rebuilt it though he put a huge fucking exhaust housing on that most diesels would have a hard time spooling. So I did what any dumbass would do to spool this big of a turbo... I hit it with nitrous

and bye bye seals lol.

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Originally Posted by ih8bmps

i have a few questions as well, how much boost did you end up running on it, and what did it do down the quarter mile? was there a tune on the motor or just stock junk yard engine with a turbo mounted on it? any hp numbers ect? seems like a cool back yard build but im sure alot of us are wondering the same things i asked.

I will answer these when I get official numbers with video and paper documentation... this car probably won't see a 1/4mile since I'm geared for the 1/8th mile... 4.08's and a 3 speed... Carb is built and tuned for boost

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Originally Posted by 240KA

we finally have someone who is willing to publicly admit that he runs ebay turbos. can't you guys just stfu and see how long they last without scaring him off?

No worries... I don't really get ran off sites unless I get banned.. I'll let everyone know how long the turbos last when they break

TPS240sxS13 · 01-11-2012, 10:16 AM

needs more RB

Purestock240 · 01-11-2012, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TPS240sxS13

needs more RB

excellent contribution to the thread!

this build is sick, ive been wanting to go sbc in an s13

raz0rbladez909 · 01-11-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TPS240sxS13

needs more RB

No it doesn't, it's refreshing to see something new for a change instead of SR/RB swaps all over the place. Props to OP on being different and your lady friend

kalypso123 · 01-11-2012, 01:42 PM

Creative, but it doesnt fit well enough to justify all the hacking and fabrication.

hoods are nice.

nickkaplz · 01-11-2012, 01:53 PM

this has become my favorite build on zilvia

vas570sx · 01-11-2012, 01:57 PM

your girls knees look a little scraped up, just sayin..

deathrace2000 · 01-11-2012, 03:20 PM

You should get a small cowl scoop to cover the holes in the hood. Otherwise, not bad.

josephin510 · 01-11-2012, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josephin510

How the fuck you blow out a holset????

Quote:

Originally Posted by murda-c

99% chance he got it used...

lol This convo is NEW SIG

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Originally Posted by picsbypenny

Yes, the turbo was used, but rebuilt. When my buddy rebuilt it though he put a huge fucking exhaust housing on that most diesels would have a hard time spooling. So I did what any dumbass would do to spool this big of a turbo... I hit it with nitrous

and bye bye seals lol.
No worries... I don't really get ran off sites unless I get banned.. I'll let everyone know how long the turbos last when they break

Dont get me wrong i love the do it yourself feel of this car but damn man! Nitrous,v8,twin turbo and nissan should be more a little more win. Would like to see this project in its finished state keep updates coming.

picsbypenny · 01-12-2012, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TPS240sxS13

needs more RB

buy me RB30 ill put in Nissan Hardbody

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Originally Posted by Purestock240

excellent contribution to the thread!

this build is sick, ive been wanting to go sbc in an s13

Do it, its super cheap to do!

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Originally Posted by kalypso123

Creative, but it doesnt fit well enough to justify all the hacking and fabrication.

hoods are nice.

There's a lot of room after we cut shit up... that's part of the fun

see....

New tubular radiator support!

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Originally Posted by nickkaplz

this has become my favorite build on zilvia

Thank You!!!!

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Originally Posted by deathrace2000

You should get a small cowl scoop to cover the holes in the hood. Otherwise, not bad.

On order!

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Originally Posted by josephin510

lol This convo is NEW SIG

Dont get me wrong i love the do it yourself feel of this car but damn man! Nitrous,v8,twin turbo and nissan should be more a little more win. Would like to see this project in its finished state keep updates coming.

Will do!

Danial · 01-12-2012, 12:27 PM

You're then man.

I want to start a build like this next year, but on an s30

Pinggg · 01-12-2012, 02:26 PM

haters gonna hate..
lol

01-10-2012, 05:00 PM	#1
picsbypenny Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dallas Posts: 205 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Twin Turbo V8 S13 Build!!!! the build! It all started when I bought my first 240 to build a drag car but that car was far to fucked to do anything with so i parted it out and sold the rest of it back to the original owner lol. I purchased my coupe next and yet again got another fucked up car but I modded it still. i got it looking pretty nice then my buddy said he needed a car for his gf so he offered to trade his 240 shell + cash for my coupe. i was like fuck it what do i got to lose i was gonna rip out the motor anyways at least this frame wasn’t fucked. so we traded cars and on march 1st I was the proud owner of a 240 shell with no suspension and nothing on the car. When I got the car I took no time to waste and got my suspension on (mdu coilovers) and my wheels from my other 240 (xxr006). by the end of the night I had the car sitting on the ground slammed and looking good. The original plan was to buy my buddy's back up motor for his dragster but i couldn’t afford it. So my next free day me and my buddy Eddie went junkyard hunting for a sbc. We finally got to u pull it and talked to the guys running the place and they said they had just got a chevy truck in that I could possibly pull the motor from. We checked out the motor and it turned over and had compression when we rotated the assembly so the next step was to negotiate the price and get working on pulling the motor. By time the junkyard was closing we had the motor and trans pulled and started loading it into my buddy's van. We got back to the car around five and decided to shoe horn the motor in. Well we got it in but there was no way in hell that the car was gonna work like that so we just left it there for the night. we started drinking next to the car and we were both starring at the cutoff wheel and we basically said fuck it lets make it fit tonight and we did. The next day Eddie got the motor mounts welded in so the motor was sitting pretty now. I’m gonna skip through the bull shit drama that happened all around this phase. The car ended up at a new location and work continued. i soon acquired more parts that I needed an some that I didn’t. the plan from the start was to TT the SBC but after Eddie showed me the first turbo we both came to the conclusion that a single was enough. After more motivational and only being 9 days into the build we decided to tackle the next big step, which was the tunnel and god, this is a bitch. We picked up some recycled sheet metal to make the tunnel since I didn’t really care what it looked like. So we bent cut and tacked shit in place and got a pretty wicked looking tunnel. After a couple more days we started to get the turbo mani's mocked into place. With the size of the turbo we needed lots of exhaust pressure and a short distance of travel for minimal lag so what better place to put it than right in front of the motor. We got more stuff for the car and got a lot of stuff buttoned up and got all the minimal wiring stuff done to start the car. This is where shit started to go downhill, and quickly. We tried starting the car with loading the motor with just the essentials to fire up, spark fuel and air. Well we kept doing it and figured the dist had to be 180 off since it wasn’t firing. Well we re stabbed it and tried starting it and it started to go so we added more fuel. Well when we opened up the throttle to add my fuel the carb backfired. This caught the fuel in the bottle on fire, which was dropped, which caught the car on fire then almost the house. We were able to put the fire out with the water hose. I almost gave up on the car that night but the next day when we looked over it we realized it really wasn’t too bad. We kept our heads up and kept working. We finished up all the wiring for all the lights and everything for the car to run and drive. We did a pretty epic wire tuck and took out about 20lbs of wiring oh and we cut some holes in the hood to make stuff fit! Day I blew the turbo! So after blowing up the Holset I decided to do my dream setup the TTSBC. Twin 50mm T3/T4 Ebay Turbos LOL! Here it sits now... __________________ 95 RB25NEO Silvia Skid Race Thing 95 2J Dreaming 240sx Street Car Last edited by picsbypenny; 01-11-2012 at 03:56 PM..

01-10-2012, 05:08 PM	#3
jdm2191 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Whittier Age: 33 Posts: 3,717 Trader Rating: (79) Feedback Score: 79 reviews	Thats a ugly V8! as long as it runs though lol __________________ My Build: The "Coupe De Ville" 1JZ Build!!

01-10-2012, 05:23 PM	#4
deolio Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 35 Posts: 4,694 Trader Rating: (13) Rides Gallery: deolio Feedback Score: 13 reviews	you misspelled "drift" __________________

01-10-2012, 05:29 PM	#5
Flicktitty Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wisconsin Age: 37 Posts: 3,685 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	looks pretty neat, are those just ebay turbo manifolds with the twin turbo setup? __________________ 2JZ-GTE Swapped S13 Coupe - 1994 Supra Turbo

01-10-2012, 06:14 PM	#6
EsChassisLove Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego Age: 35 Posts: 2,090 Trader Rating: (26) Feedback Score: 26 reviews	Daniel, Why the fuck are those turbos internally gated? I never noticed until now lol. SEtting yourself up for some boost creep, I promise lol. __________________ IG/TikTok-ThatS14_Z06guy

01-10-2012, 05:06 PM	#2
buentellomma Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Goodyear AZ Age: 38 Posts: 480 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	nice ! way to think outside the box a little bit...... your far braver than myself using ebay turbos

01-10-2012, 08:17 PM	#7
bb4_96 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Under my car Posts: 785 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	at least he got girls to stand next to his car.

01-10-2012, 08:23 PM	#8
STL240SXDRIFT Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dance Floor Posts: 585 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	And this is a thread because...?

01-10-2012, 08:29 PM	#9
blueshark123 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Jersey Posts: 5,481 Trader Rating: (55) Feedback Score: 55 reviews	I do not approve. Sorry but this is way to ghetto i don't give a fuck mentality for me. I am surprised it runs still.

01-10-2012, 08:35 PM	#10
RedSiBaron Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: cincinnati/dayton/columbus OH Posts: 448 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	rat rod as fuck. its like a $5 hooker that will take your drugs, then stab you...

01-10-2012, 10:20 PM	#11
MedHat240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: MH Age: 29 Posts: 225 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what rims are those? cuz ive bin looking for a set exactly like that

01-10-2012, 10:53 PM	#12
WholeGrainS13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Louisiana Age: 35 Posts: 232 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Sweet build. More pics of said "baby"

01-10-2012, 10:57 PM	#13
teh smithers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mute City Age: 31 Posts: 387 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	This has the potential to be pretty cool, if the car was given quality parts and attention to detail. Can't have a dream build without those.

01-11-2012, 12:53 AM	#14
LoneStarSilvia Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Okinawa--->Arizona Age: 36 Posts: 1,509 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Thread needs more first picture. __________________

01-11-2012, 01:03 AM	#15
josephin510 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: richmond Age: 35 Posts: 504 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	How the fuck you blow out a holset???? __________________ Trade my Rb25 for some wheels. Buy my Sc300.

01-11-2012, 01:33 AM	#16
ih8bmps Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: las vegas Age: 33 Posts: 149 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have a few questions as well, how much boost did you end up running on it, and what did it do down the quarter mile? was there a tune on the motor or just stock junk yard engine with a turbo mounted on it? any hp numbers ect? seems like a cool back yard build but im sure alot of us are wondering the same things i asked.

01-11-2012, 01:34 AM	#17
240KA Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: OK Age: 40 Posts: 809 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	we finally have someone who is willing to publicly admit that he runs ebay turbos. can't you guys just stfu and see how long they last without scaring him off?

01-11-2012, 10:16 AM	#20
TPS240sxS13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Carrollton, Texas Age: 35 Posts: 162 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	needs more RB

01-11-2012, 01:42 PM	#23
kalypso123 (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,853 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Creative, but it doesnt fit well enough to justify all the hacking and fabrication. hoods are nice.

01-11-2012, 01:53 PM	#24
nickkaplz Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Alabama Age: 30 Posts: 101 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	this has become my favorite build on zilvia

01-11-2012, 01:57 PM	#25
vas570sx Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: west palm beach Posts: 844 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	your girls knees look a little scraped up, just sayin.. __________________

01-11-2012, 03:20 PM	#26
deathrace2000 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Missouri Age: 36 Posts: 151 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	You should get a small cowl scoop to cover the holes in the hood. Otherwise, not bad. __________________ *irony.cc*

01-12-2012, 12:27 PM	#29
Danial Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maryland Age: 34 Posts: 273 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You're then man. I want to start a build like this next year, but on an s30

01-12-2012, 02:26 PM	#30
Pinggg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida Age: 30 Posts: 1,255 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	haters gonna hate.. lol