My SR20VET...

[jr_ss]

Resized! Woot! Much better I am no longer THAT guy.

[jr_ss]

I had a little bit of time today to finalize the “mid-pipe”. I need to add a brace from the transmission support but other than that, it’s ready to be fully welded. It hangs down roughly .5” - .75” at the front frame rail, the rest is tucked up until it hits the cat-back. The last photo is a shot of the thermal couples.







Here is the Furick kit I picked up last week. It was not cheap, but they are top notch components. This is the Jazzy 10 cup I am using for shielding gas. SS, incolnel, Ti and a few others are very susceptible to oxidation, so it’s important to flood the puddle area with argon.




I also grabbed a damaged bottomend this weekend to add sleeves to. This one happened to have JE pistons and Eagle rods. Head came with Tomei cams, BC springs/retainers and a valve job not long ago. I will be flipping most of it.

[jr_ss]

Finalized the downpipe and wastegate recirculation piping. I still have to finish welding the 3” bellows and v-band section completely, but I’m happy how this turned out. Wastegate clears the steering shaft and has roughly 1” or more clearance to everything else around it.







I’ve also started as the sole supplier for the upgraded VTC gears. I have two out in the field for testing purposes to make sure the modifications performed function as we intend. Feel free to inquire via PM if you need this service.

[splitfire]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

What is the purpose of this flex bellow? IMHO, there shouldn't be any movements in this area.

[RalliartRsX]

Originally Posted by splitfire

What is the purpose of this flex bellow? IMHO, there shouldn't be any movements in this area.

Its not only for "flex". Metals expand and contract at differing rates due to size, even for similar materials. This allows this to occur without the potential of cracking the pipes.

That plus the wastegate also has a weight associated with it. This allows all the pipes in the area independent degrees of movement in relation to any of the connected pipes and peripherals.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by RalliartRsX

Its not only for "flex". Metals expand and contract at differing rates due to size, even for similar materials. This allows this to occur without the potential of cracking the pipes.

That plus the wastegate also has a weight associated with it. This allows all the pipes in the area independent degrees of movement in relation to any of the connected pipes and peripherals.

Great explanation Chris, thank you for chiming in.

[TheRealSy90]

I'm going to attempt to run a new oem VTC gear on my JWT S4 cams, if I have any issues i'll be looking for an upgraded VTC gear.

I have stock valve springs currently but i want to upgrade them, although i also fear stiffer valve springs won't help the VTC at all and probably hurt it. Is there a valve spring that's just a little stiffer than oem DET?

[tb13]

Downpipe and recirc looks great, very tidy!

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by tb13

Downpipe and recirc looks great, very tidy!

Thank you kindly sir. Quite a bit of a pain in the ass. Pie cuts are so time consuming.

[jr_ss]

Put the setup back in the car just to verify clearances. Everything looks great. I’ll be tearing it all down and sending out for thermal coating. I haven’t decide what type to get yet. The stuff that was on my Peak Boost setup worked well and the finish stayed flawless for the lifetime I ran it (10yrs). I have looked at Swaintech, HPC, Cerakote and various other “ceramic or thermal” coatings. If you have any experience with a particular product, chime in, I’d like to hear your results and reviews.

[PoorMans180SX]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

Put the setup back in the car just to verify clearances. Everything looks great. I?ll be tearing it all down and sending out for thermal coating. I haven?t decide what type to get yet. The stuff that was on my Peak Boost setup worked well and the finish stayed flawless for the lifetime I ran it (10yrs). I have looked at Swaintech, HPC, Cerakote and various other ?ceramic or thermal? coatings. If you have any experience with a particular product, chime in, I?d like to hear your results and reviews.

Proper fab work good sir. I've installed and tested several Swaintech coated parts over the years. The thermal reduction is quite significant and they all lasted besides one very hard-use cast iron exhaust manifold on a 4G63, which did have a small section at the collector where the coating "popped off". According to swaintech there is still coating left on the material when this happens and it doesn't degrade the performance much.

I do however, like to make sure stainless parts have been through a few heat cycles before I send them off just to make sure anything that's going to shift or tweak has already done so. While I haven't taken thermal gun readings, it does appear to be quite a bit more effective in the "accidentally touch the header and not nuke all my skin off" or the "tighten those turbo bolts because somebody forgot and we just did a dyno run" tests vs the stuff full race uses (I think it's cerakote?).

Also, I have a friend who now owns Headershield (https://headershield.com/), and I've been impressed with that product as well. Obviously not a coating but seems very effective in it's own right. My friends longtube 6-2-1 turbo manifolds on his Z31 are wrapped in it and the engine bay heat is down even compared to when they were wrapped with traditional wrap.

[RalliartRsX]

Love me some headershiled, but my are they $$$$

It would cost almost twice as much as I bought my manifold for

On the flip side; heat is the enemy of all thing.......car related. Period. So I think it's worth it

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by PoorMans180SX

Proper fab work good sir. I've installed and tested several Swaintech coated parts over the years.

I do however, like to make sure stainless parts have been through a few heat cycles before I send them off just to make sure anything that's going to shift or tweak has already done so.

Also, I have a friend who now owns Headershield (https://headershield.com/), and I've been impressed with that product as well. Obviously not a coating but seems very effective in it's own right.

Originally Posted by RalliartRsX

Love me some headershield, but my are they $$$$

On the flip side; heat is the enemy of all thing.......car related. Period. So I think it's worth it

Wowzer, that stuff is pricey. I called and talked to Cam at Headershield. It seems like a great product and if my car was going to be doing extended periods on a circuit, it would be a no brainer (I see you Chris).

I think Swaintech is a viable option, but I?m not a huge fan of the ?boogers? that can happen over time. I wish I could find a review of all of them in one post, not the fragmented information the search yields on google.

[PoorMans180SX]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

Wowzer, that stuff is pricey. I called and talked to Cam at Headershield. It seems like a great product and if my car was going to be doing extended periods on a circuit, it would be a no brainer (I see you Chris).

I think Swaintech is a viable option, but I?m not a huge fan of the ?boogers? that can happen over time. I wish I could find a review of all of them in one post, not the fragmented information the search yields on google.

Dude, I feel you. It's really hard to find information on that last 10% of modifications that people often overlook on most car builds. I feel like most people are satisfied with 80-90% functionality/copy and paste mods, but few go the extra mile with things like heat insulation, wiring, crankcase evacuation, etc. Fewer still do actual testing on more than one setup! Anyone that does is usually involved with it at some professional level, so they're not necessarily the most open about the information. The struggle of being a perfectionist.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by PoorMans180SX

Dude, I feel you. It's really hard to find information on that last 10% of modifications that people often overlook on most car builds. I feel like most people are satisfied with 80-90% functionality/copy and paste mods, but few go the extra mile with things like heat insulation, wiring, crankcase evacuation, etc. Fewer still do actual testing on more than one setup! Anyone that does is usually involved with it at some professional level, so they're not necessarily the most open about the information. The struggle of being a perfectionist.

I made a call to Swaintech today. I think I?ve determined that the manifold will see ?White Lightning? and the exhaust housing and DP will get Cerakote. I?ll be utilizing a blanket on the exhaust housing and Mike recommended against using any wraps in conjunction with the white lightning coating.

I will reach back out to Swaintech to verify I can use Cerakote on top of white lightning. After all, it is a paint based coating, not a thermally applied type like Swaintech?s coating.

It is extremely frustrating trying to find comparison data on this stuff. It seems like no one has taken the initiative to prove another type inferior. Mike even stated that they as a company aren?t out to discredit another companies coating or ability, simply that theirs performs at X, Y, Z for a given thickness. Perhaps, there are just too many variables between coating types to really warrant such a test? Who knows?

[PoorMans180SX]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

I made a call to Swaintech today. I think I?ve determined that the manifold will see ?White Lightning? and the exhaust housing and DP will get Cerakote. I?ll be utilizing a blanket on the exhaust housing and Mike recommended against using any wraps in conjunction with the white lightning coating.

I will reach back out to Swaintech to verify I can use Cerakote on top of white lightning. After all, it is a paint based coating, not a thermally applied type like Swaintech?s coating.

It is extremely frustrating trying to find comparison data on this stuff. It seems like no one has taken the initiative to prove another type inferior. Mike even stated that they as a company aren?t out to discredit another companies coating or ability, simply that theirs performs at X, Y, Z for a given thickness. Perhaps, there are just too many variables between coating types to really warrant such a test? Who knows?

It would be pretty costly. You would either need multiple of the same part, or need to strip the old coating off after the test and apply a new coating, so processing time and cost. Not to mention downtime of whatever car you're working with. If I had more disposable income and a second operational vehicle to test things on, I'd totally do it. Those two things are pretty big hurdles to clear though.

[jr_ss]

Wow, Zilvia was resuscitated, that’s exciting in and of itself.

I haven’t really gotten much done on the car, at least not as much as what I had hoped I would have. A new year has come and with it changes in my professional career path. The biggest gain was I no longer have to travel to an office for work. That has had many challenges, namely staying on task when I’m not out meeting with clients. It has also come with more responsibility and higher wages, including a company supplied vehicle of my choosing.

‘21 GMC Canton AT4, with leather and Bose sound system fit the bill nicely. It has enough ass to trailer my car if/when needed.

I’ll post you my motor build specs as well. The machine shop is finally getting around to it. Not entirely their fault it’s taken this long, but it has led me to making changes as we progressed. I will no longer be just refreshing this motor, I have decided to go pretty extensive with it. Specs below:

- VCT/VVL kit
- Darton sleeves
- Threaded chain oil squirter
- VET exhaust cam
- Tomei HG
- N1 intake cam
- P11 VE head
- Exedy twin disk
- JE pistons
- Manley I-beam rods
- ARP mains
- S14 SR block
- New P12/T30 VE oil pump
- Mazworx 1/2” headstuds
- Mazworx Billet mains
- Plazmaman Billet girdle
- ATI harmonic balancer
- Upgraded rod pins (DLC coated)
- Mazworx crank timing kit
- PRP R35 coil bracket kit, w/ VQ37 coils
- Haltech WB1, TC4, and added quite a few additional sensors for safety

Im still going to run my Haltech PS2000, atleast for the time being, that too will be upgraded.

I repaired my old trans tunnel notch for my RS5R30A I had installed. Factory SR shifter boot fits on the CBF shifter bracket and the factory mid and upper boot finished it off.

Installed my S15 carpet, but before that was done I added some jute, to help quite down the interior some. Surprisingly, the S14 carpet has more sound deadening than the S15.

R33 cluster all done up and looking fresh. Have the wiring all sorted on paper, I just need to tackle the project. I’ll need to repurpose one wire, that is to make the factory oil pressure gauge read. I’ll couple a Haltech multigauge with it fo important data and warnings. I had a gentleman 3D print me a upper cluster surround to accommodate said gauge.

I also grabbed a Z34 Nismo differential to swap my S15 out with. I didn’t want to turn the S15 pinion gear into a powder puff and I’m sure that’s likely with the power I hope to put down.

I still have some things to order, but I have so much more to assemble and fabricate that those last few items can wait until I’m at that point.

Pictures!!!

[Om1kron]

looks like you have a lot going on, pretty cool stuff man. subbed.

[tuzzio]

Awesome update. Fresh carpets make the car feel so different (in a good way)
If thats a S15 Spec R diff, and you want to sell / ship it, PM me. I have a potential buyer who is looking for one.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by tuzzio

Awesome update. Fresh carpets make the car feel so different (in a good way)
If thats a S15 Spec R diff, and you want to sell / ship it, PM me. I have a potential buyer who is looking for one.

Thanks. The diff was a S15 helical in an S14 non-ABS housing. An old friend actually bought it in FL.

[jr_ss]

Small updates, nothing too exciting. These small accomplishments always seem to take the longest. They generally go unnoticed, so it doesn’t appear you’re making any head way. Regardless, they need to be completed.

Years ago, I modified my dash to install a boost trim knob for my Haltech E8 (old right…). It wasn’t an issue with the S14 cluster. It came back as an issue with I installed my R33 cluster, which happens to not let the cluster surround seat fully without this catch in place. It’s all sorted now and it probably the strongest portion of the dash.






I removed the honking S13 IACV assembly and picked up a Wilson manifolds billet IACV housing. It utilizes a Bosch stepper motor and is originally designed to bolt to one of their fancy throttle bodies. I modified it to be used on my intake manifold in leu of the S13 IACV. My problem was, I didn’t use the coolant ports on the IACV, which gradually choked the motor when it heat soaked in traffic or idling at tracks, etc. Once airflow cooled the IM down, the motor would idle normal again. This also frees up a lot of room under the manifold.







The last item is a throttle cable bracket I fabbed up. Mini-vise brakes come in handy and if you don’t have one, I’d suggest getting one. It is 3/16” aluminum plate that I laid out, cut and bent. The Q45 TB bracket is on the outside of the manifold and I wanted to switch that to the inside. I also replaced the hideous Q45 for a billet 90mm that I could weld a vanjen clamp to as they are cleaner and allow for a lot of boost. Unfortunately, the new TB rotates inversely of the Q45, which was also a reason for the bracket relocation.

[tuzzio]

Where is that AN fitting going to go to? Just another vacuum source?
Good stuff. I go back and forth often with putting on IACV on my KA.

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by tuzzio

Where is that AN fitting going to go to? Just another vacuum source?
Good stuff. I go back and forth often with putting on IACV on my KA.

Vac source will run to the cold pipe. I have a bung to weld on and another -8an ORB fitting for that piece. If I would?ve gone DWB, I wouldn?t need any of it, but I like being in charge of the throttle.

[RalliartRsX]

This is is noiiiicceeeee!

[jr_ss]

I like melting metals together. It’s very cathartic for me. Maybe it’s the idea of taking a vision and making it a reality, who knows…

[jr_ss]

More progress on the charge piping. I had to order an aluminum 2” 90 for the turbo discharge. I’ll throw my plazmaman clamp on the end of that and finalize the interconnecting pipe. It transitions from 2” up to 2.5” for the IC connection. The IC is an ETS unit, I believe I mentioned that a few posts/pages back, rated for 700+.

In other news, the machine shop said they would be getting started on the motor. Super excited about that.

Anyway, stupid pictures because half y’all don’t read anyway!

[tuzzio]

If you decide you don't want the machine shop to do your block, i'll be selling a longblock in the coming weeks...

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by tuzzio

If you decide you don't want the machine shop to do your block, i'll be selling a longblock in the coming weeks...

Thanks, but the machine shop has all the components I?ve ordered and the items they have thrown in the mix. Throw it up on Facespace marketplace, it?ll sell.

[PoorMans180SX]

Now that’s the kind of intercooler piping I like to see. Smooth bends, proper transitions, and short routing. You’d think it was impossible with all the pie cut madness that’s popular lately.

[RalliartRsX]

Originally Posted by PoorMans180SX

Now that?s the kind of intercooler piping I like to see. Smooth bends, proper transitions, and short routing. You?d think it was impossible with all the pie cut madness that?s popular lately.

I think I am only one who hates piecuts lol

Give me smooth bends, less welds and less time spend welding.

Glenn, work looks great! Really excited about your engine build