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*andrew600* · 02-09-2013, 06:52 PM

so i was def not pulling the front end apart yet, but the weather decided against me. rained the whole way home. less than an hour after i got home the ugly started to surface. pulled everything off and cleaned it all up and primered most of it. still need to go over a few areas i missed. i had planned on getting my radiator hoses and sensor on today and fluids in but i wasnt able to. hopefully i can get it mostly done tomorrow. more updates as they arrive.

KravingAKouki · 02-09-2013, 11:27 PM

What color are you aiming for? cant wait man Congrats

*andrew600* · 02-10-2013, 09:32 AM

The car and cage I think will be a factory r35 color. Can't remember the name. It's a metallic gunmetal tons of flake.

*andrew600* · 02-10-2013, 06:03 PM

got a heater in the garage finally and it was semi warm today. go figure.
i got my radiator hoses on and the adapter and the sensor and info wire ran. my battery is dead and to small for the rb so im still waiting on a new one. hopefully taxes hit sooner rather than later and ill have everything ordered way faster.

after messing around with the intercooler and piping i decided to pick up a different intercooler as well. i dont like how low the current one hangs and i dont like all the extra piping i can delete. apart from that i also need a bov pipe and bov otherwise i wont clear the hood. slowly but surely.

*andrew600* · 02-16-2013, 04:26 PM

would be updating this a lot more but im still waiting on taxes to come back and dont wanna over extend myself.
got some little things in. my fan mounting hardware. got a couple shop lights for free. score. have about another 200$ worth of lighting and wiring to buy. the plugs are only temporary.

*andrew600* · 02-18-2013, 07:50 PM

got some more time to work on the car today. getting a little closer.

tested it out to make sure it was working correctly.

got it all wired in to aahha the best of my wiring abilities.

all cleaned up.

the gauges are wired to come on with ac, and the lights always on. nothing fancy. they work and function as they should with no issue with the exclusion of oil pressure. the info wire is ran but im not adding the sensor until my next oil change.
getting coolant in tomorrow and making sure there is no leaks.

*andrew600* · 03-03-2013, 08:09 PM

its been a bit since ive actually gotten to work on the car. iv done a lot to get my garage to something i like being in. i got my new intercooler in and a universal piping kit. mastermind pipe together and took it for a drive. hahaha or a few drives.
im really loving this motor and setup, makes awesome power, and its never waiting for more. its the smoothest motor ive ever gotten to drive. and i love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZsmn7U62E

here is a quick pull and drive with it. i was meaning to take a video today but i forgot.
the intercooler is ziptied on to just get a proper mount point. will be securely mounted shortly. also have to get a few plugs and tackle wiring all my lights up front. i need to pick up a battery and a wideband. then go from there.
here are some random pictures.

Dustineric1 · 03-06-2013, 05:26 PM

lovin the sileighty! keepin it old school keep it up!

dreamin240sx · 03-06-2013, 06:58 PM

did you just order the motor, throw it in and start it? if so i would of at least changed the timing belt haha but looks awesome man the rb is a great motor..

TWest · 03-07-2013, 01:50 AM

Loving the build.. inspires me to blow some more $ on my car haha

*andrew600* · 03-07-2013, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamin240sx

did you just order the motor, throw it in and start it? if so i would of at least changed the timing belt haha but looks awesome man the rb is a great motor..

no i picked it up from a guy that replaced a lot of hoses and had the head off twice, so all the gaskets, timing belt. so its all good to go like a boss.

and thanks for the kind words guys, ill hope to have it fully on the road and at its first even by the end of this month. a bunch of tiny stuff left to get to.

atvrider647 · 03-08-2013, 07:29 AM

Awesome build!

cchondro · 03-08-2013, 11:09 AM

looking good so far man

greenwood · 03-08-2013, 11:51 AM

Rb, ftw. Run that coolant a while them drain. Will clean up the rust gunk that develops from the engine sitting.

*andrew600* · 03-08-2013, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenwood

Rb, ftw. Run that coolant a while them drain. Will clean up the rust gunk that develops from the engine sitting.

Thanks guys, and def planning on doing that. Thanks!

More updates soon. Should be on the road in a couple weeks

Dolph_KYAS13 · 03-08-2013, 08:43 PM

Best investment for any rb20 build is is a front facing intake manifold. It makes checking/ changing coil pack easier not to mention you lose 8497538957 miles in intercooler piping = less lag.

good on you for bringing it back from the dead tho

*andrew600* · 03-08-2013, 08:44 PM

I thought about it. But I've decided against it for now. Only reason being is it will get rid of my long runners and what low end tq I do have will be gone.

*andrew600* · 03-13-2013, 09:22 PM

so i finally got some work done lately. there is a ton of work that needs done and knowing i wont have the car ready for brolex on the 24th is demoralizing. so i got on the underside of the car. i need to replace the subframe bushings, the ebrake cables, and the speed sensor for the rb trans to send the right signal to my cluster. i started with the subframe.
now i didnt just light all the bushings on fire, but i did burn them a little. it worked really well by heating up around the outside of the bushing and they came out with a punch and hammer.

now on to pressing them in. i called megan racing the people i purchased the bushings from and told me i didnt have to cut out the inner collars. so i was like ok just press them in. wrong. i almost blew up my subframe and partially damaged the metal on the collar. it wasnt fun. so for future reference. remove this

before you do this

helladrifters · 03-13-2013, 10:16 PM

This build is awesome. I just read through the whole thing, did not see the tube front and rb20 coming ha.

I guess I missed it but how come the switch from sr to rb?

*andrew600* · 03-13-2013, 10:51 PM

Thanks man. And yea I went tube front cause I didn't wanna give up on the car yet and it was still in great condition it just needed some love. And I swapped rb because I wanted something different from what I had. This particular rb put down the goal hp numbers that I wanted out of the sr. And now after driving it around a bit, I'm upset I didn't go rb from the get go.

Twinkies! · 03-13-2013, 11:20 PM

Really starting to like where this build is going, keep up the work

*andrew600* · 03-22-2013, 08:39 PM

so after getting all the bushings pressed in, i put it all back together and put it back under the car.

then i started wiring in the lights. got the driver side completely done. finishing passenger tomorrow.

and today i got my intercooler mount finally done, and battery tray in.
we had it ziptied so i could test drive it and so we could get the pipe mounted.

got all the mounts built

and on!

picked up some new hardware and some rubber bushings.

and battery tray welded in.

with brolex being on sunday i still dont see myself ready for it. i have a ton i need to do and just not enough time to get it done. i should however be able to drive it to work on monday and hit the next event.

240drive · 04-12-2013, 12:14 PM

what kind of coilovers do you have on it?

*andrew600* · 04-13-2013, 10:24 AM

Stance gr +pro

twomahs · 07-01-2013, 06:12 AM

did you have any issues finding the connecting wire for the water temp sensor (blue/black) im doing an rb20 swap as well. but have that problem.

fsuarez · 07-27-2013, 01:44 AM

would you happen to know if the 240sx seat rails can be used on the 180sx seats?

ikjyotgill · 11-05-2013, 11:34 PM

Sick build, sorry to here about your car.
Where did you get the pre-fitted carpet?

*andrew600* · 11-13-2013, 07:30 PM

no
sorry i have no idea
and what about it?
and its factory 89 carpet.

longish story, fell on some hard times so i had to sell it. time came around to buy another and bought a coupe, and traded for it back again. its a shell. a little worse than when i sold it. but overall still a solid shell.

i was originally going to ls1, but im honestly thinking about rb20 again and just doing a really reliable build with it.

silvia front again since the tube is built for it, 5 lug now. i think im going to run dual rear calipers for track days. and im going to try my ass off to delete the fucking sunroof.

03-06-2013, 06:58 PM	#219
dreamin240sx Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: west virginia Age: 32 Posts: 531 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	did you just order the motor, throw it in and start it? if so i would of at least changed the timing belt haha but looks awesome man the rb is a great motor.. __________________ RB POWA!!!!!!!!

03-08-2013, 08:43 PM	#226
Dolph_KYAS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 719 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Best investment for any rb20 build is is a front facing intake manifold. It makes checking/ changing coil pack easier not to mention you lose 8497538957 miles in intercooler piping = less lag. good on you for bringing it back from the dead tho __________________ -Jordie Lewis '93 Skyline Type M

03-13-2013, 09:22 PM	#228
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	so i finally got some work done lately. there is a ton of work that needs done and knowing i wont have the car ready for brolex on the 24th is demoralizing. so i got on the underside of the car. i need to replace the subframe bushings, the ebrake cables, and the speed sensor for the rb trans to send the right signal to my cluster. i started with the subframe. now i didnt just light all the bushings on fire, but i did burn them a little. it worked really well by heating up around the outside of the bushing and they came out with a punch and hammer. now on to pressing them in. i called megan racing the people i purchased the bushings from and told me i didnt have to cut out the inner collars. so i was like ok just press them in. wrong. i almost blew up my subframe and partially damaged the metal on the collar. it wasnt fun. so for future reference. remove this before you do this Last edited by andrew600; 03-14-2013 at 02:25 PM..

02-09-2013, 06:52 PM	#211
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	so i was def not pulling the front end apart yet, but the weather decided against me. rained the whole way home. less than an hour after i got home the ugly started to surface. pulled everything off and cleaned it all up and primered most of it. still need to go over a few areas i missed. i had planned on getting my radiator hoses and sensor on today and fluids in but i wasnt able to. hopefully i can get it mostly done tomorrow. more updates as they arrive.

02-09-2013, 11:27 PM	#212
KravingAKouki Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Not FAILorida Posts: 431 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	What color are you aiming for? cant wait man Congrats

02-10-2013, 09:32 AM	#213
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	The car and cage I think will be a factory r35 color. Can't remember the name. It's a metallic gunmetal tons of flake.

02-10-2013, 06:03 PM	#214
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	got a heater in the garage finally and it was semi warm today. go figure. i got my radiator hoses on and the adapter and the sensor and info wire ran. my battery is dead and to small for the rb so im still waiting on a new one. hopefully taxes hit sooner rather than later and ill have everything ordered way faster. after messing around with the intercooler and piping i decided to pick up a different intercooler as well. i dont like how low the current one hangs and i dont like all the extra piping i can delete. apart from that i also need a bov pipe and bov otherwise i wont clear the hood. slowly but surely.

02-16-2013, 04:26 PM	#215
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	would be updating this a lot more but im still waiting on taxes to come back and dont wanna over extend myself. got some little things in. my fan mounting hardware. got a couple shop lights for free. score. have about another 200$ worth of lighting and wiring to buy. the plugs are only temporary.

02-18-2013, 07:50 PM	#216
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	got some more time to work on the car today. getting a little closer. tested it out to make sure it was working correctly. got it all wired in to aahha the best of my wiring abilities. all cleaned up. the gauges are wired to come on with ac, and the lights always on. nothing fancy. they work and function as they should with no issue with the exclusion of oil pressure. the info wire is ran but im not adding the sensor until my next oil change. getting coolant in tomorrow and making sure there is no leaks.

03-03-2013, 08:09 PM	#217
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	its been a bit since ive actually gotten to work on the car. iv done a lot to get my garage to something i like being in. i got my new intercooler in and a universal piping kit. mastermind pipe together and took it for a drive. hahaha or a few drives. im really loving this motor and setup, makes awesome power, and its never waiting for more. its the smoothest motor ive ever gotten to drive. and i love it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZsmn7U62E here is a quick pull and drive with it. i was meaning to take a video today but i forgot. the intercooler is ziptied on to just get a proper mount point. will be securely mounted shortly. also have to get a few plugs and tackle wiring all my lights up front. i need to pick up a battery and a wideband. then go from there. here are some random pictures.

03-06-2013, 05:26 PM	#218
Dustineric1 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: California Age: 29 Posts: 18 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lovin the sileighty! keepin it old school keep it up!

03-07-2013, 01:50 AM	#220
TWest Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 105 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Loving the build.. inspires me to blow some more $ on my car haha

03-08-2013, 07:29 AM	#222
atvrider647 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Houston, TX Age: 34 Posts: 27 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome build!

03-08-2013, 11:09 AM	#223
cchondro Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: central florida Age: 32 Posts: 436 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	looking good so far man

03-08-2013, 11:51 AM	#224
greenwood Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: nc Posts: 620 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Rb, ftw. Run that coolant a while them drain. Will clean up the rust gunk that develops from the engine sitting.

03-08-2013, 08:44 PM	#227
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I thought about it. But I've decided against it for now. Only reason being is it will get rid of my long runners and what low end tq I do have will be gone.

03-13-2013, 10:16 PM	#229
helladrifters Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 33 Posts: 109 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This build is awesome. I just read through the whole thing, did not see the tube front and rb20 coming ha. I guess I missed it but how come the switch from sr to rb?

03-13-2013, 10:51 PM	#230
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Thanks man. And yea I went tube front cause I didn't wanna give up on the car yet and it was still in great condition it just needed some love. And I swapped rb because I wanted something different from what I had. This particular rb put down the goal hp numbers that I wanted out of the sr. And now after driving it around a bit, I'm upset I didn't go rb from the get go.

03-13-2013, 11:20 PM	#231
Twinkies! Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Rosamond California Posts: 546 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Really starting to like where this build is going, keep up the work

03-22-2013, 08:39 PM	#232
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	so after getting all the bushings pressed in, i put it all back together and put it back under the car. then i started wiring in the lights. got the driver side completely done. finishing passenger tomorrow. and today i got my intercooler mount finally done, and battery tray in. we had it ziptied so i could test drive it and so we could get the pipe mounted. got all the mounts built and on! picked up some new hardware and some rubber bushings. and battery tray welded in. with brolex being on sunday i still dont see myself ready for it. i have a ton i need to do and just not enough time to get it done. i should however be able to drive it to work on monday and hit the next event.

04-12-2013, 12:14 PM	#233
240drive Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: chicago Posts: 10 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what kind of coilovers do you have on it?

04-13-2013, 10:24 AM	#234
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Stance gr +pro

07-01-2013, 06:12 AM	#235
twomahs Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: PNW Posts: 50 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	did you have any issues finding the connecting wire for the water temp sensor (blue/black) im doing an rb20 swap as well. but have that problem.

07-27-2013, 01:44 AM	#236
fsuarez Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 159 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	would you happen to know if the 240sx seat rails can be used on the 180sx seats?

11-05-2013, 11:34 PM	#237
ikjyotgill Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: toronto Age: 33 Posts: 27 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Sick build, sorry to here about your car. Where did you get the pre-fitted carpet?

11-13-2013, 07:30 PM	#238
andrew600 ill tongue punch her fart box Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: bethalto, il Age: 34 Posts: 1,221 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	no sorry i have no idea and what about it? and its factory 89 carpet. longish story, fell on some hard times so i had to sell it. time came around to buy another and bought a coupe, and traded for it back again. its a shell. a little worse than when i sold it. but overall still a solid shell. i was originally going to ls1, but im honestly thinking about rb20 again and just doing a really reliable build with it. silvia front again since the tube is built for it, 5 lug now. i think im going to run dual rear calipers for track days. and im going to try my ass off to delete the fucking sunroof.