♠ S14driftr's zenki build ♠

[D1S13]

hope the powdercoat was free! super money waster if you had to pay for each item. Could have/should have started with a westcoast s14 shell, but AWESOME WORK!!!!!!! NON THE LESS- LOOKS SUPER FUN!

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by Om1kron

awesome stuff kiddo!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by D1S13

hope the powdercoat was free! super money waster if you had to pay for each item. Could have/should have started with a westcoast s14 shell, but AWESOME WORK!!!!!!! NON THE LESS- LOOKS SUPER FUN!

Yea I get all my powdercoating done for free. My brother works there so I got the hookup haha... Surprisingly this car is a west-coast car. The original owner had lived in california but then moved to new york. I was really surprised to find as much rot as I did but whatever, its fixed the proper way now. I guess thats the price you have to pay when you live in shitty NY haha

[kalypso123]

this is going SOOO WELL

[Buddy]

Originally Posted by S14Driftr91

Thanks!



Yea I get all my powdercoating done for free. My brother works there so I got the hookup haha... Surprisingly this car is a west-coast car. The original owner had lived in california but then moved to new york. I was really surprised to find as much rot as I did but whatever, its fixed the proper way now. I guess thats the price you have to pay when you live in shitty NY haha

Awesome work dude, i just wrapped up the whole rear end off mine over winter. Same thing, bushes, powdercoat, adjustable arms etc etc.

Looking really good man. Though, you think thats a lot of rot, should see some of the sbodies from across the pond

Keep it up man, look forward to the updates...

[project-D180]

sweet build bro

[wattupbaii]

how long has this build been going on?

[hellaflush95]

Awesome build man its really looking good

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by kalypso123

this is going SOOO WELL

Originally Posted by project-D180

sweet build bro

Originally Posted by hellaflush95

Awesome build man its really looking good

Thanks alot guys!

Originally Posted by Buddy

Awesome work dude, i just wrapped up the whole rear end off mine over winter. Same thing, bushes, powdercoat, adjustable arms etc etc.

Looking really good man. Though, you think thats a lot of rot, should see some of the sbodies from across the pond

Keep it up man, look forward to the updates...

Haha I shouldn't complain too much. It was just a few little spots here and there. I've seen some where its like holy sh*t what has happen to this car? haha.

Originally Posted by wattupbaii

how long has this build been going on?

I started back in November of 2010 so its been a little over a year. It's been a long ass time since i've gotten to enjoy this car. It would have been nice to have this done all time ago but between going to school, working as much as I can and still having a social life, it's tough. My car and every thing that has been done to it is all out of my pocket.

[hellaflush95]

Originally Posted by S14Driftr91

Thanks alot guys!



Haha I shouldn't complain too much. It was just a few little spots here and there. I've seen some where its like holy sh*t what has happen to this car? haha.



I started back in November of 2010 so its been a little over a year. It's been a long ass time since i've gotten to enjoy this car. It would have been nice to have this done all time ago but between going to school, working as much as I can and still having a social life, it's tough. My car and every thing that has been done to it is all out of my pocket.

ya i hear ya i got mine october 2010 and i still dont have its all finished but im hopping to have it done by this spring

[S14Driftr91]

Nice nice. If everything goes as planned you guys will be seeing more of this car by spring/summer time.

[S14Driftr91]

Alright so the last update I posted, I had gotten the differential and the subframe ready to be installed. Here is a bunch of pictures of what has been going on the past few weeks...

It's a shitty picture, but here is the subframe ready to be reunited with its mother







Made sure I put some anti-seize on the bolts...





After waiting for about 3 months, these finally showed up!



Por-15-ed all the arms and then sprayed them gloss black





Since the incident with my coilovers... im terrified of rust and shit binding up so I use anti-seize like its going out of style.



I'm going to need to get me some nice rotors! Here's everything loosely bolted together



In the meantime I was going back and forth with parts. My front knuckles/hubs looked hideous. The dust guard was rusting away so I figured I would do with out it.



To remove the metal guards I found where the spot welds were and went at them with my spot weld drill bit.





I then saved the ABS hub guard to be re-welded on.


Re-fitted...





And finally Por'ed!




Unfortunately since I had to cut off the brackets on my coils, I had to purchase new ones. I also bought two new collars because mine were all chewed up from vise grips and pliers. Thank god for the helpful staff over at Stance for hooking me up with a little deal! These fresh new pieces came within under a week!



After a quick picture, I got to work.



Anti-seize and silcone spray...







Time to be installed!



More updates coming this week!

[tricky_ab]

Looking good...Thanks for the updates

[S14Driftr91]

I kinda let this thread die down but ive been plenty busy... Here's whats been going on...

I last posted what I had done to some of the suspension. Since I had coated the rear suspension arms in the POR-15, I also did the same to the flcas. Here is how they were when pulled from the car.

Busted up ball joints and all around looking nasty.



Cleaned up and coated in the POR.



After everything I sprayed them gloss black and cleared them.



The steering rack also got a touch up, POR coated and then sprayed gloss black.





New Moog ball joints and outer tie rod ends.





Unfortunately when installing the ball joints, I f*cked up the paint.





Time to go back together...







The universal joint on my steering column had seen better days so I picked up a used one from a member on here.

NY vs. CA lol




Going into the bay, there was a few needs that just didnt meet my standards. One being the fusebox...

Scratched up, dirty, and faded.









Final product sprayed with SEM trim paint.



Polished up the ABS unit so it didn't look as hideous as it does.



Cruise control painted as well with SEM trim paint.



Cleaned out the power steering reservoir the best I could.



And here's a picture of the Wiring Specialties harness going in.






A friend and I took a trip down to queens to visit the guys at JDM Engine World. There, we picked up my s14 sr20 and a k20 for my friend's project. Jack, the owner, and all his employees maintain a friendly, and well kept business. They were all great guys and answered all our questions and did not try and rush us one bit. If anyone around is looking to buy any type of motor, I definitely recommend calling Jack down at JDM Engine World. A+++ service





The shop's gorgeous s14.

[blueshark123]

Since you are such a detail whore like me you will love this. The best 16 bucks i spent

Fuse Box Covers

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by blueshark123

Since you are such a detail whore like me you will love this. The best 16 bucks i spent

Fuse Box Covers

Haha already have it in mind! Thanks

[Okinawandrifter87]

Any progress updates?

[1jzjoey]

rename this to Epic build of the century

[s0fa king]

Nice build! SEM trim paint is epic...I gotta pick some up.

[first_choice]

just bought my first zenki this week and this build is an inspiration for where i may begin to clean it up.

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by Okinawandrifter87

Any progress updates?

Yes ive been slacking big time on my build thread, not enough time to sit down and write haha

Originally Posted by 1LLEST.S13

rename this to Epic build of the
century

Haha glad you like what you see! Thank you

Originally Posted by s0fa king

Nice build! SEM trim paint is epic...I gotta pick some up.

Thank you and yes, SEM products are very excellent!

Originally Posted by first_choice

just bought my first zenki this week and this build is an inspiration for where i may begin to clean it up.

Congrats on buying one, theyre definitely fun cars. Thank you.


On with a update since its been forever... I need to take the time to catch up to where I am one night. ANYWAY...

When I got the motor home, I started tearing some of it down to inspect it further more and to rid of some of the oem parts. I started with taking the tranny off so I could get the motor on the stand. I also took the valve cover off to be powder coated.

Welcome to your new home! haha







Oem clutch to be replaced.





The parts that were going to be powder coated were dropped off right away so I could get them back ASAP.

Boring, plain, ugly...


Gorgeous...


While I was it I also took the sway bars and had them coated as well.





The engine was dirty from sitting in the warehouse, covered in dust, grease and grime, I had to take care of that. I went to autozone and picked up a small wire brush and a few cans of engine degreaser. I went to town spraying and scrubbing away till all looked decent.



In the process of cleaning the motor I put in on the engine stand. Here's just a few side/front/etc shots.







For only using a small ass brush I did the best I could, I'm happy with it. If I had the money and was tearing the entire motor down I would have hot tanked everything but that will come one day in the future.







Over the past year, I've had a parts pile piling up in my room... Finally the time has come to install all this.



Since I had the valve cover off already I decided the install the Tomei RAS first. I know some people are either for or against these. For me I'm not building a high boost building monster so I went ahead and bought them.

Tomei also provides step by step installation instructions so installing these is literally fool-proof.







Installed in about 15 min. Don't forget to torque all your bolts with the correct ft/lbs and pattern!

Haha here's one of my best friends, Tom, acting like hes doing serious work, even though he works at Nissan as a lot attendant, hes been learning a little here and there from the shop and me!



I'm in love with the teal



With the valve cover on, I figured I'd turn the motor over and work with the oil pan. The oem pan had a small dent in it which could be easily hammered out, but I planned on getting a bigger pan regardless. I decided to go with the Moroso, from 240sxmotoring. Being aluminum opposed to cast, it wouldn't break, just dent if something hit it...(at least I hope lol)



Scraped off the old nasty rtv sealer and hit it with a brillo pad for a clean surface.



Used some good old loc-tite on the threads because they do tend to spin pretty easily.





Lay a nice bead down of new sealer



Make sure every thing is tight and there you go. Finished!



A common thing to change when doing the SR swap... The thermostat. I went ahead and picked up this Nismo thermostat.







Picked up a new water pump as well, my old one seemed fine but hey, who knows how long this motor has been sitting.

Removing the studs can be a pain in arsss so do this with two nuts, and twist in the opposite direction of one another.



Out with the old, in with the new.



Some more rtv sealant..



Be back soon with more updates. Follow me on Instagay(gram) for some more pictures @Kreg_el

[sparkyS13]

Amazing build and amazing progress! subscribed

[zoneorigins]

This is beautiful, attention to detail is just crazy, I'm looking for a s14 zenki at the moment and i thought i was the only one in the poughkeepsie area that loved 240sx's. Seriously awesome work man, keep at it! Hopefully i can get my future 240 to this state.

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by zoneorigins

This is beautiful, attention to detail is just crazy, I'm looking for a s14 zenki at the moment and i thought i was the only one in the poughkeepsie area that loved 240sx's. Seriously awesome work man, keep at it! Hopefully i can get my future 240 to this state.

Where about in the Poughkeepsie area are you? I'm right in Wappingers.

[zoneorigins]

What a coincidence! I used to live in the Wappengers a couple years ago but now i live a little deep closer to the Beekman area in Poughquag. Its like a20 minute drive. That's awesome though someone in the area doing some sweet fab work Keep at it dude. I just wish i could find a nice rolling chassis near here... I have the dough but ones selling hahahah.

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by zoneorigins

What a coincidence! I used to live in the Wappengers a couple years ago but now i live a little deep closer to the Beekman area in Poughquag. Its like a20 minute drive. That's awesome though someone in the area doing some sweet fab work Keep at it dude. I just wish i could find a nice rolling chassis near here... I have the dough but ones selling hahahah.

Alright yea I know where Beekman and Poughquag are. Thats cool! There's a few s14's around here, maybe 3? S13's keep poping up since all these kids fresh out of high school want to drift, anything rwd is cool to them but, theyre always wrecking them hah. If you find one let me know! My names is Craig by the way lol

[zoneorigins]

Originally Posted by S14Driftr91

Alright yea I know where Beekman and Poughquag are. Thats cool! There's a few s14's around here, maybe 3? S13's keep poping up since all these kids fresh out of high school want to drift, anything rwd is cool to them but, theyre always wrecking them hah. If you find one let me know! My names is Craig by the way lol

Mine's James, and i definitely will, probably within the next few months, probably have to drive to the city or something but it'll happen. Just wondering though where is this shop where you keep sending your parts to get powdercoated? It looks like really high grade work.

[S14Driftr91]

Nice! I get all my parts done at Hudson Valley Powdercoating.

[blueshark123]

Ha, the only reason i know where poughkeepsie is was because of back in the day thats where heavy throttle used to be around.
Hey zone if you want a cheap running kouki lmk

[zoneorigins]

Originally Posted by blueshark123

Ha, the only reason i know where poughkeepsie is was because of back in the day thats where heavy throttle used to be around.
Hey zone if you want a cheap running kouki lmk

Definetly interested,Pm'ed!

[S14Serge]

Sick as build bro!! I plan on going the s14 sr route as well so ill keep my eye on your thread.