Economix TrackSlut S13 Chassis, S14 SR20DET build

[economix]

Welcome! Let me start by saying this build will require some time as I'm a grown-ass man who has an awesome job that keeps me traveling the globe just about every week and a super hot wife, both of which require a lot of my time. *If you dislike what you see, save the comments for your mirror and kiss my ass, this is my documentary, kick rocks.

However, I'm stoked to be building my Track Slut, strictly to beat on whenever I feel. My DD is a Lincoln LS w the V8, so she keeps me pretty happy...but a man still needs his toys.

Whenever possibly, I will buy parts from other Zilvia members - just keeping it in the family and I will make sure those members get their due respects! So if you have parts I may need at the time, please let me know, we'll strike a deal and I'll even blast you some love (that's what she said).

Story:
I bought this car while in college (GO PENN STATE!) from a kid in Virginia in 2002, so the underbody is really clean albeit OLD - 1989 chassis. I was planning on doing the SR swap on a college kids budget at the time - which is nearly impossibly without being even more broke. As I drove home from classes one day, I threw a rod out of the side of the KA24E block which forced me to move on to the SR swap a bit sooner than anticipated.

Got an S14 SR on....eBay...YES, I now know this is a horrible idea for the most part. The MAF was wrong, no igniter w the harness, other small issues. I had Yury at WiringSpecialties.com merge the S14 wiring harness with the S13 Chassis Harness. Got it all installed and it fired! Buuuut, it did the good old 2,500 RPM rev bounce, so either the MAF, ECU, or Harness had issues.

RAN OUT OF FUNDING!

So, here we are a few years later, 2011, like 8 years really - damn.... I make good money, own the car still without any changes and am prepared to make her my TRACK SLUT now that I can. Her nickname is "PatchWerx Sil-40" (if you don't like this, start your own damn project).

Please feel free to comment but don' be a dick. Only chicks like dicks, and I'm not a chick.

Enjoy!

[ch1873857]

glad to see your picking up where you left off. takes a lot of devotion. are you keeping the SR? what are your overall plans. and what kind of stuff are you looking for?

[economix]

Started tearing her down a few weeks ago but I am limited to working on it on Saturdays only since I travel so often and the wife wants my Sundays to her - she's super hot so I'm not arguing!

[economix]

Originally Posted by ch1873857

glad to see your picking up where you left off. takes a lot of devotion. are you keeping the SR? what are your overall plans. and what kind of stuff are you looking for?

Thanks for the love. I've been meaning to do this for years, but college then my career put it on the back-burner. Now that I've got both those set, it's on and I plan on going spider monkey over the next year to get this done!

My plans are simply to get involved with SCCA for some weekend fun racing or to cruise her on the winding country roads. I don't have a high horsepower goal like I think most people tend to target. I'm more interested in handling and applying what power I can get out of her. I love brakes and suspension knuckles, but I do still love the sound of turbo spool and a nice BOV.

Not sure if I will ever paint her or do real body work since I plan on beating on her, but who knows. Aesthetics = dead last priority.

I enjoy driving and pushing limits of anything so as long as I can do that with her, then I'll be a happy dude.

Thanks for asking! Stop back anytime!

[teamslut]

Originally Posted by economix

How the hell do I post big pictures and not thumbnails!?

make a photobucket or flickr account or just upload them on tinypics.com. paste the url on the insert pic link.

[ch1873857]

search sr20goofus. his name is casey and it seems like you have the same idea as him. he does nothing but scca stuff. hes got some videos on youtube too i believe. stopping corvettes and such on the track with his mostly stock sr20. here is one of his threads.

SR20GOOFUS's Track experiences....VQ35HR inside!!!!

[economix]

Ok, so more teardown pics, which I'd like to make big and not thumbs... Nonetheless, I repainted the valve cover to a paint shifting color since I had it on hand. The exhaust is from a Zilvia member #deedilus (also supplied me an extra Starter and Timing Chain) and the ECU is from #efrain_n7 who helped me get the proper unit - I had an automatic ECU for some reason - more reason NOT to buy a motorset off eBay!!! Learn from me kids, if you're gonna spend $$, pay the premium and get the right stuff or save your money until you can afford to. Years of setbacks are NOT worth it!



Gutted the interior.





Started gutting things under the hood.


Got new intercooler piping from my dudes at EnjukuRacing.com.


Waiting on a premade converted harness from Yury at WiringSpecialties.com - shooould be here soon, but I'm sorta stuck without it. So until I get that, it's more tearing down and loading up on random parts.

[economix]

Originally Posted by teamslut

make a photobucket or flickr account or just upload them on tinypics.com. paste the url on the insert pic link.

Good look! I was reading the FAQs and it said the same.....

Thanks!

[economix]

Originally Posted by ch1873857

search sr20goofus. his name is casey and it seems like you have the same idea as him. he does nothing but scca stuff. hes got some videos on youtube too i believe. stopping corvettes and such on the track with his mostly stock sr20. here is one of his threads.

SR20GOOFUS's Track experiences....VQ35HR inside!!!!

Awesome, good look on this! It'll be nice to have someone with common goals to ping ideas off of - besides this entire community that is.

[economix]

Painted the valve cover with some color shifting paint I got for $0.01, yes 1-PENNY! Probably the only aesthetics I'll do anytime soon.

[Banana_Cute]

Since this is gonna be a "track slut" whats up with that piggy lip? =]. Hahahha nice though.

Had it for 8 yrs and didnt give up, damn. Its a dime a dozen picking up a nicely unbeaten 240. Wish i kept mine. But bills had to come in and shit gotta be taken care of.

[economix]

Originally Posted by Banana_Cute

Since this is gonna be a "track slut" whats up with that piggy lip? =]. Hahahha nice though.

Had it for 8 yrs and didnt give up, damn. Its a dime a dozen picking up a nicely unbeaten 240. Wish i kept mine. But bills had to come in and shit gotta be taken care of.

I like the pig lip, but you're right, she'd get banged like Jenna Haze. I keep her on there since it's sorta tough to find them. But for the track, she'd have t come off. Great observation bro.

I kept this car for like 7 years without touching it after the motor dropped in. I figured since I owned it, it wasn't going anywhere. I got my life in great order so now it's on again. Wife approved too, which makes this so much more enjoyable - read: no nagging

[economix]

WTB: CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN SR POWER STEERING PUMP - FOR S14 MOTOR!

Not sure if there's a difference in the S13 and S14 versions, but want to be sure I get the right one. $50/used working plus shipping?? Anyone?

Editors note: PM me. I will be in Montreal all next week so I may be hit or miss getting back to you, but will be home Friday evening/Saturday morning (July 30th or so) to respond to anyone who PMs me.

[economix]

Guts look good, one of my favorite pictures....considering Rocker Arm Stoppers until I can scoop new valve springs/titanium retainers. Any reason not to buy them?

[Banana_Cute]

Originally Posted by economix

WTB: CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN SR POWER STEERING PUMP - FOR S14 MOTOR!

Not sure if there's a difference in the S13 and S14 versions, but want to be sure I get the right one. $50/used working plus shipping?? Anyone?

Editors note: PM me. I will be in Montreal all next week so I may be hit or miss getting back to you, but will be home Friday evening/Saturday morning (July 30th or so) to respond to anyone who PMs me.

DOHC KA works. But you'd need to swap out the pulley and hard line. and bracket.

[ch1873857]

i have a buddy with a blow s14 sr sitting around ill see if he still has it. skype isnt letting me make calls right now though. one thing to watch for is after running that motor hard, if the head starts ticking, maintenance your VTC. big problem with those motors. had 2 of my buddies blow 3 of them up because we didnt know why it was tapping. then i ran into a guy who is stationed in okinawa tell me thats what the problem was and hes dealt with it before.

make sure you get rid of that sound deadening. go to your nearest welding/gas supply stores and get some dry ice!

looking forward to seeing this come together

[ch1873857]

shouldnt need RAS for what your gonna be doing. a good 256 cam would do well for the mid range area that your gonna be living in

[economix]

Thanks for the heads up on the VTC. I always wonder if it's any good or bad. I mean, making more power is always good but not if it creates this complicated set-up. I don't think I can get it serviced anywhere around here, but I could mail the car to Florida and have Enjuku do it if I need it done.

If your boy has a PS pump, I'll gladly help him return some cash on his investment.

[economix]

Ok, so I did some more work on the Slut today, but nothing to take/post pictures over.

More or less removing anything that isn't required like the A/C lines since there will be no A/C and all the accessories for it. Compressor will go next weekend (Anyone care to buy an SR A/C Compressor? If I had t guess it works fine base on the condition of the motor itself, but who knows - Make offer plus shipping, PayPal only)

Put in some new NKG plugs (5 temp rating).

Touched up my intercooler brackets just so they look good and not hacked. I had to cut some holes through the sheet metal (thanks SawzAll!) for the fuse and relay boxes so the IC piping fit right - ... but needs new sheet panels made for it now. Anyone know if someone makes/punches these replacement panels?

I also understand my pre-made new complete wiring harness shipped yesterday from Yury at wiringspecialties.com. I couldn't get it sooner! Quick oil change, check the fuel lines and tank, the brakes need changed but not before the motor fires, would be a waste ATM.

I suppose I could have posted the pix for this but I am short on time this weekend and wanted to get an update in for anyone who cared about this when I started it. My bad for no pix today - next weekend I will hopefully have some great pix! And maybe a fired-up SR20.

....Hot wife time....(but thinking of Silvia)....

[240sxluver4life]

Pic of said hot wife? You've stated she's super hawt now twice , so I think a pic is a must

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by 240sxluver4life

Pic of said hot wife? You've stated she's super hawt now twice , so I think a pic is a must

so far, this is the only thing of value in this thread

[Kingbaby]

ahahahahaha....

Nice project man...

[tanman_s13]

Originally Posted by 240sxluver4life

Pic of said hot wife? You've stated she's super hawt now twice , so I think a pic is a must

yeah i agree. good start to a build that i wish i could fund. so lets get a pic of the hot wife

[economix]

Gents, while I appreciate the wish to see pix of the hot wife that's something only I get to marvel in. The slow build process, that's for you. I only mention the 'hot' part cause if she were ugly or even just half-decent the car would be done by now, she's much of my delay/her and a career that has me traveling all over

Trust, she's hot. 5'3" Italian, 110#'s on a bad day, 29 y/o and sleek built, she changes her hair color each month which is like me having a new wife every month - albeit the nagging is the same. She's even got an awesome job, double win!

It's a catch 22 guys. So I'm going to error on the side of having to live with her for the other 70 years of my life. I also don't think she wants to read some douchebags comments about her, much like I don't wish to; good, bad, or plain weird.

When the cars done and I can get a pic of her in it, then we'll post it on here as part of the build and it won't be out of context.

Sounds like we got some Facebook picture stalkers, eh?

[vas570sx]

...

nevermind

[G240]

Curious are you at the beginning, the middle, or the end of your build?

[economix]

Originally Posted by G240

Curious are you at the beginning, the middle, or the end of your build?

Beginning. I've had the car for quite some time, but college, then my kick ass career and other community activities (I play a leadership role for a few Non-Profits) took me away from giving it the attention it deserved so I let her sit and wait for me to be ready. I figured since I already owned the car, I'd let her wait on me until I had the time and funding. Now I'm ready and have time on the weekends when I'm not out of town to tinker a few items at a time.

[economix]

I GOT MY POWER STEERING PUMP< ISSUE RESOLVED!



WTB: Still need a Power Steering Pump for an SR. Anyone help here?

[zurud]

Go to for sale section. I guarantee there's one there. Any idea when we can see pics of hot wife?

[economix]

My Power Steering Pump need is tentatively resolved.

Zurad, quarter-to-never.