My 2012 ps13 project

Finally im getting to start my ps13 for 2012 , i bought the car in 08 and drifted it throught out that year done a few bits to it and early 09 had it up the north for a practise day and the oil pic up pipe broke off in the sump and starved the engine and i ended up makeing bits of 1 of the big end bearings it done a small bit of other damage but not that bad ,so i took out the engine and stripped it and got all the parts i needed to sort it out and just ended up not putting it back together so the car has been lying up since 09 .
So now im gonna try build it up as much as my funds will let me and try and have it ready for competition in 2012.

PLAN
Strip it bare and seam weld it underneath
Make up a spit for the car so i can get to the underside to seam weld
Seamweld it inside and engine bay
Put more bars in the cage and make the chassis as strong as i can
Spray inside ,cage and engine bay
Put sr20 back together
Hopefully get bigger turbo,z32 afm,alloy rad ,fmic,oil cooler
Get hub knuckles modified , steering rack spacer as many suspention arms as i can afford
40mm wider front fenders, wheel spacers
Thinking off getting an rb25 gearbox but have to see about funds
theres a good bit of other bits i will be doing and ill add to the list as im going along

If anyone has any suggestions for me as im building please feel free to let me know
ill update the thread every few days
heres a few pics of some work i got done on the engine bay today
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/062.jpg
I got a nice bit off stuff removed from the engine bay
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/063.jpg

ive a question when removing the loom from the car can the loom be removed without having to cut it somewere is there a break in the loom somewere as this is my first time removing a loom from a car:confused:

disconnect it at ecu and feed it out to engine bay

as for addin bars to cage.. i think u should wait to see the new regs coming out for 2012 cause i think the thickness of the cage itself is changing

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Originally Posted by 180sxbreaker

disconnect it at ecu and feed it out to engine bay

as for addin bars to cage.. i think u should wait to see the new regs coming out for 2012 cause i think the thickness of the cage itself is changing

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Cheers for that id love to strip off any wires from the loom i dont need but i wouldnt be great a wiring
your rite i never thought about the new regs

i need to sort out a mig welder for seam sealing ,cage and other stuff ill prob have to hire 1
does anyone know were id buy a cheap 1 around the country?

Best of look with the build man.

Be some rush to get things done if they bring in new cage reg's, imagine everyone trying to book in!

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Originally Posted by si_berry

Best of look with the build man.

Be some rush to get things done if they bring in new cage reg's, imagine everyone trying to book in!

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Cheers it seems like a long way off getting it finished but i hope to spend everyday at it
when does the log in usually be?

april kinda thing but the regulations prob won't be brought out till march..so i'd advise do everything else ya hav to do first

so many lds goin to be under pressure next year

jesus that is late that would throw my plans for the car out the window if the cage regs are changed

they said regulations out this mount but we will wait and see

best of luck with the build :D

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Originally Posted by sil8094

best of luck with the build :D

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Cheers mate gonna take my time and do it right, gonna buy a mig welder next week and start the seam welding inside the car and on the engine bay as soon as i get all the sound proffing off , ive alot of the engine bay striped and i wanna get the loom out aswell im working on my car in my drive way as i dont have a shed for the car and it would cost me to much to drive for an hour to my fathers everytime i wanted to do a bit off work on the car

ill stick somemore pics up as soon as i get somemore work done on it

Best of luck dude with build and pd next year.

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Originally Posted by skinnynphats200

Best of luck dude with build and pd next year.

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cheers lad

Right bit of an update
Loom is almost out, dashboard out all heater boxes and a/c boxes out ,steel dasboard bar,clutch,brake and acceleraters pedals out .
gonna strip the rest of the bits out of the engine bay ,drop rear subframe and strip off more of the sound proufing.
my mig welder should be here early next week so i can crack on with so fabricating work.

Question: im thinking of taking out the windscreen is it handy enough to remove and replace without breaking it or do people get windscreen companys to put it back in for ye?

Also ive a brand new set of nissan engine mounts would it be better to get stiffer nismo ones or hockey pucks or would the standard ones be good enough as there new?

ill stick pics up later

I got my windscreen removed and re fitted by professionals cost 120 in total but knowing my luck it would have cracked if I did it

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Originally Posted by ste

I got my windscreen removed and re fitted by professionals cost 120 in total but knowing my luck it would have cracked if I did it

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Taken shape now john!

As Ste said well worth the money as I found out getting a replacement windscreen was a pain in the hole!

Removing windows is handy enough, get strip of wire and run it along the edge. I'd get someone professional to put them back in thou.. coz I don't know how to

UPDATE TIME

Ok got nearly all of the sound deadining removed and cleaned just need to get the wire wheel on the drill and clean the seams on the inside of the car ready for welding.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/001-1.jpg
Bought 2 axel stands the other day and have to get 2 more
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/002-1.jpg
Also today got some off the suspention arms removed and hubs ,brakes and discs
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/025.jpg
And gave the car a wash before it got dark it doesnt look as bad anymore
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/029.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/028.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/027.jpg

i know these front brake calipers are off a skyline, i think when i bought the car in japan it said they were skyline gtr brakes but im not sure?
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/026.jpg

Plan for tomorrow is strip more of the front suspention ,get steering rack off ,hopefully my mig welder will arrive so i can start some welding.
i wish prodrift would give out the regulations for 2012 so i know were i stand with the cage and stuff.

those brakes look awfully like s14 ones. there no different from z32 turbo brakes except there heavier. z32 are cast aluminium and s14 ones are cast iron

Cheers for the info the spec sheet on the car wasnt correct so

SMALL UPDATE

I got a small bit done today
I removed the steering rack im gonna move it forward a bit but not decided how much yet does anyone know a safe distance to move it forward ?
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/004-1.jpg
Both wheel archs ready to clean up and seam weld, i wont be touching them yet until i tub them and see what the story is then
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/003-1.jpg
Gearbox dropped out
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/002-2.jpg

it feels like this is gonna take forever:confused:

best of luck with the build ,looking forward to seeing the project progress

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Originally Posted by cotter

best of luck with the build ,looking forward to seeing the project progress

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Cheers i hope to have an update over the weekend

Right lads ive the petrol tank out rear subframe off so bassicially the car is stripped now apart from doors ,windows,rear over fenders i think im gonna leave the windows in.

So now i need to start thinking of colours for the inside of the shell, roll cage ,engine bay and then the over all colour for the outside of the car i think im gonna paint the rollcage orange but im open to sugestions lads

so if anyone has any cool ideas or pics of colours please let me know cos i hate trying to decide on colours:wink:

Shes a cool car man lookin forward to seeing it finished. Go mad wit the colour go pink or something. ;)

UPDATE TIME

Right ive the rear subframe out and stripped i already had solid bushes in it so im gonna clean it up and give it a paint
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/001-3.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/002-3.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/003-2.jpg
So today i cut the front archs for tubbing and used the wire wheel on the joints in the engine bay getting them ready for seam welding.
im still waiting for my f*cking mig welder it was stuck in stansted getting compression tested but i contacting them tismorning and its in dublin and will be delivered tomorrow so then i can make some progress with the seam welding.
I also found some rust in the drivers wheel arch top of the bulk heads and at the bottom of the bulk heads in fairness for a 91 car its got very little rust .
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/008-1.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/007.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/009.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/013.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/012-1.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...uild/011-1.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0build/010.jpg

good luck with da build lad. getting a nice bit done. be worth the hours in the end!

Cheers i cant wait to start putting it back together