My s14a re-build project

Ok... so i bought this black s14a back in 0ct 08, disaster struck a couple of months later with the big ends destroying themselves! So, this is its story. All work carried out by myself.

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As you can see the head has seen better days and some d**k that had it yrs before me missed more than a few servives!!

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And when i cracked open the sump..... look what i found!!!
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The remains of a bearing!!

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This is the wear on yhe crank, brought it to engine-re to get it checked ot. Too much gone of the bearing journal so i had to get a new crank......oh the joys of i!!
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I got a cased Cusco 2-way also... so put that in next!!:Rock:
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I decided to make some changes to the dash as regards to the gauges.... i wanted them to blend in to the dash as much as possible....

So i took out the centre vent surround and took out the two middle vents.
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Then got some gauge hoods things and glued them in where i wanted the gauges to go.
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Then i fiberglassed the back of the vent surround to hold everything in place and make it stronger...* its a bit of a mess here in this picture but you get the idea*
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Then sanded off all of the excess to clean it up ...
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Put in a load of filler then.
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A couple of hours sanding and re-filling parts later.....
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You can see here i have them angled a bit more to face the driver
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Then sanded it all up as far as 1200 paper to get the finish good, sprayed on a couple of coats of plastic primer, then normal primer
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Next i bought some black wrinkle paint, sprayed on 2 layers of this. I wasnt completly happy with the finish as it looked more shiny than the dash of the car so wet sanded it with 1200 paper and gave it a light coat of satin black. This worked a treat as you could still see the crackle of the wrinkle paint but it now was a better colour match to the dash.
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And here is the before & after
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Did a job on the lower radio surround next... got a Gizzmo MS-IBC Electronic Boost controller from HM-Developments so needed to put that somewhere

Gizzmo...
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So took out the radio surround, removed the ash tray, i dont smoke so i wont be needing it anyhow!
Put a piece of hard board in at the back to cover the hole and then put fiberglass on top of that.
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Next filled it all and marked out where the boost controller would go. Also at this point decided to put in two switches as there always handy to have
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Cut out them holes next and sanded everything
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Then i sprayed it all, same as before.... a few coats of plastic primer, then some normal primer, black wrinkle paint, wet sand and finish with satin black.
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Put in the switchs and the boost controller
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The top and bottom all finished.
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Sprayed the rocker cover too...

Stripped with nitro-mors,
Primed with heat resistant primer
Sprayed blue
And the sprayed with heat resistant lacquer
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Ok... a bit more done.....
Got new cams so collecting them next week, also got my head back from engine- re, cleaned skimmed and rebuilt..
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Got an Apex Performance S/S manifold
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Than got some blue heat wrap for it
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Also got an Apex Performance 3" Turbo elbow
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Heres my new-ish Garret t28r turbo with elbow mounted
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Ok, i think its time for a quick update.. Im waiting on parts for the past 3 weeks so ill post up what ive done in the mean time...

This is the bare bottom end, cleaned and ready to build.
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My new crank..
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My new big & main bearings and trust bearing
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Bearings in & crank in place
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New rear crank oil seal fitted
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New piston rings & pistons assembled
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I got a new Nissan oil pump and also a new timeing chain kit from Apex Performance
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Fitted the pistons, time chain kit and fron cover/oil pump
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Ok, next up was get the head on...

so got some new cams from an s15 from a member on sxoc..
New & old cams below
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Also got a new vtc sproket
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Got the head on with my new arp head bolts
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Torque the new head bolts
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Heres my new cams, new rocker arms, and new GReddy rocker arm stoppers
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Got all of them in and torqued them all down
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Got a delivery the from Apex Performance
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My new Nissan Oil spray bars
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Fitted the sprayers and torqued them down
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Got a new Nissan water pump also
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Next up cleaned up the inlet manifold, got that on as well as the oil block, standard oil cooler, sandwich plate and oil filter..

I have the standard sump pan on in this picture but thats only on there temporary.

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Got some new apex performance lightweight pulleys
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Next got the new pulleys & alternator on
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Got a new cometic head to manifold apex performance steel gasket
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Put on the power steering pump, air con and nore important my new turbo set up!!:Rock:
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I got a new large capacity baffled sump pan from Apex Performance
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Put that on next....
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My new NGK Iridium plugs
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Put them in....
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Got a bit delayed with another silvia then...
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I got a new S/S cold air intake pipe from Apex performance & also agenuine apexi power intake
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Got a new 56mm rad from apex performance
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New & old rad's
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Got two 11" electric fans for it
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Also got a Revtec fan controller
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Took a delivery of silkolene from opie oils
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So nest i put oil in my new cusco 2-way!! Siklkolene boa 90 diff oil
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Ok, a bit more done....

Took out the gearbox yesterday.... as you can see i dont have the luxury of a lift or a pit!!
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Took the engine off the stand..
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Next, went to put on the flywheel...... Then this happened!!
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So, had to sort that out then and once i got some more bolts put on the flywheel and the New Exedy organic clutch
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Mounted on the gearbox then which didnt go on as easy as i had hoped... but on none the less
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Ok, made some progress over the last 2 days...

Oh and ill apologise in advance for the bad quality pics


The night before the install... boredom drove us a bit mad!
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The next morning, these are the two cars belonged to the two lads helping me out?
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Started out ....
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Engine goin in
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In and gearbox and engine mounts bolted up
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Topped up the gearbox with Silkolene 75w-90 gear oil
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Got myself a 56mm Apex Performance Aluminium race rad... and twin 11" electric fans
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My new 3" Apex performnace S/S flexi downpipe & decat
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Catch can
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My new Apexi induction kit with apex performance s/s air intake
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Engine bay with my new Cusco strut brace, also have one for the back
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Apexi GT-Spec cat back
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Up and running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A few more pics....
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The gauges, not great pics, ill get better during the week..
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Rear strut brace
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Reciepts so far... havent added them all yet but over 5k anyhow
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Ok so i put this OMP steering wheel in a few weeks ago, got a nismo centre button for it. Its synthetic leather , i dont like the suede wheels as after a while whwn thwy start to get worn they look shit.
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Have some lower tie bars from Apex Performance
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Put in the front bar but didnt fit the rear as the bolts that hold it in allign the back wheels so if i put in the new tie bar the allignment would be all over the shop until i get all the wheels digitally alligned and i wont be doing that till i get the rest of my adjustable arms for the suspension.

Sorry for the bad quality pics but had fec all room, this is from underneath
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And this is from the top..
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I got an Apexi S/S induction box for my car to fit around the apexi power intake... I also got a shiny shiny bling fuse box cover.. Next up is a cold air pipe to go from the front of the bumper to the air box

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You can do all that and I've spen the last few days trying to figure out how to change my thermostat.... :(

Savage build though serious credit due to ya!

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Originally Posted by DeLab

You can do all that and I've spen the last few days trying to figure out how to change my thermostat.... :(

Savage build though serious credit due to ya!

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well, all of that took me almost 9 months... and a lot of stress! nearly 3k miles the new engine now and some more power upgrades planned for the new yr!

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Originally Posted by Sideways Simon....

well, all of that took me almost 9 months... and a lot of stress! nearly 3k miles the new engine now and some more power upgrades planned for the new yr!

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have ya had it dyno'd yet?

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Originally Posted by DeLab

have ya had it dyno'd yet?

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No, im waiting till i get my nismo 555's, z32,fpr and a "stiv special"...Nistune and then ill see about the Dyno:cool:

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Originally Posted by Sideways Simon....

No, im waiting till i get my nismo 555's, z32,fpr and a "stiv special"...Nistune and then ill see about the Dyno:cool:

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cool, send me on whats left of that money tree when your done with it ;)

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Originally Posted by DeLab

cool, send me on whats left of that money tree when your done with it ;)

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Thats well and truely gone at this stage...if it was even there in the first place!!!!

Tax out too at the end of the month and i need new tyres..its a never ending story!

great work going on man. under the bonnet is looking v nice

savage build lad, cant wait to see this in the flesh in stivs,
serious amount of work gone into it, fair play to ya.

good work man...lovely lookin 14

looks perfect to me.engine bay is pure sexy !!
fair play

Credit to ya simo, that engine bay looks better in the flesh!!

I love this thread!!
Seriously, fair play man :)
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How much did you spend on the engine alone ? with all the bits for it ?

fair play to ya...some patience..very tidy work aswell lad

Serious stuff man, wow. the interior work is top notch, ya could make a few quid outa that!!!

Cheers fellas, a lot of sacrifices made though to have it looking and driving like that... 1 or 2 regretfull ones!

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Originally Posted by insejn

I love this thread!!
Seriously, fair play man :)
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How much did you spend on the engine alone ? with all the bits for it ?

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Thanks fella, i dont know for certain, i suppose over 3k anyhow. I have every receipt for every part.. i must add them all up some day

nice work there simon i didn't really get a look at the car the last day at the meet.
where did you pick up the coloured heat wrap?
don't suppose you fancy giving me a lone of the engine stand and engine hoist lol

lovey engine bay man great work

Savage work man! if only my engine bay looked half as clean!

great work der lad... fair play to you;)

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Originally Posted by tweek

nice work there simon i didn't really get a look at the car the last day at the meet.
where did you pick up the coloured heat wrap?
don't suppose you fancy giving me a lone of the engine stand and engine hoist lol

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You can have the engine stand if you like .... but the hoist i had borrowed off a friend..

Got the wrap off ebay, was €60 to do the whole manifold.

When is it's first track outing Simon? :p

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Originally Posted by Greg

When is it's first track outing Simon? :p

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........ssshh:D

class build lad,fair play your doing it yourself,:D

Love the thread and the build man !! Good to see the detail being put in !! Ive done the same thing with a dash aswell, hoofed out the gammy vents, hoofed in a tach n switch n then fibre glassed and filled it !! Havent sanded it tho haha !!!! Messy !! Gluck with the car !!

looks like a cool build man! best of luck with it!

i'll hold you to that about the stand i'm hoping to have a bit of use for it in the new year i just have to knock off a atm or two