S14a Project Rebuild

[Dave]

Some amount of money been thrown at it! Can't wait to see it finished! Keep the updates coming!

[lady89]

man some amount of money going into it :O

love the engine bay now and the custom piping, can't wait to get that done too!!!
neat as f**k!

[deanrobbo]

Cheers lads! Sure is a lotta money but be worth it all in the end hopefully! Go big or go home! :P

[deanrobbo]

Finally an update worth waiting for!

So 6 months on, quiet a lot of waiting, waiting for the right man to do the right job, the s14's heart is finally beating.

I originally gave the car to Stiv at MDTuning 6 months ago, but being a very busy and a very sought after man lately, with his great work being recognised more and more it was pushed aside and made me contemplate many times whether to get it done elsewhere. But I stuck to my guns, kept faith, had a little patience and waited for him to finally free up some time and he got to it. I originally asked him to do up a few switches, wire up a non vvt engine to an s14, and maybe just tidy up the fuse boxes a little to make the engine bay a little more presentable, get it running and map it. So here's the process;



One custom loom was made up to run everything the engine needed.




Everything was stripped from behind the dash and ran to ecu and all controls.



Gauges were wired in



All fuse boxes went on a severe diet and were impressively relocated to my glove box. I intend to make up a neater little box and holder for them in time.



Car was got running with not many problems arising which was a good sign, tuned, then mapped to 304bhp with 319 ftlbs of torque.



Got it home and done a little tidying and playing around to see what it could do.



Apexi Turbo Timer



Greddy Gauges are impressive. Little spaceship.



Reliable Profec b Spec 2 Greddy boost controller.



Safety comes first



Steering wheel is desperate, Custom GripRoyal ordered.





Took it for a little drive around, but more interested in getting it done and finished and having my fun in it when its done. The power is excellent and reliable, there when you want it and doesn't run out. Car grips like mad even with part worns all round due to the stiffness and rigid set up with solid bushings and poly bushes all round. But that doesn't stop the cusco two way throwing it out when the car boosts. It is impressive to go. Big ups to Stiv at MDTuning.

Very happy all round with the work completed, and so good to finally see it run, and run very well after two years of building. It was more or less two years to this day that I bought this car. Now to finish the body, bit of aligning of the front to do. Oil catch can and coolant overflow tank still to be added to the bay along with a nice bit of tidying and polishing. Few more interior bits. Then off to be sprayed soon.

[deanrobbo]

Figures.

[Eoin k]

Nice to see it coming together!

[Dave]

Great progress man! I do enjoy reading the updates for the thread! What's the next steps for it?

[deanrobbo]

Great progress man! I do enjoy reading the updates for the thread! What's the next steps for it?

Cheers dude! It's great to have it running perfectly after so long. As of now it'll sit for a bit, still have a bit to do to it before paint. Make up brackets for skirts, bumpers, wings front headlights etc. Aero catch bonnet catches, oil catch can, coolant expansion tank etc. Align the front tracking set up, work on getting myself some extra lock maybe. Then get down and dirty and get sanding for paint. 😎

[deanrobbo]

Here's a little video of the car going on my Instagram; https://instagram.com/p/-Pawl8uAz6/

Follow me for more updates 😎

[deanrobbo]

Progress is good so far on the 14, finally getting the front end lined up, lights all working and aligned, centre grill etc. Few bits here and there added like an alloy oil catch can and alloy coolant overflow/expansion bottle.



Girlfriend bought me a genuine Nardi for the birthday, ye must get yereselves one of them sound ones lads



Cockpit starting to look decent




Finally acquired a genuine Nissan centre grill also.



Makes all the difference..



Left this headache to Tom in Mad Racing. Wirings not my thing!



We're almost there though, sooner I source indicators for the bumper the better.




Almost forgot after 2 years how clean this car now is underneath.




Catch can and alloy coolant expansion tank added. Silicone hose must do temporarily till I get the correct braided hose.





Next plan? Well.... I don't really know myself, im still just tipping away and tidying up and finishing bits and pieces here and there. Must get it tracked again back and front, just waiting on spacers this week for the front. All up in the air about colour... paint... hmmm... ? I know what I want. But that'll be my plan for the next couple weeks scratching people off the Christmas list and saving some bucks to put towards the final task.