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Evo8kid · 01-15-2010, 10:03 PM

Ok, I havn't made one of these since I had the Evo, so I'll give it another shot. Over the summer I bought the infamous Ka-T '96 S14.5 off my buddy, 96s14 on here. It sat for about 2 years on and off. All I did was some maintence to get it running and threw some tires on it and got the Ka tuned. It put out 290hp and 300tq at r/t. I didn't put any major amount of money into the Ka because I knew I was going to eventually go v8. Here are the crap pics from my phone. Ill get more and better pictures when I bring my camera home.

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It's a complete LS1 and T56 with 61k out of a Trans Am. I have everything I will possibly need (plus a whoollllllllee bunch of extra goodies) ordered and on their way. The Ka-t is still in the car, so the next step is to pull that out and get the engine bay ready and all that good stuff. More to come this weekend....

11secdsm · 01-15-2010, 10:06 PM

Should be a blast once it's complete!

Goddabob · 01-15-2010, 10:10 PM

Sounds like me and you are in the same boat except you got 2 more cylinders.

What mounts are you going with?

Evo8kid · 01-15-2010, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 11secdsm

Should be a blast once it's complete!

yeah im really looking forward to it. It's gonna be long nights trying to get this thing done, just to hear it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goddabob

Sounds like me and you are in the same boat except you got 2 more cylinders.

What mounts are you going with?

I went with the entire Daft kit.

TalonTsi97 · 01-16-2010, 01:17 AM

Always liked this car, and i was glad to see it around a few times over the summer. Was wondering what 96s14 ever did with it.
Here's a coupe KA videos for a before, hopefully i'll one day get some new after vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLYC0ytoMSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOZXFViGLU
Please keep us updated on the build and PLEASE do it rite. By the time your finished it and get bored i may be in the market ;)

sleeperSL2 · 01-16-2010, 01:21 AM

Looks good so far

Nick Merrone · 01-16-2010, 02:02 AM

**** sounded sick as a KA-T..Join 240sxfamily, we have 2 v8 240sx's on there! lol

DPancoast · 01-16-2010, 02:12 AM

damn cant wait to see this thing

Evo8kid · 01-16-2010, 09:55 PM

I will try to update as best as possible. The engine bay is all taken apart and tomorrow the KA should be pulled. I will post pics of the progress up tomorrow.

djb5118 · 01-16-2010, 10:05 PM

good luck dude! my roommate did this swap and it is nasty.

rich33389 · 01-17-2010, 12:17 PM

I like it

Evo8kid · 01-18-2010, 12:15 AM

You should come see it rich!

We just got done cleaning up from today, my buddy drew (baggedxtreme) is my co-pilot on this project. He's giving me a hand with everything, especially fixing and prepping the bay. A lot got done today, which is a step in the right direction. The Ka-t is out along with the engine harness. Almost everything is taken out of the bay except for brake lines (which are getting replaced and tucked), and fuel feed and return hoses, just until I label them. The engine was also leakdown tested and that was perfect.

About where I finished last night. The whole turbo kit is off and out of the way. The entire wiring harness is disconnected and put off the the side:

Now to today right after the engine was pulled. I know the bay was going to need some work, but now I can really get a grasp on what needs to get done to do it right. Someone rattle canned the bay black, you can see the paint runs on the firewall.

Now for the tons of things that are going to get fixed before the engine goes in. I somewhat know the history of the car, so this is going to turn into somewhat of a mild restoration as well. The car was in an accident on P/S front at one time, then it sat for 2 years on and off. Most of the cutting and modification done to the bay and frame was done because of the accident, then the turbo kit was installed which meant giant holes were cut in the bay for the intercooler piping and intake, and also modification for the S15 headlights. Everything could have been done better, but thats what we are fixing.

Damage from previous accident that was "fixed". This is supposed to have a "boxed" cover tack welded on top to square it off.

Passenger side where it was all cut out for the headlights and the hole that was cut in the battery tray for the I/C piping.

This is what we got accomplished so far after pulling the engine. This side of the bay had a hole cut for the intake and I/C piping (you can still see the lower part of the whole for the intake, which we havnt made a piece for yet) we just made a card board template and cut the piece of sheet metal and welded it in. There still needs to be a space for the headlights to fit into but it is going to be made a lot cleaner then the jagged cut metal look.

And here is what happenes when you take the cowl off a car that has sat for a while...

There was a rock and a bolt under there! This is where I found it..

Thats how it sits now, I'll be working on the bay periodically over the week after work.

Turbo_CitrusEs · 01-18-2010, 12:26 AM

What rear end is used in these swaps and what kinda work is needed to make it fit? I am just curious. I see a lot of people doing ls1 swaps into different vehicles and wondered what kinda work it was like getting this to work.

Evo8kid · 01-18-2010, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turbo_CitrusEs

What rear end is used in these swaps and what kinda work is needed to make it fit? I am just curious. I see a lot of people doing ls1 swaps into different vehicles and wondered what kinda work it was like getting this to work.

You can use whatever Nissan/ Infiniti rear end you have, by using a custom driveshaft. I am installing a S15 Helical diff bolted to the stock ring for a 240 which is a 4.08. Some people do the Infiniti J30 rear to have a VLSDm that is a 3.91 rear.

Evo8kid · 01-22-2010, 01:07 AM

Ok so fixing the bay is coming along fairly quick and pretty smooth so far. As it sits now, the battery tray is gone, under the P/S fender is boxed in, all the giant holes cut in the bay have been cut out and new sheet metal put in.

No more battery tray and its all nice and boxed in now. There has to be a decent opening for the s15 headlights

D/S is almost done. The fuse box and headlight harness need to come back through the hole in order to close it all up.

In the next few days the rest of the welds will get ground down, then the strut towers and a few other seams welded, and the bay sanded down for paint.

TJs98GT · 01-22-2010, 08:49 AM

wow, gunna be a killer car when its done. love it

Goddabob · 01-22-2010, 09:58 AM

Nice work, exactly what I plan to do. Just need to get my little v6 to fit.

Have you mounted the ls1 yet, any clearance issues?

TNTramair · 01-22-2010, 05:49 PM

good power plant choice....

. subscribing for the progress.

Evo8kid · 01-22-2010, 06:39 PM

thanks guys, im happy to be making so much progress. I'm way ahead of schedule. The mount kit minus the longtubes should be coming in sometime this week, so i havnt been able to get it into the car. im not expecting any clearance issues as long as I hammer the trans tunnel enough. All that needs to be done to the bay now is a little more welding, sanding, seam sealer and apoxy primer then paint. Then redo all the brake lines and undercoat the whole underside. Then the body will be ready.

Goddabob · 01-22-2010, 10:30 PM

Are you running the brake lines through the cab?

01-15-2010, 10:03 PM	#1
Evo8kid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Member #1631 My Ride: contributes towards Global warming iTrader: (0)	Evo8kids, S14+ LS1= The Finished Product...for the most part Ok, I havn't made one of these since I had the Evo, so I'll give it another shot. Over the summer I bought the infamous Ka-T '96 S14.5 off my buddy, 96s14 on here. It sat for about 2 years on and off. All I did was some maintence to get it running and threw some tires on it and got the Ka tuned. It put out 290hp and 300tq at r/t. I didn't put any major amount of money into the Ka because I knew I was going to eventually go v8. Here are the crap pics from my phone. Ill get more and better pictures when I bring my camera home. + It's a complete LS1 and T56 with 61k out of a Trans Am. I have everything I will possibly need (plus a whoollllllllee bunch of extra goodies) ordered and on their way. The Ka-t is still in the car, so the next step is to pull that out and get the engine bay ready and all that good stuff. More to come this weekend.... __________________ TurboTagTeam is my crew chief 1996 Nissan 240sx- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Turbo Diesel 2008 Audi RS4- 420 HP 4.2L V8 2004 Honda CBR600RR Last edited by Evo8kid; 03-20-2010 at 11:53 PM.

01-15-2010, 10:06 PM	#2
11secdsm Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Warrington, PA Member #4914 My Ride: '15 F150, '11 535xi, '95 M3, '04 Wrangler iTrader: (2)	Should be a blast once it's complete! __________________ -Chris 1995 M3 LS6 swapped 1991 Eclipse auto- 725whp - 5.93@122 1/8 \|\| 9.14 @ 151 2006 Evo IX- 609whp-> (2.3L) \|\| 11.19 @ 128 ->(stock 2.0) SOLD 1997 Supra- 670whp- 10.91 @ 139 SOLD

01-16-2010, 01:17 AM	#5
TalonTsi97 TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Jan 2005 Member #136 My Ride: 1997 Eagle Talon iTrader: (21)	Always liked this car, and i was glad to see it around a few times over the summer. Was wondering what 96s14 ever did with it. Here's a coupe KA videos for a before, hopefully i'll one day get some new after vids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLYC0ytoMSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTOZXFViGLU Please keep us updated on the build and PLEASE do it rite. By the time your finished it and get bored i may be in the market ;) __________________ 1997 Eagle Talon Tsi To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Updated weekly with Dyno, Track, AutoX, Street, and Event videos. Big updates coming soon! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

01-16-2010, 09:55 PM	#9
Evo8kid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Member #1631 My Ride: contributes towards Global warming iTrader: (0)	I will try to update as best as possible. The engine bay is all taken apart and tomorrow the KA should be pulled. I will post pics of the progress up tomorrow. __________________ TurboTagTeam is my crew chief 1996 Nissan 240sx- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Turbo Diesel 2008 Audi RS4- 420 HP 4.2L V8 2004 Honda CBR600RR

01-16-2010, 10:05 PM	#10
djb5118 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Member #5884 My Ride: SC300 iTrader: (0)	good luck dude! my roommate did this swap and it is nasty. __________________ Live with Passion.

01-15-2010, 10:10 PM	#3
Goddabob Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lehigh Valley Member #5799 iTrader: (14)	Sounds like me and you are in the same boat except you got 2 more cylinders. What mounts are you going with?

01-16-2010, 02:02 AM	#7
Nick Merrone Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: philly Member #10807 My Ride: c18det hatch iTrader: (1)	**** sounded sick as a KA-T..Join 240sxfamily, we have 2 v8 240sx's on there! lol

01-17-2010, 12:17 PM	#11
rich33389 Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ Member #6487 My Ride: 91 Eagle Talon TSi AWD iTrader: (0)	I like it

01-18-2010, 12:15 AM	#12
Evo8kid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Member #1631 My Ride: contributes towards Global warming iTrader: (0)	You should come see it rich! We just got done cleaning up from today, my buddy drew (baggedxtreme) is my co-pilot on this project. He's giving me a hand with everything, especially fixing and prepping the bay. A lot got done today, which is a step in the right direction. The Ka-t is out along with the engine harness. Almost everything is taken out of the bay except for brake lines (which are getting replaced and tucked), and fuel feed and return hoses, just until I label them. The engine was also leakdown tested and that was perfect. About where I finished last night. The whole turbo kit is off and out of the way. The entire wiring harness is disconnected and put off the the side: Now to today right after the engine was pulled. I know the bay was going to need some work, but now I can really get a grasp on what needs to get done to do it right. Someone rattle canned the bay black, you can see the paint runs on the firewall. Now for the tons of things that are going to get fixed before the engine goes in. I somewhat know the history of the car, so this is going to turn into somewhat of a mild restoration as well. The car was in an accident on P/S front at one time, then it sat for 2 years on and off. Most of the cutting and modification done to the bay and frame was done because of the accident, then the turbo kit was installed which meant giant holes were cut in the bay for the intercooler piping and intake, and also modification for the S15 headlights. Everything could have been done better, but thats what we are fixing. Damage from previous accident that was "fixed". This is supposed to have a "boxed" cover tack welded on top to square it off. Passenger side where it was all cut out for the headlights and the hole that was cut in the battery tray for the I/C piping. This is what we got accomplished so far after pulling the engine. This side of the bay had a hole cut for the intake and I/C piping (you can still see the lower part of the whole for the intake, which we havnt made a piece for yet) we just made a card board template and cut the piece of sheet metal and welded it in. There still needs to be a space for the headlights to fit into but it is going to be made a lot cleaner then the jagged cut metal look. And here is what happenes when you take the cowl off a car that has sat for a while... There was a rock and a bolt under there! This is where I found it.. Thats how it sits now, I'll be working on the bay periodically over the week after work. __________________ TurboTagTeam is my crew chief 1996 Nissan 240sx- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Turbo Diesel 2008 Audi RS4- 420 HP 4.2L V8 2004 Honda CBR600RR Last edited by Evo8kid; 01-18-2010 at 12:41 AM.

01-22-2010, 01:07 AM	#15
Evo8kid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Member #1631 My Ride: contributes towards Global warming iTrader: (0)	Ok so fixing the bay is coming along fairly quick and pretty smooth so far. As it sits now, the battery tray is gone, under the P/S fender is boxed in, all the giant holes cut in the bay have been cut out and new sheet metal put in. No more battery tray and its all nice and boxed in now. There has to be a decent opening for the s15 headlights D/S is almost done. The fuse box and headlight harness need to come back through the hole in order to close it all up. In the next few days the rest of the welds will get ground down, then the strut towers and a few other seams welded, and the bay sanded down for paint. __________________ TurboTagTeam is my crew chief 1996 Nissan 240sx- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Turbo Diesel 2008 Audi RS4- 420 HP 4.2L V8 2004 Honda CBR600RR

01-22-2010, 08:49 AM	#16
TJs98GT Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Clifton, NJ Member #13569 My Ride: 2010 Evo X GSR WW iTrader: (0)	wow, gunna be a killer car when its done. love it __________________ 2010 Evo X D90

01-22-2010, 09:58 AM	#17
Goddabob Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lehigh Valley Member #5799 iTrader: (14)	Nice work, exactly what I plan to do. Just need to get my little v6 to fit. Have you mounted the ls1 yet, any clearance issues?

01-22-2010, 05:49 PM	#18
TNTramair Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: philly Member #1299 iTrader: (0)	good power plant choice..... subscribing for the progress. __________________ 2000 Trans Am WS.6 m6 402/RKT t56/MWC 9" 2004 Audi A4 Quattro Stock 2012 Camry SE/SE Stock 2006 Yamaha R1 50th ann.

01-22-2010, 06:39 PM	#19
Evo8kid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newtown, PA Member #1631 My Ride: contributes towards Global warming iTrader: (0)	thanks guys, im happy to be making so much progress. I'm way ahead of schedule. The mount kit minus the longtubes should be coming in sometime this week, so i havnt been able to get it into the car. im not expecting any clearance issues as long as I hammer the trans tunnel enough. All that needs to be done to the bay now is a little more welding, sanding, seam sealer and apoxy primer then paint. Then redo all the brake lines and undercoat the whole underside. Then the body will be ready. __________________ TurboTagTeam is my crew chief 1996 Nissan 240sx- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Turbo Diesel 2008 Audi RS4- 420 HP 4.2L V8 2004 Honda CBR600RR

01-22-2010, 10:30 PM	#20
Goddabob Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Lehigh Valley Member #5799 iTrader: (14)	Are you running the brake lines through the cab?

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