My s13 build...vh/suede/tubs/wire tuck 56k no way

[OMGshawn]

Wanted to redo my build thread..to many pictures and going a complete different direction so mods feel free to close/delete/whatever my old thread




This is her when I first picked her up



UGLY interior.


I removed the tach, swapped steering wheels, swapped in S14 seats, did the headunit wiring, removed the nasty cloth on the door panels, had my gf make me a banging bandanna shift boot and cleaned the **** out of everything.





I ended up swapping wheels with my friend which brought me here



Then got a system together..







And got this


Added some Cusco Comp S's..




My favorite 'stage' that the car was in






Rocked it like that for a little..

Moved the plate


And got this stuff

Nismo mounts(for sale)


OEM tob


Then bought this


Painted..


Then I got the car up on jack stands and started tearing her apart




...



And I'm left with this..




Old


New


Started cleaning the bay




And got a short shifter


Got it all back together and running...found out the trans I bought was shot...so back onto the jackstands it went and a new trans was put in



Fixed and primed the hatch


Done

Engine..


Interior


Also got this


And this


S14 seats hurt my back(was in a bad car accident) so I swapped them back(dirty I know)

[OMGshawn]

Anddd around here is where the engine blew....not even 200 miles after it was swapped




The engine was 'refreshed' I pulled the usual stuff off didn't look bad so I put it in. Turns out revious owner RTV'd the **** out of everything(front cover, oil pan, upper front cover), and it came off on the inside and completely plugged the oil pick up tube...



This seems oddly familiar




Bought this..


Together..



Started some porting on the head



Pre surgery


The start(again)


...

[OMGshawn]

And here is about where I decided to go v8...



Then it turned into a full build

Interior out



Decided to do all black suede so started that..




(still needs the insert done, doing it gucci)





Pulled the carpet and stuff


Painted the dash bar


And dyed the carpets



And got some diamond racing 15's..(for sale probably)


More stripping




It was fully wire wheeled, don't really have any pictures of it..

Then primed



Rust cut out


Hatch primed almost done


Sound deadening


DCC bought/wired up



Relocating the fuse box under the dash/by the toe boards..

One half


Andd the other


Stripped most of the **** off the firewall...did I mention I'm stitch welding the inside and engine bay also?


Main harness work..






Fuse panels I'm using..


Diagram I was working on



And that's about where I'm at, hopefully have updates in a day or 2

[M Solo]

wow dude
awesome job so far
cant wait to see the finished product

[redtoprps13]

so...when am i paying you to do my car?

[OMGshawn]

Thanks

And redtop - whenever you want lol

[s2kguy17]

how did you get the suede to go around the dash so good? i thought you had to stitch the corners?

[OMGshawn]

Yeah, it can't be one piece around the corners, it just won't work. I cut it and over lapped the edges, it's noticeable but not badly...I'm getting a HUD dash to go with the cluster and am going to redo the suede but with red stitching this time


Engine bay currently..

[vladimir]

looks like a fun project! good luck with it.

[OBEEWON]

Stuff is looking right.

[thefro526]

Looks like a pretty rad build.

I was going to do a VH45 S13 once and then got away from it due to the lack of aftermarket support for the motor at the time.

What are you doing for the transmission? Mazworx? Dixon? Custom?

I had a Dixon plate that I was going to use on my swap, and it's my favorite way to adapt a Z32 Transmission to a VH. I actually sold the Dixon plate to a member on here.

[OMGshawn]

I'm going to be running a z32 trans with machining from Mazworx along with their driveshaft. I'll be making the mounts myself, don't like how the mazworx ones look.


Todays works..





And pulled the trans and stuff

[OMGshawn]

Started pulling the rear apart..



Wow..can't believe I cruised at 110mph for over 2 hours with this thing >_< I really hate PO's





Gonna redo it, completely...

[OMGshawn]

Pulled the back apart...dirty as hell in there lol


Going to get a nice cleaning tomorrow


Fresh out


Ready for some plastic polish..gonna make these babys like new


Pulled the tank. It actually looks good in there, lol.




I was expecting it to be bad, judging from the rest of the car.. I guess I'm just going to clean it up, re coat it, and still use it. If it was bad, I was going to cut the floor out, run a cell/external pump/AN lines all the way to the engine bay, which would be $5-600 to do the way I wanted, but since it's good I'll put the money towards something else for now and do that later on down the road.


Also, did I mention I love wiring?




Stripping out the rear wiper, antenna, the rest of the seat belt system and anything else I come across

.....

Stripped and laid out(somewhat lol) on the table, pulled the front harness off it because this will be done soon


What was pulled out so far, still didn't get to the dash side of the harness

[Nick Merrone]

looking good...

[AristoSan]

you are nuts...

[mo_hish]

This is going to be awesome. I can just feel it.

[OMGshawn]

Haha I hope and thanks

Gonna try to finish up the interior harness today..maybe do some more on the front harness

[OMGshawn]

Getting ready for new bushings, media blasting and powder coating..

[TNTramair]

like seeing stuff like this...subscribing. what V8 power plant do you intend on using...i might have missed it if you posted what it was.?