Euro Spec Kouki Silvia

[240Tristan]

Looking good so far

[sjokolai]

Damn you really have done this car well so far.

Thanks mate, still a long way to go

you Scandinavians are crazy good at this car shit

Its slowly getting there, gathering parts now for the next update

[Mehowski]

you Scandinavians are crazy good at this car shit

[190Evan]

Damn you really have done this car well so far.

[sjokolai]

Small update time

Not really much that has happened lately, still trying to get the car in it's street legal/oem status..
so far the exhaust has been changed to the orginial inlcuding cat and the coilovers have been switched to the oem struts with 30mm springs, looks ridicolous with the OZ wheels

anyways I'll let the pictures do the talking

Test fitting before removing coilovers
IMG_20170309_182221 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
havent adjusted the height or rolled the fenders which is needed

while the front bumper was off I noticed the windshield wiper tank was poorly fitted/relocated and this really bugged me
IMG_20170315_212949 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

So quickly threw together some nicer mounts from some steel I had laying around
IMG_20170322_192807 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

all painted and mounted
IMG_20170322_201335 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Finally got around to finishing the center console and gauge setup, happy with this
IMG_20170327_223540 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Then my friend who is a detailer by trade wanted to give the hood some compound as over the winter it had gathered some mediocre artwork from the fellas at the shop.
IMG_20170327_223111 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
Oz wheels and oem struts gives the car dat proper baller status..

It's clear that the paint has been neglected for too long so in all seriousness it needs a respray, will however give the whole car a torough cleaning and polish before the season.

That brings us up to date, currently waiting on a plug for the rear windshield as I started on a rear wiper delete


Been working alot lately so I'll use that for my excuse on the slow progress, when the paycheck drops the car will get some nicer and long awaited goodies.

Cheers

[sjokolai]

Very nice! I love Koukis, and Futuras, so this will certainly be a very pretty combo!

Thanks mate, yeah S14's is a solid platform to build on

[I_Haz.:R32]

Very nice! I love Koukis, and Futuras, so this will certainly be a very pretty combo!

[sjokolai]

Got some new wheels for this season, spent some months searching for the right ones and wouldnt you know it I found some here on the classifed section.

a russian comrade had for sale a set of OZ Futura's in 17'' all oem hardware and barrels + lips. which needed a rebuild, perfect for me as I wanted to put on that personal touch.

IMG_20170204_020233 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Havent seen many sets of OZ futura in 5x114 pcd before and a quick google search showed it wasnt overused on Nissan S14's, score!

paypal'd my russian comrade and a few weeks later the set was at my door, did a quick test fit to see if it would hit the coilovers, it didnt
IMG_20170216_211004 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Specs were 17x9 +24 all around, looked okay in the front, might go for a 5-10mm slip on spacer. rears however were utterly weak so pulled the trigger on some brand new 3.5'' lips
IMG_20170215_133821 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Pulling the final specs to 17x10.5 +9 ish if my calculations are correct

Pic of the fitment on the rear
IMG_20170215_202904 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

then i disassembled them, started sanding them down for paint
IMG_20170224_221644 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

washed em with some wonder degreaser and steam
IMG_20170225_152244 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
alot of sanding after they were ready for paint
IMG_20170225_132856 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170225_145726 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170225_163225 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

a coat of acid-primer
IMG_20170225_165529 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

painted the inside of the barrels black, backside of centers were done with white spraycan
IMG_20170225_205023 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170225_170130 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


Fronts were painted properly in a paintbooth, color is a custom white with some purple flake, very minor flake
IMG_20170226_214018 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170228_221435 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170303_234706 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170303_234726 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Here after final mounting, tourqed to spec and sealed with silicone.
pleased with the final results, threw on some rubber 215-45-17 fronts and 235-45-17 rear, wrapped in Hankook S1 evo2
IMG_20170307_214439 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


Thats' all she wrote

[sjokolai]

So thought I would start a project thread so I have a place to keep track of my build,

First of let me introduce myself, Im Nick, Living in a small town on the westcoast of

Norway,been working on cars for as long as i can remember, Had a few cars before this

one including a W124 merc, a VW golf GTD that lasted 3 weeks.

The most fun one being a bone stock Mr2 Sw20 which i traded for my daily driver,
1980 Toyota Carina Ta40

IMG_20160408_194150 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Had a lot of fun with this, kind of rare toyota

So this thread will be mainly about my project car, the silvia. but will also feature some

other cars from my garage, we have 4 s14 koukis, 3 s13 koukis, 1 ps13 silvia varietta and

a r32 gtr (jdm points??)

+ some old turbo quattro audi and a couple e46 330ci's

Aslo me and my friend are building a s13 driftcar, this will not be used on the street, just pure racecar goodness.

IMG_20170908_211856 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

The day I bought it
IMG_20160422_160532 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


This is my 1997 Nissan 200sx S14A, the car is an Euro spec so that means some changes from the us 240sx,

mainly SR20DET, 5stud, 4 piston brakes, heated leather seats and electric mirrors from

the factory. there might be more differences that i'm unaware of.

It's paint although in sh't condition is the Deep Fuschia (LS1) which is supposed to be rare?

The goal for this car is to get a quick allround sportscar, cosmeticaly it will be more oem+ than all out baller drift spec.


Bought the car close to stock,

had a busted Chargespeed front bumper and front fenders, some Volk replicas and a rusty

leaky trunk, some lowering springs and otherwise stock.

Now the car didnt run properly when i checked it out, would lag in the upper part of the

powerband/rpm range. car was cheap so bought it on the spot.

turned out to be a mix of leaky intercooler piping and an exhaust leak.

First of bought a stock bumper used as i can't stand the need for speed one it came with

IMG_20160613_111459 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Got a front mount and built a 3 inch from the massacred XSpower catback that came with

the car,a friend of mine welded and then dipped it in acid at work, turned out great.

after this car runned smooth and after a torough service the old sr lump was ready for some mods

Now i dont have many pictures from the early days of this car and the work that was put in

it, but it is all fairly standard bolt ons. spent the entire winter season restoring a lot of

mechanical parts and underneath the car.
IMG_20170315_203853 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr



changing the xspower fmic for a genuine HKS one, XS one was way over dimensioned for

this build, was the lowest point on the car about 2,5 inches below the oilpan

IMG_20161116_215926 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

IMG_20161118_215559 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

started on the rust in the trunk, took it down to bare metal and then zinc coated,primed

and painted it. Then added a new oem plug for the bottom

I dont have any pictures of the job, but rest asured it was a lengthy and sh*t job.

Then one of my front calipers seized, got a great deal on some Z32TT ones, same specs

and dimensons only aluminium and not cast iron, restored these and a flick of paint later

IMG_20161208_203750 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20161212_203255 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

they're installed with all new oem hardware and some ferodo ds2500 pads, the brake disc's

that came with the calipers were in good shape so re-used them for now.

installed HSD coilovers for some low's, really happy with the spring rates on these,

handles good and is not too stiff for road use

IMG_20170506_202928 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

got some gauges and a spare center console so i could do this, currently waiting for

sensors and painting the console
IMG_20170201_223444 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20170204_005917 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Sold the Volk gt-c reps and sported for some genuine forged wheels, rebuilt them to my

liking but thats for the next update

That's it for the intro, I have many parts that have been accumulated over the winter that

will be installed after the nissan is road legal for 2 more years. Cheers