Euro Spec Kouki Silvia

[sjokolai]

Kudos to you man, that's a beaut. That gold/black combo on the underside is perfect IMO.

Thanks man, Almost afraid to use the car when it's this clean underneath.

Hope you like corrosion because that's all I got for you in this update.

I realise a more reasonable man would have parted out the car by now. But where is the fun in that?

This is all I've found so far, cutting out the rust is coming to an end so soon I can get started on welding and painting the car. more on this later.

driver side
IMG_20181016_204138 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


passenger side
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some piles
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and the new sills
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To summarise : gotta love old s-chassis

[kevvy_dawg]

Kudos to you man, that's a beaut. That gold/black combo on the underside is perfect IMO.

[sjokolai]

So satisfying to see somebody do everything so thorough, big ups to you! Beautiful car

Thank you! Not much use in doing something halfway.

just a small update for you.

Buying a high mileage 28 year old S13 that's seen its share of abuse and norwegian winters comes with some problems.
The major one being rust and more rust!

So as you can tell from the pictures, this is one of those cars. I'll try to do my best in fixing this but I'm by no means an experienced welder.

This week I've started cutting out the old rust, then I ordered some new sills from the UK that's on the way.

The fix for this will probably be quick and effective, not the prettiest but for this old drift sl*t. Fibreglass fenders and bumpers will be the solution.

I'll update this when I've got more to show for. on to the pictures.

IMG_20180915_204245 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
Fuel tank is gone, has a neat fix with nitril gloves and insulation tape. new one on the way.

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[Scrape Much?]

So satisfying to see somebody do everything so thorough, big ups to you! Beautiful car

[sjokolai]

Back at it again, this summer I've been really busy with life and stuff so the projects have more or less been neglected.

However I'va managed to put in some work, the red s13 had an issue with oil leaking from pretty much everywhere imaginable.

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So rebuilt it with new gaskets and a new oil pump,crank gear, water pump and all belts.

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just started last week removing and fixing some of the rust on the red s13, and as if owning 3 S chassis cars doesnt keep me occupied..

I bought a new S14 Kouki, its the so called Racing Edition so only offered in Cobalt Green Pearl, has a beige leather interior and Z editon rear lip. Around 800 of these where made by Nissan Germany.

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As the season here in the north is coming to an end, you can expect more frequent updates as the cars will be stored/upgraded during winter.

[sjokolai]

What kind of coating have you used under the car?

Started with Zinc primer, then liquid rust primer and finished off with U-Pol Raptor Bedliner.(2 coats each) The bedliner is sprayed on with a paint gun and compressed air.

[kimove]

What kind of coating have you used under the car?

[sjokolai]

Dang thats fking awesome!

Thank you!

Finally got around to mounting the OZ futura's, new gold hardware and 4 new lips in 3'' this time, squared setup of 17x10

IMG_20180530_200119 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
IMG_20180609_173951 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

mounted 4 new tires as well as an alignment so now the car is back to a rolling project, using the s14 as a daily now so the rugged s13 (red one) can get some much needed tlc.

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And a few of the underside.

IMG_20180613_154924 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
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Will update you guys while moving forward with the the S-chassis cars, probably with some time between each update so I can pack some more information and work into each one

Cheers

[SoapHero]

Dang thats fking awesome!

[sjokolai]

Forgot to update the thread.

finished the last piece of the puzzle with the raptor bedliner, came out great. As this car doesnt see winter and salty roads anymore this might prevent some Nissan corrosion.

IMG_20180420_235330 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

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With the fuel tank back in place.

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Managed to source a new heat shield for the fuel tank.

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Updating the Futuras for this season, went with a square look, 17x10 on all 4's. test fitting the rears.

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IMG_20180501_001425 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

And the fronts. Keep in mind the chargespeed overfenders are 25mm wider than oem, currently working on widening the oem.

IMG_20180508_213827 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

IMG_20180508_213844 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Waiting on a pair of 3 inch outerlips and new hardware, so ill update when its back on the ground.

On another note, the drift car is nearing completion. Painted the cage and did some minor things, more on this in the next update.

IMG_20180508_213904 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


Sorry for the quality on the images.

[sjokolai]

Did some work the other day.

Sorted the gaskets that came with the S13 daily
IMG_20180302_195656 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr


Then I changed the inner and outer tie rod on the S14 due to one being bent
IMG_20180309_213045 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Also got a new gauge setup for it, went with electric ones from Stack LTD. All wired up with sensors installed.
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Then I did some maintenance, changed all the belts on the SR and also managed to crack the fan shroud.. so an upgrade is due in time.
IMG_20180328_235453 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
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Refreshed the tow point.
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Got a new cluster as my S14 suffered from the infamous RPM gauge bounce.
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and the underside of the chassis is nearing completion, here its zinc primed and then a yellow rust primer on top, several coats of both
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Waiting to get a compressor so the Raptor bedline can be sprayed on. then its finally time to put the car back together.

used some cut up garbage bags for masking the car.
IMG_20180414_231821 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr
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For the S13 driftcar I got some Driftworks Geomaster innertie rods and oem outers. also cut and welded the knuckles for more angle. will take some more pictures later on.
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Thats unfortuneley all the work thats been put in lately.

[sjokolai]

Its been a slow month since last update, have mainly been helping others around the shop, also built an exhaust for an Audi S8 V10. Ended up as an straight x pipe with 4 mufflers deleted.
Really made the 5.0 V10 Lambo engine sing, will get an soundclip for you guys in the future.

Still managed to get some work in on the S14 and S13.

The cage is finally done on the S13 driftcar. came out better then expected

IMG_20180211_170748 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

IMG_20180211_170804 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

work on the chassis of the S14 has begun, started grinding and applying rust stopper on the exposed area.

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Differential got some paint, also recieved the last bushing for the subframe so now as soon as I get new balljoints the whole rear suspension will be assembled.

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To finish up I gave my brother my daily Honda Civic EF as he needed something to commute to school with.

So.. I needed a new daily and considering all the parts for S-chassis I have horded and those not needed on the driftcar, I bought an S13 Hatch

IMG_20180219_164926_1 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Only picture I have for now

It is in okay condition, mostly suffers from beeing neglected by P.O and I fear this daily will turn into a new project.

Some specs : Ca18det with bolt ons and GT2871R turbo. various stage 2 mods so around 250 HP, first thing I did to it was an VLSD from a S14

Will update you on the new hatch in another update.

That's all folks.

[sjokolai]

Not much progress lately, been fixing my daily and working on the s13 tidying up a few bits and bobs.

Still knee deep in sanding,grinding and painting. The fun stuff

Fixed my swaybar, got new mounts laying somewhere

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Started cleaning up my diff, decided im not gonna spend time rebuilding the oil cooler for now

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Might aswell change the fuel filter as the pump is new.
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Finally got my subframe bushings after getting the wrong ones twice, so after a refund I opted for bushings from Driftworks.

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Got my hands on another SR20, Its a notchtop from an S14. off course it has spun a bearing but no worries, perfect time to forge it. Will be used in the S13 when the CA blows up.

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The next update might be some time away as I want to have bigger updates thats more entertaining and more progress to show for.

This is the more boring part of a project car, its still important but maybe not as entertaining as exterior work or performance upgrades.

Anyways thats it for now, cheers

[sjokolai]

Did some more work the other day

Continued painting stuff, think the gold will be a nice touch.
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Removed the oil cooler and pump for the differential. It has seen better days so not sure if I'll rebuild it or run without it.
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A previous owner has hacked the battery tray to pieces and it didnt look right to me
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An easy fix to the problem, squared up the hole so a plate could be riveted in. Grinded and zinc primed the surrounding area.
IMG_20171220_222914 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Attached a bracket for the resirc/diverter valve. Did this so the hoses would be easier to route and not have sharp turns.
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And fitted, still needs some paint but we'll get there. I dont put too much time into all of this since next winter I'll most likely remove the engine and paint the entire bay.
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A friend of mine started to work on his S14, this car has been used as a race/driftcar the past 10 ish year, so interestingely enough he will build it back to oem spec and get it street legal once again.

This car is running a GT2871R with a screamer pipe and puts down over 300whp, seriously fun to ride in with the bucket seats and harness.
IMG_20171220_223903 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

[sjokolai]

awesome work, can't wait to see the widened fenders

Thanks! excited aswell to see how that turns out.


Some more progress have been made this week

Continued sanding and acid priming suspension parts mostly.
IMG_20171123_211956 by Nikolai Solbakken, on Flickr

Removed some more parts off the underside of the chassis, exhaust shield and fuel tank shield.
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Had the exhaust shield glassblasted and zinc primed, the fuel tank shield is in rough condition so we'll see what happens here.

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Before and after sanding of some brake line shields.
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Decided to remove the fuel tank, as going through all this work and not undercoating on the topside of the fuel tank would be half-a**ed.
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Topside is in good condition all things considered.
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Even found some corn of all things on the fuel tank, how did corn get here?
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I got a bad case of ''While im doing this, I might aswell'' during this project so decided to upgrade the stock fuel pump for a genuine 255Lph Walbro.
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Got the rear subframe back from Acid Bathing, It didnt fit in the tank so had to do it in two stages.
We also took the decision that a plate on the subframe seemed weak so welded this aswell.
My friend who did the subframe decided acid bathing was not enough so it also got glass blasted,
Then I Zinc primed it and have started adding coats of different rust preventive primer before several coats of durable black hammerpaint next.
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Im now in need of more shelf space for the newly painted parts.
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That's all for this time, cheers