this is my lil mule.



it was alot of fun until this happened to the 260,000 4ag
cracked piston


scored cam journals


omg head gasket


so instead of just getting a new 4ag or even perhaps a 4agze, i got all silly and bought

sr20det blacktop

mounts:




cut the shifter hole and welded everything up






added a bomer bar to stiffen up the front


stiched a few things

painted the bay



new pump

i am incapable of having a stock cam cover so i traded the blacktop cover for a redtop one (i guess the blacktop ones are cooler or something) and started grinding









motor in for turbo kit mock up



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water pump pulley back from coating


my current mode of transport matches the heap


time for the manifold
correct placement of turbo is key


collector finished


runner #1 is done


lets take a break to look at my freshly powdercoated manifold

wrinkly



ok back to manifold





all weldededededed up with the wastegate port




manifold with turbo (gt28rs)

and some pics with the wasgate on. i need to get some 1.5 tubing to make the external wastegate dumper


from underneath


i cut out the core support, it was tough to do mentally. now there is no going back


then i cut out some little end caps and aaron welded them on. this step isn't done, we are gonna put a back plate on as well because this is where we are gonna mount the intercooler.
raw

welding


plate

the only thing that sucks about this, is that i am going to need more painting done.

then i fabbed up a lil dump tube and welded a lil bit of it then handed it over to aaron to make sure it didn't end up looking like crap



3 inch downpipe






i also fabbed up a little heat shield for the master


i got my stance oil filter relocation block. it's a nice piece, except for the hardware they provide, c'mon guys you could have put washers and lock washers in there. so i used my own hardware because once i added the washer and lock washer the hardware was too short




haven't had alot of time to work on this lately. too much paying work, that's kind of a good thing tho.
got the lower radiator supports done tho.
time to start mocking up the intercooler so we can mate them together




the reason i am not doing hardly any of the welding:
my tig welds:

aarons tig welds:


granted he's been doing it for ten years and i have never really done it at all, but i am starting to learn a bit more. i figure i might do some more of the welding that won't be seen on the car, like the bottom of my throttle cable bracket (pictured). i'll have him weld the top so it looks pretty.

bought a battery
odyssey 925, its bigger than the normal odyssey, but i may want to run a small stereo.


finally got all my fuel line material from the baller of bolts
i like the silver/black.


somehow i forgot to take a pic of the fpr all finished, oh well.

the only internal improvements i made are a set of tomei rocker arm stoppers, they were very easy to install.
jdm yo

the players

in thier new home



sealed up the top end with all ne gaskets, gromets and punk rock nuts


what is this pile of parts for?


baby shoes!


or... just intercooler end tanks.
here they are welded up being and test fitting for placement



the beginning of the cold side pipe


welded on and mocked in place with an ugly blue silicone


hot side pipe done


time to figure out the bov, not much room with the short pipes but it fits snugly on the cold side


here it is hiding underneath. the red is just for mock up, i'll be buying a black one.


finally, some bracketry to hold the intercooler in place.
start with some home made bosses welded to the radiator core plates



here is the top sode of the bracket


and how it looks from underneath.




i like it because when you look at it from the front, it looks like the intercooler is not supported
here are some "done" pics. i still need to make all the shrouding for it tho.




bought some recaros for my pleasure


and because i can't stop myself from wasting money on stupid ****, i bought a personal steering wheel... it has GREEN stitching!




and lastly started making some beauty plates to cover my butchered trans tunnel




this is the intake i will use to get the car started and driving, i plan on switching to a map based engine management system as quickly as possible, so i just needed a temporary intake that uses the maf.
the final intake will pretty much look the same tho.

here it is


installed




got crafty with some cardboard, cut out some simple shapes. then i bought an extremely expensive piece of aluminum and cut out the same shapes


taped the shapes together in a pleasant way


then aaron welded them up for me





ducks, man... ducks

Bad moon rising.
and now on to some fucking ****,

first off, i have been very unimpressed with all the s13 rearend swaps that i have seen, even if the fab was good, the execution or design has sucked (thanks for showing me that crap dubsky... you almost tainted my brain)
well,i took the car to john, because he's done a few swaps like this, and he understands the geometry of the suspension.
that beings said, the subframe needs to be up higher than the body of the car will allow. soooooooooooo
he cut some holes in the heap. these are just for clearance at this time, the finished holes will be wider for better bolt access and they will be boxed in as well.


and now the fun pics...

well... this is what 30mm extra track per side looks like.



and now with my overfenders.




well... after alot of nothing... somethings happened...
doing this well is a lot more involved than the way i have seen it done before.




sorry about the awful pics... i need to buy a new camera

my nice alloy driveshaft was delivered by a demon corgi while i was away on business.

removed all the sound deadening from where the seat used to be and finally made the templates for the suspension hole covers.

before:


after:
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i was able to cut out and tack together the passenger side "minitub" for the suspension arms

hows that for a horrible picture.

and then cheech and chong break into your car.



but as bad as the duo that brought us classics such as "up in smoke" and the skit "dave's not here", they are in no way as bad as the fucking wizard that broke into the car



but when all is said and done, there is nothing a sledge hammer and an unusually large punch can't fix




overs were severely warped probably due to sitting on a shelf in te origin wharehouse in an bad position for many years. i can't imagine that they sell many coupe overs.

front fenders are pretty much on as well as the hood.
just need to make a bracket for the headlight bracket, yeah the bracket needs a bracket.




also pulled the vent out of the old hood, not looking forward to doing all the measurements to fit it to the new hood



cool




lotsa measuring


but now its ready for surgery


i also cut out the wavy part of the overfenders so dylan can make them fit correctly


pretty happy that i got the hole in the right spot.
looks pretty good on the levin hood.




i am gonna cut yet another hole above the turbocharger and install a mooneyes louver kit to help get some of the hot air out from beneath the bonnet.


i am gonna get the 16" version, but my mock up is the 12 inch. it will basically run from the windshield squirter to the upper corner of the v-mount vent

16" vent installed, happy with it









bashbar!!!

because how else would i hold my bumper up... duhh

vitaly was happy to help


brackets:










can't even tell that it is on.
perfect.

my quick-latch quick releases to the front aero.

i needed to weld a tab to the bash bar for the male piece to mount to.


i haven't done too much mig work, so it was a little left handed.




then i mounted the bash bar back onto the levin and did a little measuring for where to mount the receiver bits to the fiberglass. i was actually surprised to find out that if you measure twice and cut once, it actually comes out right the first time.






pleased:

i also am half way done with the cluster




front fenders are now heavily fucked with

such a bad ass thread! wow i love this, I wish i had the fab skills you have!!!!!

PS where did u get the quick release for the bumper?

Simple AE86 build my @$$!!!!

lol car looks amazing and all the fab that has gone into this thing is astounding. Hell, Im worried about fixing door dings in my car myself, let alone basically building a whole car like you have done. Great work! I hope one day I posses fab skills like this haha.

suscribed for sure keep us updated

Holy Crap!! Your car is BOSS! Such Fab!

Subscribed as soon as I could. Looking forward to further updates!

Looking good. Fabrication done right, woohoo, nice thread.

Glad to see a thread back here, now I don't have to chase it down haha. Cars looking great, body panel fitment is awesome! Is the whole bottom side of the fenders cut and remade or trimmed and glassed back over? Keep it up!

Everything below the "moulding" line was removed and re-made. Right now the car is two faced because only the pass fender is modified. It's a ton of work, hopefully we'll start on the other side next week, because my grind that is the fiberglass guy is doing an paint job on a formula d car that only has a 6 day window to be completed, so he'll be busy

Amazing!!!

elevens started work on the other fender yesterday!


here are some random pics from the day i got to drive it.






cousins

Super cool man

DAMN I love that fender work
It's like next level hibino

great build... the levin coupe looks great.................

looks ok even without the skirts






front window is out so the 6 point can go in

amazing work

I cant wait to see more!!!

Absolutely beautiful. Totally dig the way you mounted the front bumper. I need to invest in a good welder.

Just looked through your thread,nice work. Love the manifold fab work.

To change to those lights from the flip ups.....all that's need to b changed is the fenders right?

Dr. t wrote:To change to those lights from the flip ups.....all that's need to b changed is the fenders right?

fenders
bumper
bumper support
headlight brackets
head lights
corner lamps
grill

obviously just progress shots, not finished yet

progress!