My S13 - America Inspired.

[chopaholic]

Pretty new here, been browsing as a guest for a little while but i thought i might aswell join up with a few pictures of my current project!

Plans are as follows..

Bold bits are the things i have already got

ColourScheme
- TVR Purple exterior + interior
- Green Engine bay

Exterior
- Overfenders not flushed
- Kouki Front with Lip
- Supermade Skirts and rear
- OEM Bonnet
- Despoiler

Engine etc
- Sr20 swap
- HKS Exhaust
- Air filter
- FMIC
- Alloy Rad
- Quick shift
- Boost controller etc etc

Wheel
- Something in 17/18 with a stupid low offset and plently of dish/width.

Im just going to do a short version of my build as i dont want to bore everyone :confused:

It started off as a bog standard S13 without an engine which i bought from Wayne @ SWRC.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0055.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0054.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0062.jpg

Started stripping..

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0368.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0358.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0363.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0367.jpg

Bought some 50mm Rear fenders and 25mm Fronts..

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0384.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs607.snc3/31960_10150207171840374_524235373_12864704_8025987 _n.jpg

More Stripping and welding

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0489.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0472.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0481.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0477.jpg

Engine bay paint

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0493.jpg

Sr20 swap

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0402.jpg

and the most recent..

Primered it a few days ago

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0760.jpg

Laid down some paint + lacquer over the last 2 days!

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0782.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0784.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0785.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0791.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0792.jpg
http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0793.jpg

Also got an intercooler cheers to Neil (Kirkpatrick tyre services)

http://www.northcoastcruisers.com/choppy200sx/DSC_0794.jpg

Updates to come soon when i lay some paint on the inside and get the engine in/running!

Thanks for looking, Dylan.

[garys13]

looks good lad starting to do a build myself on a ps13 non turbo:D

[yowdy]

jeasus im nearly sure i seen a purple 13 wid green engine bay somwhee b4:D

[Aidan Hogan]

jeasus im nearly sure i seen a purple 13 wid green engine bay somwhee b4:D

Hahahaa
Looking good man , fair play , looking forward to seeing it done

[chopaholic]

jeasus im nearly sure i seen a purple 13 wid green engine bay somwhee b4:D

Ah so it was you who had the PS13 :D I was pretty raging to see your car at BC to be honest, i had bought my green paint and all for my engine bay only a matter of days before :( If i had of seen it before hand i wouldnt have went down the route of it (Not saying your cars bad, just saying i dont want to be seen as a copy cat) :)

[ali-d1936]

I remeber seeing your Civic on Civiclife.net lad was a really nice car, im sure this will turn out even better :D

[chopaholic]

I remeber seeing your Civic on Civiclife.net lad was a really nice car, im sure this will turn out even better :D

Thanks alot mate :) Still miss my civic loads!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs191.snc1/6414_243836995373_524235373_8016465_5968056_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs191.snc1/6414_243837045373_524235373_8016472_6737867_n.jpg

[chopaholic]

I really havent kept this thread up to date, however I have made alot of progress! I wont bore everyone with the inbetween however here is the most recent picture of the car!

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215466_10150554460640374_524235373_18074328_129020 9_n.jpg

18x11 ET11 / 18x9 ET12 Rays Kreutzer Victrix wheels fitted.

On the hunt for a few more bits and pieces before it is painted :)

[nikkisixx69]

thats awesome man! gonna look mental when finished!

[MrMagoo]

Very nice indeed lad, keep us posted!

[180sx drifter]

I love the wheels! :)

[Simon]

cool, love how this is shaping up!

[chopaholic]

So after a full week of arsing about trying to get the car started it turns out I was missing an earth on the alternator (DOH)

Got the Exhaust on, Prop shaft in correctly and started her up!

Excuse the horrible quality, 3G iPhone with a free app which allows 10 second recording.

YouTube - Nissan 200sx S13 SR20 first start (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MChPCrC_Y)

Now to sort the brakes out when they arrive, and I can take her for a test drive :)

Cheers, Dylan.

[driftfan]

looking good lad glad to see someone only round the corner from me building a lovely looking s13 :)

[Keli]

Cool build, glad to see that its coming along for ya!
Can't wait to see it when it's finished :)

[chopaholic]

Had a busy week, car is now running sweet, all electrics and gauges seem to work fine so my wiring skillz must not have been to bad lol

Sorted out a bracket to hold the intercooler nice and secure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0039-1.jpg

Engine bay still needs a clean up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0044-1.jpg

Now this is the part I was rather scared about, cutting the rear arches for the over fender fitting, ended up being pretty painless and took me and my dad about an hour to do both sides! Just used a small grinder with some stainless steel blades!

Also turns out the car must have had a bash at the passenger rear quarter as there was isapon flying everywhere when we took the grinder to it lol whoever fixed it done a fantastic job as you would never have known the car was hit to look at it.

Marking out the cut line..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0051.jpg

Dad cutting

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0058-1.jpg

Top layer off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0063-1.jpg

Cut the inner skin to bend out

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0073.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0078.jpg

Also the driver side which was a tidier job than the passenger once we got on the ball with it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0089.jpg

My uncle is bringing his welder over on Tuesday or Wednesday so I can sort out getting them welded up and clean!

More updates coming very soon. :)

Dylan.

[Deco84]

lookin good man them wheels are sweet

[Kruizer]

Savage build man, fair play on getting stuck in :)

[chopaholic]

After a long 4 days getting stuff right I am finally starting to see some sexiness in the car!

Me and my Dad have been flat out trying to get **** fitting fiberglass panels to fit in any way normal, we spent almost 6 hours on the front wings and around 4 on the rear bumper alone! A lot of re drilling and moving to make them half right, we are pretty much the best we can be with fitment, just need to pull the front passenger side wing out very slightly at the front to make the bonnet line even!

Anyway, started by painting all the underside of the panels or anything that would overlap, just to leave a cleaner job on the whole thing..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0058-2.jpg

Rear arches after being welded, glassed and painted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0052.jpg

fitted the front wings first

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0046-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0050.jpg

Rear quarters with bumper test (Also stuck the koukis in for show :P )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/2b06176c.jpg

Then at 12pm tonight finally got the bumper secured correctly

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0095.jpg

Need to fit the sideskirts tomorrow and collect my front bumper on Tuesday! then its off to paint on Thursday! Mega excited!

More pictures to come when it is all built up and ready to roll!

[Dori_Rory]

Lookin good mate. Its Gettin there now! Should look savage when its finished!

[Deco84]

man its looken deadly so it is cant wait to see it done

[way2fastforu]

fair play man this is gona look ace...cant wait to see the finished result!

[pauljosephfurey]

project is coming out good cant wait to see when finished

[SR20_180]

I look forward to see this finished, good luck wiith her lad! :)

[Kruizer]

Great progress lad ;)

[costeloch]

car looks savage going be sweet when it done and fair play doing the work yourself

[Prodrifter86]

dam i very jealous! was thinking of painting my car this colour next year ... fuking class lad!

[tomsheen]

turning out well now man.. alot of nice 180s around now raising the bar :cool:

[jdmjimmy]

will be savage lad but in all honesty I would have just fucked the kit on with cable ties instant coolness and makes life easy haha..But I reckon ur a bit perfectionist for that kinda thing..really cool looking..

[MikeFitz]

Cool project lad, it will be sweet when its finished ;)

[chopaholic]

A picture today of it out in the yard! Needs major slammed lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/S13outside.jpg

and a silly iPhone picture of below the bonnet with it all fresh!

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/252479_10150631995170374_524235373_18911993_482893 0_n.jpg

[ste]

comin along amazingly man

[slider80]

fair play man.... gonna a be tidy bus

[marksull]

looking well bud. looking forward to seeing this finished.keep up the good work!

[Aidan Hogan]

I'm really liking this car , the white and purple looks cool :p

[paddy_last]

Can just tell this is gonna look savage when finished, loving the purple man

[DOD]

That will be nice, clean and mint s13. rare view. Congratulation man ! And all the best with this project.

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

really cool build!! looks slick as fuck, cant wait see the final product love the colours man!!

[chopaholic]

Cheers guys, the positive comments are really good for the motivation lol

Finally got the car off to paint yesterday! After a 5am Wednesday night session fitting the bumper and fixing the clutch pedal we were all pretty wrecked but managed to squeeze it onto the tight trailer (rear lips were touching the wood on both sides the full way up)..

The front lip is an FRP copy, which I had to cut down and do a bit of work on to fit, it fits ok but is not perfect, but I just couldn't afford a real one for the meantime!

Anyway, a few pictures of it before it left!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0146.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0156.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0151.jpg

And trailer fitting lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v329/chopi04/DSC_0163.jpg

Hopefully have it back in a week with its sexy purple paint!

Very excited :)

[Deco84]

sweet man some amount of work gone into it cant wait to see it

[aka pete]

nice ride man - nearly there lol.. can't wait to see it finished

[Baz_180]

Hats off for the work gone into this! It will looks the business when done! Fair play

[chopaholic]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281249_10150724287700374_524235373_19875833_731648 _n.jpg

MOT on Saturday, hopefully it passes so I can bring it to Awesomefest :)

[tamtaf]

Deadly hard to beat a grassroots build that looks this good!

[grange]

yeow shes a goood yoke

[tommiii]

that colour is unreal looking.. very nice build.:cool:

[Dave]

Looks serious man, need more pics though!

[k1nick]

well done chop, fair play to ya

[Gwhelan]

Nice car loving the colour and wheels great match

[g6mmc]

super job lad

[speedy200sx]

sweet lookin car lad fair play to ya, looks savage:)

[dunne]

savage looking dude, nice work.

[JDMfrank]

Look's very well man. Alot of work gone into it aswell.

[AndysR20det]

sweet lookin man any more pics?