S14 VS hachi Roku

[nismotigerwvu]

accidents happen. when it comes to the other stuff its sadly par for the course as a businessman. Our construction company we have been very lucky with but inevitably if you employ people someone will someday steal from you. The problem with automotive shops is there are so many little things that guys can abuse from grabbing a little brake fluid to top of your car with to pocketing a cash job when nobody is looking. Automotive sadly is full of poeple with different definitions of what is stealing and what isnt. I had a chat with the matco rep who visits my shop and he was telling me a story of a shop across town where the employees banded together and stole about 150k worth of stuff over a year. This year he told me repo'd more than a dozen boxes. I have cameras everywhere now just as a deterrent.



Cost wise its really a question if you want the power to scale later when your appetite grows. I Actually LOVE KA-Ts with a holset. The extra torque from the KA really helps. For a 250 horse build parts wise if you just went with stock bottom end with head studs and better HG you could do 7 pounds easy on a bunch of different turbos.

T2 manifold and SR turbo elbow with SR downpipe and a T28 off a s14/s15 or GTi-R would mean no fabbing on the DP and a simple bolt on setup. Z32 maf and you could save with a ROM tune to start and do the tuneing when you are complete. one could spend 2500 on parts on a setup like this including wideband and all the other little stuff you end up needing.

btw that setup above is good for 300ish and pulls like a freight train from 2500 on.

Woah, sounds like you've built a few of these before. How does the stock dif usually hold up? Mine's turned over 200,000 and while the original owner tried to tell me it was a VLSD it's behaved like an open one as long as I've had the car (since 2003 when it had about 120,000 miles on it). Are there any good aftermarket or common swaps? I know the Z32 had a nice rear end, but the gearing would be a lot longer than the S13/S14 unit.

 

[JCH13]

Woah, sounds like you've built a few of these before. How does the stock dif usually hold up? Mine's turned over 200,000 and while the original owner tried to tell me it was a VLSD it's behaved like an open one as long as I've had the car (since 2003 when it had about 120,000 miles on it). Are there any good aftermarket or common swaps? I know the Z32 had a nice rear end, but the gearing would be a lot longer than the S13/S14 unit.

Have you ever changed the diff oil? VLSDs won't work well if the diff oil is broken down and inviscid.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Have you ever changed the diff oil? VLSDs won't work well if the diff oil is broken down and inviscid.

That's the first thing I did when I bought the car. I'm almost certain it is just an open dif, the car doesn't have ABS, which in all but 99.9% of the cases meant it wasn't optioned with the lsd. Then again, it is an SE without a moonroof so stranger things have happened.

 

[Throckmorton]

I wasn't aware that ANY S14s were sold in the US with a LSD

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Yeah it was an option on the SE's that almost always was package with ABS. I don't think very many went for them though sadly.

 

[manimal]

Woah, sounds like you've built a few of these before. How does the stock dif usually hold up? Mine's turned over 200,000 and while the original owner tried to tell me it was a VLSD it's behaved like an open one as long as I've had the car (since 2003 when it had about 120,000 miles on it). Are there any good aftermarket or common swaps? I know the Z32 had a nice rear end, but the gearing would be a lot longer than the S13/S14 unit.

can use a q45 diff. The 300zx rear end is a little shorter as well. Some guys use J30 diffs. NA z32 diff has a good ratio and can work on a abs car.

Yeah it was an option on the SE's that almost always was package with ABS. I don't think very many went for them though sadly.

Ive only seen them on SEs as well.



Merde Ae86 sold for more than he was asking. The search goes on.... The body was rough anyway. The S14 I had a friend look at with me and the rear is just too fooked. Just too much to fix. I will search for a clean one. If anyone ever sees either a S14 manual or a ae86 gts Let me know!!

 

[Black2na]

http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3586216039.html looks like winner here

 

[nismotigerwvu]

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/3589769792.html

This one is only about 15~20 minutes away from me. I can go check it out for you if you wanted. Sounds like a blown head gasket, but we know you would be tearing it down right away even if it was running solid.

 

[manimal]

http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/3586216039.html looks like winner here

Texted the guy and hes not willing to budge a tittie whisker on price. Shipping it would cost me about 600 bucks. If he works with me I may end up buying it! Body is perfect. The VQ setup that guy ran looked interesting.

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/3589769792.html

This one is only about 15~20 minutes away from me. I can go check it out for you if you wanted. Sounds like a blown head gasket, but we know you would be tearing it down right away even if it was running solid.

He sold it !! Thx for offering to see it!

thx guys.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Oh man, an S14 with a VQ would be awesome. The funny thing about that is that it makes right around the power I said I was shooting for. Maybe I need to give that guy a call about his wiring harness and whatnot

 

[manimal]

Oh man, an S14 with a VQ would be awesome. The funny thing about that is that it makes right around the power I said I was shooting for. Maybe I need to give that guy a call about his wiring harness and whatnot

great swap but its a bit pricy. The torque would be awesome. For the same money one could do a VH45DE swap with a Z32 trans and have GOBS of torque. One of the most underated engines and a really easy swap. Almost everything is bolt on. Stock bottom end on those boosted can do 700 at the wheel. My buddy Evan and I want to put a VH45 into a 240z and run it in the texas mile someday. So much more potential with a 1j or ls1 swap into a s14. Ls1 is freaking amazing not much more nowadays. Hell there are tons of kits with mounts and wiring popping up and getting MUCH cheaper.


heres one doing the mile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C_pn8qejow


sickness! Those things sound so amazing opened up.

3.09 j30 diff revlimit at 175

thats fast enough for me

430 rwh


http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com/ONLINESTORE.html?cid=13&step=2