The Project Pad

Whats up guys, my friend showed me this forum and i like the builds i see coming along. My names Mark and im from Queens Ny. I use to be a former owner of a B5 A4.




Car was nice and comfy but ran like utter crap most of the time. Fixed one thing another broke and it was a habit it wasent going to kick. Car was k04'd all that fun stuff. I still remember alot about these cars so if anyone here is building or dailying a B5 1.8t ask away. Sold the car in the summer on 12' and picked this car up. My beloved 95 S14.



Some mods the car came with were:
HKS hi-power exhaust
Injen intake
headers and test pipe
Exedy clutch
Sparco Seats
brembo brakes
and a simple strut and lowering spring combo.

I was loving the car and all was well until hurricane sandy came along and decided to up




After alot of elbow grease and making sure all salt water was gone from the driver side and underbody of the car, I drove it like this for about a month. After sourcing pita parts to find and sending out my car to my good friends body shop this is how she looks now



Now since that long boring intro is out the way, here are my plans currently. I want to run a KA-t setup. Which is the stock motor which comes in the U.S for those who don't know. Its a 2.4 liter four banger. They were originally used in older Nissan pickups and have a reputation for being torquey. Parts as of now that I've acquired

370cc Injectors of a Jdm Sr20 motor


New Isis t28 ( re manufactured garret t28 turbo, not shotty ebay crap )


Bigger Maf off a z32 300zx, didnt need this but if i ever choose to go Gt28rs down the road this maf can handle the air flow


Custom oil feed line i bought of a forum from a previous Ka-T build. Still have to figure out what kind of end it has so i can buy the piece for my turbo.


Walbro 255 that i received this morning


KAAZ 2way Lsd I picked up off craigslist. Got it for a good deal that i couldn't pass up no matter how badly it set me back financially.


Some S13 FMIC piping i picked up with core and some unknown BOV attached for a epic deal on craigslist from the same guy i bought the Lsd off of.


Some parts that im still awaiting on that i ordered last week are S15 turbo elbow and down pipe 3', KAAZ 2 way diff oil, New motor mounts and transmission mount, and a turbo manifold.

Update On some parts that have arrived

Not the best welds in some spots but it'll do


Down pipe and turbo elbow.




Kaaz Lsd oil for my 2way


Megan Racing Solid Tranny mount


And heres something anyone in there 20's and on can appreciate

Welcome to the forum man! It's great to get some variety around here! Sucks that sandy screwed up your car, but I must say, it sure looks great now!!! OH and also, I LOVE the KA24DE engine. Just a great motor to play with, especially sense it basically makes the same power as my VG30 stock. HAHA

Can't wait till this thing is boosted!

Yea i wasent sure if i should post this or not but i figured meh why not. Thanks 85oceanic, i get that alot now, still wish it never happened lol. DomP90 you know you'll get first ride along/drive when all is said and done.

Indeed. Welcome and update often! We have had a 240 in the family at some point! Fun cars lock to lock!

Welcome to the Pad. I'd be lying if I told you that old Audi builds weren't my favorite, but I think there is room onboard for a nice 240sx. I had a 90 240sx that I sold a couple of years ago that I really liked. It was in pretty decent shape with new paint and suspension and was just begging for a SR20DET motor or like your direction I had thought about a turbo on the stock 2.4l. Bang for the buck, a 240sx is hard to beat. Keep posting.

Between you and Frank, I'm about to weld the center in my spare trans and put it into the 90 with no front axles haha. Be about that drift life.

I appreciate all the feedback guys, will try my best to keep updating regularly. Money isn't to great now but ill manage. And dom DO IT!

Update

Drove out to Brooklyn this morning to pick up this spare head i want to re so all the seals on for 60 bucks
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Cool project. I'm in Westchester. I had really bad luck with my Walbro as have a few other guys I know (some on this board in fact).

Mine lasted all of a few miles and left me stranded on the highway. Had to get it towed home. Hope you have better luck!

Those are things i don't like to hear haha, it has the metal gears not the Chinese plastic ones so hopefully i should be alright

Nice thread, I will be watching this.

A bit of a update even though I didnt take any pictures during the install, I installed my solid motor and tranny mounts and they make one hell of a difference. The awesome part that they aren't even harsh and completely comfortable to bare with. As of now there are still a bit left for my turbo build, my main focus now is getting the rear done bushings and diff finally putting on my z32 rear shoe clamps and installing a ebrake cable, so i can run one event this year even if its all motor.

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Also picked up some Stock S14 rims for drift spares/Winter wheels

I'm kindof a noob when it comes to these, but does this have the Red Top Sr20det? A buddy of mine wants to swap in a either a KA24de or Sr20det into his 510, which would you recommend? Ultimately he wants to see 350 - 400whp.

These cars in the states came with the ka24de which is pretty much a pickup truck motor . Over seas these came with the infamous sr20det. Between the two alot of people go sr because its a easy swap and a very tune friendly motor. With a sr20 you can get a Rom tune and slap a gt28rs on it and make 300ish+ on a stock block. You loose bottom end torque vs the ka24. If you could find a cheap ka for about 100-200 an spend the rest of what a sr20 would cost (1800-2400) you could have a pretty nice ka24det.

Small useless update, finally found a set of OEM inlets and outlets for my turbo off a Sr20,


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Need to find the bolt size for the inlet part or buy studs... either or. Plan on purchasing a few more items in the following week.

As of now, I have a date for a event i want to do set in mind, and even though the car wont be boosted by Aug 10, im trying to get Everything sorted All motor wise. I ordered in this pass week a Set of new STANCE coilovers, Rear subframe bushings from ENERGY, Diff Bushings from ENERGY and New back housing gasket, New set of R33 skyline ebrake cables, and a ebrake button so the ebrake dosent stay locked when you yank on it. Here's a picture of the coilovers from the seller, never mounted in car
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Will update with pic's later on when parts start arriving ^_^

Update as of this morning, took the old setup out and threw in the coilovers......


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thats how it sat jacked up on how they were adjusted out the box, i raised them a good 18 ish of threads and it still sat like that when on the ground. Car rubs like shit, makes contact noises, to damn tired and heres a pic of my beloved self, in my best of being miserable


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Domp90 really came through with the space and help installing these things... Cant wait for the miserable few hours from now when im adjusting these alot higher

370z wheels? Look pretty good on the 240

There anniversary 350z wheels that came on the 25th or 30th i forget at this point lol, but thanks man

Lack of updates and parts due to family problems recently, that ran me into a financial hole but managed to pick up this sub-frame for dirt cheap.


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After a good hour with the wire wheel and a drill...


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This is coming along nicely. Have you adjusted those coils to your liking yet? Still ride funky?

height wise, yes i have adjusted them to a suitable height for now until i can fund new tires, and get a proper alignment done. I have to soften the suspension a wee bit. In the beginning i didn't mind it and it felt good, but driving back from a jersey event miserable and tired the bumps got annoying quick.