Well, havent done a build thread on here yet for this but seeing as this is whats taking up all my time instead of my proper classics, and this is kind of retro? Well, if theres any interest i'll keep posting stuff if not i'll let it die quietly.
Well reliability was boring anyway.
So I bought another S13 after building another E36 to replace the one I killed at lydden. Just didnt feel the same and wanted another turbo rusty datsun anyway while driving the saloon 36.
Paid too much for it, partially regretted it but couldnt sell it for what I paid so its kind of good as its forced me to stick with it
Bought it looking like this -
A quick photoshoot by Matt Honeywill
Fitted a front plate -
2 days after buying it the welded diff decided it no longer wanted to be welded, previous owner had bought one off someone who welds with potatoes evidently, had a spare diff so welded it up properly and fitted that
Removed the kouki rear lights - so had to run a pink lower panel and centre light
Bought a load of stuff off of my mate Ryan
Fitted the 5stud conv on one corner as wanted to see what the wheels would look like. Peer pressured into doing it before Lydden by a mate
hilarious rideheight and laughable tyre fitment, horrible stretch.
Blitz SBC-ID boost controller fitted
The day before Lydden hill - running on zero sleep but was glad the car was ready
At lydden ready to kill some tyres -
Anyway, had a sick time at lydden Saturday, running on an hour and a half sleep (sub 10 hours sleep for the whole week leading upto lydden)
Car was fine for the first 2 sessions, loads of grip though and a bit of understeer turned out the fronts had 42psi in them and the rears only had 28, swapped that around and it skidded nicely but started getting warm, removed the thermostat and no longer had that issue.
Had a few issues with boost, turned out my fmic pipe between the plastic one over the rad and into the throttle body was slipping off (jubilee wasnt going tight enough) and wasnt popping off but letting lots of boost out, no biggie as put a big ass mikalor on it and carried on.
Ran out of tyres, wish I hadve taken more but had a sick day anyway.
Some photos of the car going sideways, need stiffer arbs and more lows.
Angle coming into devils, quite pleased as zero lock mods.
Cut thru, lots of lean evident.
Paddock no real smoke and weak angle, oh god the cars high.
Went to marks workshop and fixed the FMIC leak inbetween doing lock mods on his S14
Then the next weekend fitted solid subframe bushes into mine -
Then finally got it aligned -
Went and did the lydden weekender -
Weekender was an eye opener, engine kept blowing coolant everytime it was held on boost for more than a few seconds and was running like pap, lowered the boost back to wastegate after the 2nd session and it still did it, headgasket el'deado.
So that was the cars skidding done, last time I drove it was back from the weekender, now the fun.
I got the SR20 out of the red S14, then swapped it for an RB25 about 2 weeks after, sold the CA18DET out of this to a mate on the proviso he fits a new headgasket before using it then the car sat there looking dead on the driveway...
Opened the bonnet to check the colour code and got moaned at by a neighbour so realised it was time to empty the stables at my nans and get the car in there, 2 weekends of aggro and constantly moving stuff around its done and I'm stoked to finally have somewhere I can work on the car without aggro!
An empty space awaiting a car!
One hella sketchy tow later and some pushing the cars in
Spent a few daysmoving stuff, got nearly everything over and then sunday started to get the car semi stripped at the front, focused on stripping panels and taking the engine loom, and body loom out the front end, also removed the brake lines but couldnt make too much noise as I had my freshly operated on dog with me, she wasnt too eager to settle and everytime I made any form of noise she would come and pester me
An eager S13 looks onto its new heart -
Starting to strip it down -
My poorly girl -
semi stripped down -
suspension half out -
Got carried away and cut alot out... battery tray was rotten, maybe I cut too much?
Made a base -
Curve and inner piece made -
Filled in the hole and cut the excess back -
end of day 2 -
Mark came over and helped me finish the other side -
Pass side tub finished -
Engine test fit -
Everythign back out and engine bay primered, cross-member back in
And the engine back in just for a photo -
Oh yeah half the primer I put on has come back off to finish the bay, it was just impatience getting the better of mark, and his peer pressure getting the better of me.
Simply needed to see how it would look in one colour, me likey. Gave me the motivation to carry on!
Engines back out, strut top reinforcements/joiners spot weld drilled out and a replacement piece made and welded in on both sides today, also tidied up the inner archs on both sides where the tubs are, seam sealered and undersealed the drivers side and started to prep the passengers side
Repair panel made after removing the crusty stock items -
Welded in repair
And same on the drivers side
And then stripped down the chassis rails and treated them
Alot of sanding, filler and fun times later, sprayed a coat of high build over the bay and my mates bodykit
high build coat -
Sanded it all back and also flatted back the headlight covers to see what the colour would look like on a panel, pictures don't show the colour that well but its cadburys purple pearl
Well reliability was boring anyway.
So I bought another S13 after building another E36 to replace the one I killed at lydden. Just didnt feel the same and wanted another turbo rusty datsun anyway while driving the saloon 36.
Paid too much for it, partially regretted it but couldnt sell it for what I paid so its kind of good as its forced me to stick with it
Bought it looking like this -
A quick photoshoot by Matt Honeywill
Fitted a front plate -
2 days after buying it the welded diff decided it no longer wanted to be welded, previous owner had bought one off someone who welds with potatoes evidently, had a spare diff so welded it up properly and fitted that
Removed the kouki rear lights - so had to run a pink lower panel and centre light
Bought a load of stuff off of my mate Ryan
Fitted the 5stud conv on one corner as wanted to see what the wheels would look like. Peer pressured into doing it before Lydden by a mate
hilarious rideheight and laughable tyre fitment, horrible stretch.
Blitz SBC-ID boost controller fitted
The day before Lydden hill - running on zero sleep but was glad the car was ready
At lydden ready to kill some tyres -
Anyway, had a sick time at lydden Saturday, running on an hour and a half sleep (sub 10 hours sleep for the whole week leading upto lydden)
Car was fine for the first 2 sessions, loads of grip though and a bit of understeer turned out the fronts had 42psi in them and the rears only had 28, swapped that around and it skidded nicely but started getting warm, removed the thermostat and no longer had that issue.
Had a few issues with boost, turned out my fmic pipe between the plastic one over the rad and into the throttle body was slipping off (jubilee wasnt going tight enough) and wasnt popping off but letting lots of boost out, no biggie as put a big ass mikalor on it and carried on.
Ran out of tyres, wish I hadve taken more but had a sick day anyway.
Some photos of the car going sideways, need stiffer arbs and more lows.
Angle coming into devils, quite pleased as zero lock mods.
Cut thru, lots of lean evident.
Paddock no real smoke and weak angle, oh god the cars high.
Went to marks workshop and fixed the FMIC leak inbetween doing lock mods on his S14
Then the next weekend fitted solid subframe bushes into mine -
Then finally got it aligned -
Went and did the lydden weekender -
Weekender was an eye opener, engine kept blowing coolant everytime it was held on boost for more than a few seconds and was running like pap, lowered the boost back to wastegate after the 2nd session and it still did it, headgasket el'deado.
So that was the cars skidding done, last time I drove it was back from the weekender, now the fun.
I got the SR20 out of the red S14, then swapped it for an RB25 about 2 weeks after, sold the CA18DET out of this to a mate on the proviso he fits a new headgasket before using it then the car sat there looking dead on the driveway...
Opened the bonnet to check the colour code and got moaned at by a neighbour so realised it was time to empty the stables at my nans and get the car in there, 2 weekends of aggro and constantly moving stuff around its done and I'm stoked to finally have somewhere I can work on the car without aggro!
An empty space awaiting a car!
One hella sketchy tow later and some pushing the cars in
Spent a few daysmoving stuff, got nearly everything over and then sunday started to get the car semi stripped at the front, focused on stripping panels and taking the engine loom, and body loom out the front end, also removed the brake lines but couldnt make too much noise as I had my freshly operated on dog with me, she wasnt too eager to settle and everytime I made any form of noise she would come and pester me
An eager S13 looks onto its new heart -
Starting to strip it down -
My poorly girl -
semi stripped down -
suspension half out -
Got carried away and cut alot out... battery tray was rotten, maybe I cut too much?
Made a base -
Curve and inner piece made -
Filled in the hole and cut the excess back -
end of day 2 -
Mark came over and helped me finish the other side -
Pass side tub finished -
Engine test fit -
Everythign back out and engine bay primered, cross-member back in
And the engine back in just for a photo -
Oh yeah half the primer I put on has come back off to finish the bay, it was just impatience getting the better of mark, and his peer pressure getting the better of me.
Simply needed to see how it would look in one colour, me likey. Gave me the motivation to carry on!
Engines back out, strut top reinforcements/joiners spot weld drilled out and a replacement piece made and welded in on both sides today, also tidied up the inner archs on both sides where the tubs are, seam sealered and undersealed the drivers side and started to prep the passengers side
Repair panel made after removing the crusty stock items -
Welded in repair
And same on the drivers side
And then stripped down the chassis rails and treated them
Alot of sanding, filler and fun times later, sprayed a coat of high build over the bay and my mates bodykit
high build coat -
Sanded it all back and also flatted back the headlight covers to see what the colour would look like on a panel, pictures don't show the colour that well but its cadburys purple pearl
Good luck Sir, its looking amazing already, i can't wait to see it finished! 
because I wanted to be back out and skidding this car end of feb early march, kind of dug a hole there ha!
