nelsdanger Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hey dudes, I finally got an s30 a few months ago. My pops had a green 72 z car when I was growing up, and ever since then, I've wanted one. So... when this came along (cleaning out the house of a horder), I offered the family $500... they said if you've got $750, it's yours. Here is her first day under my ownership. More posts to come, but my plan for this car initial is to be "slow and low." Right now I'm keeping the l24. I'll be splitting my money between this car and my corolla with is currently under the first stages of an f20c swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 As soon as I got the car home (trailered it) stuff started breaking. It really seemed that everything I touched shattered! The first drives around the block were disappointing at best. Missing horribly, exhaust leaks, sloppy... it felt like a 30 year old car. So, I decided to order some parts. To freshen up the motor, I bought the pertrinix ignition, new cap and rotor, plugs and wires, exhaust and headers, and a few other goodies. I also got my first "carb" lesson, and in taking apart these, I quickly realized whoever installed them... was a jackass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Suspension was next. I decided to go with the emusa s13 coilovers and the zccjdm kit. I thought I'd save a dime or two with the emusu coilovers... which was dumb. I'll explain later. On top of the coilovers, I bought an entire poly bushing kit and decided to get to work. Here are the fronts assembled and ready to go on. Again, at this point, everything I touched, broke. I ended up getting new rear master cylinders, new spindle pins, new ss brake lines, new brake master cylinder, yadda yadda yadda. I should say that I am pleased with the zccjdm product, but I wanted camber adjustment in the rear, especially with how low I was planning on going. Here's the zccjdm rear plate. Here's what I had my machinist make. I also wanted to retain as much of the original body "strength" as possible, so instead of cutting out the entire top of the strut plate, I just cut what I needed to install the new plates from the bottom. I'm not sure if that makes sense in text, so here are some pics. Holes cut: Plates in: The other modification I made to zccjdm's design was to drill out his threaded tube, and then at a roset (plug) weld in addition to the welds around the bottom of the tube... a little extra strength never hurt, eh? Edited April 28, 2012 by nelsdanger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 After a couple months of piecing things together, this was the product I had. It finally ran correctly. With a few more touches, like a zx alternator, and a "new"ish exhaust (the msa one never quite fit, and hung down too low in the center of the car) I was ready to purchase some fun more fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 And finally, I purchased some rota shakotans in 15x9 0 offset with a 205/50 on it. I'm running a 7mm slip on spacer up front, and a 20mm kics project spacer in the rear. Now... before I get lectured on the tire size, I want to know, that at this point, this is my "slow and low" car... and I wanted this wheel set to be interchangeable with my corolla. Here she is. This summer most of my cash and time is going into a f20c swap for my corolla, but I still plan on installing a dash cap, creating some sort of stereo system I can run my ipod into, and generally cleaning everything up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Nice build so far guy. Haven't seen anybody put in the camber plates like that. How is that working for you so far, any issues? Edited April 29, 2012 by Kali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Works fine so far, I've marked them (to see if I'm getting any movement) and haven't seen any since. I even sent a few pictures to zccjdm and he said they were already thinking about switching to something like this. I paid my machinist $50 to make the plate... which is the cheapest rear camber adjustment tool I've seen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perfect240z Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Those wheels look great. Very nice looking car. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsdanger Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thanks guys. Just got my lepai chinese mini-amp today along with some cheap 6x9's. Plan is to find a good looking original head unit and use the mini-amp and 6x9's to listen to the ol' ipod. All of which is easily removable. Hope it sounds alright! The butt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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