dizzle Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Well after a year and a half I am getting somthing done it feels like. Just scrapped the mega squirt project, and bought an SDS, seems to be a much easier choice. Rb20det custom 6 into 1 exhaust man t3/t4 .60 ar turbo precision intercooler custom fuel rail DSM 450cc inj custom intake manifold 3" downpipe (and exhaust coming soon) SDS stand alone (in the works) Painless wiring harness VW corrado (factory recaro) seats working on the black leather interior with grey alcantara suede pics let me know what you think/ suggestions old wiring harness painless new redone door cards and side panels corrado seats rb first dropped in some manifold build pics old junk one some guy made for me (yuck) nice shiny CF most current pic of the engine Trying to have a nice streetable 280-320 HP... I am a little questioning of the intercooler now, any thoughts... some plumbing coming soon, NEED to be back on the road when the snow melts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almighty Wez Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 That CF plenum is dead sexy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 How do you join the CF to the aluminum? Special epoxy? Thanks Dayz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 some sort of panel bond the 3m rep recomended, what they use to hold on bmw roof skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthtk Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Very nice looking swap, keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB26powered74zcar Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Awesome work!! Sure makes things easy doing the painless harness route, huh?? I used a knock off brand, but still, just as nice/easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Wow, thats a nice looking setup. I just missed a pair of those seats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 Wow, thats a nice looking setup. I just missed a pair of those seats The corrado seats are great, but they were a total bitch to get in there. I had to strip the seat of all the factory mechanisms, and weld on the old seat brackets. then the seat was too tall in the car so I had to cut the factory datsun brackets out and drop the seat down. the cutting of the corrado seats was the worst of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 So you replaced the entire engine harness with the painless harness? How much of a PITA was that to accomplish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 not to bad, but I have a SDS stand alone going in so it had to be done. the headlights and blinkers were the hardest part. Painless's wiring diagram leaves a lot to be desired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Very cool. Did you use OEM sensors or did the SDS setup come with the sensors you needed? Sorry for all the questions. I just picked up a large lot of mostly RB parts that included an RB20 longblock but no harness. I'm trying to get a feel for what I would be getting myself into if I were to try to go the painless route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 the sds uses all of its own sensors (they might be GM???). It seems really easy to install. It will allow you to drop the MAF and the CAS. And you don't need a laptop. I had a megasquirt and it seemed like it would work, but not very well with the RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 update: Got my SDS EM-4f last week and got most of it done. I was not able to retain that Coil on Plug ignition set-up unfortunatly. But once I got the GM coil pack in and wired, It actually looks kind of BA. Car is getting dropped off for intercooler piping and exhaust made on Tues. I will post up some pics soon. Anyone here running SDS on a RB?? It would be sweet to get a base map and get this thing started in a couple weeks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyMIz Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 looks good man, i love your intake that is soo killer. I got an rb20 in my sonoma and i am looking for a manifold that will work with what i have, do you still have the old ugly one? If not are u interested in making another cf one and if so how much? I am planning on running a ms2 on my rb20 i'm gonna mod the cas like i did with the haltech to keep the cas and make it simple to hook it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 looks good man, i love your intake that is soo killer. I got an rb20 in my sonoma and i am looking for a manifold that will work with what i have, do you still have the old ugly one? If not are u interested in making another cf one and if so how much? I am planning on running a ms2 on my rb20 i'm gonna mod the cas like i did with the haltech to keep the cas and make it simple to hook it up. I was going to run MS on mine, I had it wired in already actually. But I reallY did not like the EDIS driven ignition and crank trigger. And I did not care for the idea of the open source code. I just wanted a system that was easy to tune and installed only the way it was meant to be. Rather than jumping wires across circut boards and stuff. I am just lazy i guess, and the megasquirt was a little too involved. Oh, and kudos to you on that swap, I read your thread and it was killer!! The intake was a BITCH!! I have about 5 hours of cutting and shaping that damn thing. I have some more detailed info on it on nicoclub.com if you search. But I do love that thing, everyone thinks that it is just latinated over alumminum but it is solid CF (the shell anyway). If you want to make one I can help you out and you can benifit from my mistakes. you obviously have the fab experience, and it really won't be too bad. There are just a few tricks to it. Let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyMIz Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 im definately interested i have a buddy that does cf, hes gonna make me some molds to pull cf and fiberglass head light buckets. I'll search nico now and see what i can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyMIz Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 i searched i couldnt find it on there, i hate search engines on forums seems they never work for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzle Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 the old thread on nico: http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=345737 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyMIz Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 thanks i looked and looked i tried searching under ur name but its different on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqweekykneecap Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 hey dizzle, where did you get your mounts from? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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