Two S13's and a PoorMan.

[PoorMans180SX]

I've owned a lot of S13s. I've decided to settle down and stick with these ones. Ultimately the coupe will be the street car, and the fastback for the track, but they'll probably switch roles at times. I have a lot of bills with paying off student loans right now, so it's going a bit slow, but here's what I have so far.

Was driving this:



Did this:



Luckily I had traded another car for this:



Which was a shell at the time, so I put the KA from the fastback in it.



Bought a chase bays clutch line and new CMC because mine was leaking.





Buddy backed into me so I had to do this:



Blah blah blah, on to cool stuff.

Bought these:



Did this stuff:

[PoorMans180SX]

Then I bought this:



Installed both of them.



The snow sucked.



Bought these from SPL.



Installed.





And then since this KA is about as low-compression and beat as they come and still run, I bought another.



Then I sold the stupid E-motor garbage front coils and the D2 rears to a buddy who wanted them.

Right now I'm working on getting a fastback so I can work on one of the cars while I drive the other, as I can't have the DD down for long. So next on the list are swapping the KA and getting some Fortune Auto coils.

I'll update it as soon as something exciting happens, haha.

[PoorMans180SX]

Then I got this.














Don't worry, the R33 front will not be staying, hahha. Car is pretty much a hackjob, I'll take some more detailed pictures later, but paint is junk, wiring is junk, etc etc. It's also an auto, but I have 3 manual transmissions in my garage.

Cool stuff:
Some header I don't know but looks WAY better than ebay
Z32 front brakes
Ichiba 5-lug
Rust free
Tein springs in front
$800

[PoorMans180SX]

So I took the front end apart today. What a freakin mess. The core support looks like it was welded by a two year old, the fenders are a strange combo of S13 and R33, the hood has it's corners cut off so it'll fit the S13, and the wiring is spliced from random places. The sideskirts were held in with self taping sheetmetal screws, and some random glue concoction.

















Thanks for not sealing this with anything, I'm sure there's rust all down in there now.



"Conversion" fenders.







"Dual e-fans"



This was welded really well

[PoorMans180SX]

Interior before:



All this came out.



Why would you do this?



All this came out of the engine bay.

[PoorMans180SX]

Wiring spliced random places. The black and red wires are the marker lights.



They go all the way back here. (WOW)



Quality EGR delete.



What is this?



Lake S13:





Sideskirts and bumper hardware:



Look, I already have 5-speed swap parts!



Wow, you bent this? REALLY?



Some awesome wiring:



Security key?



When I stopped I was here. I'll probably do some more tomorrow.

[PoorMans180SX]

Small update. Got that jank core support/bumper support out.



I don't think this thin of metal should be used to secure the core support?



Poor car.

[PoorMans180SX]

Someone cut my control arms in half!





This is as far as I've gotten on my knuckle jig:



I've been super busy, and keep forgetting my cutting disk so I can cut the shanks out of some of the old ball joints that I have. Then I need to get some plate steel to weld the tie rod and ball joint shanks to after measuring everything out.

I'm going to try and work on the chassis tonight and finally get the interior stripped out all the way and take some more pics.

[PoorMans180SX]

Tonight I stripped my valve cover down. Man is that a pain in the butt.

This is good! Nice and clean.



Here's what I started with:



You can see it's been a couple different colors:



Almost there.



That's better!



Now the question is to polish it up some more, or paint it wrinkle black like I planned? Hmmmmm.

Hopefully I can get some wiring relocation done this weekend.

[PoorMans180SX]

Stripped:



Anyone want any of this junk?



Didn't know marker light wiring harnesses were this long, hahah?



I am constantly surprised by the wiring skills of the previous owner.



Scotch lock:



Functional tuck started:



Sprayed my VC wrinkle black:

[CamryOnBronze]

MAN I wish you were closer for the interior panels, lol.

[PoorMans180SX]

Yeah I was in Lansing the other day, doh! I didn't know you were in Howell.

[that1guy]

Glad to see someone do something with this.

[chicoson]

hey if that passanger seat is good ill snag it. i need something for my white hatch. right now im a solo with no one to sit shotgun lol.

man that car was a pile of fuck huh. was that a R33 core support? i bet you could sell the fenders. someone actually took the time to make them fit....well kinda. they are ressurectable and may look decent on a coupe? not sure i havent seen a 33 front on a coupe yet.

looks like your saving it. i myself saved a clean georgia chassis hatch from certain doom.

[PoorMans180SX]

Yeah I have two passenger seats to choose from, haha, come get it.

Yeah it's kind of a turd.

I'm assuming it's an R33 core support, it's all for sale, I'm going to clean it all up if they don't sell soon.

[CamryOnBronze]

Yeah I was in Lansing the other day, doh! I didn't know you were in Howell.

haha, yeah. BUMMER!

[boosted02ep3]

man i cant believe some of the stuff you found on that car lol some ppl i tell ya. at least its in good hands now! where do you live at? i might be interested in a couple interior pieces

[PoorMans180SX]

Haha, yeah man, I'm trying.

I'm in Mattawan, MI.

[PoorMans180SX]

The coupe's poor KA:





So much better:

[boosted02ep3]

Haha, yeah man, I'm trying.

I'm in Mattawan, MI.

okay yea i know where you're at, i drive pretty close by you when i go to my moms house in michigan. pm me a list of interior you have or are tryin to get rid of, if you have some stuff i need maybe we can work somthin out!