My 1990 S13 Silvia Panda Build  

Hi All,

A few regulars would be aware of my silvia build. I bought it as a rolling shell in 2010 from the Sunshine coast. The paintwork, widebody and shave work was already done from the previous owner.

First point was stripping it down to nothing. The engine bay, interior (including loom), boot and all undercarriage were stripped leaving the empty shell. From here I removed all of the factory sound deadening and covered the floor pan, back seats, pillars, roof and boot with Dynamat. Surprisingly for the added benefits of heat protection and sound deadening, it only came at a cost of 30kg for the entire car to be covered.

Second point was stripping the loom, removing wires and plugs that werent needed and re taping loom/running 0 gauge for battery relocation as well as RCA's and wiring for stereo. I wanted to keep the interior as factory as I could as well as maintaining some functionality and having it look good. So I sourced excellent condition 2nd hand 180sx Type x Interior. This includes carpet mould (Has a nice dark grey colour instead of poo brown or aqua like normal s13's) Glove box, rear seats, door cards and roof lining.
I had previous grey interior plastics from my old s13 which completed the interior. For seats I sourced a set of second hand early 2000's reclinable brides which set off the interior.

With regards to the suspension, I removed the front crossmember and rear cradle. I removed all of the HICAS lines and swapped it for a non HICAS cradle. When reconditioning the cradle, I used Powered by Max sold subframe risers and ditched the rubber ones. This allows better geometry for lowered cars. All rubber has been eliminated from the suspenion with the exception of poly urethane in the sway bar bushes and the knuckle bushes which are all brand new. All arms are rose jointed and adjustable. I had to source a non HICAS steering rack, I obtained one in fairly good condition and replaced the rack bushes with polyurethane as well.

Moving on to the engine bay, it was stripped so I could paint it black. My first SR20 blew up on the dyno, but the new one is in and made 250hp @18psi with s15 injectors, a GT2871R and a power FC.

Complete mod list is below. Please read my blog for a full detailed build info. I have spent over 2 years, thousands of dollars, hundreds of hours, blood, sweat and tears into this car. It's my pride and joy. Currently what is left is to drop the height a little more and Rego.

I would like to thank the following people and companies for making this build possible, helping me along the way with my noob errors, questions, phone harrassment and for making the end result what it is.

Shane (Twincam16)
Drew (therandomhero)
James (Belgarion)
Josh (avalonea)
John (Akshunhiro)
Brad (s2krazy)
Col Robinson & Co for tuning my suspension
Ivan from Hi Power Racing for his careful and precise tuning
Phil from Cartel Online for great prices on parts
Jeff from Hacketts Discount Tyres

And anyone else that I missed.

BLOG: http://www.obnxsh.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PandaS13build

1990 S13 Silvia K’s

Body:

- Custom 50mm Rear Wide Body Guards
- Shaved Door Handles (with manual/electric poppers)
- Shaved Boot Lid
- Painted in two tone white and black with blue pearl through both
- Smoked LED Tail Lights
- Silvia j’s “Brick” Head Lights
- Smoked Front Indicators
- Black Origin Roof Wing
- Black Origin Boot Lip
- OEM Nissan Rain Visors
- 6000k HID Kit

Suspension/Handling:

- HICAS Removal: Replacement Non Hicas Rear Subframe/Replacement Non Hicas Power Steering Rack/Hicas line removal
- RS*R D1 Spec Polyurethane Bushings Kit (knuckles and rack)
- XYZ 32 Way Adjustable Coilovers
- Factory Front/Rear Sway Bars
- D-Project RearCamber Arms
- D-Project Rear Caster Arms
- Kazama Front Caster Arms
- Front/Rear 5 Stud Hub Conversion (S14 Front, R33 GTS-T Rear)
- Front/Rear R32 GTR Caliper’s
- HPL Braided Brake Lines
- Stance Solid Steering Rack Spacer
- Powered By Max Solid Rear Sub-frame Risers
- Peak Performance Hardened Inner Tie Rods
- Peak Performance Adjustable Tie Rod Ends with Spacers
- Megan Racing Front and Rear Sway Bar Links
- Godspeed Adjustable Front Control Arms
- Cusco Brake Master Stopper
- Cusco Front Strut Brace
- Cusco Rear Strut Tower Brace with rear floor triangle brace
- Ultra Racing Front Fender Brace
- Godspeed Rear Toe Arm Brace
- Front Castor Brace
- B-Pillar Brace (Bolts where front seat belts bolt into and goes over trans tunnel)
- Boot Brace (Like s15 factory brace that bolts into REO bolts
- DBA 5000 slotted series rotors
- Project Mu Type NS Pads
- Black Face Chrome Lip Work Equips 17×9 +20 all round
- Federal 595RSR 255/45/17 Rear and 235/45/17 Front

Engine/Driveline:

- Power FC Dejetro
- SR20DET (89,000km)
- S15 440cc Injectors
- Garret GT29871R
- Nismo Engine Mounts
- Nismo Gearbox Mount
- R200 Diff
- Greddy FMIC Kit
- Greddy Oil Cooler and Relocation Kit with Engine Block Adapter and Sandwich Plate.
- Generic 9 Row Oil Cooler
- Speedflow Braided Oil Lines and Fittings
- Bosch 040 Fuel Pump
- Greddy Oil Catch Can
- Turbosmart Boost Tee
- Powered by Max 52mm Alloy Radiator
- Godspeed Engine to Strut Tower Damper
- Light Weight Pulley Kit

Interior :

- 180sx Type X Interior (Door Cards, Glove Box, Carpet, Rear Seats)
- Bride Recliner Front Seats
- Defi Racer Series 52mm Gauges (Oil Pressure/Oil Temp/Water Temp/Boost)
- Nardi Deep Corn Steering Wheel
- Yashio Factory Gear Boot
- Nismo Gear Knob

This post has been edited by autech_s15: Dec 27 2012, 09:28 PM

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