Since nov 08 my car has not seen the streets. I miss it a lot. Now it's time to start pushing things around to make it happen.

My friend that is putting the engine on, has taken a LOT OF EXTRA time for doing so and he is getting into my nerve now as I've seen he just keeps getting more and more work and does not finish what he started.

He accidentally dropped the engine and that stopped the proyect. New radiator is in, and a few small pieces are missing but this is no reason to finish it.

I left aside the fancy stuff, I rather went throught the most functional stuff. Instead of buying cheap aluminium piping on ebay (I got tired of looking for someone to sell one) I will go for stainless stell custom made, the whole enchilada.

I will take pics DAILY of my car and put them in this thread. This will be my advance of the proyect and for you guys, to push me too to make it happen.

Pics later tonigh...

on what side did he drop the motor?that ebay gtir piping is pretty good

on what side did he drop the motor?that ebay gtir piping is pretty good


The front part where the radiator is. The radiator is lone gone but I was lucky enough to get a new one from Nissan Original for the 1.6 auto tranny. This new radiator has the double thick that the original it had so I am happy with it.

A fan is gone too, but I guess I have a spare. Some injector conectors were damaged too but those will be replaced.

Here are the pics from the day before yesterday.

Here's when we were changing the water pump, injectors and all of the related stuff between engines. 12/29/2008

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0708.jpg

I had waited long enough so I had to start pushing the proyect again and this is on what we are right now.

My car... I can't stand seeing it like this (full of dirty!) :(

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0773.jpg

The engine bay.. check the damages on the radiator frame :(

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0775.jpg
(this will be fix as soon as the car starts!)


Let me introduce you Luis (aka Harry Potter)
He is the owner of the shop and the guy 100% responsible to make this car run.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0774.jpg

Please tell him to hurry up!! :rofl:


http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0777.jpg
Thinking on how clock the turbo properly.



He is Dario, he is the muffler man. He is the responsible for doing the stainless piping for my car.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0776.jpg

I will be posting more pictures as soon as I get them.

Do you happend to know where I can get a cheap O2 Housing 3" for my T25?

Thank you

They don't make them lol sorry Good luck with the swap, and all you do to clock the turbo is loosen the bolts on the compressor side and done lol

They don't make them lol sorry Good luck with the swap, and all you do to clock the turbo is loosen the bolts on the compressor side and done lol

Got any instructions or pics on how to do the right cloaking? We are on a certain point on which we separated the turbo in 2 to clean it because it had a lot of rust in on all parts you can imagine.

When do you anticipate a start up ? Looks good so far

I don't have any pics, I think there is a thread on here that shows it though.

When do you anticipate a start up ? Looks good so far

If I am lucky enough... this week :rofl:

More pics are coming right up!!

When do you anticipate a start up ? Looks good so far

Still waiting for the first start up... in 2 weeks or less is the promised date.... FINALLY!!!:biggthump

I hope Dario is not responsible for welding on that can to the back of that Neon.:tongue:

Good work dude. Hustle and get that ish done.:biggthump

I hope Dario is not responsible for welding on that can to the back of that Neon.:tongue:

Good work dude. Hustle and get that ish done.:biggthump

He is gonna get it for sure lol!!!

Here are some pics from some weeks ago

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0824.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0825.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0826.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0828.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0829.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0831.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0832.jpg

the old damage radiator
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0833.jpged radiator

poor baby, i gave her a little clean!!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0834.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0836.jpg

A lot of burn oil was like stone, had to fully dissasemble the turbo
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0837.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0838.jpg

Everything was marked to leave it as it was
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0840.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0841.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0842.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0843.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0845.jpg

on the job
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0846.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0847.jpg

good luck with the build. keep the pics comming.

why did you have to clock the turbo anyway? you could have just had the piping run through the bottom.

good luck with the build. keep the pics comming.

Thank you!!!

Tomorrow the piping is supposed to finished!!! I will post the pics. Meanwhile here are a few more..

CAI is gone (sold) and battery will also be relocated in the trunk (all suggestion are welcome!

Baterry is gone :D

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0963.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0964.jpg

And this is how we placed the intercooler

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0965.jpg

perfect fitment!
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p62/firemex_2007/SR20DET/IMG_0966.jpg

why did you have to clock the turbo anyway? you could have just had the piping run through the bottom.

After thinking it a lot we decided to run it throught the top as this way by removing the foglights, battery and windshield water deposit there is plenty of room to play more and therefore, keep the engine bay a little bit cooler :D