Time Attack S13 Race Car : Plug and Play VEMS

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Well, lets start at the begining, as the ECU is afair way down the build ...

We started with a rust free shell, and a blown engine, as well as one of those crappy autoboxes ...

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Some rust

Some cleaning, was later primed

some more cleaning, was later primed

perfect sill, dont need touching

oily tunnel, should really get it clean, however its VERY oily from the blown engine. Did the worst of it in the engine bay but I'll steam clean it before the engine gets fitted as the best plan.

cleans and primed battery tray

found some rust here - very small amount

paint looked thin here, but wasnt really rusty



then back to the interior

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Day 4 of the build...

I just had to take a picture of how blue the sky was ... before locking myself in the barn .....

Went to do some lightening ... but my hole-saw broke :cry:

Things that were primed yesterday were now smoothrited.

As you can see silver smoothrite is a perfect match for a Grey facelift.






How did I miss this yesterday ......

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then back to the interior



Which is now 100% de-soundproofed - glad it was cold so it was brittle but still a right bitch of a job!

So, next Job, remove the big gay middle pedal, and get 3 pedals for me to use ...


However this is as far as I got as I didnt have the 34mm hole-saw with me ....


Roll on Day 5 :thumbs:

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Day 5 of the build...

I noticed the rear bumper support was very heavy ...

Went to do some lightening ... but my hole-saw broke again, so read instructions, 250rpm with cutting oil.. I had it on full speed, no lube  :wack:   :cry:




Got the important hole drilled first though


The manual accelerator is lighter :wack: as well as being easy to change and having my pedal extensions already sorted.

The brake pedal was an arse to swap, steering column is on the way.

end result ... a manual car :cool:
The clutch damper unit thing is fitted too, but no pics.

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Took time out to fit some mods, Apex steering rack poly bushes :cool:


Wire brushed and primed some bits of very minor surface rust I found that I had missed.

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More updates, its been hetic and it may look like there isnt much progress ..


Problem with prototype parts is they sometimes have to be modified :wack:

One big drill :smash:


chance of getting snowed in :wack:

But it fits



Looking more like I'll get stuck on todmorden moor :eek:

Z32 1-1/16" ABS BMC

Didnt get snowed in .. close though

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Marty_T3 kindly came up to hack at my car, I broke the captive nut for the ARB - similar to Yak & Bigtone :mad:


Cheers Marty :notworthy

I did some more drilling later on in the evening, till my drill blew up :wack:

I'm still only half way accross the bumper support....

I did get the cage in before the drill passed on at least ..

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I wanted it rolling by the end of today, not much left, mainly the bushes of the rear hubs and fitting + diff.

I seemed to be fannying around with little jobs for most of the day ...







Back at work tommorrow, so I'll have to do the little bits in the evening, which I was trying to avoid doing .. I was sure a week off work would be long enough :rolleyes:

It will be ready to go to DCMS on time though, for engine fitting, and down to Garys for VEMS & mapping shortly after that.

I've failed to tackle the splitter, or brake ducting at all though or clean and paint the now de-soundproofed interior :annoyed:

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I wanted it rolling by the end of today, not much left, mainly the bushes of the rear hubs and fitting + diff.

I seemed to be fannying around with little jobs for most of the day ...







Back at work tommorrow, so I'll have to do the little bits in the evening, which I was trying to avoid doing .. I was sure a week off work would be long enough :rolleyes:

It will be ready to go to DCMS on time though, for engine fitting, and down to Garys for VEMS & mapping shortly after that.

I've failed to tackle the splitter, or brake ducting at all though or clean and paint the now de-soundproofed interior :annoyed:

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Felt good tonight, even after being back at work, so got on with some more stuff, and picked up more goodies.

Borrowed a dremel (Cheers Bren :thumbs: ) and trimmed then fitted the front bumper properly


Sparco FIA approved Seat, need a FIA one and the K-sport isnt approved
Also full braided hose set for the turbo.


Fire extinguisher, will be a nice fit I think

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not much for today, bobbed into DCMS on my way home to continue bushing stuff




Traction arms & 2/3 of 1 hub ... still more to do.

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not much for today, bobbed up to the farm on my way home to continue drilling the bumper support.

Bought a £12.97 Tesco Value drill :wack:

LAsted 4 holes :smash: Still 2 year Warrenty.

Graham @ DCMS had predicted this so out came the secret weapon :notworthy

Still some left to do, stopped when my steak was ready

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First VEMS related item .. shift light

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]Well long day ....

Car is now at DCMS being prepped for its trip to APT, last few jobs ...

In all the time I've owned this S13 it has never made it to my house, mainly its lived at Yaks, but today it came visiting


Hole for MAT sensor (air charge temp, for ECU as ditching the AFM)


New vs old throttle body :cool:
Also had to port the plenum - cheers Pete


And this is how it was left at the end of the day ...




No pictures of Diff fitting, plenum porting, K-Sport 330mm brake fitting, Brake line runs which were also done today :thumbs: