Connor's '99 SE-L

Here is my other SR20 powered car, albeit an automatic. Much nicer than my '92! Not too much has been done to the car, but I've had it long enough to know where I'd like it to be. Here are the mods...

-AEM CAI
-eBay header
-KYB AGX's
-RoadMagnet Gen2 Springs
-Kenwood deck
-Pioneer speakers
-2 10" MTX subs
-JDM black housing headlights and corners
-B15 SpecV seats
-Recovered door panels
-ARP extended wheel studs
-16" MB competition wheels
-Dunlop Direzza Z1 star spec tires












There is only one spot of rust on the car, on the edge of driver's rear wheel well. My plans are the same as I listed in the other thread, DET with a T25 setup and a reinforced tranny. I only really want to make ~250hp.

Got any pics of the seats?

I call myself a nissan guy and i've never seen spec-v seats before, LOL.

Yeah, just a second. They ALOT more supportive than B14 seats, but about the same as B13 seats, although they do look better.

oooooh, those look nice.

They look similar to nx seats without the crappy fabric that looks like an 80's hooker halter top.

is that bolster adjust on the side too?

Those two knobs adjust the height of the front and back of the lower portion of the seat.

wow those seats do look really nice.

I have a pair of those seats as well! Yea that are nice seat, the 04-06 Spec V seats were a ton better than the red stitched 02-03

BTW I saw you yesterday Ben, as you were turning onto Reiner off of Nelson, you didn't notice the beater!?

Changed/upgraded the front brakes on the '99 today.

I'd been hearing the warning screech for a couple of weeks, and the good weather today gave me the motivation to get shit done!

I picked up these loaded AD22VF calipers from Nick (Business_man24) a few weeks ago, the pads on them are practically new, although I have no idea what kind of pads they are, some sort of organic street pad. The rotors I got for a good deal, some used powerslots with ~3K miles on them. The rotors came with some Axxis Ultimates, I'll put those on later when I do the rears and put on the stainless lines.

I didn't end up putting on the new lines, even though they're pictured. I'll do that when I switch over to Motul RBF600.



Extended wheel studs suck, it takes forever to get a wheel off! I have no patience for this!


Pads are basically done.


New rotors are a good bit thicker, and a few millimeters larger in diameter.


Just enough room around the dust shield.


Old on left, new on right.






Had to cut some chunks off the dust shield to allow the caliper to bolt up.




Brakes bled and finished!



I would've preferred to have gone with a Wilwood kit, but this option was cheaper and allowed me to use 14 and 15 inch wheels.

Wow, those are long studs. looking good!!!

how hard is it to put those seats in?

Not very hard at all. In fact, I've taken them out and put them back in several times since I've owned them!

But seriously, I'm like the 5th owner whose used them in a B14. Whoever originally modified them didn't do a very good job, I honestly doubt these ghetto welds would hold if I got into a serious accident.

There is a write-up on how to make them fit on one of the sr20 forums.

Opened up my 5-speed trans today to make sure it was all kosher inside. For 134K miles it doesn't look too bad! A bit of metal shavings on the magnet, but nothing terrible.






The flash makes some of the gears look chewed up, but they're not.









Can someone tell me where this plastic piece goes? It popped out when I opened the case.

Picked up an AEM F/IC 6 today, got a good deal on it. Been playing around with the software a little bit today, seems pretty straightforward but I need to spend some more time with it and some more tutorials.

Been getting stuff cleaned up and painted since the weather has been so nice!

Sprayed my other valve cover in a wrinkle black, turned out real nice.



IC pipes received the same treatment...









Sprayed the turbine housing, j-pipe, and IC with a 2000 degree semi-flat black ceramic







Compressor housing is gonna be the same silver as the longblock, but for now it just got cleaned up with a power drill and a brush





Started to clean up the trans with the drill and brush, gotta a lot more to do but you get the idea...



I need to figure out a better way to strip my other set of B14 wheels, I tried the aircraft paint remover I used on the bluebird VC and that didn't do much, neither did the power drill, I haven't decided what I'm gonna paint them yet either



I also cleaned up all the rust from my 5-speed crossmember and gave it a coat of rust converting primer and rubberized undercoating




This Friday I'll be ordering a Stage 3 clutch kit from GSpec (B15 disc w/ JWT PP), I've decided not to use my second hand Exedy Street clutch kit, I've also got a W10 manifold in the mail!

Have you looked at different clutch options? I think you could get a better clutch than that for a little less money.

Oh and that paint looks rad! You will have to do a valve cover for me.

Wow, love the VC. What paint is it? The rest of the parts look great.

VC looks nice. How was that done? With what paint?

I heard painting the intercooler isn't the greatest idea. May block some air flow. Just heard only. Don't know for sure. But, looks nice.

The wrinkle paint is from VHT, it's an aerosol that I got at O'Reily's, same with the hi-temp ceramic. It's a little tricky to use, you have to lay a heavy even coat as it shrinks a little as it dries, if any area is a little too thin it won't have the wrinkle effect, but you can just add another layer on top and it'll be fine.

The only other clutches I'm interested in is a Clutch Master's Stage 1, which I feel might be a little bit less of quality than an OE disc/JWT PP combo, and it doesn't come with axle seals like the GSpec kit which would make the two kits priced identically. I was also thinking about a Stage 3 Spec Clutch kit, which is in the same price bracket and offers a little better performance, with what I would assume to be a little less streetability. Also, Greg is good shit and that makes me want to spend money with him.

Yang, I'm sure painting the IC does reduce thermal transfer slightly, probably more so since I used a heat resistant paint, but I don't care that much and I expected to get some shit for doing it. Meh.

looking good, vc looks tits

Instead of getting that GSpec clutch I ended up ordering a new exhaust, the stocker rusted off at the axle-back flange. Not the worst turn of events, just re-organizes my "parts to buy" list.

I ordered an Overkill Engineering Motorsports 2.5" stainless catback, oval magnaflow w/ double wall tip, 18" resonator, test pipe w/ bung. I should have it in about a week.

Well my optimism about my new exhaust was ill founded, it was only just picked up in Florida today.

At least it is on its way.