Red RB25 S13

Builds
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Hey everyone. Here is my build.

Had this s13.

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A Farm tractor turned in front of me on a back road, ending its life.

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After many half assed builds I finally decided to give it one last shot and build the s13 I’ve been trying to build since I was 16.

Picked up this clean, automatic, old-man owned s13 in March 2012

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Extremely clean by Canadian S-chassis standards

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Bought it and caught up on all the neglected maintenance, cleaned it thoroughly inside and out.

Shortly after I 5 speed swapped it and kept the single slammer running for a while longer. Collected a bunch of quality parts.

SPL multi link, HSD coils, some cheap wheels, some cheap seats.
5 lug and R32 GTR brake setup, complete rear 5 lug and Z brake setup, etc. Everything has been carefully chosen and only the best parts have been used/installed.

Swapped my coils, 5 lug and front brake setup on to get it rolling on the new wheels. Drove it like this for a few weeks while I sorted out my engine plans.

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Went to the strip with my buddy and his low-11 second LS swapped s13

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Bought a house part way through the summer and put spending on hold. Few months after getting settled I sourced an engine.

S1 RB25 with basic bolt on mods. Installed that over a weekend.

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Drove it like this until the end of the season. Pulled it off the road and left it for a few months.

Spent some more money, collected some more parts, and started to get the car ready for spring.

I’m not going to list all of what I did, but here are some pictures of the pretty things

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That brings us to where I am now. Waiting for my wheels to come back from powder coating, changing up the colour for the new season.

Cheers

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nice.

There is a lot of us red pignose kouki tail light guys ahah.

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this is gorgeous!

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cars the background on my computer, i’m a fan.

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Thanks for the kind words guys!

FedEx lost my z32 BMC, so I won’t be able to bleed my brakes this weekend as planned.

Should be able to get the interior re-installed and my seats in today instead. Also picking up my exhaust today

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I like how tidy everything is, also the care and attention to detail is nice.

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Looks great. Keep up the good work. I’ll be following this thread. :slight_smile:

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Attention to detail is the name of the game. Nobody takes pride in their car anymore, so sick of all the haggard S-chassis in Ontario

  • Small update for today

Went to Buffalo to grab a new exhaust. No markings on it, but I’m 99% sure its a Buddy Club Spec 2

Have to modify my downpipe for it to line up correctly, so its just mocked in this shot.

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such a beautiful car…

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looks great mate. Glad you’re doing it right

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amazing

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super clean car, glad to see you didnt part it out. ur wheel wells look great, what kind of under coating did you use?

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I forget the exact brand but it’s asphalt undercoating

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looking good man we shall slide very soon,i just need a couple more things…is that my actuator

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Looking good Andrew. You’ve always kept your attention to detail high.

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Great build bro keep it up, clean ass s13!!!

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Over the last few weeks I’ve been working away at the car

I dropped the 18x10.5+15’s out back to a square 17x9.5+12 setup, and while I was doing that I had the colour changed up

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I started fitting some of my aero. Unfortunately I only have replica rear valences at this point, but OEM are coming later.

Bought an RPS13 center panel for a birthday present to myself

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I also installed my Bride Reps with some MO super low rails I picked up

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Installed my new Mishimoto rad, and had to pick up some ISIS slim fans to cool everything down.

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And this is how it sits currently. Swapped in my Z32 MAF and chipped Z32 ecu but unfortunately the ECU has a dead injector driver. Waiting to get that issue sorted out so I can tackle e-test and finally align it properly.

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Oh, I almost forgot. Here’s my dog hard posing with the car

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Looks amazing love the rims :wink:

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The new wheel colour choice was a good start. When did the paint start peeling up front? Did it start uncovering stuff?

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And do you agree that the SPL stuff could be more “blingy-er” for the money invested? I wish it “looked” cooler. Thinking about painting mine. What do you think?