well i intend to strip down the whole car… and take engine out too (i have a plan… rb20det in it goes…)
Stage 1 of my car was:
Restoring car from crap bucket (well frame was always good thank God), to mean lil sleeper. Body was fixed (fair enough), changed from green to silver repaint 4 coats (albeit sloppily/lazily), new whiteline polyuthernae bushings on everything front and rear, new endlinks with poly bushings, subframe spacers, new moog inne rand outer tie rods, agx shocks + stech springs, new top bearing mounts, new dust boots, new lca, new balljoints, new brake lines, new fuel lines, 300zx fuel filter, hicas removal, 2ws ps pump, ss brake lines near calipers, 300zx 26mm front, 300zx calipers rear with e-brake shoe package, 300zx mbc, powerslot rear rotors, hps rear pads, motul brake 5.1 fluid, newer used brake booster, 5 lug conversion front and rear (hubs and bearings), skyline gts 16" 6.5 +40 rims, goodyear eagle f1 gs-d3 tyres, new iridum ix spark plugs, intake and k&n cone filter, new valve gasket, new rotor cap, new belts, new water pump, new oil pump, new lift support shocks, new wiper blades, new fuel tank straps, new oil (haha), new oil filter, newer carbon canister (mine was clogged up and DAMN heavy, once replaced my car reved better I swear).
And alot more. The total amount of parts comes to about 2 pages of notepad printage…
Stage 2 is:
I want to strip the car entirely, engine taken out, everything out, clean it up, prepare it (all the body imperfections to be… perfected… any rust removed if any, as most was all removed, etc…), the body sanded down, all sound dreadening and other shit taken out, smoothed down, perfected, welded fixes where needed, the body stitch welded for rigidity, the body painted properly to a mirror finish, new sound dreadening (b-quiet, dynamat, etc… trunk, roof, firewall, floor, doors), renovate pieces that are worn/old (eg; exterior trim, fix, repaint, complete, renew, rehab, whatever… and put back on, new weather stripping, new seals, etc…), new carpet, rb20det install (also preferably skyline gts or gtr cluster instead of the s13 one, wired in) and manual conversation whatever’s needed (as my car is auto for now…), interior back in refurbished, new seats (s14 leather with lambard support adjustability), 180sx rear leathers.
18" (17"…?), rims, goodyear tires again? (very very very good tires…but i might experiment with something else just for the heck of it, f1 gs-d3 are amazing tires, no noise, maybe a lil soft sidewall but maybe from a track point of view, very responsive, very sticky, etc…)
I’ll definetely need a new exhaust, right now I’m thinking 2.5" all the way with flanges for cat, one large tip or two large tips… however for turbo I’d want 3.0"… all the way through…my current exhaust was actually a replacment… my old one was leaking badly, my new one didn’t leak but after driving it for quite some time… it strarted leaking even worse than the other one was lol… that needs fixing.
I need to fix my driver’s window… it doesn’t go ALL THE WAY UP into the little passage… so I hear noise at high speed… I tried the 4 bolts and to put it up but oculdnt… and I need to make the sunroof NOT rattle and NOT whistle what so ever, but be completely properly sealed shut and tight without a chance to rattle, shake or bounce or anything…
Stage 2.5 to 3.0:
I am currently getting new calipers I’m going to sell my 26mm 300zx calipers, I will eihter get 30mm or I am wondering about the 32mm gtr calipers… but I wonder what options i have when i want to do caliper relocation rotor upgrade brackets with the 32mm ones. (3000gt, 350z, 350z track, cobra, etc…)
Definetely new swaybars that would affect the handling and balance of the car greatly, I hate a soft and rolly ride (people think my car is too hard too stiff too harsh but hell no to me). I am thinking largus… as they make the biggest front and rears.
Stance coilovers, however, they’re coming out with something new better than even GR+ pro, I also know they are in the proces of making an EDF for their coils just as tein does.
That should pretty much satisfy this is my stage 2 on my project.
Stage 3 might dwell on things such as brake bias adjustablilty (I currently feel the rears are not braking as much as I’d want them to… from 200km/hr braking on some roads the car would swerve a bit… but then again my current rotors are a bit overused hehe… so they may not be equal to each other and that may be the issue).
Engine upgrades then? Intercooler, better turbo, custom computer fuel, spark, ignition, managment… etc…
My carputer and interior is stage zero, it is an on going lazy phase of progress… I want to have GPS, touchscreen, reworking my interior slowly.
That’s my plan more or less. And as I mentioned already seals, weather stripping, window mouldings, etc… refurbishing renewing trim I have… I want to have the car dead silent and as aerodynamic as possible.
I’d drop the car another .5" I think or maybe even 1"… currently its 1.5"
Definetely need new front bumper there is virtually no downforce… taking some corners at high speed I can feel it and of course when going 180-200. GT wing (yea… but one that’s functional… and I can have downforce adjusted), most definetely new wider front fenders frp and frp hood with hinges to keep it not from flying…
the rb20det is about 70lbs heavier than the KA package as I’ve heard (not my personal weighting), however the auto is heavier as is… so i’ll see how ill balance that… corner weighting.
I am building this car purely for myself, not to show off, not to brag, not to whatever… I am not intersted in competitions where I follow rules or restrictions, I could less give a damn about auto-x or road racing rules, I want to do my own auto-x, my own road racing on track, for my own enjoyment and pleasure, my own challenge, my own pushing myself and the car to the limit… to perfect and better this car to the limit.
I’ll keep the car streetable but only when there is no lame salt and snow (gah canada and winter weather…), I will buy a beater for the rest of the time…
And inshAllah God willing thats my plan
My stage 1 had 2 pages of parts…
So far I’ve invested 16000 into the car (thats -2000 on labour alone, -2300 on body and paint work, -850 on as is car as it was).
And there you have it… I’m very serious about this hobby…and I love it… and have planned what I have for years since even high school and hell I’m done college now for more than half a year 
I have pix of the car when purchased:

After:







I’ve gotten new front turn signals and new dayilight running lights, which look better. Unfortunately I have not been able to take new pix as I don’t have a digital camera right now.
This is also some silly idea I had:

-smoking rear tail lights
-shaving rear trunk brake light
-shaving rear side markers
-tinting
-repainting rims to a darkish color not gunmetal but something like it.
I also intend to have my ‘special’ color be blue (eg; calipers, pipings, valve color, etc…) I’m not 100% sure yet on that.
And the repaint color when I do it again might be a silver which is highly reflective, less blueish (as this is mitsubishi cool silver metalic), more silverish, no metallic flakes (as this one has heavy metallic flakes).
Some colours I thought of are bright blue, baby blue, variations of silver, bright orange, ferrari red, bright yellow, some purple-blue variations, some speciifc green variations (i hate green colors in general).
I don’t know…
So this is my project buildup summary and plans basically…
Stage 3-4+ would include pillowball front lca, tc rod, etc… and rear well entire multilink as pillowball. Maybe some better tie rods (moog vs tein/others how are they?).
Some kind of better power steering system than the stock crap, especially if i go with bigger tires, i want the car to have very good turn in, be nimble, be responsive, yet very firm and predictable and confident…
Fender braces, c-pillar, strut tower bars here and there bracings whenever possible.
stage 5-6+ if i ever get there i cant even imagine… so I wont talk about it but that could be the ultimate extreme… that I could use my imagination and talk about custom drive shaft, axles, widebody, diffusers, underbody panels, aerodynamics perfected, 6-8 piston calipers front, 4 rear. cut fenders and arches to fit crazy things…
So yeah i’m pretty darn serious about my car…