The transformation Begins

SON240sx Automotive
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Whats going on,

I joined a couple months back and since then have been creeping through the archives of threads to get up to date. The project car is a 1992 s13, Ive owned it for about 6 months now. I picked it up for $500.00 because of a crapped out clutch. At the time I was living in Quebec and had no garage space (I was working as a welder/machinist up in the James Bay area), my contract recently ended and I was able to come back home and fall back into things here in Toronto.

About 2 weeks before leaving Montreal the car just died, long story short it was particles from the rusted out gas tank that caused the the fuel pump to clog and eventually made the pump short out. With 2 weeks to spare I didnt want to risk dropping in a new pump and having the same issue present itself. So I fabricated and welded my own “fuel cell” and got an MSD inline pump all hooked up. As of now the system works great but having a fuel tank in the rear of your car isint all its cracked up to be.

Hopefully next week at some point I will be able to take it to my shop and remove the old tank and place the new tank in its place. While doing this I figure I might as well begin looking into changing my rear end, I currently have the stock Super Hicas rear end and am looking to swap it out for something that is a little “friendlier”. Any suggestions on the type of rear end I should be looking for?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

Check out the links below for pictures of the gas tank, as well as my upcoming prject (frame rail replacement)

http://www.geocities.com/fullytweeked/PICT6603.jpg (view of the tank and my stripped interior)

http://www.geocities.com/fullytweeked/PICT6606.JPG (the fuel pump, piping and electrical connections)

http://www.geocities.com/fullytweeked/PICT6608.JPG (my template for the front frame rails)

http://www.geocities.com/fullytweeked/PICT6609.JPG (stainless sheet 18 ga. marked and ready to be sheared)

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links are broken. sign up for photobucket.

-Matt

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links work fine and photobucket is for cowards.

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you would be that guy

-Matt

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wow thats a small tank. Why mounted up so high and inside, hopefully you will soon remove the old heavy rusted out tank :slight_smile: Cool stuff though. Not sure how safe it will be either way, best of luck, awesome and unique project.

Well you can replace it with a non-hicas s13 subframe, I don’t know about S14, and S15 is a good swap. Another swap is the skyline GTS subframe. Bracketting it, bracing it, cutting off unecessary metal and using metal subframe bushings is a way to go, alongside the links being replaced with pillowball arms or th stock ones fitted with polyurethane bushings.

Best of luck bro.

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Hey,

The tank isint that small it holds 46 litres, so I mean it will hold enough fuel for my particular needs. Yeah safety was also an inssue in my mind for below the car mounting, which is why I fabricated a 1/4" aluminum “skid plate” that will cover the tank incase of any freak accidents. Thanks for the suggestions for the rear end, hopefully I am able to locate the parts and the swap goes smoothly.

Paul

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there are a few guys parting cars right now. look for anything s13 with non hicas.
89 and 90 will have open diffs and you can pick up one complete for cheap. swap in
your lsd and your good to go.

peace