Finally drove the S13 today!

Today I finished installing the gauges and hooking up the cooling fans. Unfortunately my DIF fan control unit is broken (I purchased it brand new, so I will return it), so I only have the fans running by a manual switch right now.

I cleaned all of the old parts out of the car, reinstalled the bumper, fixed my power steering leak, and finally got to drive the car! I drove it to my friends mechanic shop so he could check my work on his car lift - and he said everything was perfect :)

The car is so much more fun to drive now with the sr20det! The old KA24e engine was old and not in very good shape... so the car felt very slow. Now it feels much faster... the turbo spools up very fast and the car pulls very hard. I currently have the boost controller set to 14psi, and it seems perfect!!! I had to drive it kind of slowly because I need to break the clutch in, but you can feel the power even at low speeds - I'm very happy with everything!

Tomorrow I will go to the Spocom car show in Long Beach. Marty's car will be featured at the Nitto tire booth, so I will post lots of pictures.

Spocom USA website