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Up against an impossible timeline before Speed Week and frankly, running out of space in the driveway, sacrifices were indeed made. The cage had already been built in the new S13 chassis and it was too late to turn back now. Essentially, the only way to right this wrong was to cannibalize one S13 and resurrect its life through the build of another, a sort of Lazarus project.
A few friends, motivated by a few dozen bottles of double IPA beer to numb the pain, proceeded to pull the powertrain in a couple of inebriated hours. It was all a blur, which was probably for the best to keep me from having second thoughts.
Before the powertrain found itself in its new home within Project 240 LSR, we slapped in a new rear main seal, a pair of Cusco engine mounts, and a few more trick bits for good measure.
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With the engine out of the car, this was also the best and easiest opportunity to increase the margin of safety by installing a Greddy oil pan. The Greddy oil pan holds an additional quart of oil and also features trap door style baffling inside to help prevent oil starvation during hard cornering.
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I don’t intend on experiencing high lateral Gs during a high speed run (in fact, I pray that I don't), but the extra quart of oil capacity is a good addition to the engine's safety net. The more oil we can carry the less work each molecule of oil will be subjected to. Thus, decreasing temperatures and increasing the life of our oil supply.
Lastly, we added some breathing room via a Greddy intake manifold hoping to eke out a few more ponies. We had the Greddy manifold extrude honed and thermal barrier coated prior to installation. A few weeks later, I got a bit spontaneous and decided that a Pulsar N15 (or SR16VE N1) throttle body from Fontana Nissan would top things off quite nicely.
