*bored* My Turbo S12 - Warning! Not 56k Friendly!!!

Car no longer has the Volk GTP's and releaseable steering wheel on there. But car still looks the same otherwise...



















































I call the s12 - Ugly Duckling

I love your beater man.

It would look pretty good with just a fender and touch up paint.

Where are the wheels? They fit the car pretty good.

thats kinda cool to see an older car with all those older hks parts on it.

my buddies 85 rolla gts was like that.

Thanks for the compliments guys, it is a pretty nice beater. I know the car doesn't need much work to get it looking nice, but I don't have that much time messing around with cars and/or hitting the junk yards anymore.

The reason why I took off the wheels were my new set of tires I bought were too big for the front of the s12 and was scratching when I turn. I swapped them over to my s13, looks decent on the s13(215/50/16).



The HKS thing was the previous owners' work. He use to work for HKS so he had access to all the HKS goodies for the s12. Couldn't locate an hks intercooler kit though unfortunately. I tried locating an HKS intercooler kit myself, even with the parts importing guys on ebay...they all said the same thing. Discontinued!

Sick car man.  Love all the old skool.

i would love to build an s12 with fj20, and all period correct, 1980's parts.

or a few other cars for that matter.

nice gauge! I sorta like all the super old hks stuff

oldschool hks guage club, assemble!

so i take it your keeping it huh? good shit

asparagus: I figured since you showed off your old school HKS gauges I'd have to show mine off too LOL

IggyEGuana: Thanks a lot for the compliment.

sideways_s12: Actually, there's someone coming out either this evening or tomorrow evening to come and check it out. We will see!

He wants to buy the car and part it out. Or more like buy the car and swap all the goodies into his current s12 since his is in better condition.

i dig the hks gauges. theyre so sexy

nice how youve got HKS stuff mostly... less jumbled names and brands lol
must have cost a dime huh?

what size were those rims?

VG30: Not too bad as they are older parts, but rarer : )

mr.lonelys12: Rims are 16x7 +32 205/50/16 16x8 +35 225/50/16

My S14 Nismo Powerbrace for future s13 front suspension conversion.



New wheels for the Ugly Duckling. 15x7 +17 all around







Car for oil change today!

Nice car man.
someone likes hks  
lol hks is the way to go.
hks ftw.

I appreciate your comment.

YES! It's about time you took a bunch of pics... really good photo blogging, man... and I LOVE the new wheels, looks perfect.

Let me tell you guys... Sterling and I saw this car in person, and we took it for a spin. This thing had a crated CA18ET engine put in it, and it has to be one of the nicest underhood stock setups I've ever seen... well stock except for the BOV. Pulls strong and smooth... this car is a great project, and the owner is a good guy

I don't want to break your hopes but, I'm almost absolutely sure that s14 power brace WILL NOT FIT. It's true that s14 tension rod brackets are generally used on our cars for the s13 conversion, but you added another variable into the mix. That bar that connects them both makes them line up perfectly to the s14 chassis, however I'm 99% sure that the distance between the two brackets is different for the s12.

If you're really seriously about a powerbrace for the tension rod brackets, it's not too hard(or expensive if you go to a shop) to weld a bar and small gussets to the stock brackets(after much measurement) and box in the bottom of the brackets.

edit: As for your front wheels, just keep letting the tires hit your fender. The worst it'll do is ROLL YOUR FENDERS FOR YOU  But if you seriously want it to stop, you can just roll it yourself with a roller or a hammer+heat.

asparagusI don't want to break your hopes but, I'm almost absolutely sure that s14 power brace WILL NOT FIT. It's true that s14 tension rod brackets are generally used on our cars for the s13 conversion, but you added another variable into the mix. That bar that connects them both makes them line up perfectly to the s14 chassis, however I'm 99% sure that the distance between the two brackets is different for the s12.

If you're really seriously about a powerbrace for the tension rod brackets, it's not too hard(or expensive if you go to a shop) to weld a bar and small gussets to the stock brackets(after much measurement) and box in the bottom of the brackets.