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In the last few weeks, some great progress has been made on the Grip Royal restomod S13. Mechanically it is mostly together. The suspension, brakes, and drivetrain are all installed and ready to roll. The next thing to really cross off the list was the oh-so-terrifying wiring. One thing that is very important to remember here is that this car started as a BARE shell. So, literally everything had to be pieced together and wired up from scratch.
Aside from all of the functions that this car came with, Scott added a few extra things. The NX2000 gauge cluster being the most obvious. In the 90s Nissan made a hot-hatch, the NX2000. It was a stiff, nimble little car that sported an SR20DE and arguably one of the coolest factory gauge clusters Nissan ever made; unfortunately most people couldn’t tell it apart from a large tupperware container. The cluster is all digital, from RPM to fuel level. Scott found one of these clusters and wired it up to work in his S13. This has been done before, but most people avoid the swap due to the wiring involved.
The engine wiring was also finally buttoned up. There were only a few loose ends to finish up and the lower harness had to made, but that was all dealt with in a matter of a few days. Before finishing up the engine bay wiring. Scott finished putting together the turbo side of the engine. There was a clearance issue with the turbo inlet hitting the A/C line. To get around this, we used a straight flange and a 45* coupler to move the inlet pipe away from the A/C line. Everything on this side is a very tight fit, but it all does fit.
With all the wiring done, the car was ready for an electrical test. We ran a lead wire from the rear-mounted battery up to the front harness, got in the car, and turned on the key. Immediately the interior fans turned on and the gauge cluster lit up. Then we started going down the list of electrical functions. With a flip of the factory switch, the headlights eagerly flipped up and the new LED units lit up the shop. There was an issue with the digital climate control working intermittently. That was traced down to a grounding issue which was an easy fix. Everything else worked as it should; something to be very happy about.
Now that we’ve confirmed that the electronics are all in working order, its time to start finishing all of those parts in a more permanent fashion. However, we are now ready for a test start…
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