Zero1

After over eight years, I finally got the car back on the road this past fall just in time to be garaged for the winter. With the weather warmed up and a few last issues worked out, I've really enjoyed driving the car again. It's been an incredible journey and I celebrated 15 years of ownership in January.

Build list in first post updated and here are a couple recent pics to enjoy. If you've made it this far, thank you for your support and I hope you've enjoyed following along all these years  

On 1/30/2020 at 10:12 AM, Gabo said:

zero1jdm is his Instagram.... I just sent a request.

I'm always on Instagram but due to the numerous fake account requests I get, send me a message as well so I know you're the real deal. Apologies if I missed you! 

As it turns out.... I have a pristine S402 CF front lip in my closet. 

Currently working on updating my build thread after a very long hiatus. I still have the car for the time being but finances have put me in a position that I will likely be letting it go very soon. 

On 2/16/2023 at 8:08 AM, ChicagoSam said:

Thanks Doc- and wow-what a resource Zero1 provided. really appreciate pointing me in that direction. Zero1 and I should have sister cars once I'm done.(if he still has it/threads been quiet as of late)

Glad to see you're still around Ben, and the build looks great so far! Just finished my refresh - need to give it a wash and hand wax so I can get some pics with the JDM body parts all installed.

Oh wow man that's awesome and glad to see you still have yours too Justin!! In for pics lol

For those Zero Sports enthusiasts like myself, I thought I'd put together a quick and dirty how-to installation for the V-Earthing and V-Effector kits on a USDM LHD BL BP.

In the kit you'll find the voltage stabilizer unit itself that cannot be mounted using both brackets as it is supposed to sit where the brake master cylinder and booster mate up to the firewall. Instead, you'll find a few M6x1.0 threaded holes covered with black factory dot tape on the side of the strut tower. With only using the primary bracket that bolts to the unit itself and not the extension, you can source some stainless steel bolts and washers at your hardware store and mount it up like I have.

In order of pictures I'll start with the V-Earthing kit:

1. The largest wire will begin on the right (passenger) side subframe rail earthing point.

2. You'll need to then bolt this to the right side head which I found a spot for under where the factory turbo inlet sits.

3. Notice the alignment of the Zero Sports sleeve here* and this is where it can get tricky. Bottom of the pic is toward the front of the car and this mount needs to be on the short block so I found a spot just under the AC compressor bracket to mount to (will require removal of the bracket to get to).

4. This will need to be on the left (driver) side head so I found a tricky to get to spot which mirrors the location on the other head for #2. Right side of the pic is the front of the car and you can also see a better angle for #3.

5. This one is optional for either the back side of the block or trans (I opted for the back side of the block) and found a location under the throttle inlet hose. Notice the right side of the pic is toward the front of the car and you can see the blue tape on my throttle body.

6. The end of the wire will go to the Voltage Stabilizer unit.

Next set is for the V-Effector wires:

7. The 3-point grounding wire will start with the shorter length and mount onto the earthing location for the pitch stop mount to the firewall.

8. This will then lead down to the starter earthing location.

9. Here we can see the long end leading to the negative end of the battery terminal (wire on the left) and the wire on the right leads back to the Voltage Stabilizer (main battery earth off the back side).

10. The last wire will start with earth to the left side subframe rail.

11. Lead up to the starter earthing location (left side of pic is toward front of car).

12. Lastly it will carry over to the Voltage Stabilizer leaving one open earthing location if you want to run accessory earth off of.

Long overdue for updates. The interior is and will be even more so torn apart again for some changes. That will come after it runs again though...

Finally getting under way with the wire tuck and have a fair amount more to go under the hood but have everything laid out exactly how I want it run now. Motor has been back in for a while and collecting dust just like the rest of the car. Pic of the current ish status of the car with a few new items waiting to be or already installed now

I still can't tell if I want those STi wheels. If only them came gold I think I would have done it a long time ago. Looking at your car and trying really hard to not buy things....doesn't work very well.

They definitely look better in silver. A different style of wheel in gold would be neat though, like one of my old sets of wheels...

At first i thought you were doing a low front mount turbo, then I realized it was sitting on the stool. Haha

Haha yep! No where near the room for a turbo up front

Absolutely amazing build...

Thank you!!

Long overdue for some updates...

The last year has been a lot of waiting for parts, money, and more parts. Finally getting to a spot where I can start putting everything back together and if only SOA would hurry up with their dash warranty I could have a lot more done

Upgrades include some suspension bits, brakes, lights, under hood goodies, new twin scroll exhaust, and a new interior. Here's a few teaser pics including a shot of the everlasting jack-stand racer, enjoy

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One day if my car runs and drives again and I have money to shell out this will happen

No rush at all man. Been tossing up between the avo and racerx front mount. Most people seem to have alot more trouble getting the avo one to fit but you seem to have done a killer of a job of it.

Finally got those pics for ya Andy! I had to trim a fair amount more on the bumper under the fog shrouds as well as a fair amount of trimming on the fog shrouds because I ditched the rubber FMIC hoses from AVO and have custom aluminum 2.5" piping instead. Hopefully the pics help you make a call on the amount of trimming

You ever get any pics of how much of the bumper / fog surrounds needed to be hacked out to get the intercooler to fit in there?

I apologize, it's currently in storage right now so I will try to get some pics posted up in the next few days when I have a chance to go over and take a peak at it.

Just finished up getting all my new gauges sorted out. If you're interested in doing something similar feel free to check out my write up here:

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/defi-advance-and-zeitronix-gauge-install-247579.html?p=5284923#post5284923

It's been a while since I've updated the build as it's been at a bit of a stand-still since I got my car back from the body shop in June. Seemed the more I looked and inspected it the more things I found that weren't installed correctly or broken.

Needless to say, I have a long list of things I have to fix, modify, rewire, and replace. I've gone through a lot of the list so far but life gets busy and funds become sparse. I've got a lot of parts sitting around and a few to come before I can get it re-tuned and the body stuff re-addressed. I'm shooting for spring but who knows, no sense in hurrying when I've waited two years and only had it driving for about a month combined in that time. It will be an awesome feeling if I ever get her running again and can enjoy driving a car!

Here are some pics to tide you over until then

Hey, love the build. I actually got into a head end collision the other day and it wasn't terrible, but definitely have to replace the bumper, grille, and eventually the hood. I was wondering what got damaged for you on the car from the accident.

Everything except for the drivers front fender :/ thanks for the props and sorry to hear about the accident

Bro, what did you do with those cans?

 

Did u just replace the tips on a stromung?

 

Damn that is perfect.

Ummmm... I didn't do anything with the exhaust except for installing it and polishing it? There were only like 20 of these made for one group buy back in 2008/2009 (?) and I found a BNIB one. Thanks

S402 Fenders?

Well... It's something a lot more recognizable than that

I've got some "nice" things inbound on some boats from Japan... The wait for the rebuild will be quite worthwhile

I also have a spare JDM rev D-F spec B honeycomb grille in MINT condition if anyone is interested in, PM me.

This is such a nice car. When I saw the wrecked version I threw up a little. Hang in there and stop hitting things with your car

 

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LOL things need to stop hitting me while I'm sitting still!!!