My 67.5 SPL/SR20
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My 67.5 SPL/SR20
My name is Alvin and this is my roadster, a 1967.5 1600.
It originally had a U20/SU's/5speed:
In 2003 I did a Nissan SR20DE(S14) drivetrain swap:
It's been a daily driver for me and also an open-track fun machine. I love it to death and it always puts a smile on my face
It originally had a U20/SU's/5speed:
In 2003 I did a Nissan SR20DE(S14) drivetrain swap:
It's been a daily driver for me and also an open-track fun machine. I love it to death and it always puts a smile on my face
Last edited by Alvin on Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:19 pm, edited 4 times in total.
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Pictures finally back!!
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
super old thread! Might as well make it somewhat currentRCMike wrote:Pictures finally back!!
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1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
My name is Alvin, and I'm a Roadsterholic
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Reminds me of this song title.
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David
"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
I don't think I've posted in-progress pics or the evolution of this car in one place, so here goes!
On a Tuesday morning I visited the Modesto Roadster Owners group to check out Bill Collins' roadster. It was a black '67.5 SPL with a U20/5speed drivetrain.
2001, in the Almazan's driveway just after buying it!
At home in San Jose after I detailed her:
On a Tuesday morning I visited the Modesto Roadster Owners group to check out Bill Collins' roadster. It was a black '67.5 SPL with a U20/5speed drivetrain.
2001, in the Almazan's driveway just after buying it!
At home in San Jose after I detailed her:
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
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My SR20 Build Thread
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
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My SR20 Build Thread
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
In 2002 I started tinkering with the car and enjoying it as much as I could.
June 8, 2002: New tires and ride height changes
I ditched the old, cracked 205/60/14 Kmart tires and wrapped the Riken meshies in 185/60/14 Yokohama AVSi's. 160 treadwear was sticky in their day!
Not happy with the raging fender gap I embarked on a slippery slope of lowering the car via several methods:
Cutting springs, lowering blocks
It was too low in the front and rode on the bumpstops/tie rods. Pretty much undriveable.
Comp springs
The following week of June 2002 I drove down to LA to visit Stan Chernoff and pick up full NISMO suspension F/R.
He is going to love this picture!
The car sat with its nose in the air, but it was safer and I could make it to the Mt Shasta Meet in July!
Datsun sport springs, more on this later
In July 2002 I got a roll bar from my good friend Francis. He had a dozen of these made modeled after the one in his '67 SPL. Here it is in bare metal:
On July 14, 2002 I attended my first roadster show at Mt. Shasta
A week later I got my first set of Panasport wheels. 14x6 +15mm from Kspeed. Michael "calspeed" Carion hooked me up with these.
I had 195/60/14 Falken Azenis mounted:
At the time Mike Young offered some lowering springs so I installed those and had the car aligned at Custom Alignment in Mountain View, CA.
In August 2002 I got a new exhaust put it in by a local muffler shop. Crush bends and all! Sounded great though:
Weighed her at the truck scale on De La Cruz, 2120lbs.
On August 27, 2002 I installed amber turn signals:
On August 28, 2002 I hit the 10,000 mile mark!
More to come as 2002 is about to get Gonzo!
June 8, 2002: New tires and ride height changes
I ditched the old, cracked 205/60/14 Kmart tires and wrapped the Riken meshies in 185/60/14 Yokohama AVSi's. 160 treadwear was sticky in their day!
Not happy with the raging fender gap I embarked on a slippery slope of lowering the car via several methods:
Cutting springs, lowering blocks
It was too low in the front and rode on the bumpstops/tie rods. Pretty much undriveable.
Comp springs
The following week of June 2002 I drove down to LA to visit Stan Chernoff and pick up full NISMO suspension F/R.
He is going to love this picture!
The car sat with its nose in the air, but it was safer and I could make it to the Mt Shasta Meet in July!
Datsun sport springs, more on this later
In July 2002 I got a roll bar from my good friend Francis. He had a dozen of these made modeled after the one in his '67 SPL. Here it is in bare metal:
On July 14, 2002 I attended my first roadster show at Mt. Shasta
A week later I got my first set of Panasport wheels. 14x6 +15mm from Kspeed. Michael "calspeed" Carion hooked me up with these.
I had 195/60/14 Falken Azenis mounted:
At the time Mike Young offered some lowering springs so I installed those and had the car aligned at Custom Alignment in Mountain View, CA.
In August 2002 I got a new exhaust put it in by a local muffler shop. Crush bends and all! Sounded great though:
Weighed her at the truck scale on De La Cruz, 2120lbs.
On August 27, 2002 I installed amber turn signals:
On August 28, 2002 I hit the 10,000 mile mark!
More to come as 2002 is about to get Gonzo!
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
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San Jose, CA
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2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
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My SR20 Build Thread
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
On September 20, 2002 I installed some Sparco 3-pt harnesses. I also installed a really old Grant wooden wheel: I know, what was I thinking!
On October 19, 2002 I attended a 311s.org Fun Run organized by Steve Allen, our fearless leader and proprietor of this forum.
What started out as a beautiful driving experience turned out catastrophic!
We were barreling through a tight, one-lane road somewhere in the hills of Santa Rosa and there was a huge rock in the middle. Everyone flied right over it, but not me! I heard a loud bang and my oil pressure gauge went south.
The competition oil pan had a hole in it.
Steve was amazingly kind enough to drive all the way back to his home and bring his trailer back:
Raul drove 80 miles back to San Jose to get his trailer and take back home. It was pretty chaotic...Raul and Steve saved me.
I had already planned an SR20 engine swap, and this was an opportune time to really get started so out came the U20/5speed.
Beautiful engine, I detailed her while she was out.
Crazy thing is that this drivetrain is now in Raul's white '67.5 SPL, running almost 12 years later!
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... ul#p188133
The SR20 engine swap slowly started happening. I sourced a complete NA S14 SR20DE from Marco at SR20store.
She sat for a few weeks while moving from a friend's shop (Danny Youngs) to Z Car Garage:
In the meantime I started gathering parts, cleaning and sending to powdercoaters. Shown below you can see the OEM FWD exhaust manifold from a Nissan Sentra. It was $70 from a local junkyard. I had it ceramic coated along with the OEM heatshield.
B&M short shifter:
You can imagine how happy and excited I was to see the motor actually sitting in the engine bay. Back then it really was an uncommon sight!
I was impressed with how the SR's 5-speed trans came right through factory shifter hole!
At ZCG, Dan Gallmeister and Rob Fuller worked their magic to deliver a turn-key swap
Michael "spriso" Spreadbury was instrumental in helping us along the way!
My initial impressions of the SR swap were positive. I was extremely happy. Find out what it's like here:
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15837
Next: New exhaust, wheels, stereo, brakes and more!
On October 19, 2002 I attended a 311s.org Fun Run organized by Steve Allen, our fearless leader and proprietor of this forum.
What started out as a beautiful driving experience turned out catastrophic!
We were barreling through a tight, one-lane road somewhere in the hills of Santa Rosa and there was a huge rock in the middle. Everyone flied right over it, but not me! I heard a loud bang and my oil pressure gauge went south.
The competition oil pan had a hole in it.
Steve was amazingly kind enough to drive all the way back to his home and bring his trailer back:
Raul drove 80 miles back to San Jose to get his trailer and take back home. It was pretty chaotic...Raul and Steve saved me.
I had already planned an SR20 engine swap, and this was an opportune time to really get started so out came the U20/5speed.
Beautiful engine, I detailed her while she was out.
Crazy thing is that this drivetrain is now in Raul's white '67.5 SPL, running almost 12 years later!
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... ul#p188133
The SR20 engine swap slowly started happening. I sourced a complete NA S14 SR20DE from Marco at SR20store.
She sat for a few weeks while moving from a friend's shop (Danny Youngs) to Z Car Garage:
In the meantime I started gathering parts, cleaning and sending to powdercoaters. Shown below you can see the OEM FWD exhaust manifold from a Nissan Sentra. It was $70 from a local junkyard. I had it ceramic coated along with the OEM heatshield.
B&M short shifter:
You can imagine how happy and excited I was to see the motor actually sitting in the engine bay. Back then it really was an uncommon sight!
I was impressed with how the SR's 5-speed trans came right through factory shifter hole!
At ZCG, Dan Gallmeister and Rob Fuller worked their magic to deliver a turn-key swap
Michael "spriso" Spreadbury was instrumental in helping us along the way!
My initial impressions of the SR swap were positive. I was extremely happy. Find out what it's like here:
http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15837
Next: New exhaust, wheels, stereo, brakes and more!
Last edited by Alvin on Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
Instagram
YouTube
My SR20 Build Thread
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
YouTube
My SR20 Build Thread
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Neat!
David
"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
"When we were standing next to the motor while on the dyno, and the motor hit VVL, eyes went watery.."
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Ok so where were we? Somewhere around 2005 i think!
The roadster was featured in now defunct SportCompactCar Magazine, July 2005, volume 17
I was contacted by photographer E John Thawley to do a feature while he was shooting the 25hrs of Thunderhill.
My avatar is from this photoshoot!
New exhaust, wheels, stereo, brakes, steering wheel and more
A "No MG" sticker from Mark Dent I think was purchased ~2003. This isn't Mark, but a hardcore MG owner:
I sold my 14x6 Panasports with 195/60 tires to Dan (datsun65) and got a set of 15x6 +10 Panasports with 195/50/15 Bridgestone S-03PP tires.
Fading brakes at various track days led to a Wilwood big-brake kit in 2006. Hindsight is 20/20 and I should have got Spriso's Z32 caliper kit. It's on the current to-do list!
A new exhaust system was installed, this time 2" with a single Borla XS muffler and a megaphone tip. A JT68 stainless system would have been installed if available at the time
Wanted a modern stereo system so I used a Alpine head unit and wait for it...it played MP3s only through CDs. Old school baby! 4 MB-Quart speakers and an amp in the trunk. Kept vintage (not oem) head unit in center console
Finally, a MOMO Competition steering wheel. Still one of the best feeling wheels I've used. Also bolted in a set of RJS harnesses to harness bar that was fabbed up by Dan Gallmeister. Signed by Pete Brock and John Morton:
Custom floormats from Gerardo/Francis:
The roadster was featured in now defunct SportCompactCar Magazine, July 2005, volume 17
I was contacted by photographer E John Thawley to do a feature while he was shooting the 25hrs of Thunderhill.
My avatar is from this photoshoot!
New exhaust, wheels, stereo, brakes, steering wheel and more
A "No MG" sticker from Mark Dent I think was purchased ~2003. This isn't Mark, but a hardcore MG owner:
I sold my 14x6 Panasports with 195/60 tires to Dan (datsun65) and got a set of 15x6 +10 Panasports with 195/50/15 Bridgestone S-03PP tires.
Fading brakes at various track days led to a Wilwood big-brake kit in 2006. Hindsight is 20/20 and I should have got Spriso's Z32 caliper kit. It's on the current to-do list!
A new exhaust system was installed, this time 2" with a single Borla XS muffler and a megaphone tip. A JT68 stainless system would have been installed if available at the time
Wanted a modern stereo system so I used a Alpine head unit and wait for it...it played MP3s only through CDs. Old school baby! 4 MB-Quart speakers and an amp in the trunk. Kept vintage (not oem) head unit in center console
Finally, a MOMO Competition steering wheel. Still one of the best feeling wheels I've used. Also bolted in a set of RJS harnesses to harness bar that was fabbed up by Dan Gallmeister. Signed by Pete Brock and John Morton:
Custom floormats from Gerardo/Francis:
Last edited by Alvin on Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:00 am, edited 6 times in total.
Alvin Gogineni
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
Instagram
YouTube
My SR20 Build Thread
San Jose, CA
1967.5 SPL/SR20
1997 Acura Integra GS-R
2022 Chevy Bolt EUV
zcarblog.com
YouTube
My SR20 Build Thread
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Definitely one of my favorite roadsters. Are you still rockin factory paint or have you done a respray during your ownership?
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Re: My 67.5 SPL/SR20
Kudos on the build, tastefully done.
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