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JamesJV0 99' JV0 RR Twinscroll Turbo RE4F03B Automatic - Build #3

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#1 · (Edited)
James lost his JV0 car awhile back when a lady blew a 4 way and t-boned him totaling the car out. He has missed that car every day since it happened :(
He bought a 99' QT1 that he was building up but it has been on hold until mid summer comes up and also a 99' EVO that he has been daily driving stock.
I found another 99' JV0 with cold weather package and only 94k miles for sale so we decided to pick it up and sell his 200k mile 99' EVO car. The new JV0 has no rust,
was bumped in the front with a bad bumper cover, sunroof was broken, carpet was ruined, but everything else is perfect. We had the carpet and sunroof from a 68k mile
part car and old JV0's bumper and cover.

The plans for this car is another stockish automatic build like my autotragic car.


1999' JV0 P11 base with cold weather package:

Rebuilt 2000 B15 Roller Rocker with 99' Intake,Ecu, Wiring - DONE
2000' Sentra cams and 2000' Sentra Head (44cc chamber 9.8:1 CR)
New Rings, Ball Hone, Nissan Main/Rod bearings, VET headgasket, New Seals - DONE!

Rebuilt 2000 P11 Re4F03B with shift Kit - DONE!
Convert 99' harness (A) Plug to (B) Plug - Done! (And works great!)
Transgo HD shift Kit - Installed!
Full Rebuild (Clutch,Steels,Seals) - DONE!

Evo X rebuilt twinscroll turbo - Done
Make SR20 twinscroll tubular manifold - Done!
32x12x3 Intercooler with 2.5" in/outs -
2.5" universal pipe kit -
3" Stainless downpipe -
3" Stainless Spun Cataylitic -
3" Stainless Catback -
3" OBX Muffler -

2006 G35 18x8 wheels -
Nankang 215/40/18 Tires - Mounted!

Cheap-o 5 Lug Conversion - Done!

Big Brake caliper/rotor upgrade - Done!
08'350Z Fronts -
A32 Rears -

Aeromotive 11542 340LPH pump with upgraded wiring - Done!
AEM FIC6 Controller - Done!
2014 GT500 Injectors (DR3Z-9F593-A) 16 hole spray pattern 609cc @ 3bar 693cc @ 4bar (we are running 4 bar FP for E85)


We have already picked up the engine and transmission core and are rebuilding them now. Most of the other parts are in the shop or on the way.
The engine was from a 2000 Sentra SE 5 speed with 187k miles, the transmission was from a 2000 G20 with 160k miles.


Should be a very nice DD car with better spool up than my GTX car hopefully... Also this is the first try at a 99' convert to B style transmission.




Parts List:
Valve Cover Gasket Set - MAHLE ORIGINAL/VICTOR REINZ VS50401 (Rockauto) $13.47
Rear Main Seal - FEL-PRO BS40609 (Rockauto) $8.67
Distributor Oring - FEL-PRO 70015 (Rockauto) $1.18
Front Main + Oil Pump to block seal - Whole front cover kit - Victor Reinz JV1147 (Rockauto) $4.58
Oil filter adapter to block Orings - Nissan 15066-0M300 (Courtsey Nissan) $4.65 ea
Piston Rings - EVE RS3030 STD (ebay) $26
Water Pump - GATES 41138 (Rockauto) $21
Hydraulic Lifters x8 - ITM 056-5154 - DO NOT BUY THESE!! They suck - RETURNED
King Racing Main Bearings MB5243XP .025 (ebay) $55
ACL Race Rod Bearings 4B2960H-.025 (ebay) $33

Transmission Pass output shaft seal - Timken/National 710132 (included in trans rebuild kit)
Transmission Driver output shaft seal - Timken/National 224026 (included in trans rebuild kit)
Transmission master rebuild kit - $230 (through my work)
Transgo Shift kit - $94 (summit)

Core B15 engine and Re4F03B transmission - $330


2000 B15 SE Engine


The B15 engine is done.

The mains are all 1.4 to 1.5 thousandths
The rods are all 1.5 thousandths.

We used King .025 main bearings and ACL race .025 rod bearings.


All pictures are in this picture gallery:
James 1999 JV0 turbo project
 
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#3 ·
Cross your fingers :scared: I'm pretty sure it will happen without any hangups.
 
#5 ·
We have been focusing on the RR engine build but getting the parts have been exhausting... The factory Nissan main/rod bearings were damaged in shipping twice and now have to come from a different dealership since they are a discontinued item. In the meantime I have ordered several sets of ACL race and King race bearings to try to get this part finished. I really like the looks of the King bearings and quality control. I think they will be more consistent than the ACL bearings because we have already seen ACL's differ in size from one to another. The good news is that almost everything including all transmission rebuild parts are here! So instead of finishing an engine up we may just get the tranny built and shift kitted this Sunday.
 
#7 ·
Finished up the transmission rebuild and shift kit. Everything is mid to tight factory spec. Bolted up one of the 18" G35 wheels to the autotragic to check fitment. Cleaned/painted the RR B15 valve cover. Cleaned the B15 RR head. I also updated the #1 post with a picture slideshow link, all pictures will be added there so I won't clutter up this tread so bad.
 
#8 · (Edited)
Good stuff man! Looking to start a project on my own when it starts getting a bit warmer outside. Good luck with it!


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#10 ·
The first one took us 3-4 hours. Mostly because the instructions suck ass.... Our first shift kit was on the autotragic with the transmission in the car so we didn't use their special seal on the high drum. So it was a valvebody kit and brakeband adjustment only and it worked great because the tranny was in good shape and the seals had no problems. We have done 4 others since that one and it gets quicker every time.

Skill level is pretty high mainly because of all the parts you have to keep track of and not get anything mixed up. It is best to have two people working and watching so nothing gets mixed up.
 
#12 ·
Updated post #1.

Engine complete, transmission complete, twinscroll manifold is next.
 
#14 ·
We finished up the twin scroll manifold last weekend, the down pipe section will have to be fabricated when the new engine is in the car. Hopefully this weekend we will get the car converted to 5 bolt. It's hard to get much done now that we only get one day per week to work on it now... :( I'll get pics up as soon as I can
 
#15 ·
Wow, it's been awhile... We had a bunch of personal things come up that pretty much put all fun stuff on hold this summer. We just started working on the 99' intake this weekend. James cleaned it out and drilled/reamed the injector bungs for the new GT500 injectors and we are going to modify a 2000+ RR top feed rail to finish it off. It will also have a Aeromotive FPR piped to the rail. We are still planning to get this thing together before winter. (crossing fingers)
 
#16 ·
Updated the pictures in the link on post #1. Finishing up the compressor housing now. The mainfold and Jpipe is done until we drop it in the car to finish the exhaust work. Top feed rail conversion is done and the GT500 injectors work great. Almost all of this project was done with scraps from past projects so it's a little rough. If this works out like we think and we want to make another we will probably put a little more time into it and also go dual Mvs 38mm gates. We also tore the automatic apart again and did the 5 clutch disc upgrade for the high drum like my autotragic car.



All pictures are in this picture gallery:
James 1999 JV0 turbo project
 
#17 ·
We installed the rear 3" catback and welded up a dual tip stainless OBX muffler this weekend. We also cutout the rear bumper and installed a 2000 P11 dual exhaust cutout. Can't wait to get the turbo on this thing now, it's a little too loud being NA with a 3" straight through muffler!

Oh yeah, we forgot about EGR on the manifold and started making aluminum brackets to fasten the FPR and other loose parts.

Pictures updated:
James 1999 JV0 turbo project
 
#18 ·
Finally warming up enough here to get more fun stuff done. We upgraded James brakes last weekend. 08' 350z fronts and Maxima rears. Also a set of 18" Infiniti wheels that were cheap but pretty curbed up. Getting close to tearing her apart and getting that engine and tranny out of my garage!

 
#19 ·
We worked about 9 hours on the car Sunday. ExoX turbo, Intercooler piping, exhaust, spun 3" cat converter, oil & water lines, FPR, transmission harness adapter all complete. Still have to install the 4.9 LSU wideband, 320LPH Aeromotive pump and wiring, radiator, headlights, and front bumper cover. Getting pretty close to road tuning it now!

 
#21 ·
Do you mean the egr tube from the manifold to egr valve? We just bent a stainless steel tube and flared it with AN fittings. Timing has been the same on most of our builds depending on the fuel that we are using. 93oct gas with meth spray or E85 can have more.

We spent another couple hours on it tonight. We still need to wire in the wideband, fill all fluids, button up the front bumper cover, road tune it. The turbo setup and piping fits in there absolutely perfect! I'll try to add some pics tomorrow.
 
#22 ·
Progress from last night:

 
#24 ·
Been awhile since I have had time to update this.

2 Weeks ago we had the car finished up and on the ground. I decided to take it out and work on the gasoline fueling table out of boost. I was driving around watching LTFT and STFT with a 588cc injector table and after driving 8-10 blocks I started to pull away from a 4 way stop sign and heard a big POP. It was kind of like a manual with bad syncros popping out of gear into neutral. I couldn't get it into any gears so I towed it home until we had more time to look into the problem. Well we had time to deal with it this Sunday and even though it was raining out we put a canopy over the car and started ripping her apart. We found that the driver side short CV axle broke right at the end of the splines where the retaining C clip holds it into the transmission. I don't know if it broke and then came out or if we didn't get the axle clipped in right the first time?? Anyway we had to pull the transmission and remove the bell house so we could get the chunk of axle out and clean it out really good. After 7 hours of work we are back to the tuning stage!!



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#25 ·
All I can do now is laugh at all of the problems this car can throw at us, it's really getting ridiculous. James drove the car over to my place so we could get it road tuned and while we were locking in the timing white smoke started rolling out of the tail pipe.... Long story short when we pulled plug #2 steam started rolling out so we knew we had to tear the car back apart. While we spent about 3 hours tearing the whole top end of the motor down James removed the compressor to intercooler pipe and oil gushed out of it.... So the brand new Evo X turbo CHRA cold side oil seal was bad. Anyway we are pretty sure the head had a small crack because flatness is within spec and the VET gasket was perfect. Lucky we had another spare RR engine sitting in the shop so James cleaned the head up and it's ready to go back on this weekend. I had another CHRA shipped in so we could get it back together this weekend to see what else the car can throw at us.

We usually get our builder engines from the local PNP yard on 1/2 off day for $130 so I guess we were bound to get a dud sometime :)
 
#26 ·
Still working out the little kinks but it is base tuned on 12psi now. Good news is that the "B" transmission acts exactly the same in the 99'. So anyone with a 99' wanting to rebuild a transmission with a shift kit can jump right into a RE4F03B with only making a crossover harness so it plugs in directly. Since A transmissions are junk and hard to find this is a pretty big deal. We had the oil light come on while tuning and scare us pretty good, lucky for us it looks like the sending unit from the roller rocker looks to be turning on about 17 psi of oil pressure and should be less than that. We are swapping it out and looking into the lifters since they are a little too noisy.

 
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