It’s funny how things work out sometimes. When I had both of my S13s at this time last year, I had no motivation to work on them (for many different reasons.) A year later, I have tons of motivation but no longer have a car to work on. It’s been an interesting shift to say the least.

Last week, I was taking a look at the used Silvia clutch pedal assembly I bought and comparing it to the reinforced NISMO bracket. It didn’t seem to make a lot of sense to me. The two bracket and spring designs just didn’t look the same. As it turns out, the set of pedals I bought on eBay was not from a Silvia/180SX, but from a USDM S13. I ended up returning them and purchasing a different set, which worked out well as they were quite a bit cheaper. I think they may have been so cheap because they’re a little rough and have an old set of Impul pedal covers installed on them, but I ordered new rubber pads for them a couple weeks back – so that won’t be an issue.

I also did some research and visual inspection on the clutch rebuild kit I purchased and found that the return springs are different between the US and JDM S13 clutch pedal assemblies. I ended up selling the rebuild kit I bought as it was clear that the return spring would only work on USDM pedals, and I found that the JDM return spring has been discontinued. So consider this a heads up if you plan to buy a rebuild kit for your RHD S13 – the return spring will not work, but all of the other components will. Also note that the NISMO reinforced clutch pedal bracket will not fit a USDM S13.

I plan to order the clutch refresh components from Japan as I found them to be quite a bit cheaper over there, even with shipping and exchange rates. I’m also going to look into snagging some refresh items for the brake pedal.

As for my old 240 shell, I was able to source some items to make it a rolling chassis before the buyer comes to grab it in the coming weeks. I picked up front and rear subframes, knuckles, control arms, etc. from my friend Allen last weekend. I tossed the rear subframe on the car quickly last night, but plan to spend some more time installing these items this weekend. I’m hoping to source the remaining parts next week and hopefully have a pick up date nailed down soon.

Things are moving at a snail’s pace with the 180SX. The importer has a truck lined up for taking the car from its current location to the port, but I haven’t heard yet when this will happen. Fingers crossed that I will get some good news on that front soon.

So that’s about it for this week! Thanks as always for reading my rambling. Have a great weekend!

Damon