Yao’s S13 has been sitting with pretty crappy interior for the last year or so. So Yao and Gray decided to do a little sprucing up in there and added some stock s13 carpet. We had to shampoo the crap out of the carpet to get out what looked like rootbeer when water was added to the carpet lol! Granted the carpet is older then some people that drift in Vegas, so completely understandable. Looks great in there with the red dash and black carpet.

Also had some extra time after the interior was done. So Yao threw all the suspension back on and it does not have a lack of colors lol.

Gold LCAs, Green Wangles, Green Teins, Bright Green Sikky bar, Black SPL Tension, Orange Z32 brakes, and Red power brace. Yao is trying to confuse the competition with colors I suppose.

When installing the Sikky bar, ran into a little snag. What seems as simple as just turning the bar upside down and reinstalling turned into a pain in the ass. The Sikky.com decal was on upside down and caused us to think that this bar does not fit with the s13 Nismo power brace. Well, it does, but just looks a little wierd now.

So it has been a little while since I updated everyone on the build. Everything has slowed down a bit, but when it happens, it will be fast. Just waiting for some time to get the rest done, but it will probably take another couple weeks before its done.

Got the Exedy Hyper Twin on the motor and the tranny put on. Also got the motor in the car and when I say tight fit….I mean REALLY tight fit. Had to bang out the fire wall a bit to even get the motor to seat the motor mounts. Had to also cut the shifter hole in the car (expected).

Then I also got a hold of some Tomei Adjustable Cam gears from . They just came out for the 1JZ and they look great. Love the red!

I got my Nismo Power Brace off to Ram Proline for powder coating here in Vegas. They are probably the best powdercoaters I have seen. Super legit colors and very professional work and service. So keep posted for updates on the Team Verzus cars.

My vision is completely there…

Since the last update, I have got a few parts in; DOC Race manifold, Borg Warner SX200 7670 T4 Divided .83 a/r, Tial 44mm Wastegatesx2, and Godspeed manifold back from the machine shop.

Thanks to some friends and teammates, we got the motor test fitted in the engine bay. Already we noticed some issues we are going to have to overcome i.e wastegate dump pipes, downpipe, and intercooler piping. My welder is a beast, so I’m sure we’ll figure it out.

Soon as we dropped the motor in, we had to test fit the radiator. Good thing we did, because my current electric fans won’t fit, but I know ones that will. If you look at the back, the fitment is awesome. The mounts were from Forest Wang and when he said, “furthest back possible”, he was not lying.

Overall the whole motor looks awesome. I’m just waiting on some parts to get here from DriftMotion and from EDO Performance. (AEM V2, Fuel system, Exedy twin clutch).

Update 6 March 2012

Exedy clutch came in as well as my fuel cell. Got the Summit 10 Gal and the RCI 1 Gal (swirl pot). I have to say I really love the quality that Exedy always puts into their product. I can’t say for sure that this is going to be an awesome clutch because I haven’t drove it yet, but I’m guessing it will be.

Exedy Hyper Twin Metal Clutch Kit