Things Needed for Installation:
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Dremel with 1.5 inch cut off wheel(to cut dash around cage)
Hand Saw (to cut dash around cage)

Level of Difficulty:
MEDIUM

Just above is the S14 dash we picked up locally for just over $100 in great condition. Dash came with climate control which will be up for sale on eBay motors soon along with all the vents and glovebox panel. No signs of heat damage or wear on the dash so I was immediately stoked on our pick up from Zilvia.net. I mostly labeled the difficulty level at medium because it just takes time and patience to get this thing to fit right. Granted our car lacked everything which made it simple but when you have a windshield, full interior, and attempting to retain your air conditioning it will require some patience and time.

The cage in our Project V8 S13 we picked up comes down just a tad too early to drop it straight in the cage cleanly like the Enjuku S13 with S14 dash so we had to get out some tools for modification. In this image the dash is sitting about 3 to 4 inches to high and needs to drop down into place and shift to the right a little for a perfect fit.

We made some measurements of what needed to be removed and started cutting away at the factory dash. Note we are making alterations to the dash so it can fit around our cage (In a factory S13 the dash would drop right in without any cutting… the S14 dash is actually a tad smaller than the S13 one but more on that later).

When we were close to getting the dash in this one prong was sticking out and keeping the dash from dropping in. Odds are your car will have a windshield and this might not be an issue for you. The prong didn’t line up to anything on the S13 so we went ahead and cut it off. This is something I would recommend you do before even get the dash in the car.

After some patience and shaking around the dash fit snuggled around our roll cage. Sadly the cage made us lose our glovebox so that isn’t present on the passenger side. Let’s take a look at how the S14 dash is smaller than the S13 in the next two photos.

Here is the passenger side with no windshield or weather stripping. I feel like it would hide most of front gap with the dash but I could be wrong on that note. You can see it’s about a two finger gap between the end of the dash and the pillar of the car. Not a very noticeable gap at all.

The drivers side has about a one finger gap after mounting to the factory dash holes on the S13. Overall I was impressed with the fitment and would do the upgrade again when given a S13 project.

For our hard earned $100 and change we also snapped a center console. The e-brake fitment was spot on and the shifter space is exactly over the S13′s transmission hole. The center console even has a power mirror button in tact on it. This is how the dash looks after the installation was complete and I love the way it looks in the car. This will be one of the only OEM interior pieces we add to the car and it was a wise investment.

Here is a close up shot of the climate control/radio area of the dash. I placed the climate control section of the center dash in but removed the climate control first. This leaves the top two vents you see along with the hazard/defrost buttons. I am hoping to find some products to run in the climate control box.

The last picture of the dash shows our gauge cluster bezel. It had to get a little cut up on the inside for cage fitment but getting a cluster in here should be no issue. Right now we are planning to run another cluster outside the S14 one but I won’t ruin one of the future blog posts with Project V8 S13.

This week our newest project car got delivered. It’s a S13 that got stripped and started some race preparation but never quite got finished. The car already has a S14 subframe, S14 crossmember, an insane roll cage, and seam welding on the chassis.

We are going to get to work on this shell ASAP to make it into a complete race car. It will be getting a V8 engine in the future. While we document our S13 V8 project from a 1991 Nissan 240sx we will be building a similar drift car project with a 1991 Chevrolet Camaro V8 project. A nice comparison on how to prep each vehicle but accomplish the same goals. A true look at American and Import V8 car drifting has arrived at Wrecked Magazine.