I've seen a few examples of swaps that use the Altezza HKS intake system and with no to slight mod get it to fit nicely so I was always going to go with that route. Randomly, someone local was selling an HKS mushroom pod filter thats been sitting BNIB for 8 years from a never finished s13 build. I couldn't pass that up for that price, and even tho it was 100mm unlike the 80mm of the Altezza kit, I figure I could make it work.
Since the engine bay is just about ready to be painted, that only means the engine can go in so I figured I'll try to line everything up so I can have everything I need to do the first start right away this spring. I am relocating the battery to the inside of the cabin on the passenger side floor with a aluminum floor plate to use for the mounting base. Should put it right by the ECU and on the same side as the ALT and starter so it should be the best spot for this overall. Luckily I was able to source some wiring from work (3 sets of these) that should be plenty thick and length should be perfect or on the long side to easily modify.
