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Pugger
20-05-2007, 01:18
Another project thread finds its way onto the board s :)

Now the John Deere is up and running, it was time to get my car into the garage (Cheers to Dunkz for letting me use it to do the car) as she's due a rebuild (131k on the clock) and im also getting a fair bit of blue smoke!. She was washed and rolled inside where she sat waiting for us to start work, work started on her Friday night when we unbolted very little as we were both too tired after working all day. So night one was a bit of a waste.

Got up this morning around 9am and was raring to go so i headed to tesco grabbed a few supplies and then onto the garage.

Im not going to narrate everything as i really cant be arsed :wack: pictures say more than words. Ill get a list of what were doing etc later :)

So heres what we got done today from around 10am until i left at 11pm :)

Found there was a Drift Tractor parked behind me in the garage!!!

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190155.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190156.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190147.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190145.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190144.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190149.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190152.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190162.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190157.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190170.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190173.jpg

Pugger
20-05-2007, 01:19
Done some body stuff too :)

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190163.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190164.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190165.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190166.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190167.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190168.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P5190169.jpg

At lunch time we did get a little bored and it seems if we ever achieve somthing good we need to do summit slightly mad! so we did :wack:

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=289948

Cheers to Duncan And Fud-Ayyyyyee!! for their help today :) :thumbs:


More coming soon :)

ferretca18
20-05-2007, 18:23
looks like a nice clean shell:) i want to get another standard one and a BIG garage:nod:

nitrodave
21-05-2007, 12:36
want to sell my the passenger front wing?? i need one in red ;) only dented panel on my car now :)

Pugger
21-05-2007, 12:57
want to sell my the passenger front wing?? i need one in red ;) only dented panel on my car now :)


Lol the wings are going back on mate :) Only took them off to fix rust on the top of the suspension tower and to check the underside..

Now they are off i may do a little stiffening :)

Need to bring the Block and Head into work to drill out a head bolt that rounded off :cry: Last one to come out too :(

fudi
21-05-2007, 17:19
no problem at all danny you helped with mine ill help as much as i can with yours

Deep Blue
23-05-2007, 13:47
Bloody hell, how are the crank seals looking dan?

I was wondering when you were going to get it running again! :)

Pugger
24-05-2007, 22:34
Best keep this updated :)

So i took the Block and head into work still connected with one bloody stud that decided it wanted to round off :cry: So we popped it onto the Drill and got stuck in :)

We drilled the head off the stud using a 12.5mm drill.

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0152.jpg

What it looked like once drilled

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0154.jpg

Lifted the head off leaving the stud

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0155.jpg

Popped a piston out to have a look at one of the bores..

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0157.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0158.jpg

Tapped the stud with a hammer and removed it easily with a set of Mole grips

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0156.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0159.jpg

The i took the rest of the pistons out (forgot to picture them :annoyed:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0160.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0161.jpg

Also noticed a line going between 2 of the bores... Luckily it turned out to be a scratch :hurl:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/IMG_0162.jpg

The Block has been degreased, powerwashed and is in the stages of being masked for painting.

Now to decide what colour to do it lol!

Dunkz
25-05-2007, 07:39
White! Do it white!

or silver i suppose

Squares
25-05-2007, 10:00
No THAT is a drill.

Good work and lunchtime tom-foolery.:D

Pugger
25-05-2007, 12:49
White! Do it white!

or silver i suppose

Anyone got pictures of a white block :p

Was thinking of Gun metal gray myself... white will be a bitch to keep. :(

Chavbo
25-05-2007, 13:05
Have you changed the spark plug yet though? :confused:


















:D

Pugger
04-06-2007, 22:05
Right ive not updated this in a week or so..

Sadly ive not always had a camera on me at work to get pictures :(

Anyways... I decided that i was going to the hassle of ripping it to bits i may aswell make it look fresher when is back together. So we collected the multiple brackets that hold everything together and put them in a box and took them to my work, once at work the threaded parts were blanked and the lot was sand blasted to bare metal.

The block was taken back to the garage where we painted it a bright silver (i know how original!! :wack: )

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6040263.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6040264.jpg

i think it looks better :)

Heres a box of Blasted parts..

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010211_800x600.jpg

After about 7 days looking at colours to spray my cam covers and other brackets i finally decided.. so we needed to prime everything..

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020223_800x600.jpg

(also Blasted my cam covers with a softer blast ;) easier than sanding it LOL)

Its the primer witch project



http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020235_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020234_800x600.jpg

Heres the colour i chose...

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020243_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020227_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020244_800x600.jpg

Pugger
04-06-2007, 22:21
The head was stripped down a few weekends ago apart from removing the stem seals, so i took the head to work and removed the with a mixture of Long nose pliers/ a Seal Pick and a few swear words :)

the head was then degreased and power washer to remove all the crud around the valve area (a mixture of carbon and burnt on oil) the degreaser made easy work of that and made the head fairly clean.

The valves were in some state... Dunkz and Fud........... AYE will vouch that they were almost binners lol... the Crap was molded round them and no amount of Stanley knife and screwdrivering was making it move. We tried petol, diesel, oil, degreaser they all failed...

I called nissan to price new valves :wack: as i thought this would be as easy and as cheap LOL... Nope £33.80 Per Valve :cry:

Ended up cleaning them up on a pedestal grinder with wire wheel :)

At about 11pm on saturday night we decided to rebuild the head :wack:

heres some pictures

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010215_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010216_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010213_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010214_800x600.jpg

Springs and Collets fitted around 1am ish iirc

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010221_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6010222_800x600.jpg

Poured oil into all the holes and popped in the lifters..

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020240_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020241_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020242_800x600.jpg

Then we refitted the Cams

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6020245_800x600.jpg

Pugger
04-06-2007, 22:26
Yesterday was a bit of a slow day, we went to see about a new car for duncans daily driver and a few other things...

we came back and took my gearbox out..

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6030255_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6030256_800x600.jpg

Fud..........Aye washed his and dunkz car so we decided a few pics was in order...

How many S13's in your Garage ;)

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6030247_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6030250_800x600.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6030258_800x600.jpg

Thats it for now folks...

Im taking the block into work to be measured as we found a few small scores and a small amount of pitting in bore one :cry:

Wish me luck!!!

ferretca18
05-06-2007, 13:02
i wish i had a garage that big!
looking good so far mate:thumbs:

Pugger
05-06-2007, 20:56
i wish i had a garage that big!
looking good so far mate:thumbs:

Lolo its great having a big garage to use but i aint always that big... on average we have at least 3-4 cars coming and going... Place is mental lol

didnt get my block measured today i i had to go to hospital to have a steel girder (ok only a spark) removed from my eye... doctor reckoned it had been there for 4 days :wack:

Wasnt the most painless removal.. he used tweezers :hurl:

A14LN C
05-06-2007, 22:07
keep up the good work Puggers ;)

marteh
05-06-2007, 22:48
hows about a loan of ur engine hoist once yous are finished lol, good work so far, keep it up

Dunkz
06-06-2007, 08:00
hows about a loan of ur engine hoist once yous are finished lol, good work so far, keep it up

We would do but were always borrowing them ourselves. That ones from Danny's work and if thats not available then various local friends tend to sort us out.

I think i've still got paint in my hair from walking into dangling bracketry!

Pugger
07-06-2007, 12:51
We would do but were always borrowing them ourselves. That ones from Danny's work and if thats not available then various local friends tend to sort us out.

I think i've still got paint in my hair from walking into dangling bracketry!

Yeah and i should probably get it back to work asap... forgot im off a week ::annoyed: oops.

Pugger
26-06-2007, 23:31
Right not a great amount has happened since i last updated so this one will be short...

I am how ever now skint due to the holiday :cry: Thank Fook for Plastic ;)

Over the past 2 nights ive stripped the inlet plenum down to clean it all up, took the Butterfly valve off and had a look in, everything seemed ok until i took the Rear cover off :wack:

Summit to think about if you cars using oil in my opinion, the oil inside was about 1 -2mm thick all round the back end of the plenum. took a fair while to get cleanish. :indiff:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6260269.jpg

Tonight we also stripped down the pistons, cleaned them up, fitted the new rings to the pistons and Honed the Bores of the block :)

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6260266.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6260267.jpg

As i said a short update! Cheers for Looking :)

:thumbs:

Pugger
27-06-2007, 21:28
Done some more work today... in fact i was still at work at 6:15pm doing stuff and i finish at 4:30 :cry:

I took the plenum and sump in today to get a clean up, firstly the plenum took a dip into the "tumbler" (basically a big vibrating bath filled with polishing stones) of a few hours to try get the worst of the crap from the inside out. it seemed to do the job :)

I then used a scotch bright wheel thinking that would finish it off but it didn't look as good as i thought it would :( so i gave it a coating instead :)

Below you can see the colour it was before i started and the finished item

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6270270.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6270271.jpg

I done the same to the manifold/Injector holding plate :)

The fuel rail was all grotty too so it got a nice coating of matt black to finish it off :)

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6270274.jpg

The Sump Had a few rusty bits so i buffed them back gave it a quick degrease and a few coats of Gloss Black

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6270272.jpg

Now when the plenum was in the tumbler the ECCS sticker got knocked off... it now looks a bit bland, anyone got any ideas on what i could put on there?

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6270275.jpg

Cheers for looking again :) Comments please :)

Danny

Squares
27-06-2007, 21:36
Looking good.

How about a:

http://www.w3sh.com/archives/1048969856_obr1_intel-inside.PNG

But with a CA Inside, instead of intel? or being a CA:

http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~bytehead/doom_in.gif

:wack:

fudi
27-06-2007, 23:37
get it engraved or similar with logo of your choice speak to our sponsor in 'foostie'

coconut_dave
29-06-2007, 16:42
Dam good going mate ;) Good work :D

Dunkz
30-06-2007, 00:37
It seems you forgot to mention "the big gay gearbox" So this is what the original gerabox looks like:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Picture006.jpg

And again after its had the danny treatment, I'm sure you can tell why its been dubbed the big gay gearbox. I might add you could smell the stench from that stuff you used to clean it outside my house for days.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Picture004.jpg

Pugger
01-07-2007, 22:37
Cheers for putting that up mate :indiff: :wack: :ghey:


Here we go again with the weekends progress :)

Ok you seen the mess the plenum was in inside a post or two ago, it was thick with oil and gunk. Heres what it looks like inside now :)

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6290291.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6290292.jpg

Amazing what a bath of little stones will do :thumbs:

So on friday night we decided to rebuild the plenum and then go play forza as of recent the garage has become somewhat of a home.. i think dunkz is growing to hate the place, either that its just my and fud.......aye :wack:

heres the pics of the freshly refurbished plenum :

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6290286.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6290288.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6290289.jpg

Well chuffed with the way it came up :)

Pugger
01-07-2007, 22:49
On Saturday we made a start on rebuilding the bottom end and getting the engine near finished

Usual build pics coming up lol nothing overly special

ACL Race Mains and Big end shells were fitted along with Hastings Piston Rings.

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300294.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300295.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300296.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300297.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300299.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300300.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300301.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300298.jpg

Nissan head gasket was fitted and so was the head :) Done the new head bolts up to what it said in the manual.

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300302.jpg

we then fitted the Inlet Plenum

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300303.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300304.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/strip%20down/P6300305.jpg

Today we went to pick up the John Deere from the welder and got it ready for MOT 2moz hopfully :)

Cheers for looking :)

Chem200
01-07-2007, 23:01
Just had a read throught your thread, keep up the good work :thumbs:

Clouder_sx
02-07-2007, 01:01
Looking good, just read the whole thing :nod: want to do this one day for sure... (but not yet car, dont break for a few years yet until i can afford it :))

Pugger
02-07-2007, 10:11
Just had a read throught your thread, keep up the good work :thumbs:


Looking good, just read the whole thing :nod: want to do this one day for sure... (but not yet car, dont break for a few years yet until i can afford it :))

Cheers for the comments :thumbs:

Its been good fun, learnt loads in the process :)

But be prepared for the car to be off the road for a while lol

Kev
03-07-2007, 00:25
Good to see u get stuck into her danny :thumbs:

plenum has come up crackin mate :nod:

would be nice to have access to ur works machines, u lucky fcuker.

only thing id say to u is to straighten up the sump, its taken a hefty knock to the bottom, u may even find it will restrict oil take up to the strainer mate, not sure bout that, but not worth the risk imo.

when ur sticking it all back together, what i do is stick the thing upside down and fill the pump with oil, and rotate the engine by hand, and basically keep doing this till u have *clean* oil coming out each cavity :wack:
(esspecially the oil feed)

even though the block as cleaned i guarantee u there will be some crappy oil sitting oin the oil ways, mine had been acid bathed and it still was.
btw did u clean the crap out of the main breather u see on the firts few pics??

possible the blockage was causing ur smoke mate:)

Pugger
03-07-2007, 12:56
Good to see u get stuck into her danny :thumbs:

plenum has come up crackin mate :nod:

would be nice to have access to ur works machines, u lucky fcuker.

only thing id say to u is to straighten up the sump, its taken a hefty knock to the bottom, u may even find it will restrict oil take up to the strainer mate, not sure bout that, but not worth the risk imo.

when ur sticking it all back together, what i do is stick the thing upside down and fill the pump with oil, and rotate the engine by hand, and basically keep doing this till u have *clean* oil coming out each cavity :wack:
(esspecially the oil feed)

even though the block as cleaned i guarantee u there will be some crappy oil sitting oin the oil ways, mine had been acid bathed and it still was.
btw did u clean the crap out of the main breather u see on the firts few pics??

possible the blockage was causing ur smoke mate:)

Cheers for the input and comments mate :) Wish hannah thought the same lol..

Trying to split my time with her and the car.. plus i have a few side jobs doing for other people lol

I think the Sump may have been knocked at the first ingilston drift day when i mounted the hairpin hill :rolleyes:

ill try beat it out :)

Hoping to have the engine fully built this week... but most of our time will be put toward the John Deere getting it ready for JAE and F&M. Plus no doubt Fudiiiiiiiii's car will break down again :wack:

Aj82
03-07-2007, 14:15
Awesome post mate!
Aint bin on ere for a while due to work commitments etc but have bin thro to montrose a few times recently and wondered why i hadnt seen any of you about! And now i know why! haha

Top effort mate and as for the missing plate on the inlet manifold i say get it inscribed with something but not sure what?

Cheers Aj

Dunkz
29-08-2007, 17:29
Wee update for you all. Not much has been done of late as we've been at a lot of events so apart from collecting some new shiny bits and a spot of welding nothing much has changed. But very shortly she can start going back together

strut tops have both been tidied up:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Picture033.jpg

the floor is getting sorted at the moment:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Picture013.jpg

And a nice artistic pic of pugger pretending to do some work:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Picture027.jpg

Fake Ben Taylor
29-08-2007, 17:33
looking good guys :D:D

i may have to send some parts up for cleaning ;):D

bobbitt
29-08-2007, 18:04
where is your personal protective equipment young man? you need your sight for the test drives!..

Pugger
29-08-2007, 18:28
where is your personal protective equipment young man? you need your sight for the test drives!..

Lol me eyes were closed :p

Safe enough for me ;)

should have had safety glasses on but they went AWOL and we needed to cut :D

Cheers for putting this up Dunkz was thinking about it today at work lol.

The strut tops are getting a skim of filler to finish them off and then a paint.
might take some pics when i head up later on and do another mini update ;)

Cheers for the comments guys :thumbs:

Pugger
02-09-2007, 15:02
No real progress going on...

Between work, the missus and the car its been a cnut to get motivated :(

went up the other day tho and got the timing cover finished in paint and got it fitted :)
The cam covers are Painted in Rover Nightfire Red and the timing covers done in Peugeot Graphite Grey.

The Plug covers yet to be finished :)

Mocked up the turbo/elbow setup so i can take measurements for bracing :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1882.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1900.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1901.jpg

Took my flywheel into work also to get skimmed.. Seen it had cracks on the surface and i panicked lol

So a quick thread on here Via Dunkz confirmed they were just heat cracks and a skin would do fine :)

Heres the damage:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1907.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1910.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1911.jpg

Kev
02-09-2007, 23:01
last pics aint showing for me Danny :confused:

btw could i suggest, since u guys have welded the intereior so far back, to add another couple of inches of plate till it meets the rear seat pan, as this will be where the roll cage will mount to, so good to give it max strength there:)

///Alpine
03-09-2007, 14:42
What color is that? Really siver "spray"?

Pugger
04-09-2007, 20:53
last pics aint showing for me Danny :confused:

btw could i suggest, since u guys have welded the intereior so far back, to add another couple of inches of plate till it meets the rear seat pan, as this will be where the roll cage will mount to, so good to give it max strength there:)

Works fine here and at work :confused:

Ohhhh are you giving me a roll cage :p :wack: PLEASE :D

ill see what i can do with that cheers kev :thumbs:


What color is that? Really siver "spray"?

You Signed up to Ask me that?? :wack:

Its Ermmm called "Metallic Silver" lol

Insomniac
04-09-2007, 22:41
I really need to stop looking at this projects section, it keeps giving me... ideas :(
Maybe I'll even put the garage & workshop at the new house to use... once I get 1 garage door, 2 windows and a workshop door for it :wack:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/DSCN1901.jpg
What exhuast manifold is this?

Fake Ben Taylor
04-09-2007, 22:49
its an xspower one converted to t2 flange :)

Pugger
08-09-2007, 23:46
its an xspower one converted to t2 flange :)

Yeah as Ben said its a XS power thats had a bit of felting and now fits T2 Flanged Turbo's.. Also a 3" Custom Made elbow :D

New shiny bits arrived this week :D More Info will be posted soon :D

mosh86
09-09-2007, 20:44
wow this reminds me when my mates skyline broke. massive chunk out the bore. new engine and to be replaced with bits from the old one. lmao. great thing was it was the first engine that we have ever done. and rb25det engine is a bad place to start. but when a bricklayer and a factory worker puts there mind to it. they realise there in the wrong jobs. lol.
but it looks like you've done this before lol. good job and good luck on the rest of it!

Pugger
10-09-2007, 12:55
This is my First Engine build :)

But i have mates that have built a few :) As ive said before its been a huge learning experience, I now know how an engine goes together and works and how easy things can bugger you up :p

This project wouldnt have been so easy or "clean looking" if it wasnt for my wor letting me do parts after time and at lunch etc :D

Just want to get it done and get it on the road :D

Insomniac
10-09-2007, 14:45
Did you have to do any additional bracing on that top mount XS manifold?

Pugger
10-09-2007, 19:07
Did you have to do any additional bracing on that top mount XS manifold?



Ive not done any Yet... but will be doing some before it gets fully bolted up :) Ive heard the horror stories of XS Power Manifolds cracking... do a little research and find out where to brace :)

Insomniac
10-09-2007, 20:54
Was just wondering, I'd looked into this a while back with the intention of getting a turbo from ATP with the correct housing to mate with the flange. I'd read that the XS top mount manifold was pretty good compared to some of their other efforts and didn't need bracing.

Still, if your sitting a big turbo on the end of it I don't suppose some bracing would hurt :)

marteh
10-09-2007, 22:13
hey guys just noticed yous have managed to remove the crank pulley while the engine was out, how did you manage to get this done?

also is the crank breather pipe under the inlet manifold and goes to the box shaped thing above the oil filter?

Pugger
13-09-2007, 21:55
hey guys just noticed yous have managed to remove the crank pulley while the engine was out, how did you manage to get this done?


Sorry for the Delay in the reply lol


If i remember correctly we cracked it when it was still connected to the gearbox in the engine bay... one of the first jobs we done...

However dunkz engine came out with the crank bolt well and truly still in place and we took it to a local tyre fitter and got them to windy gun it off :)

If your meaning how did we get the actual pulley off.. well that involved swearing, a mallet, 2 massive screwdrivers and alot of wiggling :)

marteh
14-09-2007, 16:34
Sorry for the Delay in the reply lol


If i remember correctly we cracked it when it was still connected to the gearbox in the engine bay... one of the first jobs we done...

However dunkz engine came out with the crank bolt well and truly still in place and we took it to a local tyre fitter and got them to windy gun it off :)

If your meaning how did we get the actual pulley off.. well that involved swearing, a mallet, 2 massive screwdrivers and alot of wiggling :)

lol yeh the boy at the engineer place said the same when i took the crank to him i asked how he did it all he said was "A BIG ****IN HAMMER!" :smash:

just need to get the bolt off for the pulley, gonna try 1 idea but if that fails then ill pretty much be screwed. did the guys at the tyre place jam the crank at all?

Pugger
14-09-2007, 17:08
lol yeh the boy at the engineer place said the same when i took the crank to him i asked how he did it all he said was "A BIG ****IN HAMMER!" :smash:

just need to get the bolt off for the pulley, gonna try 1 idea but if that fails then ill pretty much be screwed. did the guys at the tyre place jam the crank at all?

Yeah a Bar thru to either side of the block iirc :)

marteh
14-09-2007, 20:07
cheers mate, how u getting on with ur engine?

Pugger
14-09-2007, 22:41
cheers mate, how u getting on with ur engine?

It is getting there.. its all money atm tho :(

Still got Braided feeds to buy and i have an external WG to get too, then the engines done.

Little bit of welding and bolt it all together. I HOPE! :wack:

Aj82
19-09-2007, 14:08
How you getting on with this guys??
Will need to pop through one nite and come see it in the flesh??

Cheers Aj

Pugger
19-09-2007, 15:04
How you getting on with this guys??
Will need to pop through one nite and come see it in the flesh??

Cheers Aj


Welding should be finished tonight :D Getting along good i think lol

Just off the phone to nissan ordering MORE parts lol

yeah you should pop over the weekend mate :) dont get up much during the week as duncan now lives in aberdeen monday to friday :(

Hows yours running?

Aj82
19-09-2007, 15:07
Sounds like a plan!! I think i still have your mob number i will pm 2 confirm but would be good to see the work you have done.

Not too bad just fitted some braided hoses because my standard ones split after fitting a manifold, will be fitting a track rod this afternoon and hopefully that will be all today.

pm coming your way!!

Cheers Aj

Pugger
24-09-2007, 14:55
Right times running out on me :cry:

Im currently using my brothers Clio to get about but his test is in 2 weeks :eek:

So i went up the garage yesterday and done some more stuff :)

i sprayed the welds on top of the struts with a Zinc Galv spray and then coated them in filler :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/DSCN1912.jpg

Then rubbed it back and gave a quick prime to check for high bits... there are a few but those will get fixed soon :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/DSCN1915.jpg

I made myself and a few mates Stainless steel steering bushes at work :)

Heres mines fitted... only took 30 mins :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/DSCN1916.jpg

The start of a Custom Air Feed to the air filter

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/DSCN1913.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/DSCN1914.jpg

also removed the battery tray and cut the exact same away ^^ as that pic. Ill cat a plate at work with a nice hole for my IC pipework and weld it in :thumbs:

I have a Fellow sxoc member coming down on wednesday to help renew my brake pipes and remove the abs :D

Pugger
24-10-2007, 10:29
UPDATE TIME!!

Progress pics from the last update until Last night.

First off new Brake pipes and abs removal. Massive thanks to Stuart (thehats13) for doing my pipes :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1922.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1924.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1925.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1926.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1927.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1930.jpg

Then i Fitted my Driftworks Steering rack bushes and Apex Engine mounts :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1934.jpg

While doing the brake pipes we found these holes in the passenger inner wing so i wire bushed the lot back and started work on fixing it.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1931.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1932.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1933.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1944.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1945.jpg


Also found this on the Drivers side and done the same.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1935.jpg

Pugger
24-10-2007, 10:39
I then used the wire brush on a grinder and took all the crap off and painted it Black :) Seen it on another thread here and it looked good so we shamelessly stole the idea (so thumbs up to that guy).

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1946.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1949.jpg

Had a spare 10 mins alone when Dunkz went in for food to i fitted my Braided clutch line.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1950.jpg

Welded up the area where the battery tray was removed from

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1951.jpg

There was also 2 holes in the chassis leg where the drain holes had rusted out. so we cut them away and welded em up :)

They then got undersealed after a wire brush attack!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1954-1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1952.jpg


Now that the front and Middle are done with welding. we set on the rear :cry:

What a Pain in the arse this was...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1955.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1956.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1957.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1959.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1958.jpg

Pugger
24-10-2007, 10:39
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1960.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1961.jpg

Now i thought i would fill these holes and that would be us... until Duncan found this

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1962.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild20102007/DSCN1963.jpg

Its betwwen the sill and floor pan and has been a bad repair in the past :(

Thats my job for today :)

Pugger
27-10-2007, 21:13
Sorted :D the shell as far as we can see is SOLID :D :nod:
Sadly i forgot to take pictures of the underside :( Ill try get some when im up next.

We decided the Garage was a Tip and the mice were starting to pi$$ duncans mum off :wack: so we decided to tidy the garage before getting duncans car thru to remove his engine so we could copy the pipework (his engines getting stipped)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1970.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1974.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1972.jpg

Just need to Think of a name for the Old place!

We brought duncans motor through and removed his engine in record time. From Opening the Bonnet to dropping the engine on the floor too us 50mins!!! :D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1976.jpg

Any idea what this could be for?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1978.jpg

No were not fitting a central heating system in the garage ;)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1979.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1980.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1981.jpg

Pugger
27-10-2007, 21:22
Yep custom water pipes as Duncans car had problems with a few of the harder to reach ones, so we made copper one and used new pipe.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1982.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1984.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1985.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1985.jpg

What you think?! Good or Bad idea?!

We then set about the Manifold and its cracking due to the weight of the turbo etc problem

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1986.jpg

So we too a peice of Angle and shaped, bent and drilled it to fit and then welded it onto the manifold. it bolts onto one of the Engine mount brackets and stiffens it all up really well id say :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1987.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1988.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1989.jpg

See how we get on... if it doesnt work then im not to fussed. :)

Piping up the Turbo with the custom braided pipes from HoseSolutions :Plug:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1994.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1995.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1997.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1999.jpg

Pugger
27-10-2007, 21:27
Now for the Custom Air scoop and Painting of the engine bay pics :)

Primed
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1990.jpg

One side painted (we Need More Paint :wack: )
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1993.jpg

Fabrication of the scoop

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1991.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN1992.jpg

Scoop Primed after welding and sealing

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN2001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN2002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN2004.jpg

Tomorrow we Get the engine and Gay gearbox together again after around 9 months :D

Comments Please :)

Cheers for looking :thumbs:

kingj
28-10-2007, 11:09
well done:thumbs: you certainly dont mess around pugger, and its good to see some things being done differently, keep it up:nod:

Dunkz
29-10-2007, 21:20
we were hoping to have her ready for the road by yesterday but all the extra welding put us several days behind schedule and another holiday spent in the garage instead of with my feet up relaxing.

Pugger
30-10-2007, 12:54
we were hoping to have her ready for the road by yesterday but all the extra welding put us several days behind schedule and another holiday spent in the garage instead of with my feet up relaxing.

You'll have plenty time of that in December :wack:

And as im here i may as well add a pic of what we done last night.

Masked the car up for spraying the bootlid :)

JDM Masking FTW!

http://file038a.bebo.com/13/large/2007/10/29/21/17739751a5966078194l.jpg

Sideways Danny
30-10-2007, 12:59
oil feed bobbins fit ok?

Pugger
30-10-2007, 18:32
oil feed bobbins fit ok?

Yeah mate, fitted fine :) Big Cheers to You mate for sending it up :D

Just need a restrictor as the S12 part is too large. :(

Pugger
07-11-2007, 21:08
Update time :D

Was meant to do this on monday but hey ho :p

So we had problems with engine cranes etc over the weekend. people had borrowed from needing em back etc, But we managed to get on fine :)

My engine on the ground awaiting a crane.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2010.jpg

We Finished the whole engine bay with paint :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2009.jpg

Prepping gearbox with uprated clutch Pivot and Nissan release bearing.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2005.jpg

Shiny Bits!!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2008.jpg

Driftworks Lightened Flywheel Fitted
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2013.jpg

RPS Street Max (Organic) Clutch Fitted
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/DSCN2014.jpg

Need to upload the rest of the pics now :) back in a bit :D

spezer
07-11-2007, 21:46
JDM Masking FTW!

http://file038a.bebo.com/13/large/2007/10/29/21/17739751a5966078194l.jpg

PMSL....

Love that... :D

Mind if I steal the scoop idea? My panel has rusted and although I've just bought a headlight scoop, the more fresh air the better...

Well done so far... :thumbs:

Pugger
07-11-2007, 22:12
After a Bit of pricking around the Big Gay Box and the Engine were Re-united :D And the Apex Short shifter fitted to the box with some sealant.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2041.jpg

The Engine and Box Going Home (sorry about the crap pics )
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2042.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2043.jpg

Almost There!!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2045.jpg

Woooohoooooo
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2048.jpg

Downpipe from turbo
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2054.jpg

And i decided the power steering pump looked to shabby, so it got a lick of Black.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2055.jpg

Also had an oil Feed restrictor made up out of Brass with a 1.8mm hole bored thru.. Dont wanna blow them oil seals in the turbo now.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2050.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2051.jpg

And finally a Picture of the bootlid, Not great, colours no where near (not that i can see tho being colourblind :p )

Not bad for free tho

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild05112007/DSCN2053.jpg

Cheers For Looking guys!

And Spezer help yourself mate :) ;) Hope it works :wack:

Dunkz
08-11-2007, 13:15
And Spezer help yourself mate Hope it works

surely i get to say if people can use it or not! :) Which you can but, i'd advise keeping it small. Originally we were gonna curve it right down but it would be gulping up too much air. We might still put a nacca duct in the bonnet if it starts lifting at speed.

spezer
08-11-2007, 18:54
never even thought about bonnet lift...

Pugger
08-11-2007, 19:38
surely i get to say if people can use it or not! :) Which you can but, i'd advise keeping it small. Originally we were gonna curve it right down but it would be gulping up too much air. We might still put a nacca duct in the bonnet if it starts lifting at speed.


Why would that be then?! I suggested the scoop i'm pretty sure! (thus why i cut it and didnt ponder over it for weeks on end ) :p

And yeah bonnet lift may be a problem but You could just raise the rear of the bonnet with washers like some people do on here for cooling :)

Damo
08-11-2007, 19:45
nice work mate. looking very good :thumbs:

Pugger
08-11-2007, 22:31
nice work mate. looking very good :thumbs:

Cheers mate :D

Ive enjoyed it most of the time :wack:

Dunkz
08-11-2007, 23:18
lol, i've been on about putting a scoop in there as long as i've been on about a top mount! :) the reason you were pondering is cause it took me a few weeks to convince you to do! Its bad enough you take my ideas but i'm not letting you take credit for them. :wack: :D

spezer
09-11-2007, 14:27
maybe I should start my own thread and take the credit for the scoop on that! :D

Dunkz
09-11-2007, 14:42
:d

Pugger
16-11-2007, 23:40
Woohoo Tomorrow we do the final wiring clean up and Prep for sundays Project Bonnet Vent ;)

Pugger
19-11-2007, 20:10
Right wiring... what a horrible job that is...

But needs must for a tidier bay... We have moved the Battery to the boot, run the main power line to behind the drivers strut and generally stripped all the wires down and made then shorter and a bit more neat,, but its still not done :(

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2057.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2062.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2061.jpg

Now we needed a box to connet the main 12v line from the battery to a buzz bar that would connect to everything else... so we looked around... dunkz is using a tupperware box for his but that wouldnt cut it in mines.... then a stroke of genius... why not hide it in the alarm.. (dosnt work, new one getting installed) so we took it to bits :D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2058.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2060.jpg

just to make a copper bar now and fit it inside the empty case :D

Now for project Bonnet vent :D

Pugger
19-11-2007, 20:15
So as some of you may have seen further back

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild27102007/DSCN2001.jpg

i have custom fabricated up a cold air scoop to the filter to allow loads and loads of cold air in, now the problem with us doing this is the air needs to be able to flow freely past the filter and not become dead air that may lift the bonnet at speed (we really don't want that).

So we have spend numerous weekends talking about how to let air out, and Dunkz decided the only non "chav" insert vent he would allow me to use was a NACA duct... But to be honest i wasn't to keen. But needs must.. we have no other neat ways to cut vent in my bonnet.

Until Last week... I had a brain storm (yes it hurt):wack:

Id do it at work... So me and dunkz masked the bonnet up and drew what we wanted/thought looked good...

heres what we came up with:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2063.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2064.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2065.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/DSCN2066.jpg

Yesterday we went and did the cutting on THIS! (Duncan was like a Kid on the way to a theme park )

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007173.jpg

That is my works brand new Waterjet direct from sweden and installed 2 weeks ago :D


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007177.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007175.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007176.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007178.jpg

Took a few hours to do with setting up and work had me do a job whilst i was in lol

Heres the finished project..

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild19112007/18112007179.jpg

Its nothing lairy even tho we could have went crazy on it... i have some stainless steel mesh that i have sprayed black to put under it :D

Heres a video of it in action... its so loud because of height of the bonnet off the water it distorts the speaker on duncans phone, We removed no bracing before cutting.

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What you all think?! Im chuffed it came out so well and it was free :D

Cheers for looking again..

Dan

Kev
19-11-2007, 21:40
wish i had read this sooner.
the air thats rammed up to the filter wont lift the bonnet Danny, it will get sucked up by the filter mate.............
if the air going in is under pressure to get sucked in, all the better really.

and btw u can all use the idea of the scoop;)
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showpost.php?p=3206498&postcount=72
Yeah my idea:p

and thats also why i know it wont lift the bonnet at all;)

all the vent above my filter did when i made one several years ago (done it as a nissan emblem:wack: ) was let the rain drip onto the filter.:(

Fake Ben Taylor
19-11-2007, 22:05
:o i thought itd lift the bonnet :(

Pugger
19-11-2007, 22:42
wish i had read this sooner.
the air thats rammed up to the filter wont lift the bonnet Danny, it will get sucked up by the filter mate.............
if the air going in is under pressure to get sucked in, all the better really.

and btw u can all use the idea of the scoop;)
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showpost.php?p=3206498&postcount=72
Yeah my idea:p

and thats also why i know it wont lift the bonnet at all;)

all the vent above my filter did when i made one several years ago (done it as a nissan emblem:wack: ) was let the rain drip onto the filter.:(

Doh :annoyed:

Mesh should sort it out :wack:

Fake Ben Taylor
19-11-2007, 23:13
Doh :annoyed:

Mesh should sort it out :wack:

make a shiny shit shield for the air filter :)

Rumble
21-11-2007, 16:50
him mate, this is my first time reading the thread and ive got to say that i enjoyed it and damn im impressed!!! you've done a great job and the result is starting to reflect the work put in.

keep up the good work, don't worry i'll be checking back regular now :nod:

Matt

Pugger
03-03-2008, 23:22
Right been a while since the update, And a lot has happened!!!

So ill blast some pics of work done etc and some text where needed :D

Right so we hung the Intercooler from a S14 and used a Apex pipework kit (with some mods) to fit it to my S13 nice and tight into the body, custom made 'dexi' strip hangers FTW

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2069.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2070.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2071.jpg

Fitted the DB Power Rad and added some deadening to stop it knocking/rubbing.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2095.jpg

Now a Mojor Problem we encountered was that the top mount and Custom down pipe/elbow i bough didn't exactly line up with the standard exhaust position... in fact it was miles off

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130617.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130618.jpg

So in our wisdom we done this to my silenced Apex bitty...
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130620.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130621.jpg

After a bit of choppy choppy twisty pulley etc we got it looking like this
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130622.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1130623.jpg

Its an Apex type 1 exhaust iirc and didn't have much ground clearance so we sorted that while we were at it.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2164.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2163.jpg

Had it TIG welded at work and a plate wrapped round and stitched to give it a little less stress :)

Pugger
03-03-2008, 23:43
So a few weeks ago we made a list of jobs we could think of still to do and posted it on the wall...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/DSCN2161.jpg

Started work on the Intercooler hot side pipework, ordered up hoses and started trying to work out where to fit it all in.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190627.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190626.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190628.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190629.jpg

Yes thats standard pipework we cleaned up :D

Then we sized up the filter pipework and trimmed to suit.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190630.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P1190631.jpg

and fitted the rest of the IC pipes and silicone Rad pipes

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/PICT0060.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/PICT0061.jpg

So we come to Saturday, by now we had all the pulleys/belts/clips breathers etc inplace and we were all set at about 7pm to fire her up... put in oil, water/coolant done checks fitted the oil pressure gauge...

Then we connected the battery.. and the alarm went off.. the immobiliser was flashing and would not disengage. So Gutted we tideied up and went home...

On sunday mid day we were back and ready to go... had no idea why the alarm was being ghey sooo we decided to ermm rip it out (its getting a new one anyway) :wack:

Dunkz started ripping into it
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P3020633.jpg

and found this hidded way up inside the dash

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P3020634.jpg

within an hour he had professionally removed it
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P3020635.jpg

Which gave us Power

he also fitted my Greddy FATT
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_001/P3020636.jpg

So sunday night about 8 pm we done our checks, tightened the one little water leak we found and prepped for the start. Got my mates vectra in place to help the battery out.

Removed the plugs and fuel pump fuse and cranked he over to get the oil moving... put it all back together again and.....

Well.. ermmm

Lets say it didnt go the way i was expecting it to...

This is what happened

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BTW it sounds raspy because the was a bolt missing on the exhaust housing on the tubby... we didnt notice until it started up

Huge thanks to Duncan for his help and james for giving us a hand on saturday and sunday!

Fake Ben Taylor
03-03-2008, 23:53
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!:D: D:D:D

Squares
04-03-2008, 09:21
That looks really tidy, top work chaps!:)

ColinR
04-03-2008, 11:38
Good work lads..

Question though - Wheres your radiator expansion bottle?

Col

Dunkz
04-03-2008, 12:32
Good work lads..

Question though - Wheres your radiator expansion bottle?

Col

not required for initial startup, still loads of little bits to take care of. It can be seen in the video though if you look closely. :)

How can you thank chaffe, all he did was stand around and poke us with screw drivers while we finished everything off. :wack:

Also the AFM was unplugged when we fired that, didnt realise till about 5 minutes in till we tried to raise the revs. :D

Rubix_Cube
04-03-2008, 12:44
Nice work bud, I can't wait to get mine back up and running.

Pugger
04-03-2008, 12:46
How can you thank chaffe, all he did was stand around and poke us with screw drivers while we finished everything off. :wack:


True lol

He was there tho, even if it was just to laugh at us if we failed :D

Kev
04-03-2008, 18:39
yey life!!!!

Pugger
04-03-2008, 23:26
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!:D: D:D:D


That looks really tidy, top work chaps!:)


Good work lads..

Question though - Wheres your radiator expansion bottle?

Col


Nice work bud, I can't wait to get mine back up and running.


yey life!!!!

Cheers Guys :D

Were well Chuffed... After all that work we put in and with this being our first real engine build for it to start first time and have good oil pressure has boosted our motovation :D

Bring on the weekend :D

fudi
05-03-2008, 19:49
arite min well done finally got it going :) if you had given me a shout i woulda come up away to start a thread for mine asap spk soon mate

Deep Blue
06-03-2008, 17:58
Nice one buddy! :thumbs:

I was expecting a turbo hamster to escape or something :wack:

Ol'_200sx_thing
06-03-2008, 19:38
superb buddy, glad its all came together for you danny :thumbs:

Parker
07-03-2008, 12:55
Nice work boys. One silly question, is the vent going to let the filter get wet when it rains?

Pugger
07-03-2008, 16:19
Nice work boys. One silly question, is the vent going to let the filter get wet when it rains?

Cheers for the Comment guys :D Good to get some feedback :)

Parker ill be making a sheild to cover the top of the filter mate :)

pics soon :thumbs:

fudi
09-03-2008, 11:51
went up to see it yesterday good to see it almost finished and cheers for my plenum danny :)

Pugger
09-03-2008, 20:06
So this weekend we mainly spent 3 hours trying to get a rust porous sump off of a 1.2 Punto to then find that that if you give James a crowbar and he puts it through the side of said rotten sump to break the seal he will also break the oil pick up pipe too :annoyed:

then spent today doing stuff to mine :D

Its Update time :nod:

So this morning we found some rust on the door hinges we had forgotten about.. so we rubbed them back and painted em up :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00011.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00014.jpg

We then fitted the Steering wheel and seats that im borrowing from Duncan as he wont need them for a while :) (notice the FATT is now in place and wired in proper)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00031.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00032.jpg

We modified a tiny washer bottle and fitted it in the normal place... i only have one pic and thats us heating it up to fit the OEM filler neck :D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00007.jpg

Pugger
09-03-2008, 20:11
Then we set about fitting some body work :D:D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00017.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00015.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00020.jpg

Bonnet went on after the wings

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00021.jpg

and then we had to trim up the front bumper to fit the FMIC :)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00023.jpg

And i took these just before i left at 5:15 :) :D

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00024.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00026.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Rebuild2008_002/DSC00028.jpg

Just needs a Really good clean, rear wheels fitted and some brakes and were pretty much done :D:D

Thanks for looking

Fake Ben Taylor
09-03-2008, 20:12
:notworthy

StokeNutter
09-03-2008, 20:18
awesome

Deep Blue
10-03-2008, 09:54
Sweet dude! the hard work has really paid off :nod:

Dunkz
10-03-2008, 10:22
You should give chaffe a shout and see if he's got a spare minute to spray that front splitter this week so we can get it mounted as it looks a bit bare without it! Also did you remeber to take the heat shield for the turbo away to roll?

TM_S13
10-03-2008, 12:42
looking good ;)

keep up, always nice to see another s13 coming back to life heheh

Pugger
10-03-2008, 12:49
You should give chaffe a shout and see if he's got a spare minute to spray that front splitter this week so we can get it mounted as it looks a bit bare without it! Also did you remeber to take the heat shield for the turbo away to roll?

Ill fire him a text :)

I forgot to take it away... ill be up at some point to let mark see the car anyway mate... he's stayin at mine for 3 nights :)

Cheers for the comments guys :)

Nis
10-03-2008, 22:51
Looking good mate. Get some sir in that front passenger tyre though!

Ivan

Pugger
11-03-2008, 22:32
Looking good mate. Get some sir in that front passenger tyre though!

Ivan

Yeah has a slow leak :( they have been sitting for 6 months tho :p

Glad everyones got positive comments... makes the work/hours a little more bearable knowing people watch the thread...

Ordered My Brake Pads and Caliper Seal Kit today and i should get my 315mm disks on thursday :)

Now to decide what colour to paint my calipers :D

Pugger
12-03-2008, 21:07
Just a quick update,

I took the apexi filter into work today and made a nice $hit shield to stop water from the bonnet vent getting sucked into the engine.

Heres a few pics, Its not great and i made it in 15mins on my lunch but it'll do :)

Lemmie know what you think.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Filter%20Shield/DSC00034.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Filter%20Shield/DSC00035.jpg

And Fitted

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Filter%20Shield/DSC00036.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Filter%20Shield/DSC00038.jpg

more updates over the weekend :)

and as always comments welcome :D :thumbs:

ferretca18
12-03-2008, 21:46
looks functional mate! AND its a good place to slap a free sticker! lol comming along nicely:thumbs:

Fake Ben Taylor
12-03-2008, 22:13
looks awesome buddy :):)

glad to see its more or less there :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Pugger
13-03-2008, 12:55
looks functional mate! AND its a good place to slap a free sticker! lol comming along nicely:thumbs:


looks awesome buddy :):)

glad to see its more or less there :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


Cheers :D

Just need to get my E36 M3 Discs picked up... and im sorted :D

m.d.
13-03-2008, 12:58
what callipers are you using for those discs, i thought they were too big for the s14 and z32 callipers, altho i have thought about using them and GTR skyline fronts before with the same brackets

Dunkz
13-03-2008, 16:47
Were just using a set of s14 calipers. e36 m3 discs are 315x28 and s14 are 280x30 so they'll fit fine. :thumbs:

Don Drift
13-03-2008, 21:15
Awesome project, just read/looked through it all, amazing considering this is the first time doing so ;)

Marcus23
14-03-2008, 14:55
looks really good mate ! wish a was able to fix ma sx up that much lol !

Pugger
15-03-2008, 22:36
looks really good mate ! wish a was able to fix ma sx up that much lol !


No you dont ever want to have to do all the stuff we've had to do tho this car :cry:

Weve had good times and ALOT of stressed bad times when you keep finding rust in places rust should never be lol, But its worth it now... so close to the end :nod:

But if you do start a project like this make sure you have an understanding missus OR a Spare room and sleeping bag :D :wack:

I have the Later :p

Pugger
28-03-2008, 21:41
Soooo close i can smell the burnt rubber :D

soooo we fitted the S14 calipers (Cheers Dunkz matey again :D ) to my car and fitted the wheels to find that the wheel offset sucked and we would need to space the wheel to fit, so we had some 6mm spacers that we made from duncans car and chucked them on.

Spun the wheel and heard ' dunt dunt dunt' , 6mm's not enough...

sooo we set about making BIGGER ones!!! :D

Ordered 16 Studs (Ford M12x1.5 +25mm) and 16 Nuts from Rally design for about £25 :)

So while the spacers were being manufactured at my work ;) we got going with the studs,


Whipped off the rear discs, cleaned em up and gave them a paint.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230663.jpg

And stripped the rear calipers/clean/paint
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230664.jpg

Now unlike some people have said on here in the past YOU CAN fit the longer studs without ripping fook out of your back plate. we may right a tutorial if we remember to take pics of duncans when we do it :)

heres the stud comparion pic
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230669.jpg

during the fitting of the studs we snapped one :eek: (bad thread we think )

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230658.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230660.jpg

rear disc and caliper fitted
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230668.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230673.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230674.jpg

Pugger
28-03-2008, 21:59
Then we fitted the rear spacer! After some careful measurements we decided of 20mm's for the rear and 15mm for the front would bring the wheels nice and flush.

REAR
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2191.jpg

Front
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2180.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2190.jpg

Heres the rear spaced out
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230661.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/P3230662.jpg

and the front
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2181.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2182.jpg

And the brakes
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2183.jpg

And some other brakes im working on at work lol, you think they would fit?!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2194.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2196.jpg

And finally heres a few pics of the engine bay thats pretty much done
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2186.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y280/i2iclan/Pugger/200%20SX%20Build/Wheels%20and%20Spacers/DSCN2184.jpg

Were fitting a wheel bearing tomorrow and then im praying to god taking it out for a test run :)

Thanks for looking :) :thumbs:

banana-man666
28-03-2008, 22:05
Well done matey keep us posted on how the test run goes

fudi
28-03-2008, 22:09
Well done mate been glad ive been there helping for a bit of this project has helped me to do mine

cheers lads and well done Danny

Now duncan haul ass out too mine and get started on the black one ;)

Dunkz
28-03-2008, 22:17
Well done mate been glad ive been there helping for a bit of this project has helped me to do mine

cheers lads and well done Danny

Now duncan haul ass out too mine and get started on the black one ;)

I guess my skills are in high demand. :)

fudi
10-04-2008, 01:40
Few pics for you danny havent got the ones of my phone yet
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/fudi/PICT0217.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/fudi/PICT0216.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/fudi/PICT0214.jpg

Dunkz
10-04-2008, 18:13
Can you not hold a camera still? :no:

Fake Ben Taylor
17-04-2008, 02:42
congrats on passing mot :thumbs:

Dunkz
17-04-2008, 08:55
She broke shortly after on the way to our monthly meet, im sure danny will have a wee update showing what went wrong when he's finished his birthday celebrations. :)

Fake Ben Taylor
17-04-2008, 08:56
:cry:

bad? or ish

Dunkz
17-04-2008, 08:59
not really, just annoying. had to leave her for a few days and tow her home on sunday afternoon, worked it out fairly quick and danny sorted it whilst i ate my tea. :) Thanks to fudi for bringing out the landy and giving us a tow. :thumbs:

imhereithink
17-04-2008, 12:00
i dunno how i missed this thread, but good work guys, seen this when it was half way through and was looking great. Congrats on getting it finished :thumbs: i'll need to pop out sometime soon and see it :nod:

Dunkz
28-05-2008, 15:50
As danny seems to have lost intrest in putting an update in i'll do one for him. He's got all the pictures of the breakdown and there's been a second one since then. The first one the car just made an almighty bang and switched off. Turns out the half moon spigot on the exhaust cam had snapped off and the CAS had eaten itself so a quick exhaust cam swap and a spare cas fitted and he was back on the road.
The second breakdown was very nearly terminal. It happened about 3 days after an oil change and a new gauge sensor fitted. Driving up to work one morning and danny heard the lifters suddenly get rather loud. Looked down and he had lost all oil pressure. Quickly shut it down and pulled off the road. His lightning quick reactions seemed to have saved the engine luckily. :D
After a bit of investigation it was put down to the thin rubber ring on the nissan oil filters not being compatible with the greddy sandwhich plate but it also appears that the standard oil cooler has a slight leak aswell.
With the bulk of the running problems solved a mate of ours gave dannys front splitter a quick blast of paint the afternoon before EDC at knockhill. Threw it on with the paint still tacky and so following are a few photos of how she is looking now.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/P5180026SM.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/P5180028SM.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/cruise-189.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/duncan_h_taylor/other%20peoples%20cars/Dannys200sx.jpg

TM_S13
28-05-2008, 19:22
looking good mate ;)

that top mount is cool too...

Dunkz
21-05-2009, 01:04
Nothing much has changed in the past year apart from the top mount being swapped for a standard manifold, reason being a bit of weld made its way through the turbo and munched the blades quite nicely. Strangely enough though it seems to have done a pretty good job of re-balancing itself as it still pulls strong albeit quite a bit higher up the rev range and it doesn't smoke. This picture was taken when we swapped the manifolds in august:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P8090690.jpg

So its back in it's spiritual home again, hopefully not for so long this time. First thing I did was pull my 5 spokes off as there's not really any tread left. :wack:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201096.jpg

It seems puggers spirited driving has had its casulties:

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201102.jpg

Guess whats in the box?

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201106.jpg

T28r, probably means they'll be more bodywork coming up with pugger having useable powers!

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201114.jpg

So its in for a quick clean up before the mot but if I knew what I did now back then it probably would have been sent straight back for a test. (hammerite and waxoyl are bad mmkay)
It's only had a year but the rust is already starting to come through in a few places, luckily its only very minor surface rust.

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201083.jpg

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201089.jpg

A quick clean up with the grinder and wire brush wheel and the chassis rails and a few other places got a coat of the good stuff, if anyone by now hasn't heard of por-15 then their missing out on the saviour of rusty 200's.

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv198/PuggerS13/rebuild/2009%20mot%20prep/P5201094.jpg

I allowed mr screwdriver to check over the sills and he seems pretty happy so there shouldn't be huge amount more required for the mot, hopefully. :wack:

Aj82
21-05-2009, 07:37
Good luck with the mot guys? Is this going to turn into another small to rather large project? lol.
Will be up to see some of the handywork soon.

Cheers Aj