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Welcome to my project S13. Its been two years now since I got this car, a gold UK 1991 200SX on a H with what had been discribed as having a "head gasket" gone...lol, let the can of worms be opened!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/car-1.jpg
Once back I set about the head doing the gasket with a nice expensive metal gasket only to fire it up blip the throttle and get the big end banging harder than a pornstar! This was the start of a slippery slope that is my s13. Oh well I thought, I've started now so I may as well finish, so off to the local Nissan dealers for some big ends. I did them with the engine in situ, just jacking it up off its mounts. Had a few problems getting No.3 to sit correctly but thought I had it sorted :wack:, bolted it all back together and fired it up......no knocks! Blip throttle.......no knocks, woo hoo So I had my 200 on the road. I went for my maiden drive. Gently I drove round not giving it much stick keeping under 3.5k and the gentle loads but slowly a noise began to rear its head....knock, knock, knock, who's there? Its the big ends again rearing there ugly curved heads! Ended up getting towed back with a total of only 30miles covered:cry:
And that has been the the total mileage I have covered in the car to date the engine was pulled out and I began a strip down.
While the engine was out my car was left sitting outside my house for a bit.
One morning I came outside to find half a brick embedded in my windscreen:rant: . Who have I upset this time I thought and at the same time thinking it cant get much worse than this. I really thought I had upset someone but after watching the watchdog program and seeing my then neighbour on it for running away with £3.3 million of other people's money they invested with him and him driving a silver sports car (gold can look silver at night) I see what has happened. Message for the Person who threw the brick: How dumb have you gotta be to mix up an silver audi titty with a gold 200, the badges on the front usually help.
I had my bottom end rebuilt:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/freshrebore-1.jpg
The Block's spec is as follows:
Honed bores
Weisco Pistons
Pauter Con Rods
New Nissan Oil pump
New Nissan Crank (Treated after balancing)
Fully Lightened and Balanced Bottom End
Maddog1982
03-09-2006, 19:26
do you need a new set of exhaust valves? :Plug:
Thanks but my heads all done......for now
The Head has done only 30 miles since it came back from getting skimmed so I just cleaned the face.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/only30milesincelastoff.jpg
Head on....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/torqued.jpg
timing belts on now...
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/timed-1.jpg
:wave:
You bought a brand new, Nissan crank...from Nissan...at Nissan prices? :eek:
fraid so! still cheaper than a billet
I managed to fit my flywheel, clutch and get bolts in the gearbox today
Just need to get the car in the same postcode as the engine now!
RADS_S13
08-09-2006, 08:00
Good work fella
quite like the gold cam covers :thumbs: not so shore on the blue gearbox :wack:
good spec for the block :thumbs: have you put a metal head gasket in this time?
Yeah there is a greddy MHG in there. :) Was gonna go for another box colour, but blue is what I had there. I know what you mean, not 100% keen on it myself but its better than it looked before, and most of it is tucked out of sight when its in!
Ready for a rusty tailgate?
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/tailgate-1.jpg
Got my car to work..........
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/renaultmaster-1.jpg
Engine soon slipped in
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/fullbay-1.jpg
On friday I got the engine wired in and fired up. Unfortunately the ebay FPR does leak from the fuel rail so I will have to make a gasket up or see if I can just get the adaptor from the driftworks shop. Unlike the one I got the dw one has the tube that slips up the rail with the rubber seal. Mine has none of that. Next on the list is to get it M.O.T.-able which will include a new screen and I can feel some welding coming!!
Well its a mixture of emotions today. Got it all back together and managed to drive out of the workshop, which was nice . I then started checking over the body. There is alot of welding to be done for an mot :(. I need both sills doing and a patch on the passenger floor and on the passenger chassis rail. Not what I was expecting! Fair enough the last time I gave the underside a good once over was two years ago, but when I tapped it was solid, todays tapping resulted in a large pile of rust on the floor! I also took my spoiler off today to examine the rust and its pretty rough have a look and give me your opinions wether to fix or bin it.....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/removedspoiler-1.jpg
Apologies for pic, dropped my phone in fibreglass filler :wack:
Razzario
11-09-2006, 18:16
fix it...., go-on
Ya think?? There wont be much of it left by the time I cut out the rust.
Any more takers on the bootlid?:sxoc:
thenickos
11-09-2006, 18:42
carbon boot ;)
carbon boot ;)
agree :thumbs:
How much is a carbon boot?
thenickos
11-09-2006, 19:31
fibreglass is £220 http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=219857&highlight=frp
carbon would be about 350+ ish.
japdrifter
12-09-2006, 10:58
you done alot of work there chap...im just bout toget the bottom end rebuilt on my car...at the same time tho i wanna stick a new turbo and clutch in just to make life a bit faster...how much did it cost you to rebuild the bottom end...so for ive got rods pistons and crank...just need the shells really..you know how much im looking at for labour?
Balanced, shot-peened and bored out too budget £1000
Got in today and found this waiting for me from DW, only ordered
sunday!!:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/DWBOX.jpg
A drift button. But whats in that box?
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/frontrods.jpg
Nice new front rods:D:notworthy :notworthy Well my bushes had gone so I went for the adjustables;)
Will get them on tomorrow
Them dam front arms! I tried to take off the oldies and the front bolt dont budge
it has rusted itself to the metal sheath in the bush. When I tried to turn it the
bush just ripped . I will attack it with an angle grinder tomorrow cos ive tried
everything else!! Talking of grinding I decided to take one to the bootlid and get
that done lookin OK ish.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/holescut.jpg
Razzario
13-09-2006, 20:39
pics remind me... i've got my a tc rods to fit and my boot to grind :wack:
Well this is what I got upto yesterday till my battery died
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/upto.jpg
and todays efforts (could only spend a while on it)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/filled.jpg
Thats 3 tubs in there:eek:
Murder trying to get all the knobly bits off, my pal is gonna bring a surf form board thing in tomorrow :thumbs:
Razzario
14-09-2006, 18:40
nice progress :thumbs:
I run out of filler! still a bit more to do. I stuck a coat of primer on it to see how much more is needed there are two main areas to do.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/primedtail.jpg
The photo hides alot, its far far from perfect, but when a FRP boot is in the pipeline it will do for a while. gotta add more filler yet though!
Lil' Update......
Got a new screen!!!!!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/screen.jpg
I carryed on with the filling.......
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/filling.jpg
but a word or warning, Halfords nissan gold aint nissan gold!!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/goldhmm-1.jpg
hmmmm.........me thinks thats gonna get a coat of black along with the roof
Me currys just came, more to come!
well thanks halfrauds! Its either that or there is some serious colour fade going
on. Thought Id post up where I mounted my guages, cos they been in there for
about two years!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/boost.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/boost1.jpg
Still need oil pressure and temp, they will come when i fit oil cooler and plate.
spencer_foxwell
18-09-2006, 22:50
Great work I would have given up by now, I nearly did give up with mine but it got rescued by a small rectangular piece of plastic ;)
Paul200sx
19-09-2006, 07:14
its getting there mate! good work!
Just a quick update . Got myself a nice black roof . This has confirmed my choice for the bootlid to go black too. Also fixed a split pipe I had from the turbo oil return pipe, it was leaving an annoying drip on the floor .
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/blackroof.jpg
That was all I could do tonight....got roped into doing my girls brakes on her E30
IIvIIitch
19-09-2006, 21:48
did you weld the boot lid or is that just filler and wire mesh?
Nah its all filler, mesh and two plates of metal at the top what I put in place with.....wait for it.....filler:)
Its update time:thumbs: but first I have to post this speed cam outside my
work, does exactly what it says on the tin!!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/speedcamfunnyexactlywhatitsaysonthe.jpg
I grinded my arms off today. Well, only one needed grinding the other came
off easy......
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/grind.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/grind1.jpg
Yes I am the numpty with the grinder:wave:
Lined up the new rods so they are same length as oldies till I get the
geometry done
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/oldnnew.jpg
And presto! On
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/newarm1.jpg
Thats about it for now, few bits and bobs then its off to weld. Judging by
my previous welding attempts:wack: I think im gonna get someone else to do it, so If anyone can recommend a good/cheap welder in the east london essex area let me know!
Hey peeps! Just picked my car up today from the welders. 7 miles now covered on the new engine run in, so far so good:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/7milesback.jpg
I still need more work (and paint!) on that bootlid. I never had any pictures of the rusty sills cos I was too ashamed of them:no: but here is the finished articles:
Right
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rightsill.jpg
Upside down left
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/leftsill.jpg
I can assure you they look ten times better than the black patchwork that used to be there:nod: Also done was a patch on the chassis rail and a spot on the passenger floor. Gonna Go give it a hover out cos its covered in dog hair on the inside fit a few more bits and clean it up.....more pics later today:D
ferretca18
14-10-2006, 14:27
good stuff mate :thumbs: next on my list is to sort all the rust:):nod:
in process of doing all the rust on mine what a pain, all mines on the front right arch lol welding time me thinks.
Been Fiddling. I attempted to fit and ebay front strut but whilst fitting it I realised just how crap it is. It fouls the brake reservior and doesnt actually look like It will keep it stiff anyway so its going back where it belongs........on ebay.
I also fitted my leather nismo knob to replace the one I tore earlier on and got
my head unit in
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/nismoknob.jpg
Just a quickie. Got an mot for it today as this will be my daily driver for now as well as the occasional event thrown in for good measure :).
an on her first official day back on the road I come home to find another load of DW goodies just arrived
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dwbits.jpg
Thats a nismo gearbox mount to go with the engine ones I have but not fitted yet, some oil for my gearbox, solid steering bush, magnetic sump plug, and option vol 20 dvd which im gonna watch tonight. on the downside I seem to have a bit of oil smoke on the over rev which would lead me to believe the turbo is shagged, hmm, better get saving!
Hey peeps. Just got back from nissans with some clear side repeaters. Anyway the turbo was smoking worse and worse so I have parked her up and put an order in from owen developments for a gt2871r :D should be here the begining of next week. I have also won some 444's on ebay :D
and heres the clears
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/siderepeater.jpg
Looking good mate reminds me of my build so much :)
japdrifter
02-11-2006, 17:57
getting there mate..definaltely getting there!!:thumbs:
nitrodave
02-11-2006, 18:20
what persistence!! keep up the good work matey.
my s13 boot looks that bad, dreading taking the spoiler off to see what it's really like under there?
dannyb1986
02-11-2006, 18:30
good luck mate, looks like you have less work to do than me, but still a good project, what clolur are you spraying the rest of the car or are you leaving it gold?
good luck mate, looks like you have less work to do than me, but still a good project, what clolur are you spraying the rest of the car or are you leaving it gold?
It wont get a respray till i have a bodykit fitted and thats a while off so Im still undecided what colour to go for or just keep the gold?
Fitted the side repeaters
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/clearsides.jpg
This was purchased from ebay
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/tubular.jpg
Yes its an xs power job. I know it will crack:nod: , which is why I have decided to buy another and when it does crack swap and weld, swap and weld, and so on. Cheaper option than going for the more expensive ones I have seen (dependent on the number of time it cracks i suppose:wack: ). Turbo has been built and should be here on monday so next week I can crack on and fit it:thumbs:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/turbo.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/turbo1.jpg
WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!:D:D:D
japdrifter
07-11-2006, 09:49
beautiful!!!! wat turbo is that?
beautiful!!!! wat turbo is that?
Its a GT2871r custom built by owen developments:thumbs:
flamin hell!!!! Looks nice!!!!!!!
respect mate....respect :notworthy
flamin hell!!!! Looks nice!!!!!!!
respect mate....respect :notworthy
Thanks:sxoc:
More Goodies
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/skylinegtrinjectors.jpg
444cc injectors.
The XS manifolds do crack but are alot better if you support them by welding a bracket to the manifold pipe and bolting it too the head, then support the manifold where it joins the downpipe by welding a bracket there and bolting it too the gearbox. Did that to mine and it never cracked for atleast 6000 miles when i sold the car
Rude Dog
12-11-2006, 13:23
Top work there :thumbs:
I'm loving these threads, just re read Petrols :eek: , and its giving me loads of ideas :nod:
You should try to get down to the HWH meet this week :)
Thanks for the comments:thumbs: Lovin petrols thread too, shame its come to an end. I will be down HWH this thursday but am unsure if I will have the S13 with me or not, depends on how smoothly this all bolts together:)
Very very nice, makes me wish i had the knowledge to attempt something like this, and the space.
Rude Dog
12-11-2006, 14:47
Thanks for the comments:thumbs: Lovin petrols thread too, shame its come to an end. I will be down HWH this thursday but am unsure if I will have the S13 with me or not, depends on how smoothly this all bolts together:)
Go for it, get off your arse and get on the spanners:D
Well I cracked on and got on with the turbo fitting today. All went quite smoothly and I had the turbo off ok.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Manifoldoff.jpg
I think these two photos explain why it was smoking:eek:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/tplay.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Tplay1.jpg
Major play I think you will agree!!
Old n new together
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/oldnnewturbos.jpg
And from then on it all started to go downhill
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Bittoosmall.jpg
That aint gonna fit!
I went to fit the xs manifold and it looked as though it it wouldnt fit with the abs on even though this is a mk2. I may well be able to fit if i removed the abs to get it in then refit it. but then I came up with an idea of removing the studs to slot it in and then refit the studs once the mani was in place. So I cracked on and started to remove the studs......and ended up snapping a stud:annoyed: Its been left there and hopefully a stud extractor should be in my possesion tomorrow:)
japdrifter
14-11-2006, 02:01
oh balls i thought it was all gonna go so well..your doing real good tho mate im loving the read.keep us updated!!!
Been so busy and all my workmates cars have been braking meaning ive had no time to work on mine:( . Finally could get on and do a bit this evening:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/studout.jpg
Bitch stud out!:D I got on with it and removed the abs to test fitted the manifold, abs looks like it will go back on after. http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/testfit.jpg
I managed to bolt up the turbo to it eventually and its more or less on, with about 6 of the nuts holding it on there now. Got kicked out at 6 by the security guards wanting an early night:mad: The turbo just fits on there, the stud that holds the metal cover on the engine mount just touches the turbo inlet compressor housing.
james anderson
17-11-2006, 20:08
looking great mate :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :thumbs:
bigboyballs
17-11-2006, 20:13
Thats a sexy looking manifold! :smitten:
More piccies of turbo and pipe in place:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/turbback.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/turbfront.jpg
Chopped up the pipes that came with the intercooler to get them to fit how I wanted:p
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/cutpipes.jpg
Mocked them up
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/mockfit.jpg
Think I need another 10-20mm off the throttle end:thumbs:
Had a slight redesign of the inlet piping :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/mockpipe2.jpg
Cut the pipes back got the rad in, leaving the cowling off for now, see how hot she gets (was just under half before) Tubby elbow is on and I changed my offside rear caliper over as it was seized. Need to get some more 75mm silicone connector pipes, downpipe on, air box back in, relocate battery to boot and I still aint fixed that stud. pissed me off so much last time :annoyed: ive just been doin other bits and keeping my distance from it.
Well Ive finally got the exhaust manifold on now all nuts are tight and im happy (4th time off and on:smash: . Turns out it was the dowels I had made up that were stopping it line up propperly so once I binned a few of them a had a bit more play to get everything to fit up ok.....few:thumbs: . Then, got on with some more bits.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/partsready.jpg
Changed oil and fitted new fuel filter.
ferretca18
27-11-2006, 20:24
looking good mate, with regards to getting the downpipe modified i shouldnt think youd have any problems, the hardest bit will be cutting the flange off. i think it will be stainless but unsure of the grade, but either way it 'can' be mig welded but go for tig, gives a much better weld :thumbs: any engineering place should be able to have a go at it for you for not too much money.
thanks for the info! Mig is best then. Just scratching my head trying to think of an engineering place near me........no, better get googling!
Got the abs plumbed in today. Gave it a bleed on my own with this handy vacum bleeder
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Bleeder.jpg
Got all the wheels of and went round them and the abs twice till I got a pedal I was happy with.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/wheelsoff.jpg
10 points to anyone who can tell me what lovely bit english engineering is behind the 13!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/bleed.jpg
Nice and easy to bleed. Handy when no c**t wants to help and you got a compressor to hand. Still waiting on those hose connectors on ebay......come on! hurry up! Do they not realise I need them asap!
james anderson
29-11-2006, 20:33
austin metro:D
:nod: :D :thumbs:
Correct:clap: . Bonus points available for the model?:)
any one know what the one on the ramp next to it is? :D
not badged izuzu but was made by them......The met is a "vanden plas, dont you know!" (said in a posh accent:) ) Bloody thing comes with central locking and leccy windows on a b reg!
Sideways Danny
30-11-2006, 23:17
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/elbow1.jpg
that's an s14 elbow which explains why the exhaust doesn't fit
Sideways Danny
30-11-2006, 23:22
http://www.ssautochrome.com/level.itml/icOid/1531
you need the last one on this page
Too late ive had the flange twisted and rewelded already! it should fit, so it will do for now:) . My internet has gone down this weekend! :( Bloody NTL:mad: , Im actually logged into one of my neighbours wireless to get here:D . as for the car quiz its not a frontera but is badged a vauxhall.....
japdrifter
05-12-2006, 02:00
project is starting to look real sweet mate!!!! good on ya for all the hard work you put in to her!!:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
Sideways Danny
05-12-2006, 11:51
as for the car quiz its not a frontera but is badged a vauxhall.....
Monterey
Sideways Danny has it! well done:clap:
Well my hoses came:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/hoses.jpg
So I could finish off my ic pipework
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/coldpipeon.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/enginebay.jpg
getting there......slowly:whip:
i woudnt worry about heat soak with a cone filter mate, it effects NA cars more but with a tubo car the inlet temps are being heated up by the turbo anyway and its the IC's job to cool them down, if your that worried just fit a heatshield round a cone filter or get one of those sealed jobbies (bmc) and route the cold air feed down where the WMIC was,
ferretca18
06-12-2006, 09:00
looking good mate, comming along nicely!:nod:
I'm making the IC job easier and the colder you can get it the better for your engine:)
Got me a battery wire from ebay:) . It was removed from a E34 BMW 5 series that has the battery under the rear seat.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/wirebatt.jpg
Very chunky, dunno what guage exactly but its thicker than 4 guage and can flow 300amps. Also comes with this handy connector:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/wirestub.jpg
Which as luck would have it pops straight on:thumbs: :
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/connector.jpg
Grounds in and battery offered up for position
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/battoffered.jpg
Looking at the height of the battery a rear strut brace could even be used as the clamp!!:wack: I will knock something up though. There are a few things im not 100% happy with in the engine bay (airbox being one) and will come back to them at some point, but it needs to be back OTR soon and Im aiming for next week sometime:whip: :smash:
Another link in the chain sorted:nod:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/pump.jpg
Walbro 255lph (ending in 341), new only £72, fair bit cheaper than the last walbro I bought. Got old one out:hurl:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/pump1.jpg
Pretty straight forward swap over, had most trouble getting the pipes on after it was back in, its a bad pic but have a look....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/pump3.jpg
....Note the blood (and sweat, no tears as of yet:wack: )
ferretca18
11-12-2006, 18:09
that photos gonna bring back bad memories, those pipse are an arse, and the seal ring is just as bad:annoyed: lol
Got my exhaust back today
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rewelded.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rewelded1.jpg
Infact its the second time back and it still dont fit:annoyed: :annoyed: . I think something got lost in translation, the bloke I deal with was out and there was some eastern european bloke there I told him it needed moving 8cm in one direction but when I get it back and offered it up he'd only moved it 8mm:mad: So that has to go back again! Apart from that just waiting on a braided water return pipe to turn up off apex and it should move:)
Nice project mate, Sorry to hear about the blood, but i think 99% of sx owners have been there!
T-u-R-b-O
14-12-2006, 22:58
very nice project mate... dont get hung up with the problems which occur -> they are part of such a project... and if it all fitted straight away, it would only be half as much fun :)
hope you get a good power figure out of the engine...
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Thanks ikram and turbo for the support:thumbs:
After much communication with apex I have been told that there is no braided turbo return waterline for the CA18DET:eek: , which is a bit of a problem as the original solid metal one no longer lined up thanks to the new manifold putting the tubby in a slightly different position. Many times I tried to fit it but could only get one side's bolt in, and then the other wouldnt line up propperly to catch the thread:mad: Much head scratching ensued until I decided to make my own flexi pipe out of the original
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterreturn.jpg
Take one normal pipe and chop up into three sections
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterreturncut.jpg
Chuck the middle section away and replace with a length of rubber hose and jubilee clips on each end. I also put a larger hose over the top to protect from melting itself on the tubby.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterreturnmod.jpg
And just like that it popped straight on;)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterreturnon.jpg
Plenty of length so its not near the tubby to get burnt. rubber hose should be fine as its part of the water system and only has to hold the same pressure as all the other hoses in the system.
On the exhaust front its not looking like its going to get done this side of the new year, and as Im breaking up on thursday the oldie will have to go back on if I wanna get it back before crimbo:annoyed: . I have also made a base up for the battery box in the boot and should get that finished tommorrow with a touch of luck:sxoc:
Just a quick update. I tried to fit the standard exhaust back on but it dont fit with the new mani, it fouls the gearbox:( Never got to finish the battery box and now she is all locked up @work over the christmas and the new year so she wont be back and I cant really do much at home. Hopefully the propper downpipe will be back and hopefully the dam thing will fit!
Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year!!
Hey hey!:wave:
First day back @ work and able to get at the sx!. I got my battery box made up, still unsure if I should paint or carpet it?
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/battbox.jpg
Ans here is the template I used snugly inside it, the original battery tray cover
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/battbox1.jpg
Over the holidays, even though I was without the car, I couldn't not do anything, so I got out my S14 calipers that I've had for a while and gave them a lick of paint. Quite happy with em, came up lovely:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Caliperoldnnew.jpg
Unfourtunately I cant fit em till I get some decent rims:(
Stevie-Boy
02-01-2007, 18:31
Just enjoyed reading this whole thread, fantastic work!
Woodys13
02-01-2007, 19:00
I just found this thread an gotta say well done mate :thumbs:
Many wouldve given up a long time ago!
My new year resolution is to get mine back on the road after suffering from a seirious rust infection :rolleyes:
Hope all goes well, i'll be following this from now on :notworthy
Thanks for all the reply's:thumbs:
Well hello to you from the new Projects Area!
Got a few more goodies:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Image002.jpg
The Q45 maf went on ebay and I managed to get this Z32 one for less than what I sold the Q45 one for:D Also in there is an AEM UEGO wideband sensor, which should help me from blowing my engine up whilst on the way to gettin it mapped by Jez:Plug: I havent seen this wideband a on sxoc yet and have no reports of how good it is so will have to suck it n see:rolleyes: Comes with the Bosch LSU4.2 sensor so it cant be too bad and I got it for a good price. Thought I'd treat myself to a (probabbly fake ebay jobbie) Nismo oil cap to tart up the engine bay a bit. Spoke to the welders and they only came back to work this Monday so Im still waiting patiently:annoyed:
Looking like a good project mate, i've just done the walbro and those pipes were nightmare! so i feel for you
You can get the braided water lines from hose solutions on ebay. I havent tried any myself but they seem to be reasonably priced.
How much did they charge you to modify the downpipe? I got quoted £130 to do that!
Just done the same caliper change on mine, got the 300zx rears too and it makes a big different to the S13 jobs!!
mate hats off to you well done !! looking amazing so far keep it up
Thanks for the replys! Sorry no pics just a quickie.....
You can get the braided water lines from hose solutions on ebay.
How much did they charge you to modify the downpipe? I got quoted £130 to do that!
Just done the same caliper change on mine, got the 300zx rears too and it makes a big different to the S13 jobs!!
Yeah I see that on ebay just after I made my home brew version:indiff: If my one dont leak then Im in no rush to change it but may do when the occasion comes that there is nothing else important to buy.
Talking of the downpipe I got it back today (3rd time, and only tacked) and it fits:eek: , it cost me £30 so far, but I need a sensor adapter putting in it now so I guess £60 for the time they put in as the flange has been off and on 3 times now! Where did you get quoted £130?!!
looks great mate! i would of packed in by now lol!
Hello:wave: Long time no post!
Well I have got me downpipe back finally. After all the messing about they only charged me £50 in all, and I got the thread for the sensor put in to:) not the best fit but atleast its on now. Scuse pics, couldnt get flash on phone to work for some reason
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/exh.jpg
after some discussions with people I worked out that the reason it was smoking bad was overfuelling and not burning oil (phew) meaning I did not need to pull it apart again:thumbs:
So I put out a SOS on the SXOC for lend of a afm and drifting dal came though for me.....leading me to start this thank you thread and see the V8 S13 close up:cool:
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=266983
Heres is a pic of the old afm, you may just be able to make out the crack to the right of my thumb
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/afmcrack.jpg
As Thursday draws closer-going to see Jez for custom map. I was getting more and more worried it wouldnt make it as the bugger still wouldnt start, even with the new AFM :eek: It turned out it was flooding, but no amount of fuel pump fuse pulling and spark plug cleaning would seem to cure it, so I rummaged my old spark plugs and found an old set off my wrx. Luck would have it the are the same size and being they come from a turbo jap car a similar heat range too. Whacked em in and she fired straight up:D I let her run for a bit and put in some antifreeze, then took her for a quick spin round the bock to check all is well. Lambda guage is all plumbed in but I havent cut another hole in my dash yet as im usure if Im keeping all my existing guages so its resting on the passenger seat:wack: with me keeping a close eye on it;) Strangely its reading 11.2 at idle. A new set of plugs have been ordered from apex:Plug: and all being well should be here tomorrow so I shall whack them straight in. Also today while I went round the block I noticed that when I dip the clutch the revs drop to 500 and i have to blip the throttle so keep it from stalling:rolleyes: . I quick search in S13 tech has revealed that the most likely culprit is the IAC valve so that will be off for a clean tomorrow.
Well today I took her home from work as I have the rest of the week off to get things sorted. Loving the 4x4 stance :wack:.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/home.jpg
Here is my temporary place for my AFR guage:wack: I've been keeping a close eye on as I drove very slowly home :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/afr.jpg
As promised today the plugs came from apex:notworthy :notworthy
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/plug.jpg
Even my mut approved:D
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/plugdog.jpg
I drove home today very slowly and very fookin loudly as the old exhust back section would not mate up with the downpipe so its exiting at the downpipe at the mo:wack: I called up Hayward & Scott today who are custom zaust manufacturers and they can fit me in to make my final section for my side exit exhaust tomorrow:notworthy Also being incororated into that is one of these bad boys
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/ecvbox.jpg
Which should quieten down things a tad;) Been quoted £100ish for it which cant be bad:thumbs: So that means a slow drive to them tomorrow followed by another even longer slow drive to jez Thursday.
Stay Tuned!
gonzomagic
13-02-2007, 16:11
Top Stuff
:thumbs:
japdrifter
13-02-2007, 16:22
its cming along nicely mate...so all this slow driving mate..are you just being over cautious?
good to see your getting somewhere...im glad your girlfriend doesnt mind you getting your car sorted since mine keeps having a spaz bout it.:wack:
its cming along nicely mate...so all this slow driving mate..are you just being over cautious?
good to see your getting somewhere...im glad your girlfriend doesnt mind you getting your car sorted since mine keeps having a spaz bout it.:wack:
No the slow driving is needed Ive been watching the AFR guage and it has been reading lean. So If I drove it normal I would get some serious engine meltdown:wack: As for me girlfriend im even giving her a lift back to work in a bit so she can drive my WRX for the first time back home. Not bad coming from someone whos had a complex over the scoob for over a year now....BTW she owns a E30 RWD BMW:confused: :confused:
Well im back from Hayward & Scott with my new side exit exhaust:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/sideexh1.jpg
The Apexi ECV is in there too but i have not fitted the cable so I got them to zip tie the valve half closed and it does sound quiter:thumbs: I know from the pics It looks a bit low, but It has already passed stage one of the speed bump test with no scrapes to report of:clap: The final idea for it is to have it incorporated into a sideskirt at a later more cash filled date! Also Managed to get another 100 miles under its belt before the trip to Horsham Develpments tomorrow......cant wait as I cant seem to go over 50mph without the afr reading lean:indiff: All in all, a good day has been had.
japdrifter
14-02-2007, 17:22
Well im back from Hayward & Scott with my new side exit exhaust:)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/sideexh1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/sideexh2.jpg
The Apexi ECV is in there too but i have not fitted the cable so I got them to zip tie the valve half closed and it does sound quiter:thumbs: I know from the pics It looks a bit low, but It has already passed stage one of the speed bump test with no scrapes to report of:clap: The final idea for it is to have it incorporated into a sideskirt at a later more cash filled date! Also Managed to get another 100 miles under its belt before the trip to Horsham Develpments tomorrow......cant wait as I cant seem to go over 50mph without the afr reading lean:indiff: All in all, a good day has been had, my only gripe is I had to spend 3 hours wandering a basildon industrial estate while I waited for it to be made up........which was nice:hurl: Dont think the smell of open sewers helped either as over the other side of the road was a sewage works:hurl: :hurl: mmm, lovely!
how does it sound mate?
Yeah its not too bad. As I said the flap is half closed so it could be even quieter (or louder:wack: )if needed but how it was was fine, possibly a bit loud for some but its live-able for me. Still have to route the cable for full on the move adjustability:)
Few! What a day! after a careful slow drive to Horsham Developments the fun began. Me being a numpty forgot to take any photos while I was there:annoyed: I was all ready and had brought my Z32, 444s and even a spare ecu! After a little chat we decided to modify a stage 2 chip to work and keep the boost to 10psi for now until I have a boost controller fitted and got 1000+ miles out the way.
that also keeps the original injectors and AFM in place. Also Jez thought my 444cc injectors would not be enough for the setup so he bought them off me and has recomended I find some 555s for next time:thumbs: . Anyway, we cracked on and jez plugged his ecu into my car then into his laptop and we went for a drive up the road. All went well until the end when I blew a boost pipe off:eek: After a quick search we found the culprit to be a jubilee clip that wouldnt tighten up propperly so swaped that out and all was ok. My temp guage hasnt really been reading above the first mark for the past few days. The boot up the road highlighted a leak coming from around the termostat area which I thought was a pipe I tightened previously but there are so many pipes there its hard to tell exactly where its coming from. I plumped for the thermostat today (as it was one part I have never removed). When I removed it I found out that the thermostat in it does not have a jiggle/gangle pin in it so assumed its a pattern part and could be causing an air lock in the system. I re-fitted it to get me home and sealed it with some red nissan sump gasket sealer:wack: Its got me home and even went to just under half way on the motorway, but as soon as you slow down it goes back down again:confused: A original nissan thermostat has been ordered so we will see if it helps, but when I got home a popped the bonnet its was still leaking, so I guess a more indepth strip down of that area is required. Well at least I can drive it with out fear of blowing it up now and its got 500miles under its belt:thumbs:
I got myself a genuine thermostat and gasket from nissan, complete with jiggle pin :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/thermonew.jpg
Whipped the old crapper out which I belive has something to do with my wierd temp readings and compared it to the new one, quite different really
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/thermooldandnew.jpg
Bad pic but you can just make out the tiny but important pin on the side which is rather, er.... important it seems!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/jiggle.jpg
Then I cleaned up the faces what where covered in a mix of nissan sump sealer and broken gasket :wack: as best I could with a scraper and finished it off with a bit of wet n dry on a block of wood
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/face2.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/face1.jpg
Now I had a feeling it wasnt the termostat itself that was causing the leak. I thought Id change it as it was causing the temprature fluctuation, and on the off chance it could well be the thermo cos it was leaking in that area and I hadnt been able to identify quite where else it was leaking as it has been dark when ive looked. So once the thermostat was back on I went round the water pipes in that area and checked all the clips for tightness. Gingerly I started to fill with back up with water. Two kettles in and I start to hear a drip on the floor. After a quick search in the daylight this time it looks like a pipe about the diameter of a 50p and no more than two inches long, directly to the left of the thermostat has a tear in it. Which I am happy about, now I know what the problem is, but not so happy that my local nissan is now closed and I cant fint any pipe to fit it:annoyed: I will whip it off later and hopefully find a substitute for it at work monday:thumbs:
Yesterday I managed to get the old pipe out which was quite a mission as you have to disconnect lots of electrical connections and a few pipes to actually get to it. The hose leaking was connected to the pipe to the left of the thermostat.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterleak1.jpg
And the offending hose.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterleaksplitpipe.jpg
Managed to find a bit of pipe laying about the same dia I cut to size and it all went back ok. I fired it up and filled up with water, after about the 3rd kettle I knew there was still another leak as it kept taking the water. It was getting dark again so I gave up until today. Got home from work and had a look in the rad, and it hadnt really gone down a great deal, so it was only loosing it under pressure when the engine is running. So I started it up again and repeated the water filling, had a quick look underneath and I could see a drip coming front the front of the engine right in the middle. I traced it back up and found it to be my 500mile old nissan metal impeller'ed water pump (and nissan gasket) leaking:eek: I was quite taken aback Its gone already all I can assume is the gasket hasnt seated propperly, so that will be coming back off for inspection probably and going back on with hermatide or similar to give it a good seal. Its only a drip at idle but as soon as you rev it I get a waterfall down the right side of my block:wack: Quite nice if you like that kinda thing....couple of bonsai trees in there and you'd have you own mini garden:D
If its light when I get back I will start the strip down tomorrow. Do need a good torch:)
Got myself a new torch:) Managed to get home while it was light today and cracked on and got the pump off. No problem with the bearing. Managed to do it with the timing belt still in place and the rad too:thumbs: .
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterpumpfar.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterpumpclose.jpg
After opening a thread in s13 tech about my pump I worked out that the old thermostat was overpressuring the pump due to not having a jiggle pin and caused the gasket to blow, hence the waterfall. On this next pic you can see the orange water stain on the gasket (to the right of photo) where its let go
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/waterpumpback.jpg
I know these last few posts have been mundane but I hope it can help someone else with simialr problems like mine. Hopefully once this is sorted we can move on to more interesting posts, thanks for reading. :)
Well, the pumps back in with the gasket and universal blue.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Pumpbackin.jpg
Yet to drive it but its been running with no leaks.....so far so good:indiff:
Had a little play in the boot and bolted up a cusco rear brace.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/strutbrace1.jpg
As you can see Ive taped it up near the battery just incase. I can get on and mount the battery box propperly now, I know where it can go with the brace in.:thumbs:
So far so good. I have been driving it about and there does not seem to be any leaks from anywhere, so I took it to work for its second oil change @ 600 miles
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/oilchange2.jpg
And boy.....Im glad I did. Im also glad I invested in a driftworks magnetic sump plug and a mag II oil filter, take a look:eek:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/drainplug.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/drainplug1.jpg
You can also just about see the same metal filing in the filter centre
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/magoilfilter.jpg
Dunno how normal that amount of filings is for a engine running in, but there was a fair bit there, so lets hope all is ok. As it was up in the air Ive now ran the cable for the exhaust control valve and took some photos to show you how they routed my exhaust. Its not exactly minimum bends but it is straight through when needed and it pops out the side like I want, it even made it onto the 4 poster ramp with an inch to spare and that beats the size of any speed bump ive come accross:thumbs: Plus theres room for more lowering:D
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/ecv1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/exhpiperoute.jpg
Custom bracket
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/exhmountbraket.jpg
mattlake
05-03-2007, 19:09
christ that is a lot of filings
christ that is a lot of filings
Well rather out than in! So Your oppions please; is that a large amount for an engine running in?
Just a quick one to show a few silly bits that have been done. First I gave it a good clean with body scrub and then wax.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Nis.jpg
Mounted the battery box in place, still need some kind of top clamp arrangement
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Batttray.jpg
Got together a few suspension parts to go on next week :thumbs:
Eibachs, cheers Dal :thumbs:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/springs.jpg
Rear arms
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/reararms.jpg
Took advantage of the no pop ups on sidelight guide today while it wasnt too windy.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dimdipfar.jpg
These are the two red wires that need to be cut. One on the dim dip box and one on the headlight timer.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dimdipclose.jpg
And the result
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/nopopupsidelight.jpg
the right bulb is brand new and the left old. I will get another to even it out but a pleasingly simple mod :)
Nice one pablo:nod:
Get them springs on!!;) :p
Nice one pablo:nod:
Get them springs on!!;) :p
I Made a start today :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/frontstart.jpg
Got the oldies out
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/oldstrut.jpg
Old VS New
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/frontcomparison.jpg
A wire brush and a splash of hammerite hides a multitude of sins :D
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/hammeredstrut.jpg
Sadly I dont have new dust covers so I got them back in
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/backon.jpg
Fronts done
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/difference.jpg
Should get on and do the rears tomorrow, which is a shame, cos I quite like the nose down look. Was kind on worrying these springs would have been a bit crashy but actually there great, no problems at all.
ferretca18
20-03-2007, 15:27
bloody hell, you dont hang about do you! good stuff:thumbs:
bloody hell, you dont hang about do you! good stuff:thumbs:
Well I have, cos I still havent got round to fitting the rear springs yet :wack:
Finally my boost controller has arrived:clap:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/beforeboost.jpg
Just need to get my head around the mess infront of me and get it on the car.
Wish me luck!!
I started by removing the hot start solenoid, as I will be needing the hole for the solenoid on the intake pipe as well as the actuator take off fitting. Did the FPR mod first, following Payworker guide in S13 FAQ :thumbs:
Then I ripped out all the hot start gubbins
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Hotstartout.jpg
Then came the boost pluming, mounted the boost solenoid, then had to mod my newly moded FPR take off for the fuel pressure sensor
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/fprsensor.jpg
Here you can see the t piece and the strange clear inline filter you get with it
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/fprt.jpg
japdrifter
25-03-2007, 04:31
get those rear springs on pal!
get those rear springs on pal!
I will do sometime next week at work :thumbs:
Got on and spiced the wires into the ECU
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/spliced.jpg
Turn the key and.....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/AVCRworking.jpg
Although looking at the menu I think installing it was the easy bit :wack:
japdrifter
27-03-2007, 16:48
wats her status now mate?
wats her status now mate?
Ah bugger...............
Er......not good :(
I was gonna keep this a secret from you lot, but I think it best you all know the truth :rolleyes: . Everything was going well, took her out for a bit of a drive, had the boost setup to 0.8 bar originally, then when I had checked the
AFR was all good 0.9 then 1.0 bar. I know what your all thinking, but all went well and I arrived back home with no problems to report. Later that evening I went out to pop up the road, started her up drove up the road and knock knock knock :cry: WTF I thought, maybe my sticky tappet has really gone bad I thought, being optimistic :wack: Deep down I knew it was the big ends so I turned it round and parked it up. Got a second opinion in the form of Paul_S13 which confirmed my worst fears :annoyed: :annoyed: Its the big ends :( and after 1500 f-ing miles:ghey: Now I now big uns are a bit of an issue on CA's from what I read on here, so this is where thinking ahead pays off:thumbs: I had my complete bottom end assembly balanced and put together by a well regarded engine builders ( I shall save them the blushes for now :wack: ) who have customers such as Bugatti, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce to name a few. I would'nt have expected this from a company with such a reputation so I decdided to pay them a visit. Gladly, once I had explained to them what had happened there exact words were:
"Yes we will take it back, as we would be as interested as you are to find out whats gone wrong"
Phew I thought, thank god for that! Unfourtunately their terms and conditons state that they must have it back how it left them, i.e: short block assy, meaning Ive got to take it back out again:annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed:
Plus ad to this that Ive taken the piss at work which means I cant leave my car there for longer than 24hr at a time, makes it look like I am gonna have to do it outside my house, oldskool stylee :nod: I am currently bidding on an engine crane on ebay :wack:, and it will also become available for hire too :Plug: As I know all you guys may also need it :thumbs: Paul_S13 has kindly offered his services in the engine removal job, so I just need to get all these together with a bit of good weather and crack on :smash:
Right now though, I feel like crap, Im down on this car and could really, really do with your comments to pep me up a bit, starting to have thoughts if its all worth it or not?? What I do know is this could well be the CA's last or second from last chance to behave or its gonna get stripped of performance parts and sold and SR or RB will be sourced. Please do comment :thumbs:
Paul_S13
30-03-2007, 17:37
Chin up fella, hopefully said engine builder will sort it!
jassdhali
30-03-2007, 21:14
I take it that was what ur magnetic sump plug was picking up ??
I aint a professional or novice - but a bottom end rebuild shouldn't pack up after such a short period of time.. surely??
RTLKyuubi
30-03-2007, 22:06
that sucks, hope its only the bearings and it hasnt damaged the cylinders or crank.
(naruto ftw :D)
Ryan.
that sucks, hope its only the bearings and it hasnt damaged the cylinders or crank.
Lets keep our fingers crossed! Its only ran for a min so hopefully damage should be minimal. Thanks for all your replies :thumbs:
Well here you go, some progress, not in the direction I wanted, but there you go :) Got myself a boot full of crap again :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/bootlikethis.jpg
Eveything up top is now disconnected. I have the starter, prop and mounts left to do, which I will do when this has its maiden voyage on monday
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/mycrane.jpg
Currently residing in the living room, on the cream carpet :wack: (it is still new) All being well Paul_s13 should be down to give me a hand :notworthy As said earlier the crane will become available for hire to SXOC members once I have my engine back in.
japdrifter
07-04-2007, 17:16
where you get those gauges mate?? ive been after a smoked boost guage,oil pressure and water temp for some time now but i couldnt find the sutometer ones anywhere!!??!!
Paul_S13
08-04-2007, 21:34
I'll be able to help tomorrow mate, I assume you have a bit of thick rope to use with the crane?
I'll be able to help tomorrow mate, I assume you have a bit of thick rope to use with the crane?
Assumptions are the mother of all f*** ups my friend :) As a matter of fact no I dont actually, and have been meaning to text you to see if you can bring something along those lines? Chain, rope, strap, seatbelts:wack: anything.
Paul_S13
09-04-2007, 08:10
Errrrr ummmmm errrrr I'll look, if not I'll buy a cheap tow rope for a few quid and bring it down.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/out.jpg
Its out :) Me and Paul_S13 stripped it down to the bottom end today and its currently sitting in the scoobys boot ready to be dropped off at the engine builders tomorrow :thumbs: Once again a massive thank you to Paul_S13 :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Paul200sx
09-04-2007, 16:55
Paul is a legend!
Paul_S13
11-04-2007, 03:14
:D
Any news from the engine builders Pablo?
:D
Any news from the engine builders Pablo?
Twas yesterday I dropped it off. Seemed quite busy so I have no idea how long till they call. I did however notice he was being very careful with his words so I dunno what they may try and pull :indiff: . No questions were asked about my boost etc. I never supplied the old oil or anything like that. I did however drop the line about standard nissan bearings being not much cop, and that was one of the parts they sourced themselves :wack: Just praying they dont try and put it on me somehow, if they do I will be on here in a jiffy picking your brans for things to say :sxoc:
spin king
11-04-2007, 21:59
Hope all turns out well matey.
Paul_S13
12-04-2007, 07:53
No probs mate, from what you said about how you ran it in you didn't do anything wrong.
japdrifter
12-04-2007, 13:49
mate you only ran in the engine...its really not your fault
Well I have still to hear back from them. Suppose no news is good news.
Thought Id take advantage of the engine being out and started to give the bay a coat of satin black.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/bayleft.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/bayright.jpg
Mostly done just need to mask and go round a few edges and finish off the bulkhead area
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/startofbaypaint.jpg
japdrifter
15-04-2007, 19:00
nice job mate!!
lookin good dude:thumbs: looks like u made good progress, glorios weather for it too:)
Bays done :nod:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/baydone.jpg
Pleased with it, came out well, tempted to do the inside of the bonnet too. Infact, watch this space! (Not literally mind, as Ive run out of paint. :D )
nitrodave
19-04-2007, 16:32
do the bonnet also, will look good IMO. As it is the satin black bay tidies things up and will help hide future grub n muck.
looking forward to seein this progess
D
Thanks nitrodave :thumbs: The bodywork doesnt look to shabby in your thread either :)
One freshly painted inside of bonnet later....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/insidebonnet.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/insidebonnet1.jpg
Its just drying in the sunshine then I get it unmasked and back on. Still to hear from engine builders, gotta be soon really unless there consulting their lawyers :wack:
Paul_S13
20-04-2007, 15:50
Chase them up mate!
japdrifter
21-04-2007, 16:24
did you get hold the engine builders today??
Paul_S13
24-04-2007, 16:38
Any news?!?!?!?!
Finally got round to calling the builders today. They have stripped and inspected, and its currently in bits on there bench :clap: They are still humming and ahh'ing as to how its been caused. What they think is the oil cooler (that bolts to the block) may have had bits inside it from the first meltdown, but cant quite see how I managed to get 1500 miles out of it before it went wrong as it usually goes within 300-500 miles. I said maybe it was the frequency of oil changes that may have extended it. I also stated that the cooler was originally supplied to them with the block so Id have expected them to clean it out, and im pretty sure I had a quick blowout with an air line before refitting. When I originally recieved the block from them all ancilaries (and I mean all) were removed and supplied to me in a plastic bag. I also asked after the crank and they said yes it has been marked :( but I have no idea how bad it is. They said they are waiting for the big bad boss to come back from being away before they can come to a conclusion on it so I should hear back from them on Friday or Saturday :indiff:
Paul_S13
25-04-2007, 16:42
Fingers crossed mate, if they didn't clean the oil cooler out then it's shoddy on their part.
Oh dont worry all fingers are tightly crossed :wack:
Paul_S13
05-05-2007, 12:22
Any news mate?
Not a bean. They said they would have called by last Sat :confused:
I will chase them up Tuesday.
japdrifter
06-05-2007, 17:00
ah c'mon dude she needs to be back on the road..we cant have you driving around in that poobaru!!
Remember my freshly painted engine bay :eek:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dirtybay.jpg
I had to get those shite mounts out the front and due to limited access from behind + rounded bolts I ended up with two piles similar to this :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/deadmount.jpg
It was probably one of the most messy jobs so far, and I now have a very holey pair of joggers (top PPE :wack: ) but im glad I can finally get the front mounts nismo'd :)
A quick jetwash for tomorrow should see it clean again :thumbs:
Paul_S13
08-05-2007, 19:11
Any news fella?
Any news fella?
Er, engine bays clean again :wack:
I was so busy at work today I totally forgot! I'll give them a bell tomorrow :rolleyes:
Right, called them up a moment ago. Still havent done it :( They said they are still unsure as to what actually happened and dont want to put it back together until they know the cause of the failure. I am to call back next week and they should have some answers, or so they say.
Paul_S13
09-05-2007, 12:03
FFS! they are really taking the pee!
FFS! they are really taking the pee!
Now you know why I've only managed 1600 miles in the 3 years I've had the car :wack:
Just read thru this thread. I'm really gutted for you mate!:(
I'd be pist right off. Kinda glad i built mine myself now. Can only be mad at myself for cocking it up then.:smash:
You'd think with their past work/customers (as in the likes of astons) you'd think there would be nothing to worry about?? Does no-one take pride in their work anymore?:confused: :furious:
I hope it gets sorted soon mate, as it looked to be coming along very nicely indeed. Chin up and keep plugging away and i'm sure it'll turn out quality in the end!:thumbs:
Paul_S13
14-05-2007, 11:51
Hassle them!!! :)
Hassle them!!! :)
Yeah but like how? What can I say to actually get a decent reponse from them?
Paul_S13
14-05-2007, 23:18
Go down there mate, that all I can think of.
Woo Hoo, We've turned a corner :)
Called today. They still cant put there finger on the exact cause but most likely foregin objects (namely metal fillings in oilways:wack: ) that caused it to go. Er, not exactly rocket science is it? Anyway the crank is having a regrind thanks to damage on number 3 (always seems to be 3??). As for the big ends, ACLs are going in. Unsure as to what ones exactly but I do recall black and copper being mentioned in the phone call so im off to ACL's website to see if I can fathom out what ones are going in this time. At least I can see the end now!
japdrifter
23-05-2007, 03:32
good news then mate!!! hopefully not too long now before your bk on the road aye??
Lets hope so. There is a pun of the title in there, was that on purpose? It came out in a day so there is no reason for it not to go back in, in one.
japdrifter
23-05-2007, 17:57
it wasnt intended actually i didnt realise until you mentioned it lol!!
hopefully my car we be going down to dals next week or so
Glad to here you are having some better luck:thumbs: car looking like its coming along nicely mate,they arent gonna charge you any more money are they? :rolleyes:
Glad to here you are having some better luck:thumbs: car looking like its coming along nicely mate,they arent gonna charge you any more money are they? :rolleyes:
They bloody better not :whip:
I dont mind paying the difference for the bearings as there better and prob more expensive than the originals but im not expecting to be charged for the inspection regrind and re-rebuild! I'd be most upset:wack:
Paul_S13
10-06-2007, 07:03
Any news?
Ive orderded some hubcentric spacers and some longer wheel studs :D
Engine wise, no. Ive left it for them to call me as they say there on the assembly stage, and have they? :wack: I think its fair to say if you need something doing quickly dont recommend the said company :annoyed: Gave my sump a clean myself then dropped it to them to make sure its clean by there standards. I also have to whip the cams and lifters out the head to give that a clean too. Seems theres no need to rush though :rolleyes:
Paul_S13
10-06-2007, 12:16
W@nkers!
They can't justify taking this long.......
Long time no post! Some of may have seen these already on another thread, but I got myself some stop-gap rims. Aparently there called Onsuku super mesh off a Z32. 17"x8" 5x114.3 unsure of offset, £29.66, with tyres! Gotta love them ebay deals :thumbs:
There in need of a serious refurb as you will see, thinking of painting the centres black an repolising the rims. Yes the two on the left are shagged one has a huge dent in the rim and the other has a crack about 1.5 inches accross on the rim. Both were dropped off today in west london to be repaired, £20 for the dent and £60 for the crack.
Got the rubber off at work
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Rimage.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rimuntouched.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/riminneedofrefurb.jpg
Made a start with a bit of wet n dry (right)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rimcompare.jpg
Starting to come up,
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rimmadeastart.jpg
Masked the rim and gave them a coat of black
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rimfreshpaint.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rimjustpainted.jpg
Thats with no laquer on the black paint. Ive only gone up to 320 grade wet n dry on the rim at this point. As these are 5 stud allys and I have 4, I had to get on with the conversion starting with the rears
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/hubs5to4.jpg
It was murder getting to this stage as the hubs had seized in the knuckles, I had aquired "two black mans pinches" by this point, one on each hand :wack: Also managed to get my adjustable arms on while I was at it.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/hubinbitswithtoearm.jpg
I could then test fit the wheels (Laquered and polished by now) minus the disc as when it came to redrilling I found my extensive tool set only has drill bits to 10mm and not 13mm :(
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/testfit-1.jpg
Offset is a bit weak but I still have the disc to fit plus some DW adjustable (15-25mm) hubcentric spacers to go on.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/testfitoffset.jpg
drilled the disc out and refitted with the spacer on maximum attack. Much better :nod: Can see some arch rolling being needed soon.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/maxoffset.jpg
diamondsink
09-07-2007, 14:18
them rims look very close to the curb!
japdrifter
15-07-2007, 17:52
hey mate how you doing??
any news on the engine yet???
check out my thread...http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=297383
your wheels looking like mine now
my engines back! wooooooo!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/itsbackagain.jpg
They could not give a 100% definitive answer as to why it happened but they put there money on the oil cooler thingy that bolts ontop of the oil filter, even though you can take it apart to clean it, you can never fully clean the inside of it and recomended I dont put that one back on.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/enginekiller.jpg
I had a rumage at Dals earlier today (nice 1 Dal)and found myself a euro/jap spec plate with out the cooler attachment, and fitted it to the block (see pic) . The plan is to get a propper rad type cooler and omit the nissan one altogether. So Ive gotta start to rebuild her, but Ive already hit a snag. I could have sworn I had half a tube of that sump gasket sealant somewhere, but can I find it? You bet your ass I cant, turned half the house upside down looking for the stuff :wack:
Good news that dude, hopefully she'll be back on the road in no time :thumbs:
Good news that dude, hopefully she'll be back on the road in no time :thumbs:
Cheers stew, hopefully you'll get to actually see it in the flesh. (I do own one, honest! :D )
Paul_S13
04-08-2007, 22:20
Yey!:)
japdrifter
05-08-2007, 17:58
good stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bout time....:thumbs:
dannyb1986
05-08-2007, 19:13
am i right you are drilling the 4 stud hub to turn it into a 5 stud?
am i right you are drilling the 4 stud hub to turn it into a 5 stud?
No just the rear discs, lol. You cant use s14 discs as they dont use a drum type handbrake
Well the bottom end is as built up as its gonna be. Sump and and bits are all on and Ive connected up the water pipes for the missing cooler with another bit of dead s13 I rummaged from Dal's. Cant go too much further with it or I wont be able to carry it out to the car :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/oilpipe.jpg
Ive also touched up the engine bay ready to get the nismo front mounts on tomorrow and brought the head in so I can strip it and make sure theres no naughty bits of metal hiding in there and squeeze out the tappets and refil with fresh oil. Will also take the turbo oil pipe off and check that too.
Well the bloke who said he could fix my 2 dodgy rims actually couldnt. The crack wasnt a problem, but before he was going to weld them he needed to make sure they were true. And one of them wouldnt go, its ok if the rim itself is damaged but whats unfixable is if the centre of the wheel is twisted, and yes one of mine had a twisted centre :( The bloke had spent 6 hours already trying to straighten them but to no avail so I said he could have them for scrap for his troubles and wiped my hands of them. Now I dont mind the odd wheel look, but cant be having 17"s at the rear with spacers pushing them out to the arches and puny prefacelift rims on the front so I ordered a pair of rims off and they turned up today :D
Im sure you all know what they are as there bloody common as muck these days. The other particluars are et30, 9.5 wide, with a stretched 225. These will go on the back and I will move the old 17"s to the front until I can get a matching pair of 9.5" and then save the 17"s for ripping up at drift days and the like. I have however run out of dollar this month to buy some s14 front hubs, which is a bit of a bummer. At least the rims are here!
:smitten: great minds think alike, I've got my 5 stud hubs and im going for the same wheels as you but in white
Quick update.....
Got on with stripping the head
Gave the tappets a squeeze in a vice and have left them to soak in some fresh oil
Also have the other turbo water pipe on the block ready.
good to see u got ur engine back dude, would be good to see this s13 u assure us u have, looks good - im jealous of the rims:thumbs:
Couldnt resist a quick test fit to see whats what, excuse the ride height as Ive still got standard spings on the back :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/gtrnospacer.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/gtrnospacer-1.jpg
And heres some with the spacer on
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/gtronwithspacer1.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/gtronwithspacer.jpg
Its back in!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Backin-1.jpg
Just need to reconnect some wires and plonk a few bits on here and there.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/gtronwithspacer1.jpg
WINNER :thumbs: :cool:
japdrifter
12-08-2007, 18:14
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
amazing you have been able to do all that in that time and i still dont have mine back...got an idea...strip it again and see if you can put it back together again before i get mine bk on the road....i bet you can!!!!!
on a serious note good work mate...spacers look a bit tough!!:wack:
Cheers for the comments :thumbs: . Did a bit more today
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/bitmorebay.jpg
Cant be arsed repainting cam covers as they are chipped, I just want it to run and keep running....when 5k is down I may consider giving 'em a lick of paint :) .
Paul_S13
12-08-2007, 22:16
Ace mate! :D
Honey Im home :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/allin.jpg
Well it moves as of tuesday! I had I few problems with camsafts, but shifty biscuits came through for me and sorted a cam out a very short notice, it even came gift wrapped :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/WraPPEDCAM.jpg
After that it fired up but was poping and banging out of the exhaust so a trip to Dals secured another AFM and all was well.
And proof that it moved (its at work)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/SHADY13.jpg
Had a bit of a moment tuesday eve. The car made it all the way to work and back. I then went out about 5 mins after to move the car closer to my house and in 50 yards pissed about 3 litres of oil out the ebay sandwich plate :eek:
Which promtly got removed and now Im on the look out for a good'un as all I have for oil info now is a little red light :)
japdrifter
05-09-2007, 19:22
good work mate!
how did the oil come out the sandwhich plate, what was wrong with it, i have one and it looks fine to me
how did the oil come out the sandwhich plate, what was wrong with it, i have one and it looks fine to me
If I knew It would'nt be doing it! When I originally fitted it it was way too tight and pissed out straight away so I took it off and put it back on as tight as an oil filter and it got me to work and back before going again. Its some cheap ebay job for about £15. Its made of crappy alloy and the rubber seal dont look great either so you get what ye pays for me thinks, Im off to mocal!
Finally managed to get the rear springs on tonight after work, sorry it was dark by the time I remembered to take a pic
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/12092007551.jpg
Exhaust is now scraping speed bumps :rolleyes:
Adjustable camber arms :)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/11092007550.jpg
When I got home I found these from apex Rear drop links to go on
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/12092007552.jpg
Not much of an update im affraid. Managed to get the rear links on yesterday. I know its not to everyones tase, and some people dont like musical mods on here. I swapped out the awful nissan front speakers and got my pheonix gold components Ive had laying about for ages in. Took a photo of how it stands now
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/13sofar.jpg
Desperatley in need of so 5 stud hubs for the front, hopefully should be sorted by this time next week. I also ordered myself an arch roller from nengun and Im going to learn how to do it on her first :wack:
japdrifter
17-09-2007, 13:56
its looking good matey...mines just cost me a fortune again...not engine wise this time but chassis wise ive chages the drop link bushes,made an exhaust bracket for her,needed new rear disks so got a set of brembos for her,needed to change the front tie bar bushes,new front tyres and a new clutch....lovely aye??? and that was just to get her on the road all legal like...takes the mick lol
After reading about a possible contributary cause of BE failure on CA's: oil not draining fast enough back to sump. I decided to take action. There was a few possible remidies such as drilling out the back of the head to fit two more drain pipes to the sump and enlarging the original holes, I opted for the easy option. Fitting twin catch tanks! Heres what a managed to knock up with what was to hand (lucozade and ant killer bottles :D )
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Bay0907.jpg
Need to get a few lengths of hose and tidy it up a bit, but it should work for now :thumbs:
Ive left the breather hose connected to the intake hose that goes to turbo mainly cos I ran out of pipe the right dia. Unsure if I Should also feed this into a catch tank?
You may also notice from that photo I also managed to fit an engine damper Ive had laying around for ages.
japdrifter
24-09-2007, 17:52
ive never seen an engine damper...wat do they do?
i suppose its something along the lines of cutting down the amount of vibration betwwen engine and mounts or something like that?
Lol, if anything it would increase vibes. It just slows down any violent movement of the engine and probably allows a bit more transfer of power to the wheels rather than being used to rock the engine about
Ive heard they do nothing just a bit off bling:D :indiff:
TBH it hasnt felt different yet :ghey: , but as you know Dunc had one on his and mine had been laying about for over a year and seeing his on reminded me :)
I spent most of Saturday down at Dals workshop fiddling with my car. Massive thanks to dal for staying late with me again :notworthy. The tappets were still making a noise after taking them all out and sticking them in a vice then leaving them to soak in oil, so I ended up replacing all of them with a head Dal had laying around. Now shes silky smooth :D I also managed to stop the oil leak I had.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/OILLEAK.jpg
It was a combo of the front crank seal and where the oil cooler bolts to the block. there was a little knick on it that needed to be filed down, new gasket and generous amounts of sump sealant fixed that up a treat. Also managed to borrow a pair of 17s to even out the front until I can get my hands on some 5 stud front hubs to go on.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/jdfront1.jpg
Some of you may recognise them (JD :nod: ) Dont worry matey I will take good care of em for you, hopefully they wont even be on a week :thumbs:
japdrifter
01-10-2007, 23:19
i was about to say i thought i recongnised them...:whip: :wack:
Looking very good matey! Keep it up! :)
More goodies!!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/toearms.jpg
Those came on Wednesday and are the last of the adjustable arms for the rear. Just need to fit those along with the camber arms and have a fiddle at work with our spanking new john bean 4-wheel lazer aligner. Woooo!!! :smash:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/catchtank.jpg
Got that to replace one of my ghetto catch tanks :D I also took a trip to swindon to get hold of a set of 5 stud fronts last night
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/5studfronthubs.jpg
Really I'd like this all on before Jap show finale, but I just cant see it happening as Ive only got one moog ball joint at the mo, but I made a start in my work brakes today.
Hey. I thought this brake cylinder stopper was part of the roller as it came in the box and was the same colour :rolleyes: . Anyway its fitted now
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/brakecylstopper.jpg
You can use the lower arms of a R33 GTS aswell mate someone might have some of them.
Same lenght as the 13 arms but with the 14 ball joint in it :thumbs:
Noted Stewie :thumbs:
Top man!
[Krusty the clown] Hey Hey Kids! [Krusty the clown]
I broke out the arch roller on its maiden voyage yesterday. Dal let me practice on his RB'ed 13 first and I was quite pleased with the results. My first ever arch
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dal1.jpg
Second one came out pretty good too
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/dal2.jpg
Happy with my efforts I moved on to my car, but the rust was obviously worse on mine and I made a bit of a mess of the left arch. Some filler will be needed to tidy up and get rid of the dent that appeared in the rear quarter.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/badarch.jpg
I was more happy with the other side
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/goodarch.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/archprofile.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/goodarcha.jpg
And for those who didnt go Jap Show Finale at Santa Pod last weekend, I got my GTR's on the back
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/rotaarch.jpg
Paul_S13
16-10-2007, 07:10
It's coming along nicely fella. :thumbs:
Dude just to let you know that the GTST arms on my car didnt really work the have pushed the wheels in some funny directions cant do more than 20mph so they'll be comming straight off :(
And the hole that the front ARB drop link goes into isn't quite in the right place
Just a word of warning
Dude just to let you know that the GTST arms on my car didnt really work the have pushed the wheels in some funny directions cant do more than 20mph so they'll be comming straight off :(
And the hole that the front ARB drop link goes into isn't quite in the right place
Just a word of warning
Did you adjust your toe to take advantage of the wider track though? Otherwise you will have some major toe out issues at the front.
Well in a race to my front door nengun won, but Im still happy what rhd japan bought me, yay (dont worry lower panel not in shot!)
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/koukiinabox.jpg
Look they even get pillows to rest on, ahh :smitten:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/koukipillow.jpg
Wooo!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/kouki1.jpg
I so happy these are here now, been wanting a set since I bought the car!
Cant wait to get them on!!!
arrrrrrrrrrrrrr kouki :smitten:
There on, just with unpainted centre panels.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/koukion.jpg
There JDM tyte yo! I.e: There is no foglight connected yet! I thinking about getting a red bulb and using one of the reverse lights as a fog. Going to paint the lower panel up but Im unsure if I should paint the reverse light panel or leave it black? What do you think I should do?
Well, lower panel is painted and back on, still dirty though :D What do you think? Do the reverse section or not?
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/paintedlower.jpg
Moog ball joints and braided front lines for the s14 calipers turned up from apex today so I best pull my finger out and get the front 5 studed soon.
Yesterday I managed to get the 5 stud fronts on. New moog ball joints pressed in. The sleeves I made up earlier get pressed in here for the strut bolts
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/fittingsleeve.jpg
Still need to hook up the abs sensors and Ive redrilled the discs to suit, but its all on there. Will place an order for one of dans big brake kits in the week and get them on next, but need to measure internal dia of the wheels to see what I can fit under them.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/5studallround.jpg
Wanted to go out there with my spacers today and push the wheels out a bit but the weather is making me think I should wait until tomorrow :)
japdrifter
28-10-2007, 15:47
looking sweet geeza!!!
how much were thoes rear lights ?
£360 by air mail or £330 surface :thumbs:
Got the wheels spaced today. Dont know if anyone knows, but these studs on this hub seem extra long, dont know if there standard s14 length or what but there longer than what the 13 has standard.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/Longstuds.jpg
Even with the 30mm DW spacers on and another 10mm I had laying about the studs only just sit flush
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/everythingon.jpg
But I didnt want them all on the front, which would leave it looking like this
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/studpoke.jpg
I was quite worried at this stage, but then checked th inside of the wheel to see it could fit on. It could thanks to clever little spaces cut out by the wheel manufacturer, phew!
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/wheeltakeup.jpg
So heres what the front offset looked like before
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/nospacer.jpg
After
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/spaceron.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/frontwidth.jpg
Wheels are 17x8 ET40 so effectivley are now ET5. I had a pair of 5mm spacers left so I chucked them on the back and finally gave the old girl a quick wipe over
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/washed.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/offset.jpg
Getting there.
I went and tried to be a bit arty farty before the sun went down :wack:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/204.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/199.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/207.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/208.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n215/crxpablos/223.jpg
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