E85 powered 180sx

[colm]

Im about to start playing about with a few things on my car soon so figured i might as well make a thread here.

this is my car, i brought it in from japan last september.
full spec is here http://www.sxoc.com/site/rides/ride.php?Member_ID=9368



(pics lifted from the Irish RR thread, hope the lads wont mind)

Since ive had the car i havent done too much with it. I got it converted to e85 not long after having it on the road. Ive been running sard 850cc's until now, but they were maxing out at 1bar so fueling upgrades has been on the cards for a little while now but pushed sooner than planned after the RR days results.

here are the parts ive gotten so far..

the bride is for the pass. side. The drivers seat is small as frick but its a perfect fit around my back so holds me perfectly.
I just got the 330mm front brake and 322 rear z32 brake kit from DB power today, so these will be the first to be fitted along with some braided lines.

Ive got a copy Greddy plenum that im planning on boring out to 70mm so i can use the N1 T/B.

The next stage for getting enough e85 flowing is a total fuel system upgrade.
Bosch 044
2~2.5ltr swirl pot
8mm fuel lines
RC Engineering 1200cc injectors
2 x Z32 fuel filters
Aeromotive fpr
-6an fuel rail and fitting

Jp has proven that set up works so im gonna copy it

Most of the parts are on the way to me now so hopefully this will move along pretty quickly

[swiftmini]

Keep us updated on this, alternative fuels are always interesting. cheers

[colm]

I got a little work done over the weekend.

Ive been talking about it for a while but i finally got the plenum bored out to 70mm.

This is what had to come off,


I couldnt see anyway to hold it on a mill or m/c properly so ended but using this, a dyegrinder with a 6mm endmill.

not really a safe tool i have to say

I got it bored out to about 69.5mm most of the way around. I dont have the TB yet so i cant compair the bores but should be pretty close. There was alot of excess sh1t just inside the opening that i tapered back a bit too.


Its more circular than it looks in the pics, the white stuff around he outside of the bore is tipex, handy stuff when trying to mark out stuff thats got bits of mental flying over it.

While i was at it i tidied up a few other flaws from the cast,



there was of excess from the mold left in the centre of all the port, going from about 2-5mm high and wide so i took them out of it.

I had hoped to fit my new brakes this weekend but i got cought up doing other stuff and only got to paint my new rear calipers. I was thinking of either spraying them black and keeping it subtle looking or doing something stupid.



as you can see i did something stupid, but i like em. Should look different when there on if nothing else.

[Keith88]

Nice project .... Gonna keep my eye on this one!

[colm]

The first of my parts arrived today,

fuel rail material and -6an tap.



Just waiting on my injecters next so i can see exactly how i need to bore out the rail.

[Trial_S15]

Fantastic work there Colm, & stunning car as always :

Where's the pic of those gorgeous Uras wheels in motion on the RR???

[colm]

Fantastic work there Colm, & stunning car as always :

Where's the pic of those gorgeous Uras wheels in motion on the RR???

Cheers Colin, all the fun stuff is still to come

this pic?


it is a pretty savage pic alright

I found something im not too happy about tonight. I had the car up on jacks trying to find a hole in my exhaust - that i didnt find , but i did find this



theres a crack about an inch long on the inner lip on the rear left wheel. Hopefully its not too bad but il find out tomorrow when i make a few calls on getting it sorted

[Trial_S15]

Thats to one alright! Looks fantastic

Sorry to see the crack though Hope you can get it fixed

[JP]

Holy moly that's a wide hole! Think it'll flow enough?!

It's excellent to see another E85-powered beast up in the Projects section - keep up the good work!

[D1 RWD]

love that

[colm]

after a weekend of trying to get work done on the car i managed to do feck all

Good news is my wheel is being repaired and il have it back some day this week.

I went at putting my new brakes this weekend and things didnt go to well.
I brought home the wrong socket for the rear hub from work i could only get back into today so will have to wait until next weekend now to try again.

I got the front discs on for a while then more sh1t went wrong and they had to come off hopefully il be able to make up what i need in work tomorrow when noones looking.

heres a few pics of my pointless effort,

new vs old


on the car briefly


Getting those spacers off the front was a right pain

can you spot whats missing from this pic?


the stud will push out, with some effort. but wont turn in the hub. will it be ok or will it need replacing?

After feeling like i got nothing done over the weekend i went at sticking in these tonight,



easy enough job to be fair.

cheap engine shot




what does the circled plate do? Its either got to come out or get cut a little just wondering which option to take.

Post man brought this today too





less cock ups n more progress soon hopefully

[JP]

Post man brought this today too





less cock ups n more progress soon hopefully

Mmmm... I can practically smell the top-feds pouring E85 into your engine already!

[raytsang]

what does the circled plate do? Its either got to come out or get cut a little just wondering which option to take.

looks like it just stops the oil coming back from the breeder pipe falling on the cams.

[colm]

Post man was here again today



big thanks to mazworx for getting this stuff out to me

Ive got some measuring up of the plenum and injectors to do now, then next week il cut and bore out the fuel rail and make some stainless inserts for the injectors to sit in in the plenum.

The walbro will be going in over the weekend cos my nismo pump is on its way out.
My wheel is fixed and il be picking it up tomorrow hopefully

looks like it just stops the oil coming back from the breeder pipe falling on the cams.

Cheers ray, i ground back the plate a bit to let the RAS sit under it. I figured it was there for a reason lol

[JP]

Don't forget your Nissan OEM O-rings for the top & bottom of the injectors!

[M.D.]

nice work there,

just out of interest, is that ally you have bought for the injector rail a stock material or is it something you have had machined up, im thinking about re making my fuel rail as it keeps leaking and its doing my head in

[colm]

Don't forget your Nissan OEM O-rings for the top & bottom of the injectors!

is that because the ones that come on the injectors are crap or is there another reason

just out of interest, is that ally you have bought for the injector rail a stock material or is it something you have had machined up, im thinking about re making my fuel rail as it keeps leaking and its doing my head in

it got it from a place in america, they do a couple of differnet sized blank fuel rail materials. ive got there site bookmarked at home so il stick up the link when i get home

[JP]

Sorry fella, meant if they didn't come with any stick with the OEM ones are we know they work well.

[colm]

Ah ok, thanks dude. you had me wondering there.

I went at taking of the big nut on my rear hubs over the weekend. The drivers side came off easily enough but I broke 2 strong bars trying to open the nut on the passanger

so I got this for the job..


its good a for a few hundred nm' of torque

opened it nicely too

[colm]

little bit of an update...

The car finally passed the nct so now its back in the shed for the fuelling bits for be stuck on.

I did the lazy eye wire snip on the car, im not sure if i prefer it this way or not. (sorry for the crap phone pics)


a better pic of the front from the meet last weekend,


Ive swapped fuel pumps, gotta say i was suprised with the size of the walbro. its tiny!


and at long last ive gotten my new brakes on , its only the fronts for the min but that should change over the weekend.




330mm discs and still lots for room to spare.


gotta say im loving the coverage of the pad on the disc. it sits over the entire surface area.
Thanks to Dan at db power too for helping me out with a few problems i was having

Il be machining up a few parts for the plenum in work tomorrow and maybe get the fuel rail done on saturday. Il wire in the injector driver when i get my hands on some solder. I want to fit it before sticking in the new injectors to make sure its working right before i pull everything off. it says it can work with both high and low impedance injectors, so i guess il find out soon.