useful threads

[nene]

Link to whatever you want . I'm still trying to compile the FAQ section, so anything useful linked in here I'll try and put into that.

Can I humbly suggest my posts on how to check the oil level and ATF level then?

The oil level post is probably CA18DET specific (does the SR20 have a similarly retarded design?), though the ATF "guide" is universal for pretty much all auto boxes.

[John Bennett]

Can I humbly suggest my posts on how to check the oil level and ATF level then?

Sure . If you you can remember where you put your guide threads/posts on other stuff like electric mirror wiring, that'd be cool too (I'll cut and paste them into their own threads). I'll bung in the composite CA18det wiring diagram you did too .

The SR20 dipstick is infinitely better than the CA one . It's a flat piece of metal with an H and a L on it, and it doesn't scrub off when you pull it out the tube

[nene]

OK, here is the JDM folding mirror writeup

There's a writeup pending for HIDs into an S13, too, but I'm still waiting for two little bits for it from driftworks ...

I'm sure there was something I promised to do for missy for the newsletter too, but I can't remember what now, or what else I've done now.

I suppose we could do with a guide on how to wire in a stereo without breaking something and where to get power behind the dash without overstressing stuff.

Edit: It'll be nice to have the reconstituted wiring diagram see the light of day - that was one thing that really really annoyed me whilst trying to follow it

[arry]

might want to add this to auto to manual swap info - http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=229114 as it could well be useful to someone

[ByReaL]

How-To: Change Hydro-Valve-Pushers and/or Cams
http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=234265

i think this should be listed here

[shane]

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nissan_...ight_Reduction
S13:
headunit, speakers, and rear speaker brackets - 15.4lbs

driver and passenger door panels - 11.8lbs

plastic backseat panels - 5.0lbs

plastic B-pillar panels to back - 3.0lbs

back seats - 20.8lbs

hatch wall carpeting, plastic rear speaker panels, and rear floor mats - 20.6lbs

rear wiper, motor, grommet, and blade - 3.0lbs

jack tools, jack cover cardboard, random gray foam pads - 6.4lbs

rear strut covers, miscellaneous brackets & stuff - 2.8lbs

shift boot & panel - 0.6lbs

hatch area carpeting - 3.2lbs

A/C compressor, condenser, reservoir, & some piping - 29.2lbs

windshield wiper reservoir (full of fluid), bracket, & associated tubing - 9.0lbs

PAIR valve, actuator, bracket, and fasteners - 3.0lbs

sound deadening (Round 1) *box was 1 pound* - 10.8lbs

main carpet (from floorboard to rear seats) - 11.8lbs

glovebox - 3.2lbs

gauge cluster bezel - 1.6lbs

automatic seatbelts & lapbelt assemblies - 20.0lbs

power antenna - 2.0lbs

headliner, reading lamps, and shades - 4.0lbs

miscellaneous plastic pieces - 3.6lbs

plastic passenger floorboard panel (under glovebox) - 1.6lbs

center console - 3.0lbs

ABS unit mounting bracket - 3.2lbs

ABS unit - 15.8lbs

PS resevoir - 2.0lbs

PS line - 1.4lbs

fuel catch can & bracket - 1.8lbs

HICAS solenoid - 6.4lbs

rear HICAS rack - 10.8lbs

rear HICAS distribution block - 5.2lbs

clutch loop - 1.41bs

battery tray - 1.2lbs

SE exhaust & cat - 41.0lbs

sound deadening - 29lbs

spare tire & wheel - 28.0lbs

firewall mat - 18.8lbs

sunroof glass - 11.5lbs

foam layer on dashboard - 5lbs

Replacing Stock Items with Lighter Aftermarket Parts

Stock Seat (S14 Base cloth) vs Racing Seat(Bride Zeta III) - (36-12) 24 lbs

Stock Hood (S13 180sx) vs CF Hood (S13 Versus Silvia) - (40-15) 25lbs

Stock Battery vs Lightweight battery (Genesis) - (41-13) 28 lbs

Stock Wheels (steelies) vs Racing Wheels (Volk TE37's 16x8) (28-13) 15 lbs
(each wheel)

Stock Drive Shaft vs Aluminum One Piece Drive Shaft - (19-11) 8 lbs

Stock Drive Shaft vs Carbon Fiber Once Piece Drive Shaft - (19.8-8.5) 11.3 lbs
reduction

[Damo]

ca16de inlet cam and ca18det ex cam to inlet swop info

http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=235369

[Jeff]

Spent the last 10 minutes trying to find this thread so thought I'd post it here, even though it's not really Tech Lots and lots of pics of different S13's though

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=189109

[Sideways Danny]

Stainless steering bush fitting, not a how-to exactly but the best thread I could find

http://sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t...steering+joint

[Damo]

how to clean your afm which is very important by jez

here

[Shaziman]

Any advice on changing bushes would be very welcome

Here you go matey!

http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread...63#post3377063

[Maddog]

bush replacement possibly the easiest ones to change are the front tie bar bushes exc the anti-roll bar ones! i find the easiest way is to remove whichever part the bush is being replced on make sure no brake lines wires etc are in close proximity to bush and using a blowtorch (a 20 quid one from b&q is ideal) burn the bush out it doesnt need to be burned completely just enough to move it in it's housing next a hammer and chisel or better a drift and hit metal case of bush a few knocks is usually enough to see it out. if your fitting standard bushes i'd advise pressing them in poly ones just fit right in makes life so much easier!

[Jez@devoted]

Apexi manuals

http://bagpuss.swan.ac.uk/200sx/apexi/

[Jeff]

Fitting S14 seats to an S13:

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.p...hlight=leather

I know it's not a thread, but it's pretty useful.... S13 Service Manual:

http://www.h-dev.co.uk/manuals/NISSA...ANUAL%202a.pdf

[Damo]

shimming s13 and s14 diff

information in this thread

http://www.sxoc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=331530

[Damo]

injector cleaning and flow testing

Scholar Engineering

http://www.scholarengines.co.uk/index.html

01449 767711

[Jonny Wilkinson]

Standard alignment setting for an S13.

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=334003

[jap-import]

My guide to removing the venter vents on an S13

http://muzizzle.com/180sx/guide_center_dash_vents

[s13sxturbo]

any chance we can post a message saying always put the braided oil line on the gt28r turbo first before fitting it, this is because i have just spent the day fitting my turbo only to find i have to take it all off again and do this

i had the same problem when i did mine...all i did was grind a spanner down so i could do small turns at a time and spinning the spanner as i was doing it...it worked a treat.! 12mm i think!