Dan

Awesome!

James-W

Steve mate your a fucking nutter.

Mr.worth

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love the sideways action m8

turbo gaskets are a bitch,hows yours without one

Stavros

Its spot on without the turbo gaskets mate, removed the one between turbo n manifold and turbo and turbo elbow, and they both fine.

Just make sure the mounting faces are clean and the bolts are done up well.

I used some exhaust sealant to make sure, but TBH i dont think its reccomended to do that incase any gets in the turbo, but its only a wanky old T25 so i risked it

Craigo

sweeet mate, that is seriously sideways!

rsnissan

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legend

get some zip ties to hold the wings on for a more authentic look

Stavros

Cable ties are the main thing that hold the front splitter on tho

Once I crash it itl have a lot more ties on dont worry, and some big dents

Quick update....

Ever since I had it its had a mild missfire when on boost.

I bought some uprated plugs (ie Saab 9000 Turbo ones, tenner a set, they fit and they one heat range colder, clever eh ) but ive left em at work so couldnt fit em today

I had a spare set of coilpacks too, and tho i gave one to Dan fudge to sort his missfire i fitted the other three (no idea if that helped, still dont ) and re-gapped the plugs to 0.5mm (i didnt even check what they reccomended for S13s, but i knew thatd help ) and the missfires gone

Much better now.

Not gonna drink again tonight, gonna go out for some practice...

Dan

Defo get some more pics up Steve, wish i'd held on to mine now!

Stavros

Dan- Yes mate, you should have! With the right mods they mental fun

Just been up Birmingham for some more drift practice

One thing I found out is my car flames like fuck! I never noticed before but one of my mates came up in his R32GTR and he saw it flame at least 5 times on the way up and countless times when drifting

My mountain bike water bottle catch tank melted
So i made a new one
In 5mins
From a empty can of Grolshe i found in a dustbin

Big ends knocking a lil more now too after tonights abuse

Im deffo much better tho, mainly thanks to advice from people who are better than me who came out with me and/or drove my car and i went out with them.
For a start I was being way too brutal, which is why I was spinning too often, now im far more gentle and can drift far faster and more consistant like that.
Kenny really opened my eyes to how little you need to use the power, when he drove my car we was barely ever on boost but fuck me we was going as fast and as sideways as ever

Deffo much better now, im holding full oppo lock nearly every drift now Need more lock

On the way home i still span it on a roundabout and my mate in the GTR jus missed me tho

Really looking forward to the drift practice day next sat at Silverstone, thats what it takes to be good, practice practice practice

luke89

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looks and sounds like a lot of fun
also choped ya sig to make this :


even has a side exit now

Stavros

Replacement big ends, uprated plugs, and charge temp gauge with in-built water injection activator all here ready to fit when i got time...

adamS2RST

Is the budget starting to slip?

Stavros

slightly but plugs were a tenner, bearings under 50, both vital, and charge temp thing about 60 i think, but wanted to test stuff...

adamS2RST

Craigo

big_wig_074

that a rainbird charge temp gauge?i might get one of those! how did the bearing swap go? sxoc knobbers stopped that thread,blinkered fools!

Stavros

Not had time to do it yet mate, i dont reckon im gonna get them done for the drifting on sat so thats cancelled then

Shouldnt take long, but on own its not easy...

Yea, rainbird gauge with an water injection add on as i wanna have a play with some W.I.

Stavros

jus quick pic of me dicking around in it...

Stavros

Quick update, well, not so quick, but no pics as forgot a camera

Over the wonderfully boring Xmas holidays me and Greg (BigWig) have been replacing the big end bearings on the SX.

As per usual, things liks the correct way to do it, instuctions, preperation, etc is no fun at all, so we just winged it

Righty then, picture the scene, ie on a drive in freezing xmas temperatures

Undoing the sump wasnt too hard, tho far more to it than just removing the bolts unfortunately, theres bracing between the gearbox n block that needs removing too.

Unbolting the sump is one thing, but REMOVING it is a WHOLE different matter
We knew we would have to unbolt the engine mounts and raise the engine up (jack under the gearbox bellhousing is the way to go), but was shocked how far we had to do to get the sump out

Put it this way, i got i big professional mega low to mega high jack, and its WAAAY above the max reach of that.

In fact to get it high enough we had to use a big of cleverness, with my S13 projects favourite thing... WOOD

We made an (incredibly precarious and unsafe ) extention to the jack of around 10inches with some wood i cut up and nailed together, and finally that gave us enough height to get the sump out between the block and subframe.

Still a pain tho as have to unbolt the oil pickup inside the sump when the sumps still on to get it off

So far we have removed 3 sets of beaings (1/2/3) and replaced 2 sets so far, none had mega wear on them, tho all a bit worn, and all had side wear rather than dead centre.
Third one had been a pain, and not done 4th yet.

We got bit fucked off with the grief we was having, so today spent 150quid down Machine Mart on a big ass engine crane

Unfortunatley we got back and started building it and realised one of the legs was missing

So went n replaced it, got back here, and built it up

Now its done but was freeeeeeeeezing n getting dark so gave up for today.

Tomorrow we gonna carry on, and as we got the crane i reckon we should finish it by end of day



I gotta say a HUGE thanks to Greg (Bigwig), as there no way id get it done on my own.
As
(A) Its a 2 man job.
(B) He's better with the spanners than me (an RAF aircraft mechanic FFS )
(C) Means theres a 2nd head to think of the bizzare bodge ways to get it all fixed And someone else to say "Yea, fuck it, that looks safe enough" when you do something really dangerous
(D) I give up WAY too easy and if I was on my own I just give up and go inside everytime it gets hard/cold/boring


CHEERS MATE!

big_wig_074

no worries fella!its all a learning curve innit?
what about the free renault clio body kit that came with the engine crane?lol!

wooden engine mounts were PROPER funny! especially when we couldnt get them out! i PROMISE to have all 4 bearings done tomorrow and the sump back on! then should be another day to make sure the brackets are all attached etc......

big_wig_074

ARGHHHHH!!!! fookin rod bolts splayed on no3 not allowing the sodding cap back on!!! fook! ill get it back on if it kills me!

Charlie Chalk

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That means dick all

I normally see him sat on his arse, or we was normally chatting about cars


Ahhhh those were the days

Stavros

This doing my head in now

How on earth do we keep having sooo many disasters

Itl never be on the road again at this rate

I miss my car

I dunno exactly what im gonna do to the car tomorrow, but it will be as much as poss

Check this out, I neeeeeeeeeed this amount of lock

big_wig_074

think ive worked harder for steve in the last couple of days than i ever have for her majesty!LOL! but everything is against us,and its gonna snow tomorrow so cant do anything there!other than get over my cold i spose!lol!

steve:NICE! after the special mods we planned earlier yeah? im well into the ford idea,lookin it up now!

datar18

nice one Steve, first time i've looked at this thread, spied your sig on driftworks. looks


so the GTR is still going ahead i presume?

i was out with my mate in his pimping volvo xmas night with a few of the driftworks lads drifting, was great fun, i want the j tuner '86

James-W

Isnt your magazine featuring the "driftmidz" crew next month.

Stavros

Yes, infact I did the feature.

Must admit, ive changed my opinion on them for the min.

They dont think they good, they know they new and openly admit they got a LOT to learn.

But they seem pretty bloody determined, and they a sound bunch.

Their reason for being a "team" is mainly helping each other out (fuck me, i wish i was in a team, id get my car fixed quicker than all this solo shit!), so fair play.

It might go all wildly croozy and shit, but its down to them to prove they got what it takes and not turn into a bunch of nobbers doing donuts at croozes.

Infact Wad (he sort of the main one) and a few others are pretty good, and taught me a few things (thas not hard, im shit ) but fair play.

James-W

Oh well thats good.

Can I be in your team Steve?

Stavros

If you can come help me fix the car, then your in

Stavros

Bit of an update.

On saturday me n Dan (fudgeass) went n bought an engine and box (inc inlet manifold, pipes, electrics, clutch, injectors, sensors, fan, well, everything really) from a L-reg 200SX with full nissan service history for 350quid!

And 2 conrods, the bolts, and another inlet manifold, all of which i need, for certain things

Got another new set of big end bearings here too.

From all this lot I should be able to build 2 really good engines, and now got 2 good gearboxes and clutches.
Then when I brake one I can just pop another in, and fix the broke one, with minimal off-road time.

Jobs a goodun.

GazzaG

Nice project matey

Thrush

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What lump is in it? Can't be a CA18, sure someone told me they were shit

Stavros

I did you sad gom, and you know I did.

They are shit, and?

Cant believe you dug this up to post that when ive probably said it on this thread, ive slagged every other thing on the car ont his thread, lol

They better than CVHs and so on, can do 350bhp on standard internals with no prob.
Depends what you class as shit, but id say they shit.


Bought a supercharger today. 5th Gen Eaton M45 with teflon coated blades.
To blow up balloons with.

Pulsar turbo is next thing to buy I think.

89xr2

You and your balloons

Back to the 200sx one of my mates was told a couple of days ago that if i welded up the diff on a car I wouldnt even be able to turn corners normally. Now i didnt read too much into this as so many people have it done. What difference does it make?

Thinking I might just sack the track xr2 idea as well and flog it to buy an S13. I get bored too easily.

datar18

you only really notice a welded diff when turning very sharp turns or reversing!

the back end will skip about when paralell parking.

but its all in the name of fun, so its worth it.

Stavros

Datar is right.

On a FWD a welded diff would be near enough undrivable, would understeer at any speed.

But on a RWD you only really notice it as per above.

And if you got a really shit RWD that understeers, a welder might make it worse.

But generally it makes it sooooooooooo much better its unbelivable

Thrush

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Now who's getting arsey

Touchy

Stavros

Not me, im just being MrT and pitying the sad fool who posted up something pointless which backfired on him as ever

Thrush

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89xr2

What's the deal with this drift day on the 22nd at silverstone?

How much does it cost per car, do you have to pay to spectate/park etc. Is there any chance of getting near the track to take photos?

Can you take your mate out in your car?