so it begins page 2..... so it continues.

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so ive started a new page. last one got a little long....

right developments are, my 15's are too big for rwc (duh) but the stockies i have dont clear the poosar brakes.

need to find cheap 14's. and i mean nearly free.

finished off the matiz/corsa setup, however front is creaking when i turn the wheel, so ill strip the front end down again and see what other parts i can put in there at the top.

shes basically good to go for rwc, i think... i have a few things to hook back up (like brakes, airbox)but once the 14's are ready ill get it booked in, passed then rego'd!

on turbo build notes, ive picked up an sr20 fuel rail and some free injectors, when they turn up ill figure out what flow they have. getting standard r33 gtr dump pipes sent to me, so i can use one of them to save costs on a custom dump.

plans are still to run gtr fuel pump, 370cc injectors and tune on e85 for 10psi. this should help with high compression and det.

body news, removed the side bumper strips the other day. caramel wheel is the only way to get all that nasty double sided tape off! however, ive decided with tthe **** condition of the green paint, and the fact its green, im gonna do a gloss white respray. im decent at spraying, having done a mini and some skyline parts, but im going to try and do a better job this time round!

stay tuned, and ill get back to you with some pictures!

so after a month of procrastinating i got the car ready and rwc'd on staurday.

she failed.

he couldnt get the drum brakes off the rear (i belive this is because he doesnt know about the handbrake release lever)

he then just picked on stupid ****. the windscreen was dirty, the headlight indicators arent orange enough, the windscreen washers needed aiming, the rear wiper was 2 cm too long, i didnt have the centres on the alloy wheels.

what a complete tosser. anyway, ill get all that addressed and in again on saturday. nop doubt for him to fail it on something else.

Great work. But what a tosser the road worthy guy was. Are these things unsafe, no. Be positive as this shows your car is fine, just that guy had sand in his vagina that day.

Hope you have better luck next time.

cheers mate, i text my old man after dropping it to the rwc guy, i said, its gonna fail the guy was a right prick.

sure enough....... once im out of the woods ill be letting people know who it was.

it just annoys me that hardly anyof these things a safety/roadworthy issue.

Yep couldent agree with you more. In sa the police patrol whats road worthy and not. So most people are able to drive around in dodgy unsafe cars. But if you get defected they can be so picky with getting it passed. wtf.

okay......

so after taking to my rear drums with an angle grinder to remove the lip that was hoilding them on, ridiculously tightly, i did not hold out much hope that it would pass.

when i got to the garage, he said, thanks for that the drums where fine, but bloody hell its stiff in the arse end....

then passed it.

you f*c*ing dancer! i actually had a little happy dance right there in the office......

so now to register it...

then its mod time.......

this means ill also be looking for the next parts in turbo build, super s clocks, etc.

and i refuse to pay 200 or even 150 for a 20 year old piece of plastic that in my opinion looks a bit meh, for cup holders. so stay tuned for some sort of fibreglass cup holder/ipad holder fancy thingo.

with the football (soccer) season starting i dont have much time to work on it as i would like, but ill get there eventually.....

next up, fit the coilovers, jun fly and clutch i got from dan, respray at easter, and some sway bars if i can find some second hand that arent going for drug money......

sorry about the ridiculous angle. mate fancies him self a photographer.

he is not.

and another.

all that plasti dip will be coming off soon, it was just to get me through the roadworthy.

the bonnet has no paint left on it, and the super s bumper was red....

a complete colour change is coming.....

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finally they let it pass! nice work

I know.... Finally get to drive it more than 2ks tomorrow!

All rego'd today. Went well.

Car has a bit of road noise, but after my car history it's bound to be a bit basic.

Tomorro night coil overs fitted. Then I need some music, then jun fly wheel an hd clutch on Sunday.

Lots more parts to come, and unlike some on the site, I will pass on anything I don't use.

Lows are fitted, rear is 10mm higher than I'd like but wow, this setup handles beautifully.

Sway bars needed now, control arm, rear lower and upper strut braces too....

and here we go.

regod, fitted with ohlins rear shocks, tein springs all round, and hks front coilovers.

thanks dan and the hundreds of people who owned them before! would like the back to be alittle lower, but im not cutting the tein springs.

so ill be fitting my blacked out head lights and clear indicators soon.
also got jun fly and hd clutch to install, jdm rear lights, and the respray (fingers crossed) at easter.

those wheels are growing on me, so i might get some more spacers to push em out abit. and give em a paint up.

parts list wanted.........

cup holders (maybe) might build my own.
tacho dash needs to know my revs!
super s door cards.
some sort of bucket seat.
sway bars.
bracing. any and all of it!
and some freaking sounds. 2 speakers is not enough!

Okay small update.....

Had a cat back built by my mate.... Small sound increase, small midrange increase.

Also bought a wrx, so having second thoughts about the micra. In fact if some one offered me 2k for it with all the turbo parts etc I'd prob take it.

Anyway seeing as nobody will do that, scored some 33 gtr oem dumps, as soon as this rain ****s off ill strip the front down and test fit it all.

Have to move in 2 weeks and with the wrx needing a bit of love, the micra shall remain daily material....

To be continued...... Or not.

oh you have parts i hope i dont need them but keep them around!

Heheh, I've got about 2 grands worth I parts, need to sen frank some kesh for fuel rail, and pick up some injectors.

Only thing I need is an oil and water pipe for gtr turbo. That's it! Then I can build away.....

so picked up the wrx. fettled with it a little. wife told me off. so back to the micra.

installed the oil filter relocator and oil cooler i got from mick b.

now it was for an sr20 (im guessing) so the attachement where the filter would normally be was way too big. had to machine (read angle grind the **** out of it) to get it small enough to attach to the block.

anyway managed to get it there, and get it all installed, however i have misplaced my 25 mm spanner, so i need to nip it all up tonight before filling it with oil. christ knows how much its gonna take now but im guessing around 6-7 litres. will pop the usual amount in, run it for 2 mins. stop check and top up. see how we go until i can get it to the full mark on the dipper!

also the emanage is in. no issues there, cut a small hole in the glove box to accomadate the n-8 direct plug and play harness. so i have a spare universal harness if anyone wants it. 50 baht??

waiting on oil and water lines/drains turning up from overseas then i can run the water lines from the ga15 throttle body.

so close i can feel the boost.

and yes i know its gonna make a mess when i unscrew the filter,

but if you look closely i can tilt/remove the filter housing and drain from the end of the cooler pipe hose.

nice progress and valve cover.

catch up once turbo is in for sure

fingers crossed its this weekend. putting car back together and taking it to fabricators. im gonna do the install there, then leave him to do dump and cooler piping.

will run open wastegate (should be 2-4 psi) on emanage base tune, until i can get to tuner where ill tune it on standard wastegate, 10psi i belive)

thatsll have to wait unitl i can get fuel pump in and find suitable top mount injectors. need omething around 330cc thatll fit a cga top feed fuel rail. any recommendations guys?!

Toyota 4agze injectors are 365cc low impedance, top feed. They are a potential upgrade for nissan L28 so may fit into the rail.

brilliant, ill have a look around see what happens.

right emanage issue.

car is turning over but not firing. strange. hope its not a dud.

so removed the harness and plugged original loom in.....

turned car on, ran fine. turned it off to check the oil level.......................... it didnt turn off. i removed the key, the engine kept running!

i disconnected the battery (n a bit of a panic) obviously this didnt kill it.

i had to whip the loom out of the ecu to stop it......

****ing thing. any ideas why it would do this guys!? i mean i turned it over a few times with the emanage in, but that shouldnt have caused it.

only thing i can think was there was it was slightly flooded and it built up, kept the engine running.. but, if its flooded it shouldnt have started.... hmmmmmmmmmm.

Nope emanage is fine.

Cannot turn the ignition off with the ecu plugged in. Need a second unit to test.

Okay, Rudy sent me an ecu, car now works fine.

Turbo on Monday. Awwwww yiss.

ooooooooooooh so close.

decided on custom manifold due to space and using an xr6 cooler. managed to get post of it finished last night, just have to join cylinder 1 and 2 to the collector. should take an hour.

but as of now the turbo is mounted. ive used one of the oem dumps from the 33gtr donor car, and this pretty much lines up with the standard path of the exhaust. so should be a 1m 2.5 inch pipe the connect to the cat.

next will be cooler piping which should be easy enough. only issue is finding a flat pod filter!!!!!!!!!!!

more updates thursday. shes coming along.

anyone reading this, im thinking if i hold the wastegate permantently open i shouldnt generate more than 1-2 pounds of boost, which will give me some drive ability for a while.... concur?!

Great work, so close I can already hear the cho cho's. And is it a factory 33 gtr turbo too? Thats a water cooled type.

Yep factory t28 oil an water.

plattsy WROTE:

anyone reading this, im thinking if i hold the wastegate permantently open i shouldnt generate more than 1-2 pounds of boost, which will give me some drive ability for a while.... concur?!

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it does actually work platsy but the w/g port and puck would get too hot if you ragged it tho.
i usually set about 3mm/half a hole of preload on the rod, and i just tried it with 3mm of negative preload (w/g held open about 3mm)
and it would only muster 2 or 3 psi at full chat

aye cheers frank!

dont think ill be ragging it at all. doubt ill even bring the fecker on boost until i get it tuned!

quick question mate, the oil fitting thread on the head that everyone uses, you got any idea what type of fitting i need to screw in there?!

1/8" bspt mate, i prefer banjo bolts both ends personally

How the he'll do you fit a banjo to a to the head!

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"How the he'll do you fit a banjo to a to the head!

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like so mate

using a scooter/ped brakepipe and another banjo the other end

hahaha! very clever!

m10 banjo frank!?

plattsy WROTE:

"hahaha! very clever!

m10 banjo frank!?

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dunno just the usual brakepipe size one mate, the banjo bolts are usually parallel thread, so the tapered head thread tends to tighten up at about 10mm inside (hence the 2 extra copper washers fitted) or else cut the bolt to suit eh

and its finished.

decided im gonna try and grab a cga inlet mani for the top feed rail i have.

and try to source the lsd box that bolts up, to help put the power down.....

okay.

manifold is on, turbo is on. oil feed and return is on. water feed and return is on, and still uses the cold start, ga15 throttle body is on, exhaust was completed last night.

took her for a quick spin around the block. its very quiet to say i have 2.5 inch to cat and 2 inch cat back. very happy. tonights job is fitting up the intercooler.

got her finished this weekend.

gotta mod the fuel rail to fit the cg13.

fit gtst fuel pump and get it to dmd tuning in pakenham to have it tuned!

okay. brought her home last night.

jobs still to do.

mod/source 7 psi actuator for gtr turbo.
buy some sort of boost controller.
fit catch can for blow by.
fit fuel pump (if i can ever get the pump access door frigging open!)
change clutch and flywheel on sat/sunday (dont have alignment tool which will make it tricky.
fit boost gauge (if i want)

and finally modify and fit cga fuel rail so i can run neo top feeds.

this is the bane of my existence.

need a standard cat if anyone has one one fellas.

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plattsy WROTE:

need a standard cat if anyone has one one fellas.

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Which one or do you need both? Actually guessing you need the 2nd one if you have a turbo. Got one but it's in northern NSW, postage shouldn't be too much though.

Hey fuzz. That's right mate send me a pm with price

weekend update!





again. no pictures.



i promise ill get some when i tear it down to heat wrap it and shiz.





a stock r34/33 cat bolted straight up to the micra, quietened it a bit but not by much, slowed the flow down big time tho. with the wastegate flap open its makes almost 3 psi eeeek. will have to be careful taking it to the tuner next friday.

took the gear box out, replaced the flogged stock clutch with an exedy/datrats hd one. also the jun flywheel went in there too. engine revs so much quicker now....



we managed to tear down the fuel rail and throttle body also, made up the tops feed rail with the spacers and adapters to bolt it straight in. however the iac valve has had to be removed from the throttle body to allow it to fit. as soon as i get a chance i will head back round and finish it off.


last few things i need are an sr20 actuator, aparrently they bolt straight up to the gtr turbo. and some sort of boost controller.

got a big bag of pumps given to me. gtr, 044, gtst, s15's etc will have a go thru them and pick the most suitable to fit. then i will the pass the rest on to other people in need of an upgrade!

currently waiting on the nistune back from dmd/nistune. they have added the ga15 throttle body, 370 injectors very nice of them to do so.


anyone like to make a prediction on the fwkw? also the tuner is going to video the dyno run.

92

Any higher?

Any lower!

It's a 300 km engine don't forget......