Nice to see it in the flesh ryan, it looks the business.
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93 micra number 2
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cheers matey! unfortunatly I didnt get to see you or your micra (i didnt get much of a look around the show tbh) was too caught up in the track action :laugh:
I take no credit for the pic, its from one of the Dutch RR contingent.
well update time and now my efforts have turned to the engine. But 1st:
I started today off with getting the car up in the air as I was getting bored of the exhaust scraping everywhere. And well, that and a few other things have taken I liking to the tarmac:
Gearbox
Sump
Bottom arm mounts
Exhaust
After looking at it, to raise it up I'm gonna have to chop and shorten the downpipe, but I havnt got a working grinder atm so that went out the window. I got my new sidelight covers from donttellhimpike ( cheers mate!) so fitted them:
Then went on to stripping the 1litre engine I had ready for its new head:
Bloody clean in there to say it was from a D reg!
That isnt though, new water pump time:
Got the head of too find this:
Its like bloody new still!
Pistons out of the block:
nice clean crank:
Crank shells in bloody good cond
and the car its going in
Ill be building it back up with a new water pump and belt tomorrow and will take pics
I started today off with getting the car up in the air as I was getting bored of the exhaust scraping everywhere. And well, that and a few other things have taken I liking to the tarmac:
Gearbox
Sump
Bottom arm mounts
Exhaust
After looking at it, to raise it up I'm gonna have to chop and shorten the downpipe, but I havnt got a working grinder atm so that went out the window. I got my new sidelight covers from donttellhimpike ( cheers mate!
) so fitted them:
Then went on to stripping the 1litre engine I had ready for its new head:
Bloody clean in there to say it was from a D reg!
That isnt though, new water pump time:
Got the head of too find this:
Its like bloody new still!
Pistons out of the block:
nice clean crank:
Crank shells in bloody good cond
and the car its going in
Ill be building it back up with a new water pump and belt tomorrow and will take pics
Quite a bit of work has gone into the arches to make the wheels fit, cut and welded the inner arch higher up and gave the outers a good bashing and rolling.
some more update though
Finally got around to making the rear arches a bit more presentable, a mate came around and bashed them into a bit of shape and I gave it a skim of filler.
Before:
(thats before I gave them a bit more bashing
had an epic weekend at a52 and the micra finally got some new front brakes. But that was a job and a half. The brakes I brought down were for a k11 not a k10 :
But Steve (sleeperviva) was an absolute legend and manages to track me some down in bristol! score!So after a ride in his ford twink powered viva (which was awsome) I got some new front brakes. But after fitting them it turned out that the chamfer on the centre of the disc was too small and the disc wasnt sitting on the hub properly. I didnt take any pics but I ended up knocking the studs out, starting it up in gear and grinding the lip off the hubs ;D
The brake mank cleaned off the wheels well
Upon having the car in the air I noticed that the sump had aquired some fresh stratches and a rather deep dent of about 1cm
I think i was very very lucky that the sump didnt hole!
It also ####ed on of my top cups so that had some mega thick washers welded on:
also got around to fitting the subway handle thomas gave me at the gathering, cheers mate
Also tried a 15inch bmw (bbs?) wheel, looked the ########, but I couldnt turn lol
and a leaving shot:
gtsnissanb
Official MSC Trader
lol who needs to turn when it looks that good just go back and forward:grinning:
Nice stuff mate, Im #1 fan of your car. Make sure that the arches aren't sharp or the MOT man will have ya for that. Brakes looked very ####ed tbh and where did you bosozoku exhaust went?
Cheer matey
The boso exhaust uses a straight through back box and the loudness (only got a precat and no internals in the centre box) was annoying so this has gone on. but the boso pipes will be back but bigger and better Well, I ended up spending some money again! but in my deffence, they were cheap ;D
Got dish? they're 13 x 7 et-7 Just waiting for my wheel nuts to turn up and then roll the arches some more! lol
Also finally started on the carbs! Gonna take it to work and use the chopsaw to cut slits into the pipes so I can curve the carbs upwards, then weld it there (free useage ftw)
And a bit of trailer fun too ;D
Got dish?
they're 13 x 7 et-7 Just waiting for my wheel nuts to turn up and then roll the arches some more! lolAlso finally started on the carbs! Gonna take it to work and use the chopsaw to cut slits into the pipes so I can curve the carbs upwards, then weld it there (free useage ftw
)
And a bit of trailer fun too ;D
Including fuel to collect them and the m6 toll, they came to just under £300 :laugh:
Thanks
I wasnt too sure when I picked them up, but once on the car I fell in love and went and ordered the wheel nuts hey mate, looking awesome. they are the one from C0llis0n right? are you gonna be running wobble nuts? if so where did you get them from mate? i found some on ebay but they are around 60 quid and that's something im not willing to pay. cheers
I havnt got wobble nuts, and revo's use a special wheel nut and I havnt seen any wobble revo nuts. Gonna try them and if there isnt enough play in the wheel hole nuts (only gotta find 1.6mm play from 2 opposite wheel nuts) and if not then Ill get the holes machined out slightly.
only just lol, came to about £290. but if the tyres were mint, there would be £280's worth of tyre too.
Shaun
***StaGGeRed***
Revos > Starmags
still no luck with the wheel nuts for the revo's. I think I'm gonna put some 60degree tapers on them and use some wobble nuts (as the revo's are mini fitment) and spigot rings. But I did get this done today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPTmYvr1CC0
more video's to come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPTmYvr1CC0
more video's to come
squarepants
Ex. Club Member
i reckon a mk1 golf gti chin splitter/lip would suit
i reckon a mk1 golf gti chin splitter/lip would suit
ive already got my hands on one (off a mk1 caddy) but it doesnt look good with the facelift bumpers. If I had preface lift bumpers so I could attach the splitter to the valance then it would look good.
wow!!! been so long since I last updated!!! But to be honest, Other than fixing the head gasket ages back I've neglected it! Been concentrating on the sierra and this has sat on the drive. Runs out of test at the end of the month too.
But anyway, decided to pull my finger out of my
and get it sorted. The paint on it is was needs most attention. The underside of the sills was thin. The rear arches had been pulled after being painted. The paint has started to crack and come off around the rear window and door shuts and a dent in the bonnet where the paints lifted too.
The problem with the paint is that I've got a tin of it which needs to go in a spray gun. Ive got a little compressor and a spray gun which will probably do an ok job. its just where the car is. Over spray would go everywhere and probably onto my neighbors house and car. So for now ive decided to brush paint things. This worked well on the n/s sill but when it came to the o/s/r arch, you could tell it a mile off. Ill probably end up buying a gazebo or something and going over these bits with the gun at a later date.
As well as doing the paint work so far I removed the interior and steamed the carpet which then stayed out for months until yesterday when I started to refit the interior.
Just back left to do now. But from now on, every minute I get I'm gonna try and work on it. Ive got a pretty big list! haha
I really need to sell this car so I can pay some bills off and get a cheap saab engine donor for the sierra and the insurance company wanting £800+ to insure it. But taking it around the block to un-sieze the brakes, 8.5k rpm through bike carbs is amazing, it handles like a little gokart, especially after getting used to the sierra's understeery-ness and boat-ness.
But anyway, decided to pull my finger out of my
The problem with the paint is that I've got a tin of it which needs to go in a spray gun. Ive got a little compressor and a spray gun which will probably do an ok job. its just where the car is. Over spray would go everywhere and probably onto my neighbors house and car. So for now ive decided to brush paint things. This worked well on the n/s sill but when it came to the o/s/r arch, you could tell it a mile off. Ill probably end up buying a gazebo or something and going over these bits with the gun at a later date.
As well as doing the paint work so far I removed the interior and steamed the carpet which then stayed out for months until yesterday when I started to refit the interior.
Just back left to do now. But from now on, every minute I get I'm gonna try and work on it. Ive got a pretty big list! haha
I really need to sell this car so I can pay some bills off and get a cheap saab engine donor for the sierra and the insurance company wanting £800+ to insure it. But taking it around the block to un-sieze the brakes, 8.5k rpm through bike carbs is amazing, it handles like a little gokart, especially after getting used to the sierra's understeery-ness and boat-ness.
gtsnissanb
Official MSC Trader
What!! Why so high dude I insured a skyline for that at 20!
Back to thread, bout time rtl :grr:
Shaun
***StaGGeRed***
try sky insurance!
gtsnissanb
Official MSC Trader
Indeed they usually thrash flux!
About time I updated this thread!
Well when I was away the sierra got nicked so had to press the micra into service. Unsiezed the caliper sliders, fixed a fuel leak on the carbs and fitted some new front brake pads and off to test she went. 11months after she was last on the road. Just before standing her up she had new front bottom arms, so flew through the MOT with no advisories, also only 900ppm on the hydrocarbons. Not bad to say i drilled the jets out in the carbs and threw them on.
Feeling a bit down from the sierra (just fitted £900's worth of suspension to it, and £120's worth of timing chain parts) I had to spend a bit on the micra So picked up a set of HID's
Also got some fender mirrors and waiting on a pair of wind deflectors.
Depending on the weather tomorrow, either gonna fit the fender mirrors, start preping the body for a respray or clean up the engine bay lol
Well when I was away the sierra got nicked so had to press the micra into service. Unsiezed the caliper sliders, fixed a fuel leak on the carbs and fitted some new front brake pads and off to test she went. 11months after she was last on the road. Just before standing her up she had new front bottom arms, so flew through the MOT with no advisories, also only 900ppm on the hydrocarbons. Not bad to say i drilled the jets out in the carbs and threw them on.
Feeling a bit down from the sierra (just fitted £900's worth of suspension to it, and £120's worth of timing chain parts) I had to spend a bit on the micra
So picked up a set of HID's
Also got some fender mirrors and waiting on a pair of wind deflectors.
Depending on the weather tomorrow, either gonna fit the fender mirrors, start preping the body for a respray or clean up the engine bay lol
Scouse boy
Buy & Sell Member
Looking amazing dude, keep up the good work
haha it is kind of funny. When I got my 1st sierra the micra got dumped on the drive and ignored, now that im using it, and need it for a daily. My mojo has shot up and I want to do all manner of things to it which would take it off the road for more than a day LOL
Dougyledds
Woopa Pandastyle!
Absolutly beautifull, i love it.. made me slightly consider about swapping my K11 for a K10 in the future
crackin' job
crackin' job
