Charlie

[karlj]

Ok so most of you know the history between me and Charlie but no matter how hard I try (and in all honesty I'm not trying all that hard) to get rid of her and move on to bigger things, she just won't go

So here she is in here current state

Not going to go in to detail of any plans purely because if something happens I'll post it here

 

[Skinner_87]

All the best with it Karl, liking those wheels very madmax!

 

[karlj]

shame they're going to have to go, got some gti brakes coming and they won't fit under the 13's

 

[karlj]

Stealing this vid from mikeyrocks purely cause it sums up Japfest

Vimeo Video

 

[karlj]

been thinking about what i want from the car whilst keeping family friendly and I've always loved the look of

just without the sponsorship decals or the light brows

 

[Seb_]

Wow never seen the first one. Instant classic. The second one is from the japanese garage team "Active" I think

 

[karlj]

Wow never seen the first one. Instant classic. The second one is from the japanese garage team "Active" I think

I'll see if I can find a link for the first one

 

[karlj]

Found it loads more pics of it

 

[MikeyRocks]

Hey Karl Im not sure if is where it should go but some pics of your car.. sorry there not that amazing

 

[karlj]

That's cool I'm not much of a photographer so more the merrier

 

[karlj]

Well to carry on another thread I started I think I've found a set of wheels, I know I said no to Rota's but I keep having dirty thoughts about a set of bronze Grid V's

It's such a shame that everyone rolls on Rota's

 

[Seb_]

http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/seb-black-1-3-stars-cup.46532/#post-508492seb
And YOU said

Seriously, even if I'm not fond of non OEM alloys, those rota looks pretty awesome on K11s ! Solid choice imho.

 

[karlj]

haha I know what I said but that was for your car

 

[MikeyRocks]

Copy Cat

 

[karlj]

Not set in stone.... Looking at Compomotive MO5's which I can get in almost any offset I want

 

[MikeyRocks]

Not set in stone.... Looking at Compomotive MO5's which I can get in almost any offset I want

haha I'm only joking bud, get em its worth it

 

[Low Rider]

Found it loads more pics of it

Good old Cisco's trip out to Japan all those years ago.

Getting things from Japan is easy once you know what it is you want, but finding someone out there to help you track something down is a royal PITA and something I have yet to master.

Would quite like to get my hands on the exhaust manifold used in the BCrews race car below.

 

[karlj]

Yeah tell me about it thank god for Nathan, he's an absolute legend when it comes to getting parts from japan

 

[Low Rider]

Yeah tell me about it thank god for Nathan, he's an absolute legend when it comes to getting parts from japan

He is if you know what you want and it's a straight sale. I have yet to succeed in tracking anything down through him, but that's probably because there is little in it for him profit wise.

I will prod around the AUS forums and see who people like kovert.k11 use, as he always seems to be able to get just about anything from Japan.....

 

[karlj]

Well I've been doing some maths and on a 7" wide wheel the rears need an offset of +ve 20 and the fronts +ve 30 to keep them flush with the body work, which puts the Rota's out of contention

 

[karlj]

Oh my god dirty thoughts

 

[karlj]

Decided to temp fate with a couple of stickers..... I know I said to Will and Guy that I wasn't going to but we all make mistakes lol

 

[will930]

dont blame us next time a land rover comes and violates ya butt! lol

 

[karlj]

I'm going to be avoiding all 4x4's from now on

 

[karlj]

After getting asked "what's that red thing on the front of your car" by a bloke at a tesco garage I decided to buy a couple of stickers

Shouldn't be getting asked again

 

[karlj]

Decided it was time to see what's happening with my fueling so bought a air/fuel gauge, just need to wait for it to turn up

 

[karlj]

Had a couple of nice packages turn up earlier this week, gti brakes and matiz suspension so the suspension will be getting fitted this weekend and I'm going to test fit the gti calipers with my 14" wheels to see if they fit. Don't really want to run on 15's because of the stance that I want

 

[karlj]

God I love working Saturdays, haven't got much to do so I did this.

 

[Seb_]

+25HP I guess!

 

[karlj]

Lol more than likely -25hp

 

[karlj]

Just battled with an old beat up corsa for its rear shocks, suffering slightly for heat stroke I almost paid £30 for the pair when they were £15 lol

 

[karlj]

Air/fuel ratio gauge turned up today so hopefully have it fitted before the end of the day

 

[karlj]

Did some work on Saturday only just got some pictures

Front sitting quite nicely now

Rear needs to come down a little but that'll be a job for next weekend

Also didn't get round to installing the A/F gauge so another job for the future

 

[Kev]

New Micra stickers look good

 

[karlj]

Flying the MSC flag amongst all the saxo's near me

 

[frank]

didn't get round to installing the A/F gauge so another job for the future

here,s that pic karl
1 long wire from the gauge to the middle black wire (i should have soldered it to the engine loom on the other side of the plug, rather than the short loom connected to the lambda tbh)

 

[karlj]

Cheers Frank

These are the signal wires on mine (I've got another two but they're irrelevant for the moment)

I know what each wire does red=live, black=earth and blue=signal

But I haven't got a clue which wire does what for the actual lambda
Pink (with silver dot), white, red and black striped

Also if anyone knows where the wires go to, to the ecu it'd be much appreciated

 

[frank]

its the middle one mate (black on the other side of the plug )

 

[karlj]

So the not so white looking one, think I'll go with my idea of lengthening the wire rather than hunting for the right one in the cabin

 

[karlj]

Well my soul slowly died bring some work mates to work, going to have to sort my arches out

 

[karlj]

So after swapping to corsa b rear struts they keep topping out so to solve the problem I broke out the electric height adjuster

Before:

After:

Nah only joking that's without any springs only took a third of a coil off each spring so not really noticeable, may end up taking a little more off before the end of the week

 

[will930]

i never found mine very good of them afr gauges.... if lean it goes all the way lean or rich it went all the way to rich.... hope you have better luck dude... did you get my text?

 

[karlj]

The one with the reply from Ed? If so yes and I forgot to reply lol

Still need to hook the gauge up, but need to get a length of wire first

my blog

 

[Seb_]

Btw are you still interested in the stripes Karl?

 

[karlj]

Yes, can you remind me next Jeudi

 

[Dougyledds]

Mate why dont you get some smaller tyres for the slots? just curious

 

[karlj]

I might do, but for the moment I'm going to be putting stock steels back on the rear.

Should have a small update tomorrow night

 

[will930]

can you reply to my text? i think it would be a really good mod

 

[karlj]

Decided to get some proper springs to replace my rears, quick trip to Oxford resulted in.....

HOL 80mm springs

Quick note to anyone driving around Oxford in a low car watch out for the speed bumps they're dangerously steep

 

[lee k0011]

I was thinking about getting some of them so i can sit mine better on the ssr's..How did your little mechanic get on with fitting them ??