Hi All,
My name is Andrew and I am from Warsaw, Poland. I had a few micras in my life and always enjoyed this little vehicle due to its specific character and beauty, good performance and great reliability. My first was my moms k10 1.0 5D in silver. I did all the training on this car and it has never let me down even once. Second micra was my Super S beast micra on nitrous - it was a blueish one with lots of body changes and quite quick on nitrous. Due to my ignorance I blew the engine twice in that car
Then I had 2 other micras which I got for cheap and then resold with a profit (wheeler dealer style). Then I had like 4 other cars and now sporting a Toyota MR-S in TTE package, but was looking for a car for my girl: guess what I found a SuperS in mint condition from Germany 139KM ok clock, A/C, sunroof, electric windows, etc. Since that purchase and few rides I compared this car to the other cars I had - well Micra is in my top 3 list. I could not restrain myself from modding it so I had to refresh my memory about this car and decided to use this forum as a good reference and with the presence of few "hardcore" guys from here it is a great refreshment!
My first steps on the "new" 1996 Super S in grey-purplish metalic color:
- The car had basically no brakes from standing a long time so I sourced some Sunny calipers and vented disks + new brakes in rear + new fluid.
- The suspension was far from my liking so I got: 4 lowering springs @ -35mm. I trimmed the front additional 15mm gave new gas Tokico shocks, new topmounts. Chcecked all the bushes and were fine, just replaced the front+ rear swaybar links and the steering rack ends. At the end I went for a wheel alignment. What a difference! Rear shock need replacing IMO and will go for the same setup as fronts + replace few bushes as I hear a bit of noise coming from the rear.
- The car got some new dizzy parts, new cables, Bosch Super4 spark plugs, new filters, oil in motor and gearbox, also replaced the switch in the ignition barrel as these are prone to fail often.
- after a while I changed the oem airbox for Ebb's design - an air horn from a local speaker shop - very nice difference the car breathes. The low cone gives a bit better throttle response, a longer one gives a bit more of power up top.
What needs to be fixed:
- lower front bar (rotten)
- rust spots on the very bottom of sills in the rear panels and some tiny rust spots in the booth lid under the window (typical problems)
- mechanical polishing of the chassis
- rear suspension (not really a fix but need to upgrade for perfect balance)
Next upgrades:
- need that Frank type exh manifold ASAP or cube mani would be nice too. The AC must stay!
- OEM nissan wheels probably 14's + spacers for the look and ride
- I have access to numerous GA15 T/B - I think there are 2 types tho. They are relatively inexpensive here - go, no go?
- Injectors (same as above)
- Is touching the rest of the exhaust except the mani a good idea if car is only to be tuned to about 100hp @ fly? Ebb;s testing has proven that that gives basically no gain on a lightly tuned cg13
- compression?
- finally how to manage the ECU - maybe just FPR would do the trick? Can I tune with Consult??
- other mods for future - bucket + belts maybe cage....
I love that car so much I think I will give my MR-S to my girl for the time I play with the SuperS)
Telll me guys your opinions. Thank you!
My name is Andrew and I am from Warsaw, Poland. I had a few micras in my life and always enjoyed this little vehicle due to its specific character and beauty, good performance and great reliability. My first was my moms k10 1.0 5D in silver. I did all the training on this car and it has never let me down even once. Second micra was my Super S beast micra on nitrous - it was a blueish one with lots of body changes and quite quick on nitrous. Due to my ignorance I blew the engine twice in that car
Then I had 2 other micras which I got for cheap and then resold with a profit (wheeler dealer style). Then I had like 4 other cars and now sporting a Toyota MR-S in TTE package, but was looking for a car for my girl: guess what I found a SuperS in mint condition from Germany 139KM ok clock, A/C, sunroof, electric windows, etc. Since that purchase and few rides I compared this car to the other cars I had - well Micra is in my top 3 list. I could not restrain myself from modding it so I had to refresh my memory about this car and decided to use this forum as a good reference and with the presence of few "hardcore" guys from here it is a great refreshment!My first steps on the "new" 1996 Super S in grey-purplish metalic color:
- The car had basically no brakes from standing a long time so I sourced some Sunny calipers and vented disks + new brakes in rear + new fluid.
- The suspension was far from my liking so I got: 4 lowering springs @ -35mm. I trimmed the front additional 15mm gave new gas Tokico shocks, new topmounts. Chcecked all the bushes and were fine, just replaced the front+ rear swaybar links and the steering rack ends. At the end I went for a wheel alignment. What a difference! Rear shock need replacing IMO and will go for the same setup as fronts + replace few bushes as I hear a bit of noise coming from the rear.
- The car got some new dizzy parts, new cables, Bosch Super4 spark plugs, new filters, oil in motor and gearbox, also replaced the switch in the ignition barrel as these are prone to fail often.
- after a while I changed the oem airbox for Ebb's design - an air horn from a local speaker shop - very nice difference the car breathes. The low cone gives a bit better throttle response, a longer one gives a bit more of power up top.
What needs to be fixed:
- lower front bar (rotten)
- rust spots on the very bottom of sills in the rear panels and some tiny rust spots in the booth lid under the window (typical problems)
- mechanical polishing of the chassis
- rear suspension (not really a fix but need to upgrade for perfect balance)
Next upgrades:
- need that Frank type exh manifold ASAP or cube mani would be nice too. The AC must stay!
- OEM nissan wheels probably 14's + spacers for the look and ride
- I have access to numerous GA15 T/B - I think there are 2 types tho. They are relatively inexpensive here - go, no go?
- Injectors (same as above)
- Is touching the rest of the exhaust except the mani a good idea if car is only to be tuned to about 100hp @ fly? Ebb;s testing has proven that that gives basically no gain on a lightly tuned cg13
- compression?
- finally how to manage the ECU - maybe just FPR would do the trick? Can I tune with Consult??
- other mods for future - bucket + belts maybe cage....
I love that car so much I think I will give my MR-S to my girl for the time I play with the SuperS
)Telll me guys your opinions. Thank you!
