No worries il set too making a set up, looking forward to seeing your engine all built up!
what did you do to your micra today ?
- Thread starter frank
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No worries il set too making a set up, looking forward to seeing your engine all built up!
Got my wheels balanced, all 4 for £20, car feels safe on the motorway for the first time!
skymera
Brutal Honesty
Knowthatfeel
£20 bleddy hell, way to much!!!! I normally throw a fiver in their Xmas box - keeps em hap,, hap happy.
Enuo
Glorified Electrician
Fiver a corner is well worth it to keep a friendly garage in business. That fiver in their christmas box won't feed a family...
Buys a couple of beers though. Their happy with that down here at the end of the world.
WDIDT?
I changed....Supervised my personal engineer (dad) change my Brake discs and pads
while we had the front wheels off I gave them a scrub and polish....
this was made alot easier as one of the first thing we did with my car when we got her home in 2009 was take off each wheel, scrub it clean of tar and brake dust, then poilish it...makes future cleaning so easy
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After
.....and I also re-did the red paint on my calipers...it was looking shocking! LOL
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I also reset my trip computer's maintenance reminder.
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while we had the front wheels off I gave them a scrub and polish....
this was made alot easier as one of the first thing we did with my car when we got her home in 2009 was take off each wheel, scrub it clean of tar and brake dust, then poilish it...makes future cleaning so easy
Before:
After
.....and I also re-did the red paint on my calipers...it was looking shocking! LOL
Before:
After:
I also reset my trip computer's maintenance reminder.
No idea what I've done but my speedo's acting up, goes up speed fine, when going down to 0 it takes a good few seconds however.
Duck dynasty ??????watching duck dynasty by any chance? haha
WDID? Cleaned my new alloys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dynasty
...never watched it myself...I prefer stuff like Pawn stars and American Pickers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Dynasty
...never watched it myself...I prefer stuff like Pawn stars and American Pickers
it is without my fav show
Should watch it, Beards, Guns and Rednecks hahaha.
Still little bits of dirty on my alloys but much nicer, need to get a proper camera for some shots
Belly93
to turbo or new lump :/ hmmm
it is without my fav show
Should watch it, Beards, Guns and Rednecks hahaha.
Still little bits of dirty on my alloys but much nicer, need to get a proper camera for some shots
I assume it's much like that swamp men show...in which case my dad'd love it LOL
try a little polish on your wheels, it'll help get those last bit of tar off too
Wdid?? Due to working 12 and 13 hour shifts and not having the time or energy for updates the following was done last thursday
So wdid? ROAD TRIP 170 mile round trip to see Andy (h701)
I'd like to say first of all, without blowing smoke up anyones ar$e, Andy is one of the nicest and most generous guys you could hope to meet, as is his missus and kids, a lovely family
Some of you will be meeting Andy at JAE and you are the lucky ones
Anyway.....
This wasn't purely a social call, Andy had very kindly offered his services to assist me in a job I needed to take care of.
This job.........
So the long and short of it is that I drove to Louth in a cg10 and drove back to Sheffield in a cg13
Anyways, once more to Andy I extend my deepest thanks for your assistance and generosity, you're a diamond geezer
I'd also like to extend a big thank you to our very own frank for sorting out, over the phone, a big issue that arose from a bollock dropped by yours truly
Thank you Uncle Frank
And btw, for any doubters out there Nissanubaru IS REAL!!!
So wdid? ROAD TRIP
170 mile round trip to see Andy (h701) I'd like to say first of all, without blowing smoke up anyones ar$e, Andy is one of the nicest and most generous guys you could hope to meet, as is his missus and kids, a lovely family
Some of you will be meeting Andy at JAE and you are the lucky ones
Anyway.....
This wasn't purely a social call, Andy had very kindly offered his services to assist me in a job I needed to take care of.
This job.........
So the long and short of it is that I drove to Louth in a cg10 and drove back to Sheffield in a cg13
Anyways, once more to Andy I extend my deepest thanks for your assistance and generosity, you're a diamond geezer
I'd also like to extend a big thank you to our very own frank for sorting out, over the phone, a big issue that arose from a bollock dropped by yours truly
Thank you Uncle Frank
And btw, for any doubters out there Nissanubaru IS REAL!!!
I assume it's much like that swamp men show...in which case my dad'd love it LOL
try a little polish on your wheels, it'll help get those last bit of tar off too
Haha its much much, much, much better than swamp men
Ill give that a bash see if it works
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Belly93
to turbo or new lump :/ hmmm
Wdid?? Due to working 12 and 13 hour shifts and not having the time or energy for updates the following was done last thursday
So wdid? ROAD TRIP
I'd like to say first of all, without blowing smoke up anyones ar$e, Andy is one of the nicest and most generous guys you could hope to meet, as is his missus and kids, a lovely family
Some of you will be meeting Andy at JAE and you are the lucky ones
Anyway.....
This wasn't purely a social call, Andy had very kindly offered his services to assist me in a job I needed to take care of.
This job.........
So the long and short of it is that I drove to Louth in a cg10 and drove back to Sheffield in a cg13
Anyways, once more to Andy I extend my deepest thanks for your assistance and generosity, you're a diamond geezer
I'd also like to extend a big thank you to our very own frank for sorting out, over the phone, a big issue that arose from a bollock dropped by yours truly
Thank you Uncle Frank
And btw, for any doubters out there Nissanubaru IS REAL!!!
what did you do? lol
I knew somebody would ask that
No "well done on your engine swap" all people want to know about is the fcuk ups I got the 2 fuel lines to the fuel rail the wrong way round so the car wouldn't start
In my defence I was tired, it was late and I was panicking cos I had a 85 mile return trip to make and work early the next morning
SuperUno
Buy & Sell Member
Dropped off the new Micra rally car engine off to be built up and timed up.
Then the Rover 200 road car died.... After 161,000 miles 110,000 of which in my ownership, sad days (yes its a k series and the head gasket has let go, but it has served my very well)
Had a 3rd overall in targa rally, multiple class wins in targa rallies, and autosolos, autotest and won a navex. All whilst my road car, taking me around the country with work, plus i got married in the car, took my dad home from hospital for the last time, many many high speed thrashes through the lanes, suprised many many people how fast it can go. Used as a rally service barge, moved house, carried far more than it ever should have done, and never complained until now....
Will be sad to she her gone.....
Luckily she let go a couple of miles from home, and it is a quiet time at work, so can sort something out, hopefully will be picking up the new motor soon.
Then the Rover 200 road car died.... After 161,000 miles 110,000 of which in my ownership, sad days (yes its a k series and the head gasket has let go, but it has served my very well)
Had a 3rd overall in targa rally, multiple class wins in targa rallies, and autosolos, autotest and won a navex. All whilst my road car, taking me around the country with work, plus i got married in the car, took my dad home from hospital for the last time, many many high speed thrashes through the lanes, suprised many many people how fast it can go. Used as a rally service barge, moved house, carried far more than it ever should have done, and never complained until now....
Will be sad to she her gone.....
Luckily she let go a couple of miles from home, and it is a quiet time at work, so can sort something out, hopefully will be picking up the new motor soon.
Well I don't know any of those shows. Anyways, looking at buying a P plate SR in gold, with 79K on the dial, 10 mnths MOT 4 mnths tax, discs all round limited edition, needs a bit of tlc - £550 (won't pay that) It comes with a K&N filter ??? and a powerflow exhaust ?????? whatever they are, just make a noise I expect. Looks like a boy racer is flogging it ( any-one on here)
If there's no welding, I might buy it while I sort out my girls airbag light, still not sorted - fecking MOT's. Got quoted £84 for one today from a scrappy in London - must be one closer than that, going to see what a new one will cost tomorrow so I have a comparison. Anyways, I'm rambling now, and the missus wants to watch a film, so, better score a few points.
If there's no welding, I might buy it while I sort out my girls airbag light, still not sorted - fecking MOT's. Got quoted £84 for one today from a scrappy in London - must be one closer than that, going to see what a new one will cost tomorrow so I have a comparison. Anyways, I'm rambling now, and the missus wants to watch a film, so, better score a few points.
Buy it...of tell me where it is...LOL
Belly93
to turbo or new lump :/ hmmm
I knew somebody would ask that
I got the 2 fuel lines to the fuel rail the wrong way round so the car wouldn't start
In my defence I was tired, it was late and I was panicking cos I had a 85 mile return trip to make and work early the next morning
dont worry i didnt get well done on either of my engine swaps and done all by myself, well a lil help from any on the second one cos i dropped a bllock too
loldont worry i didnt get well done on either of my engine swaps and done all by myself, well a lil help from any on the second one cos i dropped a bllock too
Glad to hear its not just me then
Stani1029
Club Member
Glad to hear its not just me then
Put some stickers on the rear end and everyone goes nuts
Change an engine and no one bats an eye
Well done though, gotta love the difference between the 2 eh!
Cheers Stani, appreciate it
My timing was approximated and it turns out it was too retarded ( cue the jokes ) Added some more advance and now the little bugger flies 
h701micra
Deactivated Account
Was a very entertaining day Ade was it not. Slow and steady was meant to win the race but lack of daylight on clock ticking soon sped us up.
Aye you got to meet the beast that be Nissanubaru but shh tis a secret
Your pictures are better than mine.. makes my cars bum look big in mudflaps :/
Aye you got to meet the beast that be Nissanubaru but shh tis a secret
Your pictures are better than mine.. makes my cars bum look big in mudflaps :/
Was a very entertaining day Ade was it not. Slow and steady was meant to win the race but lack of daylight on clock ticking soon sped us up.
Aye you got to meet the beast that be Nissanubaru but shh tis a secret
Your pictures are better than mine.. makes my cars bum look big in mudflaps :/
Yep, a good day was had by all
Some panic creeping in on my part but hey ho, made it interesting You must share all your pictures
No worries, I'll do that tomorrow
h701micra
Deactivated Account
I'm sure I helped on that engine swap toodont worry i didnt get well done on either of my engine swaps and done all by myself, well a lil help from any on the second one cos i dropped a bllock too
Buy it then sell it to me later
Good luck with yours btw
Brake tart
Won't see rear discs with your wheels anyway Drums ftw!! For the brakes working not for looks lolBrake tart
pollyp
Club Member
imo during normal cold street application the k11 rear drum brakes (if working and setup properly and the self adjuster is working smoothly) actually grips harder than k11 rear discs due to their self-energizing behaviour but prob not ideal for intensive application due to heat.
the k11 rear caliper handbrake system is quite weak and the internal mech is prone to drying n seizing but
the main key benefit of the k11 rear disc tbh is improved heat management during highly intense application like on track.
pollyp
Club Member
I think rear disc assembly is lighter cos its just a thin disc and a tiny caliper whereas drums have a thick heavy duty reinforced drum and the gubbins inside
Not so much what I did, but what I found....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nissan-mi...7842000?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item53fc757650
Thought people might want to look
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/nissan-mi...7842000?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item53fc757650
Thought people might want to look
What did you tell me that for, don't know whether to buy it or not now !!!!! you sod !!!! What does the K&N filter do ??? and the powerflow back box ????? What horsepower does the SR push out ???? more than my 1.4 at 86 hp ???? are they the same size engine ???? Questions, questions and decisions. Come on people you know the answers - please.
