My drug dealers silvia

[Fukushima]

Well a year ago I'd finally realised my dream of finishing uni and turboing my trusty university years 323...
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/875/imgp18796353913.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6974/n61544950417116061664.jpg

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1782/28112008001sy9.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/613/28112008004jw6.jpg

With a little help from Owain and Josh the resident laser/323 nuts I had quite the sleeper. BPT 1.8L tx3 motor, blacked out FMIC, 3" decat mandrel bend exhaust, 14psi went niiiice

But after 6 months or so (and a nice wet winter) I realised that having maybe 200hp front wheel horsepower in a 23 year old car designed for 90 or so was a fatality or two waiting to happen.

So the criteria for a new beast?

1. Driver and passenger airbags
2. Not a wrx or skyline
3. Roomy enough for someone 6"2' and 100kg
4. RWD or AWD (I'd driven FWD for 10 years by this stage)
5. As fast as the 323 (which was caning VE SSs at the time)

So then I almost bought a GTI Polo, fucking comfortable, had the safety features, but then absolutely underwhelming on power. No worries I thought, I'll just fit the APR catalogue and have a fast, sleeper 250hp FWD. Yeah nah, same as the 323 really.

So I drove a few cars,

Hopped in a series 8 rx7 and decided it was too small
Jez's 400hp s15 with the clutch that made any driver look like a retard
A 350hp 32R, nice, but a skyline
An evo 7, tidy, but too similar in feel to the 323
Various standard/fmic only s15s, TOOOOO SLOW

Seriously standard s15s are terrible!

Anyway the next one I drove had lots of nice japanese bolt ons, a half done body kit, and a big wog sticker from tech9 across the front.

But I had to have it, cosmetics aside, the set up just felt right. And a couple of weeks later I did... My God it looked woeful the first night in my garage:

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7664/0021798545.jpg

Anyway by that weekend we'd done the front bar with pressure packs, and I'd sold the 323 (stupid stupid decision, I should have kept it for the lols, but there was no turning back.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/456/0061960060.jpg

I had planned to colour code the bonnet, vertex sides and rear that came with the car but a few weeks of driving it was enough to convince me that you cant daily drive with fiberglass.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/763/12301012442258732.jpg
* Not my car, merely what the body kit was supposed to look like, I sold it instead.

So the decision was made to fit stock front bar and sideskirts. In the meantime I had the bonnet painted:

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/2355/0012762919.jpg

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6154/0042792501.jpg

Then I picked up some buddy club p1s

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/5484/buddy0053240564.jpg

Then some fucking bitch scratched my car... some of you may have read the thread. You'll be happy to know that enough people sought revenge that I never really had to do anything... turns out the husbands of nurses are bigger pingpingpingpings than I am! In the meantime I switched the buddy clubs for some baller tempe spec 19s.

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6571/002nrq.jpg

Fixed the scratch, picked up a stock front bar and side skirts and went to motorvation:

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2410/0163393736.jpg

Got sick of having 19s and grabbed some 350z rims... and the rest of the story starts now...

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5821/004hvl.jpg
(Thanks to Mitchy)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6637/img0111t.jpg
(Thanks to Chris)

Detailed power and mods to come

But basically
Tomie Poncams and rocker arm stoppers
HKS 2835
Nismo 740cc injectors and fuel pump
SARD FPR
Z32 AFM
Greddy FMIC
Profec B

Got me 289rwhp @ hyperdrive

Since then I've replaced the China '90 degree press bends' dump pipe with with the xforce stanless split dump, and modified the cat after it dislodged and blocked the exhaust causing misfire and shit.

Future plans:

Aesthetically I think the car looks perfect, but I have a JDM rear bar to fit after someone rear ends me at antilag 23.
Stock / Recirc BOV
Drift Pinapples
Oval twin tip varex
34 GTST Brakes or similar (the next time I see some)
Whiteline Swaybars
Dropping second

Take it to a hub dyno to crack 300hp for extra penis stiffness

[dmwill]

Wait a minute....that 323 looks familiar...

Did you come on a OzMazdaClub cruise about a year ago?...was a night in early June I think.

[Lonewolf]

really like the 350z rims!
nice mod list too

[Fukushima]

Wait a minute....that 323 looks familiar...

Did you come on a OzMazdaClub cruise about a year ago?...was a night in early June I think.

:D that was a good night. I distinctly remember that none of the MPSs could catch me

[Gladio]

Looks nice, the 350Z wheels look real good on it

[dmwill]

Thought it was you...the name loki sounded familiar, but couldn't think where from. I'm in the process of putting a similar cruise together right now.

Certainly a big step up from the 323! I'm with Blake on the rims....kinda looks OEM still - makes it subtle.

[kurbn]

shite! the Z rims look really good Shannon! What did they set you back?

[seductioN_]

looks great, rims suit it very well.

[Fukushima]

That was a great map. If I still had the 323 I'd be there in a heartbeat. Sold it for 4k.. What a waste :(


shite! the Z rims look really good Shannon! What did they set you back?

$600 with some gutter rash on all of them

But yeah I'm a big fan of the z rims, the car has come a long way since that first night!

[tinto]

Those Z wheels are a great match.

What was it about the msports bar that gave you the shits?

[Fukushima]

What was it about the msports bar that gave you the shits?

The sound of splintering fiberglass every time I drove into a driveway, speed bump, or accidentally too far forward in a carpark.

With the stock front bar I could lower it more in the front and still not hit anything.

The car is daily driven, so it just makes sense to have a plastic kit

[stormtrooper]

Damn straight... I've bled for that car >.< would bleed again for it too :boink:

[c.rusli]

LOOKING GOOD!
love the bonnet but why?! painted?

[Klutch]

but I have a JDM rear bar to fit after someone rear ends me at antilag 23.
Its funny because its true.



350z rims look good on that colour silver.

[Sfidz]

LOOKING GOOD!
love the bonnet but why?! painted?


should have seen the bonnet before it was painted. worse than mine lol.



Its funny because its true.

are you planning to have you licence for AL 23?

[stormtrooper]

are you planning to have you licence for AL 23?

..... or ever for that matter matty ? :lol:

[Milhouse]

With a little help from Owain and Josh the resident laser/323 nuts I had quite the sleeper. BPT 1.8L tx3 motor, blacked out FMIC, 3" decat mandrel bend exhaust, 14psi went niiiice

But after 6 months or so (and a nice wet winter) I realised that having maybe 200hp front wheel horsepower in a 23 year old car designed for 90 or so was a fatality or two waiting to happen.

Pfft Weak :D

[duste]

That was a great map.

+1, minus the fog along whatever road that was. I actually found that map in the back of the TX3 the other day when I was cleaning it out haha, should run it again some time.

Glad you're still steering clear from the wank factor as you did when you had the 323, makes for a very nice S15. :idb:

[Fukushima]

Been hanging around at xspeed too much, car now has drift pinapples (sub frame restricter bushings), and when I pick it up this afternoon it'll have a black rocker cover and stock s15 BOV.

I could have fitted these items quite easily but just in case there were headaches with the rocker arm stoppers clearing the cover or boost leaks I decided to leave it to them.

Drift pineapples are pure win, those of you at the skidpan day ross organised would have seen me spin out a few times, the subframe bushings have taken a lot of movement out of the rear and given me back some predictability.

Cant wait for another skidpan day.

[Dirty32]

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/763/12301012442258732.jpg



While I quite like the Z wheels that are on it, think I prefer the works!
Looks more menacin.

Nice lookin rig tho...

[tinto]

Ride height looks great... What suspension are you running?
I've got a few threads left on superstreets and the air is thin up here...

[R3N]

Ride height looks great... What suspension are you running?
I've got a few threads left on superstreets and the air is thin up here...

He'd be running Tein FLEXs, base height adjustable, unlike your SS which are spring perch adjustable.

[Fukushima]

embarassing spec

http://www.perth-s15.net/uploads/attachments/003_565.jpg

willing to actually post up spec

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8422/0039787137.jpg

Hid ballasts have been hidden, the holden coloured rocker cover i'd describe as 'Fabulous' is gone, next on my hitlist is the oil catch can, and I should probably rip those stickers off at some stage and replace the red and blue tubing with black.

As kuek said I think the coilovers are Tein flex

[mr_mike]

R they spitfire coilpacks? If so why they missin in 2nd engine bay pic?

[TJ]

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/763/12301012442258732.jpg

Where are those wheels, so you can put them back on

[R3N]

That's not a pic of his car, I believe what he wanted his car to look like

[Fukushima]

Despite being relatively new they misfire above 0.8 bar, oem coilpacks don't. Was thinking about gapping the plugs and trying again once I have the stock bov on but they are more than likely stuffed.

So at the moment stock > splitfire, I'm not willing to spend $650 on another set. One of the guys on Perth S15 is going with an external coil setup so I'm waiting to see how that goes.

If you've seen any other spark setups on an sr20 let me know.

[RICEY]

Please more detail on what revenge was taken on the car scratcher :D

[Fukushima]

That's not a pic of his car, I believe what he wanted his car to look like

Sorry yeah, that was what I wanted the car to look like when I had the m-sports front and the rest of the body kit that I've since sold. But obviously I went in a different directon.

First post edited to clear that up.

[Basic]

350z rims look awesome. Correct me if I'm wrong but the one with the works isn't your car right? It's from NSW the plates are like evl-099 or something.

[MrSparkle]

That was a great map. If I still had the 323 I'd be there in a heartbeat. Sold it for 4k.. What a waste :(





Is this the same car??

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=8937072&__Qpb=true&Cr=13&__Ns=pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|0||pCar_RankSort_Int32 |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__No=135&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%20442%20904%2 01527&silo=1011&PriceTo=442&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=409&__sid=127CA49EFCE7

[Fukushima]

no mine was originally a series 1 n/a sohc 1.6L

that is the series 2 with 1.6L dohc turbo

instead of doing that conversion I went with the 1.8L dohc turbo

looks very similar though! same slight fading of the bonnet and everything, but different front grill.

[TTZ]

so what happened to the old italian lady that scratched your car?

[Fukushima]

they drew up a roster of people to sit outside her house in vans and trucks reading the paper and eating sandwiches and just watching her, apparently she got quite stirred up.

there were some midnight raids on her garden that I heard about 3rd hand

and nusience stuff like beeping horns whenever they went past (at all hours)

after hearing about all that I decided to leave it be, but she scratched 20 or so cars so there were a lot of angry family members

[mr_mike]

this is the same incident u made the thread about a while ago eh? Or is that some1 else i'm thinkin off?

[Fukushima]

yeah mate probably same incident

[viet_boi]

what suspension are you running?

[Fukushima]

tien flex

[Fukushima]

Okay finally found the old spec list and corrected it...

2002 SPEC S ADM S15 Pewter

As Purchased 107000 kms
JIC stainless steel exhaust with titanium muffler
Greddy Profec B II Boost controller
Apexi power fc + wank controller
Greddy VSPL front mount intercooler
Nismo 740cc injectors
Nismo fuel pump
Turbosmart Supersonic BOV
Tomei z32 AFM
Tomei z32 plug
Tomei Poncams (Duration: IN 256, EX 256 Lift: IN,EX 11.50)
Tomei Expreme stainless steel manifold
Tomei rocker arm stopper kit
Custom Kermit engineering intake pipe
Sard fuel regulator
HKS 2835 Turbo
Braided turbo lines (Earls)
GREDDY Diversion Plate
Radiator shroud mounted catch can
Front strut brace
Tein flex adjustable coilovers
Nismo super copper mix clutch with lightened flywheel
China HIDs (white)

Changes in chronological order
Raised car from 50mm to 120mm (I shit you not)
Fitted a battery clamp
Painted M-Sports front bumper
Sard boost gauge -> relocated into JDM pod
Fit a bit of a stereo to drown out the 6 speed
Painted the carbon fibre bonnet
Fitted some new ebay bonnet pins to replace the rusty bonnet pins
K&N pod filter -> using some other one at the moment (still have K+N in a box)
Fitted Buddy Club p1
Fitted 19s
Removed the M-Sports front bumper
Fitted QFM street pads all round
Put on Spec R Side Skirts
Splitfire coilpacks -> stock
Retuned from 270 to 289hp
Fitted the 350z wheels
Removed honda looking aftermarket tail lights
Fitted 5 Led White Park lights
Apexi Pen turbo timer -> got rid of it new alarm has one built in
Battery let go -> replaced with Repco job
Cat let go at the recent RAC day -> let go of cat
Original greddy rubber joiners split -> replaced with silicoln
'Custom' front & dump pipe -> Xforce stainless split dump and front pipe
Fitted subframe compression bushings 'drift pinapples'
Gay purple rocker cover -> Stock

To Do this year
Cannon exhaust is on the hitlist
- Twin pipes with some sort of exhaust control would be awesome, but I dont think a varex is going to fit where the center muffler goes
- 3" straight through terminating with an oval varex, will price up at methams soon
Revert to stock BOV, atmo valve is affecting the tune
Ditch the 'custom' catch can for now, get a proper one when I grab a bigger sump
Tune

By next year (planning to do some recreational motorsport)
Serious Tyres
Sway bars
Brakes

[joshg123]

Burnouts

[Phyber]

Very tidy looking car mate (I love S15's it seems), I remember having runs with you on AL22 near the end of the night and talking shit at the boat ramp carpark (silver xr6t driver here). Have thought I must hassle you to take me for a spin in that car , never sat inside a nice jap import.

Do like the understated exterior. Keep up the good work!

PS 323 ripping VE SS's - awesome.

[Sfidz]

Burnouts

+1

[Fukushima]

Well there was plenty of burnouts at the midvale day... so now I have pauly style tread at the rear and need to go tyre shopping.

They were 225/45/18 (350z size), but they can fit 245/40/18 if I want to go staggered.

Fronts currently have 225/45/18 potenzas on the front, probably 10% left in them, but definately considering a drop to 225/40/18 once they are done to stop the scrubbing on full lock.

I want decent tyres, but also plan on doing some skids at powercruise. Decisions, decisions.

[Sfidz]

decent tyres front. dartee tyres rear.

[Fukushima]

Please more detail on what revenge was taken on the car scratcher :D

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-32.061773,115.752785&z=21&t=k&nmd=20091127

click forward through the months... and watch the front lawn

[Fukushima]

Anyway a little bit of an update...

Car has had some de-ricing.. it's subtle but things are looking better under the bonnet
(before)
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8422/0039787137.jpg

(after)
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6411/0087175297.jpg

and above

(before)
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6333/0117254550.jpg

(after)
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2918/0107192763.jpg


Small issue to deal with soon:
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2586/0127301480.jpg

[Reverb]

The lawn definitely isnt as good as what it was 1 year ago but its on the improve

[R3N]

need a flex pipe on that front pipe son!

[RICEY]

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-32.061773,115.752785&z=21&t=k&nmd=20091127

click forward through the months... and watch the front lawn

lol nice.

[Sfidz]

need a flex pipe on that front pipe son!

nah just needs to learn not to beach himself on stretchedpooper's driveway

[31-EVO]

I've never seen under a Nissan that isn't leaking before.
Very tidy 15 man, they are growing on me alot nowadays.

[Fukushima]

Forgot to take a photographer on Sunday so I dont have any photos but Evman was kind enough to put his video camera on my car for a run. (instructor in car so no skids)

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We set the ride height that morning, went pretty well - didn't notice much scrubbing. Also managed to destroy my diff so the car is booked in next week for a replacement, some new diff bushes, fix the exhaust leak, fit stock BOV and return pipe on the intake.

Considering ordering some nismo mounts from frsports, wondering if a nismo gearbox mount will make shifting into 2nd easier? Hanson says they are the same as stock mounts...

Car currently chicken wings like hell, some guy in a new wrx wanted a run this morning and after spinning one wheel then the other and not getting anywhere I gave up and had to give him ricer excuse number 45 - "blew my diff on the weekend"

[180SXTCY]

The nismo mounts are stiffer

[tinto]

Which diff blew?
I didn't think it was an easy task to kill the S15/R34 helical.

[Kaido]

do you know which hks 2835 turbo you have the old or new one? (pro s)

you should be able to make 350rwhp+ with that turbo add some more boost

[Marti]

Nismo mounts are way stiffer than standard.they will help with getting into 2nd because the box doesn't move as much.I'm surprised you haven't blow. The 6 speed box yet ha ha

[Fukushima]

Nismo mounts are way stiffer than standard.they will help with getting into 2nd because the box doesn't move as much.I'm surprised you haven't blow. The 6 speed box yet ha ha

working on it, but touch wood i've not broken a box and I did drive a 323 for 10 years, including a 1.8L turbo. I do go through clutches though.

well with the dollar the way it is I might grab some mounts from fr sports



1.00 USD = 1.04552 AUD

[180SXTCY]

shannon i dont thinkits 1.04, thought it was around 95ish cents atm?

[Fukushima]

yeah that conversion still works... in reverse


edit:

anyhow dropped by a mates workshop and did a few little DIY jobs

0 gauge battery earth cable (no pic)
8 gauge coilpack earths:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5073/0136180294.jpg
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9215/0156199595.jpg

The mod was inspired by the splitfire direct bridge - it seems to idle a bit better, but more importantly it was made free using offcuts.

Have also finally dynamatted behind the steering wheel airbag (getting rid of THE most annoying rattle you could ever imagine)

Car is scheduled for a replacement stock LSD with all new diff bushes, nismo gearbox mount, installation of the stock BOV, fixing an exhaust leak and adjusting the idle tune this Thursday.

[Fukushima]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/11/nengun078002splitfiredi.jpg

this is basically what we tried to do... make an earthing kit that does the same job to this plate (which is earthed in the same spot)

[Jiblet]

so why do the earthing kit? i'm uneducated.

how does it make the idle better?

[Fukushima]

Shits and giggles. It isn't a proven mod and i'm not sure if it'll make ten fifths of fuck all difference but given the problems i've had with coilpacks in the past if it makes a slight difference it'll be worth the time and money. 30 mins and 0 dollars.

[Jiblet]

fair enough. as long as it makes some difference i guess..

and does it idle smoother now?

[Fukushima]

yeah mate, they're going to have a look at the idle tune tomorrow

for some reason it was set to 22 degrees timing and injectors were maxed at idle - gogo fuel economy....

anyway, nismo mount arrived this arvo so I decided to have a crack at installing it myself!

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6703/0175304832.jpg

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2364/0185316779.jpg

Obviously anyone who has done it before will point out that I had the box jacked up in the wrong spot. I learnt the hard way that it is better to do it closer to the tailshaft.

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8126/0205356164.jpg

Old mount was definately shagged out, and the nismo looks a little bit bigger - or was just uncompressed.

Tightened torque dampener while I was at it, look forward to giving it a test in the morning.

[180SXTCY]

finally got around to it Shannon, good work.

[Fukushima]

;709429']do you know which hks 2835 turbo you have the old or new one? (pro s)

you should be able to make 350rwhp+ with that turbo add some more boost

The badge is very hard to read but it says GT2835R, is there anything else I can look for on it?

I'll be going for a retune this summer, Just need to decide on an ignition setup...

I've had a bad experience with splitfires, but perhaps now I have the earthing done I'll grab a fresh set, and get the tuner to put in new plugs and go for it.

Perhaps another option is Josh from Perth S15 running LSx coils with leads after his reliability issues with splitfires, will be interesting to see how that goes.



finally got around to it Shannon, good work.

fuck yeah, cant believe I didn't do the gearbox mount earlier!

On the official list of essential mods to an s15 nismo mounts has to be up there

[Fukushima]

Sooooooo I lowballed a reputable importer for a standard s15 diff, had it fitted up on Thursday, went to collect the car and they tell me that it is a mechanical diff, very tight, and at least a 1.5way

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/633/0028363576.jpg

Spot of good luck for sure :D

Got to play with it today at powercruise, fantastic fun and it paints nice black lines. My thinking is that it is a two way, because it clunks on deceleration and cornering - but I'm definately not an expert in the area.

It is very aggressive and doesn't quite fit with the "sleeper / daily" build I'm trying to do but god damn it is fun, so I'll see if I can get used to it. Also getting used to not having the obnoxious supersonic BOV sound, stock BOV and flutter ftw.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2737/0048393706.jpg

[siamak]

What diff oil did they use?

[Fukushima]

What diff oil did they use?

according to invoice - castrol gear oil, lsx90

[Fukushima]

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295hp @ 17psi on sunday

needs 18psi

[180SXTCY]

that green r32 v2?

[Jiblet]

Shouldn't the fan be infront of the car?

[mitchwnz]

Car currently chicken wings like hell, some guy in a new wrx wanted a run this morning and after spinning one wheel then the other and not getting anywhere I gave up and had to give him ricer excuse number 45 - "blew my diff on the weekend"

LOL that was me.. I heard a loud bang as you were changing up.. hope it's all fixed now.

[Fukushima]

i have a birthday coming up... just in case any of you needed ideas...

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2514/1046157799bspsyo.jpg

[AGIT8D]

Perhaps another option is Josh from Perth S15 running LSx coils with leads after his reliability issues with splitfires, will be interesting to see how that goes.


I'm pretty sure I had VR4 coils or something on my S15 JDM SR20 with leads. Make sure you get a decent lead that will really stick onto the plug, had constant issues with axle tramp rattling the #1 lead off the plug. Once I had a custom set made up it was hassle free. Unfortunately I'm not 100% on the coils used as they were installed prior to me buying the car. Worst comes to worst LSx coils are great if you can get 1 bank worth of them.

[ED40]

Saw it at powercruise.. goes nuts!! Nice looking S15

[Fukushima]

Saw it at powercruise.. goes nuts!! Nice looking S15

haha thanks man, had lots of fun there, wouldn't miss out next year for anything.

I think yours was the falcon hitting up all the drift sessions? looked like you were having a good time



my birthday tomorrow, sitting bored at work thinking of something to impulse buy for the car

[R3N]

my bride fixed back or my bride super low rails... or shane's stoptechs

[Macca]

haha thanks man, had lots of fun there, wouldn't miss out next year for anything.

I think yours was the falcon hitting up all the drift sessions? looked like you were having a good time



my birthday tomorrow, sitting bored at work thinking of something to impulse buy for the car

A passenger seat :p

[SimonR32]

Ganadors :)

[31-EVO]

Better not be born on the same day as me, I'll be fucken upset.

[monk_13]

or shane's stoptechs

Now there's an idea :D

Def one of the better looking 15's out there bud. You have done well.

[Fukushima]

kk thanks for the suggestions and comments but I ignored all of you :)

Got this, on the speedome day I was pretty much either limping along off boost or limiter bashing... I really cant see the tacho when I drive so cue the shift-i. not sure if it'll help or it's just a bit of rice but the testimonials seemed pretty decent.
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6464/0092816116.jpg

Old and busted: (potenza 050 245/45)... took a while to kill
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3310/0022571121.jpg

New hotness: now rocking pirelli dragans 235/40 all round... my new favourite tyre. and looks much better with the correct profile (time to try some 15mm spacers on the rear)
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3900/0062365114.jpg

photo shows how shitty my rear bumper is getting... keen to get my JDM bumper painted soon

[Fukushima]

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5710/0033021283.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8858/0043031638.jpg

Beginning to wonder if this car will always be a member of the sub-300 club

Bearing in mind that it was quite literally 40 degrees at the time... :/

Should the HKS GT2835r be capable of 18psi in cooler temps?

[180SXTCY]

hks gt2835r = garret 3071 im pretty sure.

problem with yours Shannon is it runs the shit t28 housing which chokes it abit.

18psi shouldn't be a problem as long as the fuel is there

[SimonR32]

Are you sure it's a HKS 2835?

[Fukushima]

Are you sure it's a HKS 2835?

Cant see HKS on it anywhere... but the badge says GT2835R 56T

[Phyber]

Lies, it was 39°! :p

Power curve looks very drivable. Do you plan on taking it down the 1/4?

[Fukushima]

Do you plan on taking it down the 1/4?

yeah one of these days i'll pull my finger out and go down after work :)

[Phyber]

Sweet, get an in car vid! Need suction mounts or similar as I found out. Passenger wasn't allowed to hold the camera, spewin but now I can't have passengers anyway :/

See you on Leach Hwy sometime soon I hope dude!

[R3N]

shannon i might be heading down this wed

[Fukushima]

well I popped down to the motorplex after work for a couple of runs

(literally 2)

my first time drag racing so I just went to see what it is all about, next time I might change out of my work clothes, pull the sub/tools/spare out etc and make a night of it...

first run I tried second gear but bogged down. 14.050 with a 2.8 sec 60', second run below. 13.3 second time but same mph for both runs - not sure what it all means but I am sure there is room for improvement :)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/2180/0149623257.jpg

[180SXTCY]

told ya you'd run a 14.

deff alot of room for improvement with a 2.8 sec 60 footer time.

should be able to get that down to a 2.0 or if u can really get it out of the hole in the 1.XX's.

[ADZR8]

thought your car looked familiar, seen ya leaving as i just got there :)

[Phyber]

Nice low 13 (I don't envy you manual drag racers...more skill to it hehe). Good to see nothing broke too! Have fun?

[AGIT8D]

Car looked pretty tidy out there mate :)

[cem1790]

Saw the car at the plex tonight, looked clean! Nice work.

I didn't even make it past scrutineering, forgot battery strap, derrrrr :\

[Fukushima]

ya I had a heap of fun

even better I got 460km out of the tank on the new tune, and that was with giving it shit including a 170km cruise, driving to work in traffic with the aircon on, and the drags. Old tune would have got me about 380km.

soooo thoughts of e85 mixes are on the backburner for the summer and probably until I live closer to work, daily s15, where fuel economy matters.

[Fukushima]

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9269/0095118751.jpg

I blame TJ and his Cervantes cruise....

[Phyber]

Them's good eatin! hahaha

Get in there with an old toothbrush, it's costing you 0.01% on IATs!

[ED40]

should be able to crank a low-mid 12 out of it with some decent launches man.. nice!

[Fukushima]

:)

Well where I am with the car right now...

Had a bunch of exhaust leaks fixed by machining flanges and replacing the front pipe with a gktech flexi pipe, then discovered the turbo was missing a stud, then finally after all of the rest was fixed discovered the quality TOMIE manifold was cracked.

It has been repaired for now but I'm starting to think about replacing it before it lets go.

So I have a dilemma -

I believe the turbo is a 3071 with a T2 rear housing = 2835

So if I purchased a low mount T3 manifold I could replace the rear housing with a T3 and end up with a proper 3071, and move over to external gate but hopefully keep the braided oil lines intake and exhaust as they are to save a bit of cash.

Or I could hold off for a bit and sell the 2835 to someone running the stock manifold and go for a new GTX high mount set up- which I was planning to do once I'd finished paying off the loan next year.

Ideas?

And in the meantime I'm getting a nismo rad cap and oil cap and I'll try and do the engine mounts. Also getting Bart to look at the brakes in the new year.

[SimonR32]

It goes pretty hard and is nice and responsive... Just keep it as it is, if you have a loan just pay that off!

/end sensible mode

GTX3071R 0.63 on 6boost with tial 44mm gate

[R3N]

TOMEI is what you have

TOMIE = china

imo the manifold cracked because you didn't have a flexi pipe on your front pipe before.

if you replace your engine mounts, more chance the manifold will crack. get a steam pipe one. not sure if you're going to have much space with that low mounted and ext gate. you will probably have to chop up the dump pipe and mod to suit.

save up and go high mount, sell the turbo/manifold together or even seperately.

[180SXTCY]

Shannon id be looking into a steam pipe 6boost in either high or low mount what ever you prefer.

as for the turbo, decide what u want the car for. if its track keep it responsive and do what u said change to a t3 housing or go upto a gt3071 .63 or even the 3076 .63 in the GTX range.

[Fukushima]

Shannon id be looking into a steam pipe 6boost in either high or low mount what ever you prefer.

as for the turbo, decide what u want the car for. if its track keep it responsive and do what u said change to a t3 housing or go upto a gt3071 .63 or even the 3076 .63 in the GTX range.

Yep it's for street/short track/skid pan duties but I do like to daily the car so it gets about 450km a week - not sure how long the manifold will hold out heating and cooling twice a day.

Can one of the turbo gurus like simon or yourself point out which housing i'd be looking at? It's all fucking greek to me
http://www.atpturbo.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=tp&Category_Code=GTH
How much messing about is it? Is it as simple as unbolt the compressor and bolt up to the new housing or are new seals and what not required?

[SimonR32]

I don't think you will just be able to buy a new rear housing for your turbo as the HKS 2835 have backcut GT30 turbine wheels and thus need different clearances...

[Fukushima]

I don't think you will just be able to buy a new rear housing for your turbo as the HKS 2835 have backcut GT30 turbine wheels and thus need different clearances...

kk. I think there might have been a suitable HKS T3 housing available at some point but it's been discontinued. Good to know it's not as as simple as grabbing any old housing.

[Fukushima]

So after a bit of umming and aahhhing I went back to the stock manifold for now... fix the leak and save the gate and highmount for later on when I upgrade the turbo.


http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8858/0043031638.jpg
November tune


http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4151/img3356377.jpg

Todays tune compared to the November one, slight increase in power and response - not sure why?

[AD4M]

if you changed they tyre size from then till now to a smaller rolling diametre it will affect the power output on the dyno

[180SXTCY]

dude dynos are a measuring tool.

If you didnt change anything and did two runs on two different days then id expect to see a difference in power based on many factors such as air temp, moisture in the air, operator etc etc...

measuring tool. nothing more. nothing less.

[ChrisGTR]

if you changed they tyre size from then till now to a smaller rolling diametre it will affect the power output on the dyno

I beleive it only affects the torque reading and not power. I could be wrong though.

[SimonR32]

It's not any more responsive... and it's making a touch more power because it's running a little more boost :)

[R3N]

although interesting to see that going stock mani over the tomei expreme yields no loss/difference

[Fukushima]

although interesting to see that going stock mani over the tomei expreme yields no loss/difference

yeah this is the main thing I'm happy with

[Kaido]

:)

Well where I am with the car right now...

Had a bunch of exhaust leaks fixed by machining flanges and replacing the front pipe with a gktech flexi pipe, then discovered the turbo was missing a stud, then finally after all of the rest was fixed discovered the quality TOMIE manifold was cracked.

.

i'm assuming the manifold is stainless steel, if yes then it will crack no matter what you do. i have HKS top mount Stainless steel manifold on my rb25 it have bracing etc and it still cracked

[Lonewolf]

It's not any more responsive... and it's making a touch more power because it's running a little more boost :)

agreed, pretty much explains the extra power

[Fukushima]

car got an arse transplant tonight

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/7630/0167102475.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1752/0247666152.jpg

looks so much better!! - just needs some more low and it's ready for photos on sunday :D


now tossing up between cusco and whiteline swaybars...

[jaybee]

came up good man! manage to get any of those scratches out?

a lot of cusco stuff is made in china now so maybe whiteline.

[Fukushima]

haha I havn't even washed it yet

car is due for a good buff so hopefully it'll come up nice

[_oz]

looks much cleaner without the reflectors! love the jdm spec rear :)

[Fukushima]

I haven't updated this for a while but I think I will as like writing a diary it helps with planning... and gives me an incentive to get into the garage and do some work.

Anyway since the last time I posted the car has copped:

- cusco swaybars front and rear
- cusco brake cylinder stopper
- NISMO fuel pump swapped out for a higher capacity Bosch 023 in tank

Fuel pump was swapped to try and fix a ping issue, after 60-90 minutes of hard driving I was seeing huge knock counts and having to limp home with audible ping.

Unfortunately I also decided to do a lot more work myself this year which has meant the car has been off the road a lot more as I noobed it up.

But anyway it's all running a bit sweeter now, ping issue is a lot better but I'll get a touch up tune and have it checked on the dyno just to be sure.

I've also comitted to a track night in 3 weeks so there is a lot to do in the next three weeks:

- gearbox and engine oil
- brake fluid
- fix an exhaust leak
- touch up tune
- front traction arm bushings
- wheel alignment, the car definately needs more camber in the front... when I dumped it it turned in so much better but scrub scrub has forced me to raise it again

Anyway if I can get all that done I'll see what issues the track throws up and go from there...

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6016/img20090001059.jpg

[_oz]

i think a jdm areo front bar will look tits on this thing :) too bad they are overpriced and hard to find!

[Fukushima]

lol you pingpingpingping

it had a real one about 7 months before I bought it... then the previous owner took it off to fit an msports :confused:

i'll dig up the pic

http://i42.tinypic.com/33m379h.jpg


that said the aero front bar is a little bit girly

[_oz]

ohhhh this is alexs old car? didnt this have gtcs on it aswell? they looked fucking awesome!

yeah a few ppl dont like them either but i hate fibreglass and for a plastic front bar the aero one seems to look the best!

im not a fan of the eyelids, scrap them and it should look alright! im not sure if im not really a fan of the canards too but i wouldnt exactly rip them off but i wouldnt go and buy them either :)

heres one that i really like, i believe this belongs to Tim:
http://i.imgur.com/q1wX8l.jpg (http://imgur.com/q1wX8)

[magic1]

lol you pingpingpingping

it had a real one about 7 months before I bought it... then the previous owner took it off to fit an msports :confused:

i'll dig up the pic

http://i42.tinypic.com/33m379h.jpg


that said the aero front bar is a little bit girly

hot, like that bar better.

[Phyber]

heres one that i really like, i believe this belongs to Tim:
http://i.imgur.com/q1wX8l.jpg (http://imgur.com/q1wX8)

Like the Aero bar more, the foggies on this remind me of a VE Holden I think?



Good to hear that ping problem is almost gone! Track day should get your arse in gear eh :)

[Fukushima]

at the moment I cant be arsed spending 1k on an aero bar just for looks, it'd be shit hot with a front lip for a fraction of the price.

that said if anyone sees one cheap let me know ;)

[NoOg_sTaR]

LOL I only JUST realised this is Mannas old car.

I loved it back when it had the Aero kit and Volk GT-C's. I cried when Alex butchered it. Please bring it back to it's former glory. I was actually considering buying this back when Michael had it.

[Macca]

you need this for the production line in the boot

http://i53.tinypic.com/28wie87.jpg

[Fukushima]

any of your car batteries contain lithium steve?

obviously I can get methanol from you

also need a quantity of phosphorus but matches from woolies should have that covered


/after midnight post

[jaybee]

there would be close to 28 people in perth driving around in "Alex's old car" haha.

looking good mate, new ride height transforms the looks a fair bit!

ps. dont bother replacing the bushes in the standard traction arms, just get a good set of aftermarket ones, unless you have already and those bushes are fucked?

[Fukushima]

my RHS bushing is flogged out and goes clunk every now and then

xspeed have a set of cusco rose or some sort of spherical joints that press into the stock arms that I am getting for next to nothing (dead stock)

will give them a go... is there any other advantage to going aftermarket?

[jaybee]

yeah they are thicker and stiffer, are adjustable and most have rose joints. when set-up correctly they can help minimize the bump steer on macpherson struts setups too.

[SLIPPERY]

ive just realised, youre the guy that bought the 323 from me all those years ago in Hilton. Am i right or on crack?

Good to see it made someone happy :)

[Fukushima]

ive just realised, youre the guy that bought the 323 from me all those years ago in Hilton. Am i right or on crack?

Good to see it made someone happy :)

yup, got 5 good years out of it! great uni car for 4 of them, then awesome little performance car for 1. With the 1.8L turbo, that thing seriously honked! She's still alive and kicking out in Erindale somewhere.

EDIT: Wait you also sold Chris his GTR didn't you? Hilarious that we've both bought a car off you!


Back to the silvia, today I bought a new set of nissan coilpacks for it from the US, thought they'd be a worthwhile spend before the tune.

[Skitzo]

That's correct shannon.

[SLIPPERY]

tis correct and a bloody spinout for me....how weird?

How do you and Chris know each other?

[Fukushima]

He married my cousin and we're good mates, though if anyone from antilag asks I don't know him... :)

Perth is a small place

[stormtrooper]

Fuck off pingpingpingping I don't know you...........

Yeah same Travis I bought the GTR from, awesome guy ;) Still spewing I sold it .......

lol @ the Alex comments too, he messaged me on MSN last night asking if anyone I know is looking to buy an S15

[SEXUAL TYRANNOSAURUS]

heres one that i really like, i believe this belongs to Tim:
http://i.imgur.com/q1wX8l.jpg (http://imgur.com/q1wX8)

Neg, his name is Doug!

[mitchy]

Neg, his name is Doug!

yep, Doug Wong. he loves Drapht

[Ben Wha]

I can steal the front bar from Doug. At a small cost of course.

[HANS YOLO]

So then I almost bought a GTI Polo, fucking comfortable, had the safety features, but then absolutely underwhelming on power. No worries I thought, I'll just fit the APR catalogue and have a fast, sleeper 250hp FWD. Yeah nah, same as the 323 really.


aka a handbag sleeper :)

i like the Nissan, looks tight!

[Fukushima]

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4229/imageopl.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7910/imagezpo.jpg

Righto a skinned knuckle means the decarb, engine oil and filter change, gearbox oil and fuel filter changes are complete.

You can see plainly why cars are a hobby rather than a career for me.

[Phyber]

Fuck man look out for that hairy duck! Shit's unnatural.


Car looks uber shiny, good stuff. What type of wax?

[Fukushima]

Fuck man look out for that hairy duck! Shit's unnatural.


Car looks uber shiny, good stuff. What type of wax?


The animal is my assistant. She keeps the missus occupied while I play cars.

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/4662/0011578011.jpg


The wax is just maguirs quik detailer, it came with a clay bar which I cant find at the moment but does a pretty decent job of sprusing the car up by itself.

[TJ]

LOL that thing is not a dog, Its a large rat.

[manna_85]

Back when this was my baby..... next owner (not Shannon) wanted the ghetto look i think....
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3876/s1501.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/s1501.jpg/)

[Jiblet]

and it was running 320hp (hyperdrive dyno) at that stage too i have been told (?).

^hard to believe it's the same car

[jaybee]

ohhhh THAT car!

get an aero front bar, smooth out the ugly vents on the side and it would look goooood.

[_oz]

man that last picture is NSFW !

[Fukushima]

Haha. Yeah i think i bought it hoping to get those wheels back but it never quite worked out.

Anyway michael has been there and done that. I'll do something different when it comes time to get some jap rims.

I dont think the car ever made over 300hp jiblet. I've got lots of dyno slips here so unless alex kept it to use to sell another car... Michael?

[manna_85]

yeah the car never made more than 300hp when i had it.

[stormtrooper]

Time for a GT35r ...................

[Fukushima]

Lol! Dont need the lag.

Next step is e85 but like i said on previous page- see what the track day throws up

[Fukushima]

http://www.kamimages.com.au/gallery3/var/resizes/Antilag-Time-Attack-Event-19th-April-2011/antilag190411-78.jpg

Well I survived the track without too many dramas - and set my first PB of 63.64 on my first time out so I'm very keen to get out there again and try and knock a second or two off :)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3778/008qdz.jpg

My gearbox behaved quite nicely with a 500mL overfill, thanks to kuek for teaching me the jack one side up trick



I popped some OEM camber arms with whiteline bushings into the car with the hope of getting some more adjustability in the rear...

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7706/021ere.jpg

Bu when I got the whel alignment done the suspension had been set up with -2 in the front and -3 in the rear, we were aiming for a bit less in the rear but it seems the left hand side is a bit askew so I may need to invest in some proper arms later down the track. Until then I'll chew out tires but on the plus side my understeering problems are history.



I didn't manage to get the car tuned before the track night despite investing in new coilpacks, changing the plugs and previously changing the fuel pump... So every now and then I get a knock reading above 60 but thankfully no check engine lights recently.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4900/020tya.jpg

(Don't get too excited by the speed that is after a session on the track)



But the biggest problem I had was the brakes - They are stock rotors with QFM HPX and I just didn't feel confident with them. I know I could go a better pad and see gains but on my 323 I had bigger diameter slotted rotors installed and I want that on this car now. So I'll be keeping an eye out for an upgrade along the lines of the 33 GTST or 34 GTT for the front and at some stage need to get around to doing the rear skyline hub conversion.



Anyways, end cool story I'm off to do some vacuuming...

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4493/003npb.jpg

[tinto]

Looks good Shannon :)
Based on the lap counter, I think I set my quickest lap with you chasing me (or me chasing you) at TA.
Next lap I retired early under the pressure - I was pushing! :)

I believe the R34 brakes use a different sized bolt(14mm?) to the 33s(12mm, same as s15).
However that may just relate to the r34 brembos.
But r33 gear should just bolt up without the need to re-tap.

[Lonewolf]

look at the SWB or UAS spacer kits.
324mm GTR rotor + dogbones with stock calipers, should be sub $800 (maybe less from Bart?)

[DESAM8+PANIK]

Bolt diameter is the same on 34 gtr and gtt it's 14mm .... Clean 15 by the way :)

[Fukushima]

yep just sort of hoping something comes up with slotted rotors for cheap cheap, not overly fussed if its 33 or 34

and one of these days i'll have a free weekend to go down south and get the rears done

but for now a fluid flush on Sunday and the current set up is biting again :)

[TJ]

6 dollar fluid cant go wrong :D

[Jiblet]

a mate of mine is looking at upgrading his fronts and rears to brembos.

He has 34 gts-t fronts with 324mm slotted and drilled rotors with custom braket to mount them. He said they pull up hard but there is a bit of the rotor that doesn't get used so looks a bit funny. Also drops the caliper to a bit below the horizontal line (if that makes sense).

Let me know if your interested and i can see how much he wants and when etc..

[mitchy]

a mate of mine is looking at upgrading his fronts and rears to brembos.

He has 34 gts-t fronts with 324mm slotted and drilled rotors with custom braket to mount them. He said they pull up hard but there is a bit of the rotor that doesn't get used so looks a bit funny. Also drops the caliper to a bit below the horizontal line (if that makes sense).

Let me know if your interested and i can see how much he wants and when etc..

as long as all the pad is being used it's all good, you wont be able to grab the entire disc without a huge caliper.

R34 GT-T and GT-R brakes use 14mm bolts as mentioned, only requires the hub to be drilled out a tad, or use R33 gear which is 12mm.

[Fukushima]

Ok it's no huge secret that I've lost a cylinder

Basically was driving home from work, not giving it shit at all and check engine light came on.

I decided to baby it home and a bit further up the road smoke started to come out of the bonnet vents.

Got a compression test done a few days later 170 170 165 95

She'd just clicked over 143 000km, but now that I think about it some mild symptoms were there when I bought the car. Clouds of smoke when I booted it, hesitation on the dyno, strange idle.

So now the build thread finally gets interesting :) Stay tuned.

[SimonR32]

RB26...

[1JZNOSHIT]

RB25 > RB26

[DISTRBD]

Ok it's no huge secret that I've lost a cylinder
.

I have S15 engine here .

[Phyber]

Ah spewin! But as you say there's a silver lining to the situation. Keen to see what goes in!

[c.rusli]

sweeettt...
so stroker kit on the list yeh?

[Turbo2.6L]

Something to do with knock levels reaching 60+, or you had a tune since then?

[AGIT8D]

Ah spewin! But as you say there's a silvia lining to the situation. Keen to see what goes in!

Fixed :D

[Torquen]

Built 2.2L non VCT with GT35R :) Kgo.

[j3rk]

http://www.antilag.com/forums/showthread.php?47707-SR20-Rebuild-Drive-in-drive-out.
/end discussion, cheap, built, job done.

[Turbo2.6L]

Scrap the SR & drop a 26 in for reliability!

[R3N]

TB48DE

[Buckets]

http://www.antilag.com/forums/showthread.php?47707-SR20-Rebuild-Drive-in-drive-out.
/end discussion, cheap, built, job done.

+1 bloody cheap rebuild.

[Slip_]

TB48DE

+69

[esky]

http://www.antilag.com/forums/showthread.php?47707-SR20-Rebuild-Drive-in-drive-out.
/end discussion, cheap, built, job done.

He's about 6 steps ahead of you. ;)

[Fukushima]

Haha, good to see I had the right idea though. I never thought I'd forge an SR but the price of low K long motors seems to have jumped recently. I did flirt with the idea of an RB25 conversion but it was a bit much to take on.

Driving the car to Josh's workshop this Friday (yes I've put another 1000km on the motor since the incident, she runs pretty well for a 3 cylinder turbo diesel)

Also fitting some goodies that I've both collected over time and recently ordered... here is the first box of stuff... I'll take photos as the rest arrives.

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2131/001bta.jpg

[tinto]

Which QFM pads did you go for?
A1RM?

[Sfidz]

This is going to be Dart-ee.
Can't wait to see my parts going to good use :)

[Fukushima]

This is going to be Dart-ee.
Can't wait to see my parts going to good use :)

Yes in the true spirit of an s15 owner I have seagulled hard from
Others misfortune.

[180SXTCY]

spewing bout the donk shannon, but like you said gives you the opportunity to build it now :P

[S133LTR]

rebuilt SR bombed

[Fukushima]

rebuilt SR bombed

Yeah true, not as cool as taking the car off the road for 3 years to do an impractical engine conversion that I cant enter time attack events with.

[S133LTR]

Sorry dude I just mis-understood when you said the build thread was about to get interesting.

[Fukushima]

Lol. Clearly my jokes about no s13s on cruises has earnt me a fan.

[S133LTR]

LOL.. thats what it was bud.

[Lonewolf]

annoyed that this is getting in before my gearbox work, but great to see it getting built!
Any plans for more boost/bigger turbs etc?

P.S. put a VE head on it for 9000rpm goodness :D

[Sfidz]

Sorry dude I just mis-understood when you said the build thread was about to get interesting.

We have a Terry!

[Tocchi]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/Doctor_in_the_House_title_card.jpg/250px-Doctor_in_the_House_title_card.jpg ??

[Fukushima]

annoyed that this is getting in before my gearbox work, but great to see it getting built!
Any plans for more boost/bigger turbs etc?

sticking with my gt2835 for now because I like the power band

hopefully the motor and s14 ignition takes a few extra psi (from 17)

and confirmed this manifold today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/str8e180/02-09-09_1253.jpg

[Marti]

looks awsome bro

[Torquen]

Low mount still! Don't be week, GT35R... Do it!

[Risk10k]

*GTX30

Would like to see skids at some point below 7krpm.

[Fukushima]

Skids at 4000rpm

2835 is a gt30 anyway... Mostly.

[str]

What is the make of the wheels in http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/6571/002nrq.jpg ?
These look quite similar to Summons FR19's... it was mentioned on the first page they are Buddyclubs?

[Sfidz]

china special aka starcorp.

[Fukushima]

yeah I had the buddyclubs for a week and moved them on in favour of 19" starcorps, and with that muppetry out of the way settled on 350z rims

went to see josh after vastese coffee this morning, it seems that between Thursday (when I put a stock bonnet on) and Friday night the china oil cap came loose (and the o seal was misssing) and the poor bastard has been pulling the motor out with oil EVERYWHERE from the blowby

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3876/007zg.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5247/004cbk.jpg

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/5295/005yk.jpg

[joelt]

powertune manifold?

[str]

yeah I had the buddyclubs for a week and moved them on in favour of 19" starcorps, and with that muppetry out of the way settled on 350z rims

went to see josh after vastese coffee this morning, it seems that between Thursday (when I put a stock bonnet on) and Friday night the china oil cap came loose (and the o seal was misssing) and the poor bastard has been pulling the motor out with oil EVERYWHERE from the blowby

What's wrong with the 19" starcorps? They look practically the same as the Simmons FR19's and a shitload cheaper!

[Fukushima]

What's wrong with the 19" starcorps? They look practically the same as the Simmons FR19's and a shitload cheaper!

Yeah nothing wrong with the rims but I came to realise that heavy 19" wheels dont belong on a silvia

They'd be good on a falcon or maybe even a silvia with a big bodykit, but I came to prefer the stock bodykit. When I say muppetry i'm referring to the money I wasted on fiberglass bodykits and wheels that I eventually decided I didn't like.

[Jiblet]

Yeah nothing wrong with the rims but I came to realise that Heavy 19" wheels dont belong on a silvia
Thats your opinion. And totally valid since it's your car.

From my experience, light rims are awesome.

[Sfidz]

powertune manifold?

The only manifold to get :D

[_oz]

we all know 6boob > powerboob !

[joelt]

Yeah, i had a lowmount one on my old setup, no doubt they are up there with 6 boost. You wont be disappointed!

[Tocchi]

i should of just got starcorps... 19x8 +40 for life !

[180SXTCY]

the power-fail we got didn't even have the flange tapped!

[180SXTCY]

QFT

6boobies ftmfw

[Torquen]

but I came to prefer the stock bodykit.

QFT, stock kit/stock aero kit on 13's and 15's FTW.

[Sfidz]

the power-fail we got didn't even have the flange tapped!

When a 6Boost manifold is the reason a turbo is destroyed I would not be buying one.
The build quality of pauls manifold is better than anything I have seen from 6poo.

[Fukushima]

both are steam pipe
both are custom made
both are decent quality
both have lifetime warranty

the thing that swung me was customer service
I've dealt with kyle before and it involves waiting for emails, smsing bank details and booking in 5 weeks ahead
I ended up cancelling my order and putting the stock manifold on

Powertune answered my enquiry the same day, provided a credit card payment form for me to fax to them and started making the manifold on Friday when the flanges I posted them arrived. They called me today to tell me my manifold was complete and being sent off for ceramic coating.

When something is custom made there can always be human error but a lifetime warranty doesn't mean shit if you are going to have to wait 5 weeks to get something fixed.

just my opinion and I voted with my wallet

[DISTRBD]

the thing that swung me was customer service
I've dealt with kyle before and it involves waiting for emails, smsing bank details and booking in 5 weeks ahead
I ended up cancelling my order and putting the stock manifold on

LOL 6month manifolds :P

[180SXTCY]

When a 6Boost manifold is the reason a turbo is destroyed I would not be buying one.
The build quality of pauls manifold is better than anything I have seen from 6poo.

how did a manifold cause a turbo to fail?

Jahn had nothing but problems with his powerfail manifold.

[esky]

chunks of heat coating went through turbo.

The inside of the collector isn't welded on some 6 month manifolds. They're just tapered cut, buttered up and welded on the outside.

So when they get hot, say like big skids, the inside of the collector opens up a bit, that small bit of opening flakes off the ceramic coating.

and the lifetime warrantee doesn't count for shit, cos as 6 boost said "the manifold has got to hot, thats your problem"

there's about 1/2 dozen falcon manfolds that have done it.

[SimonR32]

Maybe it's just falcooons being gay :) Never seen it on a RB manifold as yet

[joshg123]

how the hell do you get up inside a collector to weld the 4th join? Ie i could understand leave one pipe off and you can weld the 3 seams possible, but how do you then fit the remaining tapered pipe and weld the 4th and 5th.......

[180SXTCY]

interesting, never heard of that happening before, and havent seen that happen on any sr20 ones either.

[Risk10k]

"the manifold has got to hot, thats your problem"


I'm so fucking put off by that its not funny, especially when he was question about what temperature is it supposed to run at and he replied with 'not my problem'. Fucking gay.




Also, thread needs more 2.2L stroker. I know you just had the motor done and all, but it'll break soon, sooooo do a 2.2.

[esky]

it's more that on the collector internal edges are cut on such an angle that the edges are very thin and a long way from the external welds.

will try and find photo.

it does seem sort of limited to falcons perhaps because falcon 6's run quite retarded even from factory, that the manifolds run hotter then most it leads to problems.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118/kasper20/6boostRB25-7.jpg

see the point were the 3 runners meet. they open up like a rose if you get it hot. coating came off and little bits along the edge.

Granted the two manifolds i've seen got fucking hot but still, the manifold shouldn't let go before everything else.

[Sfidz]

how did a manifold cause a turbo to fail?

Jahn had nothing but problems with his powerfail manifold.

Thats because it came off a bent car.

[joelt]

The powertune manifold I had on my sr was spot on. No issues like the gate holes not being tapped or anything.

And there service is great too, send them a message on ht.net and get a reply within hours.

My 2c anyway.

[Tocchi]

it's more that on the collector internal edges are cut on such an angle that the edges are very thin and a long way from the external welds.

will try and find photo.

it does seem sort of limited to falcons perhaps because falcon 6's run quite retarded even from factory, that the manifolds run hotter then most it leads to problems.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o118/kasper20/6boostRB25-7.jpg

see the point were the 3 runners meet. they open up like a rose if you get it hot. coating came off and little bits along the edge.

Granted the two manifolds i've seen got fucking hot but still, the manifold shouldn't let go before everything else.


i see they changed design for the 4L's ? or maybe that's due to split pulse turbo?

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/7880/2711081605.jpg

[Fukushima]

powertune vs 6boost
ios vs android
sor vs nor

etc etc etc

Anyway I've decided to make things less interesting by putting the stock bonnet on and smashing black wrinkle coat and satin black all over everything in the engine bay.

Engine is pretty much being built to the Galvsport drive in drive out specs, new everything - 86.5mm cp pistons, eagle rods, arp bearings and fasteners, all new nissan gaskets/seals/pumps.

Retaining Poncams and GT2835R for response but will hope to push the boost a bit with the stronger internals.

Other things to go in: Seagulled Sfidz's Autronic SMC with S14 loom and splitfires, Koyo Rad, AU thermos, Apexi exhaust valve, Tein EDFC for my monoflex coilovers, r33 twin pot rear brakes, low kilometer 6 speed box from a mate and a new coppermix clutch on its way from Japan as mine was shagged.

Wish list has an extended sump and some gauges on it but those things can always be done later.

Hoping having all that together and tuned for Powercruise isn't too ambitious.

http://www.perth-s15.net/images/smiles/burnout.gif

[Fukushima]

Joshs's work so far

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7759/001kwe.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/001kwe.jpg/)
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/8250/016ngx.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/016ngx.jpg/)
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9494/003epv.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/003epv.jpg/)
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/291/010wv.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/010wv.jpg/)
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/774/012wa.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/012wa.jpg/)
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9339/011lz.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/011lz.jpg/)

Problem?
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3152/008wh.jpg
pingpingpingping

[markdett]

Man that sucks, had it happen to me and am also in the rebuild process. I think I was speaking to you with kurbn at drift practice. What did the quench area on the head look like? Lots of pitting/pingping marks?

[Turbo2.6L]

What's wrong with the 19" starcorps? They look practically the same as the Simmons FR19's and a shitload cheaper!

Hahahahahaha!


i should of just got starcorps... 19x8 +40 for life !

Would of fitted in with the falcon crew better if you did :D


Maybe it's just falcooons being gay :) Never seen it on a RB manifold as yet

RB's don't make enough power!
4L > 2.0/2.5/2.6L :p

[joshg123]

Man that sucks, had it happen to me and am also in the rebuild process. I think I was speaking to you with kurbn at drift practice. What did the quench area on the head look like? Lots of pitting/pingping marks?

Not that bad actually, the ringland is the only damage......

[Fukushima]

When I picked up the car Josh challenged me to write a Sam style essay. In the meantime Battlefield 3 was released so I've been working on it peicemeal. Needless to say I have a newfound respect for how much time Sam puts in to his build thread!

So the last time I posted I revealed the plan, but this is how it was set in motion.

So it was a dreary Thursday night in September when I organised a mate to come and swap bonnets. I'd had enough of the fibreglass wonder and had been warned several times for having bonnet pins. I was also sick of seeing smoke piss out of the right hand bonnet vent each time I accelerated.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1941/img0809f.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/img0809f.jpg/)


The next day I drove the car to work and quite happily had no smoke pissing out the bonnet vent, as there was no bonnet vent. That evening I dropped the car off to Josh who was complaining about all the oil in Owains daily tx3 which was in for a head gasket.

So lols were had when I got this message:
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5386/img0813t.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/img0813t.png/)
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3760/img0818ft.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/214/img0818ft.jpg/)

I dropped vastese coffee and donuts off on the Saturday and he wasn't kidding.

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2378/img0815h.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/img0815h.jpg/)
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/1029/img0816zq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/257/img0816zq.jpg/)

Shit customer v1

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9494/003epv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/003epv.jpg/)

Anyway Josh pulled the motor that day and took it home with the plan being to pull down and inspect parts to see what we needed to purchase. I went up the Sunday arvo and over beers did some frsport shopping. Josh hadn't pulled the motor down but the pricing was insanely cheap so we took a punt and grabbed

CP pistons, 86.5mm (20 thou oversize)
Eagle rods
Nissan oem gasket kit, oil pump, water pump
Nissan oem timing chain kit
ARP studs and bearings throughout

Worked out about $2200 USD, which was hovering at about AU$1.08 at the time. We placed two orders to stay under the customs GST limit... which ended up absolutely pointless as FRsport put quite a low value on the shipping invoice.
We also pulled the clutch cover off and to noones suprise the nismo super coppermix was on it's last legs (it had done an estimated 50-60 000km...). The flywheel and pressure plate looked to be in decent nick so I ordered a replacement plate from RHDJapan for $350. Will just have to see how it goes, but a replacement kit was $1200.

At some stage around this time I ditched my original idea of converting the GT2835 to external gate by using an ATP turbo housing or welding straight to the housing and hit up powertune for a low mount t2 manifold with provision for a 44mm external gate.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/81/img0534nw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/img0534nw.jpg/)
Was a silly idea anyway, I'm much happier with the proper manifold...


http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1121/img0999c.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/img0999c.jpg/)

Josh pulled the motor down, and the diagnosis was a cracked ringlanding:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3152/008wh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/008wh.jpg/)

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/774/012wa.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/012wa.jpg/)

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9339/011lz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/011lz.jpg/)

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/291/010wv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/010wv.jpg/)

I selected the Jewish USPS shipping option from FRsport so the motor parts took 3 weeks to arrive. In the meantime Josh arranged to tow my car back home to keep it safe while he built the motor. (No need for Sam's bad luck here). This gave me an opportunity to clean up my oil slick, relocate my boost controller, and change to the custom autronic loom I had seagulled out of Sfidz. Due to the wonderful engineers at Nissan this involved removing the front wheel arches and quite a few choice words. (The left fender indicator is part of the engine loom, go figure). Also thanks to Andy for the late night help removing the stock loom.

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/2485/img0834us.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/img0834us.jpg/)

The power fc, z32 and S15 coilpacks were sold off and replaced by the Autronic SMC and S14 splitfire coilpacks. Hopefully these will cause me less headaches than the S15 ones (I've been through a set of splitfires and two sets of nissan OEM).

My rusty tray got some rust conversion, my HID ballasts got relocated to under the headlights, and then with some Friday night help from Crash and Fetish I removed the rear brakes to attempt the r33 rear conversion. Sunday morning help from Chris got the new engine loom in place and we were ready to go.

Sfidz aka Subframe Express provided a lot of help collecting a 60k km gearbox from Spearwood, collecting my subframe from mayhem, taking it to Josh who didn't want a bar of it, collecting it from Josh, taking it back to Josh... etc etc. To this day it sits in his van, minus the brakes. He also dropped exhaust and other parts off while I was in Melbourne and decided to polish my exhaust. Presumably his other mates were too busy for coffee that night.
So gradually my overnight parts from Japan (close at 2 days), Sydney (2 weeks), and USA (3 weeks) arrived.

Clutch and manifold
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4347/img0862j.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/img0862j.jpg/)

Engine bits
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5474/img0900fh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/img0900fh.jpg/)

And when pistons finally arrived Josh could send them off with the block to get machined.
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3150/img0916iw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/img0916iw.jpg/)
The head was cleaned up and new seals (from Nissan kit) etc done.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/4266/img0919fs.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/img0919fs.jpg/)
So all was going pretty well. The Galvsport 323 had copped neons (from an old computer) and a stereo but Josh steadfastly refused to let me take it to the Antilag skidpan day. Good thing to because I ended up needing it a further three weeks.

The first bit of drama was fitting the first set of pistons but Josh was very good about it and ordered replacement 87mm (40 000 oversize) pistons. It cost us another week as we had to wait for the new ones to arrive and the block to be machined again. Anyway eventually it was sorted and I had a brand spankers new motor:

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7631/img1001e.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/507/img1001e.jpg/)

The next bit of drama was getting the timing sorted. We'd removed the Autronic CAS from sfidz's motor without marking it. Poor Josh spent many hours cranking the motor and bashing the CAS before the peice of shit started.

Shit customer v2

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6596/img1054.png
Another bit of fun was the self locking doors which locked themselves and the keys inside while I was in Melbourne. Josh had to remove the stereo from the boot and send the apprentice through the car to open it.

The rest of that weekend was taken up by asking for thermofans to be installed with my koyo radiator and shit customer v3 insisting Josh fit my rear r33 brakes. He got all that done on a Saturday and the next day I got these messages...

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She runs! But wtf is that exhaust...
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/844/img1037jr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/684/img1037jr.jpg/)

The boys had grabbed a 3" pipe and installed it instead of my rear muffler...

So then I was back in Perth, back to work, and back in the 323. The car was running but timing was still a bit munted and the wastegate was not opening. A few nights and a few 2 bar smashes later and we worked out the problems but not before flipping a rocker arm off during an ill fated test drive.

First drive after a long time: to the servo... With straight pipes... was hilarious, people were pulling their kids out of the way as I idled past
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8681/img1059rz.jpg

Finally on the Tuesday I was ready to pick the bastard up. 3 weeks had turned into 6 (mainly due to my decisions to change almost everything about the set up). But we were determined to have it ready for my Birthday Skid Pan day.

We couldn't get in for a dyno tune before the skid pan so Josh modified the previous sr20 tune on the Autronic to run a bit more fuel and a bit less timing. It was checked by running around on the street with a sniffer up its coight and Josh gave me the all clear to run it in and take it to the skidpan for my birthday.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4498/img1058g.jpg

Josh doing some fine tuning:
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Josh giving me the all clear to give it a bit:
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As for it's performance... fuck me it's brilliant. Despite retaining the GT2835 the new compression, manifold and wastegate setup has transformed the car. It reaches wastegate spring pressure (1.2bar) at 3900rpm in the low gears and seems to get there a bit quicker in higher gears. Previously it got to 1.2bar at around 4500rpm. With the new brakes, new clutch, new gearbox meant it drives completely different to before.

The morning of the skid pan I'd done 950km without so much as a clutch kick so I was itching to go...

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She didn't miss a beat :)


and there we are. I've some last little things to sort out. A less gay air filter would be nice, I've got a Greddy catch can to fit, I need to get the ECU to start making decisions about the thermofans (currently running one fan on high full time by earthing the stock relay), and Josh needs to relocate the a/c filter dryer because it's goddamn hot and I need airconditioning.

And then of course I need to get it to a tuner and see what we can do with a proper tune and more boost. Destination 1.5bar?


A few extra pics:
Trolling Sam
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6617/img1091bm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/img1091bm.jpg/)

[TJ]

Great result negro.

[Lonewolf]

great work, peels out and sounds nice for an sr

[NoOg_sTaR]

Epic essay is epic, son I am so proud haha.

Things I like about this update: It is large and informative, whilst remaining "fun" to read. You have effectively given the entire forum Pressers mobile number and Facebook address (Please someone troll him). Your car is now bombed.

Things I dislike about this update: Not enough 323 racecar. The trolling picture you posted gave me a heart attack when I woke up, fucking well played at going into the effort of jacking up the rear to enhance the realism.

[RELEASE]

epic, nice work!

[Sfidz]

The trolling picture you posted gave me a heart attack when I woke up, fucking well played at going into the effort of jacking up the rear to enhance the realism.

You still think he was trolling? Have a closer look at your drivers side panels....

[-Luke-]

Rofl @ Rape Doors and Smashed Celica troll. Nice work mate! :D

[180SXTCY]

Awesome work Shannon, i really enjoyed reading the update.

[Turbo2.6L]

Looked & sounded bombed on Saturday! Enjoy :D

[_oz]

Great read Shannon, good to see your back in your S15 and the engine is running sweet :)

[Phyber]

Regret having to pass on the whore offer even more now! Nice update, good to see it all fixed dude.

[tinto]

Looks/ sounds great :)

I saw this car causing trouble with tards on ns.com. ;)

[Fukushima]

Haha. Requires cage for ns approval apparently.

Anyways, car has been tuned... Finally cracked that 300 mark haha

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj53/krispee88/ShannonDyno-1.jpg

[_oz]

nice! pretty high torque figure too, good ol SR! how much boost btw?

[rat]

I missed your big write up! Sounds like you have really given the SR a bit of a wakeup!
366 hp in a car that size must be alot of fun.

[Buckets]

Good stuff, very decent figures for the SR.

Should paint a decent line or two now and turn in some good times once you track it.

[SimonR32]

awww the old SR gets SAE correction haha

[lowney]

366 out of a s15 should peel nice now man.

[jaybee]

great to hear mate you must be happy with that!

[Sfidz]

I can vouch this pulls like a freight train.
Was given the task of picking this up from allstar yesterday as Shannon is on holidays AGAIN.
With the right practice this will really move around barbs and get some great times.

[tinto]

183hp/litre
Monster.