mk85
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| posted on 19/1/15 at 10:02 PM |
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Collecting my intercooler tomorrow night after work they have called to say they have it ready. But looking at things my bonet it going to take some
fabrication to clear the rocker cover. I looked at raising the rest of the body work but then my nose cone won't sit flush at the bottom on the
chassis. But i like the idea of getting creative with a bonnet. A few lumps and bumps will catch people's eye.
But i plan on a body for the iva and a body after the iva. As i don't want to paint or wrap the car and have to remove the iva mirrors and
indicators ext and have holes in fresh body work. Again my dash will be a temporary dash then go to a post iva dash.
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mk85
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| posted on 25/1/15 at 09:28 PM |
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Had another good weekend on the car between jobs on the house. I started of with mountiung the intercooler i wanted it to sit just of the opening of
the nose cone so out came the tape bits of wood and anything else close to hand. I was really pleased with the end result it sat nice and gave me
enough room to put a rubber trim round the opening lip of the nose cone to give a nice seal.
[Edited on 25/1/15 by mk85]
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mk85
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| posted on 25/1/15 at 09:42 PM |
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I was hopeing to turn the engine with the in and see if i can get a spark. So i draned the old oil out and as i removed the sump plug it came out far
to easy. After a closer look it looks like the magnetic plug was a cheapo and striped its thread. So to save any risk am going to order another sump
in a week or two just down to the fact this past week has cost me a fortune on the house ready for it to go on the market and just need to let the
bank settle down again. SO its just a minor setback but theres no rush and guess thats the problem with buying a second hand engine.
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FlansS14
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| posted on 25/1/15 at 10:15 PM |
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Have you got the wiring diagrams? Pretty simple to get running if you have the right bits. Halo and Nats stuff if it's from a s14a
Also, stick a wanted post on SXOC. You'll get a sump in no time 
Why didn't i just make it simple!
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mk85
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| posted on 25/1/15 at 10:28 PM |
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I sent my ecu and full loom away and had them chop out everything i didint need. Also removed all the of the nats and any need for the halo and key
set up. Plus i had some damage to the loom around the ecu. His price was very fair and wasnt worth all the head scratching plus he supplied some
missing ignition parts i needed.
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Originally posted by FlansS14
Have you got the wiring diagrams? Pretty simple to get running if you have the right bits. Halo and Nats stuff if it's from a s14a
Also, stick a wanted post on SXOC. You'll get a sump in no time
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mk85
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| posted on 26/1/15 at 07:58 AM |
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Here's the controller that am using. You can see speed in kph rev and the boost from the turbo.
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mk85
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| posted on 7/2/15 at 03:09 PM |
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A little update for you all. I now have the motor turning over and plugs sparking. But still not firing up am sure its somthing simple but waiting to
check afew things with some spare parts an picking up this weekend.
Also collecting some nice stainless steal interooler pipes so then thats the intake system finished.
Id love to start securing the fuel pipes and wiring loom but i plan to have it all working before securing it in place so ive been building up my
supply of p clips and clamps from china. il have some fresh pics up this week.
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mk85
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| posted on 10/2/15 at 03:43 PM |
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Well it's been struggle the past week. I just can't start it up.
I have a spark and have even got a spare cam angle sensor and turned that buy hand to check the spark but this also lets my hear the injectors firing
and clicking away. I've also got the fuel going to the fuel rail but still nut making it to the cylinders.
So I've got a friend coming over to check the wiring and mabie is that's the fault there.
Also have some new bits coming this week and I'll update with some new photos.
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mk85
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| posted on 12/2/15 at 02:44 PM |
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Well used finally managed to fire the engine up last night. It was a great feeling to have. We went over my wiring and double checked everything and
it fired up. Also got one side of the intercooler plumbed in just waiting for the second pipe to arrive of friend In the post
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 12/2/15 at 04:12 PM |
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Its a great feeling the first time it fires up.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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mk85
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| posted on 14/2/15 at 09:22 PM |
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mk85
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| posted on 15/2/15 at 02:57 PM |
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Got my ecu mounted into the dash. Nice and secure and still plenty of room.
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mk85
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| posted on 18/2/15 at 09:43 PM |
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mk85
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| posted on 18/2/15 at 09:44 PM |
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mk85
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| posted on 18/2/15 at 09:45 PM |
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mk85
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| posted on 18/2/15 at 10:00 PM |
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I've been spending some time sorting my engine loom out. I've managed to alter the loom on the inlet side that has the injectors
throttling position sensor ect. So instead of running over the top of the inlet I have managed to run it under the inlet for a cleaner look.
I will be having the battery in the passenger foot well so I have run the loom over the scuttle panned and dropped in through using one of the
original grommets from the Nissan car to help keep a nice clean look.
Again you may be able to see of the top of the gear box I've used some cable holders to keep the lambada sensor neatly held down.
It's things like this I want to keep on top of for when it comes to my IVA test.
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mk85
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| posted on 24/2/15 at 09:43 AM |
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I repaired the loom on my AVCR boost controller that I will also be using for my dashboard revs, boost and Speedo. I bought This for £40 with a
damaged loom at a gamble and it paid of as it works now. Normally they go for no less than £175 at the very lowest.
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mk85
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| posted on 24/2/15 at 09:44 AM |
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mk85
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| posted on 24/2/15 at 09:45 AM |
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mk85
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| posted on 5/3/15 at 11:54 AM |
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Got the car down of the trestles and some Ford cosworth style wheels on for the Iva test
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mk85
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| posted on 11/3/15 at 09:18 AM |
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Well it's finally starting to feel like a car. I've got loads of little bits on order that are taking ages too arrive but as there coming
from China and saving me up to 50% it adds up over the build.
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mk85
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| posted on 11/3/15 at 09:18 AM |
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mk85
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| posted on 11/3/15 at 09:36 AM |
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Spent a few hours last night making a cork gasket for the fuel pump and getting the power cable neatly routed away towards the loom.
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mk85
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| posted on 15/3/15 at 05:39 PM |
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Well I picked some cheap side panels up of a local member on here and only to find they didn't fit like most parts I seam to pick up.
So time to cut stretch and make them fit.
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mk85
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| posted on 15/3/15 at 05:41 PM |
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First cut and not turning back
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