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[DJ 21o3]

Car is clean as in the only thing wrong with it is paint, flawless interior, flawless bone stock engine, perfectly straight body, no rust anywhere...

Project as in stripped out race car. lol

Probably just going to sell it to my dad and buy a shell

[Young Sileighty Kev]

@ codyace- Well, i changed the o2 sensor and that seemed to solve my problem. Thx for the help/concerns zilvia my baby is starting brand new again!

[jptalaga]

hey guys I just bought some wheels for my car and my stock lug nuts wont fit, theyre 5zigen fighter wheels. my question is do I need to get some tuner extended lug nuts? and also do I need to get extended wheel studs. first time buying aftermarket wheels. any words of advice much appreciated. thanks! pm me if you can.

[S14 Ender]

Does camber affect safety when using wheel spacers?

[codyace]

Originally Posted by DJ 21o3

Car is clean as in the only thing wrong with it is paint, flawless interior, flawless bone stock engine, perfectly straight body, no rust anywhere...

Project as in stripped out race car. lol

Probably just going to sell it to my dad and buy a shell

IT all depends on how 'race car' you're going. If it's going to be a real deal full on setup, then I'd not be concerned with a good interior nor a good plain stock engine as that's all going to get replaced anyway. Slight rust wouldn't bother me too bad either as it's going to be track only, and you can fix it.

Cliffs: Sell the good shell/make money...get a slightly beat car and make that the racer.

Originally Posted by Young Sileighty Kev

@ codyace- Well, i changed the o2 sensor and that seemed to solve my problem. Thx for the help/concerns zilvia my baby is starting brand new again!

Sounds good man! Sometimes it's some simple crazy shit that causes the biggest grief!

Originally Posted by jptalaga

hey guys I just bought some wheels for my car and my stock lug nuts wont fit, theyre 5zigen fighter wheels. my question is do I need to get some tuner extended lug nuts? and also do I need to get extended wheel studs. first time buying aftermarket wheels. any words of advice much appreciated. thanks! pm me if you can.

Check out the offerings that the Zilvia sponsers like 240sxMotoring, Enjuku, or FRsport have for sale and available. It sounds like you'll need a thin lugnut or even a spline drive/inverse type lugnut. There are plenty of options out there for sure, check to see what they have and rock n roll

You shouldnt' need aftermarket studs at all so long as you're not running any spacers.

Originally Posted by S14 Ender

Does camber affect safety when using wheel spacers?

Not if you have quality aftermarket studs and a good lugnut. I've run 3* on a 15mm spacer for many track days without issue.

[HipHopHippo]

Originally Posted by I'm Redline

That's a body panel latch, aftermarket, to hold a body panel on that can be taken off quickly for drifting and stuff. stuff for race cars...

Body Latches - Protex CatchBolt (Flat)

Ok cool, thanks

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by jptalaga

hey guys I just bought some wheels for my car and my stock lug nuts wont fit, theyre 5zigen fighter wheels. my question is do I need to get some tuner extended lug nuts? and also do I need to get extended wheel studs. first time buying aftermarket wheels. any words of advice much appreciated. thanks! pm me if you can.

If you're in a pinch most parts stores carry low profile nuts like Gorilla. There is a store front mark-up so, if you can wait see what the the vendors have on sale like suggested above.

[S14 Ender]

Originally Posted by codyace

Not if you have quality aftermarket studs and a good lugnut. I've run 3* on a 15mm spacer for many track days without issue.

Thanks for the response.

Sorry I meant adaptor not spacer, previous owner gave me two adaptors that basically work as spacers and add what looks to be about an inch or an inch and a half to the car in the rear. I don't have them on at the moment since I don't know how safe they really are but the wheels would look better if I put them on.

[ShimiBoi]

Is 13.4 afr @wot (7psi) too lean on a ka-t w/ Enthalpy tune? Asking because afr went from 11.4 to 13.4 when switching from AEM cone filter to HKS mushroom filter. Thanks!

[unnaturalsniper]

ive decided on going with a s13 redtop sr motor.. my only issue is that it comes with a five speed.. i just want to know if there is a 6 speed that mates perfectly with it, or will i have to do a lot of fabing to get one to fit?

[KiLLeR2001]

^ Look into what it takes to get a Z33 350Z 6spd transmission on an SR20DET.

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by unnaturalsniper

ive decided on going with a s13 redtop sr motor.. my only issue is that it comes with a five speed.. i just want to know if there is a 6 speed that mates perfectly with it, or will i have to do a lot of fabing to get one to fit?

Is there any reason you need a 6 speed?
S15 is available in 6 speed.

[S14 Ender]

What would cause excessive brake pad wear? I changed my pads about two weeks ago and now they're scratching my rotors. Gonna have to replace pads and rotors now. Just my luck, it's what I get for trying to learn how to do things on my own.

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by S14 Ender

What would cause excessive brake pad wear? I changed my pads about two weeks ago and now they're scratching my rotors. Gonna have to replace pads and rotors now. Just my luck, it's what I get for trying to learn how to do things on my own.

Did you change the rotors? Check them for true and run out?

Are they wearing evenly? Inner and outer pad wearing at same rate. Wearing square.

[S14 Ender]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Did you change the rotors? Check them for true and run out?

Are they wearing evenly? Inner and outer pad wearing at same rate. Wearing square.

Last time I didn't replace the rotors because my friend said they looked fine, I ordered some pins/brackets that hold the brake pads in place cause it was a little hard to put the pads in last time. I hope this time around it goes more smoothly thanks for the quick response.

[hOngsterr]

what can cause a caliper to press one pad in more excessively than the other?

replaced calipers with rebuilt ones bled it. still the same.

Rear and the inner pad towards chassis.

[Magoo1222]

Originally Posted by hOngsterr

what can cause a caliper to press one pad in more excessively than the other?

replaced calipers with rebuilt ones bled it. still the same.

Rear and the inner pad towards chassis.

Pull the caliper off and clean/lubricate the slide pins that the caliper bolts into. If the slides are frozen up, the caliper wont squeeze the rotor evenly.

[jptalaga]

thanks for the replies guys! i thought i might've needed some extended studs since mine seem short when i test fitted the wheel haha. i work at auto zone and we sell those spline tuner lug nuts. ill probably end up getting those since i have a store discount. =]

[codyace]

Originally Posted by ShimiBoi

Is 13.4 afr @wot (7psi) too lean on a ka-t w/ Enthalpy tune? Asking because afr went from 11.4 to 13.4 when switching from AEM cone filter to HKS mushroom filter. Thanks!

Check to seee if you didn't move the MAF or soemthign funny. An air filter change shouldn't have done that.

13.4 is *way* too lean at WOT and past 4k RPM

Originally Posted by unnaturalsniper

ive decided on going with a s13 redtop sr motor.. my only issue is that it comes with a five speed.. i just want to know if there is a 6 speed that mates perfectly with it, or will i have to do a lot of fabing to get one to fit?

What's the reasoning for going with a 6 speed?

Z33 is the only option worth the cost and time.

Originally Posted by S14 Ender

What would cause excessive brake pad wear? I changed my pads about two weeks ago and now they're scratching my rotors. Gonna have to replace pads and rotors now. Just my luck, it's what I get for trying to learn how to do things on my own.

Seizing calipers and or compromised brake lines. I'd change them both.

Originally Posted by hOngsterr

what can cause a caliper to press one pad in more excessively than the other?

replaced calipers with rebuilt ones bled it. still the same.

Rear and the inner pad towards chassis.

Is it a OEM caliper or aftermarket? Stock floating calipers on cars that get beat on are *never* fair on pads and usually tear them up with odd pad wear. I've seen some cars (miata namely) that have both rotational and longitudal pad wear...it's a mess.

Originally Posted by jptalaga

thanks for the replies guys! i thought i might've needed some extended studs since mine seem short when i test fitted the wheel haha. i work at auto zone and we sell those spline tuner lug nuts. ill probably end up getting those since i have a store discount. =]

Sounds good man!

[unnaturalsniper]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Is there any reason you need a 6 speed?
S15 is available in 6 speed.

yes, i would to have a good take off, but still be able to cruise the freeway getting decent mpg.. right now my ka-e is doing 31/2k at like 70.. i want somewhere around 1800 to 2300 rmp at 70-75..

[hOngsterr]

Originally Posted by codyace

Is it a OEM caliper or aftermarket? Stock floating calipers on cars that get beat on are *never* fair on pads and usually tear them up with odd pad wear. I've seen some cars (miata namely) that have both rotational and longitudal pad wear...it's a mess!

OEM did that, so we changed it out to a company that supposedly rebuilds stock ones, But this is on a friends S14 so I didnt get a chance to check. Okay so sounds about right cause my friend beats on his pads alot, he does alot of spirited driving. So what can we do to fix it? Bigger calipers? BMC?

Originally Posted by unnaturalsniper

yes, i would to have a good take off, but still be able to cruise the freeway getting decent mpg.. right now my ka-e is doing 31/2k at like 70.. i want somewhere around 1800 to 2300 rmp at 70-75..

isnt it easier to change out the gearing in the diff?

[TheRealSy90]

Way easier to just throw a different final drive in the rear end. And you just assume that the S15 trans will give you what you are wanting? You should probably do some more research on them.

[unnaturalsniper]

Originally Posted by TheRealSy90

Way easier to just throw a different final drive in the rear end. And you just assume that the S15 trans will give you what you are wanting? You should probably do some more research on them.

im not ASSUMING the s15 will give me anything.. somebody suggested it because it was a 6 speed. i just stated what want i wanted.

[hOngsterr]

s15 6 speed tend to break btw. run a z33?

[OutlawLui]

WHATS REQUIRED TO DRIFT AT WILLOW SPRINGS CA

Is it a one time members Fee or is there a fee every time you go?

Is it only on Drift events ONLY? Or can drift Any day ?
Any one that has drifted there please let me know..thank you

[94_240sx]

How much these worth? I mean everything in the picture.
Used for a very short period of time and it was in perfect working condition when it was removed..

[bc.]

Fuel pump randomly lost power???

Drove my car, parked it for an hour, and when I tried to start it it died after a min.
-checked fuel pump fuse, it was good.
-could not check relays because my multimeter ran out of battery (forgot to turn it off last time I used it :/ )
-Hardwired fuel pump to check if it was the problem, it turned on with battery power.
-doesn't prime at all when key is at IGN

Weird part:
-swapped out a working 10A horn fuse with the 10A fuel pump fuse and the car started and the horn worked (this was after an hour of messing with shit but everything was put back as it was). The car only idled for 2 min though and then shut off again.

My car was running fine, I had just put about 100 miles on my built motor with no issues, so why would it just suddenly not work?

I am taking the fusebox apart tonight to look for shorts, but that fuse swap-magical-engine start really is messing with my head. Also gonna check the EGI and EGI pump relays, maybe they are 'going' bad, but not totally fried yet?

EDIT: Re-grounded or cleaned all the grounds by the fuse box and I got everything to work again. Not sure why it got bad in the first place, maybe just some rough roads or something.

[StealthG-Man]

Originally Posted by unnaturalsniper

yes, i would to have a good take off, but still be able to cruise the freeway getting decent mpg.. right now my ka-e is doing 31/2k at like 70.. i want somewhere around 1800 to 2300 rmp at 70-75..

For the cost of the parts and the amount of work involved to mate a S15 or Z33 6 speed probably won't equate to the amount of money you save on gas. IMO I would just stay with the stock 5 speed (I don't find the mpg on it so bad) or use a Z32 trans if you do some heavy driving and want a trans that can take abuse. If you are also intent on having a better take-off, do what others have suggested and change the final drive and maybe a LSD.

[yetijeff]

Will a 95 s14 (obd1) auto tranny bolt into an 91 s13 and wire up with no problem? I kno the obd11 s14s use a CPS but I'm not sure about the obd1s

[codyace]

Originally Posted by unnaturalsniper

yes, i would to have a good take off, but still be able to cruise the freeway getting decent mpg.. right now my ka-e is doing 31/2k at like 70.. i want somewhere around 1800 to 2300 rmp at 70-75..

6 speed does not always automatically mean double overdrive like many assume. T56 are (just off top of my head) but I know the S15 and the Z33 6 speed transmissions both utilize 5th gear as the 1:1 gear.

S15 6's gear is a .767
SR/KA 5th gear is a .759

So with that said, the 5 speed has a lower overdrive and should give better fuel mileage.

With that all considered, you can easily put in a longer gear set in the final drive to reduce the RPM per speed, but at the same time if the car isn't making sufficient power/torque at the RPM you want it can actually hurt fuel mileage as the car will be lugging/loaded to keep going.

30mpg is pretty darn good on a KA-E there isn't much better than that. Good running SR's see 30-32 highway.

Originally Posted by hOngsterr

OEM did that, so we changed it out to a company that supposedly rebuilds stock ones, But this is on a friends S14 so I didnt get a chance to check. Okay so sounds about right cause my friend beats on his pads alot, he does alot of spirited driving. So what can we do to fix it? Bigger calipers? BMC?

Well if you're burning through pads that quickly, I'd be looking to make sure the slides are free/lubed. If they are, check to make sure the pad fits in the slider parts easily...as in no bind. Once you pass both those tests I start blaming a seized caliper (or even a poor rebuilt caliper ) and the lines. Beyond that the MC.

You can also have the little rod between the booster and the master slightly dragging, but it's unlikely if it worked for a while. Just a quarter turn off may reduce the drag.

Aside from that the only way to reduce pad taper is to run a 4 piston caliper (or a caliper with no slider pins), and then find the right compound to fit driving. Even on my car with the Carbotech XP12s, I get a slight bit of taper on the leading edge, but that is to be expected as I'm jumping on the brakes at 120. Now the Bobcat street compound I run has no taper, but I'm also quite nice to them (aside from the spirited back road beatings)

Originally Posted by bc.

Fuel pump randomly lost power???

I am taking the fusebox apart tonight to look for shorts, but that fuse swap-magical-engine start really is messing with my head. Also gonna check the EGI and EGI pump relays, maybe they are 'going' bad, but not totally fried yet?

EDIT: Re-grounded or cleaned all the grounds by the fuse box and I got everything to work again. Not sure why it got bad in the first place, maybe just some rough roads or something.

The grounds are a place to check for sure, but that stinking EGI relay really causes a ton of headache, especially on cars where it burns out in the ECU, and the previous owner jumps the relay near it for power.