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R4Race · 04-13-2011, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

+1, I've had enough tuners tell me that they've managed to get reliable spark out of the stock coilpacks up to 600 hp range. More than enough for most of us would ever need.

I should have gotten a 3076 instead of a 3582. It was too laggy for taste and made the car very unresponsive below 5k rpm.

Sorry, I havent read the whole thread but what is your plan for the transmission? Almost everybody I know who is making over 450hp with a twin plate clutch are running RB25 or Z32 transmission for a reason. Are you planning on opting for something better than an SR tranny? I know enough folks who ate even OS Giken gear set SR20 out here. SR trannies HATE twin plates....

I really would prefer to have a Hollinger sequential dog box, but will see how fund permit. I already am way over budget.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drftr915

If you do end up putting this thing in a magazine, please let me know. I would love to buy a issue to help support. Post some more pics, keep up the great work!

Where'd you order those fenders i am running 9.5 wheels and having a little bit of an issue.

Thanx mate.
I ordered the tubs from one of the fabricator here in Australia.

whereda40at · 04-14-2011, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R4Race

I really would prefer to have a Hollinger sequential dog box, but will see how fund permit. I already am way over budget.

Thanx mate.
I ordered the tubs from one of the fabricator here in Australia.

you will be fine to rebuild a z32 trans with a short shifter and run a twin disc. same combo im running and i love it. not as fun as when i had a dog box but almost same results and is alot more reliable for a fraction of the cost. then do the ppg gear set later down the road.

R4Race · 04-14-2011, 06:26 PM

^^^Z32 or RB25 would be alot nicer to live with on a street car, but for what I got plan for the car they wouldn't be suffice.

R4Race · 04-18-2011, 06:17 AM

UPDATE:

Guess time for an update as well.
The following are some of the stuff that we had ordered

Prefab front tubs (I found that I'm having scuffing issue at full lock on the current setup)
Cusco SR20det Engine Mounts (hopefully this will lower the engine abit 10-15mm +10mm from current nismo mount)
12x Rocker Studs
12x Rocker Washers
12x Stainless Dome Nuts(these just tidy up the usual ugly nuts and bolts that come with the engine)
SR20ve Exhaust Gasket
Nismo Thermostat
S/H Thermostat Housing
S13 Dipstick ( engine didn't come with these)
Sard type RJ Fuel Pressure Reg
2x AEM Fuel Filters
AEM Pencil Coils
Plazmaman Throttle Body (proper 90mm, originally was going to purchased a Q45)

So if everything go to plan the following weeks should see us starting on the car. Some of the things that on the to do list for now are...

Inspect old engine (Now some of you may have read that the originally excuse to purchased this new engine because the old one blew...well we not entirely sure about that. Will keep you guys posted, if anything we might be able to salvage it for some coins)
Remove old engine, gearbox and ancillaries
Clean up engine bay
Cut and weld new front tubs (hopefully will be here end of next week)
Respray engine bay
Replace new engine bolts and nuts with new stainless nuts
Redrill exhaust manifold to match ve port
Ceramic coated exhaust manifold and turbo rear housing.

tricky_ab · 04-18-2011, 06:42 AM

If the old engine is not a total write off, the extra money is always nice!

R4Race · 04-27-2011, 04:50 PM

Got bored one day so decided to removed some of the body panels to make our life abit easier come this weekend when we start work on the car.
Front end last pic of the old engine.

Side fenders

There practically a 1mm gap there, this is with 6 castor.

Also received my front tubs today, they look pretty gross on photos but that because of the wire brush treatment.

tricky_ab · 04-27-2011, 06:03 PM

Are you doing the tub work yourself?

R4Race · 04-27-2011, 08:06 PM

^^^ I wish...I'm enlisted a mate who will be helping me with the car. It's actually quite convenience since he abit of jack of all trades ie parts shop, custom fabricator mechanic and auto electrician lol.

R4Race · 05-01-2011, 03:18 AM

Epic day...we started at 8am with Taark arriving with all the necessary gears to pull the motor out. All in all we did the whole thing within 7hrs....the man is so meticulous and efficient it's amazing :thumb:.
Initially we start going over the old motor to see what has been giving the miss firing, which back then I was told that the engine has grenade itself by a certain workshop. The engine kick over the first go with no obvious noise or miss firing :wtf1: While checking over Taark found that there were some earthing cables that weren't done up properly. On removing one of them the car immediately start miss fire (the exact same symptom that the car been doing the last few months). Anyway we'll be open up the sump and have another looksie to be sure, but going by what we have seen it could be that the loose earthing has cause one or more of the coils to fail causing the miss fire.

Anyway on to the photos.
Taark arrived with some of the parts... 20v cas, sard fpr, 20ve exhaust gasket, cusco engine mounts, plazmaman tb etc.

90mm Plazmaman TB.

A rough demonstration of the difference in height between the nismo and cusco EM. We'll also mod the brackets to lower the engine a further 5mm in the hopes for top clearance.

The man himself.

Up

and away

All the part that we have removed

And this is the result

Om1kron · 05-01-2011, 04:21 AM

it's amazing how much the s15 engine bay looks exactly like the s14 engine bay, front core support and everything. the bumper support for the headlights looks like the only bit that's different.

tricky_ab · 05-01-2011, 12:05 PM

Nice to hear that the SR20 sounds like it's okay. So there's a chance you can sell it and make some money back during this swap

R4Race · 05-01-2011, 03:24 PM

It just p..s me off when workshops suppose to help you out, but all they do is after your money and do dodgy works. Funny things is they all are supposedly reputable shops. Oh well what can you do.
Next time we get tackling the engine bay.

K_style · 05-01-2011, 03:41 PM

What's plan for old engine ?? or did I miss that you mentioned before?

R4Race · 05-01-2011, 11:48 PM

I have no need of it at this stage so most likely will be selling it with some of the goodies that come with the previous setup.

icedsole · 05-02-2011, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Om1kron

it's amazing how much the s15 engine bay looks exactly like the s14 engine bay, front core support and everything. the bumper support for the headlights looks like the only bit that's different.

pretty much identical chassis. shame, they could have released in the us.

JDMStanced · 05-02-2011, 12:33 AM

Should've stayed with blue..

R4Race · 05-04-2011, 04:00 AM

So we've got some more stuff done, niggly little things but need to be done regardless.

Machined VVL solenoids

The Mazworx intake manifold come with grooves rather than using gasket for sealant, unfortunately they didn't come with the rubber orings, so we got some make for it.

And here some pics of the AEM fuel filter, pencil coils and some NGK plugs

BlackKnightsDriftTeam · 05-04-2011, 05:57 AM

that is fucking awesome.

irritatedmax · 05-05-2011, 04:58 AM

You had to make the o-rings? How did you go about that? They look pretty prefect. Did you call them and ask what you were supposed to do (seems like with a manifold that costs as much as that one does they would provide all the necessary bits or have another plan)?

R4Race · 05-05-2011, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irritatedmax

You had to make the o-rings? How did you go about that? They look pretty prefect. Did you call them and ask what you were supposed to do (seems like with a manifold that costs as much as that one does they would provide all the necessary bits or have another plan)?

To be honest I don't know why they weren't provided, I wasn't awared that the manifold come with the orings for sealant until it arrived. With the o-rings, my mate know a mate's shop that specialise in making rubber products so he just go there and try on different sizes until he found one that fit. The one things that alot of ppl not awared of when doing VVL conversion is that there so many little custom parts that involved...I'm lucky to have this mate helping me out.

smelly240 · 05-05-2011, 06:13 AM

its all the little stuff that adds up - I do like that intake manifold a lot though - I went with the xcessive one - it sucks btw.

Imarvin240 · 05-09-2011, 07:08 PM

amazing car so far, cant wait to see it all finished.

TigerII · 05-11-2011, 07:52 AM

Just confirmed with Mazworx the O-Rings are meant to come with the manifold.
I know Spenda (from NS.com) got O-Rings with his.

Cheers

Scott

R4Race · 05-11-2011, 06:01 PM

^^^ Yeah I just noticed that Eric posted on my thread at NS, will be getting some orings and vacumn fittings send over.

R4Race · 05-15-2011, 04:17 AM

So we started the day thinking that we could get the tubs in fully welded and then may be an undercoat for the engine bay, that certainly not the case. It turn out that there a lots of differences between a 180sx and an s15 front tubs. There were a lots of cutting and trimming and tacked and retacked. Then since Taark using a Tig so there was a lot of frustration with the sealant causing contamination in the welds, however Taark eventually got them in there Alleluia Alleluia.
Really feel sorry for the man, but by the end of it all he did an excellent job for a first timer.
So if anyone contemplating of getting these tubs for their s14/s15 then get them as an individual since there will be some mods that need to be done to get them to fit. Otherwise the quality of Rex Kelway Tubs is :thumb:

The points of no return.

Driver side

Passenger side

Scrap metal anyone?

Scrubbing issue? Pshhhh

Om1kron · 05-15-2011, 04:51 AM

nice! great updates.

Quail · 05-15-2011, 07:44 AM

Those prefab tubs work nice!!

tricky_ab · 05-15-2011, 12:27 PM

It's looking great!

R4Race · 05-15-2011, 04:00 PM

Thanx fellas, turn out pretty good for a first timer.

R4Race · 05-15-2011, 10:03 PM

Orings, vacumn fittings and hot ladiesss courtesy of Mazworx.

05-01-2011, 03:18 AM	#159
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Epic day...we started at 8am with Taark arriving with all the necessary gears to pull the motor out. All in all we did the whole thing within 7hrs....the man is so meticulous and efficient it's amazing :thumb:. Initially we start going over the old motor to see what has been giving the miss firing, which back then I was told that the engine has grenade itself by a certain workshop. The engine kick over the first go with no obvious noise or miss firing :wtf1: While checking over Taark found that there were some earthing cables that weren't done up properly. On removing one of them the car immediately start miss fire (the exact same symptom that the car been doing the last few months). Anyway we'll be open up the sump and have another looksie to be sure, but going by what we have seen it could be that the loose earthing has cause one or more of the coils to fail causing the miss fire. Anyway on to the photos. Taark arrived with some of the parts... 20v cas, sard fpr, 20ve exhaust gasket, cusco engine mounts, plazmaman tb etc. 90mm Plazmaman TB. A rough demonstration of the difference in height between the nismo and cusco EM. We'll also mod the brackets to lower the engine a further 5mm in the hopes for top clearance. The man himself. Up Up and away All the part that we have removed And this is the result

05-01-2011, 04:21 AM	#160
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05-05-2011, 06:13 AM	#171
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04-14-2011, 06:26 PM	#153
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^^^Z32 or RB25 would be alot nicer to live with on a street car, but for what I got plan for the car they wouldn't be suffice.

04-18-2011, 06:17 AM	#154
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	UPDATE: Guess time for an update as well. The following are some of the stuff that we had ordered Prefab front tubs (I found that I'm having scuffing issue at full lock on the current setup) Cusco SR20det Engine Mounts (hopefully this will lower the engine abit 10-15mm +10mm from current nismo mount) 12x Rocker Studs 12x Rocker Washers 12x Stainless Dome Nuts(these just tidy up the usual ugly nuts and bolts that come with the engine) SR20ve Exhaust Gasket Nismo Thermostat S/H Thermostat Housing S13 Dipstick ( engine didn't come with these) Sard type RJ Fuel Pressure Reg 2x AEM Fuel Filters AEM Pencil Coils Plazmaman Throttle Body (proper 90mm, originally was going to purchased a Q45) So if everything go to plan the following weeks should see us starting on the car. Some of the things that on the to do list for now are... Inspect old engine (Now some of you may have read that the originally excuse to purchased this new engine because the old one blew...well we not entirely sure about that. Will keep you guys posted, if anything we might be able to salvage it for some coins) Remove old engine, gearbox and ancillaries Clean up engine bay Cut and weld new front tubs (hopefully will be here end of next week) Respray engine bay Replace new engine bolts and nuts with new stainless nuts Redrill exhaust manifold to match ve port Ceramic coated exhaust manifold and turbo rear housing.

04-18-2011, 06:42 AM	#155
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	If the old engine is not a total write off, the extra money is always nice!

04-27-2011, 04:50 PM	#156
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Got bored one day so decided to removed some of the body panels to make our life abit easier come this weekend when we start work on the car. Front end last pic of the old engine. Side fenders There practically a 1mm gap there, this is with 6 castor. Also received my front tubs today, they look pretty gross on photos but that because of the wire brush treatment.

04-27-2011, 06:03 PM	#157
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Are you doing the tub work yourself?

04-27-2011, 08:06 PM	#158
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^^^ I wish...I'm enlisted a mate who will be helping me with the car. It's actually quite convenience since he abit of jack of all trades ie parts shop, custom fabricator mechanic and auto electrician lol.

05-01-2011, 12:05 PM	#161
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	Nice to hear that the SR20 sounds like it's okay. So there's a chance you can sell it and make some money back during this swap

05-01-2011, 03:24 PM	#162
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It just p..s me off when workshops suppose to help you out, but all they do is after your money and do dodgy works. Funny things is they all are supposedly reputable shops. Oh well what can you do. Next time we get tackling the engine bay.

05-01-2011, 03:41 PM	#163
K_style Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 7,666 Trader Rating: (63) Rides Gallery: K_style Feedback Score: 63 reviews	What's plan for old engine ?? or did I miss that you mentioned before?

05-01-2011, 11:48 PM	#164
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have no need of it at this stage so most likely will be selling it with some of the goodies that come with the previous setup.

05-02-2011, 12:33 AM	#166
JDMStanced Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: irvine Posts: 606 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Should've stayed with blue..

05-04-2011, 04:00 AM	#167
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	So we've got some more stuff done, niggly little things but need to be done regardless. Machined VVL solenoids The Mazworx intake manifold come with grooves rather than using gasket for sealant, unfortunately they didn't come with the rubber orings, so we got some make for it. And here some pics of the AEM fuel filter, pencil coils and some NGK plugs

05-04-2011, 05:57 AM	#168
BlackKnightsDriftTeam Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Long island NY Age: 30 Posts: 78 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	that is fucking awesome.

05-11-2011, 07:52 AM	#173
TigerII Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just confirmed with Mazworx the O-Rings are meant to come with the manifold. I know Spenda (from NS.com) got O-Rings with his. Cheers Scott

05-11-2011, 06:01 PM	#174
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^^^ Yeah I just noticed that Eric posted on my thread at NS, will be getting some orings and vacumn fittings send over.

05-15-2011, 04:17 AM	#175
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	So we started the day thinking that we could get the tubs in fully welded and then may be an undercoat for the engine bay, that certainly not the case. It turn out that there a lots of differences between a 180sx and an s15 front tubs. There were a lots of cutting and trimming and tacked and retacked. Then since Taark using a Tig so there was a lot of frustration with the sealant causing contamination in the welds, however Taark eventually got them in there Alleluia Alleluia. Really feel sorry for the man, but by the end of it all he did an excellent job for a first timer. So if anyone contemplating of getting these tubs for their s14/s15 then get them as an individual since there will be some mods that need to be done to get them to fit. Otherwise the quality of Rex Kelway Tubs is :thumb: The points of no return. Driver side Passenger side Scrap metal anyone? Scrubbing issue? Pshhhh

05-15-2011, 04:51 AM	#176
Om1kron Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Granada Hills, CA Age: 43 Posts: 6,990 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	nice! great updates. __________________ Wayne Edwards https://om1kron.blogspot.com

05-15-2011, 07:44 AM	#177
Quail Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Age: 37 Posts: 1,378 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Those prefab tubs work nice!! __________________

05-15-2011, 12:27 PM	#178
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	It's looking great!

05-15-2011, 04:00 PM	#179
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanx fellas, turn out pretty good for a first timer.

05-15-2011, 10:03 PM	#180
R4Race Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Australia Age: 44 Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Orings, vacumn fittings and hot ladiesss courtesy of Mazworx.