Road Race setup/ Track pics

[MomentumGT]

Hey WhiteGLX thumbs up on charting out your progress. We ran SR-X here in Cali and won regional and state champs in 06'...hopefully you did the same on the east coast and we could meet up and trade paint at Mid Ohio this year...if budget permits. lol. Since SR-X has been disolved are you running in ST2, as we are, or ST or SU?

-Jon

[steve shadows]

+1 to anyone who actually races their car.

ugly usually equals faster

especially for budget cars.

[WhiteGLX]

Originally Posted by MomentumGT

Hey WhiteGLX thumbs up on charting out your progress. We ran SR-X here in Cali and won regional and state champs in 06'...hopefully you did the same on the east coast and we could meet up and trade paint at Mid Ohio this year...if budget permits. lol. Since SR-X has been disolved are you running in ST2, as we are, or ST or SU?

-Jon

not racing yet, just instructing. I do have a buddy here who ran SR-X and is now in ST1. I personally plan to try and stick in PTA by whatever means necessary so i dont have to run with the higher dollar groups such as ST1 or ST2, forcing me to keep mods to a minimum.



thanks Steve, i dont race, just track regularly, and share my experiences and car upgrades to benefit the nissan community.

[TheArkitekt]

The full race manifold should make some serious power once its tuned out. Any way you could post up dyno graphs before and after once its installed?

and +1 for coming to Mid Ohio, haha. Would be great to have some more nissans out there.

[WhiteGLX]

Originally Posted by TheArkitekt

The full race manifold should make some serious power once its tuned out. Any way you could post up dyno graphs before and after once its installed?

and +1 for coming to Mid Ohio, haha. Would be great to have some more nissans out there.

we will see about serious power, im still only going to boost 11psi this year, my torque curve and turbo response should be great though.

I have been to mid-ohio before, but it snowed 10 inches while i was there, not a very enjoyable March '05 event. I plan to come back later this year to track with my brother, should be great times.

[TheArkitekt]

yeah snow and ohio go hand in hand. I really hate living out here, but oh well...

[a_ahmed]

^lol i havent driven my 240 since september... well i did drive it something like 2 or 3 weeks ago when all snow melted/salt washed away.. but its back to snow and lots of it again up here in ontario/canada...


I hate winter... i hate snow... gah...

[WhiteGLX]

parts to be installed as soon as my gaskets for the exhaust stuff come in.

New engine bay shot with FMIC and Rad mounted, along with high temp coated IC pipes to help keep intake temps down in teh hot hot engine bay.




BOV recirculation action




Parts to be installed, minus the flexpipe for the downpipe




Ducting for brake ducts, and brackets, both pieces from Aircraftspruce.com




New suspension, unknown spring rates, but they are Ohlins, cant be too low True ohlins with adjusters to prove it. These will be cleaned up a bit and possibly upgrading to GC coilover springs for these once i determine spring rates.






These are my BC 264 cams and Fullrace manifold (soon to have EGT port)




be ready for everything finally insatlled, along with a blingin catchcan recirculation setup.

[a_ahmed]

^sex on wheels... *drool*

[PoorMans180SX]

Very nice, can't wait for installed pics and another trackday.

[WhiteGLX]

UPDATE!

* Oil catch can recirculation done (pics later)

* Rad and FMIC fully bolted in

* IC piping all done

* Shocks cleaned and set to Ground-Control for new spring perches and coilover sleeves installed

* HKS tophats cleaned and primered

* last bit of ordered parts should be here early next week


car can be completely finished minus coilovers in a few short weeks as long as time permits for bushing install.

All thats left:
- re-pin injector plugs (1 hour)
- install exhauts manifold and new gaskets (3 hours)
- install cams (2 hours)
- install bushings ( 1 day)
- wire in rad fans (3 hours)
- relocate oil filter (again) (2 hours)

[PoorMans180SX]

nice. Don't you just love the feeling of making your car better/faster?

Are the Ohlins any shorter than the stock setup (lower)?

[WhiteGLX]

the shock is a little shorter, tho the whole setup didnt make the car sit anylower. With the new GC setup custom fitted to the Ohlins ill be able to make the car sit as low as i want with whatever spring rates i want....

[WhiteGLX]

ok so the full race manifold needs to be sent to fullrace for repairs, proper rapairs at least, i dont feel comfotable putting it on there just to pull it off again in a few months to have it fixed when it brakes again.

so hopefull i can get it all back togeather tomarrow and possibly run it on sunday if all the wiring goes smoothly for the fans and SAFC.

[TheArkitekt]

what specifically was wrong with the full race? was it a design flaw? im thinking about getting one, so im curious.

[steve shadows]

You guys are actually using the Hawk HP Plus?

Maybe it's all my straight away power, but I hate mine.

they are complete garbage compared to my old porterfields.

[Brian W.]

Originally Posted by steve shadows

You guys are actually using the Hawk HP Plus?

Maybe it's all my straight away power, but I hate mine.

they are complete garbage compared to my old porterfields.

i used the Hawk HP+ on my Porsche a couple times and they stopped great! only gripe i had was they would eat my rotors up compared to the PAGIDs i switched to.




Cars lookin good Casey!

[WhiteGLX]

i havnt run Hawk HP+ in over a year, ive been running Carbotech XP10's and XP12's, now i am upgrading to Cobalt XR2's for this year and some brake ducting i went through a set of XP12's in 3 weekends, thats not right way too soon.

thanks alot brian, i cant wait to get the suspension on it and the bushings, its goin to ride so much better meow, youll have to do a ride-along at hyperfest, since ill be in the instructor group and all .

[WhiteGLX]

engine all done

for run-up all i ned is Oil temp gauge installed (old one failed, replacement maybe this weekend) and SAFC installed, tomarrow prolly.

enjoy....

[PoorMans180SX]

Looks good again.

Let us know when you have the Ohlins back and on!

[racepar1]

Originally Posted by steve shadows

+1 to anyone who actually races their car.

ugly usually equals faster

especially for budget cars.

Mine must be a fucking rocketship then! LOL!

Originally Posted by steve shadows

You guys are actually using the Hawk HP Plus?

Maybe it's all my straight away power, but I hate mine.

they are complete garbage compared to my old porterfields.

You absolutely cannot compare porterfield pads to hawk HP+. Porterfield is the shit hands down!

[WhiteGLX]

i havnt ever used porterfields, so i cant vouch for them, i know people who do run them dont complain, bu i also know people who run Hawk Blues, Carbotech XP12's and Cobalt XR2's that dont complain either.

im working my way through the list we will see how the XR2's hold up this next event in march, if they work good and last ill run them all season. Some brake ducts this summer should help pad longevity also...

[bungl3]

hiya

the only spring rates offered with the ohlins kit were 8/6. i also have the same set up but youre springs look softer than mine and also arent the same colour so i cant help with what you have

pic of mine:


good work with the car

[WhiteGLX]

Originally Posted by bungl3

hiya

the only spring rates offered with the ohlins kit were 8/6. i also have the same set up but youre springs look softer than mine and also arent the same colour so i cant help with what you have

pic of mine:


good work with the car

i sent my coilovers to Ground-Control to be fitted with custom sleeves and springs. they will look like new once i am done, and if they fail this year i will have them revalved for better spring rates. Current spring rates will be 400lb/ 300lb which i think equates to about 7k/5k a huge upgrade from what i was running before, plus it will be height adjustable.

[bungl3]

Originally Posted by WhiteGLX

i sent my coilovers to Ground-Control to be fitted with custom sleeves and springs. they will look like new once i am done, and if they fail this year i will have them revalved for better spring rates. Current spring rates will be 400lb/ 300lb which i think equates to about 7k/5k a huge upgrade from what i was running before, plus it will be height adjustable.

interested in pics when they arrive think i need one of mine reconning but the car hasnt seen the road since fitting lol so not 100% sure yet

if you dont mind me asking why those spring rates? im worried that 8/6 on track isnt going to be enough lol

height control is the only thing i wish the ohlins set up had

link to my project thread over on sxoc here....lots of updates to happen soon as i pick up the new shell in a week and hopefully get all the shell prep done the week after.....engine is waiting on a custom clutch
http://sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=289427

[WhiteGLX]

i chose those spring rates because starting off or going through a learning process you dont need ideal or very stiff spring rates, start low work your way up to something that really suits you. I have been running Tein S-techs for 3 years, so anything over 3k is an improvement. which is why im starting with 7k/ 5k and eventually working up to 8k/6k and maybe 9k/7k, but we will see. I prefer to get used to one setup milk it until its holding me back then upgrade.

[bungl3]

Originally Posted by WhiteGLX

i chose those spring rates because starting off or going through a learning process you dont need ideal or very stiff spring rates, start low work your way up to something that really suits you. I have been running Tein S-techs for 3 years, so anything over 3k is an improvement. which is why im starting with 7k/ 5k and eventually working up to 8k/6k and maybe 9k/7k, but we will see. I prefer to get used to one setup milk it until its holding me back then upgrade.

sounds like a good plan i like to dive in feet first lol

was running kybs and apex springs on mine and it was awful, really floppy even with upgraded roll bars (sway bars?).

[frosty_the_iceman]

Nice work! I've been reading through this thread in sections, great stuff.

I like how you sourced the brake duct material from Aircraftspruce; I'm an aircraft mechanic so I when I saw the picture I thought "Hey, I've seen that stuff before!" and then I read the caption.

Please let us know how SAFC tuning goes. I'm considering one for an N/A KA with bolt-ons, but there seems to be a strong pro-standalone argument.

[racepar1]

Originally Posted by WhiteGLX

i havnt ever used porterfields, so i cant vouch for them, i know people who do run them dont complain, bu i also know people who run Hawk Blues, Carbotech XP12's and Cobalt XR2's that dont complain either.

im working my way through the list we will see how the XR2's hold up this next event in march, if they work good and last ill run them all season. Some brake ducts this summer should help pad longevity also...

We used to use porterfield pads on our formula atlantic car. Pads lasted forever and my dad never complained about fade.

[veilside180sx]

What wheels are you running again?

That's the only REAL drawback to that Ohlin's setup (other than almost stock length) is that the flanges don't have much room for wide wheels w/o going towards the fenders.