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Not much in the way of pictures yet, but I can provide some commentary:
Oil leak appears to be minor, so the current plan is to continue driving the car until it gets worse. I took the car out for about 20 minutes this past Saturday, at which point I came home with sore ears from the noise. It isn't terrible when you aren't getting on the throttle, but becomes very loud when you do. I will definitely need to quiet the car down before attempting to autocross it, although I'm unsure if I want to find a used 3" catback and testpipe for $200(?) or build my own to save weight for $350.
This coming Saturday I'll swap the coolant reservoir out, re-bundle the wiring, reinstall the ECU and dash, and design a battery tie-down mechanism. Then it's off to get a few more kilometers on the clock and let my teammate get some time in behind the wheel. I will hopefully have some pictures at a minimum, but am still undecided about whether or not I want to drop $$ on a video capture card right now.
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Originally Posted by nsn240
If you could get some pictures up up how the car sits that would be awesome, i'm probably gonna get the agx/tein combo here in the next month or so and id like to see how it makes the stance. thanks
I would be happy to oblige, but my car is gutted as hell and will sit higher than most.
The following is copied from another forum that Casey also visits:
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Originally Posted by sr20goofus
any updates on the break in?
I am getting about 20km on the car per 15-20 minutes of driving backroads once per weekend. I am doing about 75% throttle since I don't have the gas pedal stop in place yet, and bumping my RPM ceiling up incrementally until I hit 50-ish miles at which point I'll take it all the way to redline. After that, I'm taking it back to the dyno for a baseline curve and to see if the A/F is doing anything silly through the rev range.
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Originally Posted by sr20goofus
No Auto-X plans yet?
I plan to attend an autocross at Knight's Stadium on November 12. I will have to use sub-par tires because I don't have the $$ right now for good ones, but it'll still be good to get out there.
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Originally Posted by sr20goofus
Leaks delt with or just left alone to continue leaking?
I am keeping an eye on the oil leak and oil level, but plan to leave it alone unless it gets worse. It really isn't bad, and usually only gets a very slight film from the leak point to the interface with the upper oil pan. At this point it isn't worth the effort to tear half the engine apart to fix it, only to have it spring up again as it has for so many other SR owners.
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Originally Posted by sr20goofus
Seat-belts found and/or installed yet?
I found some seatbelts from a B14 200SX at a Pull-a-Part and modified them to work. I will do a write-up on this later, but it's pretty easy. You just cut a tab off and slot the upper chassis hole
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Originally Posted by brandonb012
8 days since a post...you all are killing me
How's 10 strike ya?
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Originally Posted by rushmatic
im freakin dyin over here :LOL:
Meh, I'm doing OK.
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Originally Posted by Nismo_34
You do realize *** most of this forum revolves around this thread/epic adventure right?
ORLY? That's flippin sweet, I'm honored.
Sorry guys for not posting something up by now, but work and life have both been ridiculously busy lately. I should have an update by Monday at the latest.
[Sorry] Edit: I've decided to follow your lead and completely strip my car down to the bare chassis. Mainly because I'm in college and it's going to take forever to do anything. Nice belt job and I love those hood latches, Top Secret right?
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S13 parts for sale.
I need a daily, not a project.
Yeah, I promised to have pictures by last Monday and was a week late delivering.
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Originally Posted by Nismo_34
I wonder if those 200sx belts would fit on my b13?
Hmmm, I dunno. S14 seatbelts work in a S13, I found that B14 ones will work in a S13 with some modification. So...maybe? Best thing to do is look at the mechanism and attachment points and make an educated guess.
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Originally Posted by Turbo711
I've decided to follow your lead and completely redo mine. Mainly because I'm in college and it's going to take forever to do anything. Nice belt job and I love those hood latches and the pic above.
Completely redo your what?
I was stoked that the belts work because I only paid $15 for them at a junkyard and people normally ask $50-100, and the Japanese S13 ones go for $100 as well. So for a little bit of effort I was able to save quite a bit of $$. Only caveat is that I didn't have to worry about interior panels, which seems to be the snag for most people.
As for the latches, I've received a lot of compliments on those. I'm a huge fan because:
1) They're flush and very attractive versus the standard "Sparco-style" ones,
2) They are lockable (and not easily circumvented), and
3) The body is an engineered thermosplastic and the mechanism gives me a stiffy.
The downside? They're ~$100 per pair. But I think it well worth it for a purpose-built racecar. Hell, they'd even be nice for a street car. In fact, I'm quite surprised I haven't seen more of them out there, especially on show cars where appearance is so important. Oh well, I don't mind being a pioneer.
Finally uploaded a video of the car running a few days after it was first started. Quality was a lot better before it was Googlized. Make sure to turn the volume up!
-Andy
Last edited by Shift_Munky : 10-06-2006 at 08:05 AM.
have you got the electrical problems worked out yet?
Yes, they've been worked out for 1-2 months now. I posted the above material late, after the elclectrical problems were already resolved.
I had an issue with the brake lights coming on, but it wasn't electrical in nature. There's a small rubber stop that depresses a button, sending a signal to the brake lights to come on. This rubber piece fell out, and I *temporarilty* replaced it with a piece of cork from Home Depot. Works great, shouldn't degrade that much, and I doubt it'll come out.
