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I'm hoping to have a bit better vid once someone who knows what they are doing messes round with the GoPro and data logging footage. So hang in there- something better will come along. Turns out the indicators were just a fuse. Looks like the wire the wheel decided to pull out was something indicator related, and it shorted blowing the fuse. Still don't have hazard lights, so might check that out too. I have had another thought about the head, and am going to try something else first before resorting to the head gasket. It has a intermittent leak from the neck of the china spec radiator. My thoughts are if the motor is getting hot, pushing coolant out to the overflow bottle, and then instead of drawing it back in, its drawing air from the leaking neck, that will cause the issues. So I'm going to rip the rad out, and get it welded, fill/bleed, and then chuck it on a dyno to load it up and see what happens. There is no way I can get it hot enough on the road and keep out of gaol at the same time- so a dyno is going to be it.

more updates (9/4/2013) So, I completed my first Wakefield day, and made it home! Couple of guys didn't - NC MX5 blew up a clutch, and more dramatically, a new Renault Megane RS 265 rolled at T3. That put a stop to proceedings for a while. Car was totalled. Driver walked away without a scratch. There was a lot of traffic throughout the day, couple of fast cars- WRX and a Emo. Fark you and your awd! So much grips. I had a couple of offs- both were T2. First I dropped into second to go through, where I was using 3rd all day, powered out, kept my foot in it, and ran out of talent ending up spinning onto the infield. Second was at the end of a fast lap where I totally lost my braking marker into T2, and squirmed locked the rears, and made me spin off in that awesome fashion that you see cars go off there. Ended up in the gravel, and drove out the other side. Marked up the tyres pretty bad but meh. I was laughing so hard when I got back to the pits. So I was on Federal RS-R tyres, so some of you know what they are like. Not a real semi, but quite sticky. Certainly made them work. Best time : 1:10.56 After the first session I was lapping 1:14s, so I gained 4 secs throughout the day. To back it up I did 1:11.3, and 1:11.5 laps as well. Few things to sort out- Final session I managed to rip some wiring out of the drivers side guard and lose power to my indicators - lol! Secondly, the motor was pushing a lot of coolant around, so maybe its a problem with the neck, or maybe it has lifted the head. Dunno, will check it out.

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It's interesting. You need to use a lot of throttle control to get the power down. Awd cars have a great advantage in tracks with sharp low speed corners. I've got some in car vids that will show what it's like coming up.

Well, bit of an update. I forgot the other day to show you what I picked up! As part of my work we get a "health lifestyle" reimbursement. I shot an email off, and after receiving confirmation it was NEW HELMET TIME!!! Daleo recommended a trip out to MCA at Auburn. A very helpful lady out there steered me through the process, and I settled on the Bell RS-1. What I love about it is its really well ventilated for sweaty dream boats like me, and although it is full face, it has heaps of room round the mouth so that it doesn't feel as closed in. I also got some Alpinestars Gloves, which while they are pricey, are super comfortable and nice to be in. Yesterday I took a trip down to Wollongong, to pick up this little kit. I'm not going to have it fitted in time for the track, but will give me something to do after if it doesn't break something else. So its a brand new GKTech adaptor place- I got warned off the sammich style because they break off the thread regularly on SR20s. Not only that, but the way they have to sit means the lines are really crimped up, so this unit is stacks betterer. Along with a oil filter re-locator, and a 19 row core. The only thing is I also have this brand new ARC core. I think I will use the one in the kit I bought, because the ARC one is just so pretty. I'd hate to bash it up..... maybe it'll go on later. I also had the adjustable rear toe arms put in, cause I don't have a rattle gun, I couldn't for the life of me undo the bolts! So I just gave it to a place that was going to do the alignment. So the alignment specs are: Front: -2mm toe in -2.2 degrees camber (max I could get front the strut tops) 6.5 degrees castor (as much as he said it could get) Rear: -2 degrees camber -2 toe in So we'll see how it goes at Wakefield!

180sx update: So I found this magical store called GKTech that sell all kinds of goodies cheap Its a pleasure us stagea owners don't really get, having access to plentiful supply of reasonably priced decent quality parts. Anyway, ordered their caliper brackets, a upgraded engine fan, and some adjustable rear toe arms to replaced the one that is bent. I went about replacing the very tired brakes with these new items. The pads that were in it were shot. They were once Bendix ultimates (0-550 degrees), but they had been turned into powder. I'll upload a pic later. So bendix ultimates as a track pad - NO! I phoned up GSL rallysport and put an order in for A1RM (0-780 degrees)pads all round, and a bottle of TRW GP600 fluid. As usual, great service by these guys, and it was on my doorstep in less than 24hrs. New billet caliper extenders bolted up, 2 piece rotors on, and pads in, it was time for the Mrs to be called up to do some bleeding. Bled the Clutch too for good measure. Took them for a quick drive to bed in, and the results are amazing. Great pedal feel, and good stopping without having to heave on the pedal to get results. Time will tell if they hold up on the circuit. Still have to install the toe arms and rad fan, and get it aligned. I'd really like to find out some good suspension alignment specs from some of these track guys and see what I have to get to make it all work. I may have a lead on an oil cooler, so I will chat about that later, and I'll chuck up some photos for effect tomorrow The new 324mm GTR spec rotors- sit nicely behind the 17"s

So, had the lil nugget on the Dyno up at DVS JEZ tuning today (5/3/2013) to check the tune out, and make sure everything was nice and safe. Also to see what powerz we make. So quick recap - S14 SR20det, GTX3071 6Boost mani, tial 44mm ext gate. 98 pump gas dyno vid: http://www.flickr.co...N07/8529131921/

Just for a reference for anyone looking in here, AWD Series 2 (PNM) cars DO NOT have hydraulic ATTESA pumps. The unit was changed to electric. Good write ups

Good post Here are the full day stream replays. http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/26/watch-the-full-goodwood-festival-of-speed-weekend-on-live-stream/

Updates!

Ok, so you can see its a pretty serious bit of kit! Please forgive the copy paste, but its easier. 1994 180sx S14 motor Unigroup cams Tomei cam gears Rocker arm stoppers 6boost manifold Tial 44mm wastegate GTX3071r, .82 (later found to be 0.63) Custom hard piping Greedy copy plenum Intercooler 780cc injectors Braided oil and turbo lines Z32 afm Power Fc S14 gearbox Nismo single plate copper mix competition clutch Kaaz 1.5 way diff Tien monoflex coilovers Whiteline sway bar front and gtr sway bar rear Caster rods - adjustable Some random upgraded bushes here and there. Makes 285rwkw @ 24 psi on 98 pump poo So far I have melted the turbo oil return after a couple of drives, thankfully it happened very close to home. I wanted to do it properly so I got a 45 degree fitting, and had motorsport connections make up a proflow fitting braided line, that gets the return well out of the way of the manifold and gate. It came on a set of drifteks, with odd tyres (R888 semis on the back, shitters on the front). I didn't particularly like them, and I had a set of 17x8.5 +22 Gram Lights that I bought off Fatz sitting around. SAU NSW gets discounts on federal tyres, so I got a set of RS-Rs and got them mounted up. I haven't run them in yet, as it needs a little roll of the guards. I changed the engine oil/filter, and Diff oil. Apparently the KAAZ diff needs pretty regular changes since its a mechanical clutch style diff. So I have lots of little bits of tidying up to do basically, get it clean inside, outside, and underside. So my list of things to do is: Get PhillB to Roll the guards all round Up the coast to Jez to put it on the Dyno and check the tune is good. ( Should be good, unigroup tuned it) Repaint the front and rear bars, LHS Guard in Red Repaint Roof in Black Fit the 324mm 2 piece GTR rotors with spacers A1RM pads all round Upgraded Fan Fit ARC oil cooler Rear toe rods (one is bent) Corner weight the car Set the car up to handle - shock rates, adjustable camber arms etc. Go and track the bloody thing! So what are my goals for it? Well, firstly I want to improve my driving. Learn the technique of the track. While I can drive a track day, that doesn't make me a good driver. My skills and feeling need fine tuning. Secondly, dip below 1:10 at Wakefield. This car has done 1:11 before. I'm not sure if the RS-Rs are up to this, but we'll see. I really don't have to increase the power of this car any more - a bit under 300rwkw is plenty enough for a little RPS13, what needs improvement is the handling to make it a very fast car. Then go and rape a few GTRs on the track

Hi All, I decided to make a bit of a build thread for my 180sx. I sort of figured I'd tag it onto the end of my Stagea one, but nothing much gets done to the stagea these days, except carting a baby round and it seems a bit silly. So a dedicated build thread it is! This is primarily a track car. While still rego'd, it pretty much only gets driven to and from the track, and around the block occasionally. So, I'm going to copy some stuff out of my Stagea thread, cause I've got about a year and a half to catch up on. Well, I've been wanting something to have a bit of a crack at some motorsport in for a little while. Even though I had a ball in the stagea at the CAMS come and try day, it was clear to me that tracking this car regularly wasn't going to be possible. I was after something cheap, with plentiful parts, at I could tinker and work on in my spare time. Best of all, it meant if I broke it, I wouldn't be driving the Mrs around because we were down a car. So I started the hunt. I intially thought I wanted a HCR32, that suited the bill. I looked through lots of adverts and still didn't find something that was in my price range, with the condition and mods I wanted. It was then when a long time member of SAU NSW made a passing comment in a chat thread about selling a car. I was interested. The car was proven in motorsport events, had a lot of work done to it, and was at the top end of my price range. I went and drove it. It went like stink. Scared the shit out of me. There were a couple of little things I got the owner to fix up, but after agreeing to that, I put a deposit down. The deal was done. I drove it back home and garaged it. I have been working on it since, fixing up little niggles here and there. So here's the teaser.

Black m35 on the hbr bridge tonight 920pm. Had zorst and wheels

Sounds like it is going into limp mode. Get the car scanned for error codes. Might be as simple as the plug on the drivers side from the loom is loose, it has a clip to hold it in, might not have been replaced after fitting. Or on the other hand it might be something deeper inside the trans. Solenoids or the like.

9:30pm tonight, drove along the PAC highway with a Pearl white NM35 Axis, turned off at Gordon. Stock wheels, lowered, fujitsubu zorst.... On here?

Sort of goes without saying, but you need both ends aligned. Excess toe on the rear will give those symptoms. Sorry, I can't recommend anyone in melb.

12 is richer than 14. That is, 14 parts air, 1 part fuel. So it's not in danger. However it does point to a potential issue. That is, intake or vacuum pipe/seal leak. So, it might want to stall from unmetered air on cruise, but leak air out under boost to make for a richer mixture as the afm is metering up stream. Have a look at all pipes for disconnected hoses, or splits.

Spotted a white C34 parked with white wheels, Seven Hills, in the industrial area today.

It wasn't the earrings....? That advert is misleading.

Tasty! Enjoy it

Drivers side on the rhd cars.

Dont pay that FFS. Get them from the US, it'll be a heap cheaper. Check out the Z parts onlines sites, http://www.conceptzperformance.com/ There are others, so I don't know if thats the cheapest.

Was this with the 71 replacing the 76? How did it compare?

What a race! Fantastic to see Dan on the top step! I guess massa misjudged the braking distance of the force India after they seemed to have the same rear brake issues. But yeah, Vetool should buy a lottery ticket. That would have been very nasty for him if that t-boned him Seems Perez has got a grid penalty for moving racing line.

Remove the boot lining behind the fuel cap. Should be able to actuate it manually to get the locking pin unlocked.