Tim's N15 Sss Pulsar With A Twist - Neo Vvl

[Leroy Peterson]

oh hey Timmeh, didnt know you had a build thread here.

whered you get your bride rail from? here? http://www.jdmconcept.com.au/part/bride/seat-rail-ro-type/pulsar-n15-95-00

[TimmyMA70]

Hey man,

Yeah had one on here for a while

I actually got a good deal on it privately. If I was to buy another one I'd buy it through RHDJapan, much cheaper than any other shop I have found.

[beenowened]

does the bride rail need any modifications to fit to your sparco?

Whats the eta of when you cant start doing real skids again?

[TimmyMA70]

Umm slight "modifications" are required. I'll post photos up of me doing it step by step to show you what's required.

Once Gerard sources this pressure plate. Apparently they are becoming a bit harder to find these days. Other wise I'll have to go to a Mitsubishi pressure plate and i'll have to make some stepped dowels for the flywheel.

[Marshstag]

Awesome N15 mate... I miss my SSS, it was stolen and torched

[TimmyMA70]

Thanks man Here's another small update:

I've 99% completed my fixed back seat mount. I used a bride rail for an N15 and used 2 pieces of 5mm flat bar to make an 'adapter plate' to bolt the side mounts for my Pro 2000 onto, anyway here's a couple of photos.

All that has to be done is 4 holes need to be drilled for the side mount rails to be mounted to the adapter plates.

Here's a photo of the Bride rail as it is:



Then with the adapter plates:



I had to counter sink the bolt heads to get the heads flat (I'm using countersunk socket head cap screws)

[jake26]

I was wondering when these would pop up haha

[TimmyMA70]

Lol I've got too many projects going on at the one time. I've only half finished all of them.

I'm glad I saw your for sale ad though, was a hood buy

[TimmyMA70]

Thought I'd finish my bush/collar job. So here's the finished project:



I fitted them up this afternoon, there was a tiny bit more vibration, but on a positive note it has made the gear shifts everywhere in the rev range really smooth.



I designed the bushes so that they would have plenty of crush on the nylon washer.

[TimmyMA70]

On another note Gerard from PAR just called to tell me that my solid center clutch is now ready to go. So the short ratio (4.83:1), LSD gearbox will be back in next week

Pretty keen to get the box back in.

[TimmyMA70]

Update time:
Received my clutch today, so ripped the gearbox out and took the flywheel to a local clutch place to be machined. It'll be done first thing tomorrow morning

Pictures of the new PAR Solid Center Clutch:

[TimmyMA70]

Gearbox and clutch are back in. Feels great to have the LSD back again. The final drive is perfect for a VE on the street. You could definitely go a shorter ratio if you didn't do any highway driving. The clutch is anything but brutal. It probably has a smoother, more predictable engagement point with a nicer pedal feel. Also shifting is more effortless, overall I'm very happy.

[TimmyMA70]

Bit of a photo dump, been doing a little bit on the car over the past few days.

Pics will explain all:





A big thanks to a good friend of mine Dean for the hand made carbon fiber sheet. (the perks of being in the Airplane industry I guess )



The throttle linkage tube is 90% complete, I had to use an adjustable reamer and reamed out each throttle linkage pivot as the tube I had was 12.1mm, whereas the OEM BMW one was 11.95mm

[TimmyMA70]

Went to the drags today, ran a best time of 13.97 with a shit house launch lol. I'll post a video up later, the launch is quiet embarrassing though lol!

Still getting used to the new clutch, it's great to shift with, a little more tricky to launch though

[TimmyMA70]

Here's the video of the 13.97 run with the crap launch lol:

[TimmyMA70]

[TimmyMA70]

So I weighed the car while I was at the drags

It weighed in at 1085kg, that was the car on a small diet and 3/4 of a tank of fuel (no carpet or back seats or spare tyre, jack etc still has all the sound deadening and the rest of the interior)

I'm around the 85kg mark, so with me in it and a full tank of fuel you could say it would be close to 100kg heavier.

So around the 1185kg mark with me in it and a full tank of fuel.

[34GeeTeeTee]

Wow, so light compared to my nugget!

[TimmyMA70]

Lol it has alot less power than your skid pig though too

Gotta try and compensate some how haha.

[34GeeTeeTee]

Lol it has alot less power than your skid pig though too

Gotta try and compensate some how haha.

True! But still a little rocket