Monty's fun in the NW

[McCoy]

I always said it would take the right car for me to want to part-out my B13 sentra and build something different... my training wheels for so many years was the B13 chasis (2 NX's and 1 B13), 5 years of autocrossing and 3 years of track days and driving schools. I had so much time/money into the sentra I just didn't think it would ever happen.

The Sentra in it's prime... I had lead instructors that were amazed on how well the car handled on track for being a FWD car. To bad a set of hoosiers lasted 3-4 days if I was really really lucky and the tranny was at its limits for power I was putting down (254whp and 230wtq) :(.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/500/October_school_01.jpg

Well, that day finally came and it only took me a few minutes to make the decision to purchase this clean S13 coupe from Steve (98SR20VE) off of the SR20forum.
http://nissanroadracing.com/files/images/240%20may%2001.preview.jpg

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/240_arrival_02.sized.jpg

I flew down on the 24th of Febuary last year and drove it back 1200 miles to Pullman. When I received the car, it already had alot of the work done to it in regards to suspension and motor work. The car is not perfect by any means, but alot cleaner than the average 240 out there. Of course I didn't purchase this car to be a show queen... no, this car is going to be driven.

How the car came to me...

1992 240SX coupe
165K miles
Newer Paint, Mercedes White

Motor
S13 SR20DE swap
5 speed conversion
Fidenza Flywheel
Spec Stage 3 (6-puck) clutch/PP
Koyo Aluminum Radiator

Suspension
Front & Rear Progress adjustable sway bar
Ctune RUCA and Toe Rods (upgraded Aurora bearings)
ES bushing in various spots
Tein Tension Rods
Koni Yellows Front/Rear on stock springs (Silkroad coilovers in the trunk :))

[McCoy]

After a year, I've gotten the car alot closer to what I envisioned of a well balanced RWD car to play with on track, but still have a ways to go it seems when I look at my todo list :(.

The current car setup looks more like this now...

Motor
S13 SR20DE swap
S14 T28 setup
JWT S3 cams
MSD 50lb injectors
Z32 MAF and pop filter
JWT (B13 ECU)
PWR tube/fin IC, Ebay piping kit, 02 housing, DP
Large Apexi exhaust... quiet
Koyo Aluminum Radiator

Drivetrain
5 speed conversion
Fidenza Flywheel
Spec Stage 3 (6-puck) clutch/PP
Aluminum DSS driveshaft
S15 HLSD
Ichiba hubs F/R

Suspension
Koni 8611F/8610R (Richards housings)
GC hardware with 550lb 6"/400lb 7" springs
Tein camber caster plates and rear pillow mount
Z32 rear uprights
Front & Rear Progress adjustable sway bar
Ctune RUCA and Toe Rods (upgraded Aurora bearings)
ES bushing in various spots
Tein Tension Rods

Wheels/Tires
Street - 17x9 +27 MB comps with 235/45/17 Evo8 take-offs
Track - 17x9 +35 5zigens with 275/40/17 RA-1's

Brakes
F: Z32 calipers/Z33 rotors/Werks adapters
R: Z32 calipers/rotors
Street pads - CR6 (Front) Hawk HPS (Rear)
Track pads - Hawk Blues F/R
SPL SS lines
1" Z32 BMC
Valvoline Synpower brake fluid

Interior
Isspro water/oil temp, oil pressure, boost
Sparco "ring" wheel and 50mm spacer with a momo adapter
Sentra B14 manual belts
Sparco EvoII seats with custom seat brackets

Various pictures from the last year....

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/02_housing_fitment.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/PWR_IC_mounted_01.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/almost_done_01.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/S13_after_turbo_install_05.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/S13_after_turbo_install_04.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/oct_fatt.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/Eastwood_rolling_06.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/350z_brakes_04.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/Koni_8610_rear_installed.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/March_FATT_01.jpg

[a_ahmed]

Your car kicks ass :) I really love it!

Ahem... Hello wheels that I will have on my car soon :P

I want your seats to fit my heavy ass hehe and nice steering wheel too.

[Gearhead_42]

Very nice... izzat a home grown vent pod for your gauges? I keep looking for something like that so I can ditch the A-pillar pod...

[McCoy]

I want your seats to fit my heavy ass hehe and nice steering wheel too.
I'm 6'4", 190lbs, and have a 34" waist... there a perfect fit for me. I had an evo in the sentra and that was on the tight side!

Very nice... izzat a home grown vent pod for your gauges? I keep looking for something like that so I can ditch the A-pillar pod...
Actually I got it off ebay for something like $15 shipped. I was going to make it myself, but I couldn't pass on that price...

[a_ahmed]

Yea its definetely the kind of seat I need man :-/ Maybe even evo 3 lol...

[sr20goofus]

are you running 275 RA-1's up front as well as rear?

[McCoy]

are you running 275 RA-1's up front as well as rear?
That's the plan...

Here is what the fronts look like with 275's after I used the eastwood roller. I need to add 5mm spacers up front, so it's going to stick out a bit farther, shouldn't matter though with the ride height I'm at and the stiffness of the springs I'm currently running.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/Eastwood_front_03.jpg

The view from the inside with no spacers. To bad once you drop the car, the distance from the GC collar to the tire is close to 1-2mm... the reason I'm going to add a 5mm spacer.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/RA1_test_fitment_no_spacer_02.jpg

[sr20goofus]

see im hoping to go wider up front eventually, but i need to switch to 17's first, since no one really sells ass amounts of wider than 245 16" r-comps. And i am not financially able to buy new tires. i just invest in mass amounts of used at a time.

since im finally getting coilovers this year (soon) i wont have to worry about clearances anymore.

[McCoy]

My other set of R-compound takeoffs in the garage are 245/45/17 R5's, they are dang near the same tread width as the 275 RA-1s. I haven't checked to see how much taller they are, but for $100 for 5 good tires, I wasn't about to turn it down.

I understand the need for using takeoff's, I've only bought one set of new hoosiers in 5 years and that's back when they were closing out the GAC series hoosiers at $100 a piece shipped. I've probably run through 4 sets of free hoosiers when the local track team switched tire sizes back a few years ago and the rest have been takeoffs that I find on ebay or SCCA/NASA sites.

[ecugrad]

Take offs FTW!!!!11

[sr20goofus]

ill post a pic of my pick-up from fed-ex freight tomorrow....all you track guys will be jealous...for sure.

[a_ahmed]

uh oh, you got me all excited what is it? :D I'm excited to see what you are getting too :cool: I should be getting my ups delivery of arizona z car bbk f/r tomorrow too :eek:

I luv NRR :) Making 240s useful and cool haha. Hmm speaking of that I just got a thread idea...

[McCoy]

My todo list also seems to be fairly long, I'll give a recap on what I'm still planning for this year.


Here's what I'm trying to get done before the June 13th track day.
--Purchase a receiver so I can pull my tire trailer
--Install Freddy oil pan and oil temp sensor
--Install longer studs (50mm Ichiba studs F/R)
--Install JGS motor mounts and Nismo tranny mount
--Install PP subframe collars
--Replace IACV that doesn't seem to work right

Stuff that I wanted to get done this year, hopefully before the year is over:
--Install harness bar until I can decide on what I'm going to do for a cage
--Install 6pt harness's that are sitting in the garage
--fab camera mount
--fab crash bar since I tossed the stock one :)
--Purchase a Nismo power brace

For the motor, the T28 has blown seals... you can see this by looking at my burnt looking bumper and the massive amount of play the turbo has. I could just replace it with another S14 T28, but that would be to easy and I never seem to make things easy :). Instead, I'm going to go to a T3 turbo and change everything up.

I'm planning on switching over to the following sometime this year, probably after I get a new DD and can take the car down for a few days to do the swap. The only things that I'm still waiting on is the fabrication of the JGS manifold that will work with an SR motor, his typically are only sold for KA applications, but I'm trying to change that.

T3/T04E 50trim, a stage III wheel and a .82 A/R exhaust side
JGS manifold/02 housing
JGS400 WG
JGS BOV
JWT C1 cams and retainers (in the garage already)


Also, I'm going to do some dyno testing between the mild S3 cams and the C1 cams which have alot more lift, but about the same duration.

[veilside180sx]

Monty's gonna have a tire shredder=)

[McCoy]

Monty's gonna have a tire shredder=)
I hope not... but there is one Z06 on hoosiers, driven by an instructor, that I'd like to play with longer than the usual finger point that Monty gives to him on the straights :o

[turtl631]

Nice plans.

From what I've heard and read, the Freddy oil pans are a really porous casting and prone to leaking THROUGH the metal. I thought about getting one, but it seems like quite a few people have had them leak, and the real Greddy is maybe $150 more.

Why a JGS log that doesn't even exist yet versus all the other topmount T3 SR manifolds available?

Why .82 on the 50 trim rather than .63?

Good call on the 6 point harnesses, my ballbuster 5 points are rather annoying and require an extra mounting point, which was actually kind of tough to find a good centered location for.

[McCoy]

From what I've heard and read, the Freddy oil pans are a really porous casting and prone to leaking THROUGH the metal. I thought about getting one, but it seems like quite a few people have had them leak, and the real Greddy is maybe $150 more.
Yeah, I did a fair bit of reading on the freddy one's and took a gamble. The casting on the one I got looks fine, actually better than I thought considering that I only paid $80 shipped for it.

Actually, here is a picture of the one I have.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/Freddy_oil_pan_08.jpg

Why a JGS log that doesn't even exist yet versus all the other topmount T3 SR manifolds available?
No paticular reason. He showed interest in wanting to do it, I wasn't in a rush to do this project. Also, I had an extra stock manifold and 02 housing that I sent to him to take measurments on.

I also wanted a manifold that isn't going to fail, I don't like most of the manifolds I see on ebay and am not going to spend $1K on a nice manifold, so a log manifold seems to fit the bill for what I want to do. I've found that things tend to break alot easier on track than with typical street driving.

Why .82 on the 50 trim rather than .63?
The .82 is what Richard has sitting in the garage. I do agree that the .63 is probably the better choice and if I find I don't like the .82, I'll step down.

Good call on the 6 point harnesses, my ballbuster 5 points are rather annoying and require an extra mounting point, which was actually kind of tough to find a good centered location for.
Another place I did a fair bit of reading on. The nice part about the 6 pt harnesses is that you can route the two sub belts under your thighs and route them down with the lap belts. No reason to fuss over drilling through the floor pan and using huge washers to anchor the sub belts like you mentioned.

[Epstein]

The .63ar is going to work better on a car with a normal-ish redline (read: hydro lifters). The .82 is going to spool later but make better power up top. I'd do an 82 with solids and 272's.

You're not going to see much of a difference between the S3's and C1's on a turbo app. These motors don't need that much lift to flow the numbers that a 50trim is going to make.

[turtl631]

Yes, I wish I knew that about harnesses when I bought mine. There wasn't flat floorpan along my seat centerline on either driver or passenger side, so it definitely would have been easier to do 6 point belts, and I wouldn't have had to buy 2 more eyebolt sets. And, less testicle crushing on track.

I had a JGS log on my KA setup before. I really don't like logs, but you can't beat the durability, as stuff does tend to break a lot quicker on the track, like you said.

[McCoy]

The .63ar is going to work better on a car with a normal-ish redline (read: hydro lifters). The .82 is going to spool later but make better power up top. I'd do an 82 with solids and 272's.
I have no where the experience that you have in builds... so I won't argue or disagree with anything you say here. I was picking the .82 for the increased topend. If I can't handle the lag, then I'll step down to the .63 then.

I was just wanting a setup that can get me over 300whp with the least amount of boost possible. Richard made me a fair offer on the T3, so I figure I might as well give it a shot and go from there.

You're not going to see much of a difference between the S3's and C1's on a turbo app. These motors don't need that much lift to flow the numbers that a 50trim is going to make.
Yeah, I wasn't sure on this one either. I thought it best to dyno with both cam setups and see which one I like better. I'm not to concerned about peak gains, but overall gains throughout the powerband. I got new C1 cams in the garage and some used JWT springs laying around, so thought that I might as well see.

If you really think I'll see no gains with the C1 cams, then smack me now then... I can always resell the cams and just switch up to S4 cams and springs in the long run :)

Actually what got me thinking about the C1 cams was the infamous Enthalpy response thread on FA, here (http://forums2.freshalloy.com/showthread.php?t=136951&highlight=jwt+cams+dyno).

Thanks for the input guys... I do welcome it.

[McCoy]

I had a JGS log on my KA setup before. I really don't like logs, but you can't beat the durability, as stuff does tend to break a lot quicker on the track, like you said.
I'm not a fan of logs either, but they are compact and fairly solid... and best of all cheap.

[a_ahmed]

What's wrong with logs? Unless you are pushing like 500whp or something lol... apparently some guys run 300whp+ with them...

[turtl631]

Not the most efficient flowing manifold design by a long shot. Enthalpy or FR did a test of a log vs. a FR manifold and it was like a 50 whp difference. Sure, you can make a lot of power with a bad manifold, but you'll make more with a better design. JGS manifolds are nice for what they are though; it was one of the components of my setup that I had no issues with. Just a little expensive for being a log mani. Oh well, JGS has great customer service so that makes up for it.

[McCoy]

Funny story... I thought I'd help a friend sell a set of Kosei K1's (16x8.5 et37) that he has had sitting in the garage for a few years. He sent me the link this morning and I responded back with a "SOLD TO ME" :). I know they don't fit over the Z33 rotors, so I'll just sit on these for now and piss the wife off some more with one extra set of wheels/tires in the garage.

http://pullman.craigslist.org/pts/678306284.html

[2Fass240us]

I didn't think a 16x8.5 +37 was very good for a S13. I have +27's and the 245's barely clear the front AGX's.

[McCoy]

I didn't think a 16x8.5 +37 was very good for a S13. I have +27's and barely clear the front AGX's.
17x9 +35 wheels fit up front with 275 RA-1's, so I think these will fit just fine. It all comes down to the suspension... and the front housings that I got from Richard have plenty of clearance built into them.

[McCoy]

Finally got the K1's picked up yesterday... the V700 victoracers have alot more tread on them than I thought and are actually still soft, I wasn't expecting that for tires that are 3 years old. For $290 I'm not going to complain... and I might be able to get 2 days out of the tires... bonus :)

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/kosei_k1_01.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/kosei_k1_02.jpg

[veilside180sx]

Looking good Monty

[a_ahmed]

Nice fitment and looking good Monty.

[McCoy]

What I found funny is that the 235/45/17 advans have almost (2-3mm difference) the same tread width as the 245/45/16 V700 victoracers. I was expecting the V700 to be oversized... I guess I'm to used to playing with hoosiers :)

[McCoy]

Nothing has happened to the car yet. The receiver that I got came with some wrong hardware, so I had to make a trip to Ace to get the right bolts. I'll work on that on the next few nights.

The Kosei K1's are shipping out tomorrow to their new owner... that was the shortest that I've owned a set of wheels. Zilvia had a good sale on the 17x10 FN01R-C wheels, good enough that I bought a set :). Luckily I had someone already asking about the K1's, so that was an easy sale. I also sold the old victoracers to a local guy, so all in all I made a few dollars off the deal and got a set of wheels that I was thinking of getting down the road someday.

Besides the receiver, I need to get the extended wheels studs on and the freddy oil pan installed... maybe next week after I get my new daily driver :)

[McCoy]

Finally got around to getting the freddy oil pan on. fitment was good and so far oil isn't pouring out of it... that's a plus :). 5qts of Mobil 1 10-40 later and she's running again.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/freddy_oil_pan_installed.jpg

The new wheels showed up a few weeks ago... curious what it's going to take to get these 17x10 +25's to fit under the front of the car with 275 710's :)
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/1710_fno1rc.jpg

some ebay traction arms showed up... I'll use these till I can get a set of Kauh's v3 arms later on.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/ebay_traction_arms.jpg

Hopefully there will be more to come this weekend... like the install of a trailer hitch and some wiring...

[Benito Malito]

Looking good man. Digging those wheels!

[McCoy]

Thanks Ben... the wheels are growing on me, especially after getting the 275 V710's mounted :).

Speaking of the V710's... it looks like I might need to pull the fenders a tad bit more.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/275_V710_rear_fitment.jpg

I also got on the longer wheel studs (rear) tonight and the rear traction rods. I set the traction rods to the same length as the stock ones for now.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/Ichiba_ext_studs_rear.jpg

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/traction_rods_rear.jpg

[2Fass240us]

Good chit Monty. I'm jealous of your 275's. :)

[McCoy]

Finally got around to test fitting the V710's up front... I'm thinking some 30mm wide fenders are in order.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/V710_front_fitment.jpg



Also took a few minutes this morning to install a tension arm brace on the front of the 240. I figure with bigger R-compound tires that some additional bracing in this area would be good.

Similiar to a Nismo brace but minus the part where you have to remove the stock tension arm supports or anything else for that matter to install this. Cost was also a factor here. Sold on Zilvia by member Jonnie Fraz (http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=143957)

What you get for $90 shipped...
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/stealth_brace_01.jpg

And 30 minutes later...
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/stealth_brace_02.jpg

[nismofly]

youve got the first generation housings to fit that much rubber, and a 10 +25 up front on an s13 period, correct?

also what are you planning for keeping the power steering in check?

looks awesome though, cant wait for something like that

[McCoy]

youve got the first generation housings to fit that much rubber, and a 10 +25 up front on an s13 period, correct?
Yeah, I got about 3-4mm clearance to the spring perch. The downside is that I can only get 1.5 degrees of camber out of the front.

also what are you planning for keeping the power steering in check?

Not sure yet... probably add a small cooler. I was going to wait till I had problems before addressing it. The track I frequent does not have that many turns (11 turns, 2.8 miles) so it's not that hard on the power steering.

[Your Mom]

more pictures of the wheels and tires, damn it.

thats crazy ****

theres a time attack at PIR at the end of july you should bring that down. that way i'm not the only 240.

[2Fass240us]

That brace is nice. Don't forget to connect your oil temp sender! :)

[McCoy]

That brace is nice. Don't forget to connect your oil temp sender! :)
I need to add the gauge and wiring before I connect up the sensor :)

Brian - I so wish I could do a time attack this year. The fact that I have a newborn at home is probably going to keep me from doing it though. There's also the fact that I need to get in a few more track days over here to work out all the bugs on the 240 before driving 6 hours for a track day

[Your Mom]

yeah i just threw it out there, didn't think you'd make it over. One very big reason why i don't want kids. not saying kids are bad, just......

[McCoy]

Trailer hitch and wiring for trailer lights are done.

Finally, got around to finishing the install of the oil temp gauge.
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/new_gauge_layout.jpg

The last thing I really need to do is install the ext. studs up front and figure out how I'm going to secure the tires onto the trailer before this next Thursday :)

[sr20goofus]

i have always been curious how a 275 would fit upfront? at any point in the turning radius does the tire come close to hitting the pinch-weld on the chassis (aft of wheel) or the fender (fwd of wheel)?

my 245/45R16's come close, enough to make me nervous at times, ill have to do some hammer to the pinch-weld eventually if i upgrade i think.

[McCoy]

i have always been curious how a 275 would fit upfront? at any point in the turning radius does the tire come close to hitting the pinch-weld on the chassis (aft of wheel) or the fender (fwd of wheel)?
It is close in a few spots, but I found that at my maximum turn angle (crossing arms) on track that I have enough room not to worry to much. Also, when I went to 8.5 degrees of caster I have alot more room... how much, I'll let you know after I test fit them again with spacers sometime this weekend :)

[sr20goofus]

if you are ever crossing your arms on track.....then start shuffle steering. Once your arms/hands go past the 90* (up and down) positions on the steering wheel you loose leverage, shuffle one hand at a time and you will be able to have more control over the wheel and be more comfortable.

[McCoy]

shuffling is a good thing to learn... luckily for the local track it's not really needed. When I said 'cross my arms' I was really talking about hitting the 110 to 120 range, and there both used on very tight 2nd gear turns where your only crossing 90 for a very short time. In the end, it's best to keep your hands in the normal driving position.

[sr20goofus]

shuffling is a good thing to learn... luckily for the local track it's not really needed. When I said 'cross my arms' I was really talking about hitting the 110 to 120 range, and there both used on very tight 2nd gear turns where your only crossing 90 for a very short time. In the end, it's best to keep your hands in the normal driving position.


2nd gear turn....very low speed wow, i havnt been in 2nd gear on any track in like 2 years.

I still dont like the idea of crossing arms, not a good habit to keep up, low speed or not its a huge loss of leverage. As an instructor i get my students away from that so they always have good control even in tight low speed corners.

now go test fit those wheels again for me, go go.

[Benito Malito]

if you are ever crossing your arms on track.....then start shuffle steering. Once your arms/hands go past the 90* (up and down) positions on the steering wheel you loose leverage, shuffle one hand at a time and you will be able to have more control over the wheel and be more comfortable.

My grandfather hated arm crossing and taught me otherwise. He was NYPD highway patrol and then motor pool. He was also nuts about racing back in the day and drove only Mustang GTs. Shuffling is faster even if it feels funny at first.

The car looks great Monty.

[McCoy]

2nd gear turn....very low speed wow, i havnt been in 2nd gear on any track in like 2 years.
Yes, and it's a real challange to throttle out of this turn without sending your backend off the track, part of the reason that I think the instructors give the driver the option of shuffling or not on these two turns. I have been with several instructors and lead instructors on this track and can only remember a small handful that will shuffle the wheel.

I still dont like the idea of crossing arms, not a good habit to keep up, low speed or not its a huge loss of leverage. As an instructor i get my students away from that so they always have good control even in tight low speed corners.
I'm not going to argue this... I'll just state that there are times (turns) I'd prefer not to shuffle and leave it at that.

now go test fit those wheels again for me, go go.
hopefully tonight... kids and wife kept me to busy this weekend :(

[2Fass240us]

I'm not going to argue this... I'll just state that there are times (turns) I'd prefer not to shuffle and leave it at that.
I'm not sure if you call if shuffling, but I will shift both hands 90° before a sweeper so I have my hands mostly straight through it, then move them back when I'm out of the turn. I also have to do this a lot in autocross. For me, it's ONLY because I have no PS though.

hopefully tonight... kids and wife kept me to busy this weekend :(
Selfish pricks! :D

[McCoy]

i have always been curious how a 275 would fit upfront? at any point in the turning radius does the tire come close to hitting the pinch-weld on the chassis (aft of wheel) or the fender (fwd of wheel)?

I just checked tonight and am fine behind the wheel... something like 2-3" of clearance and up front only come close at the fender by 1/4" when I have the steering wheel at 120 degrees... this represents the tightest turn on the local track. I think I'm fine... or at least I'll know here in a few days :)

[McCoy]

I just made one of those unplanned purchases for the car... but I have always wanted one :).

an 02 induction manifold... this should be shipping tomorrow
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/02_induction_mani_01.jpg

[Scores240]

that manifold looks niceeeee.

[2Fass240us]

Monty: if you want to just blow some money, send it my way. I need brakes for my October event. :)

[McCoy]

I think I'll blow some more money at the track next Wednesday... yeah, I'll do that :D

[McCoy]

After getting back from the last track day I found a fairly small water leak coming from the hard water line on the back side of the turbo. Not having the time or want to pull the turbo, I'll be pulling the water lines where they connect near the TB and capping them off. I know others have run T25/T28's with no water, so figured I might as well do it this way for a temperary fix. Also, the turbo has so much shaft play as it is I don't really care if something happens to it or not... I have a new T3/T04E sitting in the garage :).

Next track day is the 5th of Sept, so I just need to do is inspect the suspension, fix the water leak, and load up the trailer.

In the garage a few more parts have arrived...
T3/T04E 50trim
JGS BOV
8.5:1 DET pistons
Nismo 740cc injectors
B&M short shifter
Z32 oil cooler (PS cooler for me)

shoot... I've been on a buying spree :eek:

[veilside180sx]

Sure helped clean stuff out of my garage too-=)

After getting back from the last track day I found a fairly small water leak coming from the hard water line on the back side of the turbo. Not having the time or want to pull the turbo, I'll be pulling the water lines where they connect near the TB and capping them off. I know others have run T25/T28's with no water, so figured I might as well do it this way for a temperary fix. Also, the turbo has so much shaft play as it is I don't really care if something happens to it or not... I have a new T3/T04E sitting in the garage :).

Next track day is the 5th of Sept, so I just need to do is inspect the suspension, fix the water leak, and load up the trailer.

In the garage a few more parts have arrived...
T3/T04E 50trim
JGS BOV
8.5:1 DET pistons
Nismo 740cc injectors
B&M short shifter
Z32 oil cooler (PS cooler for me)

shoot... I've been on a buying spree :eek:

[McCoy]

Small update.

Well, really not much has happened since the last track day of the year, heck the track pads are still on the car and it hasn't even been driven since it came back from the track in Oct. :(

Now that the work has gotten back to a normal pace and everyone is over their colds/sicknesses at home, I can start getting back into planning mode for 2009 for the 240.

Looking at my budget for 09, I decided to sell the perty new manifold to pay for more important (safety oriented) things for the car. I figured I wouldn't have enough cash flow for a cage and all the other misc updates to the car along with new tires for next year with the monthly allowance and what I already have it the 'car' savings, so I had to make a sacrifice. The car will get stripped over the next month and delivered to a local cage builder around the first of January for a rear cage, similiar to Andy's setup, along with the install of the pair of 6-pt harnesses and maybe a front crash bar inplace of the factory one I tossed.

As for the motor area, I'm still waiting on a manifold/DP/dump from JGStools... I hope that I'll have them before the new year, if not I might need to go another route. The possibility of adding the 8.5:1 CR pistons also might happen, but uncertain just yet... not feeling like pulling the motor just yet. The oil cooler will be added whenever I have time this winter, I still need to install the JGS motor mounts, so I'll plan those at the same time.

For misc repairs, I have a bad Ichiba wheel bearing, leaking PS rack, and a broken IC mount that need to be fixed. A few of the sensors for the gauges are starting to act up, so probably new sensors for the water temp and oil temp... there around 6 years old now.

Still in the air for what I want to run for tires next year. either some Hoosier take-offs or find a fresher set of 275 RA-1 or R888 tires to run. I figure something will pop up on NASAforums or ebay sometime in the next 5-6 months.

bye-bye manifold... it was watching you sit in my garage!
http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/02_induction_mani_01.jpg

[McCoy]

Still planning to have a cage built after new years. I'm needing to find some time to strip the interior... to bad the temps outside currently have been below 10F for sometime now.

I did just make a purchase on my track tires for next year. These tires seemed to do fairly well on Dan's Supra, so I thought I'd give them a try on the 240 as a cheap tire for next year. I'm afrain the cage and T3 project is going to suck away alot of 09's budget, as mentioned before.

For a total price of $150 shipped, I got a full set of 255/40/17 Bridgestone RE050A's. BMW takeoffs.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=360117071017
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280295200029

[turtl631]

Good deal on tires Monty!

I hear you on the weather, we've been between 5 and 25 degrees for the last few days. 20 minute drive took 2 hours yesterday due to snow...kinda cramping my SR swap plans.

[nismofly]

Hey you're still running all the NA SR stuff internally, other than the cams, with turbo SR stuff bolted on (at least for the time being?) I guess it holds up pretty well with boost, iirc NA block lacks a lot stuff turbo block has for higher power capability, but at least for a setup like this its fine...

Also does NA SR have same head?

[McCoy]

Good deal on tires Monty!
I hope so too... they shipped already and should be here on Monday.


Hey you're still running all the NA SR stuff internally, other than the cams, with turbo SR stuff bolted on (at least for the time being?)
Yeah, this is basically what I'm running.

I guess it holds up pretty well with boost, iirc NA block lacks a lot stuff turbo block has for higher power capability, but at least for a setup like this its fine...
For a daily driven car, there is nothing wrong with the setup. For a car taken to the track, then I would probably add some 8.5:1CR pistons to keep from having to run a mix of premium and race fuel to ward off detonation.

Also does NA SR have same head?
DET head has sodium filled exhaust valves and cams with less lift/duration... besides that they are basically the same.

[McCoy]

Another small update. drove the car for the first time since the last track day in October.... to the cage builders garage :). The sucky part is that I got to drive in rain, sleet, on slush covered roads, over snow covered roads, got stuck once and had to get unstuck in a parking lot, and finally down a bumpy snow covered back road on 86XX struts still set from the last track day. Can't wait to get the car back, but it might be a month due to bad weather up here.

I did find that I hate driving a completly stripped car... damn it was LOUD on the hwy. I asked the cage builder that once he's done to weld a piece of sheet metal between the cabin/trunk area. I'll probably plan on doing some light sound deading and adding some carpet to help keep the road noise down.

The BMW takeoffs showed up over the past few weeks. Not to shabby for the price and more than enough tread for what I'm going to be doing with them.

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/ebay_RE050A_tires.sized.jpg

The S14 LCA/uprights/front hubs and Z32 rear hubs showed up from Chris yesterday. As a bonus they come with Nismo 60mm studs already pressed in and new front wheel bearings :). The next shipment, hopefully will be here on Monday, is the fender braces.

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/5lug_S14_Z32_hubs_LCA.sized.jpg

[2Fass240us]

^jealous

[McCoy]

^jealous
I'm jealous of your cage... so we're even.

[2Fass240us]

I'm jealous of your cage... so we're even.I'm jealous of your sweet ass.

Wait, what? :)

[Bumnah]

I'm jealous of your sweet ass.

Wait, what? :)

You're not just going to come out the closet, you're going to blow the doors off of it.

[veilside180sx]

You're not just going to come out the closet, you're going to blow the doors off of it.

I...ummm...think he just did. Umm...Andy do we need to have a conversation with your wife.:eek:

[2Fass240us]

Andy do we need to have a conversation with your wife.:eek:Watt?

[McCoy]

Hey Richard, do we got the "ban member from thread" button like I got on the sr20forum :)

[2Fass240us]

I was just expressing my fondness for Monty. If you guys consider that h0m0sexuality, then you might need counseling.

[Bumnah]

Check out Mr. Reverse Psychology over here.

[2Fass240us]

Check out Mr. Reverse Psychology over here.Now you have to pay for shipping on that fitting. :)

[McCoy]

Not to get this thread back on topic or anthing... but I got the email last night that the cage install has started. I like those kind of emails, better than the one's that start with "I hope you have good insurance, because after that fire...".

Actually, I had to make the call weather to keep or ditch the stock seat belts, I elected to keep them since I'll still be driving the car to/from track days.

[veilside180sx]

With the cage in there, the harnesses are fine. Since I don't think you'll drive it too "often" on the street, you'll probably wind up taking them out.

[2Fass240us]

IMO, that may have been a bad call Monty. Depending on where they planned on putting the main hoop, it could limit the ability to move outboard, clsoer to the sheet metal. It all depends on where they locate the main hoop fore:aft though.

[McCoy]

I talked to him today, He was worried about me wanting to be able to service (remove or replace) the belt assembly. I told him I wasn't worried about that and to try and keep it if possible, if not to pull it. I still like driving the car... more than that one time per month, so the stock belts are nice for the daily driving.

[2Fass240us]

the stock belts are nice for the daily driving.I could see that, but also don't think that a harness is that bad. The only thing with the harness is that you can't turn around like you do with a stock belt.

[McCoy]

One crappy cell phone pic of the new cage... not to shabby for $650. Now I have to wait a full week to get it, but by then the harnesses will be installed too, so I'll be patient :).

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/240_cage_pic.jpg

[Bumnah]

THAT is a gorgeous cage!

[El_Guapo]

Looking good Monty, can't wait to see the finished results

[2Fass240us]

No diagonal from the main hoop to the strut towers?

[McCoy]

No diagonal from the main hoop to the strut towers?
Nope. I thought I had asked for it too, but it's done and I need the car back to start prepping it for the first track day in April. It would have been nice to have, but again I don't see it as a major concern either.

[2Fass240us]

Nope. I thought I had asked for it too, but it's done and I need the car back to start prepping it for the first track day in April. It would have been nice to have, but again I don't see it as a major concern either.As much as I would've campaigned for one, you can't beat the price. The other thing I've learned about having a rollbar is that you think of things you want later. So going back to add a diagonal isn't turrible.

[McCoy]

As much as I would've campaigned for one, you can't beat the price. The other thing I've learned about having a rollbar is that you think of things you want later. So going back to add a diagonal isn't turrible.
Yep, for the price I'm not complaining one bit. :)

[Def]

Looks exactly like my roll bar. :)

A diagonal in the rear downtubes probably won't add much overall strength to the structure, and an X is overkill for the strength it provides IMO.


Any plans for interior paint? I think I'm just going to do the ole' Rustoleum appliance epoxy rattle can. Seems durable enough, easy touch ups. They have it in Gloss White too.

[McCoy]

Looks exactly like my roll bar. :)
That's funny because I sent him pictures of Andy's and got one like Def's :).

Any plans for interior paint? I think I'm just going to do the ole' Rustoleum appliance epoxy rattle can. Seems durable enough, easy touch ups. They have it in Gloss White too.
Thinking of it, but will probably wait till late spring or early summer to do it. Rustoleum white sounds good, this way if there is any major overspray it won't be noticed to much.

[Def]

Yep, the appliance epoxy is much much harder than normal spray paint since it's a single stage epoxy. Dries nice and glossy too due to the epoxy curing taking a while.

[McCoy]

Just ordered up 2 sticks (3ft each) of rollbar padding... almost forgot about this one.

http://www.safedrives.com/proddetail.asp?prod=FIApad

I'll probably do it similiar to how I did it in the sentra... same padding.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album45/cage_finished_02.sized.jpg

[veilside180sx]

Thank goodness for no Autopower in this car.=P

[McCoy]

Thank goodness for no Autopower in this car.=P
Yep, I was never going to let that happen again. Heck, it would cost more shipped for the autopower than for what I had built...

[LAWL]

OT: What is DD SFI? daily driver sfi approved?

[McCoy]

OT: What is DD SFI? daily driver sfi approved?
Dual Density SFI padding I'm sure, picture doesn't seem to quite match from the link below. hard inner section and softer outer for those that like to drive there car still. This would probably be best for the front section of a full cage...

http://www.safedrives.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BSCI%2DDDpad&cat=72

[2Fass240us]

Any plans for interior paint? I think I'm just going to do the ole' Rustoleum appliance epoxy rattle can. Seems durable enough, easy touch ups. They have it in Gloss White too.You are such a thief.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/2Fass240us/Project_240/Interior/IntPaint_001.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/2Fass240us/Project_240/Interior/IntPaint_002.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/2Fass240us/Project_240/Interior/IntPaint_005.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o20/2Fass240us/Project_240/Interior/IntPaint_006.jpg

I would HIGHLY recommend this stuff. I did a lot of suspension pieces and underhood stuff with the gloss black, and it's held up very well. Even the brake booster, which is subject to exhaust manifold heat.

[veilside180sx]

I love clean white cars. :D

[McCoy]

Dang, Andy... I'd need sunglasses just to get in that car :cool:

On other news, the rollbar padding showed up today... and I ordered it yesterday, dang! Also found out that I don't get the car for another week. It was decided that a bar is going to be welded between the seat rails so that the sub harness can be attached along with additional bracing for the seat mounts for safety.

[2Fass240us]

I love clean white cars. :DI doubt you'd use that adjective if you saw the outside up-close. Speaking of which, I'm thinking about doing this on a spare headlight cover, to see how it holds up to UV. If all goes well, I might just do the whole car in it. As bright as the paint is though, it'll look like the second coming of Jeebus every time the sun is out. :cool:

Dang, Andy... I'd need sunglasses just to get in that car :cool:I have a polarized visor for my Simpson and polarized sunglasses for street use, so I should be OK. :)

[a_ahmed]

I'd maybe do engine bay white but interior, id make it as black as possible so less stuff can be seen :D None the less thats mega clean :D Beatiful :D

[2Fass240us]

I'd maybe do engine bay white but interior, id make it as black as possible so less stuff can be seen :D None the less thats mega clean :D Beatiful :DBlack is worse because it makes the interior hot as fawk.

Gray is a good compromise, but this product has not been available in gray for as long as I can remember. They recently offered a "stainless" color, which I bought a can of the other day to test out on a spare headlight cover.

[a_ahmed]

You are right, however, my idea was that when I cage the car to make it all black inside and slightly tint it so that no one can see the cage especially popos and ontario/canada popos are notorious.

[Fifth]

You are right, however, my idea was that when I cage the car to make it all black inside and slightly tint it so that no one can see the cage especially popos and ontario/canada popos are notorious.

one thing that I learned.. the darker you paint it.. the hot it gets (temp wise).. have you ever driven in 100 degree heat with inside car temps at 120+... lol.. Canada maybe cooler then Phoenix though

[a_ahmed]

You are right, but if you tint it, the heat shouldn't penetrate as much no?

[SoSideways]

You are right, but if you tint it, the heat shouldn't penetrate as much no?

Then you can't see as well.

[McCoy]

Not to get us off topic or anything... but I'll probably be ordering up a remanned steering rack today. It's either going to be from Ebay or Steeringrack.com. There within $20 of each other and really just comes down to when they can ship and the return core charges and shipping related to the core.

[McCoy]

Not to much to update yet...

The Ebay remaned steering rack showed up last week. Came out to be $220 shipped and that included the $80 core charge. So once all is said and done it should only cost me $150, which isn't bad at all.

I was getting ready to buy some new 275/40/17 NT01's, but ended up purchasing the below wheels with some used RA-1's on them... :).

17x9.5 +38 Enkei NT03-M wheels with 255/40 RA-1s with just 5 HPDE lapping days on them. These wheels should help fit the 275's (after I burn through the current set of tires) under the stock fenders better than my current 17x9 +35 wheels.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album79/mar_23rd_bob_01.sized.jpg

[McCoy]

The car is FINALLY back in the garage! All for $845 I got the cage built, seat mounts reinforced, and the harness installed... not to shabby. Oh yeah, since he does alignments at a tire shop, he threw in a free alignment since it sounds like he was bored this morning, lol.

Updated pictures of the new cage... to lazy to pull the seats out for better shots.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_cage_03.sized.jpg

I asked for a tight fit, and he did it I'd say.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_cage_04.sized.jpg

Welds aren't the prettiest, but they look to be good enough to do the job.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_cage_05.sized.jpg

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_cage_01.sized.jpg

Reinforced seat mounts.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_seat_mount_reinforced.sized.jpg

[MusashiRacing]

I'm gonna have to do that with my car to keep my driver seat from rocking. Flaten out the floor. Thnx for the idea, car looks sweet.

[2Fass240us]

Can't beat that for $845.67

[Serebros]

http://www.sr20forum.com/gallery/data/959/medium/March_FATT_01.jpg

is this pic with the mb's?

do u have any pics with the 5zigens?

thankyou

[McCoy]

Yep, those are the MB's...

Here are the 5Zigens.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album90/Sept_08_track_day_01.jpg

And the new wheels...
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album99/NT03_01.sized.jpg

[Serebros]

very nice, would u happen to have any other pics of the car with the 5zigens

sorry to be a nag, im buying some in the summer, most of cars on zilvia with these are hideous drift cars, not clean like yours or mines

thx

[McCoy]

very nice, would u happen to have any other pics of the car with the 5zigens
Not really... never got to take to many photos with the track wheels on the car :(

[Serebros]

Not really... never got to take to many photos with the track wheels on the car :(

aww that sucks, thx anyways, did u have silver or fully polished?

thx

[McCoy]

Added back what I could for some sound deadening... none of this weighs much, but should help keep the road noise down some on the road trips to the track.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/post_cage_insulation.sized.jpg

The new V3 housings and Epstein's S14 hubs/spindles and nismo 60mm studs
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/S14_hubs_V3_housings.sized.jpg

Just back from the machine shop... Def's RSSB's. Wednesday the BV RLCA's will be here, so that's when these will get bolted up.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/RSSB_pressed_in_01.sized.jpg
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/RSSB_pressed_in_02.sized.jpg

[veilside180sx]

Looking great Monty.=)

[Bumnah]

Lookin' great! What are you doing for the rear shock mount bushings and the toe arm bushings?

[McCoy]

Lookin' great! What are you doing for the rear shock mount bushings and the toe arm bushings?
keeping the stock rubber bushing for the shock mount... the Toe arm has an RSSB in it, you might be confused by the picture probably.

[Bumnah]

yeah the angle threw me off.

Get that shock mount bearing in as well. Knock it all out in one shot. Does Def have any shock mount bushings? If not, you can spend 3 times the price and go SPL.

When I told Kuah I had to cut back on my build, and I couldn't do all the spherical bearings, he said I should at least get the shock mount bushings, as it was the "important one".

It is an expensive piece to buy though.

[McCoy]

To make my first track day in 3 weeks, and due to the fact that we're also house shopping right now, I need to make some decisions in the next week on what gets done before the first track day and what gets pushed out to a later date.

I'm leaning towards just getting the suspension wrapped up, finish the interior (rewiring some of the gauges and new temp sensors installed), reinstall the T25 and call it good for now. I need to get the car back on the ground and all the bugs out so that I can run both the May 8th SRP track day and May 29th ORP track days with no issues (hopefully).

OT: The house that we're interested in has a garage that's 36ft deep and a small 9'x10' shop area off to the side...

[Bumnah]

Good luck with the house purchase! This is the time to buy! I'm thinking about refinancing my house since the rates are so low right now.

When I went house shopping I told my realtor, don't even show me a house without a garage, and if you show me a single car garage, it better be f'n nice for me to even consider it.

I needed my families help to close on my house, but I'm glad I went with the house I did. Sadly after closing on it in 2005, I've had a desire to relocate to another state, but I'm tied down to where I am for a while now. I might as well make the best of it.

Good luck on the house!

[McCoy]

A few updates...

Last night I finally got around to throwing the remanned PS rack back on the car. Spent more time here than I wanted too, the bracket on the drivers side kept trying to cross-thread. Also added the rollbar padding, so that's done.

Tonight I installed the BV RLCA on the passanger side. My only concern is how far I could pull the king-pin through the Z32 upright, the last picture shows you what I'm talking about.

What arrived today...
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_01.sized.jpg
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_02.sized.jpg

progress adapter barely fit, I was getting alittle concerned here, but all went well.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_04.sized.jpg


http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_05.sized.jpg

My mix of adjustable arms and RSSB's, I couldn't resist bolting it all together even though I have to pull it back apart tonight
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_06.sized.jpg

I used the impact and really don't think it will go much more than this. Hmm....
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_07.sized.jpg

[V1A]

My hog-pog of adjustable arms and RSSB's :)
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album100/BV_RLCA_06.sized.jpg

I used the impact and really don't think it will go much more than this. Hmm...

I can't tell in the last picture, but did you adjust the nut/shoulder on the bottom of the shank to give you more to pull through the upright?

I see that it's drilled for a cotter pin... Maybe a 2 piece, thread locking nut will work here? That could possibly free up some more room and allow you to engage all the threads on the top castle nut.

[Bumnah]

I'd remove the bottom nut, get the top one bolted down to a spot you like, then work the bottom nut.

Monty, are the progress bars hollow?

[McCoy]

I can't tell in the last picture, but did you adjust the nut/shoulder on the bottom of the shank to give you more to pull through the upright?
I tightened the lower nut up after I couldn't get the upper nut any tighter... I might give it another try tonight and use a spacer below the upper nut as it was starting to eat into the aluminum of the Z32 upright.

I see that it's drilled for a cotter pin... Maybe a 2 piece, thread locking nut will work here? That could possibly free up some more room and allow you to engage all the threads on the top castle nut.
Yes it's drilled for a cotter pin, but I can still drop the lower nut another 1/4" easily before that becomes an issue though.

I'd remove the bottom nut, get the top one bolted down to a spot you like, then work the bottom nut.
See above... but yes, I did that.

Monty, are the progress bars hollow?
No, solid

[McCoy]

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album93/S13_rollcage_padding.sized.jpgrollbar padding added.

[McCoy]

The car's to the point it will start tonight... did a lot of little maintaince and repairs that needed to happen this year. So far in the past 4 days...

-Replaced broken IC mount
-Added 1" Z32 BMC
-Rebled brake fluid with Valvoline SynPower
-Replaced failing ISSPRO water/oil temp sensors
-Replaced fuel filter
-Oil change, switched up from Mobil1 to Shell Rotella 5w-40.
-Added the fan shroud that's been sitting on my shelf for two years
-Switched over to the silicone radiator hoses
-new heat shielding for oil line and BMC.

Finally broke down and purchased some locking nuts from Mcmaster for the 02 housing... no more loose 02 housing!!! Also switched to a different heat shielding from Mcmaster too, the old one was falling apart from the 4 years of use.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album94/T25_prepped.jpg

All buttoned up. Battery is charging right now, so I'll start her up tonight and see if I forgot anything on the test run.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album94/buttoned_up_Apri_29th.jpg

Next on the list is to set final ride height, pull the camber plates back out to modify for additional camber, and get the alignment this Saturday morning.

T-minus 7 days to my first track day of the year :)

[Bumnah]

Looking good Monty!

Check your PM.

[McCoy]

Set the timing, zip tied a few things down in the engine bay, and raised the rear just a bit from the pictures taken below. Car drives fine... so I'll give a good run tomorrow in the day time.

Needs a good washing still...
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/S13_ride_height_09_spring_01.jpg

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/S13_ride_height_09_spring_02.jpg

[a_ahmed]

car looks good, its duuttie like mine LOL... i havent given mine a proper shower in a year (yikes)

[Def]

You running the tune I made for you?

[veilside180sx]

You running the tune I made for you?

He's waiting to get the manifold back from JGS, then he'll swap that in as well.

[McCoy]

You running the tune I made for you?
Not yet, ran out of time to get the car ready for the 8th (track day), I'll work on getting the 740cc injectors, your tune, and the LC-1 wideband installed after the 8th. In case of a tune issue I have time before the 29th (following track day).

[Def]

Gotcha, it should run fine with the T25 though with the proper injectors. As always(and especially with ye olde T25 hairdryer), I recommend turning the boost down on track to stay efficient on the compressor. Unfortunately on the T25 that's about 8-9 psi.

[McCoy]

planning on running it at 9psi as I did last year... it's got enough shaft play as it is, got to get a few more track days out of it :(

[Matt93SE]

Keep the boost up and the shaft stays planted at one end. no play. ;)

[McCoy]

Keep the boost up and the shaft stays planted at one end. no play. ;)
I know this one already... meet my last T28 ;).
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album91/T28_ex_wheel_03.sized.jpg



_________________________________________

Decided to get creative and find alittle more camber up front... got till Monday before I get the alignment done.

Tein camber plates unmolested by my file/dremel.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/Tein_camber_plate_mod_01.sized.jpg

How much I took off...
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/Tein_camber_plate_mod_02.sized.jpg

And now... I think that's good for another 1/2 degree of camber.
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album66/Tein_camber_plate_mod_03.sized.jpg

[veilside180sx]

Yup, I think that will do it=)

[Bumnah]

Monty, once you get the car ready, you should give a detailed list of modification and alignment settings. It'd be great information to have summed up in one spot.

Looks solid.

[McCoy]

I've had a compression tester for the past year and realized that I've never used it on the SR20DE in the 240 yet. The results were as I expected... not good. The oil blowby that I've been having on track has slowly been getting worse with each track day and going from the bad T28 to the T25 didn't help that as I thought it would...

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[McCoy]

Cars at the alignment shop, hopefully they'll be able to get the alignment to where I want. My request to the guys... I have toe plates now so will start at zero toe in the rear for now and toe-in as needed.

Front
-2.5 camber
8.5 caster
1/16 toe-in

Rear
-1.5 camber
0 toe

As for my motor situation, the redtop is mostly together, just need to swap out bearings and add the S14 oil pickup and it's basically ready to go. I'll save the motor swap for after the 29th track day and just plan on doing the oil cooler and T3 install at the same time.

[a_ahmed]

0 toe in the rear and toe in in the front?? Mind explaining that? I definetely agree on the caster, I am thrilled with the feeling change from 7.5* to 8.5*, I wana just bump it to 9* Only negative change is the parking lot effort heh, but who cares.

[pedroramosjr]

Toe in front increases straight-line stability.

[a_ahmed]

Oh I'm aware of that, I was just curious on his logic/direction.

[McCoy]

Ahmed, I've always ran a hair of toe-in up front for stability as just mentioned. I've tried zero toe up front a few times and never liked it on the hwy or above 100mph+ on track.

As for the rear, I've ran 1/8th of toe-in the last 2 years and thought I'd try zero toe for a change and see how the car handles. If I don't like it... I have toe plates to make the appropriate changes.

[McCoy]

And the #'s are in...

Front:

Camber: -2.23L, -2.51R
Caster: 8.3L, 8.3R
Toe: .05in Toe-in

Rear:

Camber: -1.6L, -1.65R
Toe: .03in Toe-in

[McCoy]

Spent a few hours last night installing the chatterbox in my helmet... It'll be nice to be able to talk (and not yell) to a passanger in my car while on track.

I'll post up a few pictures tonight, the biggest part was getting the wife to find her hot-glue gun :).

[McCoy]

In the effort to get some video footage on Friday, I scavanged around the house tonight to see what I had. It not pretty, but solid and should do the trick for the time being.

http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album84/camera_mount.sized.jpg

[a_ahmed]

lol ultimate DIY

[McCoy]

Off to the track I go... don't have to much fun at work today, guys :).

[e1_griego]

I *GET* to go to work today....

lol

[Matt93SE]

Another day at work pays for two days at the track for me.... So umm yeah. I'll go to work while it's raining. ;)

[McCoy]

Well, technically, I did get paid for the day too ;).

Car held up for the most part... few things fell off, but nothing serious. Overall I'm very very happy with how the car is handling on track now, and besides more power, don't see to much that I want to change on it.

I'm writing up my track report right now and will post it in the general section.

[McCoy]

The new booboo...
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/S13_may_booboo_A_pillar.sized.jpg

wire tied the WG actuator that doesn't want to stay on the WG. Went for a drive afterwards... so much nice than with the actuator off :).
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/S13_WG_actuator_fix.jpg

Gave the car it's first wash for the year and did a litttle touch-up on the A-pillar. The street setup is my old track FN's with the M3 takoffs (255/40/17 RE050A's)
http://www.prmsg.org/albums/album76/S13_May_after_wash_shot.jpg

[Bumnah]

Monty, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're running 275s all the way around right?

If so:

Perhaps they've been listed already but what's your wheel spec? Are you facing issues with driving the car on the street with such a wide tire setup?

[McCoy]

Monty, correct me if I'm wrong, but you're running 275s all the way around right?

If so:

Perhaps they've been listed already but what's your wheel spec? Are you facing issues with driving the car on the street with such a wide tire setup?
Nope, both track and street setups are 255/40/17's now. No issues at all

Street: FN 17x9 +35 wheels with 255/40/17 Bridgestone RE050A's.

Track: NT03+M 17x9.5 +38 wheels with 255/40/17 RA-1's.

I'm running 10mm spacers up front to clear the RA-1's.

[McCoy]

Just scored another good deal... this time on a full set of Hawk Blues (NIB) for $140 shipped... thats about a $150 savings and was stupid not to jump on it.

That's all :).

[Scores240]

Im running blues right now. The brake dust from them is a huge pita. But they do work great.

[McCoy]

Picking up a motor lift this weekend... time to start the motor swap!

In an attempt to get this done quickly so I can attend more track days, I cheated some. I just bought this setup... which should be here next week. Just need to slap it on and go.

GT2876R .64 turbo and all the parts (minus the motor) seen in the photo plus an intake.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k224/240slider/016-1.jpg

I'll save the T3 setup for this winter when I have more time to play on the car.

[Bumnah]

I like the looks of the external waste gate on the oem manifold. When is that setup suppose to be fulled spooled?

Hope the swap goes smoothly for you!

[McCoy]

Everything I read on this turbo says it should spool up by 3700rpm. Def has the same turbo and can probaby comment better on it though.

Besides grinding the motor mount bracket, this should be a bolt-on affair... which is what I need right now. Work is killing me right now and I have an intern that I'm responsible for starting on Monday :eek:

[Bumnah]

Is the intern large breasted with mile long legs?

[McCoy]

yes... but also the daugther of my boss.

[Bumnah]

There's always a catch!