Hello Guys
Recently got myself a RB 182 Cup with the views of turning it into a bit of track day fun.
I'm new to track days, after coming from the world drifting with my Nissan 200SX S14, I fancied something a bit different to get stuck into.
I bought the car knowing it needed the dephaser doing, which wasn't a problem as it was a good price for a clean little car.
The car itself has very very few marks on it for a 12 year old car, which was nice to see.
The tyres were not brilliant, although this didn't matter as I'm not keeping these wheels.
Both rear exhaust section mounts are broken and held with cable ties.
It also had the ABS/TCS and EML light on, just sensors eh?
I fell in love with the colour, I have always like Racing Blue. It was a good price for a standard car.
After a couple of months of it sitting on the driveway/lawn, I thought I'd better start making some progress with it.
This kick up the back side came when my friend and I booked a Cadwell novice day on 19th May. So that now gives me a deadline to get the car safe and some upgrades done.
I have bought full genuine cambelt kit, dephaser, water pump etc with aux kit.
I have also bought:
Brembo HC front discs
Carbon Lorraine front pads
Brembo rear pads
HEL brake lines all round
Oil service kit
Whiteline rear ARB
The car will also get a brake fluid change, coolant change and gearbox oil change. Then it'll be MOT'd.
Wheels and tyres will be bought once I know everything is safe and tip top with the car.
I'll be going for:
15" Pro race 1.2 in black
195 50 15 Yoko AD08R's
So the car was dropped off at my partners work, where the cambelt and dephaser etc, will be carried out, including MOT etc.
A lot of people strictly say the car must go to a specialist for the cambelt, which I can understand in some ways.
My guy has done a fair few 1*2's now, and all have been perfect ( including his boss' 182 track car ) so I'm happy for him to do mine. He has the knowledge of doing them and the tools required. He wants just £100 to do it too, which makes it a no brainer for me.
When I dropped the car off, he said he would have a quick look under the car before he went home...
I got a text from him that said:
" well at least the rear springs aren't broken, everything else is no good "
Immediately I thought he's got to be playing around with me, until I got an essay of things wrong.
Bearing in mine, this was a ' quick look ' before he left work..
- Both front springs broken - not too much of a problem, I'll buy some lowering springs for now, coilovers in the future
- OSF CV gaiter split - hopefully a case of just a replacement
- OSF wheel bearing looks as if it's been taken apart previously - hopefully I can just replace this
- NSF ABS ring snapped - hopefully explains the ABS/TCS light, new ring
- OSF ABS ring doesn't match NSF - is this normal? Just a case of new ring again?
- Gearbox leaking of NS driveshaft - hopefully a case of a seal perhaps?
- PAS fluid leaking from pipe where rubbed through on heat shield - new pipe once identified
- Top Radiator mounts broken - hopefully new mounts, or I'll just get a rad
- Air on system very poor - I'll keep it all for now, but ditch it later with correct delete kit
- NSR calliper seized - usually I'm one to strip and rebuild callipers, but in this case I'll just replace.
- Whole exhaust system rotten and blowing in places - new exhaust time, unsure what to go for yet, I don't want anything loud and as close to factory sound really.
- O2 sensor pre cat not reading correctly - hopefully explains the EML light on but could be due to poor exhaust system , although car runs fine.
As you can see, this is quite a list of things to get sorted that I wasn't expecting.
Any advice or help on sourcing parts would be excellent and really appreciated.
I'm off to the Garage today to have a proper look over the car, in some ways I hope I don't find anything else, but in other ways I'd rather find any future potential issues and get them sorted.
Thanks for reading, and I'll keep you posted on my progress
Chris
Recently got myself a RB 182 Cup with the views of turning it into a bit of track day fun.
I'm new to track days, after coming from the world drifting with my Nissan 200SX S14, I fancied something a bit different to get stuck into.
I bought the car knowing it needed the dephaser doing, which wasn't a problem as it was a good price for a clean little car.
The car itself has very very few marks on it for a 12 year old car, which was nice to see.
The tyres were not brilliant, although this didn't matter as I'm not keeping these wheels.
Both rear exhaust section mounts are broken and held with cable ties.
It also had the ABS/TCS and EML light on, just sensors eh?
I fell in love with the colour, I have always like Racing Blue. It was a good price for a standard car.
After a couple of months of it sitting on the driveway/lawn, I thought I'd better start making some progress with it.
This kick up the back side came when my friend and I booked a Cadwell novice day on 19th May. So that now gives me a deadline to get the car safe and some upgrades done.
I have bought full genuine cambelt kit, dephaser, water pump etc with aux kit.
I have also bought:
Brembo HC front discs
Carbon Lorraine front pads
Brembo rear pads
HEL brake lines all round
Oil service kit
Whiteline rear ARB
The car will also get a brake fluid change, coolant change and gearbox oil change. Then it'll be MOT'd.
Wheels and tyres will be bought once I know everything is safe and tip top with the car.
I'll be going for:
15" Pro race 1.2 in black
195 50 15 Yoko AD08R's
So the car was dropped off at my partners work, where the cambelt and dephaser etc, will be carried out, including MOT etc.
A lot of people strictly say the car must go to a specialist for the cambelt, which I can understand in some ways.
My guy has done a fair few 1*2's now, and all have been perfect ( including his boss' 182 track car ) so I'm happy for him to do mine. He has the knowledge of doing them and the tools required. He wants just £100 to do it too, which makes it a no brainer for me.
When I dropped the car off, he said he would have a quick look under the car before he went home...
I got a text from him that said:
" well at least the rear springs aren't broken, everything else is no good "
Immediately I thought he's got to be playing around with me, until I got an essay of things wrong.
Bearing in mine, this was a ' quick look ' before he left work..
- Both front springs broken - not too much of a problem, I'll buy some lowering springs for now, coilovers in the future
- OSF CV gaiter split - hopefully a case of just a replacement
- OSF wheel bearing looks as if it's been taken apart previously - hopefully I can just replace this
- NSF ABS ring snapped - hopefully explains the ABS/TCS light, new ring
- OSF ABS ring doesn't match NSF - is this normal? Just a case of new ring again?
- Gearbox leaking of NS driveshaft - hopefully a case of a seal perhaps?
- PAS fluid leaking from pipe where rubbed through on heat shield - new pipe once identified
- Top Radiator mounts broken - hopefully new mounts, or I'll just get a rad
- Air on system very poor - I'll keep it all for now, but ditch it later with correct delete kit
- NSR calliper seized - usually I'm one to strip and rebuild callipers, but in this case I'll just replace.
- Whole exhaust system rotten and blowing in places - new exhaust time, unsure what to go for yet, I don't want anything loud and as close to factory sound really.
- O2 sensor pre cat not reading correctly - hopefully explains the EML light on but could be due to poor exhaust system , although car runs fine.
As you can see, this is quite a list of things to get sorted that I wasn't expecting.
Any advice or help on sourcing parts would be excellent and really appreciated.
I'm off to the Garage today to have a proper look over the car, in some ways I hope I don't find anything else, but in other ways I'd rather find any future potential issues and get them sorted.
Thanks for reading, and I'll keep you posted on my progress
Chris
