New country! New whip! (Jap content)

[DanEdser]

Not an update - Just a note of maintenance.

Battery kept dying probably because of mad doof doofs so upgraded the shitty repco battery to a 530cca Century one.

Needed new terminals and a tie down too, terminals were a pain to swap over as had the cut my existing terminals and drill out the hole so the bolt from the new ones would fit in, but managed to do it in the end and works fine

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[DanEdser]

Got my second pair of Nismo LM GT2's from Japan! Happy days!

Need to find why my other pair aren't holding air and maybe get some new tyres for them too.

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Came with some pretty sweet Advan tyres

Made in Japan y0.

 

[DanEdser]

Soooooo fitment might be an issue xD

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The fun begins!

 

[McGherkin]

Get rolling you wide b*****d

 

[Philip.]

Pah, that's nothing.
As above, roll it!

 

[DanEdser]

Haha that's the thing, gtr replica over fenders or roll the arches.... Hmmmmmm

 

[Philip.]

Over fenders if you're thinking about it

 

[DanEdser]

If I can afford... haha

I dont think I'll be able to get that much out of rolling tbh.

Might just get some skinnier tyres, but I still want that staggered look :/

 

[Philip.]

I'd try and roll it. You'll be surprised!

 

[DanEdser]

So what I'm gonna have to do, is sell these tyres and get some stretched tyres on there, as apparently you can only get a good 2mm out of rolling r33 arches which won't be enough.

 

[DanEdser]

Potato pic buuuuut


New rear shocks to replace the old leaky ones!

Rear shocks by danedser, on Flickr

 

[DanEdser]

So today this happened

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And this

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And also this

Guard roll by danedser, on Flickr

Daaaaamn needs paint. Kinda was expecting this anyway.

Flared quite a bit tbh.

Also think he went a bit overkill with the flaring but nevermind!

Needs moar lows now though.

 

[_Tom]

Cool mini is cool.

 

[DanEdser]

Indeed.

 

[DanEdser]

Less potato pic

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Will look mint with a small spacer, moar lows and obviously some paint!

 

[Philip.]

Looking good mate!
Deffo needs more lows, arch gap ftl

 

[DanEdser]

Oil + filter change day!

Oil change by danedser, on Flickr


Gave it some fully synthetic goodness!


Had a bit of a mare, bought one of those fancy magnetic sump plugs, go to put it in and the bloody thread snapped off when I was tightening it up! Piece of chinese shite. Could feel it wasn't decent quality metal, but wasn't expecting it to snap though! Got it through work so got a refund anyways. Might phone the supplier up and have a moan.


Also has a moment of panic when starting for the first time after the change. I had to move the throttle cable off of its clip so I could route the oil pressure+temp sensor pipes properly and forgot to move it back, so was idling pretty high and oil pressure was pretty high too so panicked pretty bad haha.


Anyways its all done, took it for a spin around the block and it's fine.


The noisy lifter seems to have quietened down too. Fully synthetic's the way to go xD

 

[DanEdser]

New speakersssssss!

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Dey so perrrrrty.

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Well then...


We have ourselves an issue!

 

[DanEdser]

Well it aint pretty, but it works...

They sound pretty good though xD

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[McGherkin]

BANGGINGIGNIGNG TOOONNNEEZZZZZZ.



Why have you got different wheels on the front and back?

 

[DanEdser]

Cos my other LM GT2's are getting refurbed

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Cool thread. Just been through it all. Jealous of the move, are there many engineering jobs? I' 've got a MSc in Manufacturing and I'm doing my CEng.

 

[DanEdser]

Cool thread. Just been through it all. Jealous of the move, are there many engineering jobs? I' 've got a MSc in Manufacturing and I'm doing my CEng.

1,110 engineering jobs.

 

[DanEdser]

Why have you got different wheels on the front and back?

I meaaaaaan, coz dirft kar y0

 

[DanEdser]

So I failed my WoF (MOT) on a worn lower control arm bush, but the nobhead wof tester didn't know what the part was, and it was actually the tension rod/caster arm/radius rod bush that was worn so had a right faff ordering the LCA bush, then researching and thinking waaaait a minute that's completely wrong, canceling that order, then trying to find the correct bushes was a bit of a pain as our suppliers at work didn't call them that, but called them chassis to arm mount bush or something (dafuq?)

Anyways TL;DR

Polybush y0

Correct bushes! by danedser, on Flickr

Bushes by danedser, on Flickr

 

[DanEdser]

All LMGT2's are finally on!

Mmm dat fitment

Also plastidipped my rear guards for the meantime until I can afford paint so they dont rust.


Pro tip: remove masking tape/mask when the paint is still wet -.-


Although tbf, cos I did multiple coats (with a glossifier afterwards too, which did s**t all anyway?!) I would have had to mask it every single coat??


Anyways looks s**t, serves a purpose, temporary measure.


Sanded / killrusted before applying plastidip errythang too.

 

[Heez]

Wheels look tasty, not sure on the blue though.

 

[DanEdser]

Just went with blue nuts + valve caps to match the blue in the nismo sticker.

That's all

 

[DanEdser]

Good news!

Maaaad updatez!

Proper springs on their way from japan so I don't have to roll on cut springs anymore -.- Ordered some JIC X-Magic lowering springs.

Also have a HKS EVC-S on order from japan too - should be here in a week or two!

Also been sorting the intercooler piping out the past couple days, here's how it's looking atm!

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So much tidier than what it was before!

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So messy.

Gonna get some braided line and some nipples welded in and jobs a gooden.

Also gonna get the cold side piping remade in alloy too.

Happy daysss!

 

[Goodj]

When I see classic SKylines, all I can hear in my head is the "select your car" music from Gran Turismo 2.

Which isn't a bad thing

 

[Philip.]

Sweet! Looking good with all the wheels on and arches sorted, just need to paint them now!

 

[DanEdser]

Mounted power steering fluid reservoir and got braided line for it too

Looking alot tidier

pls excuse potato pic

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Cold side piping is off at the shop getting remade in alloy too

 

[DanEdser]

So this is how it's looking atm, quite bare.
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Also installed an AFR gauge, it's running quite rich so will be interesting to see what it reads.
Assuming I wired it up to the right wire by the ECU D:

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[Philip.]

Sweet gauges! I'm looking at getting a Defi one for my Silvia.

When you looking at getting it all back together mate?

 

[DanEdser]

Yeah those are basically defi rip offs haha, reading up on AFR gauges, apparently you need a wideband O2 sensor to get accurate readings -.- wish I put the money spent on the gauge into one of those.

Should be back together and running some time next week, and boost controller, catch can and springs shouldn't be too far away either.

 

[Philip.]

Hah I thought they were close to the real ones :wink: How much did they set you back? (if you don't mind me asking)

 

[DanEdser]

Be about £40 worth each aha, not the end of the world but could have been spent elsewhere

 

[Philip.]

That's not bad tbh!

 

[Darren S]

Less potato pic

DSC09211 by danedser, on Flickr

Will look mint with a small spacer, moar lows and obviously some paint!

No, no, nope! That certainly doesn't need any spacer action going on there. The proportion and 'fit' of the wheels in the arches looks spot-on to me. I'm never a fan of seeing the outer rim of tyre stick out beyond the bodywork on any car. What you have above is just fine.

 

[DanEdser]

She's so nearly back on the road xD

So springs happened, woke up to them on my doorstep, win!

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Spent almost 5 hours fitting them haha is a shitty job, but at least I know I have proper springs and not some cut spring back yard jobby.

Front sits pretty damn well, rear is sky high but I can get over that as this is only to keep me legal for the meantime.

The old rear springs weren't captive atall when I took them out, new springs are definitely gonna be a lot better, hopefully she handles a bit better too, she wasn't a bad handling car to start with!

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Got my compressor housing and intake pipe back from Aaron who so kindly welded/drilled and tapped some holes for me (maad props) so just waiting on my cold side intercooler pipe back from autobend and she should be ready to go until my catch can arrives!

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