Project S13

[Kneel]

nooooooooo
after enjoying motoring about for the last couple of weeks I though it was tiem to properly run the car so I went through some country roads nearby and came back down the motorway, it was all nice and fun with lots of pull from the turbo etc etc.
I pulled into mcdonalds for some dinner and when I set off I noticed a bit of smoke behind me. I stopped at some traffic lights and blue smoke was pouring out I think its the turbo as the engine is not running rough and theres no back pressure to indicate pistons, and its highly unlikely that the head gasket has gone as not a drop of oil leaking and under the oil cap all is well
Its going to RE performance to have a look at both the new and old turbo and to decide if its an easy fix or a rebuilt turbo...

 

[_Tom]

Hasnt it just had one? Have you got an exhaust? I'd suggest the one way valve trick....

 

[Christopher]

gutted mate

...all those donuts!

 

[Kneel]

lol, they were eaten not fed to the car
Its the standard exhaust, from looking at the old turbo its in good condition :S no play in the bearing and everything opens and closes as it should. the blades moves freely and theres no oil lying around in places it shouldn't have been going so that might end up going back in and hopefully the problems with it were just because it was drowned in oil.

 

[_Tom]

If its got a aftermarket exhaust it'll probs be the oil seals due to lack of back pressure. Bet the one way valve trick sorts it. Do a search on SXOC. Its easy. Just put a one way valve in your rocker cover breather.

 

[Kneel]

its the standard exhaust but I'll go have a look now. cheers

 

[ollie]

Well well well, that's what you get for saying bad stuff about my car last night

 

[Kneel]

Well well well, that's what you get for saying bad stuff about my car last night

haha atleast my other cars still working Im not in mummys

 

[ollie]

Well well well, that's what you get for saying bad stuff about my car last night

haha atleast my other cars still working Im not in mummys

lol, well my mummies car is twice as quick as your other car so its all good :rasp:

And my car does work, its just got a few scars

 

[Kneel]

its a bit quicker mate, a bit... my car works its just got a james bond style smoke screen that I cant switch off

 

[bmh.01]

My mate had this with his S13 after it got the mother of all cainings when we went to japfest, was pissing out blue smoke. Didn't do it on the way home and hasn't done it since, there was a reason behind it apparently but I can't remember what it was.

 

[Kneel]

well based on symptons it might be the turbo seals. I've just spoken to Turbo Technics who were very very very helpfull and he's suggested to get the car up to running temp, then leave it on idle for about 5 mins and give a sharp foot to the floor rev, if a cloud of blue comes out the turbo seals have gone. Turbo Centre will recon bearings and seals for £100 + VAT so it might not be too bad. I just need to hope its nothing more serious.

 

[Kneel]

ooooooo RB25DET conversion - £1600

 

[Kneel]

yaay its alive. Its been on rollers etc today and he believes that its just burnt out all of the excess oil. The reason it was so smokey was because I drove it a bit hard and it burnt a lot out at once, winner.

 

[_Tom]

Ummm never heard of that! pmsl

 

[AlexS]

For the holes in the bootlid...............Super glue coins on the underside and just level with filler

Quote of the day! Legend!

 

[Kneel]

Ummm never heard of that! pmsl

it had 2-3 times as much oil in it when I bought it than it should so it basically flooded any catchment areas aswell as most of the breathin system so its just burning through it. I can only imagine that it burnt through a big chunk on Thursday because its been fine otherwise so it looks good

 

[Kneel]

I have got a stainless steel heat shield for the induction kit as its getting a lot of heat soak but I think a carbon IK may be in order...

 

[bmh.01]

Heatsoak? Shouldn't matter with a turbo'd car surely? The turbo is only going to heat it up further when it compresses the air, the intercooler is what then removes the heat.

 

[Kneel]

^Yeah, it made sense in my head at the time though...

Right, work has restarted on the S13 now so quick update from the last few months:
I put on an Apex Performance exhaust, 3" or 3.5" bore from cat back and soon to be new front pipe with decat

All was good for a few more weeks then smoke started coming out and a lot of it again so back to the garage and the breathing system was taken off and cleaned but this didn't help so MOT expired and I declared the car SORN to start playing about
This meant getting a garage to store it so Bolton council kindly offered 1 for £7 per week where it rests until later this year/early next year when Sideways Danny and GDI (hopefully) will be rebuilding the engine and giving it a 'wee bit' more power

Anyways, whilst its in the garage I figure i can get the little bits out of the way such as interior and bodywork etc which started earlier today when I started stripping the interior:

There appears to be a bit of surface rust so I'll finish stripping it tomorrow and get the rust sanded away to see whats happening. This means that Project S13 is now back on track

 

[f0xy]

sweeeet

 

[Christopher]

Plans for the engine... SR20DET?

 

[jams]

Liking what you've done so far

 

[Kneel]

Plans for the engine... SR20DET?

sticking with CA18DET, but like said rebuild and some bolt on horses ftw

It was too wet for me to bother with the rest of the interior today so we'll see how im doing after british superbikes tomorrow and try get some more work done.

 

[Kneel]

Ok, rear fully stripped. I trying to decide how much more I wanna take out but tbh I think I'll be happy with dash and centre console staying, carpets out and maybe door cards out but I dunno. Anywho, todays progress:

 

[Chrisjk]

Looks like a load od deadening tar on the boot floor, get that out to saw a bit of weight.

 

[Kneel]

yep, all to be done later this week I think provided the weather holds out. whats the best way of stripping it? I dont have eleccy at the garage so was thinking scraper and then hammerite when finished.

 

[Chrisjk]

You'll need a heat gun of sorts to get it soft enough to scrape.

 

[Kneel]

hmmm, lol would a hairdryer work?

 

[Ian_182]

Very good

 

[Kneel]

yesterday me and a friend took the rest of the interior out, I'm leaving in the dash and will get some daytona's im thinking at some point, heres the pics:

stupid sound deadening glued to floor

Coming up, cleaning all the messier bits out on the interior eg the sound deadening and stuff and then prepping the roof for paint.

 

[Chris_Cliomk1]

That looks quality, nice to see interesting projects on cars besides clios!

 

[Dan Page]

Good work mate!

f**k thats gonna be even more back end heavy with all that weight gone

 

[Christopher]

Looking good... although still loads more to come out. As you said, those seats look dead heavy too!

Do these have an LSD as standard? If not, fit one?

 

[Kneel]

yeah it does have an LSD, the seats pretty heavy but also nice and comfy lol. The back end is going to be quite light I imagine but all part of the fun...

heh...
Vroom!

 

[Ian_182]

Last pics are of the car totally stripped i take it...lol

 

[Dan Page]

Yeah the later S13's come with an LSD standard as said...

I find my back end is already too arse happy at just stage 2 with all the interior in, 255/18's etc etc so my god, imagine what a 250bhp stripped s13 must be like!

If i'm going on an out an out spirited drive i tend to take my bro to sit in the back as a 2nd passenger for that bit more traction coming out of the bends lol. The extra person makes hardly any noticeable difference at all to performance unlike my previous cars....

 

[Kneel]

yeah well its going to be running little over 250 i hope so I think it'll be gradual progression in corners rather than just throwing it in lol. It will hopefully see it 1st outing with the new engine on a track anyway so hopefully whatever happens wont be bad or anything...

 

[Christopher]

yeah well its going to be running little over 250 i hope so I think it'll be gradual progression in corners rather than just throwing it in lol. It will hopefully see it 1st outing with the new engine on a track anyway so hopefully whatever happens wont be bad or anything...

Better fit some off-road tyres for those occasional trips to the gravel traps.

 

[Kneel]

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