S14 money pit!

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  • Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby warby » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:38 am

    Got it aligned before pod, running:

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    Camber -4.75*
    Toe 0*
    Caster -7.3*

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    Camber -1.9* (was aiming for 1.1 but arches got in the way)
    Toe 0*

    This made it grip and transition well but not snappy enough in the transitions for me so more adjustment is required.

    Pod itself was awesome, only got one pic on photo bucket at the mo but ill get on the laptop and upload some more.

    Me getting close to the railings, was going for a love tap all day but couldn't get in there..

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    Rolling shot!

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    More to come. :D
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby warby » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:34 pm

    After skids I found the tension rod rose joints were worn out (that's the full 4 arm kit in 12 months :/ ) so I decided to give the front a refurb.

    New moog ball joints
    New McGill Motorsport heavy duty tension rod rose joints
    Tein steering arms & ends (originals were getting tired at both ends) for some more lock
    Driftworks lower arm poly bushes
    Fitted my 2nd hand whiteline front arb waiting on new drop links
    Painted wheel well, lower arms & tension rods black.

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    Rear end refurb is up next as I've a few bushes on the way out :)
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby warby » Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:46 am

    At the last santa pod day my clutch slipped a bit so it was time to upgrade.

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    Old exedy organic, not overly worn and held fine on the road just slipped trying to skid 3rd.

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    ''Stage 4'' Competition Clutch kit, also had the flywheel skimmed.

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    Apex Performance clutch line, removes the original clutch damper circuit. Made the clutch really heavy but shouldnt slip.

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    Apex Performance gearbox mount

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    Old one was tired.

    I have also fitted my r33 skyline front brakes with ebc grooved discs and redstuff pads, though im probably going to change the redstuffs for something a bit better.

    Thats about it until winter now, ordered the r33 handbrake cables and convesion hoses for my z32 / r33 rear brake setup so i'll fit them once the bits arrive and i need to change my driveshafts as both are crunching quite badly but ill do them when im doing the brakes :)
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby steeldonkey » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:00 am

    looks good dude!
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby Unders » Fri May 17, 2013 12:57 am

    Wish I still had a Nissan!

    Looking sweet this. When's the next skid day?
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby warby » Sat May 18, 2013 7:17 pm

    Few little updates: (was in a rush to get the old girl somewhere so ive been slack with the pics) :oops:

    Decided to set to with my rear brake conversion, got part way through and decided to pull the whole subframe and fit the solid subframe bushes and diff bushes. Whilst there i welded washers into the subframe to remove the slots for factory adjustability as i have fully adjustable arms, pressed in the new ball joints for the lower arms (no bushes as yet due to the big rush) fitted driveshafts that don't crunch and half arsed painted the diff & subframe.

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    Brakes and new wheel colour :D

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    Blew a metal brake line when trying to bleed the rears so had to knock one up in a hurry, its not pretty but it works.

    More pics will follow once ive got it back to the garage :D
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    Re: S14 money pit!

    Postby warby » Sun May 19, 2013 10:01 pm

    Big respray today thanks to Sam at Azzy paints :D

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    Love it!!! :D can't wait to get the fronts painted then aligned.
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