Mongrel

[Benno]

Bought the car 2 years ago, and was used as a knock around for the first year, then thoughs of a GE swap sounded like the way to go. Not wanting to spend a heap of money on the little clap-trap, me and a couple of mates ended up striping and mounting a spare CA18 that we had lying around one weekend. Another month later of stuffing around(wiring, plumbing, etc..)and here is my little shit-box racer.

the motor is a stock S13 spec CA18DET(quick reseal, t-belt, w-pump, etc.), home made plumbing(including part of a yabbie pump), modded JZX81 intercooler, Modded turbo cordia radiator with twin 12" thermos, 2.5" exhaust from the dump, single straight through muffler.
Excedy H/duty clutch onto standard S13 5 Spd, cut/shunt tailshaft onto stanard bog-warmer rear end.

A second hand set of king 'lows' from a mates '86 and thats about it for handling(scary.. i know)

interior has a set of old stratos seats, boost guage and water temp(hidden under the dash top infront of the old radio position) and an autometer driver board wired up to the original tacho/cluster.

boot houses the battery, lift pump, surge tank and a 'VL wagon' supply pump. brazed new pick up lines into the tank, and runs 3/8 stainless fuel line.

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[MountainRunner]

THats fucking Tuff man must fly mega sleeper (y)

[Felix]

nice, where abouts on the goldy are you?

cant say i've really seen it floating around

[Benno]

was out at comera, now at southport.

don't usually take it out on fri/sat nites, not too keen on getting defected!
though it hasn't been out lately at all.

I'm in the middle of a rebuild right now(spun big ends, 9000 rpm will do that to ya) changing suspension, diff, wheels and re-enforcing the body/chassis (split the windscreen in half the first day i built the thing)

Will be up for a cruize when finished

[E7]

looks good!

how much was it?

[hilton]

and i thought felix's car was a sleep, boy was i rong hahaha.

[Felix]

mines not a sleeper anymore

you'll see it sunday


hope to see this ride getting taken for a blap around the goldy (y)

[Benno]

it cost me about 3k all up so far (including the car and some minor panel work) but that not including the current rebuild.

i hope she'll be out soon too.
cheers for the comments guys :2thumbs:

[keiichi]

nice sleeper.

[Benno]

so the car went in to the garage for a strip down(engine knock on idle) bout a few weeks ago. so here a pic of her current state.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/153811.jpg
stripped the motor down and found a few shagged big eng shells(3 out of 4 actually)
No.2 crank pin has a bit of a scuff on it(i think it went for a lap of honor)
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/153812.jpg
so while it's all apart here's a short list of what in the pipe line
*rebuild=>bearings, slugs, MLS headgasket, headstuds, reworked head, etc.
*s13(JIC) front coilovers, R32 non-turbo rotors/calipers(same as SR S13).
*78series Borg warner(from R31 skyline), r31 rear discs/calipers.
*falcon springs/sierra shocks(rear)
*strip interior, remove deadener, seam weld and brace floor pan.
then depending on budget, probably a new KKR blower and new ecu.

r31 diff compared to ae71 plus spare silvia parts.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/153813.jpg

will keep updating as i go... wish me luck

[dr1ft-pig]

good luck lol

[Benno]

Ok, so a few month have past, but now I'm back on the war path.
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First stop:Gear box, alway been a bit noisy and a bit leaky, time for a quick overhaul.
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stripped down and replaced bearing. All the gears, hubs, synchros, registers all look good but i did destroy the tailshaft yoke bush in the extension housing.
can't replace the bush(part of the housing apparently). a mate came to the rescue with a spare S14 housing.
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resealed and ready to go, also made the standard gearbox mount a semi-solid mount(i love sekaflex).
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more to come.

[hilton]

nice engine mounts hahaha




























(chair)

[Benno]

finished off the front suspension last week end
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JIC coilovers
CA brakes
MX83 control arms
AW11 Inner rack ends
S13 outer tie rod ends

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I think it's got a nice track now....1375mm
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[24 yr old Two door 86]

this machine is pure porn. love it

[Benno]

Cheers man, but it'll be even more porn if i could get the thing back on the road.
going for motor/gearbox back in this weekend.

[Benno]

got another motor, onto the engine stand, started changing timeing belt/water pump. heard a funny clunk noise as i turned the motor over to TDC.
thought i'd invesigate, removed sump and found glitter in the pan, no.3 bigend bearing packed up and went for a trip.

looks like i'll be going N/A for a while till my good motor is built.

[anastasios]

dont go ford and sierra rear end its just not good enough, invest in some good rear suspension

[Brenton]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (anastasios @ Dec 22 2007, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=456428)</div>
dont go ford and sierra rear end its just not good enough, invest in some good rear suspension[/b]

I agree 100%. We had them as a quick fix in the rear of a mates coupe and they were just too bouncy and shit. Made taking corners worse than what was originally in there.

[Benno]

oh yeah, that idea has gone right out the window after a bit of research, spring rates way to high and shocks are way to short. not to keen on cutting either.
might have a bit of a fiddle with the rear suspension before settling on something

[ae71]

the spring rates are generally not too high, but the shock length definitely is a big issue.

some people do not believe in cutting a spring to adjust the high. I I'm not one of these people, never had or seen a spring break (i have used cut std and heavy rate aftermarket springs) but i cannot disprove that it may alter the rate of the spring slightly due to the heating process (shortening the spring effectively increases its rate anyway).

[Benno]

CA18DE is in, now i've got the fun task of converting another nissan loom to suit.

[Benno]

Bit of an update, I got the N/A motor in and running, but never bothered making a new exhaust to suit, so i never drove it.
decided to bite the bullet and build a new motor
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40thou over, stud kit, P&P head, MLS headgasket

[Benno]

in the car and almost ready, will be trying for a note out of it this weekend

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[Benno]

It's Alive, unfortunatly the neighbour didn't apprciate the noise as much as i did.

[Roo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Benno @ Jun 27 2008, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=553505)</div>
It's Alive, unfortunatly the neighbour didn't apprciate the noise as much as i did.[/b]
nice skid vids now!!!!

[Benno]

soon, but I've got to run it in abit first.

[kewagon]

nice work mate, good sleeper and not to overboard

just a couple of questions, are you still using a k series x member or ae71? did you modify the mounts on the x member or the negien side? and chance of pics of both sides mounts? hopefully going this conversion soon

[Benno]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kewagon @ Jun 28 2008, 08:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=553935)</div>
nice work mate, good sleeper and not to overboard

just a couple of questions, are you still using a k series x member or ae71? did you modify the mounts on the x member or the negien side? and chance of pics of both sides mounts? hopefully going this conversion soon[/b]

no, she was a stock AE71, i used Kaizen AE86->CA18 engine brackets/mounts on to stock AE71 X-Member(although i had to modify the engine brackets abit).

kaizen AE86->CA18 gearbox member doesn't work on a 71.(maybe Ant has made a 71 mount now??) I fabbed a new one up myself.

[muncher]

Great work mate, love the sleeper apeal.

You must be fairly handy when it comes to looms!

Where did you get that heat shielding from & how much was it.

Again farken awsome stuff, keep it stock looking!

[Benno]

sheilding is that acl stuff, about $50 a sheet from supercheap, repco, etc.