craigs busted ass SR KE

[Mika]

Chyeeeeee B. Love this thing! Keen to see it on the track! Looks rad!

[cooter]

well i attended my first bdrift practice last night in this. it was alot of fun, the car performed really well and i got down with it pretty quick considering i hadnt drifted it yet.

theres a few lil things to iron out and a few tweaks id like to do before the next one.

# stiffer springs all round with adj shocks
# maybe sort out 15s instead of 14s
# fix headgasket
# replace fuel tank

after the 2nd group of laps i thought it started raining cause i was getting water on my windscreen but then noticed it was only on the right side. i knew my overflow bottle was full so figured it was that coming out the side of my bonnet. pulled into the pits and sure enough it was coolant and real full. it was also bubbling through the tube even though the car wasnt even remotely hot. ive suspected a blow hg for a while but so that pretty much confirms it. pinhole leak between a cylinder and the water gallery. ahwell it kept going for the night without a hiccup.

soz but this is the only pik i have of the night. was a lil too excited to stop and get some. there were a few photographers around so maybve some will show up



ill try get some of the gopro incar sorted to put up. itys a bit crappy but

[cooter]

i hope this werks

video of a single lap from last night

[cooter]

not really sure how you embed videos properly

"edit got it

just to note, that loud/bad noise in the vid isn't the engine or anything. It's the camera is mounted to the alu panel sealing off the boot and transmitting the rattle through to the cam

[Mika]

[cooter]

spent the last 2 days pulling the motor from this again due to the blown head gasket



can anyone guess the other 2 cars there??





heres the culprit. No3 cylinder. two of the other cylinders were suspect too along with some detonation pitting in cylinder 4. nothing bad though. gotta love ppl who just wind up boost willy nilly



and you can tell its been burning coolant



both head and block surfaces are cleaned up now. ill refit the head with its new gasket tomoz

[Mika]

Killed it dude!! 👍

[cooter]

haha nah shes alright. heads back on now, just gotta buy and fit a new chain tensioner cause i broke mine haha. hopefully have it back in and running day after tomoz. fingers crossed for entry into the collie 2 day drift weekend coming up 27th/28th

[cooter]

ok, decided sometimes i need to go full retard to feel alive

got the hg all sorted, put the motor back together, fitted it, plumbed everything back up and.....


wtf is that?? hhmm its pumping oil out the side of the head.



turns out the gasket i got was an s13 gasket whereas i have and s14 motor with the extra oil passage for vct. i STUPIDLY didnt even think to check if the two gaskets were the same. such a small lapse in concentration has resulted in me now having to pull the motor back out and fit another head gasket. awesome

motor is now sitting on my carport floor with me being pissed off for being stupid and awaiting a new hg. hahaha fun

[cooter]

righto, long time since updating

i managed to get a new hg for this, bought a nismo mls. fitted it, reinstalled the motor, ran it up, still bubbling out the rad F@#K!!

i was pretty much at the point of over it by then although i had signed up for 2 days of drift at collie motorplex. there was a bit of frantic running around. i ended going down to kyp and just buying a whole nother motor. i also did a few other bits n pieces like putting new wheels on, made the change to 15s, put +40mm rose jointed lcas on, 53mm alu radiator, new thermostat etc





bought 10 tyres with 6 spare rims 15x9 +0





got it installed by thursday and got the car loaded up fri night after a few runs around testing it.



headed off to collie, got there, all was sweet










did two 8 laps runs n just thought hhmm ill check if its bubbling whilst waiting in the pits. found that it was. decided stuff it ive come all this way and kept driving it for most of that day. called it quits about 3/4 of the way through due to it getting worse. it was alot of fun though, collie is sweet.
worst thing was that we werent allowed to leave till the end of the sunday so i was stuck there with a dead car. ahwell at least i got to watch and have some yarns with new ppl.

ive decided that i must have something underlying causing these motors to pop head gaskets so ive gone and bought everything i could think of that might be causing detonation and a few bits n pieces that either needed upgrading or i wanted so as to make the setup a lil more reliable

new genuine gasket seat
new genuine timing chain kit
still got the nismo mls
arp head studs
z32 afm
yellow jacket coilpacks
new coilpack wiring loom
new walbro 255 pump
new high volume facet lift pump
new filter
wiring that feeds the pumps is being upgraded due to suspecting a lazy wiring circuit
new exedy 6 puck clutch
new exedy flywheel
i bought an external venting dump pipe for the t28 (yes i know the yarns about sealing etc, and no its not for the noise, i get serious boost creep with this setup)
bought a hdi dual stage boost controller
bee*r rev limiter as i have a heavy foot and dont trust srs to not break at high revs so will set it around 7000
ajps front 8kg/mm front springs
ajps 6kg/mm rear springs
ae92 koni yellow fronts
ae86 koni yellow rears
innovate wideband
s15 480cc injectors
and last of all some megan (yes i know) bump steer tie rod ends. i will be doing away with thier adjustment piece as its known to strip

so that abouity does it for the list hahaha. its deffs cost me some coin but im hoping in the end i will finally have something reliable. ill also be sending it off to get a nistune to compensate for the bigger injectors and afm. hopefully make a lil more power too cause thats always fun

hope yas enjoyed haha. ive got a short vid uploading atm too