Thirsty e85 180sx

**colm** · 22-12-09, 00:27

Thanks for all the comments lads

Shes up n running nicely now with sfa lag. I had it up with stiv last weekend and we took it out to check everything is still running ok. All the fueling is now sorted and nice and healthy, it was a bit rich down low and lean around 3k but if it was still bang on after all the work thats been done on it it would be a bit wierd lol

It got a new rev limit of 4500rpm and running .66bar for next 900miles of the run in. All was going grand till about thursday when the ice started coming n it been hard to find anywhere to drive it without aiming for a ditch constantly so im not risking it till it clears up a bit. Only have about 350miles left to do so shouldnt be take too much longer till its ready for a full map

a little pic of everything done

**way2fastforu** · 22-12-09, 00:33

lookin good man...id say your ragin bout not bein able to finish wearin it in till weather clears up???

**tweek** · 22-12-09, 00:39

keep her lit colm ;-) i won't make it up on wednesday have the whole family thing to do

**colm** · 22-12-09, 00:41

yea its a balls

all the driving so far as been in the rain but i was driving around the other night in the snow n ice n got the feeling i was being a bit stupid lol

Not gonna risk banging it up now when im just a few hundred miles from being finished. Hopefully the ice might melt for a while 2m afternoon long enough to me to get out of my yard and take it for bit of a spin

**serious tom** · 22-12-09, 18:51

i take it thats its you thats been up at bishops court flat out?

**colm** · 22-12-09, 20:51

nope wasnt me dude, never been up that way at all

**colm** · 02-01-10, 18:59

Im bored so figured id update this abit. The car is just about run in now, all the shitty weather is stopping me from getting the car on the road much.Ive got about 200kms to go to make the magic 1000miles and time for a full map.

I got a bit bored today so started work on a couple of new things i picked up a couple of months back. This is gonna be a track car and something to try a few things with.

its a 180 shell with everything bar engine and gearbox. Il be taking it into the garage and stripping it out as soon as i get some stuff sorted and make some room.

I got the engine ive lined up for this car on the stand today and after about 3hours i had it fully stripped n looking like this.

I hadnt planned on touching it for a while but figured while everthing from my other build was still in my head i should get stuck in.
The engine itself doenst seem to bad so far. It was down on compression and was rebuilt in a hurry by another fella and never started after that. It looks like it might be a low enough milage block, the big ends look almost new and the mains only have a tiny amount of wear on them.
There was coolant mixed with the oil though and some coolant/water sitting in cyl 1 and its left some rust marks on the bore.

I had planned on honing all the bores anyway so hopefully that will clear it up. After that then the flywheel is in major need of a skim. There was a 4puck clutch on it thats been well used. The pressure plate that was on it is wore enough too but il use it till it dies, ive other parts to spend money on.
The inside of the oil pump that houses the rotor looks like its starting to crack so il stick on the oil pump from my other build, i know that was running fine.
Various nuts and bolts are missing from the block and theres a few bolts from the cam retainers broke off that are gonna need retapping. Then just a matter of bolting it all back together n get the most i can out of it.

**colm** · 02-01-10, 19:02

this is for frank really lol but there was a standard redtop oil pick up in that block so finally could get some picks to really show the differences between the redtop and blacktops pickup.

blacktop on the left. Redtop on the right.

Blacktop above uses a sheet gasket to seal. The redtop under it uses an O ring.

and the different bracket mounting positions. Retop on the left. Blacktop on the right

**Frankae86** · 02-01-10, 19:19

Its the blacktop one with the steel gasket i have lad, cool

So exactly how fancy is this new engine gonna be

**colm** · 02-01-10, 19:29

For now its gonna be kept simple enough. Port n polish the head, 1mm mhg, 1000cc injectors, e85, custom intake mani(hopefully), 90mm t/b, standard rods n pistons, acl bearings, top mount exhaust manifold and a t3 of some sort n rb box. Should be enough to keep it reliable and pokey.

Il start stockpiling the other parts I need and by the end of the year pull it apart and fiddle with it a bit more

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