Thirsty e85 180sx

[colm]

shit. i hadnt heard that. has anything blown up cos of a "bad batch" of fuel?

[podge]

shit. i hadnt heard that. has anything blown up cos of a "bad batch" of fuel?

nothing blew up yet but robbies car was down 300 brake a while back due to bad fuel and dean reillys time attack car was running like a bag of spanners from it

[Frankae86]

I said it to a lad the last day i was thinking about E85 for next year and he said the exact same thing. He said the fuel can be inconsistant. He runs 101octane so i might just do the same...

[colm]

nothing blew up yet but robbies car was down 300 brake a while back due to bad fuel and dean reillys time attack car was running like a bag of spanners from it

thats not good. if thats the case youd really want a wideband o2 and knock sensor stuck on there the whole time to keep an eye on things.

if it was a lower octane mix its a wonder it didnt melt anything cos most on e85 are running mega advance

[podge]

thats not good. if thats the case youd really want a wideband o2 and knock sensor stuck on there the whole time to keep an eye on things.

if it was a lower octane mix its a wonder it didnt melt anything cos most on e85 are running mega advance

road cars drift cars the less stuff in them to go wrong the better tats y i binned a load a shit in the 13 and run it on petrol

[colm]

road cars drift cars the less stuff in them to go wrong the better tats y i binned a load a shit in the 13 and run it on petrol

yeah agree with ya there alright, but id look at e85 as good thing to have

I brought the car into the garage last night to get started her. Ive been finishing of the wiring in the garage during the week. ( I built it last year and ive been putting it on long finger till now)

All i can say is god bless good lights

Its brighter than working outside.

Anyway after a few hours work the car is looking like this now


its a good few bits taken off when there all piled together


The engine mounts are seized to fuck. Its taken me about an hour and a half to the pass side undone and ive broken 2 spanners trying to get the other side off and it still isnt budging.

Anyone got any suggestions?

I drained my gearbox and was happy to see sweet feck all swarf on the sump plug.

Its gonna be up for sale pretty soon so nice to see its still healthy

Once i get that mount open the engine will be out and ready to be stripped tomorrow night

[colm]

With a good dose of heat i finally got the mount off this morning and after bout 20mins the car was looking like this



then when i split the box i found something a little supprising. As far as i had been told there was a standard fly wheel and an exedy single plate in the car.

this doesnt look to standard to me


and this kinda speaks for itself


what sort of torque are these clutchs good for?


I dont know what the standard width of the clutch plate usually is but its 8mm thick now and the grooves are about 5./.6mm deep from the surface.

anyone know if this is good or bad?

Theres a nice white build up on the turbo thanks to the e85, its not really clear from the pic but if you rub your finger along no mankly black carbon build up.


and heres how she stand now, car put away for a few weeks and the block ready to be stripped after i meself a cuppa tea

[colm]

Ive got the engine fully stripped and ready for skim and bore.




Theres a good bit of build up on the pistons, the car was running stupidly rich when it came over first though so maybe this has something to do with it






there doesnt seem to be much wear on the main bearings, this is the worst.


The crank is just as good, il get some pics of those later.

some signs of e85



and all the bits to try remember to put back in


taking off the turbo from the manifold was a right pain in the arse!! How the hell are you ment to get at this nut?


its under the main body of the turbo and the only way i could get it was the cut a 12mm spanner down to about 30mm long and use a screw driver to hit it out. There must be an easier way to get to it surely? The only other way i could see was to split the turbo but that seems a bit feckin much to get it.

i pulled off the front of the turbo to have a little looksee, looks like there is a slight oil issue alright.

[colm]

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All the shinny forged bits, new pumps and gaskets and my rebuild turbo are all on there way back to me now and due here this week. So things can start moving now again soon i hope. I dont want to leave it too long before i go back at the block so ive some chance of remembering where everything goes.

While im waiting on the bits im going to go at lapping my valves. A valve spring compressor was something ive never bought cos i never really wanted to mess about with heads. But this is the second time ive had to borrow one in a few weeks lol



The seats arent too bad, but the inlet sides are much cleaner than the exhaust. Which makes sense i suppose.





same with the valves, but theres a good bit of sh1t built up on the intake valves too


ive bagged and labeled all the springs, collets and retainers to try keep everything together and back where it belongs.


I put my head gasket on the block too just to be sure its right. But theres an extra opening it that my neither my block or old mhg have.



It was ment to be a redtop mhg but im guessing that its for the blacktop? I know there ment to be one in the same but will the bit over hanging off the block be an issue?

Another thing ive been looking at is my steering rack. Theres always seemed to be a build up of oil and greece on the drivers side of the steering rack. Is there a seal prone to going on the rack or is this just normal build up from random bits of oil dripping from the block from filter changes etc?

[CillianS14a]

My steering rack looks similar to this colm, think its just oil from a filter change