slippery s14a

[veedubmk4]

I did'nt want to put up a build thread straight away because i hate seeing build threads that just die after awhile but im hopingto keep this one up to date, I'm planning on getting it ready for a driftfest event sometime next year so i'll have time to save up for the bits i'll need and get it ready,all advice/opinions are welcome as it's my first track car. These are the pics from the dd ad and some i took of the underneath.

[veedubmk4]

Quick update,When i bought the car the seller said it had a 'missfire' on the engine,so yesterday we did a compression test on the engine and there was low compression on cylinder 4 and and barely any on cylinder 2, so we took off the head and found this


two of the rocker arms were after coming off the coil packs as well a few of the shims missing,so it looks like a new engine is on the cards

[veedubmk4]

out with the old...

[veedubmk4]

Ready for a new heart,cheers to seamie at premierperformancecars for this,sound man to deal with



Thought i'd get rid of some of the bits of surface rust while the engine was out,so i got out the green goo and some anti rust primer

[Damien]

Good work, making steady progress.
Who owns the s15, used aleays admire it in college last year.

[veedubmk4]

Good work, making steady progress.
Who owns the s15, used aleays admire it in college last year.

cheers lad,thats my buddy steves car its a spec r with a few mods

[veedubmk4]

After getting the old engine out we took the box off and then hit a problem with the fly wheel bolts being seriously seized up so i ended up buying all new ones from nissan at 8 euro a pop, Then there was a lot of swearing getting the new engine lined up but now its sitting in the bay Then i decided to get new braided turbo lines while i was at it and collect another few bits for when we get it running over easter when i'm not up the walls with college work and normal work.

[veedubmk4]

After a lot of hours reconnecting everything back up in the freezing cold we finally got the engine in and running

And a quick video of it running with the exhaust off
First start after installing the rebuilt engine - YouTube
The main issue now is that none of the clocks seem to be working does anyone have any idea what could be a quick fix for this?

[Kruizer]

Good progress fella...

[veedubmk4]

Good progress fella...

Cheers lad
Progress has been a bit slow lately seeing as i changed my daily for a golf to a pulsar vzr but once my exams are over i should have this back on track with a new exhaust and getting it running right.