Thirsty e85 180sx

[tweek]

thats the job colm.i have still no luck with a turbo :-( i won't be able to make it over to u tomorrow either

[colm]

No bothers man. I was gonna give you a txt in a bit to say the roads around here arent too good. Im finding it the same with the turbo and the other stuff found the turbo i want, just not a price i want to pay. Il give ya a bell tomorrow, have a few other things to chat to ya about too.

[Romo]

would ya sell the front lip off the black one?

[colm]

Yea lad il see anything off it i can lol.
Are you in any hurry for it? i prob wont be stripping it down for another couple of weeks

[colm]

i stripped down the head of the other engine tonight. The stem seals look to be on there way out, there was feck all resistance on them when moving the valves and the rubber is tearing on them a bit.

Theres also 2 broken cam retainer bolts stuck it in that ive got to find a way to take out.

I was poping the valves out n was a bit suprised to see this...



there was a good bit of water in it but that seems to be the most of the rust. the rocker cover gasket was even close to being sealed on the block so im hoping thats where it came from.
I was worried there might have been a bent valve but so far they look good. Only looking by eye so far but il check them properly over the weekend and mic them to make sure there still in tolerance

[bart]

colm did you have to change all the fuel lines for e85???
where did you get the bits..
cheers...

[Romo]

Yea lad il see anything off it i can lol.
Are you in any hurry for it? i prob wont be stripping it down for another couple of weeks

just looked again its the older front bumper so dunno if it would fit.... ill try find out

[colm]

colm did you have to change all the fuel lines for e85???
where did you get the bits..
cheers...

I did indeed lad but its only really necessary if your aiming for 400+
I used 3/8 hydraulic hose for the main need line and 8mm rubber hose then for the rest. I used some over braided stuff for the lines in the car just to provide a bit of extra protection over them.

For a track car youd get away will all rubber lines, ive seen them being used on a couple of road cars with no issues at all.

[bart]

I did indeed lad but its only really necessary if your aiming for 400+
I used 3/8 hydraulic hose for the main need line and 8mm rubber hose then for the rest. I used some over braided stuff for the lines in the car just to provide a bit of extra protection over them.

For a track car youd get away will all rubber lines, ive seen them being used on a couple of road cars with no issues at all.

cheers lad.. i going e85 with my own yoke i recon..
was just told that it might be better if i checked this out 1st

[colm]

nice one ! e85 ftw. Id say if you can ya might as well swap the lines for 8mm, the standard ones can get a bit restrictive when you really start looking for juice