Dansstarlet1996

only a small update, took the car out this morning for a little run, was finding the power delivery and handling to be deteriorating as i was driving, so when i got back jacked the car up for a quick look, turns out both front shocks blew the oil seal and pissed all theyre oil out, so its basically bouncing on the spring, no shock absorbing at all! both rears where starting to leak and the top mount of the nsr has nearly fully collapsed, so rather than put new shocks on i decided to order some coilovers, as it was going to be getting some anyway so seems like a waste of money to re do all the

did some repairs over the last few days, found a knocking noise that turned out to be the exhaust snapping in the centre box, i think from the previous owner smashing it into speed bumps, they had managed to snap the casing around the centre silencer rather than breaking the weld, the case was broken. also found that my gauges started to interfere with my brake lights, popped both side ones so replaced them and re did the wiring. then attempted to find a Temporary repair to slow the oil burning until i take it off the road and rebuild her, used some Redex stuff called stop smoke, was like pour

yea, think il run a mild set up, more strengthen the engine up for future than anything else, this weekend is going to be repairs mainly, exhaust broke on a weld on the centre box, so going to have to reweld that tomorrow after work, and the NSR top mount has given up so knocks like hell over big bumps, so going to try to sort the exhaust first then see how quick i can get a top mount, or whether il wait until i chuck on coilovers

looking at a similar list to what youve described morgey, going to be collecting some bits over the coming months, ARP head studs arrived today to start it all off

it does seem like a race set up tbh, just want to get a little bit more, but struggling to find a kit that isnt either race, or mental money is harder than i was hoping for. i might go with the top set up i was looking at, and then could always use a stock headgasket to even out the compression IF its strong enough. or an equivalent thickness. the main bits i want are the tougher rods, and the top end bits, cams, and the valve springs and seals etc, il have to look into pistons, or i could use stock toyota ones unless theyre weak like the rods? might need to do some thinking about how its goin

thats what im finding! haha after having another look around I've found that Spool sports do a kit for the bottom end rebuild, pistons, rods gaskets etc etc, so could look into that, then keep the bits i had in mind for the top end, rather than trying to buy all the bottom end bits separately, just to try to take the variables out and to stop me making the mistake of buying the wrong bits! looks like id be able to get it bored to 81.5, but looks like a 0.4mm headgasket which seems very low?? considering stock us 1.2 and trd was 0.8?? but i can do some digging into that. http://www

had a quick look online, found the stock compression ratio and then the blacktop with a 0.8mm headgasket, the pistons and rods say they take it to 12. so im assuming that the 0.8 adds 0.5 to the ratio so id be looking at around 12.5? i think, correct me if im wrong as im just throwing ideas and what i think I've worked out off the top of my head http://www.sq-engineering.com/index.php/tech-articles/4age-compression-ratio-chart

ah sweet, il look into it, see what i can find. cheers man il have to take some time at some point to work it all out as to what the ratio will be and how its going to work out. its going to take a while to collect the parts i want so got plenty of time, il hold back on ordering the pistons until i know what condition the block is in, no point ordering 81.5mm pistons if its already at 82mm or something silly like that. il talk to the guy who im going to get to go over the block to make sure theres A) no problems, and how much work itl need and whether he thinks it should all work together

not sure yet, was going to polish all the inlet etc, new valve springs, cams, stem seals so its getting some work done. think il have to wait for a lot of it in terms of finding out if the engine needs boring etc as to what pistons i use, think the trd headgasket i was looking at was 0.8mm when compressed, so ups the ratio a little bit anyway, not sure if the pistons do as well or not

updated my parts list -6 point coll cage (2 seater) -Meister R coilovers -Spool 4AGE pistons and rods http://www.spoolimports.com/spool-conrod-piston-packages/toyota/4age-4agze-conrod-and-piston-package/spool-4age-conrods-and-cp-pistons-20v-blacktop hopefully that should toughen it all up, bottom end stronger, new bolts, bearings etc, should give me the ability to get it mapped more aggressively should i feel the need. going to ditch the toda cam pulleys as it turns out tomei cams use stock pulleys and all id end up doing is making life difficult by adding them. not sure on the bor

other question i have for some of you more experienced guys, do you think that a 6 point cusco cage would fit with the x brace, or would the cage block the c pillar mounts??

cheers man looking forward to getting out in it some more!

seems like that would be the better route, il look into coilovers to make it stable, stronger rods, headgasket, seals etc, make it run well, and then go from there, could always cage it to stiffen things too. think he showed me the dyno sheet and it was 239.4, so basically 240, but hes heavier, so like you said, lightness is probably the way forward

having had a quick read up seems to be the main failiure point on the blacktops is the rods as you said, found a few different ones, dont know if anyone can give any advice on a good brand or if the ones in the links are any good. https://shop.battlegarage-rs.com/products/mrp-4age-h-beam-connecting-rods http://www.spoolimports.com/spool-conrods/toyota/4age-conrods/toyota-4a-gze-4a-ge-conrods

haha i see, i may have to bring my sights down a little bit then! im hoping the flywheel and some other handling mods should make it better, wasnt far behind the civic, only about a car length, but still would be nice to suprise some other stuff

over the last few days having taken the car out and been out with a few mates in similar style jap hatches, decided i need to rebuild with more power went out in a mates ek4 with a 2.0 b16b, found the 240hp it gave out to be a little bit fun and i like the idea of having a rival car to target. so aim will be to reach 200hp. managed to get a list of bits together on RHD japan, tegiwa and some other sites. Chassis: -Meister R coilovers -possibly some polybushing Engine: -Tomei high lift cams -TRD 0.8 headgasket -Sard magnetic oil filter -ARP head studs -Toda racing VVT adjustab

sweet, meisters it is, cheers guys

im sure its been covered before so sorry i it sounds like a broken record looking for the best coilovers that will firm up everything but also be driveable, the roads near me are awful and full of potholes so cant have them being mega stiff as itl just break stuff, got springs on there at the moment but after taking the car out and then going out in my mates civic, the difference was massive. Thanks Dan

looks good dude! very clean looking, straight shell for 120,000 odd! keep it up

Took the SR out yesterday for the first time, gave her a good run around the island, the most fun car I've ever owned! loved every second of it, had to good long drive, found it pretty lively on vvt, bit front heavy too, but other than that was amazing! felt good to have something pretty nippy too, put a bmw 328i in his place too, fully loaded with his mates it looked like, m stickers and badges everywhere, lowered etc, revving at me. the look on his face as he got 4 car lengths pulled on him felt pretty good

cheers man got the insurance sorted, she'll be out on the 1st of june! so be going on a nice long drive to get to know her as long as its nice and sunny

so got some more done on the car yesterday, cambelt all done, managed to do it in place, wasnt easy but did manage it,glad i changed it, belt looked old and the idler pully was grinding and tight to turn so think that was on its way out too! so just got to get the insurance sorted and she should be on the road! only other little bits are little pieces, cleaning up wiring etc, should be at simply Jap assuming theres no further issues!

cheers mate, im not sure tp be honest, was on the car when i got it, looks like a Renault Laguna mk1 or Espace one

just ordered everything tbh, didnt want to take it appart and find somethings knackered and i didnt order it, so im just going to replace the lot, tensioner, belt and idler. il just be careful with the marks then i guess, got a locking tool for the top cams for just need to keep an eye on the bottom pulley, printed out the workshop manual too so I've got all the torque settings. other than the access doesnt looks to bad so hopefully the bits turn up this weekend and i can get on with it cheers morgey

its been a little while but got some more bits done on the SR! got a cusco panhard rod which arrived in the week, so that got fitted and adjusted this morning! got a Zisco x brace too and fitted that to improve the look of the back, also fitted a Hypersport short shifter to improve the throw a little bit, not sure if il keep it though, feels almost to short now. just got the cambelt left to do which looks like it might be a pig to get to but as the cars not on the road isnt a big deal, turns out 20v cambelts are really rather hard to find, so had to order one from rhd japan in the end. also an