new member with different project

[jezzasin]

hi guys, i joined the forum mainly for info as i have a project on the go that's slightly different from the rest, i have a 1989 k10 nissan micra which will soon be having a glanza v EP91 4e-fte swap, the only downside is i will be getting the engine without an ecu and loom, and this is the main reason i have joined

dont laugh lol i know its a micra but nissan didnt really make decent engines that dont need a lot of fabrication to fit in a k10 and the 4e-fte is pretty much a drop in project with the headache of an ecu and efi lol

[daniel_g]

Sounds like a good project

[rwdrev]

get some pics up lad, ultimate sleeper would be funny

[jezzasin]

this is how it looked when i bought it, i have since removed the word nissan from the sun strip and the carbon vinyl from the bonnet due to bubbling, the car now sits a bit lower at the front aswell, the previous owner was going to build a cg13det engine and cut the bumper ready for an intercooler but due to lack of funds put it on ebay where i won it for £275 with tax and mot lol, since then i have damaged the edge of the drivers door and the rear bumper by accidentally reversing into a past in a street with no lights lol

i got a proper bargain with this car as there is some pretty rare goodies or so ive been told, jdm rear lights, march turbo wheels and a k10 specific set of spax krypton gas coilovers (apparently no one does coilovers for the k10)

[Markgtni]

nice project! all the best with it mate

[yaristurbo]

Looks cool

[jezzasin]

Thanks guys, I'm thinking to make life a little easier I may gut the Micra to a bare shell to start with and fit a glanza V internal loom and fuse box, this will help with fitting the 4efte and also will help me use the clicks from one too, tha main problem I think I will have is fitting the clocks to my dash so unless I make a custom clock surround to hold them I may have to use an ep91 dash too.

Now the one thing I am wondering is how much am I looking at paying for a complete internal uncut loom and fusebox from a glanza lol and a set of clocks too

[jezzasin]

does anyone have any info for the thread of the brake caliper banjo bolt, internal thread, is it m10x1.0?

[turbo Grant]

You would be much better off using the loom out of a GT has less wiring

[jezzasin]

thats an ep80/82 will the ecu and loom work with the engine from an ep91?

[turbo Grant]

You will need ep82 sensors for the engine. The ep82 ecu is 2 plugs instead of the 3 on the 91. It's really simple to retrofit the engine loom into the cars original loom. That's what I done on my ep70 4efte convertion

[templar2007]

Nice project buddy proper sleeper

[jezzasin]

thanks im hoping all goes ok with it, i have noticed too that the k10 does have a similar look to the ep70 and after reading through some of the blogs it fits pretty well in the ep70, im just wondering if the wishbones would fit too so i could run the correct brakes for the new engine and keep using the starlet/glanza box and shafts, have been looking around my local scrappys to find a starlet so i can whip the wishbones off to test fit but its a rare sight to see one scrapped lol

[morgey]

Is there not a brake upgrade from almeras or primeras you could use.

Wishbones would be extremely lucky if they fit but I doubt they would

[jezzasin]

well im hoping to be very lucky as i want to use the same hubs to keep the box and shafts but doing so would need the brakes that go with the hubs as i doubt that almera/primera ones would bolt up to glanza hubs, having looked at a few blogs on the ep70 section that version of starlet seems to be the closest to a k10 shape wise so may sort of work, i know that the ep91 uses the same rear wishbone bush as a k10 thats the main reason for thinking wishbones may be a possibility