robbo_rb180

Nice work on the shroud/ducting.

Just need to find some sponsor dollars and we'd be good to go.

Update time...... Been a crazy busy time and a bit of a change here. Sold my 370z Nismo as wasn't using it much and wanting a 86/brz so wife can have some fun at the track again also to help with funding the s15 build. As said last time booked a cruise to NZ. The place is great, drank lots of craft beer, eat food and visited some amazing places The plains of rohan Before we left I finally got an electrician booked and the shed now has power. Been so good being able to use it at night and not running things off a 20m extension lead. Got stuck in last weekend and reorganised it and cleaned up a lot of stuff. A few more things to tidy over time but really good to work on now. There's 13x 10a GPO, 3x 15a GPO, 4 high bay lights and 5 LED batons so will never have an issue seeing or powering tools. 437344198_7178721088892834_15829362501196293_n.mp4 Work has restarted on the s15. Removed the rear cradle so could pull the fuel tank and finish emptying the stale e85 thats now been sitting for almost 4 years 🤮 Cleaned it out and let it dry. Removed the old lift pump and have reinstalled a new lower pressure pierburg pump with all new hose and lowered the pump to get it nice and low in the sump of the tank. Also got a an old diff cover cleaned up, work has a soda blaster so made quick work of it. Going to put a 4.11 ratio diff in with a fresh rebuild thats been reshimmed for now before buying a good diff centre. And had a big change with going back to full time work. Opportunity came up to apply for a race mechanic job so applied and got it, been some big days so far but definitely enjoying it and getting to work on some cool stuff and with some great equipment. Learning a lot on proper car setup and suspension so will be valuable for the s15. I'll be part of the travelling team form next round too. This weekend will get the fuel tank and system in, need to buy a rollover valve and mount that. Get cradle in with the diff and axles then make a shopping list to buy to finish that off then start looking at cooling setup and plan intercooler pipe routing. Work will definitely be slow now on the car but will be to a higher standard. The 180sx hasn't sold so may be heading out to Morgan Park labour day weekend for a charity event to have some fun been almost 6 months since I've driven it so will be take time to get comfortable again.

The blue and slate grey are nice. The new 86/brz is so much better than old one. So what turbo kit you going??

Contact Jessestreeter and buy direct from Japan

The Link is a great investment LONG TERM. ADD a WB02(pending ecu maybe able to wire direct to ecu), IAT sensor, 2 wire bosch knock sensor and MAC valve minimum. Tuning yourself with no experience is not a good idea, pay for the car to be tuned by someone that knows the software and platform. Unless you are willing to invest alot of time and money with guidance from an experienced person into learning its not worth having a go yourself and potentially destroying an engine or having multiple issues. Look at HP Academy, Evans tuning school and Link forum for more info or attending courses for 1 on 1 lessons (I did all this). I have been down this path and for me it was worth it at the time, I was limited with tuners available where I lived and enjoyed the learning but had a very good understanding mechanically and electrically of how everything worked together. I did work at a shop tuning for a short period and thats where I learnt more. I'd be talking with any local shops and going with what they recommend as you will need support over time and good sticking with the same tuner if they are highly recommended and experienced.

Massive price drop Want to buy some super fancy parts for new build

Try matt spry or 101motorsport If not I think gt auto garage would be the next closet to the Gold Coast.

Is it bright yellow???? With that supercharged sauce, only way to have them.

Thats a problem, I think your plans for cooling system will sort it out. I went through similar issues with the sil80 and the ducting is what sorted it out. Try some coreflute(sign board material) to make up temporary ducting to trial it. https://www.bunnings.com.au/tunnelcore-1200-x-900-x-3mm-black-double-wall-pp-flute-board_p0488078

^^^This, you would be amazed how much more load you put on a car when confident and experienced. More 100% throttle in a higher gear and using the car for longer periods. Drifting also is hard on cooling systems as general not getting airflow over the front directly. I drive a mates 350z and I use third gear (less rpm) more and I can do longer sessions where he uses second bangs off limiter and only gets say 30% less seat time before car gets hot.

Also there is this page So much info on nissan diff ratio, stub patterns and teeth. I think this info really needs to be copied and a thread made and sticky in Drivetrain section. https://www.eatsleepboost.lt/tech-info/nissan-tech-info/nissan-r200-diff-ratios/ Can use the part numbers on amayama to for your vehicle https://www.amayama.com/en

This is key to any heat exchanger. Getting fresh air in and across the whole surface. 25 row oil cooler will be enough. With old cooling pro radiator (fully ducted from front bar) and setrab 20 row oil cooler (open air) with thermostat (85C) on the rb25 (half grout filled) in s chassis. 93C Coolant Temp, Oil temp around 96 after 5 laps QR on a 30 degree day

Will need the s14/15 gktech bush kit, 370z axels and gtr/z32tt hub/bearing. The diff will sit lower than current setup and depending how low your car is axel angles will be weird and may damage cv's. I think my old rb25 would sit around 2800-3000rpm doing those speeds with 4.11 gear so nothing wrong there. A s14/15 diff may be a better swap as a 3.69/3.7/3.9 ratio and will bolt in pending whether you have abs/non abs car and 5x1/2x3 axels.

Will take a 2017/2018 Subaru BRZ Ts manual in Blue/grey/white as payment. Pending condition and mods can be cash either way. Need a daily/weekend seat time car.

Damn, that's a lot of brake. How long til back on track again?

The track looks great in both directions and seems to be a few small changes in the old area's. I have never been there but seen old footage and google earth pic's. They shouldn't have to do anything as they would have created longer/deeper run off area's and placed tyre wall to allow for both directions. May have to turn the safety light boards around but you would think they would have bought more to allow it. Having done a few track layouts with some considerable safety concerns and mitigating this would be fine, the small kinks and chicanes as part of the redesign allow for cars to slow down before the bigger corners.

Got a link, I am keen for some morning entertainment

Neat Gearboxes https://www.neatgearboxes.com.au/

Thats so frustrating to hear. A friends been through a heap of issues with his speedtek gearset. The guy is still making rubbish and stuffing people around for over 10+ years now. Why don't/didn't you use a s14/s15 3.69 ratio and just get tailshaft modified if you don't already have an ABS long nose diff?

Nitrous

I would not recommend using any of the aeroflow pumps. Very prone to failure. *I use and recommend a lot of their products. Fuel pumps are still best to stay with the big player's TI, Bosch, Pierburg

I think 86/brz with a LS would be mint. All the handling and plenty of go with no Euro CEL issues.

Yes keep off carsales............ Have you looked at some BMW 335? 4 seats, decent engine, manual/auto models Your going to need a hobby when you do retire soon........... BMW fixer/connoisseur