robbo_rb180

I would have love to build something from scratch but that's a lot of time and effort. If you were to start again what would you go with? I am looking at going a top stage splitter and wing and build my own side skirts at the moment. Post definitely be killer and wouldn't trust a freight company. DO IT!!

Be worth opening for a look. Yep, solid base and in a lot better condition than the 180sx

That cooler is not going back on the car, not worth the risk for what they cost. From what I remember nothing was salvageable from the motor, he didn't go into much detail.

After buying the car I contacted the original owner/builder to get some more details, nice guy but moved on to a commodore ipra build to be more competitive, car was last run late 2020...... So over the weekend to prepare for new motor I thought better drain and clean the fuel system. Made a bridging wire to trigger fuel pumps and straight away only 1 pump is running, the lift pump. Disconnect lift pump and check main pump and its getting hot and no fuel coming out. Its cooked almost 3 years sitting with e85. Disconnect lines and proceed to remove 40+L from main tank. Removed the old external pump and filter to inspect it. All gunked up and rust on one end so will buy a new filter, undecided on what to do with the pump as 1 will not supply enough fuel for max boost setting of the new motor. Thinking run a single AEM 400lph pump for now and keep the boost low. Planning to cut out boot floor so fuel system will need to redone in the future so may do a twin external pump setup. While I was tinkering removed the old oil cooler and it was full of sludge. The previous motor setup let go after 3 laps and car was stripped but cooler left on it.

Instead of starting another build thread, I'll continue with this one. Here is the new car, I've been doing little bits and pieces over the last few months. Nissan S15 ex-IPRA Qld car The story with this car starts back in Jan to Mar 2021. I spotted it for sale on my105 and kept looking at it weekly then decide to call and get more info, unfortunately I missed it by 3 weeks........... Fast forward to May 2022 and while doom scrolling marketplace it pops up, straight away message and call the guy. He is the one that bought it and has too many projects and needs to move it on. I organise to go up 2 days later with the trailer and cash to have a look and potentially buy it. I get there and straight away go yeah I'll take it but here's my offer $XXXXXX. They debate for all of a minute and its mine loaded up on the trailer. I stored it at a mates while my place was having shed built and then got it home earlier this year. This is what basic run down is: Nissan s15 MCA golds Seam welded National Level 8 point Cage (log booked Improved Production 3E) Flat sway bars multiple LCA pick ups Big ASS COOLING system Braided Hoses for everyhing Full Loom Tilton over hung pedal box with pad knock off system Gtr rear axles and knuckles Its setup for a sr20, holinger rd6h and haltech ps1000 I've now organised to buy a sr20vet, rb25 box and new Link Xtreme ECU So far I have fitted up sparco circuit 2, 6 point harness, Haltech IQ3 Test fitted an Alpha Omega EVO brake kit. Plan is to get it all running by early Feb for testing then develop it from there with some aero and light weight panels.

A bit of heat shielding sheet bent over the engine mount could help with the heat.

Go the plazmaman, they are more efficient and quality is great.

Vet Want to see it as a lot of money. Maybe, been a few years since been that way. Need to old mate to get me compression results,video and data log. Yesterday was a bit hit and miss with weather and getting held up by drivers.......... crazy storm came through and flooded pits, track dried up after some time. Was going to pull the pin but had a chat with mates so hung out while it all dried up and slower cars dried the track over a few sessions. Did a sighter to see how dry it was and did a 59.5 ,got tyres warm and came in. Checked over everything before next one. Got out behind a ginetta and good warm up then went for it, was up a bit but got a quick yellow flag before end of lap but it was green before start of next lap. Plenty of room to car in front and nothing behind me so kept in it. Was up at karrussel with a slightlyoff line, a bit of moving around at bus stop and old bridge, came down hill but didn't use the whole track for braking so that narrowed entry up the hill, carried a heap of speed through Eastern loop, coming down front straight was picking up time and finished with a 58.50. Backed it up with two 58.8s. Wild lap with car moving around was pretty unnerving, came in and went over the lap, did a suspension adjustment to help the rear but called it as started some light rain and I was happy with the time. On board video https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=7085661771444632&id=100000026398820&mibextid=Nif5oz

I am in a very fortunate situation where I am semi retired so lots of time to do what I want. Part time work and no kids = lots of free time

Running and testing hopefully within 2 months as need to still go over the car and clean it up, rewire part of the engine loom, flush fuel system andreplacepumps, service coilovers. Going sr20ve and 25 box atm as bolt in and should be good to start with. Once mechanically sorted will start adding aero and maybe cut a few bits off the car 😅

Just a quick update after Noosa. Car been back up on the hoist and done bolt check and inspection. O ring on the turbo drain needed replacing and oil feed fitting required a small amount of tightening. New wideband arrived and fitted it up, car was running a bit lean at idle so and transition so fixed that up and finally got the calibration for gear detection as could run the up on the hoist. Planning on hitting up Lakeside Sunday if the weather is good to go chase a sub 59 lap with anything close to a 58.5 I'll be stoked then its about 5 weeks until Time Attack at QR for the final round. After that car is going up for sale officially, the car is really at the limit where I want to go in the future. We have found a driveline for the S15 so will need to do a roadtrip to Victoria to grab it before Xmas so can make some progress on that car.

Run what manufacturer recommends or a turbosmart opr

Don't bother with them. A mate had to wait on parts that weren't supplied and some things wrong, there were a few issues then dealing with them too. Cheap for a reason.

Not a semi slick, they are a long life drift tyre. Marketing hype. Japanese drift tyre company. The above listed are quality Semi Slicks and are great in wet weather.

Sit down and enjoy this one https://www.facebook.com/dylan.cothill.skidcontrol/posts/713112190854774?mibextid=YxdKMJ Crazy how fast this is, almost 6 seconds quicker than my run

With the car all fixed we loaded up and up to Noosa Hill Climb summer edition. Two of the other skid control boys entered with a s15 and the new r35 had its first competition outing. A few others came along to hang out and cheer us on. Car passed scrutineering easily but had a few entrants whinge as it fell within the rules for street class. Took the wife along for some sighting laps, she hadn't been in the yet with it all sorted. Someone thought would also be a good idea to bin their Porsche on the sighting laps 🤦‍♂️ With that all done Friday we had a sweet hotel/resort to stay at so a BBQ and a few beverages were consumed. Saturday morning got in and warmed up car, checked tyre pressures and headed to line up for first run. It was a very cautious lap just doing it at a quick pace compared to the sighter. Second run was 2 hours later and took 2 seconds off. Third run was a bit more confident and took another 0.5 off, pulled up, turned car off and did usual tyre check when a mate said is that oil at the back of the car. Ducked down and found a small pool and drops on the ground. Quickly started car and small amount of oil was running off the front cross member. Thought was engine oil so pulled to the side and waited at the top of the hill for competition to finish so didn't oil the track down. Rolled the car all the way down and only needed to run it for a few seconds to get in my pit. Jacked it up and pulled turbo intake and cooler pipe thinking turbo oil line but couldn't see anything so jacked it up and started it up and had red fluid coming out so power steering was leaking. Traced it to the high pressure hose and found a hole in it. Looking like a rock has rubbed through it. called some shops locally but were shutting or closed Sunday. I had hose at home but 5 hour round trip. Luckily a good mate lives a hour away and has a few meters of -6 braided hose. Go to pick it up and I'm greeted with a smile and a new hose with fittings, he found his old hose setup from his s13 which was setup like mine so bloody win. Get back to hotel around 10pm and get a decent night sleep. Sunday get up early and head to car. Got new hose in and car running again in 40mins. Unfortunately I would have to use my first run to test it. Was a bit nervous but steering felt good but was really slow. Got car back to the pits, set tyre temps, quick inspection and got ready for my next run within the hour. So now run number 5. I felt confident and knew there was plenty of time to make up. Here's the incar video made a decent mistake but recovered it, lost at least 2 tenths, lost a bit of confidence then had a slide at very end but was around 8 tenths quicker. Run 6 was late in the day adter a mate had a decent accident in his 1600 datto and I was really starting to feel tired. Lined up, got the gren and went for it. Turn 1 was up 2 tenths then up 3.5 tenths by turn 5 but got to 6 and lifted too early then stuffed turn 7 and ended up down 2 tenths, thought keep going but turn 10 I was down 5 tenths so backed out and just finished the run. In the end finished up 2nd in class and 25th outright for my first time there with a 61.84 which is quick but I know there's around 1.2 seconds in next time. No major issues with the car bar the wideband sensor failing. It was a great event and I'll be back in the 180sx. Got one time attack event left in December as we are away for the November round so going to try and get back to lakeside on the 5th November for a sprint event and see how much I can improve my pb.

Thanks mate. Been a hard 18months without one. Proper first world problem.

Yeah at v8s 3 years ago had big oil issues with a slightly kinked oil drain hose. Found lots of oil in front and rear housings. With new motor put in a 1mm restrictor and new drain but suspect pressure pushed seals out. Aeroflow and performance parts plus came to the rescue and sorted me with a new boosted 5047 .64 There's differences between the turbo housings so had to mod actuator bracket and rod. Lots of welding, cutting and tapping new threads had it all fitted up. Couldn't get dyno booked so pretty much extrapolated the VE table down to around 2500 from 4500, zero base wastegate table and 20% second wastegate table and headed to Morgan park for a work event I ran. Kept hitting a MAP limit at 140 kpa so raised to 165kpa just to see how far it went. After 2 laps stop hitting the limit and held 100kpa perfectly from 3800rpm. So just actuator being stuck. VE table needed 3% correction and went for another lap on wastegate pressure. One slow warm up lap and went for a flyer, took 1.1 seconds off old pb on k track now down to a 1.23:48. Car feels like it makes maybe 210kw but works so happy there. One little issue car was smoking on that fast lap. Oil drain had cracked and leaked onto the exhaust so was an easy fix especially with a hoist now. Did I mention I have a hoist again 😄 Will do a post later on about the weekend at Noosa Hill Climb 😁

8hp70 with a decent sized cooler and enjoy carefree daily driver race car.

I hear you like roadtrips 😜 Buy a second one and leave there for Dose to look after it. Make it easy for you when come over, I am sure he will also baby it and not modify it............ The white does look great especially with 5% tint

Surge from what? Fuel? If money is an issue look at other brands like mamba, pulsar, Aeroflow

Gtx2867 If decide to go for more power will be ready to go for around 270-280kw and be super responsive.

I am now running a Aeroflow 5047 .64 rear (gtx gen2 2867 specs) Previously ran a garret gtx gen2 2867 .82 rear The .64 is the way to go as a lot more responsive. I also run a stock 5 speed but its struggling and eating syncro's. Car makes 220-270kw pending boost level.

Physically the same but it won't work as different internal and bias. Get it rebuilt as suggested above.

Just upgrade it all to this https://frenchysperformancegarage.com/products/fpg-nissan-skyline-r32-a-c-air-conditioning-replacement-kit-r134a-fpg-039