1500 N16 for banger Racing!!!

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Rob36

Hi.
I have a 1500 N16 (my dads old car!) that is going to be stripped, and then built for light contact dirt track banger racing. (its done 160,000 so dont panic!!)

This will be by far the newest car Ive raced, and you hear of horror stories regarding the electrics when stripping newer cars - ie cut the wrong wire and the car is permanently immobalised!

So heres the question - if I unplug then remove the entire dash, is the engine still likely to run!!! (im a tall lad and prefer to remove the dash on my race cars)

Also, how much of the wiring loom am I likely to be able to strip down without effecting the ecu. In our sport, its best to strip down as much redundant wiring as possible! In the old days it was a case of ripping out ALL the wiring, then wiring up ignition, starter, dizzy, coil etc and away you go! Not so simple these days!

Any help/advice/guesses etc will be much appreciated!

As interest, I think this might be the first late shape almera ever raced in this discipline!
Thanks!
 
Thats probably the best introduction I have heard on here Rob - good luck with the racing, be great to hear how the Mera holds up against the competition

Welcome to the club, unfortunately I cant help you but I am sure it wont be long before some N16 warriors come along with their knowledge.

Trug
 
hello rob, welcome to the club.

As for the dashboard removal, if its a phase 1 n16 (2000~2002) you can remove the whole dash with no problems, just as long as you leave the speedo in as alternator charging system is run thru it.

do a search for white 1.8 sport to see my stripped out n16.
 
liamtucker100 said:
hello rob, welcome to the club.

As for the dashboard removal, if its a phase 1 n16 (2000~2002) you can remove the whole dash with no problems, just as long as you leave the speedo in as alternator charging system is run thru it.

do a search for white 1.8 sport to see my stripped out n16.
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Thanks for the quick replies! Thats a relief about dash removal - and cheers for the info regarding the speedo, although out of interest, alternators have to be disconnected in banger racing, as we need to run a battery cut out switch (on the negative off the battery) for safety reasons - and if you leave the alternator wired up it doesnt work properly as the alternator holds a charge. I might leave the speedo in as a precaution tho!

I expect I'll periodically ask new questions on here as and when I run into bother!! Ill be taking my time building this one as the season doesnt start till early Apr. Any more advice regarding stripping / stuff I might need to bypass (like impact sensors and stuff) would be greatly appreciated!
 
no worries dude :)

As for impact sensors ect, oce the airbag have been removed, and standard belts replaced for harnesses (im guessing this will be happening), just remove the airbag/srs ecu which is located under the centre console, just in front of the handbrake and no problems should arise with that system.

With the wiring, the looms inside seem to be well bound together, so alot of pateience will be required to remove uneeded lighting/audio wiring ect.

Other than that i cant think of other problems i encountered when stripping mine.

Cheers, liam
 
welcome to the forum :-) good luck racing I was wondering if you could take a picture of your dashboard? just wondering if your selling it thats all :-)

Thanks
Darren
 
Yep - I'd certainly sell the dash - although I'm not sure how I'd get it to you? I probably won't be starting on the car until the new year though. I'll take a photo of the dash tomorrow if I get the chance. Incidentally, I'll be stripping all interior and exterior trim, glass, lights, bumpers, mirrors etc etc. Its a 51 plate by the way - an si I think.

Liam - I checked out the pics of your stripped down 1800 sport - looks cool mate, and I was quite pleased to see plenty of natual roof support up there - I seem to have a habit of rolling em and coming down hard on my roof! The last two cars I raced both ended of with squashed a-pillars after rolling - I have the scars on the top of my helmet to prove it! (new one on order as we speak, lol)

In case your interested - I usually do a mock-up of how the car will look when its finished - so I know what I'm doing when it comes to signwriting etc - so all going well, she should look something like this when finished (at least until the first corner of the first race anyway, lol)

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Rob36 said:
Yep - I'd certainly sell the dash - although I'm not sure how I'd get it to you? I probably won't be starting on the car until the new year though. I'll take a photo of the dash tomorrow if I get the chance. Incidentally, I'll be stripping all interior and exterior trim, glass, lights, bumpers, mirrors etc etc. Its a 51 plate by the way - an si I think.

Liam - I checked out the pics of your stripped down 1800 sport - looks cool mate, and I was quite pleased to see plenty of natual roof support up there - I seem to have a habit of rolling em and coming down hard on my roof! The last two cars I raced both ended of with squashed a-pillars after rolling - I have the scars on the top of my helmet to prove it! (new one on order as we speak, lol)

In case your interested - I usually do a mock-up of how the car will look when its finished - so I know what I'm doing when it comes to signwriting etc - so all going well, she should look something like this when finished (at least until the first corner of the first race anyway, lol)

almera.jpg
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Looks cool mate i think its the first time ive heard / seen an almera in bangor racing! Every Credit!
 
Welcome to the club mate. Will be interested to hear how this goes.

Had a double-take when I saw that your car was parked in my mum's driveway, awesome photoshop skills! :)
 
monka said:
no alternator? i'm guessing its just a couple of laps ya do then?
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7 to 10 laps around a dirt oval about 1/3 mile long. The car will run longer that you might think! We need to take a couple of spare batteries just in case, but you can get 2 - 3 races out of a battery no problem at all.

Yeah mate - Llandudno is in the uk! North wales coast by Rhyl! Do you still want me to take a pic of the dash for you?

Wraith - haha is that your car! I got the pic from a google search lol. Hope you dont mind bud. Nice lookin motor btw.
 
Heres a pic of the dash because I'd already taken the pic earlier today. black and grey - actually in v good nick. No worries if you feel its too far to travel tho mate.

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