The Turtle
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nice one lads! wanna spend a day in aberdeen wiring up a VE :lol:
Erm, no. Lol
It's hard enough wiring the micra without having to wire the whole car with no wiring diagrams.
bah, would free grub and jäger swing it? :lol:
o/j i've got most of it drawn on paper and i'm about ready to start splicing but it needs to be done by thursday so i'm on a misson lol
o/j i've got most of it drawn on paper and i'm about ready to start splicing but it needs to be done by thursday so i'm on a misson lol
So today we played about with the Corsa coilovers.
After initial fitting, we realised that the actual coilover was knocking. when under load.
So out it came to be stripped down. Once stripped down, the helper spring on the bottom was removed, and the coilover wound up as high as it would go... which is still pretty low...
In order to space out the top mount, washers are required. But since we didnt have any...
A quick ghetto fix until we can get some washers.
All put back together and fitted onto the car. O.M.G it is so stiff. Standing on top of the chassis rail and jumping up and down, the car just wont move. And after some calculations working out at 18kg springs, I now see why.
So coilover put on and wheel tightened, car lowered means ;
As you can see there is very little clearence between the top of the wheel and the bottom of the chassis rail. May need arches rolled once the wings are on.
Also with the 15 inch wheels and fat tyres, the wheels are colliding with the inner arch. So hopefully when our current plans of modifying N15 and K11 hubs it will sit further out and clearance shouldnt be an issue anymore. Possibly some 20 or 25mm spacers aswell.
So thats one side done, will finish the other side tomorrow.
After initial fitting, we realised that the actual coilover was knocking. when under load.
So out it came to be stripped down. Once stripped down, the helper spring on the bottom was removed, and the coilover wound up as high as it would go... which is still pretty low...
In order to space out the top mount, washers are required. But since we didnt have any...
A quick ghetto fix until we can get some washers.
All put back together and fitted onto the car. O.M.G it is so stiff. Standing on top of the chassis rail and jumping up and down, the car just wont move. And after some calculations working out at 18kg springs, I now see why.
So coilover put on and wheel tightened, car lowered means ;
As you can see there is very little clearence between the top of the wheel and the bottom of the chassis rail. May need arches rolled once the wings are on.
Also with the 15 inch wheels and fat tyres, the wheels are colliding with the inner arch. So hopefully when our current plans of modifying N15 and K11 hubs it will sit further out and clearance shouldnt be an issue anymore. Possibly some 20 or 25mm spacers aswell.
So thats one side done, will finish the other side tomorrow.
this too:
No big update really.
Just been fillering and sanding....
But farting around last night
Free intercooler FTW!
Tasty...
(wood screw on arches)
fixed
So todays first task of many was to remove the hubs so they can be sent off for machining, making a hybrid hub from N15 and K11 hubs.
Hubs unbolted from strut, Brake lines removed, Track rod cut out ( it was nackered anyway), hub unbolted from the wishbone and hub removed.
Although because of the thread on the ball joint wrecking itself, we are now in need of a new wishbone aswell as a new track rod end. Not that expensive, but cash is tight.
Close up of the removed hub ;
Close up of coilover ;
We are probably going to re introduce the helper spring as its just way too stiff.
Anyway with regards to the hubs, what we plan to do is ;
Have the N15 inner bearing with driveshaft splines machined and pressed in place of the current K11 one.
And also the SR20 driveshafts being shaved down a bit on the diameter to fit into the space in the K11 hub. No pics but a special thanks to Cov for helping with this.
So with that done, moving onto the next task of bodywork. I continued sanding down the rear arch full of filler and ross continued sanding down the drivers door.
And anti rust primer on the wing mirror area ;
Bumpstrip removed ;
Then out came the compressor and paint, homage to the GX
Yes its only the door been painted for now but the car will eventually all be in this colour. Nissan BS7 Blue. We had a lot of paint left over from previous work.
With that done, time to drop the engine again. Fuel lines disconnected, wiring pushed through the bulkhead. Engine loom disconnected from interior loom. And Engine hoisted out.
So with that done we now need to purchase a driver side wishbone and track rod end. Anyone got one spare? Lol
And incase any of you wanted to know what we use an engine hoist ;
Structural beam of the building ;
And a lifting chain connecting to this steel beam via a heavy duty lifting strap and another connected to the engine,
That’s all for now.
Hubs unbolted from strut, Brake lines removed, Track rod cut out ( it was nackered anyway), hub unbolted from the wishbone and hub removed.
Although because of the thread on the ball joint wrecking itself, we are now in need of a new wishbone aswell as a new track rod end. Not that expensive, but cash is tight.
Close up of the removed hub ;
Close up of coilover ;
We are probably going to re introduce the helper spring as its just way too stiff.
Anyway with regards to the hubs, what we plan to do is ;
Have the N15 inner bearing with driveshaft splines machined and pressed in place of the current K11 one.
And also the SR20 driveshafts being shaved down a bit on the diameter to fit into the space in the K11 hub. No pics but a special thanks to Cov for helping with this.
So with that done, moving onto the next task of bodywork. I continued sanding down the rear arch full of filler and ross continued sanding down the drivers door.
And anti rust primer on the wing mirror area ;
Bumpstrip removed ;
Then out came the compressor and paint, homage to the GX
Yes its only the door been painted for now but the car will eventually all be in this colour. Nissan BS7 Blue. We had a lot of paint left over from previous work.
With that done, time to drop the engine again. Fuel lines disconnected, wiring pushed through the bulkhead. Engine loom disconnected from interior loom. And Engine hoisted out.
So with that done we now need to purchase a driver side wishbone and track rod end. Anyone got one spare? Lol
And incase any of you wanted to know what we use an engine hoist ;
Structural beam of the building ;
And a lifting chain connecting to this steel beam via a heavy duty lifting strap and another connected to the engine,
That’s all for now.
yeah but for the hassle factor, its better just to replace the arm.
we'd have to get it pressed out somewhere and the new one pressed in, so it would probly cost more to replace the ball joint than replacing the whole arm
