Carnage!

Was driving last friday night and was about to get on an on-ramp. Road wasnt lit well at all and was going too fast (which was like 20-30 mph, it was a 90degree turn so yeah, dont need to be going that fast to be going tooo fast). The corner i had never taken was way sharper than i thought it was and got the car a lil sideways and ended up being to fast and slammed right into an island i didnt really see. Something stupid that could have been avoided if i stuck to the rule – stay at teh track. Whatever everyone has their moment. So here are some carnage pictures.

bent

broken

torn and bent

Here is the ‘new’ oil pan. Its the one that originally came with the engine but the genius’s at the junk yard blew a hole in it with their torch when they cut the lower transmission brace. Anyways, i had to put a big metal band-aid over the hole.

I somehow managed to change the oil pan with the engine still in the car. We raised the engine up a little bit so i could drop the pan an inch or so, just barely enough to where i was able to squeeze my fingers in there and unbolt the bolts holding the pickup tube on. Thank god they were situated where i could get at them easily.

Also, if you look at the last pic closely you can see how mangled my headers are from the contact with the curb. Tubing is designed to hold exhaust gases and direct them, not stop a curb. So what does it do? deform like crazy.

Today is my birthday btw for anyone who cares. 21!

So last friday i got my injectors.

Took the old crappy ones out that i thought were fubar.

Here is a comparison between the #4 cyl. injector and the Deatschwerks Injector…

I think what happened is that the pintle cap cracked or something, causing the fuel to not be vaporized or whatever in the air properly… maybe getting on the pintle cap and burning? Causing it to melt like this? Idk, it’s weird.

vv Here’s a picture vv

But anyways. I put the two new injectors in along with new plugs on those cylinders and what do ya know, it fixes ALL of my problems. It sounds WAY different now and actually pulls like it should, It’s a beast! The smell of burning rubber is the greatest smell ever. Especially when it comes with the sound this engine makes.

I can’t wait for the summer drift events to start, once school is out for the summer, and i can finally get on the track as a driver…. its gonna be way fun.

I’ll try and get up a sound clip or something like a dumb ricer flyby or whatever.

Psyched i am.. for sure.

So after all of this nonsense i realized my car was running like crap. At first i thought it was bad compression which freaked me out but turns out it wasn’t here’s my update from back then.

So today i got to borrow a compression tester..

Compression is supposed to be 185psi. 142psi minimum.

So i tested the two cylinders i thought were effed up. (#2 and #4)

#2 tested out at 183psi!

#4 tested out at 180psi!

I am STOKED. During the #2 cylinder it started raining. SO i had to finish real quick and slap it all back together. I’ll check the other cylinders this weekend. But i’m psyched it’s not anything serious on those cylinders. So i’m now suspecting injectors. Will hopefully get those done this weekend. BALLER

Ok, so it’s been a while since I’ve updated this thing.

So what I’ve been up to?

Finally timed the car.
Replaced a bunch of hoses that were cracking.
Replaced the clutch slave cylinder AGAIN as it was leaking from the piston (bought a while ago and it only lasted like a month..

vv Installed one of these so I can tell when to shift.

Bought a ton of tires and went to an event on stock blown suspension.. I sucked.

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Small tight auto-x courses >> no powersteering.

Then I got some of these.

And borrowed some wheels from a buddy while his car is outta commission. And did some more…

Then we took some pictures!

And a video of the sound this thing makes.

http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf?video=4fe764ed-947f-43f9-a29b-9b3d00ffa586
My+Noisy+Car+(450sx)

So yeah, my alternator went out on my way to school. So 300 miles from my destination i was running on battery alone…. Had to keep switching batteries between our van and my car to try and make it. Well one of the batteries took a crap on us so i had to leave it at some random restaurant haha. Bought a new battery the next day and barely made it to my house in rapid city. So i ordered a new alternator and it wont be here till wed..

Suck!

ok. so I have solved all running problems.

I found two bad injectors. Number one and number two cylinders. I happened to have two brand new injectors from the other engine i got out of the q45 i bought. replaced them and decided to set the cas back to the center since that is where is is supposed to be.

This thing SCREAMS. Took it through the lowry tunnel with Carl. Holy shit balls you guys. This thing has its own sound. Nothing sounds like it.

It LOVES to be sideways. A flick of the throttle is all that is needed. TONS of torque. But holy shit is it hard to steer with no power steering. I need a remote mounted electric unit asap.. like one from the gen 2 mr2’s.

Anyways. I’ll video a highway run or a sound clip or something. It sounds WAY better than the first video i gave you guys. The exhaust does wonders.

I’m so god damn happy. Drove it 90 miles today and no overheating problems.

Everything all tacked up ready to be welded.

Here’s some side shots of the clearance..

So i practiced my fabrication skills once again today.. Yes there is still more to do…. haha

Mostly exhaust stuff

Made an exhaust hanger for the muffler. The plate also doubles as my e-brake line holder thingy.

Dont nit pick about the welds. I’m welding quarter inch steel with a little miller 90. Its not a super structural piece so whatever..

Here it is mounted on the car.

Another angle.

I like this one.

Almost there!!

YEAHH!!! GREAT SUCCESS!!

Wahoo! Now just gotta get the whole welded. It’s just tacked.

ok. so i actually drove it today! i had a vacuum leak i didn’t find until i got back from my block round trip. it was bogging and i think thats why but when it didn’t bog it was quick. never got over a quarter throttle either. But now it idles PERFECTLY SMMOOOOTH.

suspension is sloppy haha. i dont even have a stock rear sway bar cuz my endlinks are missing. need coilovers. anyone wanna sponsor me?? haha.

This thing is amazing. so much torque. I’m so excited guys.