New (old) LX turbo

Picked this up yesterday for a good price :)

Specs from for sale thread 6 years ago, some may be different now...

1996 Series 2 K11 LX Nissan Micra
ACT rego, engineered
Body Coloured Bumpers
Km's
-150,000

Modifications
-Engine
-Microtech LT8 ECU
-Custom Exhaust Manifold
-2.5" Custom Exhaust From Turbo Back
-Reconditioned T25 Turbocharger
-Modified S13 Fuel Rail
-S14 Injectors
-CoolingMist Water/Methanol Injection System
-HKS BOV
-S14 Sidemount Intercooler (Top mounted)
-3:1 Fuel Pressure Regulator
-Walbro Intank Fuel Pump
-Turbosmart Dual Stage Boost Controller

-Driveline
-Datrats Custom Heavy Duty 190mm Clutch
-JUN Lightweight Flywheel
-X-Racing Short Shift Kit

-Suspension
-#70142 - Control Low Springs (320mm)
-#70140 - Control Low Springs (330mm)
-#1303312 - Sport Rated Externally Adjustable Strut Insert (x2)
-#1102812 - Sport Rated Internally Adjustable Shock (x2)
-#bnf30 - Heavy Duty Fixed Replacement Front Swaybar (22mm)
-#kca373 - Castor/Anti Lift Kit
-#kca412 - Camber Bolt Kit
-#kpr025 - Adjustable Panhard Rod
-#ksb605 - Upper Adjustable Alloy Strut Brace
-#ksb708 - Alloy Lower Control Arm Brace
-#w0922 - Shorter Bump Stop Kit
-#bnr29xz - Extra Heavy Duty Adjustable Replacement Rear Swaybar (20mm-24mm)
-#kta114 - Adjustable Upper Trailing Arm

-Braking
-DBA Slotted Rotors
-EBC Greenstuffs Pads
-Pulsar GTiR AD22VF Calipers

-Wheels/Tyres
-15" Axis Mag-Lite Graphite Wheels Bridgestone Potenza RE001 tyres

-Miscellaneous
-Bucket racing seats
-Sports steering wheel
-Aufra Mini-Tacho Guage
-Aufra Boost Guage
-Aufra Exhaust Temperature Guage
-Aufra Oil Temperature Guage
-Aufra Oil Pressure Guage (Not currently installed)
-Clear Side Repeaters
-Kenwood KDC8023 Cd Receiver
-Alpine MRD-M300 Monoblock Amplifier
-2x Pioneer VCCS 10" Subwoofers
-2 Door Central Locking Kit
-Viper 791XV - Remote Start Alarm System With 2 Way Pager
-Viper 520T - Battery Backup Siren
-Viper 507T - Digital Tilt Sensor And Motion Sensor
-Viper 508D - Stand Alone Microwave Sensor
-Viper 506T - Break Glass Sensor
-Viper 513T - Mini Piezo Siren

I am currently on the lookout for an LSD or pulsar gearbox as wheelspin is a bit of a problem!
It's going on the dyno on Saturday for a checkup then straight to Sydney to get a power steering conversion kit, then hillclimb on Sunday.

It's slow :p

if wheelspin/torque steer is an issue, a pulsar gearbox isn't going to resolve the problem mate - got a n15 pulsar box in the slayer and even with semis, it'll still spin hard when u give it some.. the daily shitbox isn't throwing out the same kind of power figures, but the 31V box in it just won't let the wheels spin - they fully want to though!

Wheel spin doesn't make you go faster, nor does having to compensate for the car wanting to go where it feels like instead of where you need to steer it.

---dens

Sorry I was talking about a N13 SSS pulsar, wouldnt bother upgrading to a non-lsd box.

I cant believe all the Whiteline stuff on it....Where did this car come from???

Nick...

Sean off the forum built it, its in the pics from the 2005 meet in Canberra

Very nice Tyrie....looks like you wont need a thing for it...lol

Nick...

I intend to relocate the water injection system to facilitate removal of the back seat and fitment of a rear strut brace. Currently the large reservoir is attached to the back seat in a very awkward spot!
Water injection when activated appears to kill acceleration, so will have a look at that on the dyno too!

i had a feeling you couldnt be happy with the 31, lol
looks like a good buy!

haha the 31 was only bought to run in the shitbox rally next year, any motorsports action it sees is purely for laughs!

My old car!!

Built that from a bog stock LX

I miss that car so much.

Tyrie, I'm still in Canberra. PM me if you want any info (still remember it all from 7 years ago).

Would love to see it in person again

Sean

I'd be VERY interested to see your intercooler layout please :)

Thanks Pepper

intercooler is I believe a s14 side mound job top-mounted in front of the engine. I may have to move it to fit the power steering in...

Sean did you fit the gauges? Did you plumb up the boost gauge? I just noticed the vacuum line just pokes out of the air vent on the dash and sucks/blows air in the cabin...

No I didn't, they were done at the same time as the turbo conversion by Ben at Intune Auto which funnily enough doesn't exist anymore... The quality of the workmanship was very disappointing to me.

In fact - there's a lot I wanted to change after the initial conversion, but never got the chance. The intercooler, for instance, I wanted to remove completely and run a straight pipe to the T/B over the rocker cover with water/methanol injection.

Hope it's fun

Sean

Water injection is crap, does nothing by lean it out. Gonna turn it into an intercooler spray.
Made 93.3kw @ 7psi on saturday, and was significantly slower than climberjoels n/a LX on Sunday lol

ive got some sweet ones of rubber simply dissapearing on the start line! ill flick em to you later ty and you can put em up :)

was an aweosme day - great battle

haha I found all that rubber, its in the guards and all down the doors :D I even found some stuck on the bonnet lol

I had those semi slicks fitted on Thursday, the front left is completely shagged now!

Some pics here, but not much of burnouts...

www.photos.tregearit.com

I'm pretty sure I can get it to redline in 1st gear without the car moving forward (using the handbrake) Might try a launch at the next hillclimb using this method and just releasing the handbrake to take off...

Manual steering rack is out, hopefully power steering rack will be in and working by this Sunday (tarmac motorkhana). I picked up some standard n15 front brakes yesterday to replace the ridiculous GTiR setup. If anyone wants GTiR front brakes let me know!

I also picked up a standard n15 ga16 gearbox and a n13 VLSD to play with yesterday, and won some 31V micra driveshafts on yahoo.jp last night to hopefully make it work!

hmm hit a bit of a snag, power steering rack is in but fucked if I can find anywhere to put the reservoir... Intercooler takes up all room in front of the the engine, piping/TB/FPR/Charcoal cannister takes up room against the firewall and turbo takes up all room around the rad support... Will have to look at relocating the FPR and charcoal cannister or getting a very small power steering reservoir lol

can you relocate the battery ty?

although its on the opposite side to where the reservoir is normally, it would give you a lot more space.

I made it fit :)
It is jammed down between the TB and the booster, held in with cable ties lol.

I'm up to filling it with fluid and looking for leaks, am wondering if it needs to be bled or anything? there's no bleed screws that I can find so I'm guessing it's just a matter of adding fluid and cranking it lock-to-lock until no more fluid can go in???

http://www.youtube.com/user/mightycarmods#p/u/58/WKw9A0E520A
At about 7:50.

all he does is turn the wheel lock to lock

It would appear that whoever made the turbo manifold used exhaust pipe, so it has some pretty massive cracks in it now! I am getting it welded but might send it to 6boost later on to be remade properly.

If its the original manifold I had made then that's funny...

Real funny as I even supplied the steam pipe...

Lo and behold the shop is now gone though.

Sean

Hopefully some brackets to the block to hold the weight of the turbo will prolong the life of the manifold...

I have also removed the amp and water injection system off the back seat so I could piss the seat off. Am going to replace the coffee urn reservoir with a much smaller bottle ~2L mounted in the spare wheel well and spraying onto the intercooler.

I also discovered the LH rear brake cylinder was pissing out fluid onto the shoes so I replaced the cylinders and shoes on both sides.

Not much luck selling this so will keep trying to make it faster :)

I got it passed rego despite the laws changing since it was engineered. Also got some tein coilovers today to replace the whiteline/koni suspension.
I have some old dunlop dz03g in 205/50R15 to use on the 15x7 4spokes, but am seriously considering some Avons in 205/55R13 as track tyres.

Coilovers will go in asap then will need a wheel alignment before Huntley hillclimb on 19th Feb. It wont happen but I'd like to have the LSD in before the next motorkhana on 18 March.

what are u doing with the old suspension setup mate?

whiteline springs and koni shocks were sent to their new owner in QLD on Monday

bummer that you haven't sold ty, but I'm also glad because I'm loving the competition! bring on the years events I say!

now with cage thanks to MickB :) Next on the list is a Gripper LSD.

Some serious bracing

What he said ^^ lol

top work man,
All you need now is a harness bar!

yep, had to mod the seat belts to make them fit! Cage is meant for cars with harnesses lol

Ah yeah, the nismo bolt in cages clip the bottom seatbelt slider.

wow, serious bit of kit!

thanks for the read :)

Haha YES!

Awesome car and sticker! lol

Some videos from SAU texikhana on Saturday.

Great videos, love the comments about the 2 Micras in the first one.

Well done Tyrie...awesome ride...

Nick...

pic from last sunday's motorkhana


Will be running this at wakefield tomorrow, praying it's dry so the new slicks can do their thing. Hoping Joel doesn't smash me again lol

Love that last shot.

BTW, what intake grill are you using on the bonnet?

kool pic lock em up :)

I think it's a fake cosworth vent..

can't believe i didn't spot this thread before. what an awsome car tyrie :)
great vids.
i'm also running a t2/t25 hybrid 160bhp with a gripper lsd, pulsar brakes and BC V1 coilovers.
I take mine to afew trackdays.

hows the gripper lsd?
mine was initially a 45/45 ramp with a weaker old preload spring which eventually shattered.
now its a rebuilt 1.5way with the newer durable preload spring design, works a charm and its never spun any single wheel, only both wheels when the torque was too much especially powerundersteering during cornering.

currently trying to resolve problems with my new forged piston engine here.

http://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/page-55

video of 1:12s at wakefield yesterday :)

nice lines dude, and great time but whats your left hand doing? One handed throuh turn 9?!?

On annother note i finaly had some brake fade, my last two sessions the pedlal went soft. now i think im happy to spring for pulsar brakes - especialy for Eastern Creek!

lol looks like my left hand loves knob... Also note the sweet one handed cornering while refitting the horn button :p


I still have some n14 or n15 brakes you can have if you want them...

luvely run.
nice multitasking :)

Ty have you seen the khana results? 2nd outright? Congrats!

i like your cage sits nicer then mine

Wow just saw them! I beat Reece on one course!! I was riding with him when he put down his time and it felt unbelievably fast! I think hitting a few too many flags cost you this time!

Next event is a hillclimb later this month. Hopefully it's nice and hot so my tyres will work!