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Golly gosh this is nice and the story behind the build finish is cool...

MISSION COMPLETE  #LessTalkMoreAction 
@_mittchel_ your last wish is ready brother! 
@thelifeoflawrence_ you smashed this build differently! Thanks for all you hard efforts under the last min pressure over xmas & new years! & Big up my fleet manager @s7u_gk for handling all operations whist ive been away in UAE the last month! Honestly blessed to be able to put smiles on fellow petrol heads faces

The story behind:

Just a week before christmas I took on a LAST minute SPONSORSHIP to build one of my supporters @_mittchel_ who sadly just got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. All he wanted is for his project car to be complete! as a real peteol head I know the feeling I dont have a clue about Nissan Micra’s but he said it need a FULL restoration & would like to send it as much as possible in the short time…. One week later & over £10,000 + spent so far on this build with the help of this genius @thelifeoflawrence_ / @toxicpaintwork heres a few things that is being done: 
- Complete shell restoration
- Full engine out and painted bay
- Full exterior respray with black roof
- Turbo charged with 1752 turbo 
- Front mount intercooler 
- Piggy back ECU & 
- Tuning 
- Custom stock rear bumper
- WALD front bumper & side skirts 

big up @s7u_gk my fleet manager who is taking care of everything whilst im away watch to see the Progress… Ive even bolted a turbo onto this Micra for him… Soon as I land back fingers crossed it should be complete. 
 

#DMODeejay #DMOARMY #Nissan #Micra #Cancer #DMOARMYSPONSORSHIP #LessTalkMoreAction 

#FUCKCANCER #DMODeejay #DMOARMY #KEEPITLEMON

 

Wow- its been over two months since an update but this project has moved way down the list of what's important to me right now. However I am still working on it where I can because its a nice break from thinking about other things and still really fun to work on plus both Hannah and I really do want to get this engine in.

I have accumulated quite a few photos so I think I might split the update into a couple to catch up as its too much to do in one hit.

Wiring up the engine management has taken the most time because as usual I got carried away with doing my best to keep the engine loom hidden, the system as standalone from the rest of the cars wiring and make sure its easy to remove or service.

I started the wiring off with the injectors but first I had to paint the fuel rails. I chose to paint them in epoxy black for a durable finish.

Folding bike stand made for a handy hanging point..

unmasking..

The Nissan March k11 injectors, 3 from the 1.0 litre engine we have spare and 3 from a car at the wreckers. 1.0 and 1.3 k11s share the same sized injectors at circa 145cc/min which is ideal for this engine. Gave them a clean and fitted them in place.

I didn't want the injectors to point out to the side as oem fitment in the k11s, so I very carefully shaved off the plastic tab on the injector bodies that locates in the retaining rings.  I had to change out the screws for dome headed socket screws, which look much nicer and are stainless anyway, so I could use a ball ended allen key to tighten ones under the now rear facing injectors. Much neater.

Bought a variety of this braided loom insulation stuff online. Never used it before. Took me a couple of practices to learn how far it shrinks when slipped over the loom and one has to think several steps ahead to make sure there's no backtracking later. Very satisfying to use though!

I'd stripped down a heap of k11 injector plugs and had ordered a bag of the correct terminals, along with a very nice crimping pliers to suit a variety of terminal sizes. However the terminals were not a perfect pressing as per the original items and wouldn't click into the housings securely.  So I machined a tiny jig that allowed me to mill out the pressings to suit..

I slowly and carefully wired up the injectors using my new braided sleeving.  Such fun!

Finished...

Now I wanted to work out the electric water pump positioning so I could make sure it was allowed for in the loom build. I popped the imp up onto the hoist, did lots of measuring and scribble drawings..

I had to plan it ahead so the plumbing would be easy to route in to the existing radiator pipes that make their way to the front of the car. Because this flat six is still an unknown thing I really don't want to change anything much that would make it hard to re-fit the Datsun engine (which is still being a very well behaved little gem of an engine!!!)

Pump will go about here...

Happy with positioning I constructed an alloy mount, taking time to make sure the system is easy to work on, remove and not foul anything else.

The pump kit came with an adaptor to fit the temp sensor into but I needed to fit another sensor for the ecu plus the imps water temp sender. The plastic one supplied only had room for the one sensor I rummaged through the alloy tube on the shelf and I cobbled together a suitable adaptor that also suited the hose size I wanted to use. Had to add some alloy flat to give it an area to drill and tap in the correct tapered threads.

On the subject of hoses... I spent quite a laughable amount of time trying to find the perfect hose clips. They were all going to be on display and I was quite fussy about the look plus I have a hate for poorly designed clips that don't work smoothly. I don't like clips with the slots as they never work smoothly and tend to bind.  I ended up going with JCS high grip stainless items with pressed worm ridges  - made in the land of the long grey cloud. British quality!

So they'll probably leak then.

But they look plus my mate Matt at blacks sorted me out with a great price - which helps because I needed many!

I was well sorted for neat little fuel hose clips thanks to many k11s 

Now back to the wiring loom.

I carefully wired up new plugs for the crank VR and cam hall sensors and ran the wires back, hiding them as best I could.

Did the same for the alternator and the throttle body tps. At this point I dug the megasquirt 3 ecu out, opened it up and did a fair few alterations to the circuitry to suit my setup. I think it had been setup to suit a Nissan sr20det engine. I added jumpers to allow me to connect the 14 point 7 wideband via CANbus while I was in there.

I loaded the latest firmware onto the ecu and it all seems fine (so far)

Another trip to my friendly local wreckers was now needed. I took this pic when I parked up..

I was on the hunt for a few little bits including some screw on ends for my spark plugs. I'd bought 6 shiny new NGK plugs to suit the goldwing engine but they, like many bike engines, just have the threaded end with a sparkplug cap to suit. I was changing my ignition leads over to modern silicone suppressed cable I'd bought off a roll along with crimp on car type sparkplug terminals. The screw on bits were not available from my local autosparkies and the prices online were priced at 'absurd plus post'.

I found the bits I needed and fitted them..

I continued piecing together the loom and ecu setup. I mounted the ecu on some ply, cut to suit the space under the rear seat. I had a little helper at times..

I decided not to add an extra 26 pin plug into the engine loom to avoid an extra point of potential faults or resistance. I designed the loom to remove from the ecu with the main ecu plugs plus 3 nylon plugs. This way I can easily un-plug them, feed them back through the bulkhead and drop the entire engine out without having to unplug anything at the engine. It also allows me to easily set the engine up for bench testing. The fuses for the engine management, water pump and wideband controller are all located in the same unit, split into two sections separated by the tunnel.

To sit in here tucked well out of harms way...

end of part one

 

 

Don't forget to make a wooden tray for the dash and fill it with things including seashells, crystals, tiny Buddha figures, half smoked joints, entry tickets from luminate festival 2019 etc etc. 

Add some prayer flags around the ceiling and you're pretty much sorted for entry into tasman/golden bay. 

If I could combine the poptop from the camper onto our 4wd chassis 

 

Riwaka..  (actual real shame about the ugly led light bar) 

Id like one of these badges for our van.. 

Thanks to @V8Pete for sending me this. A k11 sedan! 

Very old man driving this, probably smugfaced that it'll outlast him so there's economy datsun motoring at its best.