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FUUHCK! i think i had a booboo toqueing down the head bolts and developed a leaking head gasket. car was overheating just a touch and found water in the oil and vice-versa.

=bad

so i ripped the dam thing off.. then someone told me i should pressure test the coolant system first. oops hedz alreddy off. o well. found a small nick on one of the pistons from the exhaust valve too. its prolly from the head and block resurfacing, so i ordered up an adjustable timing gear to get the valve timing dead zero again, and a thicker head gasket just for good measure. it should be back on the road in no time

what it's supposed to look like:

on a gooder note, i i got some 2-part brake paint and it actually came out ok i guess.

kinda brite, but what the hek

what do you have to do to make it road legal in your neck of the woods? any inspection or registration or anything like that?

as of right now (frickin arnold always tryin to change them) the laws are that any vehicle pre-'76 is emissions-exempt. All I have to do is take it to get registered and that's it.. i hope.

yep.. got electric fan. im suspicious of the alternator though. if it's trying to charge so high, wouldn't it need a rediculous amount of toque to turn? ..thus squealing like a korean hooker?

Well, the mufflers are attatched and work pretty well. I like the rumble, car alarms dont however. haha 2.5" straight through. magnaflow resonator and straight-through muffler. painted black. 0-bling

so here's the problems I noticed today:

1. runs hot but mixture reads rich

2. strange crap in coolant. might be residuals from used rad and hoses

3. coolant slowly disappears

4. car wont shut off with key anymore. hafta kill ign/fuel

5. oil pres gauge jumpy. (from pegged to normal) hafta check ground

6. alternator charging way too high. belt squeals when revving but tension is correct.

7. fuel pump is blowing 5A fuses

8. transmission fluid leak out of rear

9. theres no substitution for a good laptop battery.

10. megasquirt not making enough corrections to meat target AFRs.

whew. this may take a while, as I'll be taking a much needed break from the car to gather parts and attack the problems better. Next up:

tranny seal replacement

wire securing/double checking

buy a new batt for the laptop

read some more

this is how she'll be for a while.

haha u guyz funny..

i was @ that jap-classic show in long beach. splooged my pants when i saw the 2 Hakosukas. i exploded again when i saw one of them had a RB26 in it.

..just thought i'd share.

http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/gallery.html

sorry if this is a repost here.

post more links if you got'm

well, after a few rounds with the megasquirt box, i finally got the thing started. seems i put in some potentiometers backwards

runs kinda hot, so gotta work on that. finally drove it around the block under it's own power!! hahaha

ill get some rolling shots/vids once it's streetable

very clean yet another cool car ill never get to see in the states

thx! yah man, the oil cooler was cheap too.. but the lines daaaam.. i shoulda just used high pressure rubber hose and barb fittings.

and the hood is fiberglass, just dont have the skillz to paint it body color so fuck it

im another lover of your car man, nice work, easy to see alot of planing has gone into it aswel, how long has it taken to get you to where you are?

best of luck getting it finished! keep us updated PLEASE

thanks dude, it's been about 1.5yrs

nice mini! my friend has a mk1 mini-s

his website:

http://tunemini.6.forumer.com/index.php

nice ride man! keep up the good work on the flares. i cant believe you had your own wheels made. ive never seen a service like that. hoshino stylz? nice

wow, this car is awesome! c110? is there lots of these in australia? i must have

Yuh this is me going nuts. Thats fantastic. I love it. New favourite car on the site.

It must go hard with a 2.8 build M20! They go well enough with a 2 litre M10 between the struts!

How do you find the GC coilovers? Im quite keen on them myself. Have thought about grabbing a set for my E28 at some point.

How have you found wiring up megasquirt with a motronics system? Im guessing it was previously motronics, at least I think all 2.5/2.7s were, easy enough if it was L-jet!

French lights look badass on the front too.

I love everything about it! Awesome work man. Best 02 Ive seen in ages, man it must haul ass.

actually, not running yet the megasquirt is giving more trouble than i thought. once i get it flashed correctly, ill be able to get it in the car and break in the engine. then i can finally clean it and take some pics!

the GC coilovers can actually be bought on their site. they're one of only maybe 2 companies that make stuff specifically for the 02. i had to cut off the old collars and weld on new ones, i hope my welds are strong enough.

they might have something for the E28. id imagine all you need is the right collar and to get the height right. you might be able to shorten the strut too and fit a shorter insert. Ive never seen an E28! dam badass! i'd love to have a sedan. i love the 2000s too

the MS isnt too bad if you just do fuel control. i think i shouldve used the stock Motronic box to control spark, but i jumped into the deep end. or else, my car might be runnin already. i kinda had to though, with the compression increase. cali gas sucks so i thought it woulda been easier than just getting the motronic reburned.. boy was i WRONG

thanks for the comments guys! im ready to move to NZ already. I just cant believe you guys have old skylines. that alone is worth selling off all my crap and gettin a visa. love the old school rides

gimme your cars

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hey from sunny southern CA. i found this site on google images.. and i love the NZ and Aussie styles, it's good to see the old boso style lives outside of japan. you never see anything like this in the states but anyhow, here's my (almost) year and a half project. sticking an '87 325i engine into my old 2002. so far, no outside work apart from a little aluminum welding, so im tired of it

mods so far:

outside:

early style bumper conversion w/shaved overriders

ABS front dam

fiberglass hood

FA RX-7 oil cooler w/earl's ss lines/fittings and rock guard

lamin-x amber headlight stoneguards

suspension/steering:

ES poly bushings at each pivot point

solid rear subframe mounts

ground control adjustable camber/castor plates

ground control front coilovers w/375lb stacks

intrax rear springs 275lb

22mm hollow fr/ 22mm solid rr antiroll bars

all new rods/joints

close ratio steering box

wheels/tires:

flat black pc'd Ronal R8 (15x7 ET28) fr/rr

Toyo Proxes T1-S 195/50/15

brakes:

fr- volvo girling 4pots on 320i rotors

mintex pads

rr- stock drizzums

mintex shoes

wilwood bias valve

interior:

de-sound deadeninged / painted

autopower roll bar pc'd gold

corbeau trs seats

schroth rallye-3 harnesses

sparco brake/clutch pedals

custom throttle/deadpedals

custom cf center console

wink

custom guage cluster w/vdo guages

momo monte carlo

innovate quick release

crappy 3rd light

ICE:

MBquart speakers

an amp somewhere i dunno

engine:

'87 325 cabrio block/head

'90 325e crank

ross 1mm over pistons

displacement ~2.8L

balanced/blueprinted

ported

192 regrind cam

12lb flywheel

E21 323i 5spd OD transmission

Exedy clutch/pres. plate

short shifter

poly engine mounts

318is in-tank fuel pump

MKII scirocco radiator

3.91 LSD w/exactly no lockup left

optima red top

MSD6A ignition

MSD Blaster SS coil

NGK plugs and IE wires

EMS:

megasquirt V3 board running MSNS-E code

(not yet)controlling spark using stock 60-2 wheel

GM IAT

trying to use stock bosch CLT sensor

hyundai TPS

Innovate LC-1 wideband controller

im in the wiring/programming stage right now..both of which im completely new to. it'll get done someday hehehe

as bought

rebuilt the rearend 1st. i dont know y the hell for

old shot of inside

after new seat mounts / stripping

newer shot of inside (minus the tangle of wires)

trunk after a lotta cleaning and welding in the battery holder/strutbar

exterior after 1st rebuild attempt

had a little fun with the saw and cut anything that wasn't need OUT..oh, and that itty bitty engine too

sanding sanding sanding sanding sanding sanding

testfit!!

ram air!!

fits ok. painting painting painting painting

putting stuff back in, blocking things off

engine buildo

done whew that was fast

stuff it back in!

stop!

go!

stay cool

ready to go

hopefully ill get it running in the next few days and get some rolling shots. then it's all cosmetics and a little brakes / suspension