Saturdays S12 Missions
 

I worked an extra 2 hours after work on friday and saturday morning so that i could get my car performing. I finished my external wastegate and re plumbed it.It now is running 14/15psi.I have my electronic boost controller at home waiting to go in and raise it to 17/18psi. I also fitted new manifold and t3 turbo gasket along with a a different turbo that was of a 4x4 cosworth sierra(t3).

Made a new mandrel bent downpipe after that and took it for a spin. Im completely made up. The car is so smooth in its power curve and is scarily fast already around the twisty lanes near my work. A decent power can now be found between 4000 and 6500rpm.

I then went back to work and along with Brad and Adz sprayed Brads silvia. Very succsessfull day. i was aching all over last night it felt like i was coming down with something but better today. I guess ive been taking it easy too much over the last month and am not used to it :p.

I will tweak the car a little more over the course of the next week and then put it on the Rolling Road

good man:) all ready for rockingham then.:D

yeah mechanically its really really close to being finished. I just need to plug my chipped ecu in and fit the boost controller. Next is the brakes. Martin sourced me some pads and ive got the grooved diss to go on.So one more mornings work and then im done :) . Will just need to look after it and maintain it. I expect a few things will go wrong and break, hopefully not too often though. I took Gary(guy with mr2 at jae) out in it last night and he got rather scared at its acceleration so that made me smile too

yea jon ur car is looking 'the sex' atm :D it truly flew home the other nite, sorry i parted at crawley i thought you knew i was goin to adz house..

Oh well im sure u woulda lost me at some point :trout

I fitted those pads today and before they've even bed in I instantly noticed how much better they are then the standard nissan pads. I can defo do the Romford ring road and the Bramble Lane sprints with more late braking confidence.

I actually can't believe what I did as well. I refitted my 17's on the back after blowing them up at xmas. Looked at the car and thought it just had to be washed. Its probably the dirtiest car I've seen in ages. You couldn't differentiate the black strip on the rear bumper from the red. It was all black. It hadn't been washed since September a few weeks before the smash. Anyway 2 buckets later and its clean.
This aerial shot taken space doesn't really show quite how dirty the old cow was:
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New:
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Mate please change that door you know the car looks sex when its clean:D And please reconsider keeping it, you only have to look at them pictures:mad:

Door mate
 

If you wanting a door mail me Martin, i have two both driver sides in red.

I've got a door and wing. Just can't be bothered to fit them:p

:ghey

Well i whipped a vfr motorbike this morning with no problems and am currently changing into 5th gear at somewhere between 140-150mph. Ive had it right off the clock this evening with no troubles at all. Im loving it too bits.Im just waiting for there to be some rain :) . Im taking it round Dunsfold friday afternoon(where top gear use btw) which should be great too. I wish i still had my video fone...

Doubt anyone on here would ever be able to whip a motorbike:eek: Even the VFR400 would be about 300bhp per ton.

it was a vfr400 and it wasnt from a standing start it was coming off a duel carriageway roundabout and yes i did beat it and he was riding it flat out. ....

I fitted the Horsahm developments stage2 chip recently too.it feels to have a lot more torque behind it now and my fuelling is definalty better. Rolling Road not this weekend but next weekend i think:) i will be be weighing my car and weighing each corner independantly aswell before then so i will be able to give you my bhp per tonne soon. I should think my car weighs a bit more than standard though due to the electric leather recaro seats and the spoilers and extra bits in the engine bay....And general Dirt and grime

too be fare, a good modded turbo car will see most bikes up to 400cc, i know, raced enuff to confirm.

thing with bikes is there an engine on wheels, power to weight is excelent.. standing starts always hard to beat..

however..

get these w@nkers on a rolling start, say 50mph.. both gun it, & theres very LITTLE difference between them, even larger cc's stuff. when the turbo comes to boost & your set-up is sweet.. get sweating biker buoy:ghey

a good modded S12 can & will woop bikes. beleve me.

theres a few scarred bikers living near me i'll tell you. was even approached by one 4 weeks ago asking 'what the hell do you have under the bonnet of this', 'ant ' 'ad owt that quick keep near me in a while...:whip

my reply was, 'only tickled the throttle',.. he wont happy with that realy..!:trout

thnx Rob,Have you managed to put your car on a newer set of Rollers yet. What map are you currently using and at what psi?Also what clutch are you using?


I need to do a bit more setting up. i need to replace a couple of boost hoses,chk my base timing is at 14dbtdc and weld up a couple of pin prick holes in my exhaust front section. I also need to work out the plumbing and setting up of that boost controller as im getting bad spiking the way i have done it.I think im going to try and just put the controllers solenoid inline on the external wastegate sideport next rather than teed from it and then to the wastegate top via the solenoid.

whats the gain set at jon, as if its to high your turbo will spin up fast but will send your boost up further and can cause spiking, try 15% gain, this works well on mine.:)

im currently runnning 20psi of boost on a adj. actuator. the mapping is one off develpment by a company in blaockpool, no one has this anywhere as far as im aware, myself & my tuner informed this 'chip' company of the spec & predicted output & they came up with the goods on a mapping sequence, ill try to get more details, it sometimes behaves in irractic fashion as its not ment to do what it do's (more than twice it's normal power output)

the clutch is a four plate organic jobbie, a bitch to use whilst driving around town but the only one that will take the power... try these people for our set up... shit hot man...


www.apexperformance.co.uk

& no, not had chance to get it on a new'er set of rollers yet.. am looking forward to doing so though.. still looking for a reputable company to accomodate:furious

Thanks guys.

So the gain adjusts the time of the opening of the wastegate then? i think i have the gain set at flat out..... so i will adjust that tommorow. also theres a setting on the back that says wg or act?

i have seen that clutch Rob. it is an idea. my exedy clutch is holding at the moment.Hopefully it will last a few months

yes jon, thats for either an external wastegaste or an actuator, its gonna spike like feck if you have your gain on full, if you want a lot of gain you have to turn boost down as it raises your peak boost.:)