N14 Pulsar SSS

[Lonewolf]

Take 2, hopefully this thread doesnt attract stupid comments.

I purchased this car a year or so ago, with most of the cosmetic mods already done. I've tried to take it up to the next level mod wise.
Its a gunmetal grey 1994 pulsar sss, with the optional ABS and electric sunroof.
Stock they have a 2L sr20de motor, and develop 105kw.

It was purchased with the following mods:

Random extractors
apexi filter
2.5" mandrel bent exhaust with cannon
apexi safc (untuned)
B+M short shifter
KYB excel-G shocks and kings "superlows"
17" ROH Blades (shadow chrome)
unknown aftermarket rear swaybar
strutbrace
stereo gear

Mods completed by me so far:

tomei poncams (260deg duration, 11.2mm lift)
racebrakes 330mm brake kit, consisting of c4 corvette calipers. 330mm slotted discs, and braided brake lines
3.7kg chromoly flywheel
h/d xtreme organic clutch
changed to lovells "low" springs
x-force stainless 4>2>1 extractors, and changed to a straight through oval muffler
shorter ratio JDM almera GTI gearbox

a quick tuning session at ASG with the safc netted 151hp at the hubs.

I had 3 options to get more power
a) sr20det. I rejected this due to issues with traction, and weak gearbox's
b) more work on the sr20de. This would have made it a pig to drive down low, and involve the car off the road for a long time
c) sr20ve. This has VVL, nissans version of Vtec. It offers 147kw @ 7000rpm, and far superior to an sr20de. Higher head flows, intake manifold, 333cc injectors, VVL and a 10.3:1 compression.

I have chosen option C, and is currently being installed.
This motor only has the VVL active between 6000-7000rpm. I have a greddy MSS on the way to activate this at ~5000rpm.
A tunable PLMS daughterboard will go in to map fuel/igniton, and increase the rev limit to 8000rpm.

Other changes in the short term:

different rims
tidy up respray
tidy up interior
nismo 1.5way mechanical LSD

heres a couple of pics

Car:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/top.JPG

brake comparison:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/brakes/IMAGE_008.jpg

brakes in wheel:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/brakes/IMAGE_012.jpg

new motor:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/sr20ve/VE.jpg

[drivnhrd]

well at least you have taken the car to a decent workshop. cypher industries are good in my books. cars looks nice good luck with the new motor

[Lonewolf]

havent personally ever taken the car to Cypher haha (although i work with Zacka's brother). Stickers been removed now :)

[Miggy]

Very nice, nothing wrong with some good NA power, I guess your building this up for track work? Should be a nice weapon too many people seem to worry about power and put not enough emphasis on suspension and brakes and they are all equally needed to perform well.

Whats the engine out of?

[Lonewolf]

Motor is from a 97-99 p10/p11 primera (with a CVT transmission).

Yes, aim to do more trackwork when my job quietens down, hence responsive and reliable are important to me.
Brakes on the std car are pathetic, one of the best changes ive made.

[Lonewolf]

motor is in.
down on power and no VVL until the proper ECU arrives and we wire in the solenoids, but feels torquey and sounds decent.
install thanks to garage brett_j.

[Joe]

Nice Blake...I love tough NA's!!

Get those N1's in there asap, 9500rpm ftw!!

[adrenalin]

Nice blake

Thinking turbo down the lines or keeping her N\A ?

[Lonewolf]

no turbo, might as well have gone an sr20det if i was going that path.
Lack of traction and smashed gearbox's arent something i like :)

[adrenalin]

Yea true but surelly to swap it over to turbo wouldnt be too much to do other then manifold and compression ( time for low comp forgie pistons :) )

still make a fun track toy N\A. btw nice brakes as well

[Lonewolf]

yeah, it'd be nice, but not without a PAR gearset...
they respond to boost well.
1.6L version + gt30r on 14psi = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mc5CIJTO68

[Brett_J]

Should go pretty hard once the ECU is in and the cams are switching.
And once the rev limits moved and speed cut gone and tuned with changed cam points it should fly.

P.S. you left an old engine in my driveway, thats 3 SR's dumped here now.
I didnt see a sign out the front that says dead SR storage did you?
thats because storing dead SR's aint my f**king business :D:D

[gt86wa]

Did you buy this car off a guy called Nick? looks very familier..

[Lonewolf]

yeah i did. The amount of dodgy mods that were done whilst he had it still amazes me.

Brett: at least its not a whole liberty :D

[Lonewolf]

well thanks to Brett the AFM and solenoids have now been hooked up.
Went for a good thrash and it goes rather nicely all through the rev range (and obviously 6000+).
Cant wait to get the cam swap points changed, and limiters changed to really get it moving.

[Lonewolf]

car now has an MSS, nicely wired up by Brett.
car now pulls hard from 5000rpm, drops right back there on gearchanges, and gets to the JDM speed cut rather quick...

[locote]

bring it out this weekend blake

[locote]

vvl change over sounds awsome, impressed with the power too!!!
Tune it asap this thing will be of its tits!!!!

[kirbo]

Saw the car tonight, looks very tidy! Will have to check it out in some more detail at the next cruise you attend. ;)

[space]

nice brakes.

[Lonewolf]

vvl change over sounds awsome, impressed with the power too!!!
Tune it asap this thing will be of its tits!!!!

cheers dude, the VE sounds shitloads better than the truck motor DE.
happy that i pretty much kept up with your beast, will be better after a tune ;)

Kirbo: ditto, need to have a closer look at yours too

[MAZDABATOR]

saw ur car last night was impressed with my heap that it was beside u all the way through fourth gear from standin start at the lights.

good little beast ill keep an eye on ya we should be a good match later when we both have done a litlle more mods.

[Lonewolf]

TBH, that was the first time i've every actually launched the car with the new motor, so i wheelspan through first and most of 2nd :)

[Joe]

Videos please! :)

[locote]

we had a cam in the car too...
A well next time, then edit the plates out

[Lonewolf]

need a camera and cameraman... :D
I know you have love for VTEC joe, so i'll take you for a spin one day

[locote]

vtak is weak!!!!!!
need turboz.
hahhahaha

[Lonewolf]

retuned today at ASG.
25hp gain over my old tomei cammed sr20de, so not too shabby for an n/a 2L with boltons.
Probably another 10hp with a better header (mmm fujitsubo), and 25 more to go with n1 cams. Would be pretty happy with 200hp at the hubs.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/sr20ve_torque.jpg

[Milhouse]

lol no fair, that made more power than my last engine... AND MINE WAS TURBO !

time for mods i think, cant have an n/a 2ltr making more power than me lol

[Lonewolf]

just hope i dont win lotto dude.
Been reading up far too much about an sr20det bottom end and gt35r's making 400+HP haha

[Milhouse]

lol you would need to find a decent way to get that power to the ground, mine skates all over dry road with my rather low hp figure.

plex runs for sure !

[Joe]

Fuckin very decent.

You coming to AL cruise this Friday? Looking forward to hearing it scream!!

[Lonewolf]

yep will be there
sounds better than vtec :)

[kirbo]

Ahh so you might chop the volvo now? Good work, very impressive dyno for 2L n/a.

[V8ENZ]

see ya at the cruise blake ;)

[Lonewolf]

slotted in an n15 vz-r gearbox over the last week (and new clutch) thanks to garage brett.
Has shorter ratio's and a viscous LSD, keeps the engine on the VVL high cams on each gearchange.

new ratio's as as follows
1st - 3.333
2nd - 1.955
3rd - 1.286
4th - 0.926
5th - 0.733
Final - 4.437

Standard:
1st 3.063
2nd 1.826
3rd 1.286
4th 0.975
5th 0.810
Final 4.176:1

next plans:
crane cams coil
2.5" rear section of exhaust

[mc68]

blake, tidy, very fucken tidy...i think i like this more than your old charade :P

thats a very impressive power figure

[JazRad]

I've always wanted a SR20VET instead of a SR20DET i'd love to have that higher rev range

[tuyen]

bombed as man! I actually prefer a decent powered NA then a turbo to be honest :)

[Lonewolf]

I've always wanted a SR20VET instead of a SR20DET i'd love to have that higher rev range

It can make sense, better flowing head, bigger cam profiles and no rocker arms to go flying...


bombed as man! I actually prefer a decent powered NA then a turbo to be honest :)

Its certainly not the bang for buck move, but its something different, and i like the sound and responsiveness of a good n/a motor.

[Lonewolf]

well it will be shortly time for an update....

I've got/ordered the following odds and ends:

DIN panel with 3x gauges (oil temp, oil pressure and water temp)
Crane cams LX-91 coil
NGK plug leads

the fun power bits:

OEM Nissan n1 camshafts. The high cam lobe specs are 288 degrees and 12.5mm lift, pretty serious numbers.
JWT adjustable cam gears
Brian crower dual valvesprings
I'll be looking to push the rev limiter to 8500rpm, and retuned by ASG. Hopeful of around 200hp at the hubs.

Also looking at a new set of rims, matt black with red lip are looking good at this stage.

will post up further when some of the above has been done!

[Lonewolf]

some pics of gear..
Booked in for install and tune at hyperdrive on the 7th.

OEM Nissan n1 cams
note the difference between the low and high cam profiles...
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/sr20ve/cams.JPG

jim wolf technology cam gears, up to 8deg adjustment
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/sr20ve/gears.JPG

brian crower dual valve springs, good for 9000+ rpm
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/sr20ve/springs.JPG

[DenZel]

good to see you are doing something different, instead of just chucking on a turbo

nice build.

[Slip_]

That'd be a fun car to drive. JDM spec shoes will bring it togather nicely.

[Lonewolf]

just waiting on trial fitment of the rims due to brake clearance
Car is meant to be cheap and fun, so will be good to see how it fares with the new parts.

[vivioman]

wow, very nice...more pics!

should be a hell of a fun car to drive.

[croatvlct]

looks like its cumming along well mate ,i dont mind the ol SSS's

[Lonewolf]

wow, very nice...more pics!

should be a hell of a fun car to drive.

pics of what?
Shown pretty much the only good parts of the shitter already!

[Smoked]

awesome! big fan

[Lonewolf]

well had the cams, springs and gears installed today, and a retune at hyperdrive.
Results are below what I expected, only 156hp atw. Possible their dyno reads low, but was expecting ~20-30hp more

Still struggling to get it to rev past 7500 (waiting to hear back from nistune), and i suspect the rear section of exhaust is now holding it back.

next plans:
change rear section to 2.5" to match rest of system
fix rev limiter issue
run on ASG dyno to verify actual difference from previous setup
play with cam gears

Car is a lot louder on the high cam now, and pulls a lot harder from 6000rpm onwards, just cant rev it out.

graph:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/n1cams.JPG

[AD4M]

AT:19 IT:45... sorry dude but thats a higher figure than it should be in the first place.

do you know if it was tuned in shoot out mode?

[Lonewolf]

yeah, i just noticed that too. Car does suck directly from underbonnet, but thats rather warm
no idea if shootout or not

[Lonewolf]

well took the car to ASG today, the legends there helped work out the problem with the cam install.
Cam gears werent set correctly, plus we extended the rev limiter to 8500rpm.
Car now spins 1st, 2nd and chirps 3rd :D
Here is a comparison with the stock cams, near on 200hp at the hubs now.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/n1cams_good.png

[TJ]

Good stuff man!

That should be a bundle of fun.









time4turbo :P

[Brett_J]

chirping into 3rd = timeforPAR :)

[[crooks]]

starting to look nice man...!!

[Lonewolf]

fuck you pingpingpingpings urging me to turbocharge it, tempted to slap on a gt28rs and go for broke one day.

Fun enough for the moment n/a, pulls hard up top.

[adrenalin]

Shit dude thats impressive !

[Smoked]

negative on the turbo. hipo N/a bottom end rebuild ftw!

also just wondering how come the power curve is wobbly like that?

[Miggy]

No turbo! This is making enough power as it is, time to go honda hunting!

[Lonewolf]

negative on the turbo. hipo N/a bottom end rebuild ftw!

also just wondering how come the power curve is wobbly like that?

there are overbore kits that can bump capacity to 2.2 or 2.3L relatively cheaply, whilst maintaining the ability to rev...

No idea on the curve, the mid range slump is due to the large difference between the low and high cam lobes. Will likely attempt to tune this out eventually.

[kirbo]

Impressive for 2L n/a for sure! Time for r-comps and some track days. When you get bored, then slap on a nice lil turbo. :)

[Ibz]

Nice power for n/a... N/A POWA!! haha

[ED40]

great result there mate. I agree with the others, buck the trend and keep a hipo N/A!!

[Lonewolf]

cheers, yes it will stay n/a. Will keep it this way and buy something else turbo to go along side it eventually.

brake setup likely the next change..

[Lonewolf]

Due to wanting to compete better down the strip and circuit on a budget, im changing brakes.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/brakes/wilwoods.jpg

wilwood 4 piston calipers with 280mm rotors (from twin piston and 330mm rotors).
This will allow me to run a 15" rim at the track, and hence cheaper drag radials and r-comps.
Rotors are also a bit easier to come by than the custom ones currently on the car.
should be on late this week/early next week.

[kneedtotinkle]

niace

[Lonewolf]

brakes ship in on Friday
on the car on Saturday thanks to garage Brett.

Car pulls up nicely, and loads of clearance for smaller rims, bombed.

[V8ENZ]

now get some decent rims

[Miggy]

What happened? I saw flames :(, I hope there's not to much damage.

[Lonewolf]

possibly piston to valve contact...
just died on the 2nd to 3rd shift, and wont crank over now.
apparent bulk sparks out the exhaust, fingers crossed just the cat converter being blown out.

popped the rocker cover in the dark, no sign of damage, same with the plugs (but covered in soot).
if its major, likely i'll sell the good bits and the car :(

[joshg123]

Are SR's interferance?

[Lonewolf]

yep

[V8ENZ]

evertime you take it down to the drags mate...
the plex should do you a favour and ban you.

[Miss_Cate]

I got a video of your running at the plex... let me know if you want it.

[Lonewolf]

the one with flames? :)

[Lonewolf]

compression test results are 230-240 psi accross all cylinders...

[Aristoman]

Wonder what the issue is then Blake as my brother said something went a miss down the track, as hopefully its a easy fix.....

[Lonewolf]

im hoping it was the coil blowing, hence ignition break down, hence fuel being ignited in the exhaust and cat blowing out the exhaust.

[Aristoman]

Looking at that maybe under 1k fix Blake ?

Hate when cars breakdown as know the feeling all to well but cant complain about my car as been extremely reliable up to now !

[V8ENZ]

needs more boost jamie

[poombah]

sr20ve are horn... they had a rundown on them in hpi a few issues ago.. the n1 versions make like 180hp stock

[Aristoman]

needs more boost jamie

Ich glaube nicht nick ;)

Something with boost is in the pipeline mate :)

[rxsevengt]

Damn that sucks, After having a look at your car I got some inspiration to get the mitsi going, Hope it's something simple, that's a cool little car

[SLEEKA]

compression test of 230-240psi thats huge lol, almost deisel territory...

at least you dont have to worry about piston/valve damage then.

Hopefully its a easy and cheap fix

[Lonewolf]

sr20ve are horn... they had a rundown on them in hpi a few issues ago.. the n1 versions make like 180hp stock

those were the 1.6L variants. vzr = 175hp, vzr n1 = 197hp
This 2.0L version does 187hp stock, but has the n1 cams...


compression test of 230-240psi thats huge lol, almost deisel territory...

at least you dont have to worry about piston/valve damage then.

Hopefully its a easy and cheap fix

they have 10.3:1 compression stock, and low km, so not too far off I hope.

theres no spark at all, so possibly a blown coil, or possibly the old immobiliser (as this seems to still be linked into the system...)

[Lonewolf]

brett changed out the ignition module this morning and the car fired first time.
much relief, and "high flowed" cat to go with it!

[Aristoman]

Thank god for that Blake *phew*

Banned yourself from the Plex yet :p

[Lonewolf]

nah back down there next week.
likely buy a spare ignitor just in case they arent rev limit friendly.

[Aristoman]

Glutton for punishment my friend as i'll send Gerrin out there just incase you break down ;)

Improve on the 14.9 for sure !

[ED40]

good to hear it was a relatively small problem.

[Lonewolf]

new rims
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/newrims2.jpg

[Aristoman]

Now you got it looking sweet have you been down the plex lately Blake ?

[Miggy]

Much better, looks great.

[dmwill]

That explains why it was brought to work today :)

Now paint your roof ;)

[V8ENZ]

get it colour coder at the same time

[GTiR1080]

Looks mint now Blake. What rims are they?

[Lonewolf]

jamie: went down last night, 2 runs before the power went out. Only improved to 14.8, still havent launched it properly.

nik: umm no.

dave: cash from selling the old rims will be going towards paint

rob: advanti "maze-r". They come in silver with blue lip also

[Aristoman]

jamie: went down last night, 2 runs before the power went out. Only improved to 14.8, still havent launched it properly.

Power went out :eek: Thats it mate next time once you get used to the car you'll only improve from there :D

[Lonewolf]

should be able to get down to a 2.2 60' on street tyres and that should be good for at least a flat 14.
chasing a set of drag radials next to crack a 13

[Milhouse]

i hate you blake :D

my best time so far in the laser was a 14.5 @ 95mph i think... back on the old 160hp turd motor.

[Lonewolf]

just means you need to go back down.
suggest you might have traction issues however, at which time i'll win :)

[locote]

Let me know when your going next Blake...
I wanna take my for a couple of runs

[Lonewolf]

well I go back next week for free if the rain holds out, if not, whenever its fine

[Aristoman]

Might see you up there Blake as shame you've only got 4 studs as have a few sets of rims (18's) with racing slicks on them :D

[locote]

too early for me blake...
wont have mounts by then.. :(

[Lonewolf]

time for a bit of an update
WA suspensions are ordering me some nice new suspension bushes, and nice bits for additional camber and caster on all 4's.

Also a nice new set of headers being made in the states.
4-2-1 , with proper merge (spear) collectors, out to 3". Will be getting them ceramic coated and re-do the rest of the exhaust to 3" straight though... It may be a tad loud :D
Initial dyno's in the states have shown very solid gains in the mid-range and top end, so will be in for a retune and play around with the cam gears to maximise power between 6000-8500rpm.

Shiny!
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/gt20ir/Header/BudgetFullmergePrototype003.jpg

[SLEEKA]

very nice looking headers

3inch is quite large, is that the norm for sr20ve's? I suppose you dont have much down low to lose anyway, it should be quite interesting to hear it :D

[Lonewolf]

yeah, they love 3" exhausts, current 2.5/2.25" combo (plus cheap headers) is really holding it back. Move a lot of air at high rpm...
besides cams, headers are probably the biggest determinate on power.

having the 2 cams and higher compression means you dont lose anything down low too

[SLEEKA]

it will be interesting to see the dyno sheets back to back

Does it sound along the same lines as a sr20de or is it totally different? I've never heard one of these screamin before haha

[Lonewolf]

this is those headers vs hotshot gen6's, ignore the numbers, american dyno's..
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/gt20ir/Dyno%20sheets/scan0003-2.jpg

as for the sound, this is the same motor and cams combo as mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsP8zZfon0w

[locote]

Heard it and saw it go....
Sounds and goes awsome when the cams kick in.
A DE powered pulsar with same mods is a very unfair comparison, this would leave it for dead.

[Ljubo (LJ)]

Very nice build mate, respect for keeping it N/A, most of nissan boys go for boost (easy hp hehe) but this is very rare to see, hope in future we can have honda vs nissan high rev N/A battle hehe

[Lonewolf]

well theres only 2 of my engines in WA that i know of, the other in kalgoorlie lol
k20a is a superior motor to mine stock, but mines got some mods under the belt, so def battles :)

[locote]

3way battle if im there:)
Good ol Leach hwy:)

[tuyen]

cant wait to see ya car in action at wanners :)

[doriae86]

awesome dude, cant beleive you wanted to sell it.

no point even entering the street series with this thing entered!:)

[V8ENZ]

looks like i'm going to have to spend some money on the birkin soon

[DRIFT13]

Great motor for the car! My brother bought your old SR20DE and i smashed my old EFi Hardware quad throttles on it! Sounds great and makes roughly the same HP as when it was in our car! Needs some cam gears and a full tune but, runs rich atm.

[Milhouse]

finally got the headers eh blake !

fwd battles !

[duste]

Turn the boost down and it could be a fair race. :P

[Lonewolf]

awesome dude, cant beleive you wanted to sell it.

no point even entering the street series with this thing entered!:)

Theres some stiff competition in the FWD field, you forget I cant drive :D


looks like i'm going to have to spend some money on the birkin soon

Yes, you should. Untapped power potential in the birkin!


Great motor for the car! My brother bought your old SR20DE and i smashed my old EFi Hardware quad throttles on it! Sounds great and makes roughly the same HP as when it was in our car! Needs some cam gears and a full tune but, runs rich atm.

Yeah dude I saw he got them fitted, tune the bugger!


finally got the headers eh blake !

fwd battles !

Not here yet, but started production, then need to be shipped over. Stupid exchange rate.


Turn the boost down and it could be a fair race. :P

Depends how much boost, it went ok against josh's mates bpt :)

[Milhouse]

lol even on wastegate pressure its got a lot of torque steer blake haha.

[duste]

Depends how much boost, it went ok against josh's mates bpt :)

Stewie? I think Stewie has a BPT as well...

I think at the moment you would more than likely rape mine haha, could be fair...maybe.

[Lonewolf]

lol even on wastegate pressure its got a lot of torque steer blake haha.

mine torque steers with 0psi... hence visit to wa suspensions

[Aristoman]

Hell yeah Blake ! All you have to do know is beat Adams old time set in the bunky Civic :lol:

Whatever you do dont take it to the Plex as your car is jinxed there !

[locote]

You thought that was bunky... wonder what you will think of my
:)

[Aristoman]

Just an old PPCC rivalry thing back in the day as i dont mind Civic's personally :)

[Lonewolf]

car should be in 13's with a good launch

[DRIFT13]

If we tune your old motor without doing the cam gears and then there wont be much gain! The quads are screaming for a bigger set of cams, and i'm gunna try and get him to do valve springs and at least stage2 cams to get the max gain from the setup!

[Lonewolf]

If we tune your old motor without doing the cam gears and then there wont be much gain! The quads are screaming for a bigger set of cams, and i'm gunna try and get him to do valve springs and at least stage2 cams to get the max gain from the setup!

yeah, the poncams are really only made for midrange drivability, and so you dont need to do valvesprings.
Go some procams (or other manufacturers variant), valve springs and rockers stoppers and you'll make more top end.
Mine will still be faster :D

[Lonewolf]

new headers have arrived at last.
Off to CIC next week to be coated then into the car, then 3" exhaust made and off to allstar for a retune

[locote]

Pics??

[Lonewolf]

camera phone doesnt do them justice, will bring camera into the office on saturday.
Very nice merge collectors, staged diameter primaries and nicely welded.

[cactus]

Blake you are so cool

:)

[Lonewolf]

not as cool as you matt.

pics of the headers

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q211/Bluerb240/SR20VE/100_0045.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q211/Bluerb240/SR20VE/100_0044.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q211/Bluerb240/SR20VE/100_0042.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q211/Bluerb240/SR20VE/100_0034.jpg

[Lonewolf]

took a month, but all ceramic coated and installed.
got a 3" exhaust to go with it which is loud, and really needs a resonator to cut down on the rasp...

Had issues with fitment because they are designed for a USDM primera, not a pulsar, but big thanks to Josh (joshg123) for helping out today, and owain for standing around making fun of Josh...


They foul in 2 spots - one of the primaries on the crossmember, and also the rear flange fouls the rear engine mount

For the rear flange we just ground off a little of the flange until it cleared ok.
Crossmember took a little more work....

You can see where they foul the crossmember here:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Problem.JPG

Heres the crossmember chopped

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Cut.JPG

Josh on the welder

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Josh%20@%20work.JPG

now made into a concave section and rewelded

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/welded.JPG

Fonzie approves.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Fonzie.JPG

Painted ready to go back in

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Finished.JPG

and clearance under the car now:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/Clearance.JPG

Obligatory shot of headers installed:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/ASP%20Logo.JPG

goes alright from what I can tell so far, off to the dyno when I get paid to see what sort of gains have come out of it.

[cactus]

looks the goods :)

[joshg123]

didnt know u took a pic of me while welding ... pingpingpingping

came out really well, simple yet effective

[Lonewolf]

think owain snapped that one.
cheers for the work, turned out well and done to perfection as always

[locote]

Drags anytime soon??
New PB time i think

[Mistikal]

Good stuff :) Can't wait to see new figures.

[Lonewolf]

Drags anytime soon??
New PB time i think

maybe 1st mystery monday, if i can get the car in for a tune before then.
hoping to crack a 13, or close to it

[space]

headers look good, make a difference to drive?

[Lonewolf]

yeah feels quicker, interested to see the difference on the dyno though, butt dyno is a less accurate with n/a cars since the power is linear...

Really hoping for 2 things, bit more power everywhere, and to hold peak power to ~8500rpm rather than it tailing off as it was.

hopefully ASG can squeeze me in when I get paid for a quick check/retune

[Lonewolf]

well retuned and ended up with 1hp less...
made a good midrange gain between 5000-6500, but she had no more to give up top.

next step will be the intake manifold, it seems like the next restriction, and need to play with the cam gears too.

Graph to come later today

[cactus]

bugger

[Lonewolf]

yep, oh well.
Should still be a bit quicker as that part of the rev range is where the car drops on gearchanges.
probably assist with gains once I open up the intake.

graph:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/headers/headers_dyno.jpg

[Skitzo]

Thats got to suck.

http://www.japparts.com.au/images/u12SR20DET.jpg

[Lonewolf]

yeah, no.

[Alt_F4]

did you try dynoing without cat/catback to see if it was the rest of your exhaust holding it back?
Extra midrange is always welcome anyway :)

[Turbo2.6L]

Drags tonight to get a pb then??

[Lonewolf]

had a full set of prothane mounts put in.... much better feel, but a lot of vibration now, this should help quell axle tramp, and also help with backing off the throttle at high RPM.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/07112009273.jpg

Have also replaced the cross drilled rotors with standard ones, have always been worried about hairline cracks developing after being abused on the track.

Big thanks to Josh for the work on the car.

Next on the list are the intake manifold (N1 70mm throttle body has been ordered), and a harness for the track so i stop falling out of the seat

[Lonewolf]

70mm throttle body has arrived, brand new OEM part from nissan.
10mm larger than standard.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/intake/IMAGE_054.jpg

After the track last night, the engine mounts performed really well, felt much more solid.
Headers helped with midrange out of corners, noticably better around the 5000-6500rpm mark.

Really need a proper diff, so will look into a Cusco 1.5way mechanical unit soon I think.
Also a proper seat provided i can find one to fit an ass my size.

[ED40]

Sweet as, with your new mods how did your laps go? Times?

[Lonewolf]

2 seconds off my PB, down to a 1:04 on my last laps.

jai + extra passenger + room for error did a low 1:05, and glad he commented that it was fun to drive, as thats the aim of the whole car.

A diff should help, getting some severe wheelspin in sections where an LSD would help pull it around.
Maybe another second or two in it with more practice, because i'm still far from smooth.

[Lonewolf]

dropped off the intake gear to Josh down in Mandurah today.
probably going to go with the bottom half of the factory 2 piece manifold to make it easier to get on, with bellmouths moulded to suit the oval runners, custom plenum and the above TB.

hoping for some decent gains, the factory manifold is really at odds with the high RPM nature of the rest of the motor.

will post updates as the manifold comes together

[Lonewolf]

couple of progress pics from Josh @ metalcraft marine

lower manifold + custom made flange plate

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/intake/DSC01282.JPG

lower manifold showing a shot down the runners

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/intake/DSC01283.JPG

[joshg123]

nice, the hard part is next though

[rxsevengt]

Nice. Now I stand no chance of keeping up. Jerk.:)

[monk_13]

Nice. Now I stand no chance of keeping up. Jerk.:)

Just what I was thinking! Catch him in the corners only to see him inching away on the straights!! Get an LSD and I think I'll have to work pretty bloody hard in the corners as well.

[Lonewolf]

Nice. Now I stand no chance of keeping up. Jerk.:)

get your hand off it, FD has the most potential of pretty much any import to be quick around a track. :eek3:


Just what I was thinking! Catch him in the corners only to see him inching away on the straights!! Get an LSD and I think I'll have to work pretty bloody hard in the corners as well.

You need to get that TT kit :D

to be honest this is pretty much the last power mod, beyond here it gets a lot more expensive
a) high comp 12.5:1 pistons
b) 2.2 bore out (and 12.5:1 pistons)

Interior, LSD and suspension is next, so should help in the corners too :)

[cactus]

Sounded very nice on the cruise last night :)

[duste]

Manifold looks very good in person dude, you'll be pleased. ;)

[rxsevengt]

get your hand off it, FD has the most potential of pretty much any import to be quick around a track. :eek3:

Haha, For me it's not the car that is the problem, I appear to have dropped my testicles somewhere and can't seem to find them. Good work though, Look forward to seeing it next time out

[pazrs]

to be honest this is pretty much the last power mod, beyond here it gets a lot more expensive
a) high comp 12.5:1 pistons
b) 2.2 bore out (and 12.5:1 pistons)




Why not just turbo it, so it actually goes? Scared?

[duste]

Possibly the same reason why you see a lot of AE86's rolling around with non-turbo 4AGE engines. Because they make enough power without them.

[ED40]

Why not just turbo it, so it actually goes? Scared?

something different.
Tough N/A 4's are hard to come by. Id appreciate this car over every other muppet who goes the easy way to get big power by turbo..

[180SXTCY]

can we get pics of the intake manifold u h ad made up mate if possiable? been following ya build. keep it a tough n/a imo!

[duste]

can we get pics of the intake manifold u h ad made up mate if possiable? been following ya build. keep it a tough n/a imo!

Was down at Josh's workshop yesterday and it's still getting port-matched atm.

[180SXTCY]

roger :)

[Lonewolf]

Why not just turbo it, so it actually goes? Scared?

lots of reasons
a) Police / DPI. Going turbo opens a whole can of worms.
b) traction. Torque on FWD = fail.
c) Response. I love the response a decent n/a motor has around the track
d) gearboxes. They are weak, and $6k for a PAR gearset isnt in the budget
e) its nice to be different, any chump can drop in a U13 1/2 cut. There are only 2 of my motors in the state at the moment that I know of (the other in Kalgoorlie)

Given an unlimited budget, sure, would love to turbocharge it for some fun, guy in the states is cracking 550whp on a stock internalled motor at only 18psi.


can we get pics of the intake manifold u had made up mate if possiable? been following ya build. keep it a tough n/a imo!

Still under construction :)

[monk_13]

c) Response. I love the response a decent n/a motor has around the track
d) gearboxes. They are weak, and $6k for a PAR gearset isnt in the budget


Just think... PAR gears, custom ratios, REALLY make the most out of the responsive NA motor... :boink:

:naughty:

[Lonewolf]

shutup :D

[Tocchi]

blake, i think staying NA is the way to go for this.. less hassles legally etc.
and something different.

[PAGZ]

Why not just turbo it, so it actually goes? Scared?

Why turbo it when it already eats up 33's?

[Turbo2.6L]

This is for sale??

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7208205&__Qpb=true&Cr=12&__Ns=pCar_YearMade_Int32%7c0%7c%7cpCar_RankSort_In t32%7c1%7c%7cpCar_PriceSort_Decimal%7c0&keywords=&__N=1216%201247%201282%201252%204294963846%2042949 63786%20904%20408&silo=1011&PriceTo=408&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=75&__sid=1226705FF6E7

[Mistikal]

Has been for sale for aaaaages...

[Turbo2.6L]

Shame.
Nice car with tasteful mods.

[Lonewolf]

decided not to sell it a while ago, when i decided to get the IM done.
Forgot about the ad haha

[Turbo2.6L]

$8k seems cheap considering what's been spent & the results you've gotten with it?
What's a similar age/km SSS worth with stockie engine & minimal/no mods?

[Lonewolf]

Probably $4-5k in good condition
The paint is the biggest issue with my car, people find it hard to justify spending the cash.

doesnt really matter now, since im keeping it... figured that for the money, not much better around, and its still a bucket of fun to drive

[Lonewolf]

Some more progress on the intake manifold thanks to Josh @ Metalcraft, pretty much all done apart from some fittings, and then we test fit to make sure it clears everything.
Will likely get a new intake pipe made up as the old one will be too small.

Then off the flowbench to ensure it flows evenly, then onto the car and retune....

Huge props to Josh for his work, good custom one off fabricators are hard to find these days!

Progress pics
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/intake/DSC01371.JPG

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/intake/DSC01375.JPG

[Alt_F4]

Puuuurdy :D
Needs ITBs!

[Lonewolf]

no it doesnt!

[monk_13]

YES IT DOES!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

[Tocchi]

YES IT DOES

but yes, josh does awesome work :)

[Lonewolf]

cant go ITB's anyway, so no peer pressure for me pingpingpingpings

[V8ENZ]

Needs carbies...

[Brett_J]

ITB's would be waste of time when a GT30 goes on.

[cplagz]

ITB's would be waste of time when a GT30 goes on.

Why?

[TJ]

Volume would be entirely wrong for a boosted application?

[Lonewolf]

properly designed a set of ITB's will benefit any engine, eg the GTIR and GTR.

But yeah theres a whole different bunch of calculations required for boosted vs n/a with an intake manifold (runner length, diameter, bellmouths, plenum volume etc)

[cplagz]

Volume would be entirely wrong for a boosted application?

He said ITBs, not plenum volume or design. Hence why I asked why.

[Lonewolf]

who cares, car isnt getting a turbo anyway.
Much rather spend the money on sleeving for a 2.2L, 12.5:1 compression motor.

[vy ss ute m6]

who cares, car isnt getting a turbo anyway.
Much rather spend the money on sleeving for a 2.2L, 12.5:1 compression motor.

What sorta gains would that net, from where you are now??

[Lonewolf]

likely 30-60hp atw, depending on cam choice and porting, with 20-30% more torque across the board.
Advantage of this is still safe to rev hard, unlike a stroker kit.

not cheap for relatively small gains, but thats the name of the game

[vy ss ute m6]

likely 30-60hp atw, depending on cam choice and porting, with 20-30% more torque across the board.
Advantage of this is still safe to rev hard, unlike a stroker kit.

not cheap for relatively small gains, but thats the name of the game

This makes what, 200fwhp? So a 40hp atw is a still a 20% gain from now...so maybe not so bad!! Nice build anyway, always good to see a N/A car, although it is the hard and expensive way when compared to boosssssst!

[Lonewolf]

well its 193hp at the hubs now, intake manifold will hopefully be 10-20hp, so more like 250-260hp at the hubs id say with the right combination.

Pretty speculative since most people stop at bolt ons, hell there is only 2-3 people i know of who have even done an intake manifold...

[TJ]

Should just track down the british guys who used to do the Primera BTCC donks .. and go 300hp n/a.

[joshg123]

Having put my foot down in this car.

Id much rather have this car at 200fwhp, than a boosted car that has 260whp

Just so much better to drive

[Lonewolf]

Should just track down the british guys who used to do the Primera BTCC donks .. and go 300hp n/a.

IES built them I think (tomei was going to at one stage), though with 14:1 compression, dry sumps and 316 degree cams, not a very nice motor for a non race car!

http://www.endless-r.com/products/633_1_JGTC-NA-SR20-engine.jpg

Funnily enough, my intake is pretty similar on runner length and size...

[4A10SHN]

Looks pretty much exactly the same length as I made your runner pots

[Lonewolf]

well intake fouled on the booster and master cylinder pretty bad, so will have to see what Josh can do.
going to be hard to get a decent plenum in that corner, so may have to scrap the idea.

could possibly look at a Vipec and quads instead

[4A10SHN]

I tried to email you but I think our hosting is down. There is still plenty more to cut off the plenum and everything after that last runner is excess anyhow

Josh

[Lonewolf]

replied back, not sure if you got it.
May have to spend some time down there so we can come up with a solution

[4A10SHN]

I'll make it fit don't worry. Otherwise it will be a total waste of my time

Josh

MetalCraft

[Lonewolf]

New rims....
Down a size to 16", but buddy club p1's FTW.
Wrapped in federal 595RS semi-slicks.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/IMG_0301.JPG

http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/IMG_0302.JPG

[duste]

Fuck yes P1s, looking very very good.

[V8ENZ]

Dunno man, liked the old rims but it's your car

[Aristoman]

Needs centre caps Blake but overall white rims look good on any car :)

[Chase_d]

always a big fan of this car - the extensive work gone into this thing making it so unique.

front brakes are look very impressive under the P1's....

oh and whered u get the P1s? any more :lol:

[Lonewolf]

always a big fan of this car - the extensive work gone into this thing making it so unique.

front brakes are look very impressive under the P1's....

oh and whered u get the P1s? any more :lol:

unique has its downsides, trust me....

brakes do fill smaller rims nicely, means cheaper R-comps so i run them permanently.

Got them through a private sale, P1's are one of the few Jap wheels that come in FWD offsets, so snapped them up.

[mitchy]

most 4 stud jap rims ive found are in FWD size/offset...

makes it a pingpingpingping to find anything that clears my brakes and is wide and low offset

[Lonewolf]

then harden the fuck up and go 5 stud :D

[685WRC]

Rims look good Blake, did they clean up easily enough??

[Lonewolf]

havent had a chance yet, probably on the weekend :)

[Pav]

Lookin' good, way better than old wheels

I wonder how they'd look in black though....

[Alt_F4]

Lookin' good, way better than old wheels.

I wonder what how they'd look in black though....
Haha, I didn't want to say it, but know that you have...
I think they would simply awesome powercoated black, would match the rest of the car's colour scheme imo.

So... picked up those quads yet? :D

[Lonewolf]

yeah, i also wondered how they would look in black, haha.

negatory on the quads, no point purchasing til I can afford the ECU to go with it

[mitchy]

black P1's look pretty good on grey cars with black bumper strips. ;)

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll145/mitchyvr4/DSC00205.jpg

[V8ENZ]

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc146/V8ENZ/lonewolfblack.jpg

[cactus]

Much better...

[Lonewolf]

to be honest the white has grown on me.... black tends to just blend into the wheel wells

[Lonewolf]

well the Intake manifold idea went out the bin, will now be doing some testing on a plenum from the states with some CNC runners, shouldnt be any issues with fitment...

Car got stickered, so spent the last 3 months getting it cleared, hopefully off on Friday.

Car now wears a set of Toyo R1R rubber, and shit they are very good. Almost an r-comp, but pretty cheap.

Oh, and got these today too:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lonewolf3/pulsar/suspension/IMAG0001.jpg

BC coilovers, 8kg/6kg springs, camber plates and pillow ball mounts on the fronts.
Look to be well put together, lower mounts (rather than the alloy ones on D2/G4 stuff), matched dampers etc.

Also planning to put in a Varex muffler soon too, 3" N/A can attract way too much attention at times.

[adrenalin]

White rims are a pingpingpingping to keep clean

Trust me lol you will get pissed off soon enough

[adrenalin]

Oh and new rims definately better.

Roh rims are farking gay

[Lonewolf]

car doesnt really get washed too often as it is anyway, still looks shit with the rubbish paint. fast > looking good

[Cochee]

So did you get your sticker off today?

[Lonewolf]

yep finally fucking off.
exhaust to go back on and slap coilovers in next week

[2LMILK]

what did u have to do to get it off

[Lonewolf]

lots of small shit
oil leak
steering boot
indicators
tyres
brake line secured etc

[kurbn]

great to hear lonewolf! its been a long time coming but really anything you have been instructed to do has been a forced way to improve your car and fix those small little things that build up on you

[Lonewolf]

yeah, there was a lot of them, just a pain in the ass going back and forth.
Hopefully 3" exhaust back on this week and coilovers in to get back away from the 4wd ride height.

[Milhouse]

coilovers = cracked chassis again ? :D

[Lonewolf]

nah, that was from the swaybar :)