DJZ's DR30 Skyline

[DJZ]

So today I:

Removed the intercooler & piping, the piping is steel and was starting to rust inside and out, bits of it were crushed and bent too
Removed the inlet piping for the turbo, air flow meter and air filter box
Removed the charcoal canister and related piping
Removed the engine brace, the bush in it was rooted and I needed the room
Started cleaning down the front of the motor, it's going to be a big job getting rid of all the oil/grease
Fixed one side of the front bumper which was loose

I had a whole bunch of ali pipe, silicone bends and a K&N from the old R30 and piping I used to have on the Z so I have temporarily come up with this:




Until I can get one of these:


I'm planning on running the piping over the top so the brackets are going to be on the wrong side.

I also fitted the rest of the wheels, the back ones are just outside the guards and the front ones are out a little bit further than that. Took it for a quick drive and after giving it a little bit of stick it decided it didn't want to run, got out and got a hand pushing it from some random dude towing a Starlet around my neighbourhood. Turns out I'd popped one of the pipes off, I really need to get a more accurate boost gauge and see what boost it's making as it feels a lot faster than it should be. The wastegate line has been cut previously and has a bit of brake line or something in it but other than that I can't see any reason why.

[Jabo]

Ahhh good to see it went to a good home he was trying to get me to buy it

[DJZ]

Forgot to say, I put about 2L of oil in it which seems to have quitened it down a bit. Just changed the spark plugs back to the 6's, one felt a bit funny coming out and when I got it all the way out the washer was half way down the threads and had a little dent in it, I thought that's funny so I had a look down the spark plug hole and there was a whole spark plug washer down there! Looked at the old plugs and they were all there, looked at the 6's I had in there the other day and they were all there so where did it come from?

[DJZ]

Got the original tiller for it today and swapped that back. I don't like the original gear knob so I took it off and surprise, it's got a 10mm thread, the shifter is actually more like a C series box shifter - it's rubber filled. I had a dig around and found one very similar that had already had the thread cut off it, I think it came out of a 430 Cedric? So I cut a bolt in half and welded it into the hole, and yay, 8mm thread so I could fit the original gear knob from the Z. The only problem now is the rubber boot is too tall and it looks a bit silly. When I take the console out again (which will be when I take the gearbox out) I'll try and get a leather boot for it.



I got another tail light to replace one of the broken ones and I've got some other bits and pieces around to put in it - sorry I know the photos really suck but my camera is average and the lighting in the garage is really terrible:

Bosch fuel pump ex Cosworth Escort I think
A HKS EVC3 boost controller and an HKS turbo timer, it already has a turbo timer but I'm going to pull that out
I got the ADthree wing that was originally on it, I'm still deciding whether to put it back on or not, you can see the rooted boot paint

[DylPhil7]

everything looks so right

[DJZ]

So I thought I'd do a little bit of preparation for when I fit the intercooler and boost upu.

Got a fancy Bosch HEC71something coil from Zac, didn't want to butcher the original wiring or DR coil/ignitor setup so I got one of my spare ignitors (this particular one is from a Z31) drilled out the ali rivets holding the ignitor on and used the original bolt holes for the coil bracket, once I get the car down to work I'll make up a plate that I can bolt them both too so they can't come loose and tidy up the wiring a bit.



Also got a new thermostat as it doesn't seem to be heating up very quickly/enough but when I took the old one out it didn't actually look that old, who needs a gasket when you've got goo? The new thermostat didn't look quite right and didn't have a jiggle pin so I cleaned off all the goo and put the original one back in with the new gasket.



Will order my intercooler tomorrow and try and fit it one night this week down at work, I'm going to fit my fake Tial BOV that I originally had on the Z and see if it works any better on this thing. During last week I had a bit more of a look over the engine bay and found a vacuum tube that didn't go anywhere - I think something has been removed from the very left rear of the engine bay behind the strut tower, the vacuum tube had a screw it in but the tube was split so I just took the whole thing off.

Also I thought I'd replace the spark plug leads, the ones on the car have either 1992 or 1998 written on them, can't remember but interestingly enough one of the local Repcos had what was supposed to be a FJ20 set in stock! I went and had a look and they might work but I think I need to take the round rubber pieces off the original leads, I might try and find another 2nd hand set to try and get them off before I root mine.

[DJZ]

Failed a warrant today on a few things:

LH Headlight aim
Brake master cylinder leaking
Excessive playing steering idler, steering box and lower ball joint.

I've got a new master cylinder on the way, hopefully it's correct, idler bushes are in stock at Repco and the ball joint is unfortunately not a bolt on or press in so I'm going to have to get it rebuild by HBI which means taking the whole control arm off, goody.

[DJZ]

Driving home I realised it's not the headlight aim but the low beam not working, I flicked it from low beam to high beam in the driveway when I got home and it came back to normal - strange, might investigate earths etc.

[dirtyleppa]

saw it today down the road from work. looks sweet. just needs less balloon type tyres.

i would check the bulb to, sometimes the filament will have a very small break and will intermittently work

[DJZ]

Yeah, I'll be changing the wheels to something a bit bigger along the line, the balloons don't even help fill up the guards at all haha, 14's are just too small on it.

Might just replace the bulbs to be safe. It's crazy how much play the steering has in it seeing as it was only complied in 2009 and hasn't been driven much since. I'd like to fit a rack to it but can't find anybody that has done it without changing to an S13 crossmember etc etc which I don't want to do.