Project Greenstone.

ljS14 wrote:

Its not only cheap tyres 😉 , i had the 225/40/18 Yokohamas R1 on the rear before widening them ,good expensive tyres but not wide enough,
excelated on a damp road and my arse ended up in the other lane, very lucky there was no car next to me 😮
the following day i sent them off for widening 😉
The rb can bite you in the rain regardless of what tyre you have on, we just have to be careful 🙄

it not only RB even NA SR can be just as dangerious in the rain~
my friend's S14 in NZ last week... Wheels are Advan 17" 235/45 front and 255/40 rear Bridgestones

SR20de

i also tippy toe in the wet with the rx and ive got 255/40/17 Advans on the rear!
Not fun...... 😈

i have 255/40/17 pirreli p-zero's on the back off my vg30det s13, and i promise you, i dont even consider taking it out if its wet..

Hey bud, rain was epic this morning hey..and bloody chilly ! Pity the day got rained out, thanks for the heads up about the cancellation.

On Wednesday I popped round to Turbo Toys and bought typical ricer sh*t for my car..
A turbo blanky so turbo does not freeze at night...and a chinese HKS ripoff fuel rail and real k*k fittings.
Also went to meneer turbo and bought a meter length of extruded fuel rail.

The original abomination that was fitted to my car leaked fuel like crazy , kept smelling fuel and could not isolate it until last week when I had to take the freddy manifold off to repair a small friggin leaking hose..you know, the one that goes into the block above the starter.. Stephen was at the shop and he pointed the fuel leak out to me..cheers bud.

Tonight I decide to put on HKS ripoff . Luckily I have the right stuff here at my home workshop and just finished it all.
No more leaks and the gauge now holds pressure when switched off. Great stuff ! and the purple does not look to bad.

Oh, and just to cement my ricer`ness I got a set of red
😳 wheel nuts but they actually look rather lekker..

BK .. are you getting my emails / PM's ?

DriftZ wrote:

BK .. are you getting my emails / PM's ?

Bud, I am NOT ! and it seems others are not getting mine either..

barry at gsab dot koza..please try again.

I will be bringing the gauge down with me next Sunday, we will meet up. Need your cell number..

Also trying to communicate with Obsession, no luck or replies.. 😕

BigKriss wrote:

Also trying to communicate with Obsession, no luck or replies..

I have your PM's and Emails. Your parts are all lying here ready for Courier. Waiting for Payment...

Really been battling getting more fuel up top. 650 cc injectors are massive and should sort it out no problem.

Yesterday I was fooling around with a banjo fitting on the new rail when I casually look at the part number on the injectors.

They are still small little 440cc injectors. Fcuk. Explains why they not flowing what I thought were 650cc injectors. 😕

"Small update

Added 650cc injectors with s/steel topmount rail.
Smax fuel pressure regulator.
boosting 12psi atm. car is going lekke
I also received this today. "

Once again Alistair, you been duped out of your money bud.

Ordering bigger injectors today from Dicktator..

Really been battling getting more fuel up top. 650 cc injectors are massive and should sort it out no problem.

Yesterday I was fooling around with a banjo fitting on the new rail when I casually look at the part number on the injectors.

They are still small little 440cc injectors. Fcuk. Explains why they not flowing what I thought were 650cc injectors.

"Small update

Added 650cc injectors with s/steel topmount rail.
Smax fuel pressure regulator.
boosting 12psi atm. car is going lekke
I also received this today. "

Once again Alistair, you been duped out of your money bud.

Ordering bigger injectors today from Dicktator..

lol.. gotta love them s.a tuners eh?

Went back to the tyre suppliers about my piss poor tyres this morning.

Sorry, but no way we taking tyres back or replacing with something else-your problem.

Yea, right..consumer act will be followed here boys !

And new tyres ordered today, getting them tomorrow. Top brand now..lesson learnt ! 😳

BigKriss wrote:

Went back to the tyre suppliers about my piss poor tyres this morning.

Sorry, but no way we taking tyres back or replacing with something else-your problem.

Yea, right..consumer act will be followed here boys !

And new tyres ordered today, getting them tomorrow. Top brand now..lesson learnt ! 😳

So what happened , did they fade on you?

what tyres did you get i have the bridgeston potenza 050e they rated to over 300kmph and they awesom

My bridgestone potenza RE-11 are super grippy

but its not made for wet weather alot of strait grooves does not disperse
water enough

but wouldnt have anything else on there "it doesnt rain all the time" :200sx_sweatdrop:

The keys arrived today..

and if anyone is interested in good drift tyres, give me a call. R3000.00 and I have not driven 100Km`s yet.

2x 265/30/18 and 2x 235/35/18..

Wil 265's fit on a 8,5j rim?

smoothedgp wrote:

Wil 265's fit on a 8,5j rim?

Crap.they wont fit.

smoothedgp wrote:

Crap.they wont fit.

Yup, you need all new "He Man" rimzzz.... 😉 😀 😀

Ever tried transporting 4 x tyres inside an S14 ?? Eish, only just managed this today. Collected my new tyres this afternoon-KHUMO Ectasa somethings..
I have them on my Alfa GTV6 turbo. Very happy with them.

The strange and rather embarrassing thing is that driving my car today the chinese tyres were rather good ! Not bad as they initially were in the damp and wet, and bloody grippy in the dry !

The old Bridgestone`s I got the car with could happily break traction with some provocation and zip along for 50 meters or more.

The chinese stuff today broke traction for perhaps 3 meters and then howled before gripping like a bastard ! I left two black 265 wide stripes on the smooth tar and then shot off down the road.

Well, I can only hope to have the new tyres fitted on Saturday at the soonest.
Tomorrow will see what the chinese tyres are like day.. 8)

On another note, the engine would continuously miss and pop at idle.
I checked everything and most of the ignition system is good. I then delved into the cas sensor on the front of the head.
Opened it up and immediately saw the problem. Now, usually this should not affect the signal except that here the chopper wheel had eaten into the trigger led.This had left a lot of dust and residue on the led .

Basically the chopper plate was bent and the high spot was touching the pickup sensor.
No biggy but enough to aggravate the phase and trigger signals..
A bit of tlc and she was back together again with revised settings on the trigger angle.
Problem solved !