Project Greenstone.

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:34 am

These are real pretty cars..

POWDER · Post by **POWDER** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:21 am

Regardless of the problems BK, she lookin mint, and can just imagine how nice she will be when complete, that fo sho....

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:49 pm

STOLEN NISSAN SX 180

Nissan SX 180-one eighty-from Primrose ,Gauteng.

Car is red maroon with orange upper doors. The front end is mat black with "The Rock" stickers on both fenders.

Nismo race seats, the car has rear wheel steering according to the owner, Paul Santana.

One of four SX 180 apparently.

Reg is B686AKM.

Please contact Paul at 083-364-5222. with any info guys.

Thanks.

aep886 · Post by **aep886** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:07 pm

is this the so call S13 silvia?

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:08 pm

I found out Today why my car is soooo slow.....it has a Mugen rear muffler on it !!

Skylinefreak · Post by **Skylinefreak** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:12 pm

Haha! Engine mounts fixed?

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:45 pm

No, not quite...too many customers coming in today, no time to play car...

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:25 pm

I found 11 RB25 fatboy boxes ! Newly brought in from Asia.Booked myself two for the end of next week as that is when they will be arriving here.

Charl, my z32 is te kope !

Today I left the shop at around 11:30. Got onto the highway and just cruised the ring to Jhb, Pta and back to the East. Got off before Benoni and onto my "test road"...
Jirre, hierrie ding loop as jy haar vastrap hoor !!

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:50 pm

Got the Ichiba hubs today. Tonight I knock out the short studs to fit the longer studs..Found I needed to ream the holes out to 13.4 mm.Carefully measure the reamers, get the correct size and come in for dinner. Get back to the shop and put the reamer into the mill and proceed to ream all 10 holes in the two hubs.
Come to press fit the studs and the friggin stud drops all the way in without help !!!!
Aaaargh !! I picked up the wrong reamer and now the damn holes are 14.3 mm !!
Oh well, off to my favorite bolt joint tomorrow and get larger spline d studs if possible. If not, Ill visit dealerships and see what they have to offer. So damn unnecessary.

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:00 pm

On a brighter note, the car is going into boost very quick now. Usually I had to hang on to the gear and then suddenly, whoosh, off it went.

After the hub episode I thought Id have a look at the blow off valve. Removed and found that it was not seating 100%. This was done with a light smear of vaseline to the valve head and looking at the transfer of vaseline to the seat .
Whipped the very heavy valve off the gate, removed the extra outlet and stuck it into the lathe..Machined 1.6mm off the base and locating shoulder.
Stuck it back on and ...yea, it`s now sealing well and hence the boost comes on sooner and more pronounced.

So not an entirely wasted evening after all.

For those who may be interested, I am setting up all my Innovate logging stuff this weekend so I can data log all the engine parameters . Im sure I will find a lot of fine tuning to do on the Dicktator once I start the procedure. It will take a few days and some serious logging and adjustment..

If any one is interested Ill post here, let me know..

Skylinefreak · Post by **Skylinefreak** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:04 pm

Sounds leke! Think I should pay you a visit sometime! Where in Jhb is your shop?

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:19 am

Greenstone Auto Body
155 Van Riebeeck Ave,
Eastleigh,
Edenvale.
South Africa.
011-452-7300/03
011-452-7315 fax.
S 28 07.797
E 28 08.802

Skylinefreak · Post by **Skylinefreak** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:58 am

Cool stuff, I will let you know when I'm going that way again.

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:46 pm

Finally did my engine mountings today...Serious improvement over the broken stuff..

BigKriss · Post by **BigKriss** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:32 am

So it has been a rather quiet Friday morning ...Decided to see why my car jarred my spine every time I went over a coin in the road..

The BC setup was way to low. Yes, looked the dogs danglies but there was zero droop at the rear.Front was bouncing .
Re adjusted the center mean for the projected ride height and the lifted the front by 25mm and the rear by 30mm.
What an incredible difference ! I now have a working suspension !
A free plus here is that the bump steer also disappeared

Ride quality is great.