Nissan 200SX Club - South Africa

Tobie wrote:

BigKriss wrote:
Guys, John is the mad 7ft Scotsman who owns the Toyota Celica GT4 that I have spoken about..

Damn, and there I thought I won't come across a Sports Toyota that I could fit in.
7ft

LOL 6ft7 and I just fit, had to get Barry to remove the sunroof. Need to look at making the Cobra seats a little lower sometime.

Where there is a will there is a way. Barry wanted to put a bubble on the roof.

You should try a Evo 8 or 9, I have to move the seat forward. lol

Even the Lexus ISF is too small, no Toyota joy for me then.

^^ BK i need that ashtray~ i pm you^^

Just a quick update on the gauge pod...hope to finish by the weekend..

Tobie wrote:You should try a Evo 8 or 9, I have to move the seat forward. lol

Even the Lexus ISF is too small, no Toyota joy for me then.

PLENTY space in the evo , it really is a family car on steroids

Traveling home from work last night in sort of stop/start traffic. Im in third-second gear all the time with a lot of trailing throttle in hectic traffic.

Suddenly I see the white polo-it was reasonably dark already, light up in a yellow flash ! He was next to me on my left-exhaust side. It also lit up the whole rear of my car and I could see the people in the car behind me...

A flame the size of the Freestate out the back of my zort !!

Pretty cool but indicative of a few cells not correctly programmed . I will sort these out today...

Almost done with the gauge pod. Still some final flatting and prep before painting but did a quick black spray on it yesterday so I could fit it into the car for the weekend.

Yo BK that looks super dude

I envy you guys with the know how to pull off things like that , after the spray will look OEM

Hey BaRRy,

Awsome meeting you today, that custom Gauge pod you busy with really surprised me with how stock it looks my friend....

But the one thing I have to say is, I LOVE the oil catch tank, you seriously have to post a pic for the guys, It is a real looker

Anyways back to a serious note, those wheels really look WAY bigger in real life, You got a mean ass monster there.... Keep the RB though... Looking Real Nice

Ey another thing, thanks for the tip on the intake vortex, when I re-do my lungs I will make sure to correct that little over site.... On the way back I must admit though, never dropped an ounce of boost when I popped it into second.... Eish....

As soon as you ready, let me know and well see to that cluster for you

Cheers M ! Thanks for popping by...see you on Wednesday at the Rock ??

Today I was at the shop at 5:30 again..could not sleep.At 7 a buddy of mine arrives and we decide to do my gearbox change.
At 8:30 the old , hot box was lying on the ground and we checked a few things while it was out.
The clutch slave pin that was fitted to the car was way too long which kept the thrust bearing in constant contact with the pressure plate fingers.
Sad to say but I need to do a clutch soon as the fingers have worn about 2/3 rds where the thrust makes contact ..Mmmm, moar money.

Also found that the box usually takes 6 bolts to hold it to the engine. Only 4 were fitted of which 2 were stripped ! More on this later.

The prop center hangar bearing mounts were also stripped into the body.
I had noticed that when I gave here some welly and then shifted into 5th, it would vibrate slightly under my seat .

The alen head cap screws that were used to hold the rear yoke flange onto the diff were also inserted the wrong way round. Then the alen caps were cut down with an angle grinder to clear which also made the bolts smooth heads and not alen caps anymore ! Luckily they were also pretty loose and we could get them undone by holding the head with a vise grip pliers.

The original Nissan gearbox mount was fine but was not attached to the cross member at all. No nuts on the studs. All of this contributed to a lot of "loosness" and vibration under the car .
While we were at it, I replaced the diff mountings with the Energy stuff I had bought from Rezlo.

The new box slipped in and after all the threaded holes and stuff was repaired and helicoiled, we tightened it all up.
Missing bolts were replaced and the stripped holes were all ok on the new box.

WHAT A FANTASTIC DIFFERENCE !! The car is tight, solid, and most of all, no vibrations or WHINING ! Yea !!

Slowly but surely she is coming together .

nice work

Ey sorry 2 hear about all da kak there, dang good to hear she rock solid now though... Must be a real dream driving her now...

Ye currently lookin like I will be at thr rock on wednesday, u takin ur baby on da track? I'm gonna have to open up the frontside a bit before then and need some bonnet spacers for temp b 4 then. C u then...

Always brother ! I dont go anywhere without her !

The more I do the better she becomes.

Good stuff Barry glad she is getting better. Damm I miss mine.

Did you finish off the guage pod ?

Hey John ! You coming for coffee in the morning ?

Not yet on the pod, been a bit hectic at the shop lately.Ill try and do it tomorrow-Monday.
The gearbox is absolute bliss !
Time to get you car back bud..you joining me at the Rock on Wednesday evening ?