Greiggy Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 some good news today - the car has been wired and a tune put into it. with some power (and boost) - 324hp/ 17psi / 98 octane fuel. Having fuel system issues so that will be sorted this week and will go from there. Pics and vids to Follow 3 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Should get out of it's own way no problem :D 2 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 so a to the point story : I had a week of work ... Plan in place to : 1 - get car ready for wiring 1.5 - Go fishing and drink beers with co-workers and have a relaxing time doing nothng... 2 - get car wired 3 - get car started 4 - get car tuned 5 - get wheel alignment and suspension setup. 6 - get modification plates / engineering finalised 7 - rego + driving around. 1 - wednesday + thursday - the car had its body harness through the firewall but with no grommet. the original S13 one i was going to use was wrecked. Also Tested everything on the car so it could have the engineering and safety certificate done while it was up there... clutch felt a smidge funny and the brakes were a bit average but it didnt mind me too much at this point. Dropped car off to tuner/wiring to begin on friday morning. 1.5 - fri arvo - sun arvo - went fishing - got drunk - caught rocks - had an awesome weekend talking crap with some of my best buddies caught 3 fish all weekend. Got sent a pic of the ECU panel on the firewall by the tuner. Was excited even more after seeing this. 2 - Monday - first up... had to go find a grommet to do the main engine harness and the body harness. Went to junk yards and scrounged around for a few hours with a set of vernier calipers measuring diameters of grommets. Found one out of a toyota starlet. Cheap and easy to get (snip snip shh) . rock up to start wiring body loom while tuner/wiring man does the engine bits. Get about all of body harness terminated and 90% of engine done. 3 - Tuesday morning - get to workshop to find everything is terminated and he is loading The base settings into the ECU. This is the Bit where i am shitting myself .... big build long time coming lots of money and effort.. sleepless nights blah blah blah ... loaded base settings , cranked it and she started!!!! Set the base timing, checked everything was ok ready to go onto the dyno !! Heard a massive Clunk and shut her off only to find that the alternator pulley had shat the bush that was in between the pulley and the housing itself. No big issue jamie the tuner/wiring guy knocked up a piece out of Alloy round stock to get it going. Got it installed, running, checked battery voltage etc... Time for dyno !!! It was on the dyno, sounded very healthy... Ended up running boost directly off an ECU output so at 17psi it had 324hp on 98 octane fuel. Then the dramas came... We threw some E85 in it to see what we could make power wise . Between running with 98 and filling with E85 the fuel system developed an issue and wouldnt rev or keep a stable AFR . To play it safe the tuner stopped tuning straight away and told me to fix it up before he would go any further. So Im at the point where im replacing 3 fuel pumps due to an air lock cooking the pumps, and also removing any e85 from the tank and going back to 98 for a while until i am used to it. The car is fast - it got a quick drive around my tuners complex before going to e85... :) so much fun haha So the things to fix/modilfy/improve list is as follows : Replace fuel pumps rebleed brake system to get some more pedal firmness and extra travel. rebleed clutch system as the clutch takes up very very late. remove eboost from ash tray, remove shift light and oil pressure from column as ECU contols these. Fix speedo so it actually displays a speed. Re index the torsion bars and get a wheel alignment and suspension setup. touch up on the tune, engineering, cafety certificate registration. sorry have been working on it so have had no time to take some pics however some vids of startup and dyno time will be up soon enough. 3 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Almost there Greiggy! What a beautiful build! Congrats Man! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 The end of the tunnel :thumbup: Hopefully that last little issues iron out nicely and you'll be cruising in no time. :D 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Its been years, dont give up!!! lol glads its coming along 1 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 so bit of an update: Got the car running, engineered, registered and insured. total of km driven since being rego'd : approx 100km. the up to date news : Rear end let go... Keeps on chewing bearings, splits the grease seal, then the bearing hub chews out the grease seal on the axle. Have gone through 2 complete diffs troubleshooting... same problem with both. The Latest : Doing Brake upgrade using Master Cylinder TBA Front Rotors, Disks TBA Rear Disk + Caliper Conversion TBA. Rear Diff : Shortened Hilux rear end with cryo/heat treated billet axles. Centre TBA Brakes : Rear Disk Conversion TBA. Changing dump pipe from 4 bolt to V band also exhaust housing change from .86 to .63 Modifying inlet/outlet points on radiator to suit car better. fixing coolant leak from under inlet manifold diagnosing air leak from inlet manifold Rebuilding Dash to Hold Racepak Dash to display all info needed. thats the update!!! 3 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Sounds like an excuse to swap in a beefier rear. :devil: 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Sounds like an excuse to swap in a beefier rear. :devil: You should talk Redeye! Lets see a beefier front diff, Um a beefier rear diff, oh ya a beefier trans, and almost done a beefier transfer case! Notice I said Almost Done! LOL 2 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Front Brakes dummy assembled and ready to have the calipers rebuilt, final machining done and painting. once they are installed and functioning properly ill work out a how to guide :) Rear end is still TBA Motor has inlet manifold off, turbo side off, radiator out, cooling system out. Its pretty much back to where it was 12 months ago lololololol :rofl: 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 You only put it together to take it apart again...at least that's how I operate :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment
5t341tH Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 awesome truck! cant wait to see whats next 1 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 bit more of an update. got the diff centre built. pics to follow :) got the rear end test fitted, to finish : install the new shoes and wheel cylinders. be painted and do the hardlines for the brakes. also make a new handbrake cable to adapt datsun cable to the new diff. Gotta go to my bro's place to get the TIG back, to weld up : Exhaust - as when i converted to v band exhaust housing it screwed everything up some fabbed bits for the front end bracket for the overflow bottle gotta get the tailshaft remade to suit new diff... thats no big drama though... hopefully 2 or 3 weeks and be driving on the road again (optimistially) I DO HAVE OICS, THEY ARE STUCK ON MY PHONE AND I WILL POST SOON !!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: 3 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Bring on the pics! :D 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 It's not soon anymore 1 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 ok, heres the update to today : Finished the front brake package : R33 GTR rotors 324mm S15 4 piston calipers Braided brake lines EBC Redstuff Brake pads D22 hardbody master cylinder. Used a set of brake adapter Brackets Designed for S13 spindles - and modified them to suit so i still had a steering arm. Also had to machine the back of the hub, where the factory disk bolts to. The disk had to had its centre enlarged to suit the hub, and also have the PCD redriled to suit the hub. [/url] [/url] They are a very very close fit with my 16"rims but with a spacer i will run them for a while until i order a new set of wheels. Finished the rear end package : Toyota hilux 6 lug diff New bearings, seals etc standard rear brake drums skimmed standard rear shoes (+1 oversize for skimmed drums) Eaton Trutrac Diff Centre 3.88 diff gear ratio Brand new 2pc tailshaft using spicer components - rated to 1000HP Finished these Engine upgrades : .63 v band exhaust housing on GT3076 New 3.5" dump + 3" mid pipe to suit. modified inlet + outlet location on Radiator for flow Made a radiator overflow bottle Remade all coolant lines under inlet manifold to tidy up and stop leaks. moved coolant temp gauge to read from top of engine going to radiator. to do the following Interior upgrades Start on a new dash so i can install a racepak dash to do the following Paint/Panel upgrades Take car to panel shop/Painter probably next month to get the scratches and dents fixed up from assembly and wear / tear. 3 Quote Link to comment
5t341tH Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 man those exhaust pipes look beautiful! 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Looking like a very awesome build. Love the color of the truck also. 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Did you narrow that axle at all? Looking good :cool: 1 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 thanks all Did you narrow that axle at all? Looking good :cool: Nah i didnt ... the axle width gives the car another 20mm each side which definatley wont hurt... The front wheels needed 25mm spacers thrown on in order to let the brake calipers clear the wheel (its very close) so its pretty much even on all corners 2 Quote Link to comment
Eccles Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 great truck and greater build thread, i gotta see this thing in person one day 2 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 so in a cruel twist of fate : The diff sounds like its got backlash issues , plus the centre is clicking really loudly, almost to the point where its grinding noises... ( louder then any other truetrac ive ever heard) either the truetrac is stuffed , or diff gears are bad in the rear end. Its getting dropped to the diff shop monday to be looked at (Again) The tailshaft that i had remade has been stuffed up - the machine shop hasnt allowed for suspension movement and are refusing that its their error.. Monday ill Take it to another shop in town here to get the end cut and rewelded. its getting very tiresome and im really over it :( 1 Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted April 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 drove car last night... did a good test drive and a few sneaky burnouts... its fun ....... very fun :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: 3 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Greiggy what did you find out on the rear end? I t is hard to find good shops that stand behind their work. Unfortunately customers are not always treated fair. Quote Link to comment
Greiggy Posted May 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 It was a bad set of gears, then a poorly lubricated truetrack, then a bad pinion bearing. So i had a brand new set of diff gears installed, on the re lubed tretrak and replaced the pinion bearing. After this they put the wrong pinion flange on to suit my new tailshaft so i had to get that fixed. this weekend will be a tidy up and we will be laughing. 2 Quote Link to comment
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