kayakdude07 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 haha especially some lime green painted over dirt and oil while it was raining out lol is what it looks like. random question about the ka swap. instead of cutting the crossmember and flipping it cant you just unbolt the whole crossmember and flip it and bolt it back on? and flip the bolts for the control arms? I did that. Used a hole saw to chop out the sleeves for the LCA bolts and flipped and rewelded them in so the taper works out. Problem is that the framerails on the 510 are slightly tapered so the mounting holes of the front xmember were slotted slightly to work out. It works just fine. Easier than making 2 nice straight cuts so the middle part of the xmember can be flipped nicely IMO. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 I would spend the extra bit to have someone cut and re-weld crossmember.. bet someone here ( Washington) has a jig already that could do it for you lickity split if you asked around. 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 well the body shop has been soo busy lately i guess they said they are swamped in the summer so i gotta wait a few more weeks to drop my 510 off so in the meantime i got some new wheels for it from my friends shop for cost so couldn't pass it up. the tires i had at home were too small but i got a idea of how their going to fit. they are 15x8 0offset ill have pics up when i get home. Quote Link to comment
r0p0doe Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 well the body shop has been soo busy lately i guess they said they are swamped in the summer so i gotta wait a few more weeks to drop my 510 off so in the meantime i got some new wheels for it from my friends shop for cost so couldn't pass it up. the tires i had at home were too small but i got a idea of how their going to fit. they are 15x8 0offset ill have pics up when i get home. Hurry the fuck up man!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Well that escalated quickly. Hopefully he ain't in the same place as me, you'll be waiting till midnight 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted August 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Well i finally got a date today from the body shop and im dropping it off sept 4th! cant wait, cant believe its gunna cost 1000$ for only body work but i guess epoxy primer is expensive and the welding and bringing the whole car to bare metal, but im no bodyman so ill just take their word lol. A pic of it waiting for sept 4th to come! heres the new wheels i got, im not liking the thin tires too much so going to buy new ones after body work. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 is the bead even seated? That's retarded tire. looks like ass lol. Def get some bigger tires. Just my .02 tho 1 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 is the bead even seated? That's retarded tire. looks like ass lol. Def get some bigger tires. Just my .02 tho Indeed sir 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 Dude I'm about ready to buy you some new tires, that just doesn't seem safe and in my opinion just looks ridiculous. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 might not be abe to get a different tire under there. might rub think the rim is too wide or offset is to much to zero or even negitive(sticks out) sell them and get ones that fit 1 Quote Link to comment
r0p0doe Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 I've seen worse... 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 yes tires are way to skinny i only mounted one to see how the rims fit on the car, and yes the bead is seated lol, these tires are 165/45r15 but im pretty sure i can stuff a 195/50 in there without rubbing i will find out after i get it back from body work. what im gunna do ahead of time is roll the fenders as much as i can then have them do body work to clean it up. Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 This was a 15x7 0offset with 205/50 meats and it only rubbed if i had 2 people in the back seat. but the car is now 2 inches higher and my new rims are same offset but 1 inch wider so i should be able to fit a 195/50 Quote Link to comment
carterb Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 ^^ looks nice! Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 not a huge update but this past week has been crazy.. got rear ended the other day in my lexus (cars fine took it like a champ and diddnt damage the japanese tail lights or wing) anyway was sitting at a light and a nissan sentra hit me going 35.. i had a neck injury tore some muscles but im healing up great. anyway because of the high miles on my car they totaled it out and gave me a check for blue book value even though i got more then bluebook in suspension and wheels and tires but anyway now i got money for goodies for the 510! picked up some normal sized tires today 195/50 compared to the 165/45 crap lol datsun is getting dropped off on the 4th and i should have it back before the 12th then the swap starts! im ordering the turbo stuff and whole gasket set and timing chain, water pump ect for the ka. 2 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I know I missed it but what motor are you taking out? Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 its the stock 1600, with a 4spd and a weber 32/36 its going to go in my 2 door shell to get that car going for my dad. Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 little update got some parts for my ka swap off craigslist for deals today! brand new garrett 42/48 turbo should work great on the ka on 7lbs or so, i got it for 60$!!! price was so good cant believe people were low balling him. i also found all this and a brand new intercooler for 60$!!! after i sent the guy a email it was the same guy i got the turbo from lol! i guess he was cleaning out his shop and just wanted to get rid of everything. only thing left for the kit is manifold and from all the turbo civics ive had i only really trust cast iron manifolds for lasting a long time and the strength, i found a ka24e cast iron manifold on ebay for only 153 shipped so ordering that next week along with arp headstuds and cometic headgasket. 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 well turns out they dont make aftermarket headgaskets for ka24e's and only make them for dual cam ka's so a oem nissan one will have to do, pulled the motor apart tonight to clean up the block and get the head ready for resurface, hot tank, pressure check tomarrow. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 What are you doing for engine management? 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 What are you doing for engine management? i was thinking of buying Nistune but i dont have any 240 friends in WA thats used it before so im still not sure, this is my first turbo car running MAF so im still not sure how these work lol. im used to turbo hondas which use map sensor and wont even run without a full tune, compared to these engines that pretty much tune their self lol. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Well the KA if not tuned perfectly will scatter pretty quick. The KA24E has higher compression which makes it even more sensitive. I ran the Nistune on my sr20 like 10yrs ago and loved it. Problem is it hasn't changed much. After talking with John Kerr at Nismotronics I decide on his system for my KA24DET. One HUGE difference is Nismotronics can run MAP. With Nistune you'll need to run the 300zx MAF which is a finicky bitch. Nismotronics also has expanded maps which is great plus he's constantly developing to add functionality. Josh- 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Well the KA if not tuned perfectly will scatter pretty quick. The KA24E has higher compression which makes it even more sensitive. I ran the Nistune on my sr20 like 10yrs ago and loved it. Problem is it hasn't changed much. After talking with John Kerr at Nismotronics I decide on his system for my KA24DET. One HUGE difference is Nismotronics can run MAP. With Nistune you'll need to run the 300zx MAF which is a finicky bitch. Nismotronics also has expanded maps which is great plus he's constantly developing to add functionality. Josh- do they support single cam ka's? another reason i was leaning towards nistune is they have a setup for ka24e ecu's and its fairly cheap, and i work at a electronics company so installing the board would be easy for me to do and it would be like 480 for the whole setup. i also only plan on 7-9lbs of boost as i feel that will be plenty of power in a 510. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 You have to use the KA24DE ecu. 1 Quote Link to comment
jeph Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 actually just read up alot on nismotronic and looks like im going with them now thanks for the recomendation, hes got alot of good reviews and he has the install it youself board packages also. 1 Quote Link to comment
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