thanks man. yeah it sucks, i loved that car no sunroof which was rare (and i think helped protect me) and super clean with low miles. i'll get another eventually though. it was my nice weather car/fun car/dd when i needed it. i have a p11 g20 that i got about a year and a half ago which is the new full time daily, same color actually.float_6969 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:46 amDUUUDDDEEE. I'm mourning the loss of the Advans. That sucks. I'm REALLY glad you're OK though. Was that your daily? What did you replace it with? Anyway, thanks for the updates on the S13!
thanks man. getting things done little by little.
the syko mounts are aluminum/urethane hybrid so movement should be minimal, guess i'll find out lol. and i opted to do the clutch fan setup because it's supposedly better/more efficient at cooling, but has proven to be a pain in the a**. at least in my case. worse comes to worse i will ditch the entire thing and get some e-fans and change my setup.float_6969 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 6:36 amThat all looks pretty tight. I'm assuming you have a rubber/poly mount in there, are you sure it's not going to hit once the engine starts moving around in the engine bay?
I'm sure you've covered it and I forgot, but why no e-fans?
When I had my setup running last, I was running dual FAL 12" pullers on an S14 auto radiator and it didn't like the highway if it was above about 65°F out. That being said I also have a bigger front mount intercooler behind the stock pignose bumper as well as an AC condenser.m tr4nch wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 9:47 pmthe syko mounts are aluminum/urethane hybrid so movement should be minimal, guess i'll find out lol. and i opted to do the clutch fan setup because it's supposedly better/more efficient at cooling, but has proven to be a pain in the a**. at least in my case. worse comes to worse i will ditch the entire thing and get some e-fans and change my setup.float_6969 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 6:36 amThat all looks pretty tight. I'm assuming you have a rubber/poly mount in there, are you sure it's not going to hit once the engine starts moving around in the engine bay?
I'm sure you've covered it and I forgot, but why no e-fans?
thank you! yes in hindsight i would have started with a way cleaner chassis lol.
yeah definitely sounds like you had a lot of things stuffed in there for the temps to rise. i had the thick koyo before but would have had to run pusher e-fans if i kept it, and with wanting to have AC eventually, that might be a problem for space in there. hence another reason why i chose the clutch fan setup.LSDrift wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 12:14 pmWhen I had my setup running last, I was running dual FAL 12" pullers on an S14 auto radiator and it didn't like the highway if it was above about 65°F out. That being said I also have a bigger front mount intercooler behind the stock pignose bumper as well as an AC condenser.
I tried running a fat Koyo radiator with the FAL pullers as close to the radiator as possible but ended up wearing a couple holes into the back side.
When I get back to that part of my project I'm planning on using a Chase Bays tucked radiator and some kind of pullers.
yup that's exactly what i did. pulled the coils & plugs, and left the fuel pump disconnected (even though there's no fuel in there, don't want it running dry) and unplugged the injector harness. took about 2 mins of cranking in like 10-20 sec intervals and then the needle started to move.float_6969 wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:34 amIf you pull all the spark plugs and just crank it with the starter (fuel and spark disabled for safety), the oil pump usually primes and you have pressure in about 5-10 seconds. At least that's what I've done with every CA and KA I've rebuilt. With the plugs out, there's no real load on any of the bearings, so nothing will wear.
Can't wait for a startup vid!!!
thanks!!
the body shop that painted my car had removed them, no idea what their method was. yeah it's pretty tight between the glass and metal there. looks like they scuffed or "bruised" the black coating on my windows in a few spots and you can kinda see it from the other side. sucks but not much i can do about itLSDrift wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:10 amQuick question for ya that might benefit others on this same path - who removed your quarter glass? I'm currently in the process of doing so on a donor car that I'm taking the roof panel from and it is quite the pain. I've read a lot of different places about how they've done it and watched some videos, and it doesn't seem there's any real good way to do so since they are "encapsulated" glass.