My Nizda Rx-200 (side ongoing project)

[tooley]

ook my silvia on the student gumball when on my way home this happend!! dont buy cheap rear tyres just because your going to kill them in a event. (should of stuck with my falkens but didnt want to ruin them)

wasnt hurt at all and no one else was involved.

then found this in Mr henners shed so i bit his hand off as i loved my old rx7.
thougth screw it be interesting totransfer the sr20det engine into the fd, ino ino its not a rx7 anymore but i want to just do it for fun and then after a year i will 20b it.

the Advans off the silvia fitted perfectly on the FD! and my steering wheel!

 

[tooley]

What I will need to look at:-
New sub frame mounting points.
Customised Gear box and differential mounts.
Customised suspension.
Customised gear leaver.
Customised Prop shaft.
Roll bar/toe arm mounting points.
Customised Exhaust mid section.
Customised bonnet .
i needed tien nissan front coils /pillowball mounts and rear ******* so i got
two sets of both from japan for the price of half of one set lol!!!

and this tho woop
neet to get a FMIC now and rad which i smashed

subframe and steering rack connected

 

[tooley]

ut the engine in to day and the bonet hits the rocker cover so i need to make a vent/buldge

will now take the engine back out after ive made the Gearbox mount!
whats left then is

• take engine back out and clean it/ and fit new bits including a nice new rocker cover from japan not that white one

• Connect the suspension shokcs and roll bars

• Put engine back in plug hoses

• then put in intercooler and Rad

• Make a custom gear leaver

• Send up to buffy to get it wired
• Send to prospeed to finish exhaust

==UPDATE====
=
holes cut and smoothed ready for the top mounts, just have to paint it to tidy it up.

engine in and awaiting wiring.

to do this week
Fit intercooler and radiator.
Fit gear box mounts.
Fit new suspension.

 

[tooley]

finished all the suspension arms !!

top mounts will be here friday
gear box mount and diff mount are being made up at the moment
fitting rad and FMIC 2moz

just a lil preview on what its going to look like. its gettin sprayed the same colour purple as the rocker

intercooler fitted

custom gear box mount also fitted

another pic of the box mount. there is a steel plate that ill need to fit under the rubber mount as i have just put a 5mm bolt there to get the right measurement. thats gettin made tonight, along with the I beam mount and the custom gear leaver!

pic with bonet and bumper on

 

[tooley]

the car is getting sprayed this colour.

====UPDATE=======
Custom gear leaver done
Brace bar done
only think left now is diff mount + propshaft
and engine wiring and pipe work
picking my top mounts up monday from lionel @NTF

perfecto

i then got bored so i did this

differential mount done today.
prop shaft only needs to be longer by12mm so im contemplating whether to make a spacer?????
sprayed my welded mounts black to make them look a bit beter and protect from rust.

 

[tooley]

only thing in waiting for now it my dam topmounts which should of been here friday!!! i can send it up to get wired then!
gregs turn to get attacked by sparks this time!

well i got stopped in my tracks!!! bit of a slight camber problem! need to make new custom lower arms!! that will be fun!!!

 

[tooley]

here is a mock drawing of what i will need to make

making custom wish bones to move the hub caenter by 40mm as you can see by that pic its close to the arch and sideskirt

cut the pipes for the arms and the tension rods!

this is what they will look like

finished arms after welding.

need to make the plate now to mount the tension rods!
and make my ball joint which is going to be FUN.......not!!!!
prob spray them red.

 

[tooley]

finished one arm today! took 3 hours to make the ball joint!
well i when to elis steel to get some 20mm dia high tensile steel tube, they wanted 25 quid for 300mm ripoffs!!!
so i used some initiative and whent to swansea fastners and bought 2 high tensile steel bolts! and me and greg used the leath to machine it!
all we need to do now is work out where i want the arm to work out where the plate needs to go to mount the rollbar drop link, so all i need to do is fit it to the car!
here are some pics!

arms finished bar the roll bar droplink mount, however im changing the droplink to a male and female rod ends for less play and better connection.
just quickly sprayed a bit of the arm a nice shade of blue so once the final welds are done ill spray them that blue.

 

[tooley]

had to redesign the arms because i forgot to take into account the 30 degree angle as we thought we could get away with our ball joint angle. so now the eng angle + 30 degrees. and the hubs are now back to normal!!!
my shock is only angled forward by 2.6 degree and i have given my font wheels 1 degree negative camber for that extra front end grip!

well!! what a ****eety day yesterday! the weather was crap!!! and me and binnie had to pig out in the rain to get the car on the trailor and up to buffys!!!

my fuel lines came today!! 3m of blue cotton braided hose for 15 quid!!!
demontweeks are good somtimes!

 

[tooley]

right fuel lines fitted found all the nessicary wiring diagrams!
just got to sort out the new rad and coolant hoses!

bought these!! think they will add a nice touch what being lighter so better rev responce aslo looks wise

let the games commence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its called make one loom out of two!!

the rules you are awarded 300 wires any more you have to buy yourself!
grrrrrrrr

STAY TUNNED!

 

[sliding-r]

have to say what an incredible effort and you must have some talent to do this!! will look forward to seeing it some more as it progresses, where do you do all the work, you must be an engineer i guess?

 

[tooley]

Cheers man, I have had the car in a few of my friends units but now its in my garage, i cant take credit for the welding as i got my mate to do it as he is better at it than me lol, But yes im a design engineer for aston martin. (trying to blag some brakes atm but thet aint having none of it)

Havent done much work on it the last half of last year or this year as of yet. but there isnt that much left to get done.


I need to.

Lower the engine/subframe (worked out my roll centre hight and its a bit high)

Connect the coolent/heater hoses

Finish the wiring

Custom Propshaft

Custom Exhaust

then she should be all good.

 

[S15AK]

Well done tooley, great project can't wait to see it all done...

 

[Trial_S15]

Fantastic project Tooley :notworthy: Dan in DB power might be able to get the brakes for you.... I think Evilchap has Aston Martin calipers on his and one of the Irish lads on SXOC (Sniffy) has a set of Porsche Cayeene / Audi Q7 calipers on the front of his S15 and both got lads them through Dan as far as I know

 

[s15andy.s]

well done some work and effort gone into this..cant wait to see pics of it finished and on a track!

 

[tooley]

Fantastic project Tooley :notworthy: Dan in DB power might be able to get the brakes for you.... I think Evilchap has Aston Martin calipers on his and one of the Irish lads on SXOC (Sniffy) has a set of Porsche Cayeene / Audi Q7 calipers on the front of his S15 and both got lads them through Dan as far as I know

They throw loads away so it wont be to long lol. How come the GTR/350Z brembos are so dam pricey!!!!!

cheers guys

 

[Trial_S15]

Jesus, they just throw them away If you come across more than one pair give me a PM :thumbs:

The brembo's are stupidly expensive but from what I've heard they're well worth the expense!!

 

[DeanS15]

top effort there mate - staying tuned to this one

 

[C1TPT]

Awesome thread mate!! great work and I love the colour choice! Thats what my engine bay looks like :thumbs:

I did automotive engineering at uni and design was my favourite subject!! What CAD package do you use? Catia, Solid Edge?


P.S + 1 on those aston calipers aswell lol

 

[tooley]

Ahh did you i did motorsport engineering!! was a good crack. I use Catia V5, but fluent in autocad and ideas, vismockup also.