Author Message

Snowfox

nl
Posts: 757

Location: Netherlands ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Occupation: Blacklist
Age: 31
V$:
#104855   2016-08-09 21:55          
And he's back with some updates!

Starting to fix shizzle on the Silvizzle!
Started op with the plastic protection thingy that goes over the fan which is mounted on the engine(should get a electrical fan directly to the radiator tho..)
wasn't as easy as i thought but apparently there was a small plastic part that had to be taken off to make it fit! Well whatever went in with ease after removing it but had to tighten everything up with zipties since the bolts i had were to short.(temporary fix don't worry about it)

Fixed the broken piece surrounding the steeringwheel hub with the fans and buttons for the lights. Taking it of was a 30 second job. Putting it back in took me like a goddamn half hour! Didn't fit and finally figured out that i had to remove 2 bolts from te steering rack to drop it far enough to take it out. But hey i fixed it! Put everything back together and forget that i had to switch out the speedo. Well fuck.. Next time then :D

put the centre fan back in since that was a piece of wood with 2 openigs for gauges which i wouldn't use anyway! You'll find out soon why..

switched out a rear light with a small crack on it. But didn't fit properly which i found out later so i'm gonna switch it back soon.

drove around a few days and bought some maintenace stuff. You know the usual 5W40 Oil, oil filter, spark plugs, fuel filter, radiator fluid, radiator flush and new windscreen wiper since these skipped 12 times before reaching te top of the windshield..

then a buddy of mine hooked me up with this old school 90's Defi Dash which i never heard of since i've always driven N/A cars. BUT! This little device is amazing! It reads the Oil temp, oil pressure, boost, speedo, Rpm's, shift light, fuel pressure, exhaust temp, water temp, air fuel ratio, a built in stopwatch that records everything and let's you play it back, And the best part is every sensor and wiring is brand new and complete! So I immediately bought a sandwich plate and called up another buddy to help out too!

drove an hour to get there and got started. 2 buddy's started working on the Demi dash(i suck at wiring so it was a better idea to let them do it) and me and another buddy started on the engine and maintenace.

He found an used decat from his R33 GTS-T which we put on mine complete with those thingy's that you put between the exhaust?(Hey my english is good for a dutch guy but i don't know every word :awesome:) and with a hole for the exhaust temp sensor!

in the meantime he started on checking the compression and pistons/engine wall, which came out just fine for a 238k km CA18DET. First 3 cilinders gave 10-10.5 bar and the last one 9-9.5 bar(which is normal for the last one) so the engine is in great shape! Tapped the oil out, it was pretty black tho so it needed new oil, screwed the oil filter off and placed the sandwichplate with 3 sensors. 2 for oil temp(needed to close the opening so meh 1 won't be used)
and the oil pressure sensor. Slammed 3.5 litres of oil in it and i removed the fuel filter.
which was a pain in my ass since it SQUIRTED IN MY EYE (Got your attention on that part didn't i :D)

attached the Boost sensor to the vaccum hose and put the wires back in the car, the guys were getting there but since we couldn't weld the wires together it's temporary yoloswag laying over the dash and passenger footwell.

All wired up, oiled up and a fresh start again, started ticking for 20 seconds but hey the oil needs to reach
places! worked out perfect and she purrs like awesomeness!

Next things to do is switch the old left tail light back in, switch out the speedo and hope for the best and do the rest of the wiring.

@David,i'll think about it but i wouldn't recommend buying mine to be honest.

Pics are in random order and some random
quick shots i made!









Added 2 minutes later:

CLICK ME FOR DEFI DASH + HYPE