The Rwd 2Az-Fe Thread.

Killar_of_giants · September 9, 2018

Looking good. Been following this build for a while now and got to have a sticky beak at all jap. Those ITB's look flash.

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 9, 2018

2 hours ago, Killar_of_giants said:

Looking good. Been following this build for a while now and got to have a sticky beak at all jap. Those ITB's look flash.

Thanks mate I was pretty bummed to be the only ae86 there. However it was an awesome day and well worth the early start. Should have said hello, what did you bring?

Killar_of_giants · September 9, 2018

Yeah was looking to have a chat but no-one was by the cars (yours and MS's red ke55) when I stopped by. I didnt take my car this time around. I have a KE30 2 door.

Edited September 9, 2018 by Killar_of_giants

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 11, 2018

Yeah we took a long walk around the place and just left the cars there. The crowd was real respectful, nobody I saw touched anyones machine. It was good. Maybe should have left my number on the car in case someone wanted to ask some questions.

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 11, 2018

Before Anika was born, I was really enjoying taking long cruises that took up entire afternoons on a Sunday. I had 2 amazing drives to Jimna up the range there and back, went around the dams a couple times, went up and explored glasshouse. Just dealing with stress. It was the best time just being completely alone at the wheel. Just getting to know this machine I made really well. Things keep growing, things keep evolving, and as it turns out, a little child is not the big scary thing you thought it would be. Its just a another little thing you've created that surprises you in all the best ways.

oh what a nissan feeling! · September 11, 2018

Great to have an update looking good. Great to see its all still progress and fun times.

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 15, 2018

So after being on the road for a few years I finally got stopped and checked over by traffic task force. No defects! I was given a couple of warnings but the Police were really great to deal with, and even told me I had my head screwed on straight as they were finishing up. The female officer had even given me the name of a company that makes ADR approved fibreglass bonnets. Awesome! They check the blue plate codes, looked for the emission gear required and I showed them how it all works. They were satisfied with the quality of it all. Luckily I just tossed the glass hatch last weekend, and they weren't able to find a second glass panel on the car, might have been pushing my luck. They were as understanding as they could be when they pressed me about the bonnet, I explained that up until last weekend I had a fibre hatch as well, and that after several years of looking I was able to buy and repair a metal hatch for the car, and I'm doing the same with the bonnet, but I just haven't found one and the one I have was all I could get.

One worrying thing, the ticket for a fibreglass panel comes under the hooning legislation and effectively is a strike.

The Police mentioned I needed better roll cage padding, and I added that already, and I even reduced the size of my interior light by half to work with it better. Apparently its only important to stop potential head strikes on the cage, so with this in mind I fit the padding around the top of the drivers seat, and stopped it with just enough room that the seatbelt fits past it. The bonnet I hope I can get away with for another month of two, and see if I can find a good one to modify with a steel cap and bulge. I was going to make some new parkers a priority because my parkers are original adm zenki from 1983 and one just blows the park bulb over and over. The Police mentioned that's not an infringement and that I'm better making the bonnet priority one.

I also adjusted the hatch over a little after I noticed it was a tiny bit misaligned where it flows down from the roof. All fixed now. I also tossed a brass hose joiner that extends the catch can hose in favour of a plastic one to save weight, and I unbolted, cut off and re installed the bonnet pins as a further weight saving measure.

altezzaclub · September 16, 2018

Good to see a nice build gets some respect from them.

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 16, 2018

I was stoked to show them. I forgot to add, i was having this small issue with the itbs not closing as crisp as I wanted them to. Sometimes they were perfect, other times they were not quite shutting down the torque. So anyhow, I made an aligning rod to perfectly try to align all the shafts in the butterflies, so I loosened them up on the spacers, bolted them to some thick 3mm 20x20 extrusion and retorqued them down. Shafts came much closer to perfect alignment, and I was able to get them to close a little smoother. I also noticed the cable had some drag to it, so I undid and silicon sprayed inside the throttle cable, and its smoother running now. I also bent the throttle rest ever so slightly down and made its alignment with the throttle puller perfect, as it seemed to rub a little on the endge of the groove as it approached closed throttle. Having adjusted this, I re-synced them all and its running fine now. Ill have to make some fine adjustments with the dials at some stage but its pretty smooth and nice anyhow.

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 28, 2018

I did a little bit more on this. I changed the power feed for the wideband so its ignition power only. It used to be accessory so I could turn it on, get it working then start the car. Now that I have a stereo worth using I dont want it on all the time.

I also put some more dynamat in the hatch.

Edited September 28, 2018 by LittleRedSpirit

**LittleRedSpirit** · September 29, 2018

I finally got a new laptop battery and it cost only about 39 dollars from China. Now I can do all day logs again. My old battery was down to about 45 minutes on a good day.

Took a half hour drive in the pouring rain yesterday. Tyres are great in the wet unless you introduce too much sideways g force and right foot. However pulling off the lights is quite easy, even with all the torque, while everything else creeps off you can get away like its dry in a straight line.

The new hatch didn't leak any water in. Stoked about that. I could not say the same about the fibreglass one until I put sealant between the rubber seal and the fibreglass.

ke70dave · October 1, 2018

Well all things considered you couldn't really have asked for a better police experience. Same old story, if you try your best to keep things legal and you arent a fool when questioned the police will generally be very good.

**LittleRedSpirit** · October 16, 2018

Over the weekend I had fitted the cube speed short shifter. I didn't like it so I removed it and returned to stock. Crazy short throw, but I like the feel of a stock one better. I fitted a new pivot cup, gasket and rubber boot to my stock one, and greased it up as well, feels like new.

Looked into a new bonnet from Blits, but it will be pricey, so I need to save up.

**LittleRedSpirit** · November 8, 2018

ITBs were balanced again the other day.

I purchased a JDM ae86 oil pressure sender and installed that. Oil pressures seem strong, steady 2/4 to 3/4 on the gauge. Slight increases as you rev it up. Looking good. I will repurpose the oil pressure light as a shift light soon.