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| My 1986 Nissan Pulsar ET Turbo Project: Renegade ET |
| Well here it is, my latest toy. After abandoning the Mazda Due to lack of funds to get the body work done, and lack of time and knowledge to do it myself I have purchased another N12 Turbo, this time a 1986 Pulsar ET Turbo. I had set out to find a good base with a perfect body so that I wouldn't run into the same problem as last time. I found this car on the N12Turbo.com Website Classifieds and the seller told me that the body was immaculate. Upon arriving at the car though, I found old paint, rust, scratches, dents, and even a broken window. I was, needless to say, more than dissapointed. So on the verge of leaving without the car, I managed to talk him down to $800. I will update this log as the project progresses, and keep you all informed of what's going down. |
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| As is the case with most things that are abandoned, I've had a better offer. As a result I have condensed all of the ET pages here onto the one page. Not all of this project has been given the flick, I will still be using the Jap spec running gear and T25G from this car, but I've located an Exa shell that is damn near perfect (apart from the color) and has an immaculate interior. It simply a case of "just add engine" I will be adding pix of it shortly, just as soon as I shake this damn flu. Can't wait to get it on the road. |
| Body: Began stripping the car today, I went over the body again, and I think that it's going to come up roses with a wash and a good polish. Interior: The interior is all there like the seller told me, but it's not all the one color, nor is it all use-able. For example, all of the window winders fit on and work, but the clips are broken off all of them. Also, rather than unplug the wiring harness from the dash, it had been decided at some point in the past that it would be easier to run a pair of side cutters thru it all........ But this is fixed now, and I'm out of solder. Engine: The engine seems to be in good nick, although there is lots of dodgy wiring and disconnected vacuum hoses all over the shop. So far, just from the inside and engine bay, I have collected a bucket full of obsolete wire! I have taken the AFM, all intake piping, BOV, and the turbo off the car. The AFM intake was 50% blocked by electrical tape that had been put there to hold the pod filter on........ seriously, it was half blocked! All of the piping is ok, the BOV seems to be in working order, and the turbo is good in the places it needs to be. There is very minimal shaft movement, no oil in the blow side or exhaust side, but there are two big cracks around the hole for the waste gate flap. I haven't seen this on any turbo before, and will post pix up soon. Pix Are Below |
| Project: Renegade ET Log |
| 26.02.06 Sunday |
| 06/03/06 Monday |
| Spent a whole bunch of the weekend trying to figure out how the hell I was going to get the gearbox off and out, then back in again. Have finally gotten the passenger side front wheel up on a ramp. I have removed all of the old dodgy wiring that had been done in 2 pair speaker wire, and now it has been replaced with the proper stuff. Also re-wired the exhaust temp sensor as the fibreglass heat proof insulation had dissolved and the wires were touching. Have covered with more fibreglass heat proof sleeve, leaving room for the O2 sensor wires I plan on adding. I think I am going to aquire an '85 Exa in the next couple of days, it would be a great project car, but I am going to use it for parts. From it i will use: The car comes with a whole bunch of goodies like a massive intercooler that is still brand new, custom 3" dump, 2.5" exhaust, sunroof, Jap Spec engine, Huuuge cannon muffler, and some other bits and peices. I'll be reselling the car with everything other than the bits I listed above. More to Come..... |
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| T25G Front Seats. 15" rims and new tyres. Tail Lights. Good Carpet. Jap Spec Head and Intake manifold. |
| 10.03.06 Friday |
| This evening I have aquired the 1985 Exa. My plan is to use it for parts and then sell it off as a whole car, so I'll be swapping parts to and fro. Since getting it here I've discovered that the parts I will be using are the entire Jap spec engine, the wheels & tyres, carpet, all of the seats, radiator, and a couple of other little bits and peices. I'll be sure to get some pix of the Exa up soon. |
| 27.04.06 Tuesday |
| Well, been a while since an update, so here goes...... Today, my brother-in-law and myself set about yoinking the engines out of both cars. We got the ET engine (BRC) out first and sat it on a trolley so that various bits could be stripped off it in hours to come allowing me to keep the low mount turbo setup in the ET. I also had to remove the gearbox from this engine and replace it with the working one that I got with the ET. Next, out came the Exa engine (RRC). We sat it on the ground temporarily so that we could replace welsh plugs in it. Then we took the bits off the BRC engine that were needed and swapped them onto the RRC engine. Next up was the task of sitting the RRC engine into the ET's engine bay. Sounds easy, but we found out after getting all the engine mounts lined up that you really should line up the bottom rear one first before any of the others can go on......... grrrrrrrr. So we got the RRC in and mounted, then had to get the BRC into the Exa and the CV's back onto the Exa so it could be moved as it was blocking the driveway where it sat. The engine was a little more straight forward this time, but we found that if you leave the drivers side CV shaft hanging, once the engine is in you can't get it back up to put it back in the gearbox. So it's tied to the front engine mount for now..... We realised we had done the same thing with the ET, but I wasn't worried coz that CV had to come out anyhow to have the boot replaced. So we had done all but wired both cars back up in a little over 10 hours. I have noted some very important points for those who should get the urge to remove their engine: 1. If you are going to do it outdoors, don't start the process if it looks like raining. Because it will. 2. Line up the bottom rear engine mount first, before attempting any others. 3. When replacing the engine, make sure the drivers side CV shaft is help up and back out of the way. 4. Make sure you have all the tools you need ready the night before. 5. Rattle guns are your friend. Pix Are Below |
| 07.05.06 Sunday |
| Today I pulled off the fans to give the a quick coat of paint. Blue looked shit on a red car. I will be rewiring them to operate sequentially depending on temperature as all of the air con has been removed. Gonna hate that in the Summer. I've also set about removing the T25G from it's high mount manifold to put it on the low mount. I've also removed the inlet manifold; partly because it is filthy and all of the vacuum lines and fuel lines are shot, and partly because it's a whole bunch easier to replace the alternator with it out of the way. I'll post some pix in the next few days and link them from here. |
| 18.05.06 Sunday |
| Am sick of my garage being choked up with crap. So I ripped the interior out of the Exa and put it all in the ET. Then I got all of the ET Interior out of the garage and put it in the Exa. Nice. Over the last week I have pulled the inlet maniflod apart, cleaned it, made new gaskets, taken the injectors out to get them cleaned and flow tested, cleaned all of the alloy up to a nice shine, and replaced all of the vacuum hoses with blue silicon hose. I'm going to clean the engine and g/box up as well, with the idea that people will look at the engine and not notice how crap the rest of the bay looks. |
| 04.06.06 Sunday |
| Today I have cleaned the entire engine and gearbox. It took ages but I think it was well worth it. I've been fiddling around with the high mount vs. low mount manifolds. Seeing as how it's going to be biiiiiiig dramas to get the T25 off the high mount, and the oil return is custom made I've pretty much decided to use the high mount. This will also let me use the new oil lines and the water lines to the turbo are better too. BUT, I'm going to have to try to figure out a way to get the dump extended so that it reaches, and somehow get it to miss the radiator to engine pipe & oil dipstick. Should be interesting. |
| Pictures of my new ET As it was the day i bought it. |
| These are some of the pictures i took when I got the car home. It was fairly shabby, the interior was ruined, the engine bay was a mess and the wiring was appalling..... |
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| The Engine Bay |
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| The Outside |
| Pictures of an Engine Swap in my Nissan Pulsar ET Turbo. |
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| So, here is the old Black Rocker Cover engine ready for removal....... |
| .......And here are some pix of the new Red Rocker Cover (jap version of the E15ET) sitting in it's new home. |
| Here is a before pic of the inlet and plenum just after it came off. The injectors have been sent off to be tested, cleaned & flowed. |