200sx Web - Wide Body Nissan S14a

Took Friday off work and went with Martin to the Eastern Creek open day which was great. Only $135 plus garage is a lot cheaper then supersprints or open days but doesn't have official timing. Lucky we both have gps timing as well as i have an aims timer still in the car from ages ago. Unfortunately i had miss fire issues again that forced me to short shift below 6500rpm which was frustrating, by turning the boost down to 14psi it went away but even with 16psi it had a little bit in the top end. Really had enough of the issue and getting the shits, two people have now suggested to me that it could be the fuel lines? Might be worth trying although not sure how on the dyno it doesn't make it yet on the track it does. More money and time ahead.... James came out for the day as well and was helpful with suggestions and running around, would have been a lot harder without him along with Martin. After the first session the car was really tail happy and i had put the rear sway ba...

Saturday morning drove out to Stewart's, i had been stressing all week with what it could be and also how much it would cost to sort out. Thoughts going through my head of putting the std box back in or rebuilding the R33 box with new bearings i was not in a good frame of mind. Arrived and we chucked it on the hoist to have a look, a leak from the box had started and we wanted to fix. It was coming from the drain plug so we pulled the oil out and put some sealer round the plug then filled it up with some new oil, originally we were just going to put the old oil back in but it was to much of a pain and Stewart said he would shout me some fresh oil which was nice of him. We looked over the box and Stewart suggested we should check to see the clearances over the box, i thought this was a little strange and maybe some way of not looking at what Andrew had suggested but went along with it anyway. He was feeling around the top of the gearbox and saying that it the box h...

Bought a new rear sway bar as the old one was non-adjustable and also didn't fit the new links i had bought.  I also noticed my front links, where it bolted onto the lower control arm - were loose so i tightened them up as well. Was surprised how loose they were and that i didn't notice them when driving but you could rattle them around by hand so would not have been very good.

Sunday morning and went to fill up the car at Roselle along with some jerry cans and on the way gave Andrew a call to get his thoughts. He said he was not sure but to drop past and he can have a look, i filled up and went home via Andrews place. We took it for a drive and i got a little worried, he said that it was not a normal gearbox noise and was something more and defiantly worth checking out. Suggested it could be the clutch plates misaligned or even the bell housing modification was slightly out and causing the issue. It didn't like the gearbox as it made the noise although a lot quieter whilst revving with the clutch engaged and in 1st gear. This was not turning out to be good and decided it was best to take it back to Stewart so he can have a look over, was planning on calling him on Monday to organise.

Been waiting all week, Saturday morning comes around and I am really looking forward to picking up the car. Michele comes for a drive in the falcon and we head off out to SW motorsport to pick it up, we arrive and run through the details. Am worried about how the shifter has ended up but having a look over Stewart has done a nice neat job of making up a cover plate and extra bracket to hold on the shifter boot. I sit in the car and play with the shifter and Stewart asks if I want to take it for a drive to see if I am happy with it I take it for a bit of a spin around the block and my first thoughts are that the box is a lot louder then the SR box but I think that this is just the beefier gears and that it is normal. We fix up the bill and we head back home, the bill was $300 more then what we had agreed on but was because of the extra work involved. I could have suggested that this was not really my fault but when you look at it I thought the price was fair and that the work was goo...