After a long search for the right one and then an even longer drive (800 miles total for the day) I bought the perfect car.

Nissan Gt28rs














Spec

Gt28rs turbo (Less than 2000miles covered) with HKS adjustable actuator
Mapped Norris Designs Stage 2 ECU
Driftworks Braided oil and water turbo hoses
Apexi Turbo timer
Nismo short shift kit
Norris Designs front mount intercooler
Norris designs dump valve & Kit
Pipercross oil breather
Sleepy eye kit
NGK pr7 Colder plugs
Walboro fuel pump
Janspeed DTM system Stainless turbo back exhaust
Vented headlight cover
K&N cone filter
Skyline style GTR rear spoiler
M3 Mirrors
Momo steering wheel
Momo pedals
Momo gear knob
Cat 2 immobiliser
Exide battery
Norris Designs Braided brake pipes
Norris designs X-Drilled rear discs
17" TSW Alloys with Yokohoma Prada 2 Tyres
Nismo tailgate badge
Nismo Key

Further mods will be slow until another six month when I can afford too

Very Very Nice mate.

Very Nice indeed.

As I said in the other thread, its beautiful and looks mint. Has a very streamlined look to it as well. Not sure what it is about the alloy's but they seem to go really well with the car.

Thanks!

here an engine piccy for you.

looks mint matey, not to keen on the wheels but apart from that its tip top

As said before matey verynice good find and has got good engine mods.

Like it.

Nice looking motor matey

i saw this yesterday parked out side fred perry in the out let village, it very nice bud, but i ain t too keen on the barry spoiler. are you going to put pigger rims on it, i recon a nice set of white wheels would go down a treat

The spoiler look's very big in the pics but it looks ok in person. it will be staying for now, plus I like to think it is keeping the car in the right direction. im still gettin used to the change from fwd to rwd.

I found perfect white with chrome lipped rims on ebay, but like i said, mods will come in 6months time.

What power should you be getting with these mods? I know a few S3's using this turbo setup with about 350ish bhp.

Rich

250-260bhp

Has it got the LSD, the late interior, and bigger brakes?

"J" was the changeover year, and despite it having the new front bumper, not all cars had all the new bits...

im not 100% sure mate. I'll take pics of the bits then i got a chance and see what you make of them. i took her for a spin last night and took it easy but still the rear end drifted out.

Looks like a nice one mate...even better if(like stuy said)its a later one with the goodies on

As i am buying a 2way diff if you havnt got a lsd you can buy mine if you want i'll do you a good deal.

Looks good the car though.

GUTTED I HAVE THE SLOWEST S BODIED CAR ON CW

How can i tell if i need your diff?

just out of interest, have u stil got the vrs?

yes. but will be going next week. why you ask?.

how nice is your car , bet ur made up

Think im right in saying,jack the rear of the car up,and trn one wheel by hand,if the opoosite wheel just sits there u dont have an LSD?? if it moves then u do (i think it'll move slower than the wheel ur making turn?

Don't think thats right scoop, If i turn my back wheel, the other turns in the opposite direction, and mine doesnt have an LSD.

I think it's if you turn one wheel and the other turns in the same direction at the same speed?

I am. Very very very happy! I love every trip!

can anyone help sort this Diff problem then?.

Nice car m8e!

CORRECT

Havnt seen you knocking about yet but look forward to seeing this.

well im popping down the rock in a min 2 show sum peeps.

Still carless matey.

Chris Azeritz offered my a lift down before aswell nevermind i'll see it soon enough enjoy.

just coz i aint herd anythin bowt it lately

Thats right; turn one wheel and if the other wheel turns in same direction then it has the lsd...this does not work, however,for cars with viscous type LSDs such as Carlton GSi, Sierra xr4x4 etc

Seen you lastnight think you were off the meet car looked nice and sounded well to looks good in the flesh so to speak.

(you were at the lights by the halfway)

Yeh that probly was me. car started tapping lastnight so im not happy, going to sort it now and give it a wash.

What kind of tapping

Im not sure. someone mentioned tappets, well its sounded like it was spell't.... I went straight to halfords and got an expensive oil. the oil was low anyway and now the car runs sweet.

Went to demon tweeks and got a new boost gauge too.



mmmm clean............

Lets just hope its the hydrolic tappets like mine not the bigend on its way ut matey.

Looks good in them pics matey.

lets.

Was so tempted to buy some whiteline springs to lower her. £130 @ demon. but all together £250 for spring+fitting+tracking. so im putting it off for a little bit and will fit them myself when the weather is better.

here a interior picture



& a nice arty pic

dam mate that a sweet motor well impressed

second that mate its mint inside and out !

thanks chaps. im loving the car

i think you shud meet up with some of us urbun drifter an well show you how to get the most fun out of the car . The 200 is fast in a st8 line but w8t till ur sideways at 60mph plus

Sounds good to me! i could do with getting some spare wheels first to practice on. getting it sideways is easy. making some sort of control is harder than i thought

i wudnt worry about spare wheals to be honest.
its easy to get it sideways the hard part it cuming out of a drift an bk into a st8 line with out the back end going all over the place. but with practice you will get the hang of it .some of the people of here have saw how well i have lernt in the short period of time i have bin learning

I have 10 standard alloys and 5 17" alloys i'll lend you some if you like.

Well standard ones anyway.

Sorry 8 17" alloys but one is aliite broken lol.

lol, sounds good mate. i just dont want to mess up the good ones i have on now. Prada or Parada tires...something like that im currently using.

I will definitely be up for some drifting track days too!

Good lad give us a shout when you want to lend 2 of them.

They are road legal aswell.

not sure what the offset and PCD of 200sx's are but i've got a set of 15 inch alloys that i want to get rid of. two are painted black and two white. the tyres are still really good. the are 38 offset and 4x100/4x108 (multifit) if they are any use to you as practice wheels or somethin give me a shout.

Thanks! but im insure as to the details of the fitment.

maybe tupac knows?

if they fit that would be wkd!

114.3x4

bummer thanks stuy

Your car needs

pcd 4x114

offset is

35x42

and bore is 66.1

i got these for sale mate 114.3, there is about 8mm if not more on all tyres, 195,15,50 all yours for 75 nikker.



i think thats the worst one of the bunch too !

pm sent

had the day off so thought i would tidy up some little bits on the car.

the window wipers had lost bits of paint and looked tired so i worked on them.

below you see the wiper how it was and above 1 that was sanded down


all sanded and Primed


Sprayed matt black


and put back, look good as new.


sorry about the pics (phone cam)

I also bought new rubber blades and replaced the old ones.

job cost £10
you may think 'why post this? its not much!'... but simple answer is that I have never done this kind of stuff before, i didn't know about priming and spraying. I always pay someone else to do it. but i feel a sense of accomplishment now and take pride

Fair play to ya Mr Whelan. Typical problem with the S13s, and I had to do it with mine when I got it as the paint just flakes off them

Another common problem is that they start squeeking as well - theres a really easy fix for that too, but Ill elt ya suss it out if and when ya need to

TELL ME TELL ME AS MINE DO IT.

If you remove the whole arm where it attaches to the scuttle panel, there is a rubber bush which sits between the motor mech and the actual arm (under the splines) These rubbers bushes get rusty from the arm and wiper mech. Use some fine sandpaper to clean the bush of rust, and lightly grease - re-assemble and squeeking stopped.

Some WD40 on the mech pivot points is also a good idea

had the day off but everyone else is in work. so only 1 thing to do then. make a video


[youtube]qHA4L7GPb6o[/youtube]


or this link: 200sx video

I have only just uploaded it so give it time to process


Also fitted the jvc cd player and savage boost gauge

ha ha that's quality that video,
i want to know what software your using ??

Its great watching it with in the topic, what a diffrernce.
Did you use a video camera?

Brill post mate, you need to make more of them
it was so funny.

How the hell do you get your camera where the sun dont shine?

I seen plod on the left, tee hee

Video of the year lol...

1.windows movie maker is all i use to edit them.
2.that was not the plod it was AA driving school lol.
3.i use a digital camera with a suction cup rig to get the shots.
4. loving the in forum videos now.

Your probably the only bright spark that knows
how to use it lol...

Grate vids mate pure quality.

Watch the video 2 post up

looking goo there how about meeting up this weekend an putting a drift vid to gether with some sicko trye smoke action

yeh no probs. ive lost my memory card so i only get 2mins of footage before its full, then i download them to the laptop and start again.

This video is also on some other forums so people have requested to see the raw footage to hear the engine ect so i've post it here too and xtras

[youtube]Co2A2rz5bOo[/youtube]

Quality video

amazin, how the hell you managed to fix the cam 2 the car when the exhaust was on view is a mystery to me, lol

I have very long arms

thanks for the nice comments, make's today worth it

loving the extras

definately worth a day off to get videos like that

Lol hahah gd video, how still is the camera that jst amazes me. Seems like u can fit it anywhere on the car an it wont fall off lol.

Top video matey as shaun says meet up n get some good drifty vid going there are enough of us on here to help you get sidways and you already know the area matey (its in the vid)

quality mate, glad to see the cd player works !

Todays update:

Fitted other CD player thanks to Audio Sanchez

matches the boost gauge.

just seen your vid mate pure class lol car sounds well nice

i love the way the stereo is the sme colour as the boost guage, nice one !

ran a few test today cos i bought the car with a problem and i want to get it sorted.

the problem is that the car smokes when on boost. Found out i need a new piston ring. been all over the wirral today getting prices.

£260 is the cheapest, thats 4 pistons and rings. then was quoted
£1000 to get them fitted!... I will be doing this myself & with my uncle next month when i have holidays from work.

anyone got any ideas or thought's on this.

not an expert, but make sure you skim that head, im sure chewy can shed some light on this matter for you, hopefully the head has never been skimmed before !

I'm not an expert either, but i'd agree with Sanchez.

It'll still be quite costly, but nowhere near as much as you got quoted.

Don't forget you will also have the cost of new gasket(s), possibly timing tools & cost of skimming. Make sure a reputable company does it if you do need to get it done.

I'm replacing the head gasket on my car myself to save labour costs (not as hard as replacing pistons and rings though)

Just make sure you're both confident enough and capable and have enough knowledge and tools. You can never have enough tools.

Well i am an expert

Are the parts generally expensive?
And like everyone else says "Ask Stuy"

There could be a hell of a lot of labour involved,
but what do i know, i just like your day tip video's

is the smoke blue of white? if white it maybe the turbo...

what u think?

[youtube]FXSECayCShs[/youtube]

hmmm its the gasket, soz dude

If its white its usually water eg head gasket but it could be cause its cold or moisture in the exhaust, blue is normally oil which could mean the turbo(more than likely this). Black is fuel normally when overfueling see alot of diesel turbo throwing this out. Sound alot of money for a rings and piston to be fitted, I would have thought you could get forged and fitted for that. I would get a compresion test done before going any further but my money is with the turbo.

Gutted matey.

Try Apex for parts.

click

deffo not turbo due to no smoke when the revs are dropping, also turbo smoke is mostley white.

Check for oil in the breather system, its a common problem that when you fit a decat an exhaust to a facelift (cat'd car) that they start breathing heavy and throwing oil back in to the inlet.

....a simple catch can breather system could fix this....

but its a 1992 model, it was made without a cat anyway?.

Does it have a lambda (o2) sensor in the dump pipe?

Also, dont rule out the turbo, they can smoke on boost an not on idle in there early stages of failure (dependant on which seal has gone)

I really dont know mate.

Further investigation is necessary as it does look like
oil into the system somewhere?

A simple compression test as Rhys mentioned will clear
that one up for you.

That would also let you know what the other cylinders are like?
As in there fine but compression is down.

Does it seem to be driving Lumpy or Sluggish as i doesn't
sound like it?

Remove an intercooler pipe and see if there is much oil in it - if there is its just breathing heavily - a breather system will fix it

boss car and video m8, shame about the head unit

What software did you use to do the vid m8?

It's pretty easy to spot a lambda sensor usually, just have a look. If in doubt, check SXOC or similar to search for a reference picture/description of where it would be located.

Its on the pipe that comes out of the back of the turbo - its an electrical plug - approx 2" long, really easy to spot

Managed to sort this yet matey?

If it turns out to be the turbo, gimmie a shout - Im a bit of a dab hand at turbo swaps

Also, Make sure you buy a decent turbo and not a cheap crappy item (Decent GT28 Turbos are around the £5-600 mark, cheap ones are less than £200)

i did this. there was small amount of oil in the pipes. started the car up and reved to 3.5k and no oil came out. so that seems ok. all oil pipes breath ok too.

im taking the engine apart next month (when i have holidays from work) and will post up my findings.

mines is a Garrett GT28 not a cheapo one. so if it is the turbo a recon would be better(cheaper) wouldnt it?.

Are you stripping the motor because of this, or to recon it / fit new pistons etc?

If its for this it really isnt worth it yet mate....

The car wont run and rev with an intercooler pipe off, are you sure you checked the right one?

The turbo wont produce enough +ve boost at a standstill to blow oil through the breathers or oil seals.

It could be as simple as some hose and a catch can mate, £30 worth maybe.
If yours is a Decatted car (Which Im pretty sure it is) this breathing is a common problem (Check the SXOC) - some fit breather systems, some fit one way valves to stop the smoke....

As for the turbo, I know you have a decent one already mate, just didnt want you to be tempted by the cheap ones rather than recon / replace the one you have. personally I dont trust recon turbos, they just dont last like new ones plus a decent recon will cost upwards of £300.

Whats the spec of the turbo matey? A/R's, Blade trims etc?

this is all i know.

Gt28rs turbo (Less than 2000miles covered) with HKS adjustable actuator.

The turbo is a Garrett aka Air research its a "GT28RS" rollerbearing turbo

info pulled from PM's before i bought the car.

Anyluck with the fella from preston matey.

My lsd is forsale if you havnt got one on yours matey.

No nothing mate. doin my head in now. would of thought he would of got back to us about it. maybe he will this weekend with it being holiday.

Spent some time at a top electrical bloke's place yesterday



can you guess were? we finished the day off by blowing something up in the engine bay that we could not find to fix

also got some wheels to have fun with.

Have u fitted them wheels on yet? they look like they wud look quite nice on ye car. Hope ya find out that thing that got blown like.

Top !!!! wow i ain t never been called that before lol, shame we ran out of time on it, perhaps on sunday you and chewy can come round and we can have a dam good look over the car. we will get it sorted matey !

cant mate im off work til Thursday

ill probably end up fitting fixed angel lights just to stop any future problems. im not too sure on the look of them on the s13 tho.

hmmmmmm your choice buddy, im guessing thet are all like this

just like that mate yeh

I am thinking about them lights too matey but my cars costing me enough as it is and i will have a strewberry face front end in the nextyear or two so wouldnt be worth it nice lights though.

Whelan - I was behind you through west kirby the other day, and that smoke problem looks a lot like breathers mate - very rich and light oil.

yeh i thought that was you! could not 100% be sure cos of my spoiler

are you sure its the breathers? i am using allot of oil!.

Put my black alloys on the rears today t try em out.



they fit well and are very very very slippy in todays wet weather.

I really need to start sorting the engine out now instead of buying shiny things.

them rims look nice lol. have you managed to sort out the light problem yet !

no not yet ive got to choose a point when im gonna rebuild the engine and i'll order the new lights. just bought a new bike to get to work BUT ive just been suspended from work

things to do:

New pistons & rings
big ends
new fixed lights
fix the far side rear disc brake

im sure there is more but i just cant remember at the mo.

i have a likkle video to post too just uploading now so watch this space.

off topic like, but how the hell did you get suspended from work

If your rebuilding the motor matey, fit a new oil pump, water pump, cam belt, tensioner, check the crank, renew the mains, fit a better head gasket (especially if you want to play with the boost), renew all turbo / manifold gaskets, its also a good idea to get the block honed if your renewing the rings

cheers for the info stuy

ive got all my gaskets now but will order a better head gasket rather than the on i have at the mo.

Wiseco pistons will be ordered soon as i get the £400 but the tax is up too

its all going on the shopping list. i need more parts than i have money at the moment tho

quick avatar i done



lol

ha ha ha, love it, giving chewy a good run for his money there i see

Whelan you bad boy i want one like that.

Looks good.

send me a video and i can do one for ya mate.

will do matey

this is how the car looks today

gave it a bloody good washing cos it was covered in muck


this is me sorting out my boost gauge lol


how the rear looks


and all my gaskets for the rebuild



not the best parts but they will do me on a limited budget.

Looks great

Very shiney lol

I prefer the black alloys myself

That looks a git of a job sorting the boost gauge out.

When you hoping to the rebuild?

the boost gauge is easy, its just that i want to mount it into the centre vents BUT im trying to make a holder for it and i keep snapping the plastic that im using.

(im gonna buy one of ebay instead) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-200SX-...681QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

just one problem! i have £16.57p on my paypal and it costs £17 haha gutted and its gonna take 12days for the 43p to transfar from my bank account

im saving for my pistons so its gonna be a month an a bit before i get them. im guessing about 2months off starting the rebuild properly as im super skint.(just remembered car tax is up this month) 200sx life is expensive lol

allot of people said they prefere the black alloys?? i like the old skool look of the others. i might put them up on ebay to see what i can get towards the rebuild. any ideas on how much i should sell for? they all have exellent tred and minor scuffing.

lol gutted. That gauge panel would look sweet.

Whats the time scale you have for the rebuild?

Not really got an idea on the price that they'd go for to be honest, best to look on ebay yourself and see how much they are going for?

Any bit extra money helps lol

well im going to be riding to work (bicycle) when its being done so ide like to get it done asap. but it aint going to be easy with the crappy tools that i have. plus my uncle is supposed to be helping (he's a mechanic) so it depends on whats he is doing during the weekends.

lol it's horrible without a car.

I have to ride too, to get to my garage.

It'll take a lot longer than you think if you're only working on it at weekends - Thats the only time I can work on mine.

Bit of advice - you can never have enough tools. No matter how many different sizes, lengths, settings, types of tools you have, you will always find you'll need more especially doing a job like you're doing.

If you ever need to borrow any tools, I'm sure I can lend you some of mine. I've built up quite a collection now lol

xelent thanks mate!

I have been getting stressed out all day trying to fix my guage intoplace but its hard to find a good spot thats not OTT on the s13, and then it came to me!!







i dont smoke and it was only used for pennies! so it works out ok. and it can be wired to the ciggy lighter for power

probly been done before but im proud of myself

[youtube]QHbXI6r-U_M[/youtube]

hehe ashtray mod.

i also cleared out the breathers today, you can tell why

Quality Mod, Now where to put the Eject Button

What's happened ?

I think the clutch has broke. not worn down i mean broke.

i dont know how to explain but i will do what i normally do and post a video. I ordered a new clutch yesterday so hopefully i will get it fixed by the end of next week.

Ahh the Whelan video diary

Good luck with it

well just went out to do it and the battery is already dead cant get it started and dont know if i can bump start it cos the fuel pump will not have done its little start up thing.

POO!!!

just to make things worse i cant even find my car keys!
(i used the spare that is almost snapped)

Your not having much luck at the moment matey.

I have got a spare battery if you want to use it matey.

Well my new clutch arrived today i should be fitting it to the car on sunday so i will update with pictures then.

thanks tupac but my uncle will bring me a bat of jump leads.

should be up and running with u soon

AAH POO! just had a refund from the lad who i bought the center vent gauge holder saying he cant find it

what a muppet to take near 2weeks and say that.

Ebays pissing me around too matey.

Hope its not the same person i bought mine from.

no mine was a member os sxoc.

got working on the car today to swap the clutch.





had to take the zorst off



and found this



so had to do a bit of work on that too









got the box out



new clutch



changed the Box oil and found all this metal



so now im on the hunt for a gear box let me know if you have one?.

all in all a good days work and i learn t alot

crap write up i no but im off on the p!ss now cya

lol big job matey, bet ya glad its getting sorted though.

least that big rust hole has been welded up eh

Dame thats a big hole.

Glad its sorted makes me worried as mines up for its mot god knows what holes they will find.

Now box should be cheap matey as there are plenty of them.

thought ide check the clutch out today so went for a spin

[youtube]ZoUjxu6DzPw[/youtube]

as you can see(hear) the gearbox is knacked so thats on my shopping list for this month.

sounds expensive

not really, im in talks with someone on sxoc who has a rebuilt one for £250.:) so then i'l have to do the work myself when the garage is empty.

here another view of the car

[youtube]Jms2B80R_d0[/youtube]

you can call me whelan whelberg

Trusty matey.

Get the box done n we will go tandom on the driftspot.

tandem sounds good mate!

would look real impressive too as well as build up control skills.

im lookin forward to it. but it will be maybe 3weeks off yet (bills first )

Gutting about the hole matey

Unfortunatly, the S13's can get it bad

At least you have nipped it before it got terminal...

Maybe worth a little look on the rear chassis legs, back of the sills, suspension turrets and subframe mounts to make sure nothing it taking to rot there

yeh stuy i checked all over after noticing that hole and it looks ok.

some of the bush's need replacing as they are starting to erode a bit. might invest in new roll bars too. there is allot that i would love to do to the car but as usual its all down to £££

well guess were i have been today?



yup in the garage AGAIN. i went and got a second hand gearbox from a pre-face lift model from a place in wales. so set to work fitting it.

below is a picture of the sump plug. so much metal? it has only been driven to work the odd time so it shows how bad the box was because its only been 2 weeks since i changed the oil.



have a look at my oil! lovely metallic colour now



so much metal destroyed into fine piece's that it now looks gold!!!!!

cleaned up the new box and swapped the speedo parts over as the pre facelift gearboxes use a different connector for the wiring.





all fitted. just needs the zorst fitted and straightened.





fixed up zorst



oh well all in a days life of 200sx ownership

things to do:

buy n fit new anti roll bars.
buy n fit duel headlights (still).
buy n fit oil catch tank.
buy n fit new braided turbo hoses (found a leak today)
buy n fit new pneumatic clutch thingymajigga
and god knows what else

pics look ok. they were taken with my nokia N95 that im well chuffed with.it can do better but my hands were covered in oil and my uncle was seeing his are with me wanting to take pics rather than do work haha

more eye candy

Exellent matey at least your almost back on the road.

ME NEXT

Great stuff mate.

Bet you're learning a lot too doing the work youself?

You can never take enough pictures, especially if you need to rely on them putting stuff back together lol

Good WORK fella, at least those jobs are out the way now and you have a peace of mind.

Time to Play lol

You still got this matey???

yeh but i put it on fleabay lastnight

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nissan-200sx-...238QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

really wish i could afford the house and car

Not that i am buying buts what your res.

Dont be taking bidders away from me now LOL

haha 1800

i had some londoner ring me before and i told him about yours !!!

Hope he said nice things????

Sad to see it go, really nice looking too

Gutted that it's gone. I didn't even get to see it properly! booooo.

well im awaiting payment yet so its not 100% gone yet.