Cement
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No LSD at present ðĪĢ Its the standard auto 330i diff with 3.38 ratio. Below is the comparison chart I put together (cell values are kph) to compare with the 370Z diff ... it will be a little longer all over but hopefully light enough weight to pull it off. Blue cells are the speeds at the previous gears redline to see where the revs end up. Also great news i can do 341kph ðĪŠ Wish I'd gone for the fronts also (got EBC's) for a matching set but should all look pretty fancy pants when nicely worn in.
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Exhaust is complete and hung up ... great result !! Bit concerned about the mid muffler and how low it may hang down, will see how it goes. Popped the 6 cylinder front sway bar up to the car and it basically fits !!! Statically at least, may need to still go custom just to get it away from some oil system plumbing but am unsure how much it moves about just at the moment. Also changed out all of the rear parking brake components while fitting the new DBA rear discs ... the second hand 330 items were pretty tired. Now with more exhaust, will be zoomin this weekend !!!!!
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Car is back in the garage and up on stands again so I can finally get the exhaust done. Got it complete and back on the car but not mounted. Sounds SO much better, only ran it for 30 seconds before rushing out the door. Will get a few more other bits ticked off (big ones are sway bar template fabrication and tracking some leaky oil fittings) while its up on the stands still before I can FINALLY take it on a little outing and get above 3000 rpm !!!! Have not even had the oil up to temp properly yet, takes ages with the dry sump system.
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I'm wondering if this blower fan is a common item on E46 (and apparently other models of the same era) vehicles which are not NZ new. It blows (or sucks) air through the engine bay electronics box. My car has not got one and I would like to get one as the Nissan ECU(s) are not usually mounted inside the engine bay. Anybody know if these can be sourced locally ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/265537637247
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New concrete is poured and looks great !! Will be able to give it the first test drive on Friday ... exciting times ð Checked the laser cut profiles I had made post pour and it looks spot on.
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Made a fun time lapse of the concrete driveway / garage slab demolition
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Looks awesome !!
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Just more concrete demo work round these parts ... pretty heavy work, got a little setup going to drag the large slabs into the skip ðĪ Can't wait to see the truck to a wheelie trying to lift it !!
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Concrete demo weekend well under say ... pretty heavy and hard work !! The mesh is right at the bottom of the slab in the garage (as in, sitting on the polythene) so the saw cuts don't quite get all of it and then it rises up into the concrete in places soooooo basically the blocks are still tied together with the mesh mostly ðŦ Instead of using the big breaker to turn the slab into small rocks I got a couple of log splitting wedges from Bummings and they work an absolute treat !!! Pound on those with the sledge hammer and it pulls the mesh apart no problem .... RESULT !!!
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Bump bump...
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Sweet I have race car at the moment then as no exhaust at all ð I get to about 2500rpm and have to button off as it sounds like the world is ending !
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Yea made a bit of a day of it, was a great excuse to catch up with people !! Have since driven it up the road and back, I think 1.5km in all now ð The idle is trying its best and does manage to settle around 1000rpm but its not quick at getting there and there is a small oil leak where the pump attaches to the filter block. So all in all pretty good ... really needs the exhaust pronto as its ultra obnoxious as it is and prevents much driving. Still progressing on other items and just today got the tacho working !! Switched from pulling the value from the Nissan CAN data and instead plumbed in the dedicated engine speed signal wire from the ECU (otherwise unused) to the Arduino. Bit of jiggery pokery in the code and it seems to be working like a champ now ... very pleased. Just need the temp reading now from Nissan land and I'm good to go. Will likely double down and get the Arduino to control the cooling fan relay also ... easy after what has gone before it. In other pictorial news the concrete mods are under way so I can get in and out of the garage ... got the skip and concrete breaker hire lined up for the weekend.
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And here is the money shot video folks ... no exhaust and a F1 'idle' to sort but no fundamental problems !! 2 years on stands and we are super close to being back on the road. I can almost taste the fossil fueled fun ð
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Such progress ... much gains ... wow. Not many images but a lot of small items but important jobs sorted in the last few days due to the time pressure of hosting a party for the hopeful first starting ð Made a wacky steam generator which I will use to help shape my intake tube pool noodles with PVC electrical conduit ... another side project of significance !! Pretty tricky welding the super thin stainless complete with somebody elses left over food stains !! Made the required plate with new outlets for the heater and coolant bypass hose. Had to get to one tricky location to shrink down one of my fancy hose clips so made a heat gun attachment, got the job done !! Then onto the main event ... got the wheels on and the car lowered down for the first time in over 2 years !!! Looks so much better with a wash and not being up on the stands.
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Looking for a front sway bar from 6 cylinder E46 ... condition does not matter as i will only be using it as a base to cut and tuck to have one made. Auckland highly preferred so I can pickup.
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Love those headers ð I can appreciate how much work that is ... and will still be !! Are you going to break the tubes off to fully weld them ? Hope they distort less than mine did, it really messed things up from the perfection that they were in tacked state !!
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Thanks gents ... will try and get a hold of some of the Carpro product tomorrow in Auckland. Looks like its mostly online sales so if anybody knows of a retail outlet that would be handy. If I can't get the Carpro stuff I will fall back to the tin 'o magic from SCA.
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Going to wash the car and get it looking all pretty before the big day on Saturday ... looking for recommendation on a good tyre black ?
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Starting putting the 'clamps' on ... looking pretty tidy. Got a few fiddly ones to get to down behind the engine for the heater but should be able to get to them with some hot air. Also gave it a good cranking over to check the oil pressure light function, great success and good pressure.
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Plenty of little loose ends getting tidied up this week, got most of the hoses under control and just received my Gates PowerGrip heatshrink 'clamps' ... if you want a sleek look to your hoses then give these a look. Supposed to be pretty amze-balls !! Gates PowerGrip Clamps
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Perfecto thankyou very much for this !!! ð Now to see if anybody has a crappy old one so i can cut it up as a template !
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That would be great thanks I think from what i can see in the pic (if its similar) mostly what i need to know is how forward of the steering rack it is ... it looks kinda the same height but the fore / aft position is more interesting for my fitment ð
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True fan would have come back for afternoon smoko as well to soak up some more !
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That's an impressive amount of pulling apart and putting back together !!
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Does anybody have an E46 with front sway bar like the one pictured below (in terms of shape, doesn't matter what brand or size) ... assume all 6 cylinders use this style ?. The one that was in my 318 goes straight across between the frame rail mounts so I can't use it as a reference for what I need in my car with the swapped engine.. I'd love to know the offset of the long section below the engine from where it goes through the mounts at the frame rails. Also if its straight down below the mounts or if its biased towards the front / back of the car. Mucho thanks !!!
