Martboy21s new Black Super s

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souf london part:grinning:

 

[geoffersma]

haha ok if you wanna be vauge be vauge, dont worry tho im not after your car, im mitcham myself(Y)

 

[martinb]

im in shirley geoff, ive driven past your house many a time mate

i even stopped once and spoke to your brother about your red s14a as i loved the look of it so much!!

then there was an ae86, that was hard as ####

then a multi coloured pink and blue s13

ha ha im your stalker

 

[martinb]

Picked up a oil catch can from my boss today

Probably won't do anything but looks cool and will confuse the un suspecting

Still needs a polish thou

Battery relocated behind passenger seat

Just waiting For some studding to turn up at work to bolt it through the floor

 

[Shaun]

Why the battery relocating? or am i just being dumb :down:

 

[gtsnissanb]

Why the battery relocating? or am i just being dumb :down:

Better weight distribution, more under bonnet space, looks pretty cool

 

[martinb]

Why the battery relocating? or am i just being dumb :down:

Running a huge mr2 battery as that's all I got, it don't fit in the stock tray and intercooler pipes prevent it from going in the bay

Plus it kinda balances the car a little better

 

[Eliot]

One of the best cars in the club, can't believe you were thinking of selling at one point!

 

[martinb]

One of the best cars in the club, can't believe you were thinking of selling at one point!

thanks elliot i appreciate that

no selly selly now

plus im after scopez's status of '' oh sick , thats that turboed micra ya know" (sorry mate i had too!!)

this project would have been finished a long time ago if i had the money, soon my friends soon


muhahahahaha:laugh:

 

[martinb]

Apart from injectors this is how it will stay engine pic wise

 

[geoffersma]

im in shirley geoff, ive driven past your house many a time mate

i even stopped once and spoke to your brother about your red s14a as i loved the look of it so much!!

then there was an ae86, that was hard as ####

then a multi coloured pink and blue s13

ha ha im your stalker

whhhhaaaaaaaa, well they were ok cars i suppose, well next time your passing say hello haha

 

[martinb]

Will do mate
Work in Mitcham/tooting so often drive past

No little Nissan though?

 

[SYKO]

car is gorgeous martin :wasntme: keep up the good work..

 

[martinb]

car is gorgeous martin :wasntme: keep up the good work..

Thanks matey appreciate the kind words

 

[martinb]

Not updated in a while

Just got married on saturday and have been doing some bits in between

Firstly I got the manifold from eBay

Cut the flange off

Made a flange

Sized it up

All welded up with my mma inverter arc welder, yeah I know blobby as hell but it's strong with no leaks

T3 flange welded on top

Oil feed fitting

Oil return

Still needs pushing on fully

All fitted with old oil feed

How it sits

Other side

All fitted up into same intercooler

Just downpipe to complete

 

[Daniel]

Hmm, I like (Y). Good thread, sweet build. Keep up the awesome work :grinning:

 

[frank]

looks great martin (Y) have you road tested it yet ?

 

[martinb]

looks great martin (Y) have you road tested it yet ?

Not yet mate waiting for an actuator and bracket, then got to make a downpipe, welding is funking cool, you can just make so much stuff!!

Just got to cut up some exhaust bends and start tacking into place

 

[karlj]

congratulations on the marriage...... as for the welds they look like my motto....... "it may not be pretty but it does the job"

 

[Eliot]

That is one sexy turbo conversion! Congratulations on the marrige buddy! :grinning:

 

[will930]

Congratulatipns dude and great to see some progress at long last! Time to renew membership!

 

[Scott]

Awweessooommmeee :grinning:

Also congrats on the marriage

 

[Noddie]

Congratulations sir! I hope it all went well. Really sorry I couldn't make it! that new mani looks really good! Really makes me wonna get my car back on the road.

 

[martinb]

Congratulations sir! I hope it all went well. Really sorry I couldn't make it! that new mani looks really good! Really makes me wonna get my car back on the road.

Cheers mate, cheers all, you should get it back up n running Ed, forums dying for some more inspiration

 

[peposhi]

Conrats, mate! Many happy years!
And I hope your wife is as mad at cars as you

 

[martinb]

Conrats, mate! Many happy years!
And I hope your wife is as mad at cars as you

Lol I wish

Although I did tell her I was turboing it finally, she didn't even care!!

 

[hoodedreeper]

Congrats on getting married Martin! Good to see you back working on the motor!

Hope all is well

 

[Shaun]

Looking Lovely! (Y) will you be attending next month's Devil's Dyke/Brighton Meet? :wasntme:

 

[martinb]

Afraid not Shaun, have to get some money to make downpipe but have a couple of people to pay off first

Still need fuel rail and remap

 

[Shaun]

Afraid not Shaun, have to get some money to make downpipe but have a couple of people to pay off first

Still need fuel rail and remap

Noooooo
Well fingers crossed for the next one then (Y)

 

[martinb]

Finally got round to fitting my bonnet pins!!

Because of my downpipe I'm having to move the radiator forwards an inch

This means losing the whole original slam panel and bonnet lock

Going to have to make a new slam panel

Raised my bonnet for temperature and cos it looks cool IMO

Little bro bought me my belated birthday present of Exhuast bends

And also my first time using a pop rivet gun, damn cool

 

[Scott]

Might wanna paint the bonnet pins, they are the ones that tend to rust other than that it looks sweet.

What about removing the stock panel and making spacers to bring it forward then instead of welding it on, drills holes for bolts?

 

[martinb]

Thing is if I tilt the rad it fouls on the bonnet even without the slam panel

Gonna have to weld the bottom mounts lower down back onto the crossmember

Unless of course you know of a shorter radiator??

Cheers

 

[Scott]

Not sure if theres a shorter one.

What size is it that fouls? Give me the size and ill compare to the diffrent radiators we got in the unit

 

[martinb]

Stock rad size Scott

Google says

380x345x32

Cannot be any more than 400 wide at the absolute max

Cheers Scott nice one matey

 

[Scott]

No problem ill have a look tomorrow for you bud!

 

[Scott]

Had a look tonight and only got a QG18 and SR20 radiator.

QG = roughly 450 x 710 x 60

SR = roughly 410 x 670 x 40

So doesnt look like any of them would suit sorry buddy.

Have you considered maybe a glanza radiator?

 

[martinb]

Ok cheers Scott no worries mate

Been busy making exhausts

Everyone should buy a welder

Firstly had to start modifying franks downpipe as in no longer running a de cat/ cat due to clearance issues

So I started by connecting these two together

Also started my downpipe, here's the elbow that comes of the v band turbo outlet

Excuse the blobby welds

Centre exhaust section in progress, finished now but on the car at the mo

Just need about 20cm of 2.5" mild steel exhaust to finish

Its coming, slowly though!!

 

[Guy]

Looking great but you need to put a bit more heat in the welds, it's blobbing like that because it isn't melting right into the base material fully . Awesome build though (Y).

 

[martinb]

Looking great but you need to put a bit more heat in the welds, it's blobbing like that because it isn't melting right into the base material fully . Awesome build though (Y).

Thanks guy, I'll try that, would it be worth going back over it? I mean that was my second full pass, too much heat though and I'll blow through

It's strong as though and she's not leaking?

Thanks for the help though mate

 

[Guy]

I wouldn't go back over it. Like you say, if it's gas-tight, it's doing the job :grinning:.

 

[Daniel]

Looking pretty awesome mate, loving the work you've done to her (Y)

 

[martinb]

finally finished welding up the down pipe today, also had to make a exhuast bracket for the rear of the car, its been fun

few more bits to save up for, fuelling now and map

 

[Noddie]

Great stuff mate! Looking really nice. Not long to go now eh really making me want to get mine going again.

 

[martinb]

Cheers Ed not long now I hope!?

Just a pic of my downpipe tacked into place

It's fitted now but you get the idea, welded in my lamba today, almost ready to start the beast!!

 

[Noddie]

Looks top notch mate! Getting the hang of that inverter eh!

 

[Daniel]

Glad you're nearly there mate (Y). Moment of truth when you start her up :grinning:

 

[martinb]

dunno about getting the hang of it, when joining two pipes i have to zig zag at around 25 amps to get some weld on there otherwise it turns into swiss cheese metal!!

after that another pass at 35-40 amps to fill in, and finally at around 60 amps (which is fun!!) which lays a load down but really penetrates and seals everything, getting there but its not pretty

still im a shoe string budget and cant pay anyone anything so have to do it myself, may get a mig for christmas although i like the simplicity of the mma inverter( as does frank!)

heres some pics of the budget spec downpipe and lamba fitted, please excuse the welds, there horrible but its super strong and most of all cheap as

60 amps buttery weld

more soon

 

[will930]

dunno about getting the hang of it, when joining two pipes i have to zig zag at around 25 amps to get some weld on there otherwise it turns into swiss cheese metal!!

after that another pass at 35-40 amps to fill in, and finally at around 60 amps (which is fun!!) which lays a load down but really penetrates and seals everything, getting there but its not pretty

still im a shoe string budget and cant pay anyone anything so have to do it myself, may get a mig for christmas although i like the simplicity of the mma inverter( as does frank!)

heres some pics of the budget spec downpipe and lamba fitted, please excuse the welds, there horrible but its super strong and most of all cheap as

60 amps buttery weld

more soon

nice one mate coming along nicely! the progress is much steadier and good! before it seemed real fast and the little bits were stressing you out! like i get! but im kicking back now and just bit by bit really!

if theres anything you need a hand with mate or just a chat ill pop over if you want! ill even come down to ed with you when your ready for the mapping!

 

[Scopez]

nice work mart! cant wait to see you on the road boosted.Is that 2.5" pipe?