OK today was the day...we started the project on the K11.
Everything went very smoothly in taking the 1 litre CG10DE engine and box out of the Micra.
But it was then that we realised how inaccurate our measurements had been.
We dropped the SR20DET into place (kind of) and reality kicked in.
OK here goes...
Due to the rather large arrangement of the intake manifold found on the high port cylinder head and with using the thermal spacers, the engine is somewhat difficult to position in the engine bay. We sat it as far back onto the bulkhead as possible to find that with the GT28RS turbo assy, and equal length tubular manifold we had about 1 inch to mount both the Koyo radiator, a cooling fan of some sort and large FMIC...
So we ripped out the entire dash, heater controls, heater matrix and brake lines and cut a rather large hole into the bulk head. This gave us another 4 or so inches to play with and also allowed the driveshafts to line up. We then thought to ourselves that with using the front Almera crossmember, that we would actually extend the car another 4 inches. This would therefore give us another 8 additional inches to mount the rest of the hardware.
So things to do...
1. Fabricate new bulkhead
2. Reposition heater controls and heater matrix
3. Resposition brake lines
4. Fabricate new engine mounts
5. Strip engine and replace high comp. pistons with low comp. pistons.
6. Rebuild engine
7. Fit NISMO LSD to gearbox
8. Cut out original Micra front crossmember.
9. Modify & weld Almera crossmember.
10. Mount engine & gearbox
11. Modifiy & fit driveshafts
12. Fit Almera hubs And front brake assemblies to accept Almera outer CV's
13. Replace fuel pump with Walbro HP unit.
14. Fabricate intercooler piping
15. Mount and pipe in radiator and FMIC
16. Fit boost controller & recirc. valve.
17. Modifiy bumper to accept radiator, FMIC and Almera Crossmember
18. Fit bonnet pins as original catch gets in the way!
19. Wire in GTiR ECU and Almera GTi loom into Micra harnesses.
20. Fabricate and fit entire exhaust system from turbo back.
21. Iron out bugs through tuning and remap on Greddy E-manage
22. Install ERL Aquamist Water Injection System
23. Install s**t catchers underneath seats!
Looks like the boys at Outrun Performance have there work cut out for them!
Cheers
Dave
Everything went very smoothly in taking the 1 litre CG10DE engine and box out of the Micra.
But it was then that we realised how inaccurate our measurements had been.
We dropped the SR20DET into place (kind of) and reality kicked in.
OK here goes...
Due to the rather large arrangement of the intake manifold found on the high port cylinder head and with using the thermal spacers, the engine is somewhat difficult to position in the engine bay. We sat it as far back onto the bulkhead as possible to find that with the GT28RS turbo assy, and equal length tubular manifold we had about 1 inch to mount both the Koyo radiator, a cooling fan of some sort and large FMIC...
So we ripped out the entire dash, heater controls, heater matrix and brake lines and cut a rather large hole into the bulk head. This gave us another 4 or so inches to play with and also allowed the driveshafts to line up. We then thought to ourselves that with using the front Almera crossmember, that we would actually extend the car another 4 inches. This would therefore give us another 8 additional inches to mount the rest of the hardware.
So things to do...
1. Fabricate new bulkhead
2. Reposition heater controls and heater matrix
3. Resposition brake lines
4. Fabricate new engine mounts
5. Strip engine and replace high comp. pistons with low comp. pistons.
6. Rebuild engine
7. Fit NISMO LSD to gearbox
8. Cut out original Micra front crossmember.
9. Modify & weld Almera crossmember.
10. Mount engine & gearbox
11. Modifiy & fit driveshafts
12. Fit Almera hubs And front brake assemblies to accept Almera outer CV's
13. Replace fuel pump with Walbro HP unit.
14. Fabricate intercooler piping
15. Mount and pipe in radiator and FMIC
16. Fit boost controller & recirc. valve.
17. Modifiy bumper to accept radiator, FMIC and Almera Crossmember
18. Fit bonnet pins as original catch gets in the way!
19. Wire in GTiR ECU and Almera GTi loom into Micra harnesses.
20. Fabricate and fit entire exhaust system from turbo back.
21. Iron out bugs through tuning and remap on Greddy E-manage
22. Install ERL Aquamist Water Injection System
23. Install s**t catchers underneath seats!
Looks like the boys at Outrun Performance have there work cut out for them!
Cheers
Dave
