Will3's Micra K10 CGxxx

[Will3]

I ripped out all the insulation, this car will be driven during summer only, and im going to repaint the whole car.

 

[h701micra]

You do remember what a proper british summer is like yea? Freezing
It'll be good to see

 

[Will3]

I have no idea i live in northern Sweden

 

[h701micra]

I fail
Wow that's miles away.

 

[Will3]

Yeah here only old people drive micras, so mine will be quiet a suprise for everyone.

 

[h701micra]

You may be miles away but its the same story here. The granny mobile is a micra

 

[Will3]

DIY shift knob, will also build shortshift.

 

[Will3]

This weekend i will make a ciscoTM short shifter

 

[Will3]

Short shift done, i made the lower part another 35mm instead of the ciscoTMs 30mm, stick movement is now 60mm between 3rd and 4th gear.

 

[Will3]

Some more pics of the overall project.

Steel braided fuel hose.

 

[Will3]

Short shifter

 

[Enuo]

cut and weld in longer section?

 

[karlj]

cut and weld in longer section?

Looks like it, best mod by far for the cost

 

[Will3]

Yeah, cut the top end of too and used a piece from that, will sandblast and then paint it ****ing awesome mod and quick to do

 

[Enuo]

Looks like it, best mod by far for the cost

Need to do this at some point...

 

[frank]

moving the plastic ball up has to be the easiest of all (if k10,s have the same plastic ball as k11,s that is ?)

 

[Enuo]

moving the plastic ball up has to be the easiest of all (if k10,s have the same plastic ball as k11,s that is ?)

Lose some of the gearstick height tho eh, you have to lean further down to reach gearstick and that was one of the biggest bug bears I had with the saxo. The time you save shifting you lose moving your arm down to the gearknob

 

[frank]

Lose some of the gearstick height tho eh, you have to lean further down to reach gearstick and that was one of the biggest bug bears I had with the saxo. The time you save shifting you lose moving your arm down to the gearknob

it only drops the gearknob about half an inch, but it makes the lower section about 25% longer (about the same ratio as the bzzzzzz ebay ones)

 

[Will3]

I did it more cause it looks and feels cool than to save time

 

[h701micra]

Catch the exhaust no?

 

[Will3]

Naaah

 

[Will3]

What hub/arms will bolt right on to the K10? Sunny?

 

[h701micra]

K11 arms and hubs do. But you'll have to change the rod ends. Larger tapers?
Early sunny was the same as the k10 iirc so no gains there really

 

[pork]

You'll need all this from a k11

 

[jamier2007]

You'll need all this from a k11

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What did you do about the camber on the end?!

 

[pork]

What did you do about the camber on the end?!

I countered it with the holes on the coilovers

 

[Enuo]

Yaris coilovers should fit, and if you look at the bolt holes on the fronts they are on an agle, might give some good camber correction?

Edit: with modification, might need machining to top mount on them

 

[Will3]

Those yaris wont fit the rear :-/

 

[Enuo]

Like the corsa setup, you'd need cut stock springs, but the shocks would fit

 

[frank]

Like the corsa setup, you'd need cut stock springs, but the shocks would fit

k10 stock rears are a coil-over design tho eh

 

[Enuo]

k10 stock rears are a coil-over design tho eh

Ahhh ok I never knew that Well the fronts might still be worth considering, a K11 owner might want rears for non-coily lows

 

[h701micra]

k10 stock rears are a coil-over design tho eh

Certainly are Frank

 

[Will3]

My everyday car. Golf GTI 8-valve from 1985

 

[Will3]

This project will now be on ice for an unknown future, ive lost all motivation to do anything at all with anything in my life, **** this world.

 

[Will3]

Gonna give myself a kick in the ass and get going with this project again, what is the best way to remove the black trim on the doors etc?

 

[pork]

Rip them off and use a toffee wheel to get rid off glue

Stick at it! It's worth it in the end!

 

[Will3]

Could i use a hairdryer also to soften the glue?

 

[pork]

Probably, never tried myself

What's left on the engine swap?

 

[Will3]

Hoses for the cooler, throttlecable, and connectic the electricity, i need help on that tho, when i look at the diagrams its just a blur

 

[pork]

Hoses for the cooler, throttlecable, and connectic the electricity, i need help on that tho, when i look at the diagrams its just a blur

Sounds like your close then......finish it,

 

[Will3]

I found a K10 on the scrapyard with some flexible hoses, gonna go grab those, along with bumpers, grill, hood, interior and lights

 

[Will3]

So i tore the door trims of, now what? what is a toffe wheel?

 

[pork]

It's a wheel you put on your drill and it buffs the glue off, they are about £8

 

[Will3]

Should i remove Most of thé glue by hand first?

 

[pork]

Yeah, if you can, auto glym intensive tar remover is good too

 

[Will3]

I live in sweden, so i dont know where to get any of this :/

 

[h701micra]

Use petrol if you cant get that we've got issues

 

[Will3]

Haha yeah and 98 is only 1.38pounds per litre now its gone down.

 

[Will3]

Tried to make some rising sun on my longboard but failed, gonna make the center bigger and only half, and put more time into the angle of the rays

 

[Will3]

Theres alot of glue to remove, can the toffee wheel handle this much?! Will make sure there is no dirt left around it first