Thursday, 30 January 2014

Possibly art?

With so many AN fittings to choose from you would think that connecting up a catch can to be easy!
Starts out simple enough but does depend on if your going to use an inlet from the rockers, with an outlet to the pcv or just both outlets and vent to atmosphere. I'm assuming I will still have a pcv to connect to, so have worked out piping similar to stock.
You would think I was inventing the wheel! 
AN pipe fittings were sourced from Torques UK.

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Irony?

Just spent an entertaining couple of hours putting the pipework back in. It's cold, it's wet, I'm dressed like a Dunlop tire man... And the irony? All the pipework is going to be junked at the end of the week!
Ho-Ho-Ho

We are due snow as well!

Looks good though!

RB26 ornament plate

Well it took a whole five days after ordering for the ornament plate to arrive. Pretty good considering there is a weekend included in that time scale and the part was shipped from Virginia USA (know where I want to go on holiday now).
Nissan of Chesapeake you are the men!



They have everything one could ask for to feed that Skyline addiction.
http://www.nissanofchesapeake.com/parts/department/parts_department?dpt=3

Monday, 27 January 2014

Cheap part = Cheap joke!

Just halfway through its three-month lunar mission, China's Jade Rabbit has experienced a "mechanical control abnormality." Experts now fear the lunar rover may be permanently lost.

No data on it's 0 to 60 times

Now.. What did I tell you about cheap Chinese parts?

AN10 fittings

All the way from Australia I managed to get some AN10 breather pipe fittings for the rocker covers.
They are sized to be a tight fit and have been told that a rubber mallet is the way to go (for banging in purposes!).
The pair were reassuringly expensive but are machined items of a high quality.
Note that it's important to get the right size for your particular make of engine (duh!) As an RB25 takes a smaller diameter to that of an RB26.

Will post my success (or otherwise) after I get the covers back from paint.
Available in -10 and -12 AN sizes

Made from Aluminium, and replace the standard rocker cover breathers so you can use a -10 AN fitting like Speedflow/Earls/PFE etc

These are very easy to fit, and once fitted will provide a tight seal and not leak any oil at all.

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/hcr32_interloper/m.html?item=261381734651&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Wrapping is addictive

Well I started with the slam panel and now it's spreading. Whilst outside this morning in an unsual weather window, when the Sun actually popped out to say hi briefly. I thought I would take the opportunity to clean the object of my desire/frustration (delete as appropriate). Did not take me long to get under the bonnet and start to fiddle!
Was looking in the area where the water bottle used to be, thinking how bare it was (compared to the rest of the junk in the engine bay) and thought 'I feel a wrap coming on'.
It isn't as though I don't have miles of the stuff to play with! So a bit of trimming, snipping and hairdrying later ...

Improvisation!

Wonder how I fill the relocated washer bottle? An old milk bottle makes the perfect funnel!