new build from france nissan turbo!

[vtecmike]

Hi, ive been on the forum for a few months now, well since buying "the book"
as ive wanted to do this for a while,
were out in france im english and my
brother in law will be helping me with this, as he happens to be an mecanical engineer and has just finished his scratch built ariel atom style track car

it will be built as a track car,

i wanted at least 200bhp
so i decided on a nissan 200sx for the donor , i really wanted a honda s2000 lump but that would blow the budget!



I bought my donor nissan,1 owner, totally standard with just over 80,000miles on the clock,

just had to pick it up!

which meant hooking up the trailer for a 1000mile round trip back to the uk, in less than a weekend, what a mission!

that done i couldn t wait to see how she run!
like a dream, goes really well sweet!
next ordered a chassis pack from talon , it arrived in france in a few days, briallant

The bro in law was excited and luckily was on holiday so he had it all pointed in the day, what a surprise when i turned up at the garage!

my job was to sort out the nissan , by the end of the day it was stripped, so we could start measuring!!

next is to finish the rest of the welding of the chassis
present the engine and then give it a strip down and a good service

then onto the suspension.

we are considering using the nissan hubs , but would it just be easier to go with sierra hubs?
my main concern is i really want 13" rims, is it possible?

heres some progress photos;
http://picasaweb.google.com/10849271...eat=directlink

thanks mike

to be continued...

[alga]

You'd have to modify the rear upright design if you want to fit 13" wheels. The standard rear upright/wishbone barely fits into 14" pressed steel rims. You could theoretically achieve that by reusinng parts of the rear suspension of the donor.

Welcome to the club!

[alga]

Oh, go get youself put on the map too! http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=3248
There's too many brits there, we need to expand the international presense!

[chrisunwin]

Hi Mike

I have an electronic copy of the manual for the 200SXif you are interested. Use the Nissan hubs, then you can tell me how to do it as thats my prefered donor, although I wont be starting anytime soon. You will need to do a bit of redesign on the rear to accomodate the multilink suspension. Front hubs have the track rod ends in the correct position.

All the very best for your build.

Chris

[3GE Components]

Good choice Mike,

We're currently building a car using the SR20 engine for a customer, but still using the Sierra diff and driveshafts.

Good luck with your build.

Kind regards

John

[twinturbo]

Nice Start.

Keep us updated

TT

[K4KEV]

Nice choice Mike....I too am going the CA18det route but staying with the sierra running gear from propshaft back have 2 engines but both have the usual big end knock so will be regrinding the best one, would be good to bear each other in mind during the build......2 minds are better than one although you are one up on me if you have already built an Atom but i did build a Nova in my youth. Good luck with the build and I will be watching closely
rgds
K4

[vtecmike]

thanks for the positive comments, i think im going to go with sierra hubs as it wil be the simplist, but i will be using the 200sx diff, im going to try trial fitting the engine tomorrow evening, see how that goes!

[vtecmike]

little update,

spent a couple of hours trial fitting the engine and gearbox, fits pretty well, just wondering how much room do i have above the chassis for the engine? also where is about right for the gearlever to come out? and how far does your guys sump sit below the chassis?


thanks mike

[HandyAndy]

Some nice work there

Most gear levers sit approx 6cm behind TT5, tho this is usually dictated by the reverse light switch on the type 9 box, but as you are not using that box I,m not sure of the position of your gear lever.

My own engine sump is 25mm below the bottom of the chassis, & if i remember correctly ( car not at home) there is 17cm above the top chassis rail to the underside of the bonnet where it meets the scuttle, tho I,ll double check that measurement for you tomorrow.

cheers
andy