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I have a '89 hatch with a DE in it and my car has been running wierd lately. It doesn't idle smoothly, it usualy fluctuates from 500-1500rpm's and more often than not when I come to a complete stop, it dies out on me. I checked my ECU's code and got a 55 from it, which I believe is "all clear&q...

I had some vacuum leaks and mine had similar problems to this. Have you installed an intake or headers recently? That's when my problems first arose. First I removed the fan shroud, vac leak, then installed headers, another vac leak, etc.

dudeidonthavea240 wrote:It is called the SEARCH button for a reason.. you search.. and when you search so much that your eyes hurt.. then you ask the question because it hasn't been asked before...

Hrm, flamed from someone named dudeidonthavea240?

Also, I'm glad you said that the clutch is forgiving because I live on base and I work on base so they don't much like the sound of screeching tires when you go through the gates lol. Hopefully my wife could drive it too, she drove my S2k when it had a pretty rough pedal engagement.

Awesome. Yeah so I got the F1 300zx clutch and D21 flywheel when I should have gotten a F1 LW flywheel and a RPS 6 puck hahaha. I'm really glad that you told me that, hopefully my setup will end up costing me $550 or so instead of the $800 I was going to spend. I appreciate it a lot man.

Well, after the white bunny setup not lining up like I figured it might, I'm going to go with a fidanza ka flywheel and a rps 6 puck clutch. That should handle what I'm going to be making. I'm still a little upset about the white bunny setup though, I was really hoping that would be a good setup for...

Well, I just got my clutch and pressure plate in. I've had the flywheel for a couple weeks now. The pressure plate will not bolt up to the flywheel. The size looks like it would make a good fit, the clutch is a bit smaller than where the grooves on the flywheel are, maybe a 16th of an inch around. I...

I believe the 300zx non turbo clutch I ordered was for a '90-96 model. And Matej, I'm going to put down 350tq or so, not planning on going any higher after I get it all pieced together, but my car is a daily driver and my wife also drives it. I just would rather my car feel a little streetable until...

Hrm, I didn't realize that those were ebay clutch kits until today. I was looking at thier actual website when I posted that. I didn't think it would be a **** clutch because they had a special on Zilvia.net one time and people were eating it up. I tried to look up more reviews on it, but that's all...

I just bought a 1991 d21 flywheel offline for $50. I'm looking into the F1 Racing Stage 2 300zx Non-Turbo clutch kit for a 1990-96. It's a 240mm clutch, rated for 320hp 302tq. I was going to make sure with you guys before I put any money into the white bunny that it was compatible. Sorry for beating...

I've heard that the venom injectors actually have a poor build quality. There is a mail order tuning place that won't even tune for Venom injectors because of it.

Wow, what would cause a head to crack? Just extreme overheating or overrev? I hope that's not my problem, I was planning on reusing the my head in my rebuild. I have everything to build the bottom end, but nothing for the head. I was just going to have it resurfaced.

Oh, that's good to know because I'll be doing my build as soon as I can get my spare sr block out of the garage. Thanks again for some good advice, I'm learning a lot from you guys.

Oh, you just did the inital torque on the head bolts and then ran it, or you're saying that after you've broken the motor in you should re torque the head bolts? I thought that you did the head bolt "stretch" during the build, torque'ing them down in the series to a certain ft-lb, then doi...

I'm pretty sure this is the reason why most people go SR around my area. I told them that my KA was overheating and they said, "Oh, they all do that." lol. I'm glad I'm not the only one having this problem. Hope our HG's aren't blown, but I was going to rebuild mine with forged internals a...

By the way, what "vacuum tool" do you mean? I didn't realize there was an actual tool for the job. I see a lot of people's upper rad hoses going above the cold pipe, I always assumed it was to help get the air out of the lines.

Hrm, that could be the case. Maybe it is loosing coolant through the HG. Could be the case because it was overheating to begin with when i got it and the kid that had it before didn't do any maintenance on it. It's a good thing I'm building my other motor soon. I planned on doing it right the first ...

Yes, I'm using the OEM thermostat for the '91 hb 240sx, my model. Do you think I should switch to the aftermarket one? Are there any fool proof ways of bleeding all the air from the lines? I see some people have temp guages for their water, later on if I go turbo should I have one of these as well a...

I have a non turbo (for now) Kade, and I have a cxracing alum radiator with a no name fan at 100%. A while back, my temperatures would go through the roof (hitting hot) and then go down to half way. I tried replacing thermostats, I went through 3 of them and decided that wasn't the problem. I don't ...

I had that problem with my car for a while, it turned out that there was a hole in my intake pipe where I had taken the hose off that goes from the rad shroud to the intake and I never plugged it. The MAF reads there is more air going in and it compensated for more fuel, but since that air was escap...

I'm really glad you posted this with pics because someone did a ka engine building write-up and he talked about this o-ring in it but I had never seen it before. Can't remember whether the links to the pics were deleted or w/e or there were no pics. That issue was probably a p.i.t.a, but thanks for ...

I'm also doing a felpro. There is a guy on here making 400whp or so with a built block and he still runs a felpro.

I have a friend that has a problem similar to yours, he said that there was wiring that got pinched underneath his dash and every now and then it doesn't wanna start. Wiring is usually a pain, but that may be the culprit. I would think it would be something basic like that, especially if you've had ...

sloka-t wrote:what did the piston say to the valve....?


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I almost fell out of my chair reading that ish bro. Thanks for the laugh, I was at work and that goes a long way here.

True. I looked it up on frsport.com and they're about $110 for main studs. I guess that's a small price to pay for piece of mind. Thanks for the advice man.

I got a question for ya, could be a noob question, I dunno. I'm building my block, here is the parts list: Wiseco pistons, std bore clevite bearings bc con rods arp head studs Soon to have: Holset HY35 JGS starter kit ebay IC Goals are 350hp, maybe more, depends on how content I am with it after the...

A friend of mine recently ordered some aluminum engine mounts from ebay that are made in canade. They look cylindrical, almost like a small coke can. It's pretty easy to get the motor mounts out. The only problem we had was drilling bigger holes in the brackets for the stud that was on these aluminu...

Just wondering, for future reference...
Someone asked what kind of rad that is, is it indeed a civic aftermarket?
Thanks for the input guys.

It's hilarious how most people think that military members make a lot of money. If the military paid that well my build would be completely done also.

What's our vector, victor?