1992 k10 micra........arches, opinions plz

[pork]

iv started this blog for you comments and criticsim to help me along the way

I'm not a mechanic and have done everything by reading sites like this

this is the first time iv attempted anything like this so its a 'learn as I build' car

any help appreciated

heres the car from when I got it



new grill


got some polo 6n coilovers from ebay



had to drill out top hole to fit the hub


welded on washers for strenght



this needed sticking on lathe to fit top mount


drilled oput to 14mm


assembled


fitted


the backs needed a lot more to make them fit. as its my daily driver I had to do the mods to the shocks so the car wasnt off the road for to long.

hacksawed old bush off as its to big for the axle mounts and the stut hits the axle


brought a universal bush kit from superflex


needed trimming to fit


welded it all on





fitted




better!




now its to low for passengers, I added some lightness to the car



removed bump strips


this helped


betterer!


wheels needed lick of paint as were really rusty, so sanded primered and painted black till I sort some proper wheels out later




next added some ooommmph

cbr600 carbs




made stabilizing vessle for vacuum for the brakes and dizzy


tapped manifold


fitted with free high temp air fittings from work ;D



a quick vid off when I first started it up, still needs setting up properly though

[crazymonkey]

love the sound of it and those coilovers do the trick pretty damn well.

[pork]

Cheers. Carbs still need a lot off fiddling with. Gotta put stacks on too.
Coilivers help loads. Big go kart !

[markbognor]

Seems to be an influx of new members from the MSC recently. Good stuff. Loving the car Pork keep up the good work!

[pork]

Hahah. It's a case of 'long time listener, first time caller' with this site.

Got few more things to come, just gotta get paid.

[pork]

Got this in post today and fitted. Filter king fpr.

Done the job just fine, now fuel doesn't curse word out all over the place, which is nice!

[Robinxr4i]

Awesome stuff so far, the vacuum tank thing is cool love the fittings on it. Keep up the good work!

[pork]

Gotta love free stuff!!

[Speedle]

awesome work dude, if you need to know anything about tuning options and what parts fit k10's let me know. I was actually the first person on MSC to properly fit CBR carbs to a k10 with a custom manifold. Ed Proved the concept I executed it Also the common MR2 seats I did first

Very old picture;


Ended up with twin webber DCNF 36's which were a lot better on power and fuel, coupled with a k11 nismo 4-2-1 made to fit and straight through stainless exhaust;


This was a very tame 0-60 run i did, didn't even push it but I had it doing 0-60 in around 6.8 seconds. all on a MA10s engine 98bhp

[pork]

Nice!! Pretty much a beginer when it comes to tuning!

Would like go know what I can do to the head, and cam and where to get the work done. It's a 1.0l 4 speed. Iv read a bit about it being a low comp head but Havnt a clue??!!?

[BiAS]

Nice work squire! Bike carbs are for winners - Fact
Easiest head option is the 1.2 head with a skim to bring the compression up as it has the biggest ports as standard. Valves are the same size in all the standard heads. 1.2 cam is also higher lift/longer duration.
HTH

[pork]

Cheers. Il be on the lookout then for one of those.

[BiAS]

PS

MA10 port


MA12 port


Bike carbs:

[pork]

Remember seeing your old micra on msc. Very nice!

[Speedle]

Personally I'd recommend a MA10s Head which is the higher compression ma10 head found on the 5 speeds (that alone is a 5bhp increase on a stock k10) or if you can an MA12s head found on the later 1.2 with all the EGR (Exhaust gas recirculation) curse word on them. the later ma12s heads are much better machined compared to the run of the mill ma12 heads as they have to compensate for the addition of EGR and 2 cats they chucked on the last k10's it's easy to spot an EGR k10 as they will have a CAT on the manifold and a f**king sh*t ton of usless pipes on them. That said the hitachi carbs on the later k10's is basically a single point injection system and very efficient on fuel

Look into finding autograss websites and forums as k10's are used heavily for autograss racing and you can get some great bargains on heads, manifolds and all kinds of uprated parts for the k10

[pork]

Nice one. Il have a look about. No old parts you got lying about have you?

[Speedle]

Aug 4, 2011 19:50:23 GMT pork said:

Nice one. Il have a look about. No old parts you got lying about have you?

Afraid not mate all the best parts I had where on my last k10 when it left

[Davey]

Commented on the micra forum but gonna comment again here, looks really smart and the engine looks like a whole lotta fun.

[valman]

awesome k10 dude! is that as low as it goes with the coilovers? as I'm going to be buying a k11 (once insurance pull their finger out and tell me how much more it is to insure) and i know its the same fitting procedure coilover wise on k10 as k11, just wanted to know if they were wound all the way down or not?
also did you have any problems with heat when welding the new bottom mounts onto the rear coilovers? as i know welding when theres still fluid in them can be quite dangerous

cheers!

[pork]

Nah, goes stupid low! Got at least another 3 inches I could drop it by, but I'd never get it off the driveway!!

I think the k11 suspension is like a corsa on the back, separate spring and shock. From what Iv read the corsa b fronts go on with very little mods, drill out one whole 2mm I think.

All the insides had to come out to weld too