Skippy's New Ride - S13 200sx

SSkippy18 Nov 2013, 21:01

Hi 200sx Club, I'm still fairly new to the forum. I recently purchased a S13 200sx.

It is truly awesome ride, still getting used to power and rwd ride even in its factory stock form.

Any tips on what to do on the CA18DET motor to keep it healthy, lighter on fuel, etc, will be appreciated.

The car will be my daily ride.

Here are some pictures

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SSonOfAnarchy ZAadmin18 Nov 2013, 21:10

Very nice dude!! Full service ever 5000km use only top quality oil get a oil pressure guage and monitor it continuously otherwise u should be good!

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CCharlvdw19 Nov 2013, 07:05

Lighter on fuel isn't really a option. 8k/l is good for a sx in my opinion.

DDriftZ19 Nov 2013, 08:11

Nice looking SX.. welcome

SSkippy20 Nov 2013, 20:58

DriftZ wrote:

Nice looking SX.. welcome

Thanks DriftZ

Charlvdw wrote:

Lighter on fuel isn't really a option. 8k/l is good for a sx in my opinion.

I think she is getting 8km/l now, will check when I fill up again.

DDracomoderator21 Nov 2013, 08:15

Welcome, she looks b e a u ti ful!! She will break your heart though...

DDrillergy21 Nov 2013, 15:28

Draco wrote:

Welcome, she looks b e a u ti ful!! She will break your heart though...

You mean bank balance? ??

ffuzz12321 Nov 2013, 15:53

Drillergy wrote:

Draco wrote:

Welcome, she looks b e a u ti ful!! She will break your heart though...

You mean bank balance? ??

๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚

nnirvash21 Nov 2013, 17:33 ยท edited

welcome,

and awesome ride, i like the wheels :200sx_200sx:
best factory colour for the s13 in my opinion, and looks like a fine example
also really nice photo's and cool location ๐Ÿ˜

and dont worry about gas mileage, just enjoy.

DDracomoderator22 Nov 2013, 07:12

She will destroy your bank balance and put your heart in the dumps because you don"t have the balance anymore...but she will still screw your socks off everytime...

SSkippy22 Nov 2013, 14:35

Thanks for the welcome everyone. :200sx_200sx:

Yes she is giving lots of smiles at the moment.

Fixed most of the small issues. Major issue left is that Speedo doesn't work at times, it works then while driving it stops. It doesn't always present this issue. What could it be ? What can be done to solve the issue ?

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EEnzio22 Nov 2013, 14:46

It's a dry joint on the back of the speedo drive board. You can reflow all of the connections, that sometimes works. Otherwise you need to replace it.

SSonOfAnarchy ZAadmin22 Nov 2013, 16:12

Enzio wrote:

It's a dry joint on the back of the speedo drive board. You can reflow all of the connections, that sometimes works. Otherwise you need to replace it.

+1

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ffuzz12322 Nov 2013, 19:02

SonOfAnarchy ZA wrote:

Enzio wrote:

It's a dry joint on the back of the speedo drive board. You can reflow all of the connections, that sometimes works. Otherwise you need to replace it.

+1

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+2 ๐Ÿ˜€

If you look carefully at the solder at the back of the speedo cluster check if there is any solder thats making a small bubble if its really small you will struggle to see it! But if you take it to a proper shop that does electronic engineering etc. they can fix it for you.

SSkippy02 Dec 2013, 10:17

fuzz123 wrote:

SonOfAnarchy ZA wrote:

Enzio wrote:

It's a dry joint on the back of the speedo drive board. You can reflow all of the connections, that sometimes works. Otherwise you need to replace it.

+1

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+2 ๐Ÿ˜€

If you look carefully at the solder at the back of the speedo cluster check if there is any solder thats making a small bubble if its really small you will struggle to see it! But if you take it to a proper shop that does electronic engineering etc. they can fix it for you.

thanks for the suggestions, I will try to fix it this week.

Took the car for a power run on Saturday at Zeeline performance. The car was serviced a week before, I wanted to see what the power figures would be. I was expecting the wiki figures of 124kw 228nm, then the car made 151kw 329nm on the dyno.

The car seems factory stock, so I'm not sure whether the dyno is over reading or the previous owner done something lol I like those figures though ๐Ÿ˜

SSonOfAnarchy ZAadmin02 Dec 2013, 10:33

ja lol that is far from stock figures but very nice

nnirvash02 Dec 2013, 15:05

wow, those seem like really strong numbers for a "stock" ca18, very very nice if you get them confirmed, or figure out where all that umphff is coming from
nice

rratadmin02 Dec 2013, 16:24

Happy dyno

SSonOfAnarchy ZAadmin02 Dec 2013, 16:35

i dont know RAT ive never heard of a dyno been so far out ๐Ÿ˜ฎ a bone stock ca18det should do around 110kw on the wheels as it comes stock with 129kw on the fly

GGary5702 Dec 2013, 17:45

SonOfAnarchy ZA wrote:

i dont know RAT ive never heard of a dyno been so far out ๐Ÿ˜ฎ a bone stock ca18det should do around 110kw on the wheels as it comes stock with 129kw on the fly

Bone stock is around 98kw at the wheels at the coast...

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