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Exactly what it says. It has a magnet in it, to catch any bits of ferrous metal in your engine. That way, it's stuck to that, not damaging your engine.
Apparently they work. TBH there's not meant to be much metal in there, but I'd rather catch what little bit there will be than fire it through the turbo bearings.
mate you want a walbro to be number 1 on your list for things you need, it wont add any power to the car but trust me i have seen sooooo many sr20's go pop because they havent been running the walbro, dont and i mean DONT boot it hard in 4th or 5th, anything over 80-90 will be leaning out to f**k on the stock pump.... you REALLY REALLY need to take the pump out and check! its only a 10-15 min job and will save you a massive bill... mate of mine did it and holed number 4 piston... hole straight through the middle, lumps of piston taking massive chunks out of the block...
the rad cap should 100% come off! you sure your twisting it the right way?? it might be a bit stiff but 100% should come off, other wise you cant burp the coolant when you fill...
the rad cap should 100% come off! you sure your twisting it the right way?? it might be a bit stiff but 100% should come off, other wise you cant burp the coolant when you fill...
According to Willie, the owner of the plate, he fitted a Walbro 255. I'll double check it one day.
Cap's just a tight fit, just need to put more weight down on it to get it to open
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Cap's just a tight fit, just need to put more weight down on it to get it to open
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ph1 track weapon
mine's become a moneypit overnight!
a routine brake change turned into finding both front callipers were seized, pretty much ALL bushes on the car are fecked, and that there were a few bodges carried out by a certain well known jap tuner!
I'm beginning to regret my purchase
a routine brake change turned into finding both front callipers were seized, pretty much ALL bushes on the car are fecked, and that there were a few bodges carried out by a certain well known jap tuner!
I'm beginning to regret my purchase
Easy to rebuild them too, takes no time at all.
rear subframe is easy, buy some subframe collars they go over the top cost about 30 quid and you leave old bushes in.
lower arm is easy too, blow lamp the rubber out, cut the metal ring out, bit of threadded bar to pull new bush through...
rear anti rollbar is so easy my mum could do it, and the others are just undo and screw off, then screw on lol
lower arm is easy too, blow lamp the rubber out, cut the metal ring out, bit of threadded bar to pull new bush through...
rear anti rollbar is so easy my mum could do it, and the others are just undo and screw off, then screw on lol
Adey.
ClioSport Club Member
defo get a walbro, stock flat out in high gears will melt and engine as the pumps are quite worn with age. good engines tho, ran 12.7 sqm on all stock internals and turbo in my old one
Adey.
ClioSport Club Member
shhhh lol but yeah it was
Aurora tyres are "interesting" in the wet. Learnt a bit tonight!
Daniel
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Where the claims department was for your insurance company?
Nope. All I picked up was a bit of grass in the abandoned mushroom farm, but have had some fun accelerating a bit early out of roundabouts.
I still daren't throw it around and boot it. Only had to take the clutch advice once, was the only time I was too over exuberant. Probably barely steps out to look from behind, but feels like it's miles out when you're driving!
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Always my advice too! lol! I leaned out and cracked a valve..the joys! haha! Stock pump is pish and if no receipt, check..lol
ITB'd MK1
dont use collars!!! they ruin what's left of the original bush, and they dont work anything like as well as just doing it right and poly-bushing from the start. Best thing you can do to the handling of a 200sx is polybush the rear subframe bushes and front TC arm bushes. I've done a LOT of these.
Definitely make sure you have a good fuel pump
ITB'd MK1
covering problems and extending the life of the bottom end
the SR20 has issues with the cam spray bars clogging if the oil isn't regularly changed, if they clog, the cams and rocker arms start to wear and lots of lovely swarf floats around the engine until it ruins all the bearings.
Magnet in the sump collects this swarf and extends the life of the engine
i ran them for a bit and was happy with them... but then had it solid bushed... and had a s13 diff housing with nismo pro gt 2 way fitted and that was solid mounted too made so much noise lol!
tbh the market of 200's is getting cheap, i have seen really nice high end modded cars sell cheap... and stock ones even cheaper... rx7's looked to be going that way but now seems like the market is picking up always found with 200's the more you mod them they dont really make more money... so whatever you mod keep the standard parts, when you come to sell it put all the stock parts back on sell it as a nice standard one, and sell your mods on which you will make most of the money back on.
always found with 200's the more you mod them they dont really make more money... so whatever you mod keep the standard parts, when you come to sell it put all the stock parts back on sell it as a nice standard one, and sell your mods on which you will make most of the money back on.Standard wheels look s**t though! Externally it will stay fairly standard, not going to be buying bodykits lol.
Do people just not read this thread, it's meant to have a bloody Walbro 255 fuel pump, it's just something I need to double check for piece of mind. It's not been getting much above 4K in any gear anyway, and I tend to pootle around in it ATM seeing as it needs a service.
Didn't realise you couldn't see the if the pump had been changed just by removing the cover in the boot, got wet for nothing. There is a load of leccy tape on the wiring in the boot to the pump though.
Finally, a chance to give it a bit of a service.
Plugs, fuel filter, air filter, oil filter and oil done today. Will do the rad/coolant on my next weekend off in a fortnight, as I'm off to collect some 17" Regamasters from Bristol tomorrow.
Old vs New Plugs - Old plugs are black as hell, supports the fact it stinks of unburnt fuel and pops and bangs like a good 'un on overrun.
New Bosch Fuel Filter in, took some doing, the hoses were ridiculously tight, not helped by me not being arsed to depressurise the system.
The magnetic sump plug, a bit fiddly to screw in, as the magnet is actually very strong!
Plugs, fuel filter, air filter, oil filter and oil done today. Will do the rad/coolant on my next weekend off in a fortnight, as I'm off to collect some 17" Regamasters from Bristol tomorrow.
Old vs New Plugs - Old plugs are black as hell, supports the fact it stinks of unburnt fuel and pops and bangs like a good 'un on overrun.
New Bosch Fuel Filter in, took some doing, the hoses were ridiculously tight, not helped by me not being arsed to depressurise the system.
The magnetic sump plug, a bit fiddly to screw in, as the magnet is actually very strong!
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Rega's from Dan?
They're the ones Chris.
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Ah down our end of the woods..them wheels will look good and dans a top chap.
Sorry we go on about Walbro's..haha! Its just very important and alot of people think it will be ok. You can see just by taking the cover off though? Walbro's look about half the size of standard.
Standard - http://www.kuddy.net/200sx/_images/fuel_old_pump_small.jpg
Walbro - http://www.kuddy.net/200sx/_images/fuel_new_pump_large.jpg
This makes me want another sx..plus my mate sent a pick of his with new wheels. Makes me cream..lol
Mmmm
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p283/jim22_photo/Picture029-1.jpg
Sorry we go on about Walbro's..haha! Its just very important and alot of people think it will be ok. You can see just by taking the cover off though? Walbro's look about half the size of standard.
Standard - http://www.kuddy.net/200sx/_images/fuel_old_pump_small.jpg
Walbro - http://www.kuddy.net/200sx/_images/fuel_new_pump_large.jpg
This makes me want another sx..plus my mate sent a pick of his with new wheels. Makes me cream..lol
Mmmm
All I took off was the metal panel, you've then got to unplug the wiring and fuel lines, and remove that white plastic cover from the tank. I don't think it isn't important, but seeing as I haven't been revving it much higher than 4K, and how rich it seems to be running, I doubt it'll be dying on me.
Just gets annoying having people harping on at you about something you already know about
Just gets annoying having people harping on at you about something you already know about
Well I just looked, the fuel was over it, but it looked small and silver rather than the bronzey colour of the OEM pump, and the wiring has been chopped & crimped together.
_Tom
ClioSport Club Member
Then you my son, have nothing to worry about.
(have the police on speed dial when you meet dan, he's a rapist..
)I'll drive it steady and get it RR'd to see what the A/F mixture is like before I turn the boost up just to be on the safe side.
It's OK, there's 2 of us, as my mate is driving me down (DERV). Filling his car up once is cheaper than filling mine up twice!
It's OK, there's 2 of us, as my mate is driving me down (DERV). Filling his car up once is cheaper than filling mine up twice!
Daniel
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Then you my son, have nothing to worry about.
(have the police on speed dial when you meet dan, he's a rapist..
Its not rape if you shout suprise iirc??
