Sweet project,keep us in the loop please! :-)

 

Pretty sure those odd looking fingers are just odd lighting.

Kind of wondering why you went through the trouble of replacing the hubs?

 

Sounds like a pretty serious build, thats awesome! The stock bore is only 87mm, so even 91 would be quite a bit bigger. I'm not sure what the max is... Good luck and keep updating!

 

On the picture of the hands that was my friend tysons hands holding the clutch disc for the pic. And yes lighting was what was up with the odd colored fingures.

Why I replaced both wheel bearings and hubs? Hmmm lets see its called bad wheel bearings and destroyed hubs. Thats why.

 

I thought you had over bored your cylinders. LOL ok guess ill have to just see what my machine shop can do without going to thin. I want to put our third gens back in the MOTM so thats my goal.

 

On this block I'm just gonna put on a single t28 turbo and push around 6-7 lbs for a little more power while I build my other block.

 

Did you get the hubs from nismoparts? I've been doing much the same operation as you're doing today, and removed the knuckles to have half the bearings and the hub fall out of my passenger side! Needless to say, the hubs are toast. Bearings I was expecting, but the crapped out hubs have set me back a bit.

 

Wheels bearings I can see as a need to replace the hub's; less work than just pressing them out and pressing in new ones. But how did you manage to DESTROY your hubs?

 

If your wheel bearings are bad long enough, it's actually very common for it to ruin the hubs. Pretty standard to have out of spec/unusable hubs with bad wheel bearings.

I did some work on a neighbor's Accord recently. She wanted new wheel bearings, rotors, and pads. Took her axle nut off and the hub and a million ball bearings fell right out into the driveway. Needless to say I had to replace the hub too

 

Yup got each hub from jeff from www.nismoparts.com at $150.11 per hub plus shipping.

Dhunter if, you haven't destroyed hubs yet you will find out how much of a pain in the *** it is to deal with damaged hubs.

 

I just bought the car and have been fixing what maintenance and common sense should have already replaced. When I lifted the car last week to check the bearings and do an general inspection of the suspension and brakes, I found that the passenger front had about a half to three-quarters of an inch of play. From that I knew the bearings to be tanked, but was hoping (vainly) that the hubs would be serviceable. They are not .

 

dont mind dhunter he just loves to always ask retorical questions. Noobs what do you expect. Anyways like I said dude I paid $150.11 for each hub plus I believe $20-30 for shipping. No tax for purchases made from outside of washington state which is were nismoparts is located. Down side which is from any place you plan to order hubs from is the time waiting for that seller to get the parts from there distributor my parts guy has a 7 business day turn around time becuase so much he has to order from the nissan warehouse which takes 3 days to receive that part from his distributor the 4 days from when he ships it out to get to me.

 

I had mine bored .020 over to fit 87.5mm pistons. Bigger would be ok, but IIRC pistons are harder to come by when you go larger than 89-90mm (i.e. not off the shelf parts anymore) and if you bore to the max there will be less room to bore again if you blow the engine and need to re-bore (assuming the cylinder walls get scuffed beyond what a hone will clean). I could be wrong though.

 

Im not too worried bout the heads going and not being able to be redone. I'll just go get some heads off a ve from a salvage yard. Really shouldnt be too hard to find a supplier with 91mm pistons in stock.

 

She is really lookin good, doin things the right way.

 

Next up jeff's bbk brackets automax's cobra 13" rotors and gtr 34 front calipers with hawk pads.

 

The Skyline calipers will bolt to Jeff's brackets?

 

The skyline calipers bolt right up to the 300zx its the bbk for the z32. Believe me I do my research on parts and cross compatability with my nissan parts guy. Good to have a nismo parts guy as your research and resource guy.

 

So how big are the R34 calipers?

IIRC aren't R32 calipers just the same as TTZ calipers?

 

Jeff my nissan parts guy and the one in charge of www.nismoparts.com is trying to research the calipers of the gt-r 34 and also get pics and specs. And the 32's have bigger pistons in the caliper for stronger bite. Shouldnt matter for me though becuase I'm running the gt-r 34 wheels and the calipers go right along with the rims. Now since I'm doing bbk jeff is finding out the gt-r stock rotor height to see if its the same as automax's 13 rotors and in turn I can get jeff92se's caliper brackets.


On a side note I got me my 2 15" DD Audio 3515 series subs finally now ima have to have a custom box built for them. Im into all sorts of things sound off competitions, wanting to enter car shows, drag quarter mile runs at track, and even do autocross. And yes I know the system will weigh my car down a little bit but im not just about all go and show but also bout being heard lol. Still need another hc1600a audiobahn high current amp then my batteries for the amps.

 

Noob? I only asked why he didn't replace the bearings. As far as I know, you can buy new bearings, press out the old ones out of the hub and press in the new ones. But if ya'll feel like spending your money..

 

Yes, normally you can and would do that. However if the bearings are bad enough for long enough, it makes the hub wobbly and in turn actually wears the hub down. So when you go to press in your hub to the new bearings you'll find that the old/original hub just slides in and out because it's been worn out of spec. Thus you need new hubs (though I don't remember why elusive got new hubs I'm speaking about the other guy)

 

I know I dont have a 3rd gen but man great work so far really gotta appreciate the time put into it great work man cant wait to see the finished project

 

Ok to clarify for dhunter since he is blind to understand when I clearly stated that my hubs went bad and that was why I replaced them. Learn automotive technology and then question my knowledge. Even my machine shop guy said the hubs were toast when he pressed the spindle apart. I make my living working on cars dude so I know what I'm doing and also why I don't ask much questions on the forums very often. I'm here to show my work and effort and help others with problems they have that I have already come across and solved.

 

 

 

in the last pic there are 16 fender shield clips one pcv valve elbow two axle nut shields and insulators and 9 coil on plug machine screws

 

Dude, it was a question. MOST OF THE TIME, you just replace bearings. The statement that your hubs were toast were no were to be found in your original post. My father has made a living working on cars his whole life, most of his knowledge passed down to me. Don't make me out to be some noob because I asked a simple question. Believe or not, I actually like the work your putting into the 3rd gen.

 

co-sign

 

Lol @ co-sign good comment. Ive been wrenching at 3rd gens for almost 10 years now I love these obd 1 beasts

 

Take note most of you all. Alot but not all is genuine nissan parts over after market. I trust certain dealer parts over aftermarket.

That and my parts guy gets me the best prices any genuine nissan parts dealer can get me. Good connections go along way. That and at one time working at the same dealership I prefer to buy from a great dealer like them and plus they beat other dealers prices including courtesy nissan.

 

Imo there are alot of parts from the dealer that actual are from the regular vendors/mfg such as wheel bearings, suspension components,etc.....the last place I go is Autozone and that's just for consumables/chemicals/rags.....or to order some ES poly products that's it! Good luck with all that duralast line I really don't like Autozone or thier replacement parts period!!!!!!!

 

meh dont bother me one bit I rather spend money on those parts I did buy at autozone over buying at orielly's advance autoparts or napa. Ive always had nothing but great parts and service at autozone. How much have you spent into your vg max lately? Second thought I dont care its a vg not a ve i only care about the ve maximas sorry but the vg30e just isnt that great to me. Only thing those cars with those engines are good for is me finding them at the salvage yard and stripping body and interior parts off them.

 

Cant we all just get along?

 

Gathering parts for my TK3 VE right now. Your car is turning out nice!

 

I think it should turn out nice...

 

wow great work elusive.. i bet she rides like a dream

 

that looks good and i am sure its awesone to drive!!! thats a car to be proud of!!

 

well, this has turned out to be a nice thread about all your parts and progress elusivemax93, i like how you just demolished the VG community on here. great job.

 

elusivemax you should get the NWP spacers next, its really worth it! I drove for 2 hrs in traffic and went home the intake manifold was not finger burning hot at all! the hood was not even warm like it used to be. Also it improved all around power n throttle response, Highly Recommended for a true VE enthusiast!