Nessy, my beloved S14

[hi_im_fil]

Is it a standard rad? They're known for leaking and partially blocking. Go for a new alloy one if you think its the rad. Quick and easy fix/upgrade

[lady89]

yes standard one, matter of time I suppose, I cant remember seeing that poodle thing at the bottom of it (barely visible on the pic) so was wondering if that's the sign now to get a new one

[lady89]

Just ordered a new Alloy rad!
Cant wait to replace the old one, thank god it's an easy job to do as well, stuck in the driveway where I can barely work on a car
But that will be fine!

On another note:

Where can I get Samco hoses or similar ones locally or in Ireland?
Might as well order some and replace the standard ones.

Thinking about it now....the standard parts lasted a good while, considering I did around 10 trackdays in it too :O

Love Nissan

[ryan348]

As far as i know murray motorsport have the contract for samco im sure there are other places to get them tho cuz you will pay top dollar in murrays looks deadly aswell man

[drift student]

I know rm performance in killarney had them hoses in stock a bit back. They were expensive though I taught....

[lady89]

Got my new rad (more to that later) and stuck now that way

Being in the driveway with almost no tools and this... the joys!
Must see now how i can fit the valve (that goes on that pipe bit) so it wont get stuck against the rad.
Have no movement with the pipes because otherwise it wont work with the intercooler....
could have been so much easier without that stupid restricted pipes ha

[lady89]

Sorted!!
finished replacing the rad yesterday evening, took a test drive and all was good.

Driving to work today (after over a week not having her out) was such a blast
As it says per Japspeeds site, it does keep it cooler than a standard rad, my standard water temp gauge is acting up now but still have an accurate one additionally so can see the current temperature.

Will post more pics later this evening!

[lady89]

Well well well,
it has been a little while since i updated this here.

With the new year, i try to do better and keep this a bit more updated.


The last year has been fantastic car-wise and after I got all sorted (which also includes a brand new exhaust system), i got the car NCT'd and had a wonderful time driving it.

I have a few new plans ahead but cant share too much right now.

The current situation is, that the S14 is parked up for the winter, so i will start taking stuff apart shortly.

I will also start posting some bits from our Japan trip last September so stay tuned for that also

One of the latest pics for ye:

(had the spoiler off but its back on again)

[lady89]

Hi guys,

just went through this...it's been a while

I have a lot of updates, just trying to think of everything that has been done and will start updating this shortly.
In the meantime:

A blast from the past...dreaming of nice weather...

[lady89]

Although a few of those updates are not really new updates...but thought I start posting more here, so here is another part I got a while ago:

Since I had a few emissions issue's whenever I sent the 14 for the test, i started with the usual stuff first.

I took out the decat and got this brand new cat.
It's from Japspeed:



In the end I went with a full new exhaust (more to that another time) So this wasn't really necessary. Might selling i