Wazman's NB8a

[wazman]

I been hearing about other guys having luck with "triple pass" radiators.
So I proceeded to make my ASI 52mm into a triple pass...
Apparently I have to put a pressure bleed line to to first top "u turn" section
Of the rad.....


This is yet to be tested ..... Am a little worried it may preassurize at high revs. Chinese rads are getting stupid cheap so I'll get a spare and take it to the next event incase my home mod fails.

[Beelzeboss]

Don't you only put 1 baffle in the top tank and 1 in the bottom tank to make it a triple pass radiator? It looks like you have 2 in the top tank, or is that weld across the top tank not a baffle?

[wazman]

Slide wall in to re direct flow.... Cut off and plug weld.


Front bar comparison shot.

The other weld you can see is just a join in the original tank, stuck a bit of wire down there to check. So yeah I only put one wall in each tank. So the coolant flows from inlet to outlet in an "s" direction I guess you would describe it as.

[wazman]

One of my favourite pics from Vicdrift Matsuri earlier this year

[Okibi]

I'd love to sit in the passenger seat as you drift your NB, i'm hopeless at holding a drift.

[wazman]

Wooooo! The triple pass works a treat !
65 deg on the highway at 110kph.
Max temp during big 2nd gear doughnuts....10 in a row non stop
At 5500-6000 rpm was 90deg. Usually my 5 would be crying 110deg at lap 8.

Although must admit I did a lot of changes all at once.
Air con out
Triple pass rad
Install rad header tank (pic below)


This bad boy auto bleeds any air bubbles/pockets
That would cause hot spots out of the system continuously while it's running.




This is a resister PAC from a CA18 det Nissan silvia.
I had to install this as the other in-wire resisters I wired in failed due to vibration

[Binks]

Was awesome to see you tearing up calder man

[Hjt]

The cooling seems to be working, nice slide Waz. I downloaded an image of your 5 sideways to my desktop recently!

[wazman]

Thanks guys

I have had a couple of spins due to running out of lock.
Modified front knuckles has changed the sport of drifting.
Where a lesser driver would usually spin out they can simply wind on more lock and fix the mistakes after the apex of the corner what their lack of skill and technique caused before the apex.

To be competitive in drift battles you need to show very aggressive angle pre corner.
Problem-
Due to the double wishbone suspension on the mx5 the inside edge of my 15x8 0- offset front wheels fouls on the lower control arms.
Solution-
Use a narrower wheel with a lower offset. Move the inner edge of the wheel out ! Requires new wheels


I bought a pair of second hand Work Equip 03
The size is 14x7.5 offset is -19mm
These give me 13 mm more clearance on the inside edge.

[wazman]

[wazman]

Finally also had my garage vary front bar painted....

It's a copy.... Which I was a bit sad about. It dose fit ..... But I would not buy it for a daily car.
Its easy to tell its a copy. It's heavy, not flexible , poor fit.
Every genuine jap kit I've seen fits as good as factory parts.

But it dose the job I require it for. It helped drop my engine temps.

Below... Height difference between my stock el falcon and my 5 with new front bar.

[wazman]

Last Sunday at Calder park raceway. Drift practice.

[Binks]

Now all you're missing are some skirts !
Car was great last sunday

[wazman]

I needed more lock .... for two reasons.

1. The more angle you slide at then the slower you drift .... everyone had mega lock these days and i've been caught out more than once behind a car that seems to be blazing but is barely moving

2. Its great for fixing the horrible mistakes i am always making.....the car has so much lock now its almost impossible to spin.

here you can see my old modded knuckle and the new even shorter modified one.




more lock means more guards needed

[jorgan92]