Micra is in bits!

Yep. You can't really buy any better, although there are a few other also-good companies, so shop around for some prices !

If you can put that lot back together again, I've got an XM Turbo for you to work on ;)

Richard

I'm no mechanic - but number 2 'don't look quite right'....

You do realise that I also dont have any manual for this car either :) hehe. I just have to work it all out. But this will be a real challenge getting it back together again now :)

Ed

Excellent I shall do so. :) Oh any you can recommend?

Ed

Thats actually piston no.3 i think the 2 stamp is a tolerance:)

Ed

If you can bore the engine out to 82.7mm i've got a set of forged clio williams pistons you can have for £400uk :)

-- Chet

Too much boost can cause pre-ignition (as you well know) and pre-ignition can break stuff (i.e. pistons...)

Just weld your pistons up a bit, then stick them in the lathe to get the round again, they'll be fine...

If you don't have a lathe, I'm told a file, emory paper and engineers blue will do the job.

-- James

Heh. That'd take it up to a 1.5 (just). Some forged pistons and stronger bottom end, and it'll be chucking out 300+Bhp in no time :-)

Andy

now i gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried :)

Wow to think I thought I needed new pistons...

Eh? lol :) I'm going to go for a slight overbore. Slightly lower the compression ratio and aim for 200 BHP :) So a full engine rebuild will be on the cards. I am also going to change the pullys on the supercharger, and also modify the control on it so that it is controlled electronically rather than by the huge pile of vacumepipes it has now..

Ed

Why are ports for 1,2 and 4 clean while 3 has gunge both in it and on it? TB water heater hose and breather hose at other end of plenum looks to have leaked too.

Only becomes a problem if the crack causes a leak or a lump falls out. To leak it has to reach the port behind the valve seat or the plug seat. Could cause the valve seat to come loose.

You need a mouse trap to stop them nibbling your pistons. Get the injectors cleaned and balanced? Fit EGT sensor on each port?

Accralite have a good name and list pistons for the 1.3 Micra but

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Basically above that is a crankcase breather, oil got into that port once it was removed and I was moving it about to have a look at it.

All looks fine in that sense. Just small hairline cracks. In my opinion I would say its ok, bit annoying all the same. I shall strip down the head and have it checked all the same.

The injectors I have discovered are the same as the old Nissan 280Z. Well the part numbers match. Im going to see if there any upgrade options for these.

Yes I've noticed this in the past. Tbh I dont belive pistons from Japan will even be worth looking into, so for now ill contact Accralite. I'm in no rush to fix this and anticipate it not to be on the road until possibly march 2003.

Ed

Urrmm, Not wanting to be too picky, but do you intend to make your car go SOOO fast that it goes back in time? ;-)

Alex

lol I wish then I would fix a few things that would have stopped these failures in the first place!!

Ed

cool the old flux capacitor mod :)

and no one spotted the Fast And The Furious quote :)

Thats cos there wasn't one?

Unless you meant to say:

"Now me and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block, an replace the piston rings you fried"

;)

LOL, You crazy Kids! ;-)