Clutch Disc Replacement and Suspension Pics
5/20/07
A couple of weeks ago, my clutch failed. I guess I found the limit of the OEM Nissan clutch disc! The pic below shows how all the rivets holding the hub to the outer portion of the disc sheared off. The bright side is that this is a pretty easy fix. I'm just glad I didn't have to replace the whole tranny (it would've been my third...I'll get pics up of the first tranny I broke soon).
I put in an ACT SS clutch disc, but while I had the tranny off, I thought I'd take a pic of the chromoly JUN Ultralight flywheel. Those holes around the rim bring the weight of the flywheel to less than 9.5 lbs, which is about half the weight of the stock piece!
5/28/07
You also have to take apart pretty much the whole front of the car to replace the clutch, so I took pics of some stuff while it was off the car.
The Ground Control caster/camber plate mounts on top of the shock tower, instead of underneath like most camber plates. This gives me back a 1/2-inch of suspension travel that is lost when you lower the car. Or, I suppose you can say that it lowers the front by 1/2 an inch without taking away any of your suspension travel. Whichever you like!
A view of the C/C plate from underneath
If you're thinking of getting these for your B13, then be aware that they aren't simply bolt-on. You need to modify a couple of things. You'll see that you need to grind off a bracket in order to make a flush surface for the plate...this only needs to be done on the passenger side.
Another bracket holding the power-steering line also needs to be moved out of the way. See how I shifted the bracket and have it held in by one bolt? Don't worry, one bolt is enough.
Here's one of the front Ground Control Advance Design coilovers. The red knob adjusts the rebound damping, while the blue adjusts the compression damping. There's also an adjuster on the bottom of the shock for gas pressure. The ADs have a shortened body too, so the car can be lowered without giving up much of the stock suspension travel.
You can see the SMC stainless steel brake line in this picture. I don't think SMC is in business anymore.
The HotShot Generation VI header secondary pipe. It's stainless (but not polished, obviously) and a full 3" all the way to the cat. I'll get a picture of the primaries sooner or later.
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Page 3: Dyno results and list of modifications
Page 4: Praise from the press for the original SE-R
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