Project Ladybird

Right so after the sad demise of the EG, and selling the subaru.. a mysterious voiced whispered to me to go back to Nissan. Now having already built a Turbo N15 wasn't keen on a) doing another turbo N15 b) driving a bog standard GTi. Was very close to buying a R34 GTT in white but then settled something a lil less good... Nissan Micra!!

After reading about others rust problem with there Micra's, was determined to find a MINT shell which i knew would be hard considering these cars are the best part of 15years old.. But they say good things come to those who wait...

If this goes well im hoping to do it for couple of other people as well.

Before




Now you see it..


Now you dont..



The Blues Brothers












Nissan Micra 1.0
1.3 Cams
1.6 Injectors
4-1 Manifold
HKS Mushroom Filter
Lightened Flywheel
Custom Roll Cage
Cut Springs
Snap Off Steering wheel
Bucket Seats
Fire Extinguisher

The car is an ABSOLUTE mint shell.. its got a few, i mean a few dings and bumps nothing major! Theres one teeeeny weeeeny bit of rust, infact it aint even rust just starting to bubble, size of a sweetcorn (My bro Passats got more rust :p)!

First thing was to get rid of all the shit sticker stuck anywhere and everywhere to hide the defects!

And get rid of the shitty interior! the seats felt you where leaning against a rock and dont even get me started on the steering wheel

This is where it begins boyss



First thing first;

De stickered -



Engine y0




Started collecting parts

Donor car yessssss!!! - Almera GTi



New seats - Recaro



GTiR fuel pump (it will fit had it on my turbo)



Brake lines


Got few whiteline bits

Brand new: Rear ARB



Panhard rod:



New clutch and lightened flywheel





LSD FTW!!! (very rare to get for a almera gti)





Jerrick @ MeisterR is doing me a massive favour so should have Zeta-R Coilovers from him in next 6-8 weeks cant wait. Price he gave me is unbeatable even almera's are more expensive lol

So all parts are here just need to get the shafts made, tomorrow engine should be out so off we go...

Engine out of the micra





Engine out of the Almera GTi





Well firstly got the mounts lined up then welded them after a mock fit

The underbrace needed a little shaving



Engine in perfect i thing :tt2:





Engine out and welded properly ( need to neat it up a little)















Sprayed the rear satin black










Custom shafts ( painted to see if any hair line cracks so far so good)





Interior sprayed black





Treated the damn rust ( will weld a patch on tomorrow)









Painted the alloys













Final look





Sprayed the rocker cover:







Engine bay ready to be painted:




Stripped for the wiring now:






Everything nearly finished now!

Engine out fitted the LSD box, new clutch and engine/box painted silver... manifold also sprayed with VHT paint.



GTi brakes on with Goodridge brake lines.



Front/Rear ARB and panhard rod fitted. Will need spacers for the front to stop it touching the gear linkage and manifold. Had problems with the rear arb will need drill out the snapped stud.









Recaro Seats fitted





Raditor on with two slime line fans



Nismo Strut brace on


Booked in Unique exhaust on thursday cause no exhaust atm... getting 2.5 mandrel bent system with either a SPOON N1 backbox or a Skyline R34 backbox




Well thankfully everything is done...

Had to get the passenger side shaft shortened cause of the lsd

Had to make custom ARB brackets so it doesn't touch the shifter

Rear panhard and arb fitted







Also got the water pipe on the head custom made so i could mount the rad pipes properly.



Half under sealed



Had a go in it no problems at all :biggrin:

Will sort and tidy up all tomorrow hopefully

this is awesome omair.. cant wait for this to be on the road

great project was thinking of one of these as my first car

Car is now completed, running sweet













Long day today but well worth it

Went today morning and finally got the exhaust done with SPOON backbox it sounds awesome

Few pics of Phil doing his magic he even fitted my lambda sensor in a new position


On the way back whilst weighing the cat in I weighed my micra

820kg with a sr20!!!!
Then headed off to a dyno to see what it's pushing

Got a nice surprise with just a stainless Mani/exhaust and blitz induction kit

I got


142bhp
127 lbft




























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Finally coilovers are here

the one and only MEISTER coilovers for micra







Special thanks to Jerrick for sorting it out

Fitted JWT S3R cams






Which resulted in this lovely idle



Fitted the meisters coiles they are awesome :grinning:










Fitted new some T1r's at the front for more grip... just needs tracking and camber sorted before i pay vist to santapod this weekend

Polished and glowed

Ahhh this car looks soo crazy. Definitely loving the colour scheme too 146hp eh. Probably flies with how light it is.

wow man thats wicked who could say that this can beat a 185 hp 3sgte

If I recall correctly Ishaq is goin to the track this month. 184hp 142lbft Corolla vs 142hp 127lbft Mirca

Paid a vist to Unique Exhaust in stafford for a 3" Mandrel bent Exhaust

Had few backboxes available to fit



Super Dragger -
Fuji Gike -
5zigen -
Blitz Nur Spec -

All of them where too big for the micra, the blitz was the only one that would fit but would stick out slightly.

The plus side is the brand name would be view able lol...

Old 2.5" Mandrel bent Spoon Exhaust





New 3" System





Took ages to customise the blitz back box, no room cause of the whiteline gear.










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Most of the parts are here/got:

Turbo - Garrett T28









Intercooler + Pipe - Choice of two will go for the smaller one for less lag





Gauges -







Nismo FPR -



3" downpipe -





B & M short shifter -



Poly mounts -



Dumpvalve -



ECU's - I will be going for nistune rather than link or dastek




awaiting few parts then ready to go -

Decided to go for a full gti interior loom...









Fidanza fly and Gspec clutch



New shoes



List of things to do:

Change clutch - Gspec Stage 3 (Thanks ammar
Do wiring
Bushes - Front poly wishbones bushes, Shifter bushes and RTA
Short shifter - B&M shifter
Water lines - From the coolant hoses
Tensiomer gasket - New gasket as current one is leaking
Sound deadening - Remove it all!
Seats - Need to weld the passenger side
Gauges - Boost and oil pressure
Fit turbo / intercooler
Fit standard grill
Standard number plate
Mount rad further
Bonnet pins
Wheels
Front and rear mounts
Weld extra plate on the jacking points

Finally then spray the car JET Black

Holidays gave me chance to start on the car... done quite a bit hoping to get rest done by the end of the week.

New wishbones poly bushed and welded.
Filed the alternator so hopefully no rad problems
Yellow stuff pads and brembo brakes
Took most of the sound deadening off.
Wired the almera loom in (not connected yet)
Put the purple injectors in
Fidanza fly and clutch
Mounts
Got more bits (oil pressure switch, gauges, oil return feed and quick release steering lock)
Sprayed new grill and alloys

Getting there, just wiring and few minor bits left... Not long now :gunsmilie:

Painted the alloys - Wanted black but somehow used a different colour, turned out good though





On with the turbo... had to buy universal intercooler pipes

Got the car up and running.. couldnt figure out the wiring so just used a mera one

It messy but booked it in for a mapping session on the 1st of march so gives me time to sort it properly

Car runs boost up to 7psi cause iv got a shitty map on the nistune board

Its running, done about 30 miles in it.

Had few problems, which where a easy fix thankfully







Dropped it off today for mapping to begin, Cant wait now

Need to sort out the bonnet and wing alignment as well

for all those thinking about my car vs this little monster....

heres a video of me vs it full beans after about 1min

ust got it polished and glowed after 5 months lol

Finally race against imo the best car on the day weighed less and had more power than mine (CRX B20 800kg and 240bhp). Had 3 epic races with it

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Was getting bored of the power so got it mapped after racewars @ 0.75. Driveshaft didnt like the power, snapped two already so looking to get some custom ones made over the winter.

Micra getting sorn'd till next year now...
Results: 230whp, 274bhp, 265lbft

So you're posting this for the OP? I was trying to figure out where this car came from hahaha. I like all the work, under the hood and the exhaust... and the LED tail lights! Are the last pics here the newest ones? It looks better with the grille installed (not the mesh) imo.

well mov is my cousin and i thought id update this thread for him...

the last pics are what it looks like now... a proper sleeeper... you would not know that there is 270 bhp in a micra that weighs 750 kg-ish

so bro which car has met this micras match up till now

everything lol..

taken on subarus, evos, civics, bmw m3, m5, etc...
big powered cars vs micra = micra win

awesome build i love small cars they are so immense when it comes to acceleration only thing ill say is that when i had my old axgt it got scary after 1*0mph