EXAMADNESS's n12 Nissan Exa 2.0 16v

[EXAMADNESS]

Hey n12turbo guys

NAME: Robert
LOCATION: South Africa
YEAR/MODEL: 1985
COULOR: Glacier green.
PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP: since 2005

PERFORMANCE: Havn't been to dyno yet, but the FE3N makes 126.82kw @ 6000rpm and 216.93nm torque @ 4500rpm

Engine mods:

It was a 1.5 8v E15s carb motor,
Not anymore,

Mazda 2.0 16v FE3N engine,
Polished and cleaned head (standard),
Brand new redone bottom end, new pistons,conrods,crank(standard)
Custom made side shafts,
Std Dicktator fuel management system,
50mm cowley stanless steel free-flow exhaust system,
Golf mk1 radiatior and bottle,
Air induction kit,
Upper front stabilizer bar.

INTERIOR MODS:

Mazda 626 leather front seats,
Mazda 626 speedo and tacho,
Type-r steering wheel,
Re upholstered door panals, front and back.
Proper boot light install,
Oil pressure gauge,
Amp gauge,
Water temp gauge,
Silver sprayd dash switches,
I have converted the whole interior of the car from grey to full black,
Central locking,
Fuel management unit in cabby,
Sony xplod mp3 head unit,
starsound digital 4" splits in the dash with the tweetest in the side dash vents.
JVC 4'' speakers in the front doors,
6x9" starsound speakers in the back.

EXTERIOR:

17'' Zepter wheels with 205/40/17 rubber, not much else needed.

FUTURE PLANS:

smoothed bootlid,
Rear lowering 30mm,
Bigger exhaust tailpiece,
Small rear wing, like the 1 on Android 360's vert,
tinted rear taillights,
medium black tinted widows.

Performance future mods:

Scrapped the (building a N/A monster idea, im going the turbo route, not in a hurry, going to take my time any do everything properly.

Interior Future plans:

Black carpet,
Re-upholster door panals in genuine black leather,
Front seats re-upholstered in genuine black leather,
Re-upholster back seats in genuine black leather,
False floor for the boot/trunk,
Re-upholster the inside of the boot/trunk black,
Aircon,
Digital clock,
N12 exa turbo speedo and tacho cluster.

Let me know what you guys think!!!!

PICS!!!

The standard 1.5 E15s carb motor.





The Mazda 2.0 16v FE3n engine:



The interior:



























The engine going in>







Exterior pics:



























FINAL ENGINE BAY PICS!!!







Soon to be updated with resprayed engine bay.

Enjoy your day
RZ.....
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[TurboZ.Dude]

Hello and welcome!

That's a serious engine upgrade! Nice work! Way better than the stock E15S

Nice work with the dash, looks like stock but a lot better!

Too many details to see at once, there must be an astonishing amount of work behind all this! Thumbs up, great looking car!

Regards,
Jan

[EXAMADNESS]

Hi Jan,

That is a serious engine upgrade in comparison with the e15s i agree. I cant even begin to explain the power increase, and no one would expect it from a old little exa(sleeper) thats what i love the most, catching the guys with big exhausts and 1300 motors trying to scare me at the traffic lights(haha)
I didnt want the dash to look like its overdone.
Just the sprayd switches is enough, im going to spray the lining of the air vents silver too, but then im done, ill post pics when im done.and im still looking for exa n12 turbo cluster.
No 5'' gauges on the dash(haha) and its going to stay that way, only the oil press gauge.

There has been alot of work put into this car, youre right
We started in end 2007 and just finished feburary this year because we didnt work on the car everyday, only weekends and i worked on it most nights, and everything was done at home,(it has never seen a tuner).

Thanx for all the nice comments on the reply, and if you have any questions(just ask)

Have a gr8 day
And thanx again.
RZ....

[xr6eta]

Hey RZ

Welcome to the club, not enough of us Exa owners on here. I wish I could say mine came close to that. Knowledge is very lacking in the serious areas and can only drive DAMO mad so much.
Very nice drive, some excellent attention to details. Can't wait to here some performance stats as is and then turboed. Very nice job, if all that work was done at home, you should be pretty handy with advice on here as well. I think I have an Exa digital clock in a box downstairs, I'll try and have a look on the weekend and let you know. Anyway, great job and keep us posted.

Cheers,

Glenn

[Ash]

welcome to the forum that is one very unique Exa! interesting engine choice! i quite like what you have done inside and out. the dash cluster looks stock but much better! i will be watching your progress.

[baz]

That's fucking awesome, Nice sleeper you have there, I had no idea that a langly exa had a carb engine lol..Keep updating

[EXAMADNESS]

Hi Glenn,

Thanx for the awsum comments,
Ill keep you posted and ill post the dynosheets when the car gets dyno'd.
My dad had a brand new n12 exa turbo in 1985 and my brother also had a red one(i quess the car runs in the family), so if you want to know anything i think i would be able to help.

I would realy appreciate it if you can let me know about the digital clock,thanx.
And if you have or know anyone who has a n12 turbo speedo and tacho unit lying around, please let me know, i would realy like the turbo unit.
And thanx again ill keep you posted.
RZ...

[EXAMADNESS]

Hey there Ash,

Thanx
The engine was from a previous car we had, Mazda 626, the engine just stood in the garage for a long time and then i went and did some reading up on the engine and found that the 2.0 16vFE are realy strong engines, and the exa's engine began to give problems so we thought(what the hell) and did the conversion.
Its an amazing upgrade, only problem is the front springs, they are to weak for the heavy engine. The engine is realy low on the ground, ill take a pic and put it on.
Thanx.


Hi baz,

Thanx, yea they came out with in carb engines, the engine ran reali well for a 8v carb, but the power wasnt there. now it feels like you get slammed into the seat everytime you put your foot down, its awsum.
I will keep you guys posted,

Enjoy your day
RZ...

[EXAMADNESS]

Nice and full engine bay


Cheerz

[Kimmo]

Damn, that engine bay's chockers! Is there even any room for a turbo?

And how much more does that donk and tranny weigh? Ride height's prolly gonna be the least of your worries, what with even worse handling...

Those pics showing your ground clearance aren't much chop at all... here you go.





You know what would be an improvement? The tail lights from the four-door Langley you have over there; they look a little BMW-ish... I wouldn't mind a set myself.

As for the gauge cluster, I've got a spare one. Have you looked in For Sale - Parts?

[EXAMADNESS]

Hey Kimmo.

The handling is pretty shtt.
Thanx for the chop, i didnt have the time to chop it 2day, so i just put the pic on.
There is someone one in the for sale parts section that has a cluster so ill let you know if he still has it, otherwise you would be my only hope.
Thanx.

cheerz
RZ...

[Kimmo]

There is someone one in the for sale parts section that has a cluster so ill let you know if he still has it, otherwise you would be my only hope.

I'd be surprised if there weren't a few available... there's a few cars being parted out there IIRC, and it seems you forgot to consider those threads.

[baz]

I sold a heap of parts with my exa when I let it go and i had a full dash, find S.breezy on here and PM him and ask if he will part it

[EXAMADNESS]

Thanx guys,

I found someone that has a cluster for me in the parts section.
We are just working something out with the postage, ill put pics on if i get it. If i need anything else ill let you know.

Enjoy your day

RZ...

[EXAMADNESS]

Hey, Kimmo

You realy seem to like the langley's taillights
Y do you like them so much,

I kinda think my exa's lights look ok'ish on the car.
Dont you have any langley's over there?

RZ..