Nissan Cherry N12, New E15S Engine test run with cold air intake

I just finished building my cold air intake. Enjoy! I had to retune the idle bleed valve on the carb to prevent the engine from running lean at idle (I adjusted the mixture richer to compensate for the larger amount of air coming from the intake). I was lucky that I didn't need to change the main jets, they still give enough fuel so the engine doesn't run too lean. :)

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[awbhii]

can i install a short ram intake for my Lancer EL?? 1992 model??? its a carburetor type.. stock CYCLONE engine.

[NissanN12Dude]

@awbhii Yes, but you'll have to build the intake yourself, and the carburetor will need mixture adjustment. The mixture will be far too lean if you don't adjust the carburetor.

[awbhii]

@NissanN12Dude ahh.. i see.. do u have an idea of the range of the price of the kit??? and can it improve the fuel efficiency of my engine?? coz 1 of my clsm8s told me that installing short arm intake is like burning your money...^_^

[NissanN12Dude]

@awbhii The stainless pipes cost me 70 euros, the conical air filter 30 (bought the filter from a friend). Grand total 100 euros.

Your class mate is partially right. It's expensive, and from a setup like this, you get little or no extra power. The low rpm torque can be slightly improved (a couple of Nm at most), the engine can rev higher, and the engine sound is a lot louder. The car will feel and sound quicker than it actually is.

But, the fuel economy did improve by almost 0.5l/100km. :)

[famos10]

hieno peli! itellä kans cherry hallissa projektina :D

[NissanN12Dude]

@famos10 Kiitti! Jeps, oli kyllä iso projekti, kori oli todella pahasti ruostunut.

Onko sulla kuvia/videoita omasta projektistasi? Olisi kiva nähdä miltä projektiautosi näyttää!

[MrDin777]

If you have please send or upload about how to tune the carburetor in a proper way.

jbastienze@yahoo.com

Thanks

[NissanN12Dude]

@egn83b Yup, 9 seconds would be fast... at least compared to what it has been. But I think the structural integrity is strong enough to withstand a bit more power than that, I'm aiming for 130-140 horsepowers when I start modding the engine. But that's far into the future since I haven't even put the engine together yet.

Yes, our emissions-taxation sucks, but it doesn't apply to older cars... the total mass of the car defines the tax instead, so in my case the tax shouldn't change noticeably.

[egn83b]

@NissanN12Dude I think what you are saying is 0-60mph in 9 seconds is kinda fast for that old car. I think adding a turbo is kinda of worth it if what I have read about your government and it's taxation on it citizens with cars because it put you at higher emissions but who cares just do what makes you happy just buy your turbo here in the USA so you can save yourself some money.

[NissanN12Dude]

@egn83b Finland. Yeah, it's very slow. 0-100 kph in 13 seconds. XD

I'm building myself a E15 Turbo engine. It's a low-budget project so progress is very slow, will take years. That engine will produce 115 hp with stock turbo engine parts... not very strong for a turbo engine but the car weighs around 900 kg so 0-100 kph will be around 9 seconds, according to factory. And it's easy to up the power from that, check forum . n12turbo . com if you want to know more about the Nissan E15 turbo engine.