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This 180SX has been my most thrashed possession, built for drifting and maintained to do as much driving as humanly possible this car has travelled the country with me, the tracks I have visited and the drivers I have met with this car has made a real mark on my life, I have had a “if it aint broke don’t fix it” attitude with this car from day one, using inexpensive parts and tuning the car to get the best (not the most) out of those parts is the key. Everything is tuned so the whole package is not on a knife edge, the car is less competitive than most but the more I drive it the better I become as a driver and learn to drive around my cars shortfalls.
The less drifting costs the more fun it begins to be, this has style, performance and reliability and its so much fun to drive, here’s what’s inside it.
Engine:
- Factory SR20DET
- Greddy Rocker arm Stoppers
- Greddy Inl 264, EX 264 11.5mm lift Cams
- Cometic 1.0mm Head gasket
- ARP head stud kit
- Trust sump
- Low mounted PS and alternator mechanisms
- Kazama engine mounts
- Power FC Computer
Induction & Exhaust:
- Trust TD06L2 turbo
- BRAE Exhaust manifold
- 46mm Precision wastegate
- Self made intercooler piping
- 70mm Hypertune throttle body
- Hypertune Inlet plenum with bellmouthed 75x45mm ram tubes
- Self made 3 inch stainless exhaust from the turbo back
Cooling:
- Greddy 16 Row oil cooler with GREX relocator plate and Earls dash 10 lines
- 52mm Alloy radiator
- Self made overflow bottle
- Modified engine coolant lines with self made billet allow flow block and earls fittings
- Nismo 62degree thermostat
Fuel:
- R33 GTR fuel pump
- Sard regulator
- Alloy fuel rail Dash 6 hose fittings
- 570cc Nismo injectors
Driveline:
- Z32 Bellhousing and RB25 gearbox with self made SR20 adapter kit
- Short shifter with custom linkages
- Ogura Racing twin plate Clutch
- Nismo rubber Gearbox Mount
- Custom 1 piece 4 inch Tailshaft with Safety hoop
- Nismo GT PRO clutch pack 2 way diff with 4.08 gears
Brakes:
- R33 Skyline Brakes all round
- Self made “YANK!” Hydro Handbrake
- EBC pads
- DBA Slotted rotors
- Maltech Braided lines replace all factory solid and flexible lines
Footwork:
- Front: Rays Volk Racing TE37 17×9+15 with 215/45/17 TOYO R1R rubber
- Rear: Rays Volk Racing TE37 18×10.5+22 with 235/40/17 rubber
- OR
- B.I.M Driftmaster 17×8.5+0 with 205/40/17 R888 TOYO rubber
- B.I.M Driftmaster 18×9.5+0 with 265/35/18 R1R TOYO rubber
Chassis:
- Interior stripped to bear metal and rattle canned red
- Stich welded chassis
- Hand fabricated trans tunnel
- Strengthened strut towers
- Strengthened chassis rail
- Self made 6pt cage
- Self made front tubs
- Self made radiator/intercooler removable support (to make removing gearbox and motor easier)
- Self made raised rear strut towers
Outside:
- Origin Aggressive Aero
- Origin Roof spoiler
- Origin 50mm rear fenders
- Raised Stage 21 FRP bonnet
- Origin 40mm front fenders
- Shaved hatch with Type X Wing
- East Bear non electric mirrors
Suspension:
- Tien Super Drift Coilovers
- 8k front springs 6k rear springs
- S15 lower control arms, cut and shut to be 20mm longer each side
- Self made 16mm Tie rods
- Ikeya formula tie rod ends
- 25mm self made Offset rack spacers welded to steering rack
- Kazama Adjustable caster rods
- Self made S15 Knuckles cut and shut NP wonder spec
- No front or rear swaybars
- Adjustable Tubular rear camber arms
- Adjustable Tubular rear toe arms
- Adjustable Tubular rear traction arms
- Custom made and raised rear subframe
- Rear lower control arm cut and shut to be 10mm longer
- R33 rear knuckles, cut and shut to lower the shock and toe point 25mm
- Urathane mounts replace every existing rubber bush
Inside:
- Bride Zeta III Drivers bucket
- Bride Artis III Passenger bucket
- Custom dash with alloy guage panel
- Defi Boost gauge
- Defi Oil Temp gauge
- Defi Oil Pressure gauge
- Defi Water Temp
- Defi controller
- Removeable steering wheel hub
- Nardi deep corn sued steering wheel dished 80mm
- Guttered dash
- Oddysey dry cell battery mounted on top of gearbox tunnel