180sx build

[gary d]

wel lads
picked this up off shanes14 on here a few weeks ago.
siad i`d put up a build thread as i plan on doin a few things with it.

spec:
blacktop vvt s14 engine,

4 branch manifold

decat,

gp sports cat back ,

welded diff.

battery relocated to boot,

alloy rad

twin electric fans

oil catch can

front mount

d2 coilovers

rota wheels,

cusco dash dodger roll cage,

oil cooler

power steering cooler,

hydraulic handbrake



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picked up these rota gtr wheels for it. they were left on an s14a in a scrapyard :D

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/CIMG2794.jpg

next on the list is 5 stud conversion
new cage
new bucket seats
and maybe a new kit and respray
and tidy up a few bits

[S14a johno]

n iceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:afro:

why ya changeing the cage gary?

[subzero]

cage for sale ??

[gary d]

n iceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:afro:

why ya changeing the cage gary?

its too low johno. nearly 2 inches down from the roof of the car

[D-turbo-lad]

if your goin 5 stud how much for the rota d1's ??? :D nice bitta spec .. keep us updated :D

[darren C]

Nice car lad pm me if you'l sell the rotas :D


The gtrs that is:D

[Mick K]

Great base to start with Gary!

[gary d]

if your goin 5 stud how much for the rota d1's ??? :D nice bitta spec .. keep us updated :D



make me an offer on them.
once i have the hubs sorted they`ll be for sale.

[Boguey001]

I'd be interested in them rota d1's too. pm me a price please. :)

[gary d]

made a new panel for switches nd got some new switches.

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/CIMG2790.jpg

[D-turbo-lad]

pm'd u there ;)

[gary d]

bit of an update on this

havent had to do much with the car so far, just getting used to it
before i do too much

got the 5 stud hubs on and 25mm spacers on the front
picked up a bronze set of gtr`s aswell

the wings were in a bad way so got the fiberglass out and strenghtened them up
and a quick paint for now

some pics from mondello

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/driftday29-10-11.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/driftday229-10-11.jpg

[subzero]

looks sweet on track .

[hunty_sideways]

pics don't do any justice for this car, gary has it immaculate and its well able to go too ;)

[gary d]

cheers hunty

here`s pic from today, just serviced and ready for next weekend :D

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/iphone.jpg

[gary d]

got a few bits done with the car today while i had a chance

new front crash bar, just needs to be painted
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-01-29103240.jpg


rear tow strap
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-01-29103303.jpg

i mounted a second kill switch in the rear and put pull cord on the rear quarter
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-01-29141645.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-01-29141703.jpg

next to be done is get a cage fitted and maybe new injectors, z32 and a map if funds allow

[tezdude]

Thats some nice fab work on the crash bar, tidy looking car man good work:)

[marksull]

cars looking mint. ive a set of mint koukis there. finish it off nicely!

[Stevo]

Prob the cleanest drift car around.. You fit the turbo yet gary?

[gary d]

didnt fit the turbo yet stevo. need to get an actuator for it

[Driftma]

who made the front roo bar for ya

[gary d]

who made the front roo bar for ya

one of the lads got a loan of a pipe benders and made it for me

[Driftma]

one of the lads got a loan of a pipe benders and made it for me

it looks like a very good job fair play to ye

[gary d]

it looks like a very good job fair play to ye

cheers lad. hopefully have it all finished soon

[shaneS14]

looks well now man , going well out there today

[gary d]

looks well now man , going well out there today

thanks lad. yeah its goin grand now. got a good few bits done to it in the last month so may update this now

[git]

FairPlay Gary car is lookin great , and some cool moves ye were throwing today !!

[gary d]

FairPlay Gary car is lookin great , and some cool moves ye were throwing today !!

cheers chris. delighted with the way the car is handling now. started to get used to it towards end of the day :)

so finally a decent update on this

started off with 550cc injectors, z32,walbro pump and a t28bb turbo and sent the car to robbie in tdp.. after a few small problems got the car sorted thanks to robbie and the lads up there.

then decided i might aswell do the handling next.
got driftworks rear camber, toe and traction arms and front tension arms.

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-03-18092056.jpg
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/reararms.jpg

big thanks to wes in wkd for setting up the car for me, it made a huge difference out on track.

while my car was down there i said i`d try the new maxsport front tyres and i wasnt dissapointed with them. savage grip with them even in the rain :D
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-03-18093327.jpg

fitted a battery box aswell and 2 new kill switches and pull cord

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/batterybox.jpg

got 25mm rear spacers and some new wheels too.
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/rotawhite.jpg
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/rotasilver.jpg


thats probably enough now for the moment. next on the list is a cage

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-03-18113158.jpg

all comments good or bad welcome

[Deco84]

sweet lookin car man has to be one of the cleanest drift cars out there ya were flyin the weekend aswell man keep up the good work

[Kruizer]

You were doing right well on Monday lad...

[danmoorhead]

one of the best examples of a 180 ive ever been under!!! and the detail in the work gone into er is second to none!!!! great project!!

[gary d]

cheers for the comments lads.

it seems to be getting there slowly
might have it ready for logging for pd soon

[bart]

cheers for the comments lads.

it seems to be getting there slowly
might have it ready for logging for pd soon

Cool lad..
Did you get cage after?

[joey banana s14]

awesome example of a car lads and as you can see hes a fussy fucker...looking sweet gary dude

[B&G Extreme Drifting]

lovely 180 lad seen it below in goldstone and she is mint looking! very gud drift car :)

[gary d]

thanks lads, not sure if it will stay that clean after a few rounds of pd

got another bit done this week.

cage is done now thanks to john stone
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-01155530.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-01155407.jpg

have the floor all sanded and a few holes welded and sealer done
i hate sanding :mad:

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-01155358.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-01155044.jpg

the dash is back aswell after a bit of hardship
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-03-31235641.jpg

next on the list is to get primer on and then paint
hopefully it will all be finished by the end of the week :D

[ste]

turnin into a fine machine now gary

[driftfan]

shes looking well lad :)

[jap scrap]

Tasty car man looking very tidy indeed

[gary d]

thanks lads

sooo finally got the inside sorted out

couldnt decide on a colour and had loads of different ideas but just said i`d try this and see what it turns out like.

masked up the whole car first and still managed to get overspray on the car somehow :rolleyes:
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-06123011.jpg

got the primer on and a quick sand and started sprayin
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-06172851.jpg

and this is what it turned out like
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-06202334.jpg

got a new sparco steering wheel and snap off boss aswell
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-07183408.jpg

started putting the wiring back in
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-07091841.jpg

put the seats back in and cut some plate for the floor to tidy it up a bit
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and the car ready for logging tomorrow
http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-04-07194836.jpg

i rewired some of the car when i had the dash out and have all my fuses in the dash now.

next on the list for next week is to get a new gearbox sorted and put in new manifold to head gasket and locking tabs.

then hopefully get to as many drift days as i can :D

[gary d]

got the car logged for prodrift today :D

[ste]

Good man Gary

[gary d]

Good man Gary

you get sorted ste?

[ste]

Ye I'm all good too just gotta put quick release strap on extinguisher so I'm thrilled

[gary d]

Ye I'm all good too just gotta put quick release strap on extinguisher so I'm thrilled

same as myself so. at least your all set so

[D1 Chomer]

looks good man. The colour inside is class. If some 1 told me about the colour i wud of said it will be horrible. But when ya see it. ders only 1 word.. savage!!!!

[gary d]

thanks man. yeah i wasnt too sure about the colour when i picked it but i said i`d chaance it.

delighted with the way it turned out

[fitzer]

hmm the inside it looks hmm cosy lookin:)

[shaneS14]

Brilliant job on the car very tasty

[galway joey]

Serious job mate, loving the colour against the black.... hope she goes well for ya...

[gary d]

thanks lads..

made soome new door cards before i brought the car out to driftfest

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/doorcard.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/doorcard1.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/doorcard2.jpg

just to paint the bumpers now to freshen them up and that should be it done for a bit

[wayne.c]

how come they look differen't than mine??:rolleyes:

[smurfy]

looks well lad, loving the interior colour :afro:

[gary d]

how come they look differen't than mine??:rolleyes:

Yours look better :p

[David sr20det]

looking savage gary,the pink looks serious with the black.!!

[galway joey]

awsome work on the door cards mate, very tidy...

[ashloys]

Interior colour is awesome :)

[gary d]

thanks for the comments..

got a few more bits done over the last few weeks

had a bit of a tip in mondello and pushed in the rear quarter

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/quarterdamage2.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/quarterdamage.jpg

got it pulled back out and put on a set of 30mm quarters and painted them

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/rearquarter2.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/rearquarter3.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/rearquarter.jpg

had a bonnet vent there thanks to brian in driftkits so started fitting it today
decided to add a few extra vents to allow heat out from the turbo.
took a bit of work but its getting there now

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/bonnetvent6.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/bonnetvent1.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/bonnetvent3.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/bonnetvent4.jpg

hope to have it moulded in and painted by the end of the week

[gary d]

finished moulding in the bonnet vent and painted it just before mondello

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-06-05181705.jpg

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http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-06-07190015.jpg

seems to help the car run a bit cooler anyway

few small bits left to do to tidy it up a bit and might get new exhaust for it

[LarZ]

This car is awesome...

[gary d]

sooo time for another update on this.

hadn`t do much with this except for loads of practice days and japfest

decided to make a start early at it for next year and have it ready to try
compete in bdc

first thing to get was a new turbo. went for a 2871r with 64 housing
and a new map

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-10-16211842.jpg

next on the list was to sort out the lock. so after talking to robbie in tdp
i decided to go with his setup and this is what i got :)

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/2012-10-27175846.jpg

and a picture of the kit in action

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/DSC_3668.jpg

big thanks to robbie and gem in tdp for working late and getting the car out for
me on saturday.

next on the list is to widen the front wings, a new front crash bar and a plumbed in fire extinguisher

[git]

I absolutely love these two cars two of my favourite ! And your comin on reall good too Gary was watchn ya Saturday evenin !

[joey banana s14]

closet fat wallet;) looking sweet as always gary, how you find the 2871 im going for same set up for next year i hope

[Jay Rockett]

Very tidy build, nice work!

[gary d]

I absolutely love these two cars two of my favourite ! And your comin on reall good too Gary was watchn ya Saturday evenin !

cheers chris.. i only noticed it was you out in the bmw on sat afternoon. didn`t know who it was. you werent holding back in it anyway ha


closet fat wallet;) looking sweet as always gary, how you find the 2871 im going for same set up for next year i hope

the wallet isn`t too fat now joey.. that was my first day out with it and found it great. no lag whatsoever and it is so responsive. I was pulling 4th coming out of the s`s with a 4:1 diff in the car.


Very tidy build, nice work!

thanks jay. its slowly getting to where i want it.

[evo44ever]

think i saw this yoke up in mondello in action at the weekend. would i be correct??? if it was. savage car savage build an savage drifting

[gary d]

another small update on this

fitted a line lock in over the christmas

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/linelock_zps8dca7919.jpg

picked up a 4.5 litre plumbed in extinguisher aswell
went with the electrical one to save with the hassle of putting in pull cords

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/extinguisher_zpse6da9651.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/extinguisher2_zps38e3c0c5.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/pushbutton_zpsc4630b30.jpg

still need to get new wings for it or maybe change the look with jun style arches
havent decided yet.

[gary d]

got another few bits done with the car over the last few months

picked up a set of work meister s1`s in buff finish
they are 17x9 et30 and 17x8 et25

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/meisters1_zps63dc5949.jpg

i got a pair of 40mm origin type 2 wings
they weren`t wide enough so i decided to cut them and extend
the arches out a bit more

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/newarches_zps165cb223.jpg

a bit of fiberglass and fillers helped get the shape

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/arches_zpscb28ed8e.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/newarch2_zps36cd354b.jpg

after a good bit of sanding they started to take shape

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/newarchprimer_zpscc6d351f.jpg

and a pic of them painted

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/arch3_zps6a4693c3.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/carfin_zps23a1e7c7.jpg

http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac297/gary_d_2010/carfin2_zps553d6e44.jpg

next on the list is a set of drilled and grooved discs and a few new stickers