Stone Broke Motorsport 180sx [Archive]

pole drift

13-07-10, 00:28

Hey guys, im building my first drift car for prodrift.

Firstly id like to thank everyone who helped me with this project :D you all know who you are and i couldnt have done it without yea.

I got my hands on a 94 180sx jap jeg'd bare shell to build as my drift car and a s13 200sx for parts. The s13 200sx was eaten with rust and the ca18 that was in it had a rattle in the bottom end.

I got my hands on an sr20 for great money, there was no point in rebuilding the ca18 as ill have better power with the sr20 anyway.

Iv started this build a few months ago and is i work full time in a call centre i only get to work on it on evenings and weekends.

Firstly, heres pics of the 180sx as it was when i got it. The car was looking in a very sad state and it i knew straight away ''i have alot of work ahead of me!!!''
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3122.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3121-1.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3123.jpg

And heres a few pics of the s13 200sx The 200sx was only good for parts like runnin gear, pannels, subframes etc so it was pointless in using it as the track car as it would take too much money to get everything sorted.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3132.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3134.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3143.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3147.jpg

pole drift

13-07-10, 00:40

The 180sx shell had to be moved to another shed, i didnt fancy liftin it with a forklift so the only way to get the car from one workshop to the other was to fit the rear subframe from the 200sx into the 180sx and put go-jacks under the front chassis

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100313_150732.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/180sxfittinsubframe.jpg

With a few mates to help out, the car found its way into its new home

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3404.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3345.jpg

pole drift

13-07-10, 00:51

The engine i got is a red top sr20 from a s13 silvia, i picked it up at a great price and i had a fre extra bits throw'n in with it

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3129.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3137.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3145.jpg

I also got a matt black FMIC with the piping from the same lad

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/FMIC.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/dumpvalve.jpg

These were thrown in with the car

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3144.jpg

I also sprayed the anti roll bar just to see what it would look like, dont worry i will be getting adj arms for the car

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3403.jpg

These arrived from driftworks, the 4 to 5 wheel stud converters and the steering bush, i was also excited to see a wham bar in the box when it arrived

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3487.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3491.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3489.jpg

pole drift

13-07-10, 01:00

i got my hands on a Blitz nur spec r 3'' exhaust system but the down pipe doesnt match up to the turbo elbow

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3641.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3642.jpg

And i picked these up in Galway few weeks back

17'' Enkei tarmac evo's

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3557.jpg

16'' Advan RC's

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3559.jpg

Because the car needed to be mobile i had out of the workshop while i done what was needed

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/rollingshell.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/enginebay-1.jpg

docco86

13-07-10, 07:32

nice build so far what are the plans for colour etc???

pole drift

13-07-10, 07:36

To take the dull luck off the engine bay me an a few lads decided that the engine bay should be sprayed.

So we decided on Kawasaki green.

It doesnt look too bad but its gonna be done again once the wiring is sorted.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3495.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3496.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3499.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3504.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3511.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3515.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3525.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100606_205747-1.jpg

pole drift

13-07-10, 07:38

nice build so far what are the plans for colour etc???

ill be stripping the car again when the wiring is sorted.

the engine bay and interior will be kawasaki green, ill be spraying the outside matt black for the moment

pole drift

13-07-10, 07:48

lack of a ramp ment that the car had to be moved to a different garage so i could work under the car.

lack of man power meant that the only way to get the car onto the trailer was with a forklift:eek:

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100706_184133.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100706_185446.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100706_185620.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100706_202634.jpg

This was the first time the car had been out in proper daylight and i think the engine bay looks well in natural light

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100706_194119.jpg

Thats all the pics i have of it for the moment, the car is nearly ready to start but there is a slight issue that the uk and jap looms wont work together, i have a few spare looms to try sort it out but if that fails then ill need to get a new loom.

Ill have more updates to follow soon.

Alan B.

13-07-10, 09:04

i only got to read the first page of the original thread. hopefully now people have the common sense to realise this is a bare shell project and is a long way from finished so it is very much on track considering the short time spent on it so far so looking rough is a stage it has to be at before its looking class.

pole drift

13-07-10, 15:39

just had it confirmed that my wiring loom is wrong, ya cant mate a uk loom wit a jap loom

danny86

13-07-10, 15:53

best of luck wit the project lad..

Prodrifter86

13-07-10, 16:01

cool project best of luck with it!

pole drift

13-07-10, 16:10

cheers lads

an if anyone has a wiring loom for a 180sx around will yea let me know. cheers

SPUNKYMUNKY

13-07-10, 16:52

Good luck with it
Coming along well :D

chrisbrady325

13-07-10, 17:03

best of luck with the build lad.. check donedeal and a few place for a loom you'd never know what you mite find!

paddybren

13-07-10, 17:14

just had it confirmed that my wiring loom is wrong, ya cant mate a uk loom wit a jap loom

ahha i guessed right:p

pole drift

13-07-10, 17:20

ahha i guessed right:p

that you did :) the car is back in the yard tonite

D1 Chomer

14-07-10, 21:20

If its the jap engine loom goin in to th interior loom from the uk it can be done. Martin Ffrench done it 4 me a few years ago.. Good build so far man keep it up. :D I can pm u his number if ya want.

seanie silvia

14-07-10, 21:31

tha is some job i love the green sexy out

pole drift

15-07-10, 00:01

I got the car back to my workshop tonight. Over the last week the car went from a rolling shell to being near assembeled. All that needs to be done is to sort the wiring out on saturday and hopefully she'll fire up.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100714_205742.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100714_205839.jpg

And the car's full of parts, ha ha:D:D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P100714_205817.jpg

MikeFitz

15-07-10, 13:16

Love the green! Go for it on the whole car when it's time to paint dude :D

pole drift

15-07-10, 14:02

PeterT

15-07-10, 14:24

i just found out that the 180sx shell came from japanese performance, they got it off a customer who brought it in from japan as an ex drift car. Would anyone here hav any more info about this shell???

yup, it was in daves, stripped the bollox out of it then sold the shell to will for 250 euro or something! It had arches etc on it when it was in jap performance

pole drift

15-07-10, 14:28

would anyone know who had it b4 dave??? dave said it was traided to him for parts ages ago

gem-s13

15-07-10, 21:28

i just found out that the 180sx shell came from japanese performance, they got it off a customer who brought it in from japan as an ex drift car. Would anyone here hav any more info about this shell???

it used to be a onevia i have the wings off it on my car, nixon has the front bumper it was not vrted i dont think

pole drift

15-07-10, 21:35

how could it of been an oneiva??? isnt dat a 180sx front in a ps13 silvia??? correct me if im wrong tho :)

sil80drifter

15-07-10, 21:37

how could it of been an oneiva??? isnt dat a 180sx front in a ps13 silvia??? correct me if im wrong tho :)

yea? maybe a sil80 but not onevia

gem-s13

15-07-10, 21:45

yep sorry lads it was a sil80 ur right one of them fecking half jobs these young lads do be at:p:p!! lol:D:D:D

pole drift

16-07-10, 07:32

any interest in a brand new set of compmotive mos for the escort pal
escort is last on my to do list, wanna get this car finished first. Im thinkin of sprayin it green an orange an slappin a tic tac sticker on it, lol

Alan B.

16-07-10, 11:33

escort is last on my to do list, wanna get this car finished first. Im thinkin of sprayin it green an orange an slappin a tic tac sticker on it, lol

ha ha ha,
i was joking lad when i said that but fair balls.

pole drift

18-07-10, 02:33

I fitted the intercooler today, ill need to make a bracket to hold the bottom of it on place but for the moment its lookin good :D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3680.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3681.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3685.jpg

I also swapped the looms inside the car and the car is actually turning over now, but its not starting as the fuel tank that was in the s13 200sx has a fucked fuel pump so im goin to keep an eye out for a GTR fuel pump to replace it.

alan180sx

18-07-10, 07:27

Coming along nicely lad

keep up the gud work wil be watchin dis thread closely

Cezeli

18-07-10, 08:48

Nice build so far - love the engine bay!

pole drift

20-07-10, 22:53

Coming along nicely lad

keep up the gud work wil be watchin dis thread closely

Nice build so far - love the engine bay!

Cheers lads :cool:

needed to clear some space today so the car needed to be rolled out, and i was also fed up of running around the door so it came off for easy access :D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3687.jpg

And i also needed to lash the DriftIreland sticker on her

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3690.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3692.jpg

I would really like peoples oppinions of what should be done to help me with this build.

Kruizer

20-07-10, 22:57

Get it running first, bodywork last... Man that sounds weird coming from me !

pole drift

24-07-10, 20:28

Picked up a fuel pump today. It's a R34 GTR pump so this will sort my fueling issues out :D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/IMG_0117.jpg

Aidan Hogan

24-07-10, 20:43

Liking the progress man fair play :D
Nice bonnet there :p

jdmjimmy

25-07-10, 11:13

defo coming along well good dediccation..

pole drift

26-07-10, 17:01

fitted the GTR fuel pump, put jump leads up 2 d vectra..............she started!!!! My SR20 is alive!!!! FTMFW!!!!

Alan B.

26-07-10, 17:03

you going to be out there for a while yet?
i'm heading out there in a few.

pole drift

31-07-10, 00:34

Update,

Im picking up an oil return pipe for the turbo tomorrow so ill be able to have the car runnin properly.

I picked this up this evening. Its on Bride rails also and for €100 twas a bargain. Thanks Nicko :D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3704.jpg

In its new home

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3725.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3727.jpg

pole drift

22-08-10, 02:36

Had alot of fun today, picked this up for the dash

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3950.jpg

Also got my 5 point harness

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3951.jpg

And i decided it was time to fit the exhaust, downpipe from Gem, decat from Jay (cheers for that lads)

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3953.jpg

Fitted the exhaust and then sorted out the oil return from the turbo to the engine and blead the clutch. Then with a jump start from Vicky (my vectra lol) she fired up.

I still dont have the brakes connected up but i took the car for a drive around the yard and used the handbrake to stop it. Im fuckin delighted that the car starts, runs and drives.

Now the real fun begins :D:D:D

Baz_180

22-08-10, 03:17

Fair play to ya! its all coming together! when do you aim to have it on track?

pole drift

22-08-10, 03:40

Fair play to ya! its all coming together! when do you aim to have it on track?

i have it in my head i want to hav it on a track in november.

pole drift

23-08-10, 15:44

This is a video of the cars first drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Bz5kUaMZQ

Car has no brake pipes connected so i just had the handbrake to stop it.

I need to get an exhaust manifold gasket as its leaking, gonna wait till i get a japspeed exhaust manifold and then replace it.

nicko

23-08-10, 18:41

getting on well lad keep it up

pole drift

05-09-10, 21:58

picked up coilovers and R32 5 stud rear hibs with endless pads, driftworks bushings and a new loom for the engine bay. should hav a few pics up soon

pole drift

06-09-10, 01:50

Picked these up off Reuben, 300zx rear brakes/hubs with endless pads and all driftworks bushes.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3955.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3956.jpg

Also fitted the coilovers to my car, iv tein coilovers on the rear and some other jap make on the front. and the over fenders were fitted aswell.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3957.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3959.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3958.jpg

Also switched the lighting loom as i had the wrong one in the car. Fitted it and the dash lights up with oil and battery warning lamps :D

The 180 will be coming home at the weekend as i donr need the garage anymore

seanyroche

06-09-10, 10:31

Some work is going into this build. love the fork lift :D

slithertooth

09-09-10, 22:25

pole drift

10-09-10, 00:01

looking well lad from the progress i seen you'll easy see track time soon ,fair play to ye taking it on and not loosing interest ,i seen what ye started with:eek: and getting it to drive again deserves a back slap

i couldnt of done it without your engine, and some other bits lol:D

Cheers man, i hope 2 hav her out on track very soon:cool:

Dar180

13-09-10, 14:46

nice build lad. look forward too seein it finished!

MANO

13-09-10, 15:06

savage build a lot of work gone into it looking forward too the end result:cool:

nicko

13-09-10, 16:55

Doing very well:):):):):)

pole drift

23-09-10, 15:56

Update time :D

Fitted the 300zx rear hubs and breaks onto the car, i need to extend the copper brake lines 2 meet the hoses from the hubs then the brakes will be fully sorted.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3971.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3973.jpg

Also swapped the driftworks spacers for a fuel cell for the back. Goin to look at sinking it into the boot floor or keeping it in the spare wheel in the rear.

Aiming to have the car out on track for the first week in november so any help and advise with the build will be greatly appriceated :)

pole drift

24-09-10, 22:27

Car runs and was doing burnouts outside my gaf today :D

I need to weld up the diff tho to get her spinnin the wheels proper tho

Hopin to have her out in portlaoise soon enough:cool:

pole drift

18-10-10, 23:10

It has been a while since there has been an update but iv been doing a few small bits to the car.

Ill have the car in a garage over the weekend and ill be sorting as much of the can as i can. Im hoping that the car's gonna be fully sorted mechanically this weekend.

I did pick up a free Uras rear bumper over the weekend. The bumper needs a few small bit of work as theres a few cracks in it........and the fact that the bumper wouldnt fit in the vectra so i cut a part of the bumper so i could close the boot ha ha :D Cheers to alan opel for pickin it up for me, and makin the bumper fit in the boot;)

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3981.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3982.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3983.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3984.jpg

Ill fix it with cable ties, the cars prob gonna kiss a wall at some point so i dont need it to be perfect

pole drift

21-10-10, 00:33

i picked up a few more bits tonight to fit to the car at the weekend, wanna get as much done as i possibly can.

I got these gauges, not gonna use them all

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4009.jpg

I got these alloys for the front of the car as i had the standard rims on the front

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4008.jpg

Picked this up, S13 Rear Lower Strut Brace. I have no idea how to fit this!!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4004.jpg

S13 Front Tension Rods

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4003.jpg

An oil cooler wich turned out to deffo be for an SR20, all thats missin is the sandwedge plate

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4005.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4007.jpg

I also got this half cage for the 180sx, im gonna send this off to my mate and get him to add the front bars to make it a 6 point and to add a few bars to make it stiffer

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_3997.jpg

Let the madness begin :D

Alan B.

21-10-10, 02:02

drill holes at the ends of each crack to stop it getting any longer b4 you cable tie it together.

Aidan Hogan

21-10-10, 17:46

This build has really come on , fair play :D
Look forward to seeing this out in portlaoise someday , will come over for a chat if I remember :o :p
Love what ya did with the bumper to make it fit in "Vicky" haha

Kaleb180

21-10-10, 17:54

Really coming along nicely ted !
keep up the good work . ;)

P.s Love the New Wheels . ha ! :p

pole drift

21-10-10, 18:00

cheers dude :)

how do u know i call her vicky??? ha ha

Aidan Hogan

21-10-10, 18:25

Then with a jump start from Vicky (my vectra lol) she fired up.

how do u know i call her vicky??? ha ha

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
:p:p:p:p
;)

pole drift

21-10-10, 18:37

ah yea ha ha :D

cheers for d good words, in lookin forward 2 saturday and gettin dis fully sorted

alan opel

21-10-10, 18:39

I did pick up a free Uras rear bumper over the weekend. The bumper needs a few small bit of work as theres a few cracks in it........and the fact that the bumper wouldnt fit in the vectra so i cut a part of the bumper so i could close the boot ha ha :D Cheers to alan opel for pickin it up for me, and makin the bumper fit in the boot;)

looking good dude! haha sum serious hungover angle grinder action cuttin that bumper!

pole drift

02-11-10, 16:36

I'm looking for help to have this ready for the drift day on the 28th. Is anyone around my way willing to lend me a helping hand???

Kaleb180

02-11-10, 18:47

What else have ya to do with it ted ???

pole drift

02-11-10, 19:59

What else have ya to do with it ted ???

fit handbrake cables, fit welded diff, get the hooks for the harness, fuck all really just would be quicker doin it with an extra pair hands

pole drift

11-11-10, 12:29

Picked up a few spare boxes for her

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P101031_161441.jpg

Tifa will make her debut at the final portlaoise drift day on the. 28th of this month. Hopefully there won't b many issues with her.

pole drift

03-01-11, 01:52

Well its been ages since this has been updated as due to the snow iv been unable to work on this at all.

Ordered gaskets for the exhaust, and a sticker pack (as everyone loves stickers lol)

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4054.jpg

Cars looking less like a skip that it was cleaned out

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4013.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4057-1.jpg

Swapped the standard diff for a welded one

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4078.jpg

Also as the battery is being located into the boot my mate made up a clamp for it

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4082.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4083.jpg

Drivers seat and the harness has been fitted

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4084.jpg

I also picked up a set of Momo Fighters 8Jx17

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/Momo8Jx17.jpg

Finally iv decided to put off entering PD untill im happy with the car and iv plenty of seat time under my belt. Iv the use of a garage and lift tomorrow to sort the exhaust so I hope to have this in portlaoise on the 9th Janury if i can get the hydro fitted tomorrow (iv no fucking clue how to do this) and the waterpump fitted during the week.

Aidan Hogan

03-01-11, 09:05

Pm Bart or someone on how to fit the hydro ;)
Looking forward to seeing this out in Portlaoise , will come over for a look too :cool:

KerryKid1JZ

03-01-11, 20:19

this is coming along Savage, Lovin The Kawasaki Green Bay, keep up the gud work dude!:)

pole drift

04-01-11, 00:21

I fitted the rear links for the anti roll bar and gaskets to the exhaust and it doesnt blow anymore where the exhaust sections meet up. There's a nice sound of the Blitz nur spec:D

However the car is idling from 1500rpm-2000rpm and keeps doing this:confused:. Its also quite smokey and i reckon that the MAF is fucked so ill see how this goes by swapping it for one that does work and see if she's any better. If it needs to be replaced ill be getting a z32 MAF.

Here's a video of it running a bit smokey, prob also worth mentioning that the lambda sensor isnt attached.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCGs0C3yNw

And a pic of how smokey the garage was after i switched off the car:o.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/P110103_162214.jpg

I'll hopefully have the hydro fitted on saturday (cutting it tight as usual!!:eek:) and fitting a new water pump to the engine:mad:. Im also hoping to fit some gauges to the car and also sort out some of the wiring.

sideways shane

10-01-11, 10:11

loving the green will look sweet wen al finished good luck with it man:)

pole drift

10-01-11, 15:34

I mounted up the hydro and all was going well untill it turned out that i didnt have the correct fitting for the brake line into the back of the master cylinder. I missed the drift day all because i cut the brake lines to fit it:(. Heres a few of pics showing where i mounted it
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4140.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4138.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4141.jpg
Slithertooth also checked out the engine for me and found the vaccum leak, blocked up a few pipes and the car runs great now. I will need to change the water pump as it is still leaking.
Also ordered this from drift works :cool:
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4131.jpg
Ill be dropping the car up to Yowdy to sort the hydro for me, at least ill have the piece of mind that its gonna be done right :D

git

10-01-11, 15:58

think ya mite be best to get a better bracket for that hydro man

pole drift

10-01-11, 16:31

^^^ i plan to re-enforce it a bit better that wat it is, i wz in a hurry at the time, but it is quite sturdy.

git

10-01-11, 16:44

^^^ i plan to re-enforce it a bit better that wat it is, i wz in a hurry at the time, but it is quite sturdy.

ah cool once its sturdy yano urself ! :)

pole drift

10-01-11, 17:05

ah cool once its sturdy yano urself ! :)

yea i know, cheers lad :) dont want it coming off in my hand

chrisb

11-01-11, 08:45

making good progress, however i would consider moving your kill switch to the center consol, unless ur strech armstrong your never gona be able to reach it when strapped in your harnises

pole drift

11-01-11, 08:55

making good progress, however i would consider moving your kill switch to the center consol, unless ur strech armstrong your never gona be able to reach it when strapped in your harnises

i waz gonna have a chord running across to the drivers side but ill look into moving it closer to me. Could you send me pics or a link of your centre console you made for your car please?? You done a savage job

chrisb

11-01-11, 09:01

dont have any of it in the car, my kill switch is located in the panel on the bottom left.

you could put yours just below your three gauages, will get messy with cables as you will have one to go from the switch to outsided the car, just a thought.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs987.snc4/76090_1555191193228_1038646881_31335015_4217556_n. jpg

pole drift

11-01-11, 09:07

any and all suggestions welcome chris, ill look and see if i can move it closer

pole drift

08-02-11, 00:13

Update time

Worked fairly hard over the last few days to get the car ready for portlaoise. One of the things that i needed to do has move the hydro as where i mounted it wasnt great.

Had the car up with the good luggage crew and they helped me to bleed the brakes and fit a new water pump

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4144.jpg

We mounted the Hydro ontop of the tunnel

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4145.jpg

(insert other pic here:D)

Then after i was finished there i headed off to get the cage fitted. I was very happy with how the cage turned out :D

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4148.jpg

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4147.jpg

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4151.jpg

After i got the car home i had to do an oil change, change the half shaft and a few other bits.

Finished up at 3:20 on saturday night and was then up at 7 on sunday morning. I had the car ready to go up onto the trailer and my brother fitted the front bumper

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/DSC_0126.jpg

Which then had to come off as the car couldnt get up on the trailer:mad:!!

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/DSC_0127.jpg

Headed off to Portlaoise on Sunday left my house at about 9 and arrived there for 10:30

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/DSC_0134.jpg

I had the car ready in PL and was out in the second group.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/101_4152.jpg

As its been pointed out to me that the front wheels are way too small on the front and the car is leading forward which is no good to me.

Cheers to everyone who helped me out over the weekend

pauljosephfurey

08-02-11, 13:13

impressive build man keep up the work

johnbro

08-02-11, 19:10

well done lad nice build just read through the whole thing.
Some sense of accomplishment getting it to that stage
Best of luck with it

Micko

08-02-11, 19:19

Nice work lad, plenty of late nights before events to come but its all worth it.

Alan B.

08-02-11, 23:22

its mad to see how far its come after the initial start to this thread didnt go too well lol.
the sacraficing of the green shell.

nicknack

08-02-11, 23:38

Good man Joe, keep it up!!

Mick K

08-02-11, 23:41

Build,What fu*king build.................!

:D

Robbie Daly Ps13

08-02-11, 23:44

Ding ding round 2........ :D

pole drift

09-02-11, 00:11

Here we go again,lol. Iv a lot of work still ahead of me, the car is far from finished. Further plans are to use a spare rear frame and put solid bushes in it, I already hav the Driftworks bushes in the rear hubs and I'm gonna ditch the standard arms in the rear while I'm at it. Iv all year to get this car set up and also I can do a few practice days to get used to the car

Alan B.

09-02-11, 00:18

fuck it, at least its drivable.
more then can be said for a few other cars.

my own included still. lol

pole drift

09-02-11, 00:24

fuck it, at least its drivable.
more then can be said for a few other cars.

my own included still. lol

Alan I can't wait 2 c your car out again. The sound of that rb is sweet

Alan B.

09-02-11, 00:28

feel free to drop out and bolt the body panal bits back on.
i havent seen it since i went to nyc in december lol.

flynhy

28-02-11, 11:10

Getting there, looks very nice so far:D

pole drift

07-03-11, 23:42

Rite where to start????

The weekend was a pure disaster for me, the waterpump was leaking fairly bad so a trip to Bradshaws was needed to get some radweld to seal it up, worked like a charm :D

Then the battery was fucked so I had to keep jump startin the 180sx so enough was enough and I had to head back to Bradshaws to buy a battery. Fitted that and then the starter motor started to pack it in :mad:

Every practice session I spun out and I couldnt control the car at all and there was also an air lock in the hydro so it wouldnt lock without a good tug.

Fast forward a few hours later and im havin a drunkin conversation with Dan Moorhead (During this Chuck feeds me some of his chest hair to give me some extra talent :o) and Dan agrees to take my car for a spin.

Woke up the next morning at 10am and me, Pete and Willis leg it out of the hotel and I have to get a lift in Pete's Skyline to the track. Again practice is bollox for me as I had no car control, At this point Dan takes the car off me and he couldnt slide the car. His exact words are "There is something HORRENDOUSLY wrong with your car, something is falling out of the steering!!:eek:"

We pull off the front wheels and the tie rod was loose as fuck, so in come Kaleb and Paddy Brennan to fix the car and beat the shite out of the bump stops to give me extra lock. The next time I had the car out and (for obvious reasons) the car handeled so much better but alas I was still shite.

My car needs a serious amount of work before I even consider doing another drift day (i broke one of the FMIC mounts) so by the looks of things due to a lack of funds the car aint gonna see the track again for a long time :(

Thanks to everyone for the help over the weekend and well done to everyone who took part and as for the Just Jap gang, congratulations on organising an epic weekend :D

Joe

Robbie Daly Ps13

08-03-11, 19:11

Stevo

08-03-11, 19:27

I suppose this should be the point where I jump in and say I told u so....! lol...! Im bad but i ain't that bad...! Its a cruel cunt of a sport lad which eats up every cent....! I actually feel sorry for ya reading that last post...!

Don't give up so easy lad if I was to write about all the disastours days I had id be here all night...! Rome wasn't built in a day so chin up yea...!

Do it little by little lad if your short on dosh....! Sooner of later you'l find you'l have a good car.... :D

X2 agree 100% with bob, this weekend was the only drifting i done were i was smiling from ear to ear, poxy drift cars break your heart but when it goes right the feeling is unreal, stick at it do what ya can when ya can ;)

Robbie Daly Ps13

08-03-11, 19:29

Its 90% hardship 10% enjoyment....! But fuck me that 10 % is good...! :D

pole drift

08-03-11, 19:42

Thanks lads :)

git

08-03-11, 21:46

do ya need tie rods ?? tink ive my old ones there ,there yours foc just ta keep ya in the game hate to see ya give up !!

oh and if there the same as r32 :o

slithertooth

08-03-11, 22:03

Dude if i can do anything to help you back on track give me a shout , get yourself an owl tramp bm or the like , and just get straight back into it, leave the 180 till you'v the cash to make it right

pole drift

08-03-11, 22:09

do ya need tie rods ?? tink ive my old ones there ,there yours foc just ta keep ya in the game hate to see ya give up !!

oh and if there the same as r32 :o

No iv got tie rods, and a few spare one's too. Im not givin up, but im not doin another day untill the car is 100% ready. Im gonna save up some money here and there and buy a few bits for her. Dave Egan told me to make up a snag list for the car and check every single last thing in the car, from the engine to the wheel nuts.

Sarsfield

10-03-11, 19:48

Jeez lad,just read through the thread,fair play,keep at her,,sounds good me saying keep at her when i havent done a thing on mine,lol

johnbro

10-03-11, 20:02

No iv got tie rods, and a few spare one's too. Im not givin up, but im not doin another day untill the car is 100% ready. Im gonna save up some money here and there and buy a few bits for her. Dave Egan told me to make up a snag list for the car and check every single last thing in the car, from the engine to the wheel nuts.

I've made many of those snag lists :D:D
Have a list of what you NEED and a separate list of things you WANT:D
Best of luck with the car it will come right for you eventually;)

stevek

10-03-11, 20:48

seen ya in her sunday alright!! car looked undrivable mate :(

pole drift

10-03-11, 21:06

seen ya in her sunday alright!! car looked undrivable mate :(

Twas undriveable lad, sure Dan Moorhead couldn't slide it!!!

pole drift

14-03-11, 09:58

bart

14-03-11, 13:45

whats the plans lad????
may get a good look at that car.. few bits to it and im sure we'd have it like stevos:D

pole drift

14-03-11, 13:47

whats the plans lad????
may get a good look at that car.. few bits to it and im sure we'd have it like stevos:D

ill pm ya lad

Robbie Daly Ps13

14-03-11, 13:50

Right lads after alot of thinking and some research iv compiled a list of stuff thats gonna need to be done to the 180sx. There's gonna be alot of changes made to the car, some big some small but all worthwhile :D

Im also gonna be doin some work to the chassis that if they turn out wrong it'll be disastrous and ill need to reshell the car :eek:

Wish me luck guys :D

Lad I really dont like the sound of this at all....! You sound like your about to do something u haven't a clue about....! No need to go modding the chasis when your only starting out.....!

pole drift

14-03-11, 13:54

Lad I really dont like the sound of this at all....! You sound like your about to do something u haven't a clue about....! No need to go modding the chasis when your only starting out.....!

i know a good welder :D

http://youidiot.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/welder.jpg

Im prob goin overkill, but the chassis mods might wait, im not 100% sure if im gonna do them yet

bart

14-03-11, 14:24

Lad I really dont like the sound of this at all....! You sound like your about to do something u haven't a clue about....! No need to go modding the chasis when your only starting out.....!

im with robbie on this one lad...
think ur mad if ya go gutting it..
get another shell and do all that to it..
but use this car for seat time.. all the parts are just bolt on and off anyway
its not very hard to get that car right again with the right few bits..
you'd have change from 500 quid....
and least you'd be out in it the next few weeks

Stevo

14-03-11, 21:46

Im with the lads on this also, i put Justjap hydro,adjustable suspension arms and extra lock kit in mine and the difference is so fucking unreal anyone that seen me out for the first time in the 180 and then the second time in the comp with them bits done will tell you the difference it made!!

Keep it simple!

pole drift

14-03-11, 23:07

pole drift

22-03-11, 09:27

Update:

Took the car for a drive on Sunday, car wont drive in a straight line as the tracking is all over the place and :mad: the Turbo is fucked, the oil seals are gone in it. Its a T25 of a CA18 so im gonna replace it with a T28 of a s14 (maybe a T28BB)

I was really annoyed about this and is seamed like one thing after another went wrong so I considered breaking it :confused::( but the lads on FB convinced me to stick with it. Thanks lads.

Iv booked a week off work so I can purely focus on sorting this car out ;) Ill be in a garage in Lucan from Friday to the following Sunday working on this. Ill have two mechanics with me to give me a hand with it :D The plans are to strip the car back to a bare shell again, :eek: give the shell a good clean and weld in plates to seal off the A/C holes in the bulk head. Ill be getting the Just Jap xtra lock :D and we might have a go at tubbing the rear arches (depending on time as we only have 10 days :eek:)

Word of warning im prob gonna be annoying the fuck out of a few of yea about the car so ill apologise in advance.

Lots of love,

Joe :D

meego1

22-03-11, 09:41

pole drift

22-03-11, 09:58

lad i wudnt be worrying about welden up aircon holes unless its utmost neccesity and unless your runnin really wide rims on rear theirs no need for tubbing,i survived for 3 years without doing any of these things, your sole focus with that car is to get it handling,spend the money on only the right bits and bring it to wez to get set up and be done with it once and for all.:)

There is fumes and serious heat coming in through the holes, i kinda wanna block them up for good. Tubbin the arches will be last on the list as it isnt important

git

22-03-11, 10:11

There is fumes and serious heat coming in through the holes, i kinda wanna block them up for good. Tubbin the arches will be last on the list as it isnt important

if ya want a dig out ill be around !.......as above concentrate on tracking and engine !!

pole drift

22-03-11, 10:13

if ya want a dig out ill be around !.......as above concentrate on tracking and engine !!

cheers lad, you have pm

Famous jh

22-03-11, 11:51

Administrator

22-03-11, 12:26

Would taping over the holes in the bulkhead not do lad??

Also, don't go ripping the car apart unless you really have too.. Just concentrate on the basics, way too many lads get tied up in big builds and thinking they need adjustable everything etc.. My 14 done me grand in PL the last day with only coilovers and a welded diff.. IMO you don't need any extra lock or anything yet, get what you have tracked and working right and get the better of that set up first ;)

+1

I really wouldn't go pulling the entire car apart, get it tracked and with some spacers on the rack and the lock stops ground down you'll have plenty of lock.

Spend the rest of the time fiddling with the turbo and getting it running right, then tidy it up a bit or at least give it a lick of paint as I'm not really diggin the green/two tone/black thing :D

For the likes of the practice days your current setup is enough, just get it set up right

tweek

22-03-11, 12:41

Get it running right and tracked you don't even need to go to wez to get it aligned to race spec or whatever just go with the standard settings and that will save you a few quid starting off.

@darragh green/black theme is where it is at this year ;-)

bawney

22-03-11, 12:47

i was really saddened to come to the last page of this!

looking forward to more updates lad, and i hope she starts going well for ya sharpish!

Administrator

22-03-11, 12:51

Prodrifter86

22-03-11, 14:43

There is fumes and serious heat coming in through the holes, i kinda wanna block them up for good. Tubbin the arches will be last on the list as it isnt important

what i did with my car was we just cut the ends that screw in off the AC pipes. but head of a bolt in it and tiger sealed it. and nothing can get in.. and it even looks tidy..

danmoorhead

22-03-11, 15:28

Would taping over the holes in the bulkhead not do lad??

Also, don't go ripping the car apart unless you really have too.. Just concentrate on the basics, way too many lads get tied up in big builds and thinking they need adjustable everything etc.. My 14 done me grand in PL the last day with only coilovers and a welded diff.. IMO you don't need any extra lock or anything yet, get what you have tracked and working right and get the better of that set up first ;)

the above is bang on joe!!!! ur putting way to much taught into all this!!!
the car was running and pulling wel so put on another turbo, a set of good coilovers and get the car set up properly!!!! you don't need nutty mods and at the end of the day every single shell should be treated as "disposable" which means putting massive fab work into a shell at some point it will all go dwn the toilet!!! im not saying that putting massive work into a shell doesn't serve a purpose but one wall and that work means nothing!!
a few bolt on mods and ur car will fly lad!!

pole drift

20-04-11, 13:36

Well lads i havnt updated this in a while.

Not alot has been done to this since i had it out last. Iv moved out of my parents house and am now living in sin with my girlfriend in Dublin.

What i did manage to get around to is do the tracking on the front, which turned out to be miles out. We sorted that so i should be able to control the car when im trying to slide it, as not even Dan Moorhead could slide it in portlaoise it was so badly set up.

I was also changing the oil and i noticed a few small bits if metal in the oil. Now the engine isnt knocking and is running grand, it could be nothing or it could be bad. Im gonna drive this till she dies anyway and worry about it then.

I bought the subframe from Mike Fitz's Sileighty as it had solid bushes in it so the rear will be as solid as can be.

Ill update this again when i have some pictures and some decient work done.

Cheers to everyone for the help. Maybe ill enter PD 2012 with it :D

SRray

20-04-11, 17:51

Heres that number for Rallybitz,I only thought of it yesterday 00447977126672

pole drift

20-04-11, 17:55

Heres that number for Rallybitz,I only thought of it yesterday 00447977126672

ha ha good lad

tomsheen

02-05-11, 13:21

just read the whole lad..
fair play to ya for putting all this work into it and im with the lads
do all the basics first, bolt on bolt of shit, set it up right and give it hell!

stick with it man :wink:

pole drift

10-05-11, 16:05

Sorry about the lack of updates guys, hopefully ill have something decient over the next few weeks. The evenings are getting longer and iv use of a garage and ramp at the weekends to ill be able to a few extra bits.

One update I have is that the car will finally be painted, its gonna be white for the short while but iv a few colours in mind (Magenta and Turquoise are the main colours) but its gonna be a rattle can job as iv no access to a spray gun :(

pole drift

11-06-11, 21:48

Well guys I'm sorry to say that I kinda gave up on this one. It was a combination of a few things really.

1. The drift comp in Portlaoise went awful as the car wasn't set up correctly.
2. Working late and living too far away from where the car is stored and it being too dark to see what I'm doing.
3. Stripping the car and building it again would make me feel that I'm working backwards and the last year+ was a total waste of time.

So (and I'll get alot of abuse for this) iv decided to start again
I stripped the car of what I needed to build another car.

A couple of late nights in my girlfriends garage and out everything came.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/78078cf3.jpg
http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/37261104.jpg

Car was loaded up and ready to be delivered to the new owner.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/44d7e5e5.jpg

And that's how she sits now, ready for the new owner to do something magical with her.

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo128/djwhisk/180sx%20drift%20car%20build/360155ad.jpg

She was my first rwd car, she sat in the corner of Japanise Performance before Will_c bought it and it sat in the corner of his shed before I brought it back to life (and also started a build thread that annoyed Rob Daly). I did learn alot wit her and will know what to do and what not to do in future (like run 15" on the front and 17" on the back:o)

The next car will look a whole lot cleaner as the multi colour of the 180sx was kind of an eyesore :o

The car iv chosen is one alot of people will know.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x88/bubble1984/s13/paint/3787089668_43b7288096_o.jpg

I'm looking forward to this already.

Thanks to everyone that helped me with this build.