My 180sx Drift Car Project 2013

Well lads,
Was mad to get back drifting since i sold my drift car over a year ago so sold up a few bits and bought myself this 180sx to get out this year, originally wanted a r32 skyline but went to view a few and just werent worth the money they were asking so changed my mind.

Heres whats on it at the moment

BODY
1996 180sx
Resprayed in a copper/orange
Full origin kit
Rolled rear arches

RUNNING GEAR
S14 Sr20det Engine
Greddy Front mount
Braided Turbo lines
Welded Diff
Hks Mushroom filter
Full Exhaust
Decat

SUSPENTION/BRAKES
Tein Coilovers all round
Tein Front Tension Arms
5 Stud Hubs
Skyline Front Twin Pot Brakes
Rack Spacers

INTERIOR
Deep Dish Steering Wheel
Toggle panel with push button start
Thats about It.

Got a good few extras with the car alot of brand new parts still in boxes waiting to be fitted.

Hydralic Handbrake and copper lines
Boost Controller
Gauges
Kill switches
New Cobra Bucket seat
4 Good Falken tyres
4 Other brand tyres
Full interior
Ecu,manifolds,gaskets,inj rail etc

My plans are...
-Go through the whole engine/electronics make sure everythings put together right.
-Lower the car more
-Swap the front hubs out for modified hubs with extra lock
-Fit Hydralic hand brake
-Make custom dash with aftermarket Rpm-oil press-oil temp-water temp boost-fuel level Gauges
-Wire the toggle switches for ignition /starter and kill switch with exterior cut off switch.
-Wire up the lights and wipers and electric windows onto the panel aswel
-Install the boost controller
-Fit front and rear strut braces
-Fit bolt in cage and weld in x bars
-Get 2 proper fixed back seats and new harnesses
-Spray the interior floorpan boot etc clean it up
-Fit tow strap to the rear

Thats the general thought of things anyway prob do more as i go along anyway heres a few pics as it stands after i bought it ready for work to be done.

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The new spot for the 180 down the garage where will be all put together sitting along side the sil80.

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I hope to make tynagh in may and get back out drifting hopefully i get enough time to get it ready and have it all reliable and fully drift functional.

Was watching this on donedeal good buy!!

My buddy's old car, he had big plans for it!
Best of luck!

Went at the car yesterday decided to sort out the suspention and steering.

Started by removing the front hubs

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The new modified extra lock hubs Vs The standard hubs

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The standard discs VS the skyline Discs

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New hubs fitted and more negative camber dialled in

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On with the twin pot calipers

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The new steering lock

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Lowered the front suspention

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Lowered the rear suspention

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New Ride Height

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Was happy with the ride height, camber and the lock but the wheels were in to far so bolted on 20mm front spacers to the front to bring it all out and meet the arch.

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Passo side

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Im happy enough with the results had all the parts spare so cost me nothing which was a bonus had to track the car by eye for now as the tracking was way of with the new hubs and rack spacers just have to adjust the tension arms and job done, found a few loose bolts up the front end so sorted them and the rear subframe was hanging outa the car by 5mm so will bolt that back up properly then thats all sorted. need to bring the rear wheels out a touch to line up to the arches but i only had one pair of bolt on spacers but will sort that soon.

Looking well in fairness lad those extra lock hubs make sum difference!!! Are you gonna go into superdrift the may bank holiday weekend?

Good work so far man....looks well and love the colour

looks well man.. i know the lad well that used to own that car and i know the lad that wired it and it should be sound he handy at that sorta thing !

Have a small update on the car went at the wiring today because well theres not much of it there and the bits that were there needed tidying and wiring onto switches, heres what needs doing.
-Wire the toggle/start board up and go through what was already there to run the car make sure it is right.
-Wire headlights from scratch
-Wire wipers from scratch
-Wire electric windows from scratch to let some air in.
-Wire All the gauges etc in.

Went at wiring the headlights and main engine wiring today.

Started out by whipping the dash out and the control panel that wasnt wired to see what i was dealing with.

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The bit of wiring that was there to run the engine a tad messy but ran the engine.
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I then pulled the relay and fuse box down and went through all the wires i needed and labled what each wire was and where it was going to.
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I then started on the control panel and wired in abit of a harness to it so i can remove it if needs be and tidys it up abit.
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I then temporarily ran the wires i marked and sorted to the contol panel to make sure it ran the engine which it did first time, i just have to cut the wires to the right lengths and tape them up to make the right job of it but ill do that tommorow.

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I then wired the headlights to relays/fuses etc as there is no loom in the car and up to the dash on a switch, works a1 and not a big job but nessasary to get done when it gets dark early near the end of the drifting season.

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Tried it out and works the finest

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Will do more tomorrow and throw up a update

Your fairly handy dude have to give it to you, all your build threads are very hands on doin all the work yourself, and they're very informative too. Fair play!

Good man simon ! Well ware n best of luck with it !

Sound Niall i appreciate that, ahh i do like trying to make my own things where possible makes it more intresting and learn abit as you go along better than buying everything and bolting it on imo, i do keep all the pics of all the builds on seperate files nice to have to look back on .

Well gathered a few parts there for the 180sx.

I bought a 6 point cage with x bars in the back and sparco corsa fixed seat with sparco rail of bwreilly on here sound chap to deal with very helpfull. I got the seat and rail today and the cage will be arriving tuesday.

Heres a pic of the seat has 2 rips so will neatly stitch them make it look abit better and help further tears, just roughly mounted the seat and got a good position for driving but it will come back out again to be cleaned and stiched.

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New hydro handbrake with copper lines and fittings.

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nice job man keep it up some great work

well decided to throw the hydro in today i spent more time trying to decide where i wanted it to be positioned than it took to fit but im happy with it and is in nice reach/angle for me.
As usual a few pics

I bolted it to the top of the tunnel at a slight angle so it was comfortable to pull the only thing was the tunnel was made from thin metal so there was a small bit of movement so i made a bracket to support the overhang of the hydro and its rock solid now and fairly neat.
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I reattached the cylinder and ran the copper lines down through the floor with rubber gromets to stop any chafing to where they will meet the rear brake line.
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This is where the lines came from the floor the left pipe is to the mastercylinder and the right will go to the rear brakes im just going to cut the line and join it to either end of the hydro
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Ready for the seat to go back in
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Seat in and it all fits perfect nothing touching the seat or rails so its spot on.
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And last pic from the drivers seat.
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I just have to flare the hydro lines into the brake line from the mastercylinder and to the rear brake lines and bleed it and job done!!!

well havent done much lately been sick last 3 days but did a few bits.
Wired the wipers in to the toggle switch have a slow and fast speed on the switch so should be set for the rainy days.
Thats all of the main wiring done now just the gauges and boost controller are left to fit but thats easy hook up.

I needed to make a new center console to house the boost controller, wiper and light switches, oil pressure and charge light and the main start and ignition toggle board. just made a template out of cardboard and have it traced onto the metal i just dont trust myself with the angle grinder at the moment being sick an all so will do that during the week.

I got the dash doger cage, i have to weld base plates for the rear legs and i mite weld in door bars just so i can bring a passenger out for superdrift/driftfest practice days but id more than likely sell the cage after the first track day and get a full weld in cage after that.
Heres some pics of it just test fitted to see what it was like have to weld the plates yet.

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Well installed the center consol today after getting all the switches etc put in last night.

Heres the metal cut out of the cardboard template.

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I cut 2 slots in the bottom of the dash so the console will slide into them was easier than cutting around the bottom and tidyer to.

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I next taped the console up with masking tape and drew the outline and drilling marks of the switches boost controller etc im missing a few pics but ya get the idea

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Heres the consol done with the bits fitted ready to go back into the dash

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Next fitted it to the dash and fits well no issues,

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Fitted it to the car and wired it all back up again everything works and have the clearance i needed from the hydro.

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Random shot of the car, brought it up to the house today.

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Very tasty work as always, where did ya get that rectangular switch panel along the top?

The panel came with the car new and unwired, i dunno where it was bought from but its a handy panel to have and not too dear id say but does the job the finest.
Ive the first toggle as ign1 to run power to lights,wipers,windows, boost controller.The second toggle is for the ecu power basically everything powered to run the car, the third switch is for the fuel pump. then just have the push button start onto starter and the cranking signal to ecu. The leds are good and bright on it too so you know whats on or if theres a fault whats not getting power.
I can reach them all good properly seated so happy days. Its only a seat time car for now would love to have the funds to build a full on competition spec car but im not in favour of selling the other cars just yet to fund it.

Well lads have abit of an update, made up the base plates for the cage and welded them to the legs then bolted them to the floor with a plate underneath to sandwich the floor pan bought brand new bolts for the cage and floor plates. Cage is good and strong now and should add rigidity to the car happy with it just needs to be sprayed.
Have the interior fairly sorted now have the electrics all done which includes lights,wipers,windows and toggle panel. Have cage properly installed and bucket seat. hydro is in and working all i have to do now is remove cage paint that and paint the interior and fit harness and its good to go.

I did a compression test when i bought the car and compression was equal along all 4 but small bit on the lower compression fiqures, was told that the timing was played with and mite not be right but anyway i got money of the car so if it wasnt bad timing id cover myself to get it fixed.
Redone the timing and checked my fiqures again and wasnt 100% happy with it so instead of running the car the way it was decided to pull the motor and rebuild it.

I started to strip the engine/box from the car and my god there were loose bolts and bolts/nuts missing so happy i went at it.

Good few pics as normal!

Ready for the teardown
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Engine and box removed
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I pulled the box next hadnt a clue what clutch was in it but was guessing it was standard by the feel of it and it was so that will have to be uprated to a paddle clutch.

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Flywheel and clutch
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The engine bay will be repainted and the holes cut for the intercooler piping will be straightened up and cleaned.

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Removed inlet manifold there were a few loose bolts here as in only on with a couple of threads.

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Next removed the exhaust manifold there was one stud missing and a few not overly tight nuts and one of the banjo bolts wasnt very tight either.

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Pulled the head off and the cylinder liners dont look too bad needs to be checked for wear etc see if its still within specifications etc. going to go with a metal headgasket instead of a standard one.

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Stripped abit of the head down and layed it out made a board to hold all the shims and guides in the right location by drilling small holes into abit of a timber floor.haha.
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My plans are to have the head pressure tested an checked, im going to replace the piston rings have the bore honed, replace the main thrust and connecting rod bearings proberbly acl race bearings, fit metal headgasket cometic or cosworth, etc will get a 6 puk or 4 puk rigid clutch assembly dunno what yet. But thats the plans. was ment to get out for tynagh in may but if things work out it mite be june id get out by.

Fair play man really tidy work goin on keep it up

Well lads while im waiting on parts to rebuild the sr20 i said id go at cleaning up the shell abit. Plans are to clean all the inner arches back and re stonechip the lot clean down the engine bay and spray that all up, spray the cage and the interior and remoe all the arms and subframes and clean them all up and spray them too so the cars minty fresh again.
Small bit of suface rust creaping in so i said ill nip it in the bud b4 it gets worse and will have nothing to worry about in years to come.

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Removing the front subframe,coilovers hubs etc
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Few of the bits i pulled of it so far

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have the engine loom taken out now and ive just the brake servo and master cylinder to remove b4 i get cracking.

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going to clean all the flaky stonechip out and redo the lot.

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As it sits now

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looking to possibly do engine bay and interior kawasaki green and the cage white but not decided yet fully.

well lads small update on the track car.

Removed the rear subframe and assembly to be stripped down and sprayed up.
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Started work on cleaning the wheel arches up as they were a tad rusty and undersealer was lifting.
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I sanded back the rust and treated it with rust remedy.
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I then sealed the arches and undersealed/stonechiped them.
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I did the same to the back arches also

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I then started on stripping the interior to get it ready for prep and paint.

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Removed the cage thats being sprayed also

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removed the dash

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Removed the engine wiring for the car

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wiring loom ecu etc removed
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Making a start at sanding down the drivers footwell

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Have to finish sanding down and preping the interior for paint then snad and prep all the subframes arms etc and can throw that all back together then its just the matter of getting the engine sorted in the new year.

any update on this ? cool build so far :)

Havent done a tap since will hopefully have interior and engine bay sprayed b4 new year get cracking on it in 2015!