Project Broke!!

[paddy 180]

Right lads.. Im starting this build thread with the car almost finished, but better late than never!! Im building a drift car for the 2011 drift season. I bought it in October 2009, I had intended having it built for the 2010 season and on a budget of around 4 grand.. But between money problems and unforeseen setbacks it didn’t happen!!
I bought it as a practically standard road car with no engine, I got another engine with it, which the seller said he didn’t know anything about the condition of, so I took a chance on it. The car had been parked up with over two years, it had tein coilovers, a set of 16’ wheels and two gauges.






When I got it home I went about fitting the engine, there was a lot of small stuff missing like, the power steering pump, gaskets, oxygen sensor and a few wires and pipes here and there.. loads of small things that took a good bit of time to find. The camshaft angle sensor cover was broken so I got a complete unit off carpo.
I only had a chance to work on the car on Sundays and some Saturdays, and I was in fas in dublin for 3 months so that really slowed me down.
Anyway, I started collecting performance parts, Everytime id a bit of money saved up and good parts came up I bought them. A good few people on here will probably see parts they sold on it
I started taking all the stuff I didn’t need off it..interior, sound deading (cunt of a job) standard intercooler, all that crap.
I got one off the boys in fas with me to pick up a p/s pump, took it home and it turned out to be for a 180 with hicas, so I had to go searching again
While I was waiting for the bits to put in the engine, I got a willwood wand and braided lines and fitted it, bought an omp bucket seat and made a rail and fitted that.




While the engine was out I decided to order some shiney exhaust bits for it! I also got rocker arm stoppers and nismo engine mounts for it..
While I was waiting for them to come I got flush mount bonnet pins, a cut off switch and a pull cable from driftworks..that kept me busy for abit!


I ordered a dash dodger off carpo and fitted that.

The clutch that was in it was fucked so I bought an OS Giken Super Single clutch and a nismo slave cylinder for future power increases!.

The manifold, downpipe, water pump and mounts came

Got a japspeed turbo elbow off carpo.
So I threw in the engine, I didn’t have a fmic so I just started it for a second an it seemed o.k. happy days
I bought 6 Enkei’s off 180sxbreaker..sound lad!
I got a greedy fmic, cusco adj toe and camber arms and tein tension rods..fitted them.

I got a mint japspeed catback and threw it on.
I started the engine and let it tick over..it was running on 3 cylinders so I got a friend of mine Kieran Stack (stack-180sx) to collect it and take it to his garage to see what was wrong. After checking plugs etc, we got a bore scope and piston number two was melted
Very sickend

Iv a lot more to put up, i'll trow it up in the next few nights when i get a chance..

[180sxbreaker]

about fuckin time paddy....clap clap yhe build is lookin well

and sum boy to collect wheels...hav to tell everyone on here this.....paddy came in a ek4 civic wit 2 other lads and talkin about a job we had to get the 6 enkei's into a it and still fit the 3 lads

on another note i'll giv ya text too tomorrow hadn't time this evening

[paddy 180]

Ha ha, thanks martin! I only asked one of them to come, and the other fella jumped in too. I felt kinda bad leaving him there so i brought him on!!
If the gaurds stopped us they wouldnt know what to say!
Oya, no bother. sound

[ian g sr20]

nice few parts and progrees been made with it best of luck with it,

u compeating in pd this year?

[paddy 180]

I wish they were the only parts i bought for it!! I'll try to bring it up to speed tomorrow night!..It gets a bit more interesting, and very expensive!!
I dont know what to do yet. I need a serious amount of seat time, iv never drifted before

[pole drift]

iv never drifted before

same boat lad, im not gonna rush PD, im gonna see how i get on.

[Drift_sil80]

nice few parts and progrees been made with it best of luck with it,

u compeating in pd this year?

ha wait until you see his next update lets just say the 4grand he intendend on spending wasnt long rising