BN Sports SR32

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So I decided I better try and get the car looking a little bit more respectable after Lydden so I could drive it round. So the red cable ties came out and I got busy!









So not to bad, good enough to drive it around a bit.

I have been thinking a bit lately and it is starting to look like I really don't have the time/money for this car and could do with something a little more street I have also found something I wouldn't mind buying.

So with that in mind it is up for sale:

http://www.driftireland.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=31941

Kind of just going to see what happens, worst comes to worst I am not going to cry if I keep it.

[PeterT]

Would ya not get a can of red spray and just spray all the white bits in lines? I did it with the cefiro when i smashed the bumpers and it made it look 10 times fresher again!

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Might do.

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Bought some new Tein tie rods today:



This is due to the fact that one of my lengthened ones has a bit of play in it, was thinking of just getting the new pair modified but have decided to look into a more 'bolt on' solution in case the same thing happens in the future.

So set about looking for something like these:



Think Wes has them on the shelf for a sensible price so will get those on order and get it all on. Might even go for a badly needed alignment session!

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As some of you may have seen I had this up for sale again, well I can officially say that:

SELLING IT CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF!

After a chat with the important people in my life I have given myself a slap in the face (again) and realised I just can't part with this car. I have decided that it is about time I got serious with competition so I have decided that I will try and get as much drifting as I can afford done in 2013 then make a full assault on a championship in 2014

It is looking like that championship will be the Irish Drift Championship as I have made the decision to move back to Ireland in the near future. I love the Irish drift scene and can't wait to get in amongst with all my old buddies over there again!

So with all this in mind I have been thinking about things that will make the car an even more competent drift car for 2014. One of the weak links I have always worried about is the stock SR gearbox, now to be fair mine is still going strong but I feel it is a bit of a lottery as to how long it will last so when a 350Z Gearbox with all the parts required to fit came up for sale recently (from my Dad ) I snapped it up.

I have always wanted to fit one of these boxes to the car (I even bought one before but sold it on again) as they seem very strong, I have heard from people who are already using them that they have ideal ratios for drifting and I will have a 6th gear for street cruising.

I probably won't get it fitted until much later in the year (when I am back in Ireland) but I am over the moon knowing it is there ready to be fitted.

[seanie R.33]

Good choice cant wait too see this in idc

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Good choice cant wait too see this in idc

We may have to our cars together for a few pics at some point man. It will be a right old dishy, 17/18 stagger, red, BN, rear spoiler day!

[180sx drifter]

Glad to hear you're keeping it man. Can't wait to see it on track over here

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Well I think this is due a bit of an update, trying to think where I left off.

I discovered the turbo to manifold gasket had blown so I ordered a genuine Nissan one from DW and got to work.

got that all back together in a couple of evenings with new nuts and bolts on the turbo as well as the external gate.

The car had started driving a bit crap so I fitted the new Tein rods with the non offset rack spacers I got from WKD imports and gave it a driveway alignment. Drives much nicer now! At the same time I dialled in some more rear camber as I was getting a quite a bit of rubbing depending on which brand of tyre I ran on the back. It is far from ideal for drifting and will have to be something I take a look at in the future.

This is how it sat after that, I had to remove the front bumper as it literally couldn't take any more.



So after this I found new front and rear BN bumpers for a bargin so snapped them up. I stuck the front on unpainted to make it look a little more respectable. The day I put it on was the day before Lydden so I took a picture of it all loaded up and ready to go.



So then yesterday it was Lydden, my buddy Steve (steveboiboi) was driving aswell and we had agreed that we wanted to try and do some close drifting together so it was shaping up to be a good day!

and it didn't disappoint! Steve was driving on point from the start doing mega flicks into the Devil's Elbow (I think that is what that corner is called), it took me a little longer to get in my grove and after loosing one of my indicators and pulling the front bumper off a bit I decided to take the other indicator off and remove the front bumper as I can't afford to change loads of body parts after every drift day and I wasn't going to calm my driving! lol

Once I found my groove a bit I too was doing some flicks into that corner that I was happy with so then me and Steve tried to get some twinning on.

HOW MUCH FUN WAS THAT! I was generally leading as Steve seemed to be faster than me so could keep in close with me better than I could with him (very possibly as he was driving better than me!) so this also resulted on Steve pulling a couple of mega overtakes on me on the hairpin. I would drift a little wide and he would slide past then I would jump back on him. It felt absolutely amazing and I was actually getting bits off Steve's tyres coming in my window and hitting me in the face! Brilliant

So yeah to sum up a great day chatting with Friends, mega entries, overtakes and twinning. Exactly what drifting should be!

Here are some pics that are doing the rounds from the day:

[PeterT]

man if that was me even if the car got written off id still be stoke with some of those pics haha, awesome! get some videos!