zenki s14

[decobyrne106]

Oh boy oh boy where do i start with this, it's been a very long time since this was updated so keep that in mind it might not be in order
From what i can gather it goes as follows
Since the last update ive got a cage in the car which i then painted white and put carbon strips on the door bars which came up a treat
I also fitted a Greddy Profec B boost controller all went smoothly with no hicups thank god. I also had to move my pillar gauges to the centre and i fitted a proper FIA cut off as the last one was a pain in the rowlers.
Heres a few pics




I also got the clutch replaced and a braided clutch line.
The problem with the car was the release bearing seized from heat, twisted off the clutch fork and had no clutch, in the mean time the release bearing was spinning doing it's own thing and broke a collar off a plate just inside the bell housing.



luckily enough after a bit of contacting i got a replacement part from jay rockett at DI Motorsport and i also got a rear section of a prop with a good carrier bearing as mine was fairly shot so big thanks to him!
While the cage was being fitted and most of bits were takin out i rotated my cylinder on the hydro as it wore my big elbows a fair bit

I fitted some Ebc yellow stuff pads and some rear anti roll bar mount bushes from superpro.
I painted my rocker cover the same as my blue 17'' wheels and is rocking a autolifers sticker to set it off a bit (see what i did there)

[Chris-Hachiroku]

Jeez when I was 15 I could only dream about having a Silvia. Nice project goodluck with it!!!!!!!

[decobyrne106]

After all that i went i booked a private day at goldstone with my good friend alan hynes for the second time lucky and that it was. big time!
The car was flawless, from start to finish i never lifted the bonnet for a need to check anything the only thing i had to do was refit tyres which for the first time owning the car i came home with all of them completely shredded!
I got alot of pics and a few incar vids which i give props to a friend of mine at irishraceandrally for coming along and doing more than brilliant!
Declan Byrne - S14 Drift Car - GoldStone - YouTube
Goldstone Private Day incar clips - YouTube








Heres some pics of alans s14, both of us be mad for the zenki's and shizzle
For a man who had no brakes (and when i mean none i mean he had his foot to the floor and had no option but to stay going through the pit entrance and me in wonder as to why he was back early and went back again )
he was on a flyer with him doing the first day in his car, yet to see him go and iron out the problems!

[decobyrne106]

So after the excellent day i had in the car i could now focus on some other things
Summer was here, my leaving cert is over, and now the s14 should get some more quality time
Stevo on here mentioned a driftday for driftireland to raise money for charity and i signed up straight away.
So since the cage is in the car the passenger stock seat won't fit, so im getting the other fixed back i have modded to the stock rails fairly soon so passenger spins are looking possible.
The steering lock on the car is stock, so i run out of it fairly fast and seem to get the hang of it. Plans are to sort that with some lovely extra lock nuckles, extended lca's and either move the rack or use offset rack spacers and tein tie rods.
Ive never liked the fibreglass front wings, i did a crap job painting them, they were a bit rough the body line wasn't great as it was shaved down by a previous bright boy and i wanted to go back to stock wings. Randomly enough petert and i decided to swap. I rolled them, prepped them, primered them and stone chipped the entire inside of them and near the sill area and near the front where the bumper hides. All they need now is paint

Giving the car a full service and i also decided to strip off the inlet manifild to clean it out aswell as the throttle bodie. In the long run i ended up taking everything i could off both parts of the inlet mani and give it a full clean and go over with some paint




I got a dmax roof spoiler from dorirory on here with super fast postage and good fitting product! yet to paint and fit but heres a mock up. Ive never seen a single pic of a zenki s14 with navan boot spoiler and dmax roof spoiler and im safe to say it looks like a good combo! photo below got on the s-chassis facebook page, was pretty happy to see it on there


If you notice ive gotten rid of the what i know now as the cheesy as shit stickers on the windows but i kept the good ones

Plans are as follows for the drift day at goldstone in august 18th
-Paint wings
-Get passo seat mounted and extra harness fitted
-Extra lock (not to fussed if not)
-fit inlet mani and have all of the engine a good service with Lucas 10w60, oil filter, fuel filter and NGK BKR8EIX plugs
-replace the exhaust which is yet for an update
-Put spring catches on the wings holding the bumper which a friend of mine happily donated to me
-Aero Catches that I purchased also
hope to keep the updates flowing as much as i can

[decobyrne106]

Jeez when I was 15 I could only dream about having a Silvia. Nice project goodluck with it!!!!!!!

Im 17 now man so ive had the car 2 years and counting

[seanie R.33]

That dmax spoiler looks really well!

[JDMep82]

Great s14 this is, under the hood is immaculate and the rocker cover is a lovely colour! Great s14 and a dream to have one at your age Declan FairPlay!!!
Looking forward to seeing more!

[decobyrne106]

FORGOT TO SAY I GOT A REAR STRUT BRACE ASWELL!!! hahaha

[drifter kid]

just read the whole build thread there fair play ime relay itching to do something like this as ime young aswel ps what type of bolt in is that saw something on dw and was wondering what they were hadnt seen one like it till now looks like a realy solid one

[decobyrne106]

ps what type of bolt in is that saw something on dw and was wondering what they were hadnt seen one like it till now looks like a realy solid one

not sure what you mean dude? what bolt?