xistance1986
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hi guys just thought ide start a build thread to keep track of stuff as it will be good for feuture reff.
most of it will bore you but here goes...
bought this car in early march if i remember rightly as a replacement for my old sx which would have sold had i not smashed it up. plan was sell it and get something i could use on track so i found a nicely modded 180sx owned by our very own (SX_BIG) he explaned it had a few issues and bits and bobs that could do with sorting out and here is his build thread
http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/152559-matts-180sx-project-3.html
And now for mine
right since i smashed the last s13 i had a few parts in the shed that insurance didnt rob which i decided to putt on her so heres the list
i had a
z32 afm
550cc injectors
tubular manifold
gt2871r
hks 1bar+ actuator
gizzmo m-ibs(the top one
)
air filter hard pipe
genuine nismo gear nob although i expect the trust one was better was a bit cold(/hot in the sun) and span around and aroud
head unit
then purchased a new rocker gasket set from a guy on ebay selling genuine new nissan 180 gaskets and changed oil return due to spots of oil on the floor then gave engine a bit of a scrub down
booked her in for mapping at horsham dev and gave the car a quick service and checked everything was correct few days later took her up to get mapped only to get half way and have a really bad manifold crack ruin my chances of getting a really spot on map but jez did what he could thankfully and is now safe to drive
gizzmo up and running also wired in a switch to turn defi guages off as the warning buzzer was doing my head in
after a little while the m.o.t was coming up so thought ide strip the body kit off and have a better look at its condition and may have got carried away
i removed the side skirt and found a big dent to the sill which im sure if was left would rust and get really nasty with a bit of angle grinding/die cutting i found that the internal sill was bent up aswell so cut it out and welded some more in
but then made a big error ... I wax oiled the whole sill emptied a whole big tin in to it unfortunitly wax oil is flamable when it gets hot and set fire to the inside of the sill while i was welding the inside and melted a few wires and the rear washer pipe(disconected anyway)but had to do a bit of re insulating trouble then was every time i touched the car with a welder it had a bit of a flaming session but got around it by blowing air down the inide of the rear quater and blowing the flames out before they spread.
i then zinc painted it all and sprayed it with hammerite and more waxoil.
at this point i decided to have a look at the coilovers as they looked abit fed up and found that all 4 had seals gone i then went shopping
and found a full set of driftworks cs2
my bumper /wings looked like they had been through demolition darby a few times so decided to give the car a new look and just so happened that i had the choice of a s15 front end or a s14a front end and at the time it seemed evey1 was going for s15 and although i love s15 front end i was wanting her to look a little different and the price of s15 headlights are through the roof if one brakes so i stuck with my gut feeling
at this stage il say i put it all back to s13 as some parts were missing like bumper support bar and bonnet hinges and i didnt realise at the time that you eather need to change your slam pannel or give yours a good kicking i also needed to repaire cracks and order a new bumper
you will need to cut behind the headlight out and also remove all the intercooler and slam pannel support except for the one in the middle
most of it will bore you but here goes...
bought this car in early march if i remember rightly as a replacement for my old sx which would have sold had i not smashed it up. plan was sell it and get something i could use on track so i found a nicely modded 180sx owned by our very own (SX_BIG) he explaned it had a few issues and bits and bobs that could do with sorting out and here is his build thread
http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/152559-matts-180sx-project-3.html
And now for mine
right since i smashed the last s13 i had a few parts in the shed that insurance didnt rob which i decided to putt on her so heres the list
i had a
z32 afm
550cc injectors
tubular manifold
gt2871r
hks 1bar+ actuator
gizzmo m-ibs(the top one
)air filter hard pipe
genuine nismo gear nob although i expect the trust one was better was a bit cold(/hot in the sun) and span around and aroud
head unit
then purchased a new rocker gasket set from a guy on ebay selling genuine new nissan 180 gaskets and changed oil return due to spots of oil on the floor then gave engine a bit of a scrub down
booked her in for mapping at horsham dev and gave the car a quick service and checked everything was correct few days later took her up to get mapped only to get half way and have a really bad manifold crack ruin my chances of getting a really spot on map but jez did what he could thankfully and is now safe to drive
gizzmo up and running also wired in a switch to turn defi guages off as the warning buzzer was doing my head in
after a little while the m.o.t was coming up so thought ide strip the body kit off and have a better look at its condition and may have got carried away
i removed the side skirt and found a big dent to the sill which im sure if was left would rust and get really nasty with a bit of angle grinding/die cutting i found that the internal sill was bent up aswell so cut it out and welded some more in
but then made a big error ... I wax oiled the whole sill emptied a whole big tin in to it unfortunitly wax oil is flamable when it gets hot and set fire to the inside of the sill while i was welding the inside and melted a few wires and the rear washer pipe(disconected anyway)but had to do a bit of re insulating trouble then was every time i touched the car with a welder it had a bit of a flaming session but got around it by blowing air down the inide of the rear quater and blowing the flames out before they spread.
i then zinc painted it all and sprayed it with hammerite and more waxoil.
at this point i decided to have a look at the coilovers as they looked abit fed up and found that all 4 had seals gone i then went shopping
and found a full set of driftworks cs2
my bumper /wings looked like they had been through demolition darby a few times so decided to give the car a new look and just so happened that i had the choice of a s15 front end or a s14a front end and at the time it seemed evey1 was going for s15 and although i love s15 front end i was wanting her to look a little different and the price of s15 headlights are through the roof if one brakes so i stuck with my gut feeling
at this stage il say i put it all back to s13 as some parts were missing like bumper support bar and bonnet hinges and i didnt realise at the time that you eather need to change your slam pannel or give yours a good kicking i also needed to repaire cracks and order a new bumper
you will need to cut behind the headlight out and also remove all the intercooler and slam pannel support except for the one in the middle
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wont be doing that again even though i high built it flatted it back 3 times i can still see scratches so will be done again at a later date
