Trond Henriksen's 180sx - Heckschläude-FarmenPerformance-Team ONE

[Trond]

Trond Henriksen's 180sx

It all started back in late 2005 when I bought the car from Andy @ Powervehicles. The car was pretty basic, but we used it like that for a couple of years and had loads of fun in it


Happy days:

Pre-season 2008 we had a small rebuild and started competing in the norwegian drift series.

By the end of this season the car was a mess again, and in need of some attention. We decided to take it a step further and make it look a bit better too. A fresh coat of paint, new wheels and improved suspension bits made all the difference. Performance wise it got a few choice upgrades, but nothing spectacular...


Pre-season 09

 

[Dex]

so you finally fixed it!!

 

[Trond]

This season has been absolutely awesome in every aspect. We have learned loads and pushed ourselves and the car to the absolute limits. The car has been great, and has really served us well. There's has really been any problems apart from a leaky actuator, and a bent steering rack... Here's a few pics from this season...

 

[Trond]

so you finally fixed it!!

Haha... Yup! Didn't take too long did it?

 

[Trond]

This winter the car is once again taken apart.. A new engine is being built, the chassis is getting reinforced and is going to get painted inside and out. Some of you may notice it's not a sr20 sitting in the engine bay. I heard blasphemy is all the rage, so decided to try it out. I hope the purists don't get too mad. I'll try my best to update as we get more work done, but this is what we've got so far:


The engine fitted in the car and engine and gearbox mounts and crossmember is done. Opened the gearbox tunnel and made the shifter.

Welded the tunnel, and modified the cage. Finished the rear inner fenders

Finished the rest of the inners, and nested together the manifold and test fitted a turbo. We also started on the inlet, but we're missing a decent throttle body to finish it

Finished the manifold and inlet(almost)

 

[Daniel]

Lovely looking 180sx there dude.

But err, why a Volvo engine?

 

[erdensine]

good luck with the build mate
looks like it will be a really nice car when its been done

 

[fejjan]

I like it, good luck with, looking forward to seeing it finished.

 

[skodabarat]

Always had a thing for them 180's Great car, good luck with it

 

[initial_j]

volvo engine? thats a first!

looks nice, though bonnet vent looks a bit too big

 

[rizk]

Scandinavians have always used a lot of Volvo engines.
They're cheap and pretty reliable.

 

[shines14]

the new red colour is waaaay nicer. savage job all round

 

[Silverfang]

Those Volvo engines can be tuned to some redicous figures!

Should be an awesome weapon once it's finished

 

[the stig]

car looks much better in red
volvo engine
more on the engine/g-box spec etc please

 

[Stavros]

Cool as fuck, 16V redblock

But err, why a Volvo engine?

Because they quite happily do 1000bhp+ if you want them to, can be stroked right out to about 2.6 litre+, and can take serious abuse

 

[Sturge]

cool project, what can you get outta the volvo engine power wise? and can you see over the vent when looking out the windscreen?

 

[jap-si]

excellent. type x styling, and something different with the excellent volvo motor.

a very welcome change

 

[Hyperion]

nice build

Were you at Gatebil the same time as the wicked videos we've all seen??

 

[Daniel]

Because they quite happily do 1000bhp+ if you want them to, can be stroked right out to about 2.6 litre+, and can take serious abuse

I like what I hear.

Good luck with the build!

 

[Franky]

The rear arches are the buisness good luck with the build