sil-eighty the never ending money pit

[poh_86]

hi everyone i'd like to introduce my current ride,
im 22 years old and have been into cars from a very young age
its a very long story ill take you back about 5-6 years ago...
been a member for a while some people may remember i used to own a Toyota Levin coupe AE86 having gone through 3 adm's last was a jdm i was deeply in love with the car spending everything i had on it when i first started driving on my p's some 5-6 years ago, was going to be a very fast car with blacktop 20v, itb, motec and toda headers and exhaust,n2 9.5 inch watanabes list goes on... anyway my friend of mine who taught me how to drive a rwd properly owned an s13 and one night he took me for a spin and i loved the power it produced and decided to make the switch over for reliability and good power figures (Fact: how many ae86 owners spend their car kept in a garage then on the street hehe)
heres a pic of the old girl
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/DSC00110.jpg

speeds up 2 years back time is now 2007
so i asked some friends of mine to look out for a 180sx/silvia shell which i was going to build as a side project i remember my older brother had a school mate who used to own a black 180sx which was the first turbo car i had a ride in at the age of 14 or so and last i have heard was that he blew the motor..perfect so i gave him a call to ask if he still had it and he was selling it but had since rebuilt the motor and had just run it in but doesnt drive it anymore.. so i decided to make the trip over and check it out and it really needed alot of work to get it back up to a certain standard again.

we came to agreement that we could swap cars providing i kept a few things like my ssr mesh wheels and my bride zeta 2 which i eventually sold later, anyway the day we went to pick it up my friends saw the 180sx and were really dissapointed to trade my decent working car for a car that was almost dead. i didnt care i had my mind set on it at the time.

and this is the day i got it exactly how it was to recreate lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00930.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00893.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00885.jpg
put most of the stuff back on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00881.jpg
so i prepped up the rear quarters since it had been in a tap
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00925.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC00926.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01090.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01091.jpg
i painted it satin black on the quick job
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01094.jpg
and put it back together and finally got it ready for rego after 3 months of sitting in my garage doing nothing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01128.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01133.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01356.jpg

put in a locker and did a few skids
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC08031.jpg
got my new rims which i always wanted and were originally on the car 17x8 -1 off all round
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC07937.jpg
put on factory sideskirts which i scored for free
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01554.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01552.jpg
kei office coilovers 9kg spring and r32 gtr front brake setup redrilled to 4-stud
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01570.jpg
caged up seats in
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC07943.jpg
blast pipe made up so i dont scrape getting out of the driveway or beaching on ripples
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01444.jpg
vertex bar on
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/DSC01576.jpg

got defected and epa'd had to clear 8 defects what a ball lol
did some more skids with a 2way kaaz lsd
on trailer while defected when i shoulda been trying to clear it ha money well spent.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0312.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0315.jpg
ripped a few more got the hang of 3rd gear entries at oran north circuit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/IMG_9465small.jpg
bent my advan spinning out coming in too hot down the chicance of north circuit, was a sad day :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0353.jpg

my new coilovers with efdc feels soo good
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0024.jpg
camber+ toe arms in as well
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0027.jpg

and pretty much how it stands today after a year or so.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_0036.jpg

when i first got the car it was leaking abit of oil from the oil pump so i had the motor pulled out and the rebuilders forgot to machine the oil pump cover with the block so it was seeping out...but since has been fixed and hasnt leaked a drop since.

so its current setup:

Engine:
work carried out by bel garage a few years ago
sr20 rebuilt bottom end
cp pistons
eagle rods
cometic head gaskit
ported head
tomei goodies
poncams 256 deg 12mm lift
tomei cam gears
hydraulic lifters
tomei rocker arm stoppers
tomei valve springs
xforce ss tuned headers
hks gtrs turbo .60 rear housing fiesty lil thing
sard 850cc injectors
sard fuel regulator
1L oil catch can
apexi pod intake
xforce dump, cat and exhaust.
FMIC
turbosmart bov
service with royal purple 10/40w

Driveline:
braided clutch line
OS giken twin plate clutch
newish sr20 gearbox internals
kaaz 2way lsd

Electronics
Apexi powerfc djetro
apexi avcr
apexi timer
defi din gauges

handling+ brakes
Greddy Type s coilovers 8:6kg edfc all round
Whiteline solid front rear swaybar
Front
strut brace
R32 front calipers
cross drilled rotors
15mm bolton spacer
endless ccx pads
Night kids front castor rods
Rack spacers for more opposite lock
tein tie rods and rod ends
Rear
greddy strut brace
solid rear cradle bushes
rear adjustable camber + toe arms
Project mu d1 brake pad

Interior
Bride Brix drivers
safety 21 rear 5 point
stripped carpet
nardi torino wheel
splitfire boost gauge

Wheels
Advan oni 17x8-1
advan a3a 16x8 +35 off for track rims
10 drift rims ha ha

Exterior
s13 front conversion
j's headlights
ca180sx front lip
type x lights
factory skirts
vertex rear
underbody bash plate

Currently running 242kw at 1.2 bar
still need more things to go like an
oil cooler
fresh lick of paint in white with a black roof
splitfire ignition system
been bascially doing most of the work myself and keeping it within budget


thanks for reading almost 2 years worth of material
oh and yeh its not the best looker either but the day will come.

[Stunn-R]

Brendan's rims still loookin sooo goood :)

Love the car mate !

[snappy]

i love the advan oni's..

nice car, must of been hell with the defects.

[aidannn]

i love it!

[JAP-513]

wheels are cool man. solid amount of power aswell.
Just lower it more.

[woods]

i love it!

+1 this thing is sick!

[ATMOSR]

Awesome. Love the Oni's, especially in that offset. Sileighty's are really growing on me of late.

[eniryks]

love you ride man.

[poh_86]

thanks for the comments guys
yeh they are brendans old wheels always wanted them, its probly what made the car :) and definetly comparable to women and shoes, same goes for cars and wheels lol


wheels are cool man. solid amount of power aswell.
Just lower it more.

ahah you dont know how much i want to slam it but my driveway right now clears my rear bumper by 1cm lol any more and i'll leave my motor behind, i'll just leave the lowness of awesome to your car haha


getting the steering checked out as its really heavy and doesnt return to centre, i've been driving and drifting on it for a year hahaha should probly do it now since i cant transitition from drifts quick enough... then off for a monday drift at north circuit HEHE

[cazSW20]

Love the dish on those advans dude.....im a big fan.

[666pac]

that sprinter is cool bro

[poh_86]

thanks dude it was a good car that thing, very rewarding to drive it had
jdm 16v bigport
toda 4-2-1 headers
straight through toda exhaust
lsd with 4.3 ratio
tokico shocks and coilover fronts
animal car was keeping upto evo's and taking down skylines through natio runs

[phamburger]

Great devotion you have there mate. I enjoyed reading about the journey of this car.

She will definitely be a good looker one day :).

[poh_86]

replaced the steering rack yesterday as it was getting heavy and wouldnt return to centre unless manual steered ive been doing this ever since i got the car decided to get it looked into.

now fitted with tein rods and tein rod ends with rack spacers

Front:
Caster +6.30'
camber -3.30
toe 4mm out

Rear
Camber -.45
toe 0

car steering is light now so hopefully will handle well in oran park go kart track.
alignment specs are now set thanks to racetige, he does a few race cars inc m3 and gt3 should check them out a very discreet shop and alignments by appointments only. Call Nick on 0433269014

[poh_86]

bit of an update.
took the car out drifting at oran park yest

the new steering rack,adjustable arms, whiteline rear swaybar made a such an amazing difference yesterday i was able to hold drifts and run pretty decent runs but no too consistant.

also there was a trophy contest for "MOST EPIC ENTRY" when it just started to rain so no practice and bald tyres made a very interesting drive spinning out and putting myself into the tyrewalls, made the crowd go yay! managed to walk away with a dent on the rear quarter few scratches on the door and a slightly bent up gaurd. lucky the car looks like poo and i didnt do it after i painted it =)
pics up later with video hopefully.

[poh_86]

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/1azyfire/P1010182.jpg
http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz157/1azyfire/P1010196.jpg
portaloo outside on track? shud try knock it over when a guy goes in

[Buddy]

saw you outthere yesterday mate. looking good!! i was under the tent packing up the red s14 beside you.. my purple 180 was outisde the tent in the pissing down rain.

[Jays14]

^ Oh yeah met you the other day, didnt relise it was so modded, just need a coat of paint :D

[dead32]

it just clicked when you said you hit the wall lol... i had the jacked up hilux.

[anastasios]

haha damn poh badluck, dean told me about the crash

[poh_86]

hey stuart yeh i was looking at that car, looks good haha glad u made the step upto the dirty nissans

jays14 - haha thanks man, my car aint much of a looker but its sleeperish which is good for being a ninja with boys in blue, i was admiring your portable rattle gun thinking about getting one myself. ur car looks really good too shame bout the rear bar and the sideskirt, fibre glass shit happens lol

dead32 - is that sil80 yours as well? looks like brentons old car.

taz - yeh was pretty interesting i was expecting worse, was thinking i was gonna roll it, my rectum potruded in when i was about to stack =P

[rokutofu]

Great effort with work on the s13 so far mate!..

So....did you win the epic entry trophy??:D

[Jays14]

jays14 - haha thanks man, my car aint much of a looker but its sleeperish which is good for being a ninja with boys in blue, i was admiring your portable rattle gun thinking about getting one myself. ur car looks really good too shame bout the rear bar and the sideskirt, fibre glass shit happens lol Nah dude cars fatly modded was just saying paint and it would look as fat as its modded, but all good..
Body kit all ready fixed, haha didnt evan know i lost the rear bar till the next lap :oops:
Yeah gun kills it if you ever have the spare cash there worth it...

[d1ae862]

Got any video yet Poh??
Jays14 your car looks freaken insane out on the track man
I remember telling you its Phat while waiting in queue

[Jays14]

^Thanks dude, i like your CA front/type x rear 180 as well :D

[poh_86]

yeh shell i got one video up so far

153 megs for 53 seconds worth
f*** me
ill get more up later when i get more bandwidth to kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2WVu97ITN8

mind the lil straight out at the end haha it got scary down the hill

heres a pic from davo, our awesome photographer out on the track capturing full lock! thanks davo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Small001.jpg

[Buddy]

dead32 - thanks for the help dude really bogged myself in that day, is that sil80 yours as well? looks like brentons old car.


Ryan sold the purple sil80 to me few months back.

[whyte]

did you raise the car poh? looks higher then usual, nice angle shot :D

[d1ae862]

Nice video Poh can't really see much though what happen to your other camera?

[poh_86]

ahh icic still looks good love the colour stuart.

elvis yeh my mate had it raised in his car and we left it like that when we put the coilovers into my car haha cbb plus it clears ripples nicely

shell - yeh i dunno man like the vid is good on my side with the good camera but when i upload it jus turns into poo, gonna try uploading on another site. i get my mates hd camcorder vids on my hdd back tonight might have some of you i'll send it over

[d1ae862]

Ahh alright
Try to make it smaller with the windows movie maker and try upload it
Yeah sick that would be awesome if you got some of me
Would love to see some high quality shit for once

[d1ae862]

Oi Poh show us some pictures of the new beast you got

[woods]

new beast?

[poh_86]

haha well the secrets out...
i got something in the making

[OVTEC]

cant believe you got that honda bro!!







:P

[poh_86]

yup engine work sponsered by fast lane karting

[d1ae862]

http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/hachi2009/1535.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu261/hachi2009/14182.jpg
Here's some sick pictures Davo took
I will get the video up for you soon as well

[d1ae862]

http://www.vimeo.com/8134546
Here's the incar video

[poh_86]

haha thanks shell looks like u did the homework for me! hahaha
peanut course was definetly a blast, had to change tyres every session lol
i think i had abit tooo much fun that 2nd gear decided to blow. so the drive home was fairly interesting making all sorts of noises
contemplating on another replacement sr box or rb25 box. Thoughts anyone?

ps. davo is a photographer out on track, you can organise to purchase some photos beforehand or what he has taken

as above pictured.

love the monotone its got full lock!

[d1ae862]

Hahah yeah the drive home would have been fun LOL
Your car is so asking for the cops to defect you lastnight though
No taillights and crooked number plate
Hahah get that shit fixed yo
LOL
Just chuck in your spare box for now

[X Kyle X]

i reckon a little ducktail would set it off... looks great.. love the advans?? getting the damged one repaired??

[shame_inc]

second that a ducktail would set it off. and nice project u got there

[d1ae862]

He got the wheel repaired already

+1 to ducktail Poh
Buy Adam's ducktail
Now!

[poh_86]

just an update
been busy getting the mrs s13 converted but thats another topic

since the broken box, decided to go down the z32 box route
ive got the custom 2 peice tailshaft to fit z32

and also bought this to stop my boost spikes
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/photo1.jpg

been busy buying parts instead of fixing my weak ass box

coming in the mail i purchased a greddy oil cooler with relocator


and one more i got last week off an old car mate of mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/photo2.jpg
yup a customised polished greddy intake manifold to suit a 85mm throttle body made for a torana on a custom made top feed fuel rail the work on this this is absolutely stunning
just need to figure out how im going to mount the throttle cable to it with a spring attachment to open/close butterfly and modify tb for tps

more to come for 2010
garrett 3076r turbo aka HKS 3037
6boost high mount manifold
tial external wastegate
hack up my front rad support
upside down intercooler with custom short run piping

ETA? not anytime soon..

[d1ae862]

Nice Poh the intake manifold looks sweet
Sell me those oil cooler LOL

[whyte]

nice update,
gonna be a machine after the 3076R goes in :D

[poh_86]

not too much to update builds been going really slow

few items ive bought so far
Blitz id3 boost controller
Greddy oil cooler with relocation kit
Defi gauges water temp oil temp oil press and boost with shift light (needs new sensors)
Nardi classic wheel 360mm in black
Quick release kit
BM50 brake master off a r32 gtr N1 to reduce brake pedal slop
and i need to change my kaaz 2way lsd to another housing with 4.3 ratio instead of 3.horriblefail
matching pair of bride brix 1.5's need passengers rail now.

new wheels
another set of advan oni's 17x9+15 all round 5x114.3
stitch gulf mesh 17x8+5 17x9+11
and a stack load of fresh 17' tyres ready to burn

now...time to get that z32 box. with an adapter kit also have in my possession a custom nigel z32 tailshaft. cant wait to fix this car and rip skids again...not long now

[poh_86]

oh and the plans for later this year after the box is in is another turbo upgrade.

some research and heres what ive budgeted
garret 3076r with a .73 rear housing in twin scroll
earls braided turbo lines
full race or powertune steam pipe manifold with dual external waste gates
tial 44mm v-band external wastegates with custom screamers.
remove the a/c and mount the intercooler under the rad support
custom piping
custom catch can
custom dump with flex pipe
greddy plenum
hypertune throttle body 75mm

lets hope all goes to plan... apparently full boost will come on by 3,700rpm instead of 4,500 there abouts if it were single scroll
280kw is coming.

[best guy]

nice car man i love the wheels, will you be selling the gtrs now you have the 3076?

[wernz]

Wow this car has come along way!
I wish i started drifting when Oran park was still around :(
Would you mind telling me what you think of the Project Mu D1 pads....?

[poh_86]

nice car man i love the wheels, will you be selling the gtrs now you have the 3076?
thanks the wheels in 4stud have been moved onto the girlfriends car but we'll be rocking as a matching pair at meets, and i might sell the gtrs..still almost virgin like too


Wow this car has come along way!
I wish i started drifting when Oran park was still around :(
Would you mind telling me what you think of the Project Mu D1 pads....?
thanks, still has a long way to go...yea i made sure i attended oran for that reason, still miss that track dearly
project mu d1 pads?? well for the price of 179.00 its a very good pad. i'll try describe it best i can but forgive me if i make no sense at all.

say if your driving at 60k straight, i can pull the handbrake without clutching in and it will pull a lock the rearlies almost tooo easy.. best pad for handbraking. doesnt chew the rotor however dusts a tad.

andrew hawkins recommended them to me when i was looking for a pair..
also the otomoto s13 with 1j as well, so they gotto be doing something right :D

[wernz]

Awesome!
I just bought a pair and havn't yet fitted them :)
I've seen that alot of the pros rock em' and i really wanted a pad that would almost garantee a definate lock up!
Yeah i realy hope somebody ends up building a track the same size as oran park north.. I'm comfortable with drifting on Eastern creek p-nut track, now the only step up is turns 4-12. and that is such a major jump up from p-nut, it's fast as!!

[poh_86]

haha yea if thats what you're after the rears will do nicely

turns 4-12 i was speaking with woods earlier, as ive been told its a 4th gear entry =| hold that rectum tight now..
but yea ill try pnut again try get the hang of 3rd gear again and jump onto big track once i think im feeling game....the water barriers are not one to mess with lol

[wernz]

Haha yeah, water barriers definately hurt panels :(
alot of entry i think on 4-12 is 4th but im pretty sure 3rd is the gear for carrying the slide through from what i hear, i'm only game for 2nd gear ATM out there...lol
Baby steps i guess ;)
Should come out to a p-nut twilight drift or day, always good to meet new people out there, and pick at brains for info haha :D

[poh_86]

haha same same at oran north i was going into turn 1 in 2nd gear, it was like clutching it at the last second... but then started clutching abit earlier and munji down finally tried 3rd gear at the end of the day...the rest is history lol

either that or copy someone elses lines
but yea for sure i'll be heading out twilight and any event really...ive been missing out on alot of seat time.

[wernz]

Time is the key i guess, gotta get out there more and keep practicing!
I'll stop spamming the crap out of your build thread.
If i see you out at the creek i'll come say gday ;)
Maybe some tandem.. haha!

[poh_86]

so another update on this project ive put off for nearly a year and winter has been too cold to work on a car so i went snowboarding every fortnight on my weekends.

so i managed to put down my deposit on a alpha omega z32 (300zx for those that dont know) gearbox conversion kit, i was tossing up between a few others however this was the best of the best... a full ring kit, machine bellhousing, no flywheel spacer and a new shifter linkage to shorten the length without any cutting into the chasis. should be ready this month and now i need to find a 2nd hand box to go with it. tailshaft is ready, im using a z32 front yoke with a modified sr20 rear end tailshaft.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE005.jpg
rubbed down the rear quarter from the damage stacking into tyre walls.

a skim of bog and primered her up get her semi decent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE011.jpg

pulled off the front bar gave her a rub down since i didnt like the blue and black theme getting too piggy i spose
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE007.jpg

used this to support the aussie industry, but i used satin black instead
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE006.jpg

still got my rattle can skills
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE008.jpg
did the sideskirt while i was at it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE010.jpg

replaced the old wheel for a nardi classic and a hub release
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE004.jpg

was abit bored so my mate lent me his hole saw and i decided to put the rear interior trim a go...not bad for a guesstimate, plus its a big massive hole
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IPHONE020.jpg

out with the old
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IPHONE022.jpg

and in with the new, time to utilise that speedo *to infinity and beyonnnd* (anyone want to buy a sil80 with 9km on it? so new it rolled out from factory)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IPHONE029.jpg

Bought a 5 stud kit off an s15 from another member on the forum, chucked in one side after the jdmst meetup with a few mates over my place... gotto finish it up ill get pics as i finish installing it, didnt end up using the s15 brakes and stuck with my original r32 gtr pair instead
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IPHONE012.jpg

test dummied up my rims which will be used more frequently
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IPHONE032.jpg
needs a 20mm spacer to fit nicely, right now it hits the caliper..but the cars not going anywhere soon


have more parts to fit on, more pics when i do.

[AusScare]

They are the first three spoke rims that I like, good work with the setup, and I like how you've done alot of that work yourself.

[D4NM4C]

Good to see updates man!
Love trispokes :D

[S30Mike]

Those Onis look beautiful on there. Are those 5 stud Onis?? i swear i got told they only come in 4?

[poh_86]

They are the first three spoke rims that I like, good work with the setup, and I like how you've done alot of that work yourself.
thanks, yea alot of work carried out by me and mates when we're bored...


Good to see updates man!
Love trispokes :D
yea it has been agers since the last, theres still soo much more to do with the car.


Those Onis look beautiful on there. Are those 5 stud Onis?? i swear i got told they only come in 4?
apparently they came in 4 and 5 stud, 5 stud available for 16' and 17'. they dont get many as well on yahoo auctions.

[whyte]

whats left to do man?
i see FB upates but no pics!

[poh_86]

gearbox comes out this week,

5studs with r33 rear brakes and hydro attach
new turbo upgrade to 3076r
and a paintjob hopefully inbetween then

yea i dont get on fb with my phone, thats how lazy i get lol

[Jays14]

Yeah poh i blew my gear box on friday night and am doing the Z32 convertion atm, i looked at the alpha omega kit but its expensive as so just went the local kit...

[poh_86]

yea there was a guy on ns.com selling them for about 700 or so.. they aint bad just wasnt game cutting into the shifter hole and messing around with the trim to get it right.

alpha had a special for pre-orders on their kit was abit cheaper than advertised at the time.

where did you source your box from? currently in the market for one.

[Jays14]

Got mine from SSS for about $700....

[poh_86]

gave em a call not bad siiir

[J]

Juz, you get brentons kit?

[anastasios]

should chuck up a price list of what the conversion is costing you, for all of us playing at home ;) my box gets a bit sticky sometimes.

[Jays14]

^I would just put a better oil in and see how it goes if it's just sticking..

Don't know about poh but mines costing about $1800 all up that's box, convertion kit, tail shaft and bell housing machining, all labour done by me. (sorry to hi jack your thread Poh)

Oh and Poh make sure you ask for the all the shifter parts and yoke if you get it from SSS as he included them in the price of the box...

Yeah I got brentons kit jack....

[poh_86]

sall good, all input is welcomed :)

breakdown cost so far for the kit
1,100 which includes machining the bellhousing back 12mm, new shifter bracket all screws and gb x member
nigel two peice tailshaft z32 yoke with sr20 end. $350 can be done cheaper.
nismo pivot ball 66 dorrah
gearbox i havent bought one yet, but i'd say between 400-750


so around 1900-2200 max all depends on the gearbox now.

and fancy extras like a braided clutch line and which gear oil you use

taz in regards to a sticky box, use soap man! helps the meat sweats out loll
theres a site in mel that do pretty cheap royal purps gear oil by the oz, jus becareful of redline alot of mixed feelings on them, personally i dont mind either.

[poh_86]

got some feedback from my kit as its getting made up as we speak, raw billet materials arrived and are in the process completing a run on dry cnc. so far so good.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/2.jpg
template of the soon to be kit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/3.jpg
on the lathe

[BuiSr20]

Good to see another decent sil80...reminds me of my car had ca front bar and lip and found an aero bar aswell =D...hope that satin black spray paint job is temp.. not gonna last you very long lol used it on my bonnet and front bar...woke up on rainy day with black and white puddle =D

[Spools]

nice work champ.

might i ask, whois doing the machining for you?

cheers

[d1ae862]

Awesome man
Finally an update on this beast
Give me a call when you are ready to start sanding it down bro

[OVTEC]

looking good Poh, how's your gf's car coming along as well?

[poh_86]

Good to see another decent sil80...reminds me of my car had ca front bar and lip and found an aero bar aswell =D...hope that satin black spray paint job is temp.. not gonna last you very long lol used it on my bonnet and front bar...woke up on rainy day with black and white puddle =D

ahah yea ive had rattle cans on the car for the past 3 years now, its kept garaged.. but will be getting a rub down in december. i'd love to see your car throw up some pics! more inspiration is much needed lol


nice work champ.

might i ask, whois doing the machining for you?

cheers
thanks ,the machining is being done at alpha omega.


Awesome man
Finally an update on this beast
Give me a call when you are ready to start sanding it down bro

ive given you my 2 weeks notice >=)


looking good Poh, how's your gf's car coming along as well?
yea been working on it at the same time, i'll have updates very soon when i easy out a snapped stud out of the block tonight grrr

[poh_86]

contemplating on switching my coilovers out from my sil80(greddy type s) to the s13(buddy club racing spec), as they dont wind down low enough and provide a solid enough feel...

[poh_86]

its been a while since my last update.

well the adapter kit came in but not in time for powercruise, all the brackets came back from the zinc coaters. apparently what took so long was waiting on genuine dowels from nissan....fml.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_1341.jpg

started imidiately stripping back the box and removing the bellhousing to get it machined back 15mm for a proper fitment and engagement, took it to a place in ashfield called "unlimited headjobs" on parra road couldnt help but laugh when he answered the phone, great speedy service got it back the next day and well under the price of some other places. thanks jays14 for the headsup
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_1384.jpg

gave her a quick coat of vht paint and baked her in the sun, as it wont fit in the oven
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1395.jpg

everything put back together and all mounts, block plates back on. Im a novice builder and had no manual for which bolt goes where. got it eventually.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1408.jpg

hopefully will have it fitted up this weekend, more pics to come.


moving onto the car now, few mates been coming over and being bored started to muck around with the ornament sitting in my yard.

removing the a/c and condensor was the next plan to lose some weight and put less drag on the motor. Note when releasing gasses pull a hose off and RUN even when its outside. =)
before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_1428.jpg

after
condensor wasnt hard to remove if you cut the belt off.
if you look closer i also relocated the headlight relay box underneath the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1433.jpg

closeup shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1430.jpg

also bought a nardi wheel off my wrecker and a horn button i scored off pete
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1462.jpg


NEXT is the bodywork, im going widebody rear fenders +30mm pump i had these saved around the same time i got the car some 2 years ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/Project%20sil80/IMG_1459.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/poh_86/180sx/IMG_1457.jpg
on the lookout for some fibreglass front fenders

paint undecided, maybe white, maybe mazda cherry black.

[anastasios]

nice nice, what fenders are they?

[WAN94N]

Good to see you still got the car! Maybe another KK meetup? Lol

[Jays14]

Nice work..

You didn't miss much at powercruise dude...

[whyte]

lol @ unlimited headjobs!!

good work on the widebody.

[Beau]

Poh! Shane has front FPR guards for sell!

[poh_86]

sweet, txting him now

[phivrne]

looking epic, cannot wait at all !