Sad Sad Day :(

[unarmed_skyline]

hey boys guess what, i was cruising down a 3 lane highway in the left lane earlier this morning, was quite a wet day, now the road merged into 2 lanes as i was in the left lane i was merging into a clear middle lane and this absolute dickhead in a 94 subaru liberty dicides to cut me completly off and change from the right to left lane and as it was wet he was going about 20kmhs under the speed limit i was quick on the horn and prob to quick on the breaks, car locked up i turnned the wheel to change lanes n nothing happened as the front had no grip, evertually tyres gripped threw me accross the 2 1/2 lanes threw 2 of a 3 pole sign over the mediun strip over another 3 lanes of oncomming traffic phheewww i missed everyone and then to a holt on the side of the road

im very sad, front bar shattered into a million bits, front bulckhead smashed, passenger side suspention stabiliser bent, 2 smashed headlights, indicators, fog lights, mangeled left front fender, bent left wheel arch, bent radiator, aircon condencer, 2 smashed fans rad and aircon, intercooler flew about 5 metres, and other assorted bent parts,

luckily my turboed na engine is still in perfect condish so is the everything on the car from the front doors back and the front right quarter section,

the chassis damage means im not going to fix the front end damage but rather buy a shell and do an engine transplate,

so what you guys think i should buy?? 33's are starting to get to common looking for something individual

on another note, my mates was selling his 33 with a 3 1/2 inch name brand zorst, so the other day i swapped it for my na exhaust, and i reckon i must have picked up my missing 20-40 kwts huge power increase so i rekon that due to the first turbo blowing its oil seal and a good 5-9 litres of oil making its way out the exhaust side of the turbo the cat and most of the exhuast must have been full of oil grrrr got the car running perfect and really really throw you back quick with that massive 5 k freaky kick in and bang accident grrrrrrr not happy JAN

[Eug]

damn that sucks to hear.

i'd hazard a guess that'd you'd be a little tight on money - however a type-m 32 shell would be the go'er. (better brakes)

spend a little money on suspension, and the lighter weight of the car will definitely make more of that power to good use.

[unarmed_skyline]

money situation isnt too bad atm, im sorta thinking of making this a longish project, i got a spare car do drive atm so thats a bouns not happy thou yeh i was looking at a few 32's not a huge fan but i saw one the other day that i really liked, i really thinking i want something lighter so i dont have to strain the engine as much to get a quicker car, on the other hand i was thinking doing something different anyone know how hard it is to put a rb25 in say a supra?

[prego]

that really sucks im guessing nothing out of insurance?

good luck with what you decide to do

[unarmed_skyline]

nah thrid part, but meh looking forward to doing some sort of transplant

[ignuz]

That's bad bad news, good that you're alright.

If I were you I'd go old school and dump it into a R31..

[unarmed_skyline]

yeh not that interested in 31's, i'm the kinda person who like a nice looking dash when im in the car and the squarer design of the 31's dont interest me that much

[Ruffels]

i got a 32 forsale.. going cheap.. (REALLY CHEAP) coz the bottom end of the motor is a bit bung! its a gts-4 .... could be something interesting there as a project!

[Eug]

supra is too heavy - wouldn't be doing yourself any favors.

ideally you'd want something with decent brakes so S14 & R32 would be the "entry" level type car.

[unarmed_skyline]

how much you looking at?? what do you mean bottom end damage do you mean in the motor or the gearbox front diff section becuase i would have to mod the front diff into the rb25, not sure if im really capable of doing that.

[racsov500]

That's bad bad news, good that you're alright.

If I were you I'd go old school and dump it into a R31..

apart from the fact thats not a r31

did the guy stop or keep driving?

[unarmed_skyline]

lol guy kept driving didnt even look bak with the horn blaring, and yeh eug i was thinking its a bit heavy, im not a huge fan of s14's and i love s15's but i think they will be way too expencive, soo really i think mabye a 180 or an r32 are my main options but im not really sure what else people put rb's into, just really looking for somethign different than the 33 but if it ends up too hard i might have to get another 33 shell.

[linedup33]

wat about a torana with the rb engine? i reckon that would b sweet as n u can pick those up for cheap too.

[unarmed_skyline]

lol would be fun but seems like the wrong type of engine for a torana i couldnt see myself crusing in a torana with fludder i would need a bit v8 mabye a supercharger

[linedup33]

the skyline would a snap a v8 n most superchargers onli run low boost

[unarmed_skyline]

ok as to engineering this, will the s14 stock breaks be up to the task or would they need to be upgraded, my na breaks defonatly wont be up to the task to get engineered and anything i get might need an upgrade

[linedup33]

those brakes will good i reckon, but u can also get 180slotted rotors for much cheaper then r33na rotors n they direct fit, there both 4 stud.

[prego]

what about a sil80 ?

[unarmed_skyline]

but are the 180 calipers up to the task?? are the 33 na calipers any better?

well if i go with the 180 option i might look into a straberry face conversion cause i do love them.

Edited April 29, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[linedup33]

u can get slotted 180 rotors which i think r a few mm thinner but coz there slotted will cool down quicker. n also since they are brand new compared to the old stock ones they will perform better...but i am not 100% sure about all the specs on the rotors.