S14 With Neo Rb25 Drift Car.

[XRATED]

Thanks for the review mate.

.... any advice for someone who is about to set up an s13 to learn to drift in?

I've been reading a lot of info on drift set up's, but not too much info on what a good beginner set up might be. also, a good proportion of the info out there is contrary to most of what I know about suspension (open wheel/circle track style cars).

It has cusco coil-overs, caster arms and rear camber arms.

Cheers

Justin

[Simon-S14]

all you need is coilovers, a diff that locks both wheels reliably, and a seat that holds you tight. the rest is not needed. save the money and spend it on tyres and seat time.

seat time is what makes you a better driver.. not the sum of the parts listed on the car

[White GTS-T]

While I agree with Simon, in regards to setup, if I was just starting out, this is what I would do. (I don't mean to hi-jack)

Firstly, keep the car at a reasonable height. Max out the front camber. If you want, you could run s14 lca's for more track and even some eccentric clevis bolts for more front camber and better sai. Run 7-8 degrees of castor and 6 or so mm of toe out to help with turn in. Rack spacers are a quick, cheap and easy way to get more lock. There's no need for knuckles when starting out. A tight or shimmed lsd is a good starter, don't start out with a welded diff. A gtr rear sway bar would be a good addition. Start out with zero toe on the rear and work your way in as you get more comfortable. Same goes for rear camber, and standing the wheels more upright. But most importantly don't forget to have fun. Oh, and keep an eye on those temps.

Hope that helps.

[XRATED]

Thanks for the advice...

sorry for the hijacking..

..... more updates! ah ha.

[Simon-S14]

i have a similar yet different opinion.

for any S or R chassis... if you want to learn to drift all you need is the 3 basics.

-coilovers

-bucket seat to hold you tight

-an LSD that works

power, other susp mods and anything else isnt needed in this early stage... better off saving cash, buy tyres and hit the track. learn the basics and develop skills.. then upgrade accordingly

[Simon-S14]

new V3 arms from GKtech Rocked up today... wow they are they bomb!

[mungy]

i have the old ones......only bought them like 4 months ago brand new...................fml

[TTR34]

Thats some crazy lock!!!

[Simon-S14]

more work done today..

cut out the rear shelf to start building the ducting box

Cut the lip off the inner wheel well to allow clearance at lock.. will then run a weld over it to strengthen back up

New GKtech V3 castor rods! looks the good

[Simon-S14]

made up rails for the velo passenger seat i have,.. both my seats are old and due for replacement. but that will come in good time. for now i'll continue to rock them.. so comfty!

then i welded up the chassis rail after cutting the lip off to give extra clearance.. i then ground it back flush and painted it up.. quite shit to weld since its thin and far from clean material.

I also cut the lip off the firewall above where the head would be to make the engine install an easier process.. welded it up and linished it back.

my welding rig.. gets shit done!

[Simon-S14]

car is now at the painters!

i got myself a Kouki wing for it, will look good once painted and fitted i think. Spent yesterday chopping rear guards inner and outer skin. bashing it up and then welding new sheet metal in to fill the gap. was an absolute prick of a job, then used sikaflex panel bond to seal the whole thing all the way around to minimise smoke entering cabin.

[ydr030]

was wondering if ud stop this build thread since new shell! but good u didn't! I like to see how far u go with this. Love it

[Simon-S14]

with the car at the painters not much has been happening at home.. so i broke the 31 out the shed and started working on that. fitted s13 suspension and coils to it, just need to fit manual trans, do cooler piping and shes almost ready for some skids. I'll probably skid it a few times and then sell it off.

an arty shot of my motor with my cat on it... haha

Some parts from GKtech rocked up also! pretty much got a heap of bushes and so forth for chassis bracing. They sent me a bash plate but unsure if it will fit. will prob require modification since RB and all.

GKtech also just released these sway bar links which are solid.

[Simon-S14]

So this is happening atm car all primed up ready for paint thanks to beverley collision repairs!

I started doing mods to the driftwork rear knuckles

[kitto]

Its progressing fast!

How come All Type isn't painting it?

[Simon-S14]

The boys at all type have so much work on now and with a small amount of staff they simply do not have the time,

[Simon-S14]

dropped into see how they were going with it.. inside and cage all done! Looks rad!

[Simon-S14]

bit of an update... car is all painted and now we've started on all the mechanicals n 3 weeks the car is getting a whole new ecu and loom. Full rewire. Fuel lines. Coolant lines being made. Ducting and shrouding for rad. As well as various mechanical bits and pieces. Garage7 have got this!

I decided to sell the Haltech as we got a fantastic deal on a new Link G4+ extreme, probably one of the best ecu's on the market, big call i know but the list of things that this can do is crazy.

Some pics.

On top of this i have been driving my missile r31 lately which is basic as hell. weldie with s13 coilovers, SMDrift knuckles, rb30e+t making 165 rwkw. Qualified 4th and finished 4th at Stadium drift round 3.

you can read up on it here

http://www.smdrift.com.au/1/post/2013/09/stadium-drift-rd-3-2013.html

[Simon-S14]

been super busy, had a heap of time off work so spent last week and a half working on it each day getting a solid 8 hours + done each day. engine loom is all done and its Pro town! Done by Steve at Garage7 who was taught by Declan how to do it, Loom uses nylon sleeve with 3:1 glue lined heat shrink as the bulk of it. not a single bit of elec tape used haha. We also used quality Deutsch plugs (DT series connectors - google it) through out. Today we fired up the loom/ecu combo and made it all live, good to know everything works. a few hours were spent calibrating and configuring it all, so now when it comes time to crank it over it should in theory fire first crank.

Body loom is yet to be done, Decs from Garage7 has designed a laser cut switch panel which is very aviation style and mounted on the roof just behind the front cage tube with all the switches, push start and so forth. the cool thing with the Link g4+ is you can use one button to start and stop the engine. just push it and it primes the pump, cranks the engine until it fires and then keeps it running. push again to kill it. just like a lot of new cars these days!

also spent time mounting the GKtech hydro handbrake, tomorrow i'll make some custom brake lines up for the rear brakes and then all that is left is fuel lines and coolant lines + shrouding of the rear rad. all of which is being laser cut atm.

[Simon-S14]

updates!

Wiring of switch panel and fuse/relay panel is underway! all parts designed by Garage7 and laser cut to suit! looks amazing!

Shrouds for both sides of the radiator done.. fan attached and all sealed up.. it pulls a HUGE amount of air!