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Hey all,

Dont really come onto SAU very much but thought i would share with you what we have built in the last couple months.

Its the same silvia shell its always been but completly re-done.

Savanna motorsport along with ORIGIN Australia have come on board for 2010 and the car now has, Full ORIGIN urban kit, 50mmm wide fenders all round, ORIGIN carbon fibre bonnet.

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HELPS METALWORKS has gone all out on the Fab work on this car. Craig spent countless hours making the whole front of the car rock solid. It has roll cage tubing throughout the whole front end and all metal not needed has gone. Craig did some front tubs as i was going to be getting some crazy new wheels soon. He also made a custom HELPS exhaust manifold which has changed the note of the car heaps as you will hear in the video below.

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ElectricScan Automotive rewired the whole engine bay along with the custom external coil pack setup. All the factory wires have been removed and only the microtech loom is in place.

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Luke Bing designed the graphics and what a great job hes done at that. Myself and my mate KC painted the car a custom silver and it turned out great, exactly how i wanted it.

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And the best part of the new car is the heart :) AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS along with Lewis engines have built a crazy new RB25/26 motor combo. With Andy coming on board to help for the 2010 year i couldnt wait to get the car in his hands. Andy has built many drift cars before including the CTS car and the WheelWorx S15. So i knew it was in the right hands :) The new motor was put together with the best parts i could afford. It has NITTO oil pump, Forged rods and pistons along with a brand new R33 GTR crank all chucked into an RB25 block. Lewis engines checked over the head and did the ACL bearings throughout the motor. Im still running the TD-06 25G with a custom HELPS exhaust manifold. The car runs 20psi and the true power figure is unknown as it just wheel spins like crazy on the dyno.

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I took the car out on thursday for its first testing and have to say it needs alot of work. Anyway ill stop boring you and get on with it. Here is the vid

The car now has some crazy deep dished WORK EQUIPS 18 x 10J -44 fronts and 18 x 11.5J -10 rears

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If you guys are after any more information please check out my blog @ www.driftsquid.blogspot.com

Or if you are after any of the contact details for my sponsors see below

AUTOSOLUTIONS & RESTORATIONS

Address

Unit 3, No 10

Goldsborough Road

Cavan SA 5094

Phone Andy

(08) 8162 5541

Email - [email protected]

SAVANNA MOTORSPORT & ORIGIN Australia

Address

3 Lindfield Ave

Edwardstown SA 5039

South Australia

Australia

Business Telephone

p. 08 8371 4435

HELPS METALWORKS

Address:

4/48 Morrow Rd

Lonsdale SA 5160

Phone Craig: 0415 153 163

Email: [email protected]

LEWIS ENGINES

Address

unit 2/22 Oborn rd.

Mount Barker S.A. 5251

PH Darren: 08 83916125

Email : [email protected]

Cheers

Squid

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Like the Silvia bonnet with the 180 front bar custom lights etc it looks really good.

It's something I thought about doing with mine too.

Really like craigs work too! Seeing more of it everyday.

Edited by Import S13

looks the goods, definitely going thru craig to have my cage done. thats 2 cars ive seen come out of there that are second to none in quality

definitely has come a long way, found an old photo of me skidding at lala with your old CA-powered bus bearing down on me LOL

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