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  • 2 weeks later...

Well, I've been wanting something to have a bit of a crack at some motorsport in for a little while. Even though I had a ball in the stagea at the CAMS come and try day, it was clear to me that tracking this car regularly wasn't going to be possible. I was after something cheap, with plentiful parts, at I could tinker and work on in my spare time. Best of all, it meant if I broke it, I wouldn't be driving the Mrs around because we were down a car.

So I started the hunt. I intially thought I wanted a HCR32, that suited the bill. I looked through lots of adverts and still didn't find something that was in my price range, with the condition and mods I wanted.

It was then when a long time member of SAU NSW made a passing comment in a chat thread about selling a car. I was interested. The car was proven in motorsport events, had a lot of work done to it, and was at the top end of my price range. I went and drove it. It went like stink. Scared the shit out of me. There were a couple of little things I got the owner to fix up, but after agreeing to that, I put a deposit down. The deal was done.

I drove it back home and garaged it. I have been working on it since, fixing up little niggles here and there.

I've decided to keep going with this build thread, because I don't want to create a new one to suit this car. It will be more about my journey than a particular car.

So heres the teaser.

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Well, I've been wanting something to have a bit of a crack at some motorsport in for a little while. Even though I had a ball in the stagea at the CAMS come and try day, it was clear to me that tracking this car regularly wasn't going to be possible. I was after something cheap, with plentiful parts, at I could tinker and work on in my spare time. Best of all, it meant if I broke it, I wouldn't be driving the Mrs around because we were down a car.

So I started the hunt. I intially thought I wanted a HCR32, that suited the bill. I looked through lots of adverts and still didn't find something that was in my price range, with the condition and mods I wanted.

It was then when a long time member of SAU NSW made a passing comment in a chat thread about selling a car. I was interested. The car was proven in motorsport events, had a lot of work done to it, and was at the top end of my price range. I went and drove it. It went like stink. Scared the shit out of me. There were a couple of little things I got the owner to fix up, but after agreeing to that, I put a deposit down. The deal was done.

I drove it back home and garaged it. I have been working on it since, fixing up little niggles here and there.

I've decided to keep going with this build thread, because I don't want to create a new one to suit this car. It will be more about my journey than a particular car.

So heres the teaser.

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haha 180sx, :yes:

Ban???

Come at me bro!

Hahaha, be patient. Pics will come. Bit busy with lots of stuff atm.

The next stuff is firstly getting a matching set of tyres, and that will help with getting the cars handling sorted. It has quite a few parts, but I need to get them working together to start to handle like a track car should. Not just stiff, but responsive and grippy.

Aim for the car is a regular track car with times under 1:10 at Wakefield when the driver does his thing.

I'm committed to get someone else's car done before I charge into this.

  • 3 weeks later...

OK, so thank you for being patient!

I have been working on this to get it back driving - story to come - pics first!

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Ok, so you can see its a pretty serious bit of kit! :P Please forgive the copy paste, but its easier.
1994 180sx
S14 motor
Unigroup cams
Tomei cam gears
Rocker arm stoppers
6boost manifold
Tial 44mm wastegate
GTX3071r, .83
Custom hard piping
Greedy copy plenum
Intercooler
780cc injectors
Braided oil and turbo lines
Z32 afm
Power Fc
S14 gearbox
Nismo single plate copper mix competition clutch
Kaaz 1.5 way diff
Tien monoflex coilovers
Whiteline sway bar front and gtr sway bar rear
Caster rods - adjustable
Some random upgraded bushes here and there.
Makes 285rwkw @ 24 psi on 98 pump poo
So far I have melted the turbo oil return after a couple of drives, thankfully it happened very close to home. I wanted to do it properly so I got a 45 degree fitting, and had motorsport connections make up a proflow fitting braided line, that gets the return well out of the way of the manifold and gate.
It came on a set of drifteks, with odd tyres (R888 semis on the back, shitters on the front). I didn't particularly like them, and I had a set of 17x8.5 +22 Gram Lights that I bought off Fatz sitting around. SAU NSW gets discounts on federal tyres, so I got a set of RS-Rs and got them mounted up. I haven't run them in yet, as it needs a little roll of the guards.
I changed the engine oil/filter, and Diff oil. Apparently the KAAZ diff needs pretty regular changes since its a mechanical clutch style diff.
So I have lots of little bits of tidying up to do basically, get it clean inside, outside, and underside.
So my list of things to do is:
Get PhillB to Roll the guards all round
Up the coast to Jez to put it on the Dyno and check the tune is good. ( Should be good, unigroup tuned it)
Repaint the front and rear bars, LHS Guard in Red
Repaint Roof in Black
Fit the 324mm 2 piece GTR rotors with spacers
A1RM pads all round
Upgraded Fan
Fit ARC oil cooler
Rear toe rods (one is bent)
Corner weight the car
Set the car up to handle - shock rates, adjustable camber arms etc.
Go and track the bloody thing!
So what are my goals for it? Well, firstly I want to improve my driving. Learn the technique of the track. While I can drive a track day, that doesn't make me a good driver. My skills and feeling need fine tuning. Secondly, dip below 1:10 at Wakefield. This car has done 1:11 before. I'm not sure if the RS-Rs are up to this, but we'll see. I really don't have to increase the power of this car any more - a bit under 300rwkw is plenty enough for a little RPS13, what needs improvement is the handling to make it a very fast car. Then go and rape a few GTRs on the track :)
Mods feel free to change title if you want to something more appropriate, and I CBF making another build thread, and lets face it, build threads around about our progress more than individual cars.

if your happy with a home job on the paint Aaron and i can sort that out, drive in and out of a weekend.

or we can possibly arrange for a booth if you want it to be awesome!!!

You might want more than 1 weekend for the front bar. Needs some quality sanding and prepwork to come out looking anywhere near 1/2 decent.

I'll let you know mate, but sounds promising.

Cam - GTFO. Don't you have headers or something to install and make you bleed from the knuckles? :P

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