Finally decided I'm going to have a go at sidewaysness this year so I thought I'd sign up on here
I'm on various other forums so some of you might already know me anyway.
I'm into old Jap cars and tuning and currently have about 25 or so Nissans and Datsuns in various states of repair. I've been driving RWD cars for the last 18 years so the appeal of drifting is obvious. My main toys are a 1971 Datsun 510 which is my trackday car (and occasional drag car), S12 Silvia, Datsun 1200 coupe ...and soon as it's running again a CA turbo Nissan Prairie (known as the scary prairie). The Prairie should see some drag strip action this year (no, I'm not joking, honestly
) Also before this summer my '73 Datsun 1200 will be CA18DET powered for some 1/4 mile action. The 1200 only wieghs 725kg stock so it'll be pretty scary
The 510 currently has a KA24DE in it from a 240SX but I have an SR20DE from a JDM S14 waiting to go in. I keep it n/a as it's much more fun on the track than a turbo (especially in the wet). The KA that's in it is stock aside from induction but it has had the EGR and cat ditched. It runs a welded 3.7:1 R200 and stock KA gearbox with a quickshift. Front end has coilovers (350lb springs) and Tokico Illumina adjustables plus Ground Control camber/castor plates and Maddat Motorsoport ARB. Rear end uses old Mullholland springs (rate unknown) and OEM Nissan shocks from a Nissan Cedric with a Ground Control adjustable rear ARB. Front brakes are 280ZX and rear are stock-ish. It runs a cage, seats and OMP harnesses but until recently it was fully trimmed inside. I've started stripping it out now to get the wieght down though as it's currently just over 1000kg. The target is 950kg. The 510 is the one I'd like to have a crack at drifting in eventually. My 510...
Daily driver for now is an S12 I bought off ebay for £100. I chucked in a CA18DET with a T25G, aftermarket FMIC, H-dev stg2 chip, HKS dump pipe and custom made exhaust. It went okay until new years eve when I siezed the motor whilst flogging it mercilessly sideways
New engine time shortly
My S12...
I'm looking forward to attending a few drift events!
Cheers,
Eddie