so what's up guys, i've been lurking there for a while and decided to make my project thread among all these glorious driftcar build threads. so i'm living in an deep shithole and i own a beaten s13 which i like to tune and drift when i can. its 89 prefacelift red piece of shit, completely rotten, but i managed to restore it somehow. so let the pics do the talking: i bought it and welded some shit and painted it {} {} {} {} {} It had ca18 engine with tubular exh manifold, T25g with braided hoses, 2.5"exhaust, fmic, apexi filter, etc: {} {} {} {} then i heard some knocks: {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {}
i had a local drift training day so i thought fuck it and i gave it a shot. well it looked stupid but i didn't have any overheating problems that day lol
i have fixed that front a little bit more so i could put on all fenders, lamps, hood etc i used 5kg hammer and steel cable attached to another car. main part of body was straight, just a front part was smashed so it drives straight, but the clean look is already gone
so after a while i've bought a rhd soarer, took the engine out, and sold the rhd chassis. it didn't have decent papers and i couldn't get parts for LHD swap so it was useless anyways. although it was mint condition. it had manual swap, it used w58 box from mkiv 2jzge supra, everything was bolton as i was told.
i've sold my ca18det engine, turbo kit, exhaust, custom made fmic setup. everything was bolt-on so it went away really fast. and then jz went in, and this is where i'm now:
car is getting some serious attention after moving to a new bigger garage. i've fitted a custom driveshaft made by local driveshaft shop, it uses stock middle bearing. shifter sits in stock sbody position so you can't see anything "wrong" from outside, a total sleeper. i like it. i'll post some pictures after a while, because i don't own a decent camera. also i had to run oil press and oil temp gauges from left side of the car (lhd drivers side) because of different oil filter location on jz engines. i've bought this gauge from a guy on this message board and it didn't have an adapter so i had to fabricate it myself.
good save by the way, i personally would of bitch slapped the friend who did that to my car lmao but.. that's me lol
driveshaft finished. i just love the new tube. also the welding is incredible. s15 throttle cable, modified and shortened by 32mm. had to chop and weld water outlet pipe so i can use ca18 rad, because there is too little space to use stock jz intake manifold and sr radiator.
yeah, i thought body will be a waste but i'm a skint and had to fix that. i have plans for a new shell, but i can't drive properly so this will be my missile for training days. in fact my friend owes me a fresh shell, but there are no good/fresh/stock/cheap shells available in LHD so i guess i'll have to buy a rhd one from uk and do a lhd swap someday.
