Stage 2 - Drifting forum

Pikey · 02-10-2006, 15:19

Ok so the car is finished as far as a budget drift racer goes

Stage 1 of the project saw the car transformed from a bog standard car with no MoT, a misfire, coolant and oil leaks, rusty sills and tailgate, and a knocking subframe back in February, to its first practise day at Teeside and its first competition (the TrampDrift1000) last weekend

Spec of car as it stands now:

1990 UK 200SX with original, unopened CA18 with 92k miles

K&N induction kit
NGK #7 spark plugs
Apex frontpipe
Apex type 1 exhaust
Apex boost valve, 15psi peak

DW subframe bushes
DW rear arm bushes (4 fitted, damn they're a PITA

)
Superflex steering rack bushes
Tein HA(?) suspension, front camber adjustable topmounts
Whiteline rear anti roll bar
+25mm longer wheelstuds, ali wheelnuts, 25mm spacers all round
Unknown 15x6.5 alloys with 205/55/15 tyres
Welded diff, diff cooler removed

Arches rolled and flared (badly)

Matt black roof and boot
De-spoilered
Holes in front bumper, crash bar removed, relocated numberplate
Sleepy-eye
Random stickers applied, usually to cover up defects in paintwork

Lamppost mark on front left wing, cone mark on front right corner

Interior stripped
Recaro super-skinny bucket seat on DW superlow subframe
Luke 6 point harness
DW handbrake button and grip tape
2ltr fire extinguisher
Autogauge boost gauge, jammed in hole in dash

----

So thats where I'm at right now. I'm aiming to compete in Eurodrift (cant imagine I'll be good enough for D1) next year, so this is the diary of taking it beyond initial drift-worthy prep and into the realms of a competetive race car

I'm going for:

Suspension/geometry parts and setup
Roll cage
Compliance with Eurodrift regs
More power (T28 / FMIC / stage 2 chip)
Better wheels (wider, bigger, more sticky-outy offset, better looking)
Paint and graphics

Will be starting work on the rollcage tonight

Edit - Stage 1 diary is here: http://www.driftworks.co.uk/forum/sh...ad.php?t=13601. Some of the pictures are missing but the general gist of it is all there

gtst lad · 02-10-2006, 15:27

Top stuff, best of luck with it

I suck at advice but from experience i've found suspension setup, wheel and tyre sizes have been a huge help to me.
So spend all your cash on suspension, tyres and maintanence to keep everything running spot on then worry about more power when you want to get into D1

Pikey · 02-10-2006, 15:50

Good advice

Ive felt the condition of my T25, and its not gonna last much longer, so rather than get another one I figure I'll get a T28 when it blows

Stavros · 02-10-2006, 15:56

Woo, good progression, and i think your easy good enough for eurodrift, infact its mad that your so good so quickly

Your T25 has sooo much play, i could rub it against the housing

But its still fine, so wait till it dies!

PS, paint your bonnet, no, frick it, the whole car, matt black

PPS, you "tested" the diff yet dude?

playworker · 02-10-2006, 18:09

You definitely need to go out and "test" it dude, if only to get rid of that "Oh my fcuking God what the hell have I done to my car" look that you were sporting on Saturday

Pikey · 03-10-2006, 09:56

No testage yet, but I'll report as soon as I do. I have done my first burnout though

Paint is going the opposite way Stavros - bright offensive colours, with shiny sparkly vinyl! And I might get a fibreglass bonnet, one of the Chargespeed ones with a vent, so the bonnet's staying as it is for now. But the roof and boot are staying matt black regardless

Pikey · 04-10-2006, 13:33

Roll cage building =

Spent last night looking at various parts of the car, much pondering and discussions! Looks like we're going to weld plates to the car floor rather than bolting through, which means the sound-deadening has to come out around the places we're going to weld. I wasnt planning on doing this, but once I got started with a large lump hammer and a chisel there was no stopping me

Three quarters of an hour later, and there's no sound deadening backwards of the front seats

And all the metal under it is perfect

Also ripped out what I thought was the wiring to the rear washerjet and wiper, but its was actually the heated screen

so I guess there's nothing stopping me getting the Chargespeed plastic window and FRP boot now

The template for the main hoop is made, just got to find out what to make it from in order to comply with (probably) D1 regs

Mattyboi · 04-10-2006, 18:47

Nice going man!!! I`m saving for the eurodrift regs stuff and a cage at the moment. I`m gonna tramp the rest though.

Anyways be quick with the re build, we need a re match

Black Betty · 04-10-2006, 20:51

Good work Mr pikey!

Im supprised i havnt seen it around doing some street dori

Pikey · 28-10-2006, 15:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pikey

Ive felt the condition of my T25, and its not gonna last much longer

Lasted until last Thursday lunchtime

New T25 is on the way, I think for now I'll just stick with a standard one. So obviously I need to strip the old one off, so what's the first thing I did this afternoon - put my new wheels on, obviously

:

Cant believe how perfect they fit

The wheels are Rota 'Grid's, bronze, 16x8, offset +10, and I hope you agree they look the part

MASSIVE props to Julian (RareRims) for sorting me out with a killer deal

Rears are having used tyres fitted at my bro's garage next week, so no pics of them yet, but as soon as I get the car working again I'll put up a pic of me smoking them up

Paul FWx · 28-10-2006, 15:34

Dude! that looks fricking awesome! those arches line up perfectly! I was looking at grids for the S13 as a set of drifting wheels.... Good to see youve gone for them, look fricking awesome!

Get the smokey pics up!!!

Pikey · 28-10-2006, 15:38

I'm running 25mm spacers all round, mind

Paul FWx · 28-10-2006, 15:38

Naturally

Looks like it'll have quite some presence on the road with those...

Stavros · 28-10-2006, 15:39

frickinell, thats quality

now help me fix mine you cunnt

Shyne · 28-10-2006, 16:04

Thats some good working there, Love the rims!!!

Pikey · 04-11-2006, 15:51

New T25 arrived this morning, so we whipped the old one off, and it's completely knackered - the shaft is broken in two

So the new one looks in fine condition, not bad for £60 delivered

Took the plugs out and they're all fouled up with oil, so new ones on order.

Also, I discovered that the new head-manifold gaskets I put on about 1500 miles ago - I put three of them on upside down

and they're ever so slightly asymmetric so I was restricting the exhaust flow quite considerably as well as not sealing them properly. So new ones of those on order too.

Will use this opportunity to change the oil aswell.

Graphics have been progressing, but thats top secret for now

As soon as I can drive the car again, I'll take it to MechRepairs for it to have a roll cage fitted, seeing as a) the tax ran out and Ive SORNed it, and b) Ive missed my chance to do the SVA Challenge. While that's going on I'll have the final designs for the graphics so it'll roll out of Mech in a month or so's time looking like a racing car at last, I hope

Watch this space

Black Betty · 04-11-2006, 15:56

Nice work son!

Great weather for it too! cuz when your struggling and getting fricked off, you still dont sweat as its fecking freezing out there

haha

I hope your graphics are gonna be tasteful, no pure chrome D1 shit!

Pikey · 12-11-2006, 13:15

Er, yeah, so, I cant really turn the wheels cos they jam against the chassis at the back of the wheel arch

So I think some

will have to take place this afternoon

raethorn · 12-11-2006, 13:18

pickey mate was this car sat in a lay by up by crickley hill about 5 o'clock maybe a month or so ago avsoloutly smoking its tits off

Pikey · 12-11-2006, 14:39

May well have been, i went out to set the shift light must be about a month ago while my old turbo was on the brink of dying so I was doing 7000rpm in a layby with smoke pouring out the back

02-10-2006, 15:19	#1 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	Stage 2 Ok so the car is finished as far as a budget drift racer goes Stage 1 of the project saw the car transformed from a bog standard car with no MoT, a misfire, coolant and oil leaks, rusty sills and tailgate, and a knocking subframe back in February, to its first practise day at Teeside and its first competition (the TrampDrift1000) last weekend Spec of car as it stands now: 1990 UK 200SX with original, unopened CA18 with 92k miles K&N induction kit NGK #7 spark plugs Apex frontpipe Apex type 1 exhaust Apex boost valve, 15psi peak DW subframe bushes DW rear arm bushes (4 fitted, damn they're a PITA ) Superflex steering rack bushes Tein HA(?) suspension, front camber adjustable topmounts Whiteline rear anti roll bar +25mm longer wheelstuds, ali wheelnuts, 25mm spacers all round Unknown 15x6.5 alloys with 205/55/15 tyres Welded diff, diff cooler removed Arches rolled and flared (badly) Matt black roof and boot De-spoilered Holes in front bumper, crash bar removed, relocated numberplate Sleepy-eye Random stickers applied, usually to cover up defects in paintwork Lamppost mark on front left wing, cone mark on front right corner Interior stripped Recaro super-skinny bucket seat on DW superlow subframe Luke 6 point harness DW handbrake button and grip tape 2ltr fire extinguisher Autogauge boost gauge, jammed in hole in dash ---- So thats where I'm at right now. I'm aiming to compete in Eurodrift (cant imagine I'll be good enough for D1) next year, so this is the diary of taking it beyond initial drift-worthy prep and into the realms of a competetive race car I'm going for: Suspension/geometry parts and setup Roll cage Compliance with Eurodrift regs More power (T28 / FMIC / stage 2 chip) Better wheels (wider, bigger, more sticky-outy offset, better looking) Paint and graphics Will be starting work on the rollcage tonight Edit - Stage 1 diary is here: http://www.driftworks.co.uk/forum/sh...ad.php?t=13601. Some of the pictures are missing but the general gist of it is all there Last edited by Pikey : 02-10-2006 at 15:23. Reason: link to first build diary

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02-10-2006, 15:27	#2 (permalink)
gtst lad Ut oh Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,141	Top stuff, best of luck with it I suck at advice but from experience i've found suspension setup, wheel and tyre sizes have been a huge help to me. So spend all your cash on suspension, tyres and maintanence to keep everything running spot on then worry about more power when you want to get into D1

02-10-2006, 15:50	#3 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	Good advice Ive felt the condition of my T25, and its not gonna last much longer, so rather than get another one I figure I'll get a T28 when it blows

02-10-2006, 15:56	#4 (permalink)
Stavros DEYTUKURJURBS Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Posts: 10,232	Woo, good progression, and i think your easy good enough for eurodrift, infact its mad that your so good so quickly Your T25 has sooo much play, i could rub it against the housing But its still fine, so wait till it dies! PS, paint your bonnet, no, frick it, the whole car, matt black PPS, you "tested" the diff yet dude?

02-10-2006, 18:09	#5 (permalink)
playworker 12A Powered Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rugby/Telford Posts: 649	You definitely need to go out and "test" it dude, if only to get rid of that "Oh my fcuking God what the hell have I done to my car" look that you were sporting on Saturday

03-10-2006, 09:56	#6 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	No testage yet, but I'll report as soon as I do. I have done my first burnout though Paint is going the opposite way Stavros - bright offensive colours, with shiny sparkly vinyl! And I might get a fibreglass bonnet, one of the Chargespeed ones with a vent, so the bonnet's staying as it is for now. But the roof and boot are staying matt black regardless

04-10-2006, 13:33	#7 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	Roll cage building = Spent last night looking at various parts of the car, much pondering and discussions! Looks like we're going to weld plates to the car floor rather than bolting through, which means the sound-deadening has to come out around the places we're going to weld. I wasnt planning on doing this, but once I got started with a large lump hammer and a chisel there was no stopping me Three quarters of an hour later, and there's no sound deadening backwards of the front seats And all the metal under it is perfect Also ripped out what I thought was the wiring to the rear washerjet and wiper, but its was actually the heated screen so I guess there's nothing stopping me getting the Chargespeed plastic window and FRP boot now The template for the main hoop is made, just got to find out what to make it from in order to comply with (probably) D1 regs

04-10-2006, 18:47	#8 (permalink)
Mattyboi InitialD erby Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Derby Posts: 4,681	Nice going man!!! I`m saving for the eurodrift regs stuff and a cage at the moment. I`m gonna tramp the rest though. Anyways be quick with the re build, we need a re match

04-10-2006, 20:51	#9 (permalink)
Black Betty Bamalam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 3,404	Good work Mr pikey! Im supprised i havnt seen it around doing some street dori

28-10-2006, 15:34	#11 (permalink)
Paul FWx RB > SR Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,435	Dude! that looks fricking awesome! those arches line up perfectly! I was looking at grids for the S13 as a set of drifting wheels.... Good to see youve gone for them, look fricking awesome! Get the smokey pics up!!!

28-10-2006, 15:38	#12 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	I'm running 25mm spacers all round, mind

28-10-2006, 15:38	#13 (permalink)
Paul FWx RB > SR Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,435	Naturally Looks like it'll have quite some presence on the road with those...

28-10-2006, 15:39	#14 (permalink)
Stavros DEYTUKURJURBS Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Posts: 10,232	frickinell, thats quality now help me fix mine you cunnt

28-10-2006, 16:04	#15 (permalink)
Shyne touge runner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 235	Thats some good working there, Love the rims!!!

04-11-2006, 15:51	#16 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	New T25 arrived this morning, so we whipped the old one off, and it's completely knackered - the shaft is broken in two So the new one looks in fine condition, not bad for £60 delivered Took the plugs out and they're all fouled up with oil, so new ones on order. Also, I discovered that the new head-manifold gaskets I put on about 1500 miles ago - I put three of them on upside down and they're ever so slightly asymmetric so I was restricting the exhaust flow quite considerably as well as not sealing them properly. So new ones of those on order too. Will use this opportunity to change the oil aswell. Graphics have been progressing, but thats top secret for now As soon as I can drive the car again, I'll take it to MechRepairs for it to have a roll cage fitted, seeing as a) the tax ran out and Ive SORNed it, and b) Ive missed my chance to do the SVA Challenge. While that's going on I'll have the final designs for the graphics so it'll roll out of Mech in a month or so's time looking like a racing car at last, I hope Watch this space

04-11-2006, 15:56	#17 (permalink)
Black Betty Bamalam Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 3,404	Nice work son! Great weather for it too! cuz when your struggling and getting fricked off, you still dont sweat as its fecking freezing out there haha I hope your graphics are gonna be tasteful, no pure chrome D1 shit!

12-11-2006, 13:15	#18 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	Er, yeah, so, I cant really turn the wheels cos they jam against the chassis at the back of the wheel arch So I think some will have to take place this afternoon

12-11-2006, 13:18	#19 (permalink)
raethorn doughnutter Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 31	pickey mate was this car sat in a lay by up by crickley hill about 5 o'clock maybe a month or so ago avsoloutly smoking its tits off

12-11-2006, 14:39	#20 (permalink)
Pikey dorifto kingu! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 3,323	May well have been, i went out to set the shift light must be about a month ago while my old turbo was on the brink of dying so I was doing 7000rpm in a layby with smoke pouring out the back