Dele's Learner S13

[Dele-Himself]

Ok,

This is my third skid car now, the first two, the skyline and RX7 were great but i just never got round to skidding them and ended up spending money i could of spent on track days on tarting them up, ive only been skidding twice, the last time being Jap Show Finale last year in the Skyline and i constantly spun out.

So im well and truely relegated to K1 spec at the moment,

I had to sell the RX7 to pay off some bills, credit cards etc.

After i paid them off, i had some money spare and saw this S13 in neighbouring Luton, i went to see it Monday afternoon and snapped it up straight away, its such a perfect learner spec, now i have no excuse not to spend money on tyres and DWYB days etc.

I also have no excuses now about my drifting, if i cant do it, its not the cars fault, its the drivers






Engine Mods:
Norris Designs actuator
Norris Designes chip
GP Sports spec D exhaust
K&N Panel filter
Bailey Evo Dump valve

Chassis Mods:
D2 Coilovers with springs of 9 kg/mm front and 7 kg/mm rear
Whiteline anti-roll bars front and rear
Metal steering bush
Welded Diff (carried out by Julian of Garage D)

Brakes:
Red Dot Grooved discs front and rear with fast road pads
Fly off hand brake
ABS removed (carried out by Garage D)




I took it out last night just for a drive, no shopping or anything and was really surprised at how strong the C18DET felt, i thought it was going to feel like it was running on crushed stones but its so smooth, more smoother than the RX7's rotary, but i did notice that the rear subframe bushes were shagged, so ive ordered some uprated Driftworks ones

The front passenger side suspension is making some funky noises, ill have to inspect that while changing the bushes too, could be the coilover being shagged or a balljoint


Bets on how long it takes me to change my mind on a car again?

[lil ben]

Originally Posted by Dele-Himself

Bets on how long it takes me to change my mind on a car again?

3 weeks

[initial_j]

good on you mate. i spent a few years mincing about in show cars, then realised they suck and your too scared to skid them. best decision ever! quite a good learner spec, u got no excuses now!

[Lynxy]

looks clean mate how much it cost if you dont mind me asking?

[Dele-Himself]

£1,200

[N22CK_C]

i hate you! was going to slap offer in for the car! lol

hope it performs well and you get some serious seat time in it

[royal]

Good on you mate, deffo the right idea if you want to go skidding look forward to meeting up sideways.

ps - r32 gtr wheels look bloody great on these and only cost £150-170 squids

[Baba]

How mint is that S13? Nice!!

[Dele-Himself]

Originally Posted by royal

Good on you mate, deffo the right idea if you want to go skidding look forward to meeting up sideways.

ps - r32 gtr wheels look bloody great on these and only cost £150-170 squids

Yes!

Ive just paid for May's DWYB and ive asked around for some R32 GTR alloys as i saw a picture of a black S13 with them on, think it was on here? gave me horn

[MeSs]

Black s13's are never wrong Nice!

[topi]

Good idea man, hope it all goes well. Next time I'm down, I'll have to give you a shout!

[royal]

Might have been my old one:

[griffo20022]

Awsome stuff dude! Hopefully see you at the May DWYB

[Tomo]

[quote=royal;
ps - r32 gtr wheels look bloody great on these and only cost £150-170 squids [/quote]

Plus the price of changing from 4 to 5 studs

[Dele-Himself]

Ah yes Royal it is your old one

Griffo, im there man, paid up today

[michael_87]

nice learners car

[griffo20022]

Originally Posted by Dele-Himself

Ah yes Royal it is your old one

Griffo, im there man, paid up today

Good lad! I just gotta pay up for mine now

[Dele-Himself]

Doh!

On the way home from work today i noticed the clutch biting point becomming lower and lower to the point of where the slightest milimeter let off and the clutch is fully out, so while im doing the subframe bushes it looks like i might have to inspect the slave cylinder

[drew.m]

nice looking s13 always looks good in black, same spec as my s13.

will see you at May dwyb.

Random q but do you know gareth from wheels in hitchin?

[boo_kong]

yea i done the same as you mate' spent years spending money on cars making them look good but did'nt realy get anywhere in the whole drift thing, but like you 3 weeks ago got my self a s13 and now is drift spec: so im all ready to work on the one thing i was aming for in the first place:-)
hopeto see you at a track day.
me and ninja another starter is gooing to book soon