200sx S13 build up from Latvia - Drifting forum

root79 · 01-06-2008, 21:02

Hello!

I'm new here, this is my first topic.

Decide to post my project. Have some reasons. Here are very good project cars from all around the Europe. Actually it was big surprise for me how serious are drift scene in Europe.

Well,
Begin with Honda's many years agou, it's gone now. Have local tuning shop, sold it last year. I'm happy now.
After year of doing nothing in this way, regular working and family stuff found some new inspiration -Nissan S13.
Why I like them. First of all, they are very simple and strong cars. Strog chasis, beautiful body, big potential motors and most important clasic drive.

My project car. It was hard to decide which way to go, daily drive or for drift racing. After recomendations from local people about this fantastic

home page I decide to go in to drift racing.

Got chasis for 300eur. No engine and transmission. With lot of rust, the driverside doorstep was so rusted I would say there are no doorstep anymore. Begine with engine room, after first steps understand that it's not serious and decide to go big.

My plan. Till 1 of September this year.

1. All necesary body work, rust elimination.
2. Body full sand blasting
4. Factory spot welding and joint rewelding
5. Pockets for front wheels for biger stearing angle.
6. Roll cage
7. Body painting in Honda Championship White color.

Looking for some bolt in 6-point roll cage for good price.

Some pics of progress:

This what I did with engine room, but there will some more modifications.

iwantans15!! · 01-06-2008, 21:51

cool, best of luck with this project lad!

michael_87 · 01-06-2008, 23:21

Some project on ur hands there lad, good luck

root79 · 05-06-2008, 19:12

Keep working on project. After discusion with welder, painter and 2 unsleeped nights of striping down the sx we finaly get it to sand blast at local factory.

Welder will close all rusted places. Next step will be all factory joint welding, front arch oversize, necessary mods for seats, belts and finaly roll cage. After all that priming painting.

People from Scandinavia, could anybody help with rear oversize side fenders?

root79 · 05-06-2008, 20:01

Everybody can see the pics?

crazy/nissan · 05-06-2008, 20:26

Nope just the one of the engine bay

Erick · 05-06-2008, 20:29

Copy/past in a new page. Then you can see them.

root79 · 05-06-2008, 21:45

Add the seat for mount place location

Keep working, lot of welding to come.

root79 · 10-06-2008, 07:22

Hope to get the shell out of welder this friday.

root79 · 11-06-2008, 20:48

Slowly moving forward

Today recive the gift from welder. He got for us this Soviet manual car lift and rotation bench. It's 20 years old and used only couple times. Problem was that welder friend keep it under clear sky something around 15 years. We are going to restore it too.

20 years agou it's cost Soviet 120 rubles, it was normal one month income for that time.

It have towing hands for each stand. It can be use for car lifting around 800mm high. Very good tool for small garage. Friday body moves to local racing shop for rool cage instal.

root79 · 17-06-2008, 15:13

Moving forward with roll cage.

There are some complet stages in my project.

1. All necesary body work, rust elimination. DONE
2. Body full sand blasting. DONE
4. Factory spot welding and joint rewelding.
5. Pockets for front wheels for biger stearing angle.
6. Roll cage. IN PRODRES
7. Body painting in Honda Championship White color.

islander · 17-06-2008, 16:42

oh loving the sill work and that cool mini in backround.

How long it take you to creat the sill and what metal did you use on that, exactly what i need to mine pal

root79 · 17-06-2008, 18:32

Sorry, can't understand what do you mean under word "sill". My English

islander · 17-06-2008, 19:08

its the part you jack your car up to take off a wheel, what we do every 5 mins on a drift track!!!

Shalna · 17-06-2008, 21:51

hi, i am from latvia too
nice project u got there, ur from 200sx.lv ? .. and ur making it for drifting ?

spin-king · 17-06-2008, 22:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by root79

Slowly moving forward

.

This is what he is on about mate

Great project would like to do this myself.

Whats the drifting like out there???

George NeTv09 · 17-06-2008, 22:39

nice work mate!
could you get some photos of the red mini?

root79 · 17-06-2008, 22:56

Here are some info about http://www.latviandrift.lv

My mine target are to bild pro drift racing car which is not like semi racing or street car.

Looking now in to 2jz engine, lot of power with less expenses.

My opinion about drift sport are that it's more driver and chasis precision sport unlike drag racing where dominate only power factor.

Anyway I'm new in to this, will see.

The old car jack are maded 20 years agou. It's simple construction and anyone can made it. That's good tool.

root79 · 18-06-2008, 14:40

Some update:

This plate under tube will be removed and all cage will go down via flor and welder will weld top stitch of cage.

islander · 18-06-2008, 14:43

good job my man, but my question previously was, what metal did you use to do the jack point?
how thick?

01-06-2008, 21:02	#1 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	200sx S13 build up from Latvia Hello! I'm new here, this is my first topic. Decide to post my project. Have some reasons. Here are very good project cars from all around the Europe. Actually it was big surprise for me how serious are drift scene in Europe. Well, Begin with Honda's many years agou, it's gone now. Have local tuning shop, sold it last year. I'm happy now. After year of doing nothing in this way, regular working and family stuff found some new inspiration -Nissan S13. Why I like them. First of all, they are very simple and strong cars. Strog chasis, beautiful body, big potential motors and most important clasic drive. My project car. It was hard to decide which way to go, daily drive or for drift racing. After recomendations from local people about this fantastic home page I decide to go in to drift racing. Got chasis for 300eur. No engine and transmission. With lot of rust, the driverside doorstep was so rusted I would say there are no doorstep anymore. Begine with engine room, after first steps understand that it's not serious and decide to go big. My plan. Till 1 of September this year. 1. All necesary body work, rust elimination. 2. Body full sand blasting 4. Factory spot welding and joint rewelding 5. Pockets for front wheels for biger stearing angle. 6. Roll cage 7. Body painting in Honda Championship White color. Looking for some bolt in 6-point roll cage for good price. Some pics of progress: This what I did with engine room, but there will some more modifications. Last edited by root79 : 01-06-2008 at 21:06.

05-06-2008, 19:12	#4 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Keep working on project. After discusion with welder, painter and 2 unsleeped nights of striping down the sx we finaly get it to sand blast at local factory. Welder will close all rusted places. Next step will be all factory joint welding, front arch oversize, necessary mods for seats, belts and finaly roll cage. After all that priming painting. People from Scandinavia, could anybody help with rear oversize side fenders? Last edited by root79 : 05-06-2008 at 21:44.

05-06-2008, 21:45	#8 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Add the seat for mount place location Keep working, lot of welding to come. Last edited by root79 : 11-06-2008 at 21:26.

11-06-2008, 20:48	#10 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Slowly moving forward Today recive the gift from welder. He got for us this Soviet manual car lift and rotation bench. It's 20 years old and used only couple times. Problem was that welder friend keep it under clear sky something around 15 years. We are going to restore it too. 20 years agou it's cost Soviet 120 rubles, it was normal one month income for that time. It have towing hands for each stand. It can be use for car lifting around 800mm high. Very good tool for small garage. Friday body moves to local racing shop for rool cage instal. Last edited by root79 : 18-06-2008 at 14:48.

17-06-2008, 15:13	#11 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Moving forward with roll cage. There are some complet stages in my project. 1. All necesary body work, rust elimination. DONE 2. Body full sand blasting. DONE 4. Factory spot welding and joint rewelding. 5. Pockets for front wheels for biger stearing angle. 6. Roll cage. IN PRODRES 7. Body painting in Honda Championship White color. Last edited by root79 : 18-06-2008 at 14:42.

01-06-2008, 21:51	#2 (permalink)
iwantans15!! touge runner Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 189	cool, best of luck with this project lad!

01-06-2008, 23:21	#3 (permalink)
michael_87 tail slider Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 88	Some project on ur hands there lad, good luck

05-06-2008, 20:01	#5 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Everybody can see the pics?

05-06-2008, 20:26	#6 (permalink)
crazy/nissan doughnutter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 51	Nope just the one of the engine bay

05-06-2008, 20:29	#7 (permalink)
Erick touge runner Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Where Dex lives !! Posts: 248	Copy/past in a new page. Then you can see them.

10-06-2008, 07:22	#9 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Hope to get the shell out of welder this friday.

17-06-2008, 16:42	#12 (permalink)
islander gone wrong Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the moon Posts: 910	oh loving the sill work and that cool mini in backround. How long it take you to creat the sill and what metal did you use on that, exactly what i need to mine pal

17-06-2008, 18:32	#13 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Sorry, can't understand what do you mean under word "sill". My English

17-06-2008, 19:08	#14 (permalink)
islander gone wrong Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the moon Posts: 910	its the part you jack your car up to take off a wheel, what we do every 5 mins on a drift track!!!

17-06-2008, 21:51	#15 (permalink)
Shalna gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Latvia Posts: 16	hi, i am from latvia too nice project u got there, ur from 200sx.lv ? .. and ur making it for drifting ?

17-06-2008, 22:39	#17 (permalink)
George NeTv09 doughnutter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kardamili, Greece Posts: 63	nice work mate! could you get some photos of the red mini?

17-06-2008, 22:56	#18 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Here are some info about http://www.latviandrift.lv My mine target are to bild pro drift racing car which is not like semi racing or street car. Looking now in to 2jz engine, lot of power with less expenses. My opinion about drift sport are that it's more driver and chasis precision sport unlike drag racing where dominate only power factor. Anyway I'm new in to this, will see. The old car jack are maded 20 years agou. It's simple construction and anyone can made it. That's good tool. Last edited by root79 : 17-06-2008 at 23:03.

18-06-2008, 14:40	#19 (permalink)
root79 gripper Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 27	Some update: This plate under tube will be removed and all cage will go down via flor and welder will weld top stitch of cage. Last edited by root79 : 19-06-2008 at 07:28.

18-06-2008, 14:43	#20 (permalink)
islander gone wrong Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the moon Posts: 910	good job my man, but my question previously was, what metal did you use to do the jack point? how thick?

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