S14 Silvia K's Drift/Ring/trackday car

[Karan]

Had this since 2006 and gradually been building it since then when it was fairly standard. Have got it more respectable over christmas presentation wise as this wasnt high on the list of agendas before. Done loads of trackdays in it while slowly upgrading parts to my liking. Have also changed the coilovers to the CS2 ones over winter which in provisional road testing have proved far more controlled than what i was running before, so i am looking forward to trying these out this year also

Heres the spec:

Engine:
FMIC
2871r 0.64 BB turbo+ HKS actuator
Braided turbo lines
Z32 MAF
Tomei exhaust manifold
blitz boost controller
greddy big winged and baffled sump
Apexi intake filter
fujitsubo system 3in turbo back
oil catch tank
greddy blowoff
6 puk RPS paddle clutch
4.5kg Cyn R G segmented flywheel
stock gbox 3rd one
gbox poly mounted
cusco engine mounts
walbro fuel pump
koyo radiator
mocal oil cooler with filter relocation kit
rocker arm stoppers
At 1.35bar:
power- 333bhp
torque- 340lb/ft

Electronics:
Apexi Power FC standalone ECU plus commander mapped by H-Dev
Blitz DSBC boost controller

Suspension:
DW CS2 coilovers 8/6 kg/mm spring ratings
top mounts adjustable
rose jointed DW tension arms
rose jointed DW front lower arms
Z33 tein steering arms with SPL anti bump steer rod ends
rose jointed DW rear traction arms
rose jointed DW rear toe arms
rose jointed DW rear camber arms
rose jointed DW rear lower arms
largus d1 arbs front and rear
rear subrame locked
Diff locked on subframe
nismo gt pro 2 way adjustable lsd

Brakes and Wheels:
325mm front r33 gtr brembos with PF 2 piece rptors
305mm rear r33 gtr brembos
Performance friction PF01 compound pads all round
r33 gtr servo and master cylinder
Castrol SRF brake fluid
Inline wilwod hydro ebrake
Inline wilwood brake bias valve just prior to ebrake M/C
17 by 9j wedsport alloys
235/40 toyo R888s

Interior:
stripped+chequerplates on floor+padding
6 pt cage with door bars fabricage bolt in
Custom carbon door cards/covers
Recaro Profi-SPG seats
driftworks 3in 4 pt harness driver
sabelt 2 in 4 pt harness Passenger
sparco wheel
didlo knob
boost gauge
water temp gauge
plumbed in extinguisher and cut-off switches

Exterior:
Stock Silvia Ks bodykit from factory
bumper cutout at front for cooling
spoiler deleted
Seibon carbon doors
chargespeed carbon bonnet aerocatch
Black

weight:
1160kgs no fuel or passengers



Some pics:
















was lapping in the late 7s btg at the ring last time out in august on the t28, hoping to go lower this year. Heading out this weekend to test the new turbo and coilover setup cant wait!

wish me good luck with the weather!

[Paz]

Hi Karan, car looks real sweet now. Youre off this weekend?! Damn, have fun Hope to get out in May for a short one, maybe for the DTM Revival..

[VrtasCZ]

Luxury!

[Karan]

Hi Karan, car looks real sweet now. Youre off this weekend?! Damn, have fun Hope to get out in May for a short one, maybe for the DTM Revival..

cheers dude

we are going again weekend of May 29th! bank holiday wknd. try and come then

[Silverfang]

Hey Karen, good to see you over from E30 Zone!

Good to see the S14 in it's entirity!

Any news on the other project (E30 with M5 engine..?)

[Karan]

i broke the e30 and sold all the goodies on it to fund a range rover and a trailer for my s14..... was a surprising amount of parts value on the e30 and id had my fun and done loads of awesome street miles with it anyhow.....i SHALL be back with an e30 in the future though but based on an m3 shell and DTM livery, hopefully LS7 powered

[Jamie-PS13]

The mobile number on the back?! That your personal one?!

[Jord]

Hey Karan, the spec of this has changed a fair bit since last time I saw it at Rockingham back in 2006!

[Karan]

yep had just bought it then.

After prepping it for drift comps i went to the ring, then got into trackdays and just found there was more seat time to this than at drift days, plus there was the oppurtunity to drift on real tracks (when the marshalls didnt mind that is) At the ring they dont care if you want to drift but obviously you cant go for entries etc.......

[Karan]

well i crashed it at the ring in june pushing in the back end a fair bit so i sourced another shell rather than repair it. Work promptly followed, luckily all mechanical bits were salvageable apart from the exhaust and one wheel! which is good considering i hit the barrier at 80+

Got a JDM shell and heres some progress pics car is with fabricage where they're doing an awesome job. Colour scheme will be white/JDM kit with carbon bonnet doors boot. Wheels will be those 17in BBS RS but with 3.5 in lip and gold centres. Rear overfenders will be held on with gold bolts to match. Julian did a great job tubbing the rear arches for me so i wont have to shit myself everytime i go into the compression in the foxhole at 150+

cage in progress pics, still lots to come on the cage including
x door bars
turret tie-ins
rear x bar
tunnel tie-in
custon dash bar

all the bars are tight to the pillars/bulkhead etc and are all going to be directly stitched in





















really happy with the work on the cage. Peter and Steve at fabricage ar doing an awesome job with some more trick bits to come on the cage! I cant recommend them enough

I EXCITE


Ill be tubbing the front when it gets back just to get some more lock even though its not really a comp drift car as such. I wont be seam welding it as the underneath is pretty tidy as it is and i dont think it will make much difference over the extensive cage.

The rest of the build afgter paint should be quick as its just a matter of switching everything over although i will be relocating the fusebox to inside the car where the aircon box used to sit.

Cheers

Karan

[Karan]

Had a couple hours this morning

All charge pipes have been stripped dow and sprayed satin

Redid the rocker cover in gloss black, looks better in real life, poor light in photos

Also replaced gaskets on turbo (2871r) to manifold and redid some of the heatwrap as it was failing. Inspected turbo, still good as new and no signs of excessively high EGTs as ive had in the past when running smaller turboes at the top end of their capabilities. previous t28 was going white on the blades!

Have also purchased a rivnut kit with stainless rivnuts to allow me to mount my fenders including some blingin countersunk all gold anodised bolts that will mount the fibreglass on the rear arches. this should set of nicely against my soon to be gold centred BBS RS. I have also found a good supplier of outer rims for the wheels in ally. Just have to wait and get the car back so i can measure up how wide i can go......they do up to 8in OUTER rims---mediocre lol

anyway some update [pics









more to come soon, im trying to get as much done as i can without the sell here!! :fight:

[bandit1]

looking good fella

[Karan]

Picked the shell up on saturday with the cage finished...theyve done a great job im really happy with it! They had to bring the nearside turret-tie-in a bit more inboard due to wiper gubbins clearance. Tidied up the bulkhead today were they had to go through for the turret triangulation with some welding and special sealer gooey stuff. Also made and mounted a rear battery tray. Manged to fit one rear overfender but my rivnut gun broke after 5 stainless rivnuts which im not happy about so ill be calling them tmro to sort it out. Also stitch welded intermittently between the existing spot welds on the turrets just to add a bit more strength and prevent it spreading from the inner which does happened on these s14s

Still to do before paint:

1. clean glue of rest of floor
2. weld in handbrake brackets
3. removing last few bits on shell.... brake pipes etc.
4. weld plates over a few holes in engine bay and cabin/boot.

[Karan]

[bigmiker32]

quality work coming along well. if you dont mind me asking how much did your cage cost, i am looking at the same design cage, but the quotes i feel are massive. pm me if you prefer? cheers

[Karan]

peter at fabricate used mine to get the patterns and he can do one of these for about 1400-1500 plus vat. I reckon that's a great price for a cage like this , plus it's done by experienced chaps and there's no silly gussetting anywhere that just increases weight, instead the pipes are directly stitched. In addition, all non-reg sections are thinner gauge to keep weight down.

[bigmiker32]

that is a vey good price, i was getting quotes between £2500 and £3000 from a well known tuner in essex. could you send me their contact number please. cheers

[Aristo]

Thats really nice work there
loved the way it looked at first

[T.K]

Nice build. This will be a sweet car. Your 'ring driving is fucking hardcore. Good work generally.

[Karan]

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