slidemotorsport Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 time for me to start a project thread! after selling my last drift car, the s14.5, to fund living it up in aiya napa all summer and setup costs of the garage the time has come to start building something new wanted to do something a little bit different that would get noticed and altho i love sx's i just couldnt think of a way of making one stand out from the rest plus ive been there and done that so a 350z seemed like the perfect option. i couldnt afford a full car so started looking for a damaged one or a rolling shell, except the totally written off ones on ebay there wasnt much about that i could find.eventually got talking to lee (r35lee) off here who said he had the perfect car pictures will be better than me describing it but its basically got a little bit of roof damage and o/s/f wing is fooked. the cars 100% straight chassis wise tho. im having it minus the engine , gearbox and interior.he's delivering it to the garage next sunday so then the madness can begin basic plans are to strip as much weight out of it as possible, full cage, custom wiring looms, all the safety gear and probably an sr20 :wack: engine choice isnt 100%, all kinda depends on money in a couple of months time when i come to fitting it, its got to be around 400bhp tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 look forward to seeing this, good luck with the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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buster Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 hi and m8 really locking forward to your future posts.After coming to the zed from a 300bhp drift replica 200sx i am sure your going to enjoy it. pic of my old car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidemotorsport Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 cheers for the hello's. i cant wait to crack on with it, hopefully it'l come together at a decent pace. think ive seen a pic of your car over on sxoc buster. heres my old car, that was before it had cage in etc, all my decent pics are on other pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNABASHED Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 sounds interesting, will keep on eye on this! Welcome to the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9O OEY Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Welcome to the forum look forward to seeing the finished car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TADDY Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 welcome along, this is gonna be awesome! i can feel it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Small world I think, I recognise your old car. Are you Matt or did you get the car from him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 welcome along, this is gonna be awesome! i can feel it are you Zed yoda? is there a brotherhood of Zed Jedi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidemotorsport Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Small world I think, I recognise your old car. Are you Matt or did you get the car from him? i am matt who are you tho?? notice your from yorkshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Small world I think, I recognise your old car. Are you Matt or did you get the car from him? i am matt who are you tho?? notice your from yorkshire I'm Craig, you might know of me but prob not, a good mate of mine (Gaz) bought that black 200sx off you earlier this year. Used to see your car driving about in Ackworth a bit but don't go over there much anymore. Lookin forward to the project though, hopefully see it about when its built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidemotorsport Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 arr right, hey up mate. ye gaz is turning that sx into a nice car...when he's not crashing it! ye you'l see it about, except the obvious fun side of the project one of the main reasons for building it is it'l be a rolling advert for the garage. defnatly having it road legal aswel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Welcome mate lookin fwd to the end result. Buster that's a tidy sx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Any reason to use a sr20 when surely an rb25/26 would fit, or do you have more experiance on the sr20's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidemotorsport Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 rb will definatly fit. more experience playing with sr's and when i planned it out i had an sr sat in te garage that would of been perfect, thats in a customers car now tho so not sure what to stick in it yet?? im up for ideas.... i am getting more and more tempted with an rb but we'll see. if money want an issue it'd be having a 2jz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Welcome mate lookin fwd to the end result. Buster that's a tidy sx thanks mate should have seen my skyline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 surely the sr20 from what i remember is a cheaper way to go to gain loads of extra power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 i think a nice corvette ls 1, 2 or 3 engine would sound very nice in a drift car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 rb will definatly fit. more experience playing with sr's and when i planned it out i had an sr sat in te garage that would of been perfect, thats in a customers car now tho so not sure what to stick in it yet?? im up for ideas.... i am getting more and more tempted with an rb but we'll see. if money want an issue it'd be having a 2jz Well rb26's are decent and im sure you know can run big power but it costs abit to get them running realiably at that power. 2jz's are wicked and can handle about 800-1200bhp on standard internals, but they are heavy and expensive to buy and converting to a single turbo isnt that cheap. LS2 is a good shout if you want to stay n/a with the possiblity of going FI in the future. All depends what you want the car for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidemotorsport Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 reliability is one of the main things i want, v8 would be awesome but i just havent got the money to do that at the minute. if i go with an rb it'd just be a 25 for now, i just dont no what to do!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Alright Matt, was good meeting you yesterday mate Whatever engine goes into it make sure it's turbo power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docwra Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 RB's arent the most reliable engines at power, but you can sort that out with some oil feed and crank lengthening work. JZ's are good, but a few have broken this year - the gearboxes cost an arm and a leg too. SR20 will run 400hp all day long without any problems, relatively cheap to buy and replace and if you cant afford a V8 would be the best choice for me BTW, so I know you slidem0otorsport? If you are a drifter and are on SXOC I should do ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 docwra, I was just talking to Matt about you yesterday and here you are Can you give me a call when you can please mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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