Sad Sad Day :(

[unarmed_skyline]

mm sounds nice, i been looking round i think the 180sx with s15 font end is what im going to do cause they just look too nice and i think its a combo, i been reading and i think the hardest part of the conversion is that the gearbox cross member needs to be modifyed and the tail shaft needs to be cut and re-balanced,

[linedup33]

aight keep us posted - i wana know how this beast turns out

[unarmed_skyline]

yeh well i've pulled the font end off the 33, just paid my rego last week insurance was due next week so if i cancle my rego i should have a little extra cash to start me going on something, i might start pulling the engine out in a couple of week, ill be sure to take photos and keep you all posted im getting excided now sometimes bad things turn good

[Eug]

the standard 180SX and S13 caliper/rotors will be the same (if not similar) to the R33 NA caliper/rotors - that the fronts are twin piston sliding, and the rears are single piston sliding. most of the guys on nissan silvia end up upgrading to the sumitomos. slotted rotors will increase brake performance - but why be half arsed about it all.

S14, S15, R32 Type M, R33 GTST, etc. will have 4 pot sumitomo fronts, and 2 pot rears.

depends on where you want to go with the car, drag, drift, circuit, motorkhana, hill climbs, etc.? from there i can give you a hand in deciding.

for the record i've done the turbo caliper upgrades on my R33 NA. see below

[ignuz]

apart from the fact thats not a r31

did the guy stop or keep driving?

If you say so.. I got it off slidewize..

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...%3D10%26hl%3Den

[unarmed_skyline]

i get bored of driving in a straight line not much of a dragger i prefer circuts but i like hanging the rear end out, i want something that handles quite well,

eug your rims look hot as, make mine look like i wasted money

n ignuz thats one hot car quite diffrerent what is it??

Edited April 29, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[Ruffels]

ummm its done a big end bearing!

other then that stacks of cash has gone into the car

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[linedup33]

hey bro wat about dropping the engine into a vl, i know there ugly cars compared to most nissans but ye i reckon it would go hard. newayz just a thought.

[unarmed_skyline]

yeh im more of a jap car kinda person, n i've always tried to stay clear of vl's there are a few good ones around but just not my style, y have 4 doors lol who needs the extra weight

[Rolls]

If you say so.. I got it off slidewize..

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...%3D10%26hl%3Den

Its some variant of a DR/HR30 with a 31 front end on it.

[unarmed_skyline]

ok picked up my daily driver today from work cheap cheap deal $500 for an 86 pulsar (still a nissan) 300 k on the clock straight body and interia bit of paint fade, engine has slight tappet noise but other than that perfect and the deal sealer 11 months rego thats worth $470ish alone so im happy

found a few possible 180 donars,

if anyone wants any parts off the car its still in mint condision from the doors back it was a very clean car, just pm me n ill try help you out i got some odds and ends lying round

[Spunky Munky]

That's bad bad news, good that you're alright.

If I were you I'd go old school and dump it into a R31..

Damn, this is one of the nicest R31's I've seen ever. Wow...

[Rolls]

Damn, this is one of the nicest R31's I've seen ever. Wow...

It's not an R31, as said above its a DR/HR30 with a 31 front end. They can look very nice however the backs of them are always a bit strange.

[linedup33]

hey bro any updates with ur progress?

hows it all coming along?

[unarmed_skyline]

unfortunatly pretty slow atm i've had a heap of friends birthdays, and havent had much time to do much work, i've got most of the wiring loom out, taking apart most of the interia, drained and unconnected most of the hoses i just got to rip the engine out next, then i got chuck some new goodies at it, new water and oil pump new timing belt, bigger injectors and a few other tihngs,

as for a shell i've found a few 180sx's but im kinda going off that idea looking more now for an s14 with s15 front but i havent been able to find any shell's anywhere so im stranded a bit on the shell atm, im keeping my eyes out thou cause i want something a little different not as common,

im relitvly strandard with what i can do untill i get a new shell, then the fun begins

ps. if anyones looking for parts i still got a lot lieing around.

[unarmed_skyline]

ok finally worked out exactly what im going to do.

now i've sourced a r33 det rolling shell complete with brakes and everything, just got to go down next week have a look at it then buy it so hopefuly next week ill have that.

as for eninge mod whilst the engines out plans are:

bigger injectors ( still running the standard na ones,) prob go for 400ccish nothing too big

replace timing belt, tensioners upgrade water pump, and adjustable cam gears.

AVO front mount cooler kit, my cooler got totaled in the crash

Just jap arop in alloy radiator (radiator was f**ked) also just jap oil cooler kit 13 row light weight

Either a 16" or twin 12" thermo fans with custom shroud

Im going to make up a custom air filter box to make the standard air box hide a pod in it with cold air induction.

new 3" exhaust system, already sold my old one cause i thought i wasnt getting another 33 DOH

retune my microtech

im relocating my microtech into a hidden compartment into the dash, and then putting the stock one in its original place with fake wires coming off it

g4 coilovers, (already got my whiteline strut brace) whiteline up-sized sway bars

Body work is undecided but will be a sleak looking body kit nothing over the top, fiberglass fenders, fiberglass bonnet with standard metal bracing

new rims my 4 stud roh mantis's wont fit a 5 stud car lol, prob get more of a jap style rims this time, but need to see choose body kit first

paint job

bucket seats

re-apolster rear seats and fabric trims in colour/metiral to match buckets

re-do my stereo, lay all the wires properly whilst the car is stripped

and i have 2 really good remote start alarms that i got for free off work so ill put one of them in too

quite a mod list i reckon hopefully it will be finished within a year, but it should be driveable in a few months

EDIT: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR just found out 33 shell is unregistable because it failed compliance

Edited June 24, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[Sean'O]

EDIT: GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR just found out 33 shell is unregistable because it failed compliance

Ohhh shizz , what happened to the R32 shell with an R34 front end idea? I got pretty excited when i got your sms ha ha

Keep us updated eh,

Sean'O

[unarmed_skyline]

looks like the shells was damaged a little bit too much for it to be worth me fixing it, i might still check it out but yeh, i've found heaps of 180's and s13's but nothing else at all i just want to get one to start doing all the work

Ohhh shizz , what happened to the R32 shell with an R34 front end idea? I got pretty excited when i got your sms ha ha

Keep us updated eh,

Sean'O

[unarmed_skyline]

well after a few trys and cheacking out several shells i've finally found one thats actually going to be able to get back on the road.

its a 97 r33 series 2 yellow. comes with some nice jap 18 * 9's, momo airbag steering wheel, nismo 300kms dash and a few other gadjets

as for what needs to be done there was an electrical fire, and i need to put on new rear bar new tail lights (just swap mine) new front bar new bonnet and new gaurds, and spray all of that, thats all that needs done on the exteria. as for other bits i have to change the complete tail light loom rather easy and the front looms engine and body loom need to be changed over other than that some tyding up, the engine was damaged in the fire so my na +t's going to go in it . i put a doposit on it and have done a vin check and everything all i got to do is pick it up on saturday and get started ill post up pics on saturday

ps ive already taken out my engine trans, tail lights, boot loom, engine loom and part of the body loom so im getting a big headstart to getting this on the road

[dyken]

sounds gud keep us updated and with pics:D