Show Me Your Racing Machines

[badhairdave]

Rega wheels eh, I had no idea what they were. They are pretty light.

Dave, are your bumpers and side skirts held on exclusively by zip ties and tek screws? lol mine's an ex drift car. It had bog falling off the drivers rear quarter when I bought it. I've re-bogged and resprayed the quarter panel, and side skirt on this side to cover the white marks from rubbing a tyre wall in its previous life...

Nah, there's some original nuts and bolts in there still plus some of my own shonky bracketry to keep the front bar on with no reo. ditto the rear.

Though the front guards have some cable ties to replace the bolts which sheared off due to being rusted solid

Don't have any side skirts but they'd be a good idea to hide the rust holes in the sils...but black race tape does a good job of that too and stops some of the water getting into the cabin on wet days.

[hrd-hr30]

lol lets call it a draw Dave!

this place will be called S13AU before long!

Hahaha, great stuff!

Hows it attached? Just welded on?

it screws on. NFI how they got the screwdriver shaft out of the handle

Edited May 7, 2009 by hrd-hr30

[phunky_monkey]

Sandown baby, being the "Drag strip" everbody like to claim

We can line 'em up on the entry to the straight and see who will hang in there the deepest under brakes. I will win as i dont mind the taste of armco and have no problem rolling in the sandtrap if it means me shooting under you in the braking area

Sounds like a plan! My tyres are already old and flat spotted, so I don't mind destroying them

[Marlin]

lol lets call it a draw Dave!

this place will be called S13AU before long!

it screws on. NFI how they got the screwdriver shaft out of the handle

It looks like a Snapon screwdriver handle. The blades are replacable when broken, you just put the blade in a vice, and tap the handle off with a hammer.

[Beer Baron]

Hahaha, great stuff!

Hows it attached? Just welded on?

lol, can't weld plastic to metal steveo! and I wouldn't want to use the shaft weleded as a shifter. gearnobs just screw on my man.. there are a few getting around. snap-on screwdriver handle gear knobs. they even make snap-on screw driver handle keys. so it looks like your starting your car with a screwdriver.

and yes the snap-on screwdriver gearknobs and keys are the height of cool! I might grab some next time I see 'em. I'll even buy you one for Christmas steve and we can weld it to your shifter on boxing day. that's the kind of guy I am.

[Beer Baron]

keys:

[Gts-t]

I made one of those for my car baron, used to get some funny looks leaving paid parking

[Russman]

Ben? Russ? Can we pony up either of your rides as mine is still in pieces, a cunning attempt by Belsil80s co-driver to stop another rwd 2L from being quicker

Seriously, if somebody wants to enter Dutton Vic, let me know

Still working on it. My payslip has just come through so I should be able to afford it. Call me today anytime (Aus time). I've never done PI so I'm not going to state any RWD fighting words haha. Except that Troy better be quicker than me haha.

[Marlin]

Ben? Russ? Can we pony up either of your rides as mine is still in pieces, a cunning attempt by Belsil80s co-driver to stop another rwd 2L from being quicker

Seriously, if somebody wants to enter Dutton Vic, let me know

McNielly keeps hasslin me about entering, but I keep saying no.

What do you really think of the value for money in it? A coupla flying laps of PI and a bit of DECA crap doesn't really do it for me. Maybe I'm missing something? I was hoping some full throttle laps of Lang Lang bowl but seems no way

I can get pissed anywhere...... don't really need to travel to Vic and then jump in a race car to do that

EDIT: Email me if you want you dirty Ranga.

Edited May 8, 2009 by Marlin

[Noddy]

I just showed this to my senior design/shop class. Guess what our next project is going to be????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjNzcjFgV6s

[Roy]

McNielly keeps hasslin me about entering, but I keep saying no.

What do you really think of the value for money in it? A coupla flying laps of PI and a bit of DECA crap doesn't really do it for me. Maybe I'm missing something? I was hoping some full throttle laps of Lang Lang bowl but seems no way

I can get pissed anywhere...... don't really need to travel to Vic and then jump in a race car to do that

EDIT: Email me if you want you dirty Ranga.

Yeh, i dont know the events at Lang Lang, i just assumed the banked oval. PI should also be fun as they are doing lots of little sections of the track as well as sprints. I am keen...but that weekend is ear marked fo rworking on my car for Sandown 28 June or doing Dutton, either way i will be back in Aus. Got to bolt the crap onto my bus so i can wring its neck

[NickR33]

Ben? Russ? Can we pony up either of your rides as mine is still in pieces, a cunning attempt by Belsil80s co-driver to stop another rwd 2L from being quicker

Seriously, if somebody wants to enter Dutton Vic, let me know

been seriously considering it but the car needs semis and not sure I can afford it at the moment... I don't think its really an event I would want to run on street tyres... I'll do Deca on the streets no worries but not the Dutton

also your probably allergic to 4wd cars, you would break out in a rash or something

I'm not sure the event is great value but it's still something I want to have a crack at

[R32gts-t]

It's not quite a racing machine as I still use it to run to work and back occasionally,

as there have been a few other nice s13's I thought i'd put mine up... if anyone is interested

I've had the car for quite some time now, & after the money spent and fun it provides it's a keeper.

early on:

89 model silvia (hard to believe it's 20 years old)

originally dark blue,

I picked it up in 2004 from a 50 year old bloke who had done a 5 stud conversion and the late model sr20det along with some other improvements.

I used it as transport and did a drift day or two...

after adding some small touches of my own I pulled it off the road after a small traffic accident for some body work...

and to add a whole lot of stock piled bits and pieces...

now:

championship honda white...

with hard to find factory kit + r33gtr front bar vents

2 way lsd, super streets, gtr sway bar, + a few other arms

alloy rad, arc cooler, oil cooler with relo kit and thermostat

tomei dump, metal cat, fujitsubo twin pipe catback

pfc, 550's, poncams, z32, avcr, and a tired hks turbo (considering a rebuild or perhaps 2871 52t)

the car is making a slightly laggy 190kw on 1 bar.

there are more horses hiding somewhere, but i'm happy for now...

i'm looking forward to the upcoming deca and winton/haunted hills later in the year, and perhaps a piarc day too

greg-

edit: sorry for the large pics

[phunky_monkey]

She's looking good Greg!

[Marlin]

Looking good indeed!

I'm pissed I broke an aero catch like you have when I drove through the fence at Targa though..... who woulda thunk it!

[Beer Baron]

nice silvia mate. love the white with the 33 GTR wheels.

[R32gts-t]

thanks Dane, still lot's of little bit's to do but i'm happy for now, it stays cool while being thrashed and goes/turns/stops which are the main things...

i see you've entered sandown, i'm guessing you only had a minor hiccup, I bet that's a massive relief...

hey Marlin, I haven't broken an aerocatch but talking to the guy who sold them to me he thought the standard pins were piss weak alloy...

thanks beer baron, "scotsman" has the same colour on a set of wheels, I saw them and fell in love too, he painted them for me, super special "chris" colour...

unfortunately a tyre guy scraped both the front wheels while putting on some new ku36 rubber recently, fun times :S

[Roy]

Such a nice Silvia. Years ago i preferred the 180SX but these days i like the Silvia better.

[Marlin]

Yeah I just meant you have the same aero catches...... I broke one. Badly worded, my bad

[Roy]

Well, my car is undergoing surgery, reason why i am fishing for other ppls cars for Dutton.

LOL, i have no taste of artistic flair so hope the stuff i am doing to it is going to look good