Awesome Idea justincredible!
Wow, this turned out a lot longer than I thought. Hope its not too boring.
I bought this car way back in 2001, bone stock from an owner who took great care of it. At the time I knew nothing at all about drifting, and had no idea about the SR20DET. I wanted a RWD car because I prefered the way it handled and a Japanese car cuz my american car at the time was killing me with all the repairs.
Anyways I put wheels on it, and then did body and paint Myself it the first summer not too mention a couple frame/floor repairs, and the parked it for the winter. When I took it back out in the spring, the motor blew. I had planned for the SR swap in the futur but this was as good time as any, so I bought the motor and started the swap myself. During which I noticed the turbo was blown, so I rebuilt it myself.
I completed the swap after a fair amount of time, only to find out the first motor was blown. I got a new Long block under warranty and swapped that in record time. As if this wasn't enough so far, 2 weeks to the day later, I rear ended someone in stop and go traffic.
Discouraged, I ripped off all the damaged parts and parked it for the winter. In the spring I bought a parts car and took the rad support among other things from it and reapired my car, and she turned out better than before the accident. Not mention by now she had a custom front mount intercooler and bov.
After repairing the accident it was nearing the end of the summer. Anyways got her all back together only to fing out another 2 weeks later that the motor had developped slight rod knock. By this time I had had enough, and was starting to wonder if my SR was meant to be. So once again, I ripped out the motor and parked it for the winter. During that (last) winter I ordered a complete gasket and all bearings (Proper grade). Finally spring rolled around and I completed the rebuild, and slapped the motor back in the car, with a few more goodies.
So this was my first full summer with my baby and I finally know what it like to have an SR as a daily driver. I love it so much! Couldn't be happier with it now. But it was a long road to get to this point,
all work done by me, except for custom fabbing the intercooler.
So, a quick mod list
RedTop SR20DET (14,000kms since rebuild)
Blacktop S13 Turbo
Stainless Steel Turbo Elbow
3" Downpipe
3" Exhaust with highflow 3" cat
Custom Short Piping FMIC
Turbo XS Recirc valve
Turbo XS Manual Boost controller
Centerforce Dual Friction Clutch
Walbro Fuel Pump
180sx front brakes with KVR pads
Stock rear brakes with KVR pads
Energy Suspension T/C rod bushing
Front and rear strut mount bars
KYB AGX Shocks
Tokico Linear rate springs
JDM Vesta wheels, 16x7 16x8 somewhat low offset
Hella H4 lights with Piaa extreme white bulbs (what a difference)
Anyways for next season I will get an LSD, and a spare set of rear wheels, as well as any tires that will fit that I can get my hands on :laugh: Then I can get to a little more serious drifting.
Here you can see my stealth intercooler