When I’m back in NZ I’ll spend some time going through my hard drive and putting some decent stuff up here. But for now I’ll skip to the end.
The yellow 180sx is long gone, and since then I’ve built up this R32.
I went to one last day at Meihan last week with Jesse, which o.g. Japan video dude Laurence came along to watch/video. Here’s his video:
Luckily Laurence came to this day, otherwise I wouldn’t have any decent quality video. Thanks again man.
Sorry all, updates are non-existent lately. Adam’s been busy with his new cars, and I’m just lazy… But I’m back in NZ soon, so I’ll have some time to get us up to date.
In the mean time, Ewan from Hayatonka is bringing another container over soon:
“Container to New Zealand
hey guys we are loading this container on the 12th june
*cutoff date for ordering spoiler kits 28th may
*cutoff date for all orders is the 4th june
please email me with your enquires asap
ewan@hayatonka.com”
See you guys shortly.
Finished up the rear jack mounts. They run through the chassis rail (if you can call it that on a s14) and are braced to the cage.
I decided to weld another layer of sheetmetal to the underside for strength, as this is the area that will take the main force from the jack lifting the car.
Next i moved onto the passenger side seat rail. On this side of the floor there is a big hump where the stock cat converter usually lives.
I decided to cut this out so i could mount the seat at the same height/position as the drivers side.
Now to fill the hole in with new sheetmetal.
The tunnel tapered in a few different spots so i decided it would be easiest to fill the hole in with 4 separate pieces of metal.
Now thats pretty much all done i can start on the seat mount.
Managed to get some more work done on the s14 over the weekend.
Finding the right size thin wall tube to fit over the airjacks was proving to be quite difficult,
so i decided to cut a small section out of a piece of 2.5″ tubing and stretch it open slightly to fit over the jack.
I then welded the tubing between the two plates that i had previously cut.
Then added some gussets.
With the front jacks finished i moved onto the drivers side seat mount.
Cut out some plates to weld to the body and fit two tubes between them.
Made up some threaded bosses.
Notched a couple of tubes to fit between the first two and drilled holes for the bosses.
And then welded the mount into the car.
Im going to get some 5mm alloy “L” shaped seat brackets waterjet cut then i can bolt the seat in.
Famous.
Heading north, easily the most fun night I have had so far I think.
Turbo line time.
Jesse lent me his garage, since it’s way too hot outside during the summer time.
New waterneck and HPI lines.
Ready to go back on.
Off to do some testing.
The Life gets some work done.
Shane made us up an panhard rod adjustable, since lowering pushed the wheels over a lot.
A Skyline adjustable strut brace welded to the original rod. So awesome, we painted it after this of course.
I put my head under the wheel arch and found this. I’m never driving this car again.
More Panasports!
I spent one night replacing my cam’s, as the old ones weren’t looking too flash. I also replaced the oil drip lines.
The tow hook position on our Honda is so good.
Jesse’s Suzuki Cappuccino. This thing is way too awesome, I’ll get some proper photos soon.
Upgarage bargin, gift wrapped and all.
I run a Garage-S bonnet on my car back home, and since it’s my all time favorite for 180sx’s I wrangled my way into picking up another one for my car here. Here’s me prepping it and beginning to fiberglass the square that was cut out by the previous owner.
