Silvia Club of NSW

*if this is in the wrong section could a mod please move it- thanks*

hi everyone

ive been on these forums a while now and after my first meet with everyone at the skidpan id thougt id make a thread about my cars and hopefully make it into a build up thread

it started a few months ago when i got sick of my lancer so i decided to upgrade so i thought

RWD + NA + LIGHT + IMPORT = SILVIA/180

after looking around a NA 180 seemed to much effort for what it was worth and after looking around decided on a S13

after many hours of searching countless website and the usual carsales every day i found a car on this forum bought it off Adam (Stalemate)

it had
2.5 inch exhaust with hiflow cat and extractors
heavy duty clutch
17" advanti rims

and looked like








in the first month i put in
stereo
good alarm
new steering wheel
new pedals
new rims (18"s black with a chrome lip) GT-C copies
S15 front seats


after that it looked like this





yes the steering wheel and pedals are tacky but it was an impulse buy which are on my todo list of things to change

around this time i went to an ID skidpan day and liked it so much i went to a cuircuit day the next week and i was hooked on this crazy sport you hoon kids called drifting

BUT i had a couple of close calls so i decided to go for a track car as i kept getting coents on how clean the s13 was and i didnt want to wreck it so i started looking

i ended up with this one







not the best condition but it was running fine (a bit rough at the time but just needed a good service)
got it cheap for something manual and registered

BUT

its a CA

but it will do until it dies and ill go from there

just got a 3in cat back and SR turbo

im in the process of semi stripping the interior (does anyone know the minimum for a street car)

after my first track day at the oran park GP circuit having a few spins and enjoying turboy goodness i got defected on the way home

the car has been defected since then and i am still trying to clear it
ie was defected in mid december
all local shops closed till the 7th jan
get defects fixed
engine has been changed but records havent
i dont have recipt for engine so i have to get a statutory decleration or something and have to get it done by sunday at the latest

nothing much else done to it exept i put on one of those varex mufflers to get it cleared so i just gotta wire that up now and see how it goes


anyway here are my cars at present day side by side









the silvia now has a GTR/Nismo style grill (copy)
and the wing has been taken off

hopefully in the next month it will have some coilovers (tein SS) and the spoiler holes welded/ sunroof rust fixed and reprayed

then im going to do some more stuff to the 180
FMIC
Coilovers
ect the usual basics

anyway any advice/opinons is welcome

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You had fun right? your engine survived also - How does that make your CA a problem? Oil surge issues aside, if you take care of it, it should take care of you

There are a couple of people on the gazelle forum that have been defected for running stripped interiors, from memory to be legal you need at least -

door trims (so no metal edges to cut you to pieces)
dash (for headbutting)
heater box (for demisting, or some means of demisting the front screen)
instrument cluster/indicator stalks/light controls

there is a PDF somewhere on the RTA site with what you need to keep to be legal.

edit: found PDF ->
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi/vsi_06_-_guidelines_for_light_vehicle_modifications_nov_2007.pdf

See page 4 - In addition to what i've listed above you need -
-legal seatbelts (duh)
-2 speed wiper controls
-windscreen washers
-automotive safety glass for windscreen and other windows

thanks i just didnt want to go crazy and get defected because i am still trying to get the last one cleared a month and a bit later

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what did you get defected for?

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exhaust too loud
exhaust to low (had 6 tire in the back at the time but it is fine normally)
BOV (took it off so now i hav hectik flutters )
boost controler

i had only had it three weeks so i just played dumb and got off easy,
the cop was ok could have got me for a lot more and didnt give me any fines so it wasnt to bad just a hassle to clear because im not ment to be driving it

hopefully be all done by wednesday

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and here i was thinking this would be about boobs

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What are you wasting your time tracking those 2 cars when there is a perfectly awesome track ready starlet in your yard?

Yes, Why not the starlet?
Hetik body roll and grip, why not?

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ha thats what i wanted you to think so id get noticed




nah the starlet is my cousin's that was visiting the day i took the pics

i bought the 180 before i heard about the starlets awsomeness
i know i bought the wrong track car but i cant turn back time

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how much did you 180 set u back?

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Don't worry buddy, its best to learn how drive a car correctly first before you go straight to something that fast.

the 180 cost me 5300 pinkslip but no rego

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good work champ, i remember you out on the skid pan with the NA silvia, doing a good job here champ!

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^^^^ were you at the ID skidpan day in november or whenever it was because that was my first time out

its just because i can remember see your car (i think it was you in the blue 180, is it the one with RPS13 garnish)

and thinking holy %&*$ that guy drifts something that nice

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defects finally cleared on the 180 finally all ready for sunday

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