hey guys long time no see, forgot about this site for a while lol

still got the fucked quarter, but been working on other parts of the car instead

got a pair of coilovers for the rear, and put in some stiffer springs as well


scored a Kaminari body kit out of the junkyard, restored it mostly


took the sideskirts off because I like the look without them better



dialing in my front suspension more and more


some work under the hood


ZXR whale tail

and this is my current long term project that's finally almost done

Thats money.

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I agree,

lots of it.

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Japanseklassiekers!

1970 C30 Laurel
1972 240Z
1973 610 Wagon
1977 260Z
1995 Micra
1999 200SX

Not sold on the whale tail, but I dig it still.

Still got that NOS quarter panel if it interests you...

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yeah the whale tail is kinda iffy, but it's a factory ZXR piece so I figure I'll rock it haha

and nah, I still got my parts car, just trying to get all my little projects done this year before September, gonna try and hit up JCCS this year

almost finished! just need CV boots and I can finish it up and install it!

Have to ask...Why VLSD?

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cheap initial cost, mainly.

not about to pay out the ass for some worn to hell CLSD out of a 87+ Z31T and didn't want to really pay out the ass for a 2-way that would clunk all the time haha

I think it'll be good for my car, I shimmed it up with a shim so it'll lock up harder than stock, but hopefully not shimmed so much it acts like a welded lol

also finished up the subframe today, going to put it in tomorrow with the help of some friends

You should drive a fresh Nissan CLSD though. Very, very good. Mine locks predictably and HARD, perfectly civil though. Rebuilding it is up there with the best money I have spent on my car.

Can see where you're coming from though.


FWIW the factory R200 clutch LSD is a 2 way, its the very same item Nismo sell as the GT-LSD, and precision gear sell as a 'powerbrute LSD'.

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my car sucked on the dry course so I hung out on the wet course for a few hours

nice ride.
what diff and axles did you use to get the vlsd in there?

sorry for the late reply, this site hasn't been working for me lately lol

I used a Z32 VLSD and put it in an SE V6 200SX diff (3.9:1 R200) and used 280ZXT outer CV's/axles and Q45/Z32 inner CV's welded onto the axle shaft

it's a great mod, but at my height the outer boot hits the frame rail and tears it up so I'm looking to convert back to regular half-shafts...

this 800 pixel width limit is whack.

at any rate, like any daily driven racekor, I've been breaking and fixing things constantly. broke 2 or three crossmembers (or maybe broke the same one twice, I can't remember haha)

at any rate, here's a quick over view of what I've done since I forgot about this thread/didn't have a computer:

learned how to stretch tires:
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mounted this myself.

got a new plate, and fixed pretty much all my rear camber (BECAUSE RACECAR):
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(also took the kit off for a minute)
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hit the track
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did shitty as FARK, couldn't keep it sideways in 3rd/get up past 60mph entries...

so to add a little more power, I did this:
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3 screw SU's with SM needles. having a bit of a problem at high rpm's with the carbs actually flooding the motor out and causing a massive stutter at about 6k (did get it to go to 7k once, was really great haha) but the bottom end and midrange is SO AWESOME with these. driveability and fuel economy have even improved with these over the EFI!

LAWLS, no one cares about my car since it became a because racecar

I modded my knuckles, but only slightly. I can use the original ones from my car if I want to mod them further
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currently enjoying the added angle a whole lot, but only glorifies the fact that I need moar power
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can still also get more angle with a de-powered power rack (is different from a regular non-power rack) along with inner tie rods from an S13 and rack spacers.

then clearanced and braced the control arms because of the added angle
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and also installed some T3 RCA's finally.
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kind of regret it in that I won't be able to fit my original sizing plans for my new wheels (14x10 all around) so I'm just going to stick with 14x9/14x10 stagger whenever I get to getting them rebarreled.

Nah, it's because you forgot how to resize the pics.

I like what you've done here.

Makes me kinda want an S130 daily...

Love the car, but have to ask. Why didn't you just get a MS or something for the EFI? EFI has the capability beating carbs and getting better economy. That and less hassle tuning them.

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Money Pits:
- 1980 Corolla Hatchback - Power project
- 1988 Celica Alltrac - Snow fun project

because $300 in converting to carbs>$1000+ for EMS, and another $2k+ for ITB's.

carbs are cooler, anyways. I like manually tuning my engines, something about it is more gratifying than plugging in a computer.

All my favorite S130s have carbs.

Well, it is your car, so too each his own lol. Figured under 300 for a Megasquirt and an adapter and you would have been golden. That and you do tune with EFI, or atleast I do.

Mind you, not saying anything negative about carb's. Just not my cup of tea, so had to ask why remove efi for them.

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Money Pits:
- 1980 Corolla Hatchback - Power project
- 1988 Celica Alltrac - Snow fun project

Carbs>EFI. nice car noob