My Assualt on EDC 2008

[Kieran_e1]

Well folks for the third season in top flight drifting I've got a new car and here is the story in pictures.


here's me old baby

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/EDC_0357_copy.jpg

the build took just under 2 very stressfull weeks!!!

but here goes

Here's the car as i bought her

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/15102007060.jpg

I bought a few bits and bobs for here like greddy fmic and apex manifold, radiator and fan kit
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I've retained the turbo from my last car, a gt2871r , and all the rear suspension and subframe which was poly bushed and had solid metal subframe bushes along with all the relevant suspension arms from Apex with spherical bearings on the ends for stiffness ( ooo er missus )

so we started fitting all the bits and then sent the car off for paint

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/24032008114.jpg

the prep was done by me and the paint was done by 2_black_lines. Huge thanks to his paint skills!!

here's the end result of paint. the colour is nissan storm grey. ignore the orange bit. emergency tow eye:annoyed:

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/25032008121.jpg

so it was back to garage kev sport for some polish and finish , thanks to tinny steve , get cage fitted and finish all the safety gear ( not to mention fit the rear bumper )

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once that was all done ( sounds so much easier in type than in real life )
the car then went for vinyl thanks to c the signs in rotherham and here was the finished product

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/05042008135.jpg

collected her en route to round one at donnington where she did ok. not running anything like 100% but still qualified 4th and scored some valuable championship points

here's the obligatory action shot. thanks to doristars for this

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/DSC_0474_copy.jpg

spec

redtop sr20
apex manifold and z32 afm intake trunk
greddy fmic
gt2871r
apex exhuast
apex gen 2 coilovers with 8/6 springs
apex alignment arm's
cobra fia bucket seats
custom made roll cage
some gauges
power fc
all EDC spec safety gear
k sport harnesses
r32 gtr brakes f and r

Rota Torque drifts
17x8 fronts and 17 x 9 rears ( which rock on the car i feel )

Big gay wing to come

Huge thanks to the following

Kev Kev. couldn't do this without you mate. seriously!!!!

Gordon aka 2 black lines for the paint

Tinny steve for the polish

Dave 205 turbo , bomber , sambo and ant dat for coming over to help out with the build. Cheers lads


and my sponsors who i couldn't do this without

Bren , ann , kev and all the team at apex performance parts

Matt and julian at Rota wheels / rarerims for the wheels.

Marc Light at the garage in wishaw glasgow for his help and fitting me in at the last minute

Tony at C the Signs in rotherham for staying at work till 10.30 at night while i whore'd it from glasgow with an empty trailer at 100+ leptons

everyone else who's supported me and finally


Claire. she's the best

[Actual_Ben_Taylor]

Cool :) Did you fix the idle?

[Kieran_e1]

Cool :) Did you fix the idle?

sort of. it's still not 100% when cold but fine when warm

got lot's of niggles to sort for rd 2

[DanS14a]

That look real nice, I love that colour

[2 Black Lines]

Np. Thanks for letting me practise my painting once again. Better lights next time so I'm not painting in the dark.:nod:

Good result, :thumbs:

[YorkshireRam]

good result mate, well done! :) I'll be back for round 4!

[SM]

Looks great :) Cant wait to see it next to the other Apex cars and see if the design colour flip works as we wanted, impressed with the overall look.

Congrats and well done for the qualifing, really that was superb.

[Ken]

Looks fantastic mate, well done on qualifying 4th:thumbs:

[Fake Ben Taylor]

the mostest angle of anyone in qualifying!!!!

:notworthy:

[tinnysteve]

looking good kieran (the car that is ) and congrats on 4th:thumbs:
steve

[Damo]

well done mate :thumbs:

[fudi]

looks smart mate love the front end :)

is that a standard colour on 14a's?

[ferretca18]

That looks awesome mate! all the best with the new season:)

[Lou]

Nice one Kieran, looks very tasty!

[m.d.]

what happened to the white one then, ???

love the colour of the new one tho. and well done for the result,

[Chavbo]

looks smart mate love the front end :)

is that a standard colour on 14a's?

It's off a Pathfinder Mr. confused and sulky panda from china.

[Kieran_e1]

what happened to the white one then, ???

love the colour of the new one tho. and well done for the result,

the shell was rotten so it's being scrapped

[ColinR]

Loving it!

Col

[Scougar]

How rotten? Someone on here may appreciate it?

Car looks amazing compared to your old one. The aero really changes the looks :)

Matthew

[Monkey]

looks cool:thumbs:

but this with black wheels and spacers would be perfect IMO

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/my_sxy_s13/15102007060.jpg

[m.d.]

How rotten? Someone on here may appreciate it?

Car looks amazing compared to your old one. The aero really changes the looks :)

Matthew

i was thinking that, even if its just for replacement pannels that someone wants to cut out and weld into theres,

definately worth sticking on the wanted section :nod:

[Alan_200sx]

Spotted on West Campbell St today, looks good!

[Smoothound]

Nice one mate ! Gonna be up at Teeside with it anytime soon? :D

[Kieran_e1]

i was thinking that, even if its just for replacement pannels that someone wants to cut out and weld into theres,

definately worth sticking on the wanted section :nod:

it needs a lot of welding done to it to ever be mot passable again. plus it's not really a rolling shell at the minute

[Chavbo]

i was thinking that, even if its just for replacement pannels that someone wants to cut out and weld into theres,

definately worth sticking on the wanted section :nod:

There's not really much of a market for that tbh, if its got teabags for sills and rotten arches there's not much else that's likely to be of any use. Bootlid would most likely be knackered too if the rest of the car was in that state. I stuck a post up offering my rusty old shell for free but had no takers, it's a lot of inconvenience while there are still plenty half-decent entire shells available relatively cheaply.

[glens14a]

WOW :eek: looks like you have a real drift car now :D

Looking good buddy hope you get in the top 16 more this year so more folks can see your hard work :thumbs:

[Bomber]

looking sweet mate:thumbs:
good to see it on the go.