S13 drift project romania

**MC Mate** · 08-03-2009, 18:01

Hello, here is my first Nissan

. It is an 1990 S13 CA18DET, and i want to make it my Drift car ( street and circuit ) street because in the country we don't have any circuits so we are training 90% on the street. I am happy because our country in for the first time in KOE and the drifting is starting to make allot of fans. So i hope to get the car finished as i whant for the qualification round. I started drifting in my BMW E36 and allot of money went in too it ( tein euro damper, struts, LSD, another engine, EBC brakes, etc ) i decided that the BMW is not a good platform for drift so i got the S13

.I hope to get lots of help from you guys in building the car.

Now, the car : no engine in it, stayed for 2 years without engine.I have 3 engines, all in pieces

and now i will start building one of the so i can take the car to MOT and getting the feel of it

I am not sure for now if i am going to build a CA18DET for drift with forged piston, rods, all to hang in for 350-400 hp or go for a SR20DET.

Here is the car with 2 years of dirt on it

)

After 4 washes

And next thing done ! Getting that horrible vinyl off the car

**diamondsink** · 08-03-2009, 18:18

sorry only time before somebody posted it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JktACN6I_DQ

Good luck, whats your plans?

**MC Mate** · 08-03-2009, 18:39

Hahaha i know the movie

) 1 hp drift

)

The plans for now are , getting the engine done and in so i can finish the paper work of the care , getting it on my name, after getting the MOT i will strip it down and getting a roll cage, 5 lug , suspension, and some paint

that's the short version

**kingj** · 09-03-2009, 10:45

cool,your BMW looks sweet too

good luck with the project mate

**swiftmini** · 09-03-2009, 11:52

cool car, looks like a rat racer. the vinyl is ace keep it.

kev

**MC Mate** · 09-03-2009, 14:08

Originally Posted by kingj

cool,your BMW looks sweet too

good luck with the project mate

thanks

Originally Posted by Swiftmini

cool car, looks like a rat racer. the vinyl is ace keep it.

kev

haha

yes it's not the best looking car

the vinyl came off the next day

I orderd at apex today some parts for the engine, i am waiting for the block to be striped so that the parts in it to get some work

Tomorow i think i will start working in the engine bay area because it needs some work

it didn't have the wiper mounted on the trunk and it rained for 2 years in here, and the cap was not taken out ... so the spare wheel was floating when i got the car

)

some rust over here

but i am happy that there isn't so much rust on the car

**Aripug** · 09-03-2009, 14:36

CIao from Italy!
The bmw is very nice!!!

I love the ca18det

Take this for your s13!!!!

Ciao!
Arian

**kalin** · 09-03-2009, 17:41

Hi neighbour,
Best of luck with the project

**MC Mate** · 09-03-2009, 20:49

thanks guys, happy to enter this community

**MC Mate** · 13-03-2009, 17:43

Today i started work on the CRANKSHAFT, it is standard, but i will have to go moonday to the machinist so it can modify it.I was today there but he told me to try and get the rust out ( the block was caped in rain... for a long time ) but i tried and the rust seems to dig a little in the CRANKSHAFT... i started working on the caps, cleaning and preparing for paint, tomorow i will get more done

**MC Mate** · 13-03-2009, 23:35

what is the best way to take the paint off the top engine caps, because i worked on one of the caps and tomorrow i want to do the second one and maybe there is a better way than sand paper or metal brush on the drill machine ???

**retardrift** · 14-03-2009, 00:20

paint stripper then brake cleaner......brake cleaner eats through paint pretty well!

**MC Mate** · 14-03-2009, 00:27

and what paint shold i use? normal or high heat ?

**retardrift** · 14-03-2009, 00:31

It's up to you......

Many people use high heat stuff but then a lot of people use standard paint and clear coat and seems to work fine.

If you are going to have the car as a show piece then normal paint would be fine, but if its going on track days to be pushed hard, the paint could easily start to crack and fade.

**MC Mate** · 14-03-2009, 00:35

it will be a drift car , so it will be used

**MC Mate** · 19-03-2009, 18:43

got to strip the block down so now i am waiting for the new parts so we star putting it back together.

**MC Mate** · 19-03-2009, 18:50

and i want to ask you guys what roll cage should i get for Drifting, i want a full cage with bars at doors and 8 point or higher.

Another question : what should i do with the LSD for starters? go for a s14 lsd ? I wold be grateful if you wold help me

**MC Mate** · 20-03-2009, 18:52

come on guys, a little bit of help from you wold be nice

**MC Mate** · 21-03-2009, 22:41

can you guys tell me what are the regulations for a custom roll cage so i wont have problems at competitions, the thickness of the bars, angle, etc ? or again a company that makes good cages ?

**dread** · 22-03-2009, 15:12

Looks like some good work so far, as for regulations and things like that, it's probably best to ask on driftworks website as they are more in the know when it comes to things like that.

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