The Solo 180sx Sr20vet build

[T.J]

I just said i would throw up a quick thread of my 180sx build.I started this in 2009 when i blew the headgasket in my 180sx driftcar and i started off with the plan of just doing the headgasket and it just got out of hand from there and i ended up buying a new shell and decided to go the vet route.The car is no your usual show and shine type car and i went with the format of function over form so the car has good ground clearance,full interior and a full windscreen (tax,nct,insurance) and i think it is the first road legal SR20vet in Europe and the first Sr20vet in Ireland.
The spec is:
Sr16ve head from a vzr with quish area removed and ported and polished exhaust ports
Valves all reseated
Supertech valve oil seals
Custom pistons CH Automotive machine work
1.6mm hks headgasket
Custom inlet plenum CH Automotive machine work
Custom fuel rail CH Automotive machine work
Sr20ve cas
Sr20ve oil pump
Acl bearings
S14 Crank
Moroso baffled sump
Mazworx oil pick up
Mazworx relocation blocks
Q45 trottle body
1000cc injectors
Custom swirl pot Tom Garvey Engineering
Walbro 255 in tank
Bosch 044
Aeromotive fpr
Swirl pot and bosch custom mounted in the engine bay to avoid firewalling the rear of the car
Custom fuel rail CH Automotive machine work
T3 top mount manifold
Synapsys external wastegate
Holset hx35 with custom exhaust housing
Custom stainless steel turbo elbow/downpipe with v band to mount to turbo and only one flange to allow fitting of another cat back if noise level is breached at certain tracks all fabricated by Tom Garvey Engineering
Revotec controller
Twin Electric fans
50mm alloy rad
R32 gtr intercooler
With custom stainless steel piping purge welded by Tom Garvey Engineering
Custom engine mounts
Custom inlet pipe
Big intake filter
Hks paddle clutch
Apexi avcr
Apexi Vtec controller
Link G4 ecu
Defi oil temperature guage
Innovate wideband guage
Custom Gear knob CH Automotive machine work
Apex short shifter
Full alignment kit for the rear adjustable lower arms,camber arms,toe arms and traction arms
Custom inner steering rods tein outers
Tein tension rods
Group4 hydro handbrake
R33 rear hubs and brake set up
Only have a 4.1 diff fitted at the moment which is welded so that will be coming out shortly
Tein super street coilovers
Recaro drivers bucket seat
Bolt in cusco 7 point cage with added door bars
Nardi steering wheel
Custom switch panel
Luke 4 point 3inch harness
Battery relocated to the boot and kept in a battery box
In tank fuel pump given its own live feed switched through a relay
Front and rear strut braces (front not fitted in pics)
Raised oem bonnet
Raybrig headlights
Uras Kit (i am open to correction on this)



Probably loads of stuff i havent put on the list but i will update at a later stage its been a busy week at work.
Would like to give a big thanks to Colm and Stiv off here for all their work and constant pestering lol




Pic taken at our recent road trip over to awesomefest



I do apologise for the lack of photos but i have been locked out of my flickr account and will have to transfer the photos from my laptop to that account over the weekend

[JP]

Oh...

My...

Good...

F*ck............



Now THAT's an impressive build "out of nowhere"! Looking forward to some high-res pics soon of this (not-so-new) beastie!

[Trial_S15]

I had heard about this build & was looking forward to seeing the finished product - subscribed

[hi_im_fil]

I think I actually saw this about a month back around the place. Saw it at japfest too. More pics needed!

[CillianS14a]

Here's a pic of the two cars recently getting the alignment done.



And the road trip to awesomefest



This was with the old rocker cover



CH automotive does some great stuff Don't forget you've got r33 rear brake setup also

This is some machine to move, great powerband and driveability makes this a very capable car

[colm]

this car needs to been seen and heard in person to really appreciate how insane it is. savage engine and crazy driver what more could you want

happy to have been able lend a hand when i could

[Muttly]

Awesome thread. I'll upload a few shots later on when I work through the almost 5000 I have from Japfest.

[JP]

Ahh c'mon TJ, would you stop sapping the power through the inlet & get a decent-sized intake pipe + filter that'll match the compressor-housing??!

[T.J]

Cheers lads for the kind comments it been along hard slog with getting this car to where it is now and alot more left to do and a good few bits and pieces that i am not entirely with it but that is mainly down to me wanting to meet deadlines i had set for myself and i hate not being able to meet a deadlin but it will do for now cause it works and goes like a raped ape.I have plans to build a new one in the new year that will be capable of more power but that is a long way off yet.

Here is what makes the conversion worth it



























new housing compared to the old one


Pics from japfest tracktime







One of my favourite bits of the car has to be this little wideband guage

[SX_BIG]

i think you were one of the irish lads i met at awesomefest sat night? .. you started writing sumit about sumiton my rear window? in the dust?

aparently my 180 looked alot like yours mates with the 180? nice to meet you guys if it was you?

[ex-ctr]

looking good i have the same wide-band gauge, really making me want to get mine going

[JP]

Hah! Glad to see you're putting it to good use! Was it easy enough/expensive to get a wear plate?

[raytsang]

very nice setup

how is the setup working out running on petrol. i know you where intending on running e85 with the VE head?

[Sender]

i think it is the first road legal SR20vet in Europe

wrong mate, there are couple of them in Poland, even one S14A with 540bhp VET was totalled on the lamp-post last winter... but your car still looks great I would like to see it in flash

[T.J]

wrong mate, there are couple of them in Poland, even one S14A with 540bhp VET was totalled on the lamp-post last winter... but your car still looks great I would like to see it in flash

Hence why I said think lol now don't be holding out on me drop me a pm with a link or specs on the others.
Hopefully we will be over to a few events next year in the Uk and participating in a few trackdays all funds depending.


On another note I picked up a kakimoto cat back exhaust should hopefully be fitting it during the weekend all going well looks like a good bit of kit pics after the weekend hopefully it will be good at reducing the noise levels so I don't have hassle at trackdays

[ricky3510]

I think i just came a little reading that spec list really wanted to build a SR20VET when i had my 200!!

[diamondsink]

what is that rear housing on your hx35 and where did you get it, cheers

[T.J]

Here is a little clip from a japfest ireland very slippery conditions so it was hard to get the power down we were running about .5bar
http://www.youtube.com/user/irish180

[cChance]

That sounds the absolute tits Lovely car and mental spec, hats off too you sir and everyone involved

[JP]

That red yoke behind you looks pretty bad-ass too! What is it?