Jamie's Gentleman sil80

[MapBoy]

Well here is my baby. Some of you will have met it already.

034 by Jamie Gardner, on Flickr

Spec: (as much as I can remember)

1993 RPS13 180sx converted to a sil80
In Black
130000km
Built by Kawabata san of Drivingsports Japan

Engine:
SR20DET overhauled by DS (to what level and competency is unknown. It came from a different car so age and mileage is unknown.)
Block painted red, head in black metalflake
Z32 maf with Apexi filter and Apex Hardintake
Greddy FMIC with hard pipework.
Red silicone joiners/pipes from]
Nismo engine mounts
KTS triple core copper rad with Apex silicone pipes
Full stainless exhaust system
Parts Shop Max Elbow/downpipe/flexi

In progress:
H-dev wrapped mani,
2871r 60AR
Forge actuator
Braided lines
Japspeed FPR

Chassis/handling:
DW CS1 Coilovers (Arrived on Kei office coilovers but all the shocks were blown, an unexpected surprise)
DW 4 Adjustable Arm kit
Tein Tie rods and ends
Ikeya Formula tension braces
Front strut brace Feed sports I think
Rear Strut brace Cusco
R32 GTR front brake setup
Z32 rear brake setup with endless drum pads
Full 5 stud hub swap with brand new front lower arms and ball joints

Exterior:
Supermade Instant Gentleman aero (skirts and rear bumper)
Rocket Bunny 6666 Front bumper
Rolled rear arches
Tinted rear quarter windows
Despoiler'd and holes welded up.
Works Eurolines in 18x9+35 and 18x10+16
Kouki rear lights
S13 Silvia Twin Brick with HI/Low HIS'd
Smoked clear sidelights/repeaters

Interior/Electronics:
Bride Fixed back bucket on DW superlow side mounts
TRS 4 point harness
Defi control unit with Oil temp/water temp/boost pressure gauges mounted in center vent
HKS turbo timer
Nistune custom mapped ecu
pioneer component door speakers
Alpine fancy head unit
Apex half rear cage but running full interior
DB Power battery relocation kit (in boot)
Custom boot floor
Gizzmo Boost contorller

I've been through hell and back with this car all due to being screwed over by Driving sports.


When I first bought it it looked like this:




KB san "fixing up my car"


Aero arrives



Then when she shipped out:




Getting work done to be uk legal in newcastle



And how she looked before the crail drift day and at knockhill





Me being rubbish at drifting


After drift day




Repair work begins:







Back on the car






It was still very flexible at this point so I had another go and have about twice as many cable ties on it now.

If you feel like a long read click on my sig and it'll take you to my blog.

Currently I'm sorting shipping for a new bumper and am planning on upgrading my brakes before getting any more power mods.

Cheers folks
Jamie

[Revo]

awesome! looks great, love the cable tie look lol

[fergS13]

i want your bumper that looks cool might have to go and get some multicoloured cable ties an crack my bumper

nice car by the way

[jod]

nice plans man... probably the best route.

what kinda stuff you going to do to the engine once you've sorted the brakes and styling

[voodoo_melon]

Got to be one of the best looking S13s on here

[Irietuning]

Sweet

[MapBoy]

Cheers guys! Much appreciated

@Jod: Its going to be a long slow road (everyone at my work just had to take a paycut to survive the next 2 months) but atm its bigger injectors and EBC first and at some point a bigger turbo, nothing to big though.

[DREAD13]

Nice car, loving the cable tie look, looks the shit!!

[Lou_Lou]

Noooo .. stunning looking car... well was

Nice cars should not be drifted

Get yourself some random shed instead!

[Quail]

Cool car. Shame the Supermade got smashed .

What happened with DS?

[MapBoy]

Lol It will look even nicer once the new bumper is on and a few tarting up issues sorted.

The DS story is a long one. I paid to have the car built to a specific spec and was let down. Numerous little things were not done in japan (fitting of gauges, Turbo timer, harness etc), these were found in the boot by my agent in Japan when he got back from an event in Norway to find the car had been sent to the port 3 days early.
It didn't get the prep and security wrap it was supposed to get and thus my spare wheels went walkies in transit.
The horns were shot.
The screen was bottle was missing along with the bumper support bar (both can be seen on the car in the pics above.
The rear lights leaked and all the fittings for the reverse lights were missing.
All 4 of the Kei office coilovers (that were sourced and fitted by DS) were shot, when I stripped them down the piston in the shocks dropped under its own weight.
It arrived with a serious missfire which was eventualy tracked to the ecu which had been chipped but either not mapped at all or had been mapped for the engines spec before it was installed in mine.

Whilst I remember I would like to thank:
Jurgen @ JM-Imports for all his efforts to sort the missfire and the many other minor issues.
Mick and Ally @ Ultimate Vehicles for swapping out parts and working out it was the ecu.
Tokyo Black: for suggesting the person who fixed and and keeping me motivated
Kev for being a great all round guy and always there to help me fix things and tell me I've been an idiot lol

Finally
Stephen Helmsley @ Skay Ltd for doing everything he could to sort out the mess DS left him and myself in. Inc posting all the part they didn't fit and promising to get me other parts to reimburse me for having to buy new coilovers myself.

[CBomb]

Awesome amount of work mate, very nice build.

i especially like the Decpticon sticker, subtel and uber cool

[D1 RWD]

is it me or does it look cool'r with the bumper zip tied together

cars well nice mate

[The Big Yin]

Nice car, loving the cable tie look, looks the shit!!

Noooo .. stunning looking car... well was

Nice cars should not be drifted

Get yourself some random shed instead!

Why noit Lou-Lou, I drifted my AE86 pretty much straight out of the body shop

Awesome amount of work mate, very nice build.

i especially like the Decpticon sticker, subtel and uber cool

I have an Autobot one for my hachi, had it for ages and planned to put it right where jamies is twat just need to put it on the other side

is it me or does it look cool'r with the bumper zip tied together

cars well nice mate

I love the look of the cable tied bumper to

[Teggers]

I was going to say "Gorgeous car mate! Make sure you keep it like that!" right up until the damage pics

Like the Decepticon sticker. Really don't like the frankenstein car look with cable ties every where though. IMO it looks badly bodged, cheap and nasty. I'd suggest next time you do a drift day, take the bumper off first (attach it to the car with cable ties by all means! But please don't f**k up another nice bumper)

[docwra]

Sorry dude, but thats a travesty drifting a genuine IG kit. Theres no point buying a beautiful car like that then knackering it first time out

Cable ties look shit. Sorry if I sound harsh, but youve broken what was potentially one of the best looking S13's in the country

[TheChin]

Awesome amount of work mate, very nice build.

i especially like the Decpticon sticker, subtel and uber cool

I think i started that trend....

[swiftmini]

Nice one! You started a thread for it

Its shame you twatted the bumper but shiz happens. The zip ties look cool imo.

I don't see what's wrong with drifting a genuine supermade kit, I will be! But iam also gonna be making my car a road legal track car cose it pee's me off sitting in traffic with it, caining fuel for no reason.

Hope you get it fixed soon oh and what are you doing with the old bumper, i want it for a spare

[MapBoy]

Lol No offence taken folks. I would have rather not smashed it either, It will NOT be getting drifted with the new bumper on! No way am I risking smashing it again. I had planned on taking it off beforehand...but was persuaded it was not the "manly" thing to do.

It wont be staying like this as I want it looking clean and pretty again.
@swiftmini: Atm I'm not sure, I was going to keep it as a spare too lol.

Glad you all like the sticker. It does suit the car somewhat.

[shakbarr]

Hey man, glad you got the bumper 'fixed', actually looks pretty cool like that, very colourful. Looking forward to seeing the new bumper on, should add a little more aggression to the front end.
How's the cable in place of the actuator clip holdin up?