Kaihatsu Factory S14 Silvia

Ahhh...that's better. Now I can take as long as I need to afford my rebuild on the engine! That's if I don't go spending all the money on drift days.

328i
Welded diff
Low

All you need 😀

djtreble wrote:

Ahhh...that's better. Now I can take as long as I need to afford my rebuild on the engine! That's if I don't go spending all the money on drift days.

328i
Welded diff
Low

All you need 😀

awesome toy 😀

Yeah it's proper fun and quick! Power on tap!
Much better than the compact

haha pretty neat. and what did that cost?

Daniel wrote:

haha pretty neat. and what did that cost?

I would guest 800 Pounds.

No, I actually bought my compact for £400 and I did a straight swap for this...so I got a very good deal!

lol thats so not fair!!

Could have got a z32 for 900 pounds when i was there.

I'm deffinately going to miss the cheap cars here when I come back!

So the flameface of the head looks good

BUT then I came across this pit in the head:

Which has done this to the cam:

How the hell does this happen. Looks almost like someone has taken the cams out, put it back in and there was a piece of metal stuck between the cam and head. I havn't put the cams back in place and tightened them down since I've had the engine out...

Example of a few with gumph buildup that the cams have been running on (3 like this)

So I did all the cam measurements and they are still within manufacturer standard measurements (No where near the limits) odly!
But then I found all this pitting:

I never saw any of these problems when striping the head! I guess this means the head and cams are scrap.

So long time since an update.

S14:
Sold of the engine in parts and ordered a sub 50K SR from Japan. Should be here in about 2 weeks so all I have done so long is remove the air con system and gather all the parts to put it back together and get it through MOT.

BMW:
The daily slag has been used for exactly what it was built for, it's kept me sideways so long and has been fun! So much fun that this is what I eneded up doing this to a half shaft:

he he

what are your UK second hand / import engine prices like?

For a sub 50K SR20DET that I have bought from Japan, including all costs came to £650. That includes a 14 day guarantee.

It's the engine with everything minus exhaust side (manifold, turbo and elbow)

Why, you on the hunt for an engine? If so I have contacts that import engines from Japan and can probably get it sent stratight to you.

djtreble wrote:

For a sub 50K SR20DET that I have bought from Japan, including all costs came to £650. That includes a 14 day guarantee.

It's the engine with everything minus exhaust side (manifold, turbo and elbow)

Why, you on the hunt for an engine? If so I have contacts that import engines from Japan and can probably get it sent stratight to you.

nah.. not on the hunt.. just for interest's sakes.

Well there has been a delay so I won't get the engine till November now...so all I've done is cleaned the engine bay and fitted a Z32 fuel filter.

The rest of my time has been spent doing this:

djtreble wrote:

Well there has been a delay so I won't get the engine till November now...so all I've done is cleaned the engine bay and fitted a Z32 fuel filter.

The rest of my time has been spent doing this:
***SNIP***

Wow that looks fantastic!!! How does a Beemer compare to the Nissan's w.r.t drifting? I guess the throttle response on the NA BMW is better than the turbo Nissan's? Easier to modulate...

I'm thinking of getting a relatively simple drift car in a year or three, so reliability and ease-of-use are high on the priority list for me... BMW [3-series]/Nissan [S13/14/old Skyline] / something else?

Drifting is definately catching on here in SA, there are a few dedicated drift events here in Gauteng already, so I think you'll have a good market for your business when you come back to SA. There are a lot of Nissan boys up here...

Keep up the good work man, I always enjoy a good build/story/ride thread.

Regards
Martin 😀

Well the throtttle response is irrelivent in my opinion, this is because the nissan is setup for early boost and will always be setup that way. Also when you are drifting you are mostly at around the point in the rpm range when you have boost

I personally preffer the 200 for drifting. The chasis on a bmw is built more for grip so is more dificult to get and keep sideways but once you have it down its good. T he 200sx chasis was almost built for drifting it's so good (as is the skyline chasis).

If money is your concern, I'd always say go 3 series due to the fact that the majority of them are reliable as hell, cheaper to buy and setup for drifting. This BMW has been drifted to within an inch of it's life and the only thing I've had to replace is a half shaft due to the welded diff eventually wearing it out.

Nissans are awesome but lack reliability, ask anyone here. But hey, I'm a sucker for punishment. As long as you look after your 200sx properly, it should serve you well.

Yeah I'm amped, I wish I was there now. Ever since I made the decision all I have heard are good things, the potential is huge and I want to promote grass roots drifting, cheap and good fun!

Thanks for your comments bud, see you on track! 😉

Here some videos of me fighting with the bmw on a very slippery track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ig4MZIW_I

The BMW is no good on wet tracks! Understeer heaven!

So after waiting 4/5 months, my engine arrived at TJZ-Engineering, but they got the wrong engines from the supplier (not TJZ-Engineering's fault, must've been mis-communication between them and the suppliers). They got straight cam SR's when I was after a bent cam.

I toyed with the idea of running a straight cam, but quickly scratched that as there is a fair amount of work involved for no gain, in fact it is going backwards at my car's current spec under the bonnet.

So TJZ-Engineering kindly refunded me my deposit and I went and picked this up at Doritech. It was an engine that one of their clients sold to me. He originally bought it from MPH Customs but changed his plans so I picked it up for £625 including a T28 turbo. Not bad for a SR at 68K miles with good compression test results 😀
I do hope there are no nasty surprises when i start it up, but I was sold it in good faith from a regular on Driftworks, with word from MPH Customs that it was all good.

Here she is in all her dirty glory:

I woke up on Saturday and saw I was going nowhere in my snow plough

So I decided to look under the cam cover and get to cleaning the engine.

Under cam cover:

Not the cleanest but the cam lobes are spot on and it's much better than the gunked up one that came out of mine originally. When I went to fit the rocker cover, 5 of the bolt's threads striped on the head before the bolts even reach 1nm of torque. So I will be helicoiling them when my kit arrives during the week.

Cleaning the engine...
Before:

After:

Was a tough job, can't believe how dirty this block is compared to the one that came out of mine. So that's as clean as I could get it without doing a full strip down and re-paint.

Then I fitted the turbo assembly, new spark plugs, New VVT Selanoid and a few other bits.

All that is left is the rocker bolts that striped and the Mocal sandwich plate which I need a washer/spacer for in order to fit. Then I'll get it on the ground, fit the flywheel, ACT clutch and the gearbox then she is ready to go in the car! 😀

Can't wait to get this car fired up and on the road again. Still have to do the UK Roadworthy test first though! 🙁

Couldn't help but laugh at my growing pile of snapped drive shafts from the BMW

Nice man! looks good, good luck with the SR fitment!

Hope you can help us with some parts! 😀