I'm back in a jap motor, again
Discussion
Yes folks, I'm back 
Every time I leave the Jap scene, I end up with a pig.
Sold GT4 ST185 CS to buy a MK1 Golf GTi (minter, but impossible to maintain)
Then bought a Range Rover Vogue
God knows why, but i did. Absolute shed of a thing.
Sold that and bought a Nissan 200SX S13 and loved it. Sold it to build up a drift project and buy another Range Rover to tow it with. The range rover turned out to be another shed and I had to sell my drift project to pay vets bills
So I decided to buy another German car, a 1991 525i SE 24v. Yet another hunk o' junk. So I'm currently breaking it for spares to pay for my new motor,
which is.......
Another black S13
looks very similar to my last one, tatty body, black standard bumpers etc, but its underneath where this one differs
The keen eye'd amongst you may notice it has Skyline R32 GTR wheels, which are 5 stud. So S14a hubs with front discs and calipers, rear S13 disc's & drums redrilled to 5 stud to keep the S13 handbrake (better than S14 one
) it has new Apex Coilovers, nearly new mongoose exhaust and ARC induction box. Also a new Autoban 888 FMIC (seriously thick) and a freshly rebuilt bottom end and cyl head
And the real difference with this is the subframes, suspension arms, toe arms, tie rods, camber arms etc etc have been shot blasted and chemically plated so they should never rust
The previous owners brother works for an aerospace type plating compnay, so its top notch stuff (cadnium or something. I cant remember)
edited due to mong spelling
Every time I leave the Jap scene, I end up with a pig.
Sold GT4 ST185 CS to buy a MK1 Golf GTi (minter, but impossible to maintain)
Then bought a Range Rover Vogue
God knows why, but i did. Absolute shed of a thing. Sold that and bought a Nissan 200SX S13 and loved it. Sold it to build up a drift project and buy another Range Rover to tow it with. The range rover turned out to be another shed and I had to sell my drift project to pay vets bills
So I decided to buy another German car, a 1991 525i SE 24v. Yet another hunk o' junk. So I'm currently breaking it for spares to pay for my new motor,
which is.......
Another black S13
looks very similar to my last one, tatty body, black standard bumpers etc, but its underneath where this one differs
The keen eye'd amongst you may notice it has Skyline R32 GTR wheels, which are 5 stud. So S14a hubs with front discs and calipers, rear S13 disc's & drums redrilled to 5 stud to keep the S13 handbrake (better than S14 one
) it has new Apex Coilovers, nearly new mongoose exhaust and ARC induction box. Also a new Autoban 888 FMIC (seriously thick) and a freshly rebuilt bottom end and cyl head And the real difference with this is the subframes, suspension arms, toe arms, tie rods, camber arms etc etc have been shot blasted and chemically plated so they should never rust
The previous owners brother works for an aerospace type plating compnay, so its top notch stuff (cadnium or something. I cant remember) edited due to mong spelling
Edited by turbo-tastic on Thursday 11th January 13:40
Nice to see you return to a s13 (i've seen you about on the sxoc). I love it with the bronze wheels, really suit it. Much better than some oversized 18's. What size are they out of curiousity? I would say 16's but i know how the s13's arches have a tendancy of dwarfing wheels, so cant be sure.
I have a tuned s13 myself, and a good friend of mine has a jdm st182 gtr and is thinking of upgrading to a st185, in your opinion how do these cars compare (standard)?
I have a tuned s13 myself, and a good friend of mine has a jdm st182 gtr and is thinking of upgrading to a st185, in your opinion how do these cars compare (standard)?
They dont IMHO. My CS was great, and i loved it, but it was heavy and understeered like you wouldn't beleive. For the amount of fuel it used, I would have expected it to be much faster in a straight line and through the bends. After getting my S13, I realised how disappointing the CS was 
My old S13 was boggo stock when I got it, and it scared the life out of me the first time I got it on boost in the wet. Turns out it had "fuel saver" tyres on it But after a few carefully chosen mods (you'll know the ones i mean) it was a far better car to drive (for me anyway) than the CS was. And to tune a GT4 is hideous money.
The GT4OC do have better mugs than the SXOC though
And the wheels are R32 GTR Skyline whels 8J x 16 ET30 (effectively ET24 on the back due to spacers) IMO these wheels should have been standard fitment to the S13 when new, and the R32 should have had 17's at least
My old S13 was boggo stock when I got it, and it scared the life out of me the first time I got it on boost in the wet. Turns out it had "fuel saver" tyres on it
But after a few carefully chosen mods (you'll know the ones i mean) it was a far better car to drive (for me anyway) than the CS was. And to tune a GT4 is hideous money. The GT4OC do have better mugs than the SXOC though
And the wheels are R32 GTR Skyline whels 8J x 16 ET30 (effectively ET24 on the back due to spacers) IMO these wheels should have been standard fitment to the S13 when new, and the R32 should have had 17's at least
I know what you mean about the bad tyres, when i got my 13 it had exhaust, air filter and new springs. The tyres where remoulds i swear, my engine had seen better days at 135,000 miles and could still light the rear wheels up in 3rd in the dry and the fronts would screech if you so much as turned the wheel at over 25mph. That was going from driving a mini running a048r road legal slicks.
Edited by tomk on Thursday 11th January 15:41
I had an S13 years ago. The garage I bought it from had helpfully fitted a new set of DimSun Spinmaster tyres in a wonderful 205/60/15 profile. Comedy oversteer out of every wet junction was but a toe-flex away. About 1/2 an inch of throttle travel was enough to get it going sideways at about 10 mph.... Hilarious.
Great car for the money, but mine was plagued with HG and big-end bearing problems. Even considered buying another to go the big-boost route a couple of years ago, but bought an MRT instead.
Great car for the money, but mine was plagued with HG and big-end bearing problems. Even considered buying another to go the big-boost route a couple of years ago, but bought an MRT instead.
speedtwelve said:
I had an S13 years ago. The garage I bought it from had helpfully fitted a new set of DimSun Spinmaster tyres in a wonderful 205/60/15 profile. Comedy oversteer out of every wet junction was but a toe-flex away. About 1/2 an inch of throttle travel was enough to get it going sideways at about 10 mph.... Hilarious.
Great car for the money, but mine was plagued with HG and big-end bearing problems. Even considered buying another to go the big-boost route a couple of years ago, but bought an MRT instead.
Great car for the money, but mine was plagued with HG and big-end bearing problems. Even considered buying another to go the big-boost route a couple of years ago, but bought an MRT instead.
Alot of them suffer from BE bearing's going. This one has just had them done, and a thicker headgasket (possibly even HKS for brand label whoring)
MrFlibbles said:
Great to see you back in the saddle san!
_Batty_ said:
superb car
Cheers guys. I haven't driven it much due to no MOT (off the recovery lorry and to my drive is about 400yards) but I should have it MOT'able by monday, then I can start enjoying it
Heres a couple of mine from a trackday last year, probably a bit too chavvy for some of you with its big ghey spoiler and weak rear lights. The spoiler is in the process of being removed and the rear lights have been modified since then (not that you can even see them in the pic tho)
Sorry they've been shamelessly (sp? real word?) ripped from a photographers website from the day.
Sorry they've been shamelessly (sp? real word?) ripped from a photographers website from the day.
turbo-tastic on 12th january said:
Cheers guys. I haven't driven it much due to no MOT (off the recovery lorry and to my drive is about 400yards) but I should have it MOT'able by monday, then I can start enjoying it
It passed its MOT today, and I've got it taxed. The list of jobs kept growing and growing
In the end it was 1) Wire up front ABS sensors
2) Change to larger T28 as T25 was fooked
3) Plumb in breathers properly
4) Tighten aux drive belts
5) loosen cambelt
6) Set timing
7) Weld 40mm x 60mm plate in drivers footwell
8) Raise front coilovers due to tyre wear on underside of loom
9) Source and reapir fuel leak
10) Change front windscreen
11) Adapt & fit bride seat subframe
12) Fit Corbeau bucket seat to Bride subframe
13) Small service (oil, plugs, filter)
14) Secure boot mounted battery properly
15) Fit Apex Short shifter (still not done)
16) Get drivers window operational
And a few other jobs. But 99% of them are done, its now MOT'd and Tax'd, and i can start enjoying driving an SX again
I'm going to borrow a tripod and have a bash at taking some swanky pictures over the weekend, so they will follow
Ed
Tomk said:
Did you get around to taking any pictures of your car?
After seeing how good your's looked
with bronze 16"s on i had to copy you, sorry
I bought some Ray's Gram Lights 57s in bronze. Should look good i hope when i finally get around to fitting them.
After seeing how good your's looked
with bronze 16"s on i had to copy you, sorry I bought some Ray's Gram Lights 57s in bronze. Should look good i hope when i finally get around to fitting them.
No new pics yet, but I will get some soon
16's on S13s are the way forward IMO. Dont get me wrong, some extra wide low offset 17's (Advans AVS model 5's for example) are sweet, but nice chunky 16's look so right.
I'd love to get some Work Miester S1's in 16, as they look like R32 GTR wheels but split rim, and could possibly get them wider (I've only got 8J) but I dont fancy the price of them
Nice car mate. Think I saw this for sale on sxoc or driftworks (or both!) I miss my S13, but I do miss the sodding money I had to spend on it!
Would love another, but once bitten... Your one should be a completely different story though. I remember reading the ad for it a while ago thinking it sounded like a real nice example. I will be heading back jap one day but not for a while.
Off to Jap night at Ace tonight to perv.. if anyone comes out its fecking freezing!!
Would love another, but once bitten... Your one should be a completely different story though. I remember reading the ad for it a while ago thinking it sounded like a real nice example. I will be heading back jap one day but not for a while.
Off to Jap night at Ace tonight to perv.. if anyone comes out its fecking freezing!!
chrisbr68 said:
Nice car mate. Think I saw this for sale on sxoc or driftworks (or both!) I miss my S13, but I do miss the sodding money I had to spend on it!
Would love another, but once bitten... Your one should be a completely different story though. I remember reading the ad for it a while ago thinking it sounded like a real nice example. I will be heading back jap one day but not for a while.
Off to Jap night at Ace tonight to perv.. if anyone comes out its fecking freezing!!
Would love another, but once bitten... Your one should be a completely different story though. I remember reading the ad for it a while ago thinking it sounded like a real nice example. I will be heading back jap one day but not for a while.
Off to Jap night at Ace tonight to perv.. if anyone comes out its fecking freezing!!
It was for sale on both
My last (road legal) one wasn't too bad on running costs. I think all in inc buying it and getting it up to about 220-240bhp it only cost me £2k. Fuel was 21-25mpg (lead foot syndrome)
This one has come ready tuned & fettled, I just needed to do the list above to get it on the road. I've only done 40miles in it so far, so cant comment on MPG, but it aint gonna be good as it overfuels like a b***h
Another job for the weekend If I had the space, I'd get something shonky to run about in (old E30 BM tourer) and use the S13 for track and ragging purposes only, as the money I'd save in fuel would easily pay tax/MOT & TPF&T ins on a BM, and save wear tear on the S13.
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