but any ways, a little about myself and the car:
dont remember how, but i got into the whole drifting and s chassis thing when i was maybe a freshman or sophomore in highschool. i fell in love with the s13 and told myself i needed to have one.
i joined the forums and just lurked, read, researched, and waited.
picked this bad boy up in 09 in northern michigan. i guess it was originally an arizona car
and the awesome job on the swap
no rust or anything, so thats what sold me.
put in a Spec stage 2+ in late 09.
new vs old
it sat most of 2010 cause i was at school and had no job.
drove it around in the summer to apply for jobs and noticed the starter was sticking. would spin, but not pop
one day it just kept spinning and BANG
so, the car sat even longer. maybe another 6 months till i found a job. decided to rip out the emissions stuff to while i was doing the starter
what it looked like most of the summer, fall, and winter. exciting, i know.
got me a job in early 2011.
which was good cause my alternator went out the next month.
so the plan was to work, and do suspension first.
yeah, that didnt work exactly. this is where i just start throwing random crap at it.
found a set of starion wheels that i needed to have, so i bought them
that was dumb cause i was still 4 lug. so, time to buy 5 lug conversion. but only in the rear
picked up a piggy lip too.
now, im a sucker for a deal. so FRSport always happens to have one when im looking to blow some cash.
so i picked up some suspension techniques front and rear sway bars. no pictures of those.
then i finally picked up a real exhaust. my old one was a bunch of pipes welded together by what looked like helen keller.
sounded like a** too
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picked up a HKS hi power and a ISIS test pipe on the cheap. almost brand new too.
then i just got careless.
bought another KA with 150k on it and a freshly rebuild head for cheap for no reason what so ever.
then i bought even more wheels
then a Nardi
decided to stop spending money.
saved for a few months and FRsport suckered me into another deal
since i was spending more money, ive always wanted a quick release
had to drive it through the winter, which sucked!
didnt do much to it over winter.kind of saved, kind of started collecting parts.
hit a curb one night in the snow, so i decided to sack up and buy coilovers. good thing i did cause i got the last set im pretty sure
bought a set of Cibie lights, which are AMAZING
bought a new power steering rack and a DIF solid steering bushing and a few other things
then i bought even more wheels
so it was time to go 5 lug in front.
thats how it sat a few weeks ago.
since the weather was unseasonably warm, i decided to tackle the power steering rack and coilovers the other weekend.
went pretty well. i relocated the PS reservoir to the drivers side strut tower too.
picked up some Tien s14 inner tie rods and Touge Factory outters
im excited to get these on!
and how it sits as of now
not the prettiest, but i love it to death. it may be a little too low right now tho
i picked up an ISIS blast pipe exhaust for cheap the other day for s*** and giggles.
im far from done with it. next plans are to get the tie rods on, get the starion wheels on front as well.
after that im going to finish up the suspension with Parts Shop Max stuff. ive already got RUCAs and subframe spacers on the way. then get a new diff. ive been looking at a Nismo 2 way if anyone has any insight on those.
but yeah, thats about it as of now. im hoping to do some events in the next few weeks. but ill keep this updated with more pictures or if i have questions like i usually do.
