Daze's 400bhp Nissan Silvia drift car

[Dazecoop]

just read all of this again in detail. great build and even better photos!

Glad I'm not the only person who had to read this a couple of times.

Haha, this is the hugely hugely summarised version too 

This is one of the best threads I've come across!

Thanks!!

[xudlingo]

Just seen this got to love a money pit I mean s14 lol I just got one for playing on driftland keep up good work

[roland rat]

Awesome car and awesome thread!

I'd love a go at drifting but I'm crap handling a fwd car let alone a rwd one

[7057sam]

Epic car and write up

It's really motivated me fix the astor now.

[Dazecoop]

Well, I'm sorry to tell everyone that the car has been SOLD



That is the last photo before the keys were handed over to the new owner.

The decision to sell was a hard one, but overall I don't feel too upset about it. I've had a lot of fun in this car, and its done me well. With the questions of "what's next", I'm sorry to disappoint, but I have nothing else planned in regards to a fun/drift car.

Thanks to everyone's kind comments throughout this build!

[silverzx]

I thought you were building a S15 up?

[Dazecoop]

I thought you were building a S15 up?

True indeed, but not with my own money. Its my sponsored drive for 2017. Originally the idea was to keep my s14 as a fun/practice/backup comp car & the s15 as 2017 comp car, but I can no longer afford the upkeep of the s14 myself

[silverzx]

I thought you were building a S15 up?

True indeed, but not with my own money. Its my sponsored drive for 2017. Originally the idea was to keep my s14 as a fun/practice/backup comp car & the s15 as 2017 comp car, but I can no longer afford the upkeep of the s14 myself

Ah so they own the car technically...? Or?

[Dazecoop]

I thought you were building a S15 up?

True indeed, but not with my own money. Its my sponsored drive for 2017. Originally the idea was to keep my s14 as a fun/practice/backup comp car & the s15 as 2017 comp car, but I can no longer afford the upkeep of the s14 myself

Ah so they own the car technically...? Or?

Yes, that's correct. Its their car, they will store it, and its all down to them to fund it. That being said, they are fairly open minded on engine choice & styling, so I should have a lot of my own say in the way the car looks & drives. I just hope it gets built in time for the 2017 season!

[Magenta Sunset]

just out of curioxity, is there a 'lower cost' way to get into drifting? (like using an old Volvo saloon?)

[xudlingo]

I would say cheapest way is a BMW we picked up a e46 for 600 and welded diff its my misses car and she drifts it well lol definitely not a s14 money pit haha

[Magenta Sunset]

oo!
doesn't having a welded diff put more stress on the trans when road driving?

[xudlingo]

Not the trans but the drive shafts yes saying that my mate has a 2.2 diesel merc open different and managed to snap shaft lol

[silverzx]

As said above, when you weigh everything up, purchase price, modification price, ease of parts, reliability etc you can't beat a 328/325/323 BMW E36/E46.

Weld diff, £130 coilovers (brand new), fake deep dish steering wheel and boss (£50) and your up there with the S14's/Skylines etc. Only difference being you'll be lacking power for the 3rd/4th gear swoops. Saying that at least you can go completely 110% balls deep and not care if you smash it. Reshell only costs £100-400.

[7057sam]

Damn atleast your still drifting

[Dazecoop]

Yeah its a shame, but as said, hopefully I will be back behind a wheel driving as a sponsored driver for 2017 season!

A BMW/MX5 route is an option to keep drifting cheap, but at the moment I feel fine knowing that I'll be saving my money instead of using it up on drifting! An average event / 1 day drifting in my s14 was costing approx £1000, without damages/parts taken into consideration. That is purely just tyres, fuel & event costs, which is pretty insane!

oo!
doesn't having a welded diff put more stress on the trans when road driving?

Yes, a little. But no where near as much as what drifting does. I use/used my car on the road plenty, no issues. The only issues I kept having a few times over was driveshaft/CV joint exploding. This was 99% down to how low I run the car rather than welded diff putting extra stress on things. The diff doesn't help, but running the car low is the main culprit. I uprated the CV joints/shafts & diff to Skyline R33 GTST items which are stronger & have a better designed CV joint