Sil-80 conversion as easy as Silvia conversion?

[AREITU]

I may be doing a Silvia/Sileighty conversion over the summer as a project, but someone told me that Sil-Eighty body panels don't fit directly on the 240SX fastback. Sooo, I was wondering if that was true or not?

[sykikchimp]

They both require the EXACT same amount of work.  The coupe and Fastback have identical chassis's.

[drifterX87]

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The person who told you that either doesnt know much about the Sil80, or was just BSing you.

The Sil80 is the 180SX or 240SX fastback with the front of a Silvia on it. &nbsp;It is the EXACT same thing as putting the Silvia front end on to the coupe. &nbsp;Like sykikchimp said below, the chassis are in now way different in the front of the car.

Good luck man. &nbsp;By the way, what kind of Silvia front end are you planning to put on? &nbsp;S15, or S13? &nbsp;If you have any questions or need any help just e-mail me.

Mike

[shinigami24]

i'm doing a sil-80 project too, going with the s15 front end, i'm not sure if i should do the body first or the sr20 swap

[sykikchimp]

I would do the motor first.. &nbsp;That way there no chance of your damaging your nice new Silvia front end when you pull the old motor out, and put the new one in.. &nbsp;Or, since your gonna have the bumper off anyways for the FMIC.. &nbsp;just do them one right after the other.. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[drifterX87]

Yeah, and if your going to "drift" &nbsp;You should get to know your car before you buy any cosmetic supplies for it. &nbsp;This gets me thinking of a video, check this one out. &nbsp;Its about 3.3 megs: Drift King vid (http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/driftkings004/driftcars.html)
Get the video that says 6 to 10. &nbsp;There are three cars that are especially significant. &nbsp;

Whenever a newbie comes in here and asks how to drift we should show it to them. &nbsp;LOL, download and enjoy.

Mike

[samiam]

damn! Gotta love those Silvia drifts. I have an Option vid w/ those Silvias........ <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[AREITU]

All of my friends have cars, and only one of them, a BMW 325i, is RWD, so none of us have actually done any dori-dori slideways action.
My plan was to do the swap and conversion together, instead of seperately. It's just that two sources told me I couldn't stick it on a fastback, and I wanted to make sure. So, now that I'm sure...I'll let you guys know how it goes if I start the project!