D-turbo-lads Irish 180sx build KOUKI

[D-turbo-lad]

hey folk's dont post on here very often as i was using manily the site my side of the pond ie. driftireland.com – The online home of drifting in Ireland (http://www.driftireland.com) and Welcome to Driftworks, the UKs largest Rota Wheels dealer and supplier of HSD and CS2 coilovers. (http://www.driftworks.com) but have been on here a while nose'n throught the threads and build ect ...

so have my kouki 180sx almost 2 years now have sent £££££ on it but love it no matter what i say haha.

so il start with my spec list of the car as it stand's to day 25/12/2012 christmas day :) :)


EXTERIOR

red
full kouki kit
Front bumper splitter and end cap
Side skirt
Rear bumper spats and center piece
Kouki spoiler
magic areo roof spoiler
raybrig headlights
lazy eye thingy
crystal side repeat's

SUSPENSIONS BRAKE'S AND WHEELS

crystal bumper lights
race gear rear coil overs with pillow ball topmounts
unknown front make coilovers with pillowballs and camber plates
subframe locking collars
tein front tension rods
cusco rear toe arms
cusco rear camber arms
unknown make rear traction arms
5 stud conversion
brand new balljoints
brand new s14 inner tie rod's
brand new s14 trackrod ends
poly bush's in lower control arms
s14 4 piston front brake's
driftworks braided lines all round
soild steering bushing
20mm front spacer's
fancy stud's
front strut brace
rear cusco brace

work emotion cr kai's
front 17x9 et30 215/40/17 uniroyal rain sports ( et 10 with spacer)
rear 18x9.5 et30 225/40/18 sunnys ( et 20 with spacer )

INTERIOR

apexi rsm
apexi pencil turbo timer
nardi 350mm 50mm concave balck red stitch
2 60mm gauges water temp and volts
hand brake grip
fly off button
defi black face 60mm boost gauge and controller .
red recaro driver seat
apexi safc
japspeed short shifter
up rated fusion speaker's
jvc cd player

ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN

sr20de +t conversion ..
braided turbo lines
t28 s15 bb tturbo
front mount cooler and pipes
japspeed 4brancj plated mani
3" elbow unknow make
all A/C removed including rad pump and lines
s15 50mm alloy rad
dw oil cap
blitz 7mm leads
all multi layer gaskets
all brass non seize nuts
s14 vvt injector's
turbo flywheel
exeedy stage 1 clutch (soon to upgrade )
2 way diff (unknow'n ) raito approx 3.9 ish
diff oil castrol b373
box oil 75w/90


think thats it at the mo ..

as of to day santy brought me a exedy stage 2 3puk clutck kit :)
also during the week purchased a sr20det black top non vvt to replace my sr20de turbo'd engine ...

so now a complete photo build to day . no shit just facts .

will only add a hand full of pic's now to wait for admin to approve this thread ...

so the day/night i picked up the car and got it home ..http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/043.jpg
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so as when i bought the car it was white non turbo sr20de and had very little spec due to being un wanted here when i bought it . spec in may 2011 was
uras kit
carbon bonnet
jasma stamped 4branch mani
3" unknown make cat back.
2way diff
cusco toe arm's


so i set about 2 week after buying the car gathering up parts for it..

first off was get coilover's
new diff oil
new 10w/40 oil and genuine nissan oil filter
new ngk spark plugs ect...

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/061.jpg

set about fitting up the coilovers

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p206x206/254167_214507765238803_8358194_n.jpg

bought some internal drive wheel stud's

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p206x206/251632_214508241905422_7790084_n.jpg

so got my coil's fitted up bought some wheels to pass the time .
rears were ssr's ? there were 18x9.5 et38 and front wer 17x8et 35

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/261388_225764857446427_6758743_n.jpg


went about removing the sprayed on tint on the rear lights
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/006.jpg

went out and got some cheapoo gauges to keep a rough eye on everything

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purchased some evo 7 seats

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/284046_243944638961782_7872252_n.jpg


so went and purchased some more wheels

hot stuff corp wheels
rears 17x9 et 22
fronts 17x8 et28
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/008-2.jpg

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/323.jpg

so got my boot lid and rear light center garnish painted white
http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy329/madd4tarmotorsport/192.jpg


bought some raybrig head lamp's are perfect condition

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/307178_282736981749214_445687788_n.jpg

broke my uras bumper in piece's so bought a bn sports rep bumper
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/302902_282737178415861_675847371_n.jpg



so going to leave it at that for now to let admin approve this thread but if it is i have another 150 to 200 or so pic's of progress to date :)

[D-turbo-lad]

so any way to crack on with this for ye...

so bought a pair of vented 25mm origin "style" wings for it and a standard bonneet
http://https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316785_282739118415667_989381654_n.jpg

so was kinda happy with it for a while like that but nt reaaly ath the same time

bought some more wheels .
ultralitie battles 17x9 et35 had them a week and sold them on again...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/318316_292813494074896_140295691_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166995_292813727408206_2106132654_n.jpg


so come end of december 2011 i wanted to fresh'n up the paint on the car a little .....
so gave it a full respray in nissan qm1-3


http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii203/NoelB27/180sx%20project/PC160256.jpg

also bought a magic aero roof spoiler form Magic Aero - Home (http://www.magicaero.co.uk)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424440_347552841934294_1212194082_n.jpg

also bought some work emotion cr kai's 18x7.4 et42 all round (WEAK)
have no real pics of them tho :(


so that brings me up to march 2012 . this is where the game changed ALOT !!!!!!!!!


bought some xxr 527's 17x9.75 et25 all round ...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/403061_347550345267877_609677420_n.jpg


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have no nice of what happended next but 2 gear clipped a curb broke the bumper and craked the whole wing :bash:

[D-turbo-lad]

went on a sscrious down after the bit of a bit lost all intrest in the car and everything .....

so a full genuine 180sx kit came up for sale ...

so gave the fella a very small amount of cash (very small) cant stress small haha
and a damaged bn sports front bumper uras side skirts and uras rear bumper and some origin type 2 30mm over fender's . no pics of the kit before it was painted tho :o

so over night i became an instant life styler so im told :hey: :)

so left it to a friend came back 2 weeks later to this :D

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/75958_414507951905449_1265724952_n.jpg

was so very happy with the fitment and finish of it ... so set about getting a new exhaust and tyre's over the next 2 weeks :)


blitz nur spec 3" cat back


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424280_448973211792256_1654934172_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/246856_448973288458915_261003082_n.jpg


picked up some uniroyla rainsports 215/40/17 for a steal brand new .
took out all my coil overs and cleand them and free'd them up ...

got some tein tension rods some subframe locking collars and some adjustable traction arms

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486423_431712806851630_85960538_n.jpg

fitted all up and gave it a secrious height drop ...

also over here a sr20de is worth no more than 150 dollars so i said id turbo it for the fun of it .

so bought a t28 ball bearing turbo
japspeed 4 branch mani
braided turbo line's
s14 water pipe (rear of the head)
got the wather neck machined
bored the block for oil feed and for return ...
so some pic's

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/417651_440970935925817_376354156_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/556986_440970975925813_1089107028_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251854_440970995925811_1721970965_n.jpg


complete'd and ready for back in...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/409748_440971039259140_1912767151_n.jpg

[D-turbo-lad]

so engine back into its resting place ..
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/376524_440971052592472_1675316873_n.jpg

so got over a few small problems and got on with the build....

so got all the wheels back on got it lowered down once again and all arms set up ....
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/546718_453549541334623_692320218_n.jpg

bought some red recaros

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/579927_455705601119017_271080991_n.jpg


new 3" elbow and 2.75" down pipe

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/603290_461530547203189_1582858126_n.jpg


bought some work eurolines 17x8 et6

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230959_472755709414006_1627432756_n.jpg

[D-turbo-lad]

bought some simple extra lock...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/643922_478240748865502_2125207317_n.jpg

bought my lastest wheels in october of this year ....

work emotion cr kais 17x9 et30 and 18x9.5et30

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/531076_480563281966582_1234049242_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/61390_480563345299909_1488480902_n.jpg


bought some new nissan ball joints to convert to 5 stud .
some poly bush's

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/182087_483250138364563_1066295881_n.jpg

so got my new wheels on .... and some more lowness

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/3682_487456561277254_732532986_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/483563_487456644610579_1017501265_n.jpg


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so the only piece of the original areo thats missing is the kouki spoiler which will be re fitted once painted in after the whole christmas pariod...

plans are at the min are to get my new sr20det black top non vvt engine .
get a light weight flywheel
1.2mm head gasket
mabey some bearings if need'd
new nissan water pump
and a good checke and general tidy of the engine .....


so santy came yesterday and brought me this a nice start to a new engine :)


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/15763_500292976660279_583246667_n.jpg


so plans are to roll thw archs some more and fit up some rear spacers mabey some 15mm bolt ons i hope
shot gun exhaust
recaro rail to fit up the passagnger seat
possiably some new coilovers come summer time .....

and some PROPPER PIC's cuz i fail bad at them :duh:


so currently this is where im at now so progress as i go now .

cheers for looking