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    Default Andy's 'IPRA' Coupe

    Think it is about time that i got around to doing one of these threads,

    I've owned this car for a bit over 2 years now, i bought it originally from japanese motorsport after having a couple of previous sprinters, this was my first experience in having something that was actually JDM and i enjoyed driving it every day to and from tafe, as well as delivering pizzas around the hills in it by night. (insert ADM takumi joke here)




    the car when i first got it

    I did all the compliance work on the car originally, which was a fairly simple project - the car was pretty much bog standard and even an auto, so it passed the compliance inspection easily.

    i then proceeded to put all of the parts that i had been collecting over the years that i was going to put on another coupe shell i had (now the buddy parts drift machine)


    Daily/track mode

    So with some coilovers, and a few other basic mods i drove the car daily and did a couple of track days in it before it got defected. I was then on my way to pick up some of the bits to get the defect cleared when i was rear ended by a taxi which put the car off the road for 5 months while the crash repairer took his time fixing it.







    The car eventually made it back onto the road with no more defects, and then came off again almost straight away to make way for a new engine, ecu and a few other bits and pieces.





    After a few setbacks getting the motor working, mainly problems setting up the haltech, i managed to get out to a couple of track days, and after having a great time i managed to spin a bearing halfway round turn 2 at mallala

    After a bit of thinking i decided to turn the car into a more motorsport focussed car, and due to the current levels of policing in SA it seemed a better idea to keep it to the track seeing as you can't seem to drive a modified car on the road any more without getting defected.


    floor painted


    cage fresh from powdercoat


    part way through cage installation


    finished!


    More of motor

    The car went to buddy parts to get a full cage fitted, and the motor was rebuilt with a baffled sump and some cams, and now makes 95kw at the wheels. I stripped a whole lot of stuff out of the car because it had full trim up until this point.


    ready for the sprint

    I did a circuit sprint in it the other weekend and managed to get down to a 1:22.9 which is a massive difference from the 1:33's it started out doing.

    Here's a rundown of the car in it's current spec

    Car
    1985 Kouki Levin Coupe

    Engine
    4age bigport
    266 degree cams 8.1mm lift
    ported/shaved head
    balanced bottom end
    20v throttle bodies
    FGK extractors
    2" exhaust
    Haltech E8 ECU

    Drivetrain
    T-50
    Toda racing flywheel
    Xtreme 4 puck button clutch and HD pressure plate
    4.3 ratio diff
    TRD 2 way centre

    Wheels and brakes
    15x8 -4 superlights
    205/50/15 Toyo R888 semi slicks
    standard JDM sprinter brakes
    QFM pads
    Brembo hi- temp fluid

    Suspension
    Front:
    Custom coilovers
    KYB AGX shocks
    Cusco Camber tops
    TRD swaybar
    Re-bushed front end

    Rear:
    Some sort of cortina springs
    TRD blue adjustable shocks
    Urethane bushes
    TRD swaybar


    Interior
    Stripped - no heater or aircon
    Full 'monkey bars' roll cage (thanks buddyparts!)
    Velo drivers seat with custom super low rail
    Velo 6-point harness
    Nardi Deep Corn wheel
    odyssey battery relocated to rear seat area
    not much else


    All that really remains to do to it at this stage is to change the diff ratio - either a 4.77 or 4.9, sort out the brakes as they are really letting the car down at the moment (can't get them to bleed up firmly) and then possibly do something drastic power wise, and it's either going to be a big power 4age or a BEAMS, but that isn't officially decided yet

    But for now i intend to thrash the crap out of it
    Last edited by Andy San; 10th November 2010 at 02:39 PM.
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    Your back!

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    haha yeah i never really went anywhere, just got more lazy and didn't ever get round to making a thread when the new forum got made
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    awesome work man!!!
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    some photos from the supersprint (cheers madison)











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    Nice car, not quite an IPRA spec car, but nice nonetheless.
    P.s. in an IPRA round you cant use #86

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    yeah there's still a few things to change on it to bring it to spec, getting there eventually.

    needs to be a bit quicker to keep up in IPRA as well!
    Andy

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    real clean man, you after more power then? what else you doin to the motor? are engine conversions allowed in ipra class?

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    fucking sweet bro, love it!

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