This is my street car build thread.
The plan is to have a fun daily driver that i can take to the track every now and again. I'm not planning to drift this one, just AGH track days and circuit work at Barbagallo.
My canvas is an ADM, relatively rust free. Well it was when i bought it 3 or 4 years ago.
This is the car I did a front end swap with my track car to make it Levin front.
The sound deadening was stripped by the previous owner. I'll be putting it back in as I want this car to be as comfortable as possible. I'll have air-con, power steering, power mirrors(from my coupe), central locking and a decent stereo.
As for running gear, the motor will be a GZE (previously in the track car) with a sc14 hanging off the side. I love the sound/whine of the sc14, plus the extra torque/power wont hurt.
In the coupe, engine management was by a HKS f-con ecu, but that will have to go because you can't tune them in Aus. I've got a Haltech I'll use instead.
The gearbox is also from the track car, jap spec T50. It may be swapped for a W5_ eventually because I've got a 4a to W5_ bell housing.
Diff is a jap disc T series with TRD 2way LSD. Should make for some interesting wet street driving.(unexpected step-out)
Brakes up front will be Jap spec discs (from the track car) with slotted RDA disc up grade front and rear. Also some sporty brake pads.
The front end will get home made coil overs, and springs and shocks in the back with what ever sway bars pop up when its time.
A lot of the parts going into this car will be from what I've collected wrecking a few sprinters and most of the running gear that was in my coupe. I'm doing this as cheap as possible because most of my money is going towards the drift car.
I've settled on Red or Burgundy for color with 16's minimum for wheels.
These are my inspiration for exterior:
I think the black on red thing works really well. Red is easily my favorite color for Hachi's. Note there will NOT be any chrome rims. At most a chrome lip.
More to come......