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[Rustyrobertson]

Wow. This is certainly coming along nicely. What size cable have you selected for battery cable?

My suggestion if you haven't bought any yet is 50mm2 welding cable (the proper multicore flex stuff). Will cost a fair bit, but it will be worth it. Volt drop not only kills off start cranking, but it will also hurt your spark plug voltages and also to a certain degree sensor readings to the ECU.

 

Looking shithot though dude.

 

Thanks man, i bought proper battery cable 52mm i think its like rated to 400amp or something, so hopefully wont have any issues there, its all running and frying tires now, just need to sort out the brakes will upload a video soon

[allpaw4]

Thats sounds like the right stuff. 0 guage is about the minimum I would run for a starter motor, esp. from the boot. It translates to 53 and a bit square mm, and is about 8mm in diameter for anyone looking to do something similar.

 

Video +1

[Rustyrobertson]

So here is a vid of its first burn out it did it really really easily keep in mind its still running the R160 unmodded

 

(hopefully this link will work)

 

Ive been playing around with scoops for the Rs, had  a wrx scoop on it but didnt like it 100% so i came up with another idea and its turned out great

 

front end with no scoop

 

wrx scoop

 

 

and my custom grill

 

 

[LPM_B4]

Nice christening the shed   

go show those nissans and toyotas how to drift   

[Rustyrobertson]

Nice christening the shed   

go show those nissans and toyotas how to drift   

 thanks hopefully i should be taking it onto the track on the 10th of next month

[LPM_B4]

im sure you'll get some footage 

im sure they will appreciate something a bit different, at full lock, bouncing off the limiter, cooking some tires 

[dja]

You have done an excellent job mate.

[aekOne]

wow very cool mate!

[Rustyrobertson]

Thanks guys, i just need to track down some 5x100 r180 rear hubs so i can finish it

the r160 really isnt good enough

[Rustyrobertson]

just to show how crap the r160 was

photo is a link to the vid

 

Time to start cutting stuff out

 

 

 

and i rewired the ignition and few other things

photo is a link to the vid

[Rustyrobertson]

locked the diff, only a few more things left and then its ready to hit the track

[Liberty]

You do a lot of burnouts in your garage.

[Rustyrobertson]

thats only 3 so far, and its better than doing them on the road

[Liberty]

Ha ha, of course man. Keep 'em coming.

[Rustyrobertson]

 

Progress edit from the day it arrived home to what it looks like now

[Rustyrobertson]

Bit of a progress update, got the boot floor finished now just have to drop the fuel tank and get a fuel cell and a few other things and it will be track ready

 

 

 

[Cracktastic]

Looking good!

[Matt]

just to show how crap the r160 was
photo is a link to the vid

 

Time to start cutting stuff out
 

 

 
and i rewired the ignition and few other things
photo is a link to the vid

Mate..with the trunk floor cutout, what did you use to cover it back up?

I wanna do the same with mine to knock some weight out of it...was thinking thin sheet alloy riveted in

Also how come you didnt cut the whole wheel well out almost to the rails?

[Rustyrobertson]

I used a sheet of 3mm galvanized steel, i cant remember why i didnt go right to the rails, but i put some 50x50 box under it welded to the rails for support. from memory i shaved about 5 or 6kg

[Rustyrobertson]

so ive decided that the r180 wouldn't cut handling full time drifting, so i went and got myself a rear end from a R33, now the fun bit of making it fit and work wish me luck