SXDevelopments 180SX (SXD180)

[CaBS]

I dropped over to bodyform at the end of the next week to checkup on the progress. The guards had been glassed on and I was told the car should be good to go soon.
Pretty happy with how it was looking heading towards the end result I was chasing.


Anyways some pics.



















More soon.

[future]

Looks good

Absuufvwwbai

[Tle1993]

very nice build thread! im enjoying it alot lol

[tricky_ab]

The body work is coming along rather quickly. I'm interested to see the engine build as I'm thinking about buying a Tomei 2.2 stroker kit myself.

Thanks for the updates

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

The body work is coming along rather quickly. I'm interested to see the engine build as I'm thinking about buying a Tomei 2.2 stroker kit myself.

Thanks for the updates

I actually sold the stroker kit last weekend. Taking a different route.

[tricky_ab]

Gah...Oh well ...Lets see what you have in mind

[CaBS]

I went over late the following week and early this week to checkup on the car. The other major job he was sharing work with left the day before my second visit so my car should get done more quickly now. The first skim of bog has sealed up a lot of the gaps the later photos are of the third skim. You can see where the gel coat is still visible at the edges showing how thin the skim is. The whole face of the guard needs a light skim of bog to remove all the ripples before paint. I'm aiming for a nice glassy gloss finish like we got on nfi's car but there is alot more work in mine cause the panels we've started with are much more wavy than his were.

Pink bits


Can see all the spots where the glass comes through.





Needs another skim down here this is where there was this largish dip inwards.












All urethaned up to keep all the shit out.


More glue so it can be shaved off flat.





More soon.

[future]

Finally a car with over fenders and no rivets

[Beejis60]

I personally love the rough-type of look rivets gives the car, but this is good too.

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by future

Finally a car with over fenders and no rivets

Hahaha!

Originally Posted by Beejis60

I personally love the rough-type of look rivets gives the car, but this is good too.

Yeh I agree they suit some cars but its not a look I'm after and I think it screams drift car. While this will probably spend some time sideways when its finished its by no means a drift car so I wanted to get away from that a bit if possible... =)

[CaBS]

Visited the body shop the following weekend and was pleased to find the car almost finished. Had to organise a tow truck for the following week. The guards have turned out ok you can see but the bog marks how smooth the guards are from origin though. :/

They're going to need a coat of spray bog and cut it right back to remove the highs/lows before we high fill them though but this should give us a pretty good finish. The gelcoat on them doesn't like sanding at all.









We spent some time trying to decide how high up to cut the rear bar it was eventually decided the free hand top line on the left hand side was going to be the new height. A street diffuser will be made to go on with the bar and stay there. Then a more wild lower one will be fitted below this for the track.






Was looking forward to getting it back although another car will be getting precedence with ongoing works. But this cant be avoided and should be fun in itself. More very soon! I cant wait to get some wheels on it for a test fit! =)

[Beejis60]

Making a diffuser, eh?

And tell me more about that FD in the background

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by Beejis60

Making a diffuser, eh?

And tell me more about that FD in the background

Yeah will make a plug out of wood then make it in glass. Then if that goes ok remake it in carbon later. Dunno much about that FD there is another one we've been working on I can put some pics up of though.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by CaBS

Yeah will make a plug out of wood then make it in glass. Then if that goes ok remake it in carbon later. Dunno much about that FD there is another one we've been working on I can put some pics up of though.

No reason to take pics and upload just for me.... Was just curious that's all.

[CaBS]

So my ebay special order arrived the other day. A new wiring loom for the car with a new neat little fuse box. We wont be needing this many fuses so the loom itself can be stripped right down to probably two thirds of the size/weight of this.

Some pics.

[Beejis60]

looks like you've been working so hard you went absent minded....


your thumb is sticking through the sleeve of your shirt.

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by Beejis60

looks like you've been working so hard you went absent minded....


your thumb is sticking through the sleeve of your shirt.

haha yeh its winter here so measures to keep the sleeves down had to be taken.

[CaBS]

Picked up this very neat little setup few weeks back. I'm not running a Haltec so we were unsure if I'd be keeping it for awhile. I've now found out it'll work with what we have planned so its staying.

Anyways some pictures cant wait till its in and setup. =)









More soon!

[Beejis60]

YES! I've been wanting the IQ3 racepak for a year or two now. Please by all means keep me updated on this.... Your review will likely hinge on me buying it or something else.

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by Beejis60

YES! I've been wanting the IQ3 racepak for a year or two now. Please by all means keep me updated on this.... Your review will likely hinge on me buying it or something else.

Well my initial review is that Haltech were a pain to deal with and I'll avoid buying anything I can off them in future. We ordered two of these and listed the ECU's we'd be using them with which they said were ok except one which needed something extra to work. We then found out they were not ok cause the "haltech" version has some internal changes so they told us they'd have the standard racepaks in 7 days. Two weeks later we'd not heard anything and the car the dash was for had a very tight deadline so we had to return it and they wanted a god damn restocking fee!

Not happy campers.

[CaBS]

So Wednesday morning was spent rummaging through all the parts boxes I have of the stripped parts that came off my car. I was looking for the brackets that run between the top and bottom radiator supports which the front bar hangs off. They turned out to be in the very last box I checked which also happened to be the box on the bottom requiring everything else to be moved before I could get to it Murphys law. Pete needed these to finish off his work with the front bar and I was organizing the car to be towed that afternoon.

Front bar custom work. I was really uphappy with how the intake of the bar tapered down to a small mouth also it wasnt straight and bowed in. We cut and re-glassed the whole mouth into this new and improved shape. Should be much better for airflow now.








These need the tabs taken off and new ones tacked on.






Neat, happy with this.


Adjustable offset fuel flap. :P


More soon!

[future]

Neat trick for the gas flap

[CaBS]

I got the car back and wasted no time in fitting up some borrowed 18x11 TE37SL with 295s on. The rears swallow them whole they need to come out approx 15mm per side for me to be happy with them. Which is hopefully how much the S15 rear frame pushes them out.













The fronts needs some low and small slip ons should be good. Still didnt have the rear bar back yet though as Pete had not finished modifying it. I'm really happy with how everything has turned out except where the front guards have to cut right back in to fit into the bar. I'm probably going to make up some canards to cover this gap cause it only really looks shitty from the front imo.

More soon! =)

[future]

I thought the s14/15 subframe only pushed it out 5mm?

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by future

I thought the s14/15 subframe only pushed it out 5mm?

Wait and see I guess I've had about 5 different people who have done it or know someone who has done it who are telling me 30mm total track gain though so I'm thinking that its probably on the money.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by CaBS

Wait and see I guess I've had about 5 different people who have done it or know someone who has done it who are telling me 30mm total track gain though so I'm thinking that its probably on the money.

The S14/S15 subframe is 10mm wider, aka 5mm a side.

[future]

This build thread was cool till i saw that bumper sag! Whats up with that?

[conwest]

Originally Posted by future

This build thread was cool till i saw that bumper sag! Whats up with that?

pretty sure thats an origin stream front bumper and it was made to look like that

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by future

This build thread was cool till i saw that bumper sag! Whats up with that?

What are you calling bumper sag? The part in the middle that's separated between the bumper and hood?


lol

[CaBS]

Originally Posted by future

This build thread was cool till i saw that bumper sag! Whats up with that?

Not sure what your calling sag?