The S13

I've got a UK spec S13 which im REALLY getting into. I've had it since December '08, although not much has happened to it, as I was layed off at around that time too which sucked. Been unemployed since but start a new job in September of this year so this car will start getting some decent attention.

It's a 92' Facelift RS13 in Kuro black. The only car i've ever had other than a mini haha. Been into the jap/drift scene for ages now and i'm getting TOTALLY hooked.

It was a pretty much standard but well looked after car when I bought it:

CA18
120k miles (20k since full rebuild and new T25).
Blitz turbo timer
Momo wheel and pedals
Had a Bailey dumpvalve which isnt there anymore
S14 front and rear seats
Mongoose elbow-back decat
Std VLSD

Since I bought it, on the doll money :(, i've fitted:

Walbro 255 l p/h fuel pump
HKS shroom filter
Apex Performance subframe locking collars
Lazy eye mod

It's been SO much fun so far to skid, even in standard form, really need to get to some DWYB days when I can afford to it'll be a riot.

Here's some pics:









So yeah, it's nothing much at all yet. I've been completely skint so i've not been able to do much. I've just been whoring forums even more than before, getting info about bits and getting inspiration for the route I want to take the S13.

The car is my daily, althogh the job i'm starting in september is offshore. So the s13 wont technically be my daily but yeah. I've got alot of plans for it, pretty much drift AS MUCH as I can with my time off, while in between turning the car into a complete weapon.

I've managed to do a bit of saving and about mid July i'll be getting some HSD monotube coilovers. I couldnt resist, Driftworks have had a group buy on these badboys recently with a huge saving of £200 off the list price. Couldnt turn the oppurtunity down so my deposits down on them while I get the rest of the cash together :




For about 6 months now, i've been trawling the net for inspiration. 90% of it coming from the US scene, I just love the grass roots scene and the way those guys are styling their cars. ALOT of my inspiration is coming from zilvia.net etc, Violent Running Tribe also. However recently VRT isnt useable as a forum anymore which kind of sucks, they have an invite only/application thing going on now, bit of a shame as those guys have some sick cars which I cant keep track of now.

I've not planned to do much at all externally. But so far my tastes are with simple, clean, standard body. Mostly because its simple and cheap, while I concentrate on making a better spec car/become a better driver.

One thing I do like is small-ish but as low as possibe offset wheels. Something which ive found is quite rare/disliked in some ways on s-bodys are wide steel wheels. It's more common on the US scene but still not the norm, and basically doesnt exist on the UK scene from what i've come across.

If done right and some effort put in, I think wide, low offset steelies look the shit on s13's. They suit that rat-rod look more than anything, but i'm thinking of attempting to retain a clean look with some gloss white 16" steels, as wide as I can get on metal fenders from a pull/flare/roll/stretch etc.

I was thinking about it alot and really liked the idea, so I spent a while searching for what sort of style wheel I was after. I came across Diamond Racing wheels and looked into them further, finding a coulpe of cars on the american and canadian scenes which were running this style of wheel:





This is the car that inspired me the most:



I can imagine to alot of people, this looks wank, but I think it looks the shit. So its probably what i'm going to do to start with. Perhaps lower offset on the rears, these are 15x10j et-22 front and rear with 205/45's stretched over. The fronts look a little silly on this one I reckon, and you need to slam the shit out of s13's to make them look decent on 15's. You can get these wheels made to order, so I reckon i'd go for 16x10j - 18 rear + 16x8.5j -12 on the front. I've had the tape measure out and thats the region id go for, needs a closer look. They're cheap and easy to replace. I'll go for something else later down the line i'm sure, the style of this car will probably change quite alot in the future.


Anyway, really k.o'd after writing this stuff, didnt realise blogging was so time consuming!!

More of a basic intro really, might have been a bit long winded but hey its a start!!

Cheers