B-ver's Build Thread
This weekend went really well. Tanaka Racing isnt just a team but a big family. Got to meet alot of really nice people and we had a great time. The car itself is a beast and I'm still getting used to it.
Durring the second lap of qualifying she showed me how much of a beast she can be. On the initiation, going about 75, kicked her sideways and just didnt get enough angle, she snapped right back around the other way and I was just looking at the wall thinking to myself how much this may hurt. Luckily I was running parallel with one wall and had enough room to slow down before getting into the tire wall. I basicly locked up the brakes and prayed, still ended up rubbing the front bumper against the wall and it took a chunk out of it. Thank god the damage wasnt worse. That spin kinda got me scared and I lost my confidence.
The first lap of qualifying was clean but not great so we did have a score on the board. We didnt know if it would be enough but we ended up I think in 27th which was enough to make to the tandum rounds and get some points for the series. The team was great about it, they not only jumped right on fixing the car back up to look like it just showed up to the track but also helped talk me back into doing my job of pushing the throttle down. Went out for practice and got some laps in which got me back in the game.
For tandum, we ended up getting paired with Sam in the Viper with NuForms Racing which was good. Similar type cars, both alot of power, but I knew his entry speeds where higher. I was following on the first lap and yeah, he was able to get a gap on me on the entry so I started my drift a little later to carry some extra speed in. That helped get me back closer to him but wasnt able to completely close up. Then when I led, I was trying to keep my speed up and it just made me run a little wide on the apex's which just gave him the room to be ontop of me. Sam took the win and our weekend was done.
The Tanaka's were happy with how the weekend went and asked if I would continue to drive the car and I agreed. The car was sent over to Sam's Auto Land to get the bumper repaired, then its going to Techno Square and we will work on some suspension geometry. I'm a little worried about Seattle just because I havent driven that track yet. Think everyone in drifting can agree its never easy.
Durring the second lap of qualifying she showed me how much of a beast she can be. On the initiation, going about 75, kicked her sideways and just didnt get enough angle, she snapped right back around the other way and I was just looking at the wall thinking to myself how much this may hurt. Luckily I was running parallel with one wall and had enough room to slow down before getting into the tire wall. I basicly locked up the brakes and prayed, still ended up rubbing the front bumper against the wall and it took a chunk out of it. Thank god the damage wasnt worse. That spin kinda got me scared and I lost my confidence.
The first lap of qualifying was clean but not great so we did have a score on the board. We didnt know if it would be enough but we ended up I think in 27th which was enough to make to the tandum rounds and get some points for the series. The team was great about it, they not only jumped right on fixing the car back up to look like it just showed up to the track but also helped talk me back into doing my job of pushing the throttle down. Went out for practice and got some laps in which got me back in the game.
For tandum, we ended up getting paired with Sam in the Viper with NuForms Racing which was good. Similar type cars, both alot of power, but I knew his entry speeds where higher. I was following on the first lap and yeah, he was able to get a gap on me on the entry so I started my drift a little later to carry some extra speed in. That helped get me back closer to him but wasnt able to completely close up. Then when I led, I was trying to keep my speed up and it just made me run a little wide on the apex's which just gave him the room to be ontop of me. Sam took the win and our weekend was done.
The Tanaka's were happy with how the weekend went and asked if I would continue to drive the car and I agreed. The car was sent over to Sam's Auto Land to get the bumper repaired, then its going to Techno Square and we will work on some suspension geometry. I'm a little worried about Seattle just because I havent driven that track yet. Think everyone in drifting can agree its never easy.
Got the car running today but found some things that need to be worked out. The sandwich adapter thingy for the oil cooler is leaking. The ecu water temp is off by like 30 degree's so the fans didnt turn on and it got hot. Tps wires were wrong. I still need to figure out the alt wires. Got the peak and hold injectors but dont know what value to put in the ecu. Didnt have it running long enough to start working on the tune. Going to put the wide band on it tomarro once the small things are taken care of.
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From: ionno...
i remember watching alex p in those old grip videos with the ae86 in hawaii lol [/random]
cars comming along very nicely. also +2 on you getting back in a car and competing
keep up the good work and keep us posted!
cars comming along very nicely. also +2 on you getting back in a car and competing
keep up the good work and keep us posted!
With the bullseye turbo she starts to spool at about 3500 and gets full boost at about 4500. Pulls to 7000 and stays pretty flat to 8k. Got the rev limit at 8k right now. Made 630 at 23psi and the oil cooler sprung a leak. Was on 50% 91 and 50% 104.
You could tell once we added the half race gas to it, the motor sounded alot better. Much happier on race gas. The graph smoothed out alot. I have 10gal of c16 waiting for when its ready to go for high boost. 23psi seems like it will be fine to drift on though. Its just spinning the tires once on boost, drove it up and down the road just to see. I need to take the car out to an event and drive it a bit to see what else needs to be worked on. I'll take it back for more boost and tuning after I can make sure everything else is good.
You could tell once we added the half race gas to it, the motor sounded alot better. Much happier on race gas. The graph smoothed out alot. I have 10gal of c16 waiting for when its ready to go for high boost. 23psi seems like it will be fine to drift on though. Its just spinning the tires once on boost, drove it up and down the road just to see. I need to take the car out to an event and drive it a bit to see what else needs to be worked on. I'll take it back for more boost and tuning after I can make sure everything else is good.
Yeah, I'm waiting for a good event to take it too.
Now that this project is just about ready to leave the shop. I need to make some space at home to park it. Which means I need to get rid of a car. I dont want to sell my locost, so the 180sx needs to go. I built the 180 a few years ago just to have a personal drift car, used it for Nopi events and local stuff. Then used it for FD vegas last year. When I built the car, I was going for something that would be reliable at the track. Price is $8000.
Its a real 180sx (RHD) with the power folding mirrors,
Working AC
Not street legal
Stock bottom half red top
ARP head studs with apex head gasket
Power FC with 300zx afm and 740cc injectors
BC cams, springs, retainers, P2M rocker arm stoppers
GT2860 turbo, megan manifold, 3" down, mid, and exhaust
Made 340rwhp at 1.2bar, currently running 1bar
ACT clutch, C's short shifter, Kaaz diff
Battle Version tension rods, ruca's, traction links, and toe links
Battle Version cage
TC Sportline front lower control arms and rear lower control arms
Circuit sports 5 lug conversion
Tein supper drift coil overs
Greddy front mount
Griffin large custom radiator, stock clutch fan.
Phase2 oil relocation thingy on the block, remote oil filter, and Setrab oil cooler
Greddy oil pan thing
Nismo power brace
17x9 and 17x10 FN's, one set only.
THe bad is that the body has been hit and I've been too lazy to fix it. The car is perfect for someone that wants to get into drifting. Most of you drifters know that your going to get damage, its just a part of the game. With this car you dont have to worry about that aspect of it, just destroy the body and you can find cheep chassis to swap all these wonderfull parts over too. I just have a use for the car now that the sc is just about done. Here's some pics, more in my gallery at battleversion.com.
Now that this project is just about ready to leave the shop. I need to make some space at home to park it. Which means I need to get rid of a car. I dont want to sell my locost, so the 180sx needs to go. I built the 180 a few years ago just to have a personal drift car, used it for Nopi events and local stuff. Then used it for FD vegas last year. When I built the car, I was going for something that would be reliable at the track. Price is $8000.
Its a real 180sx (RHD) with the power folding mirrors,
Working AC
Not street legal
Stock bottom half red top
ARP head studs with apex head gasket
Power FC with 300zx afm and 740cc injectors
BC cams, springs, retainers, P2M rocker arm stoppers
GT2860 turbo, megan manifold, 3" down, mid, and exhaust
Made 340rwhp at 1.2bar, currently running 1bar
ACT clutch, C's short shifter, Kaaz diff
Battle Version tension rods, ruca's, traction links, and toe links
Battle Version cage
TC Sportline front lower control arms and rear lower control arms
Circuit sports 5 lug conversion
Tein supper drift coil overs
Greddy front mount
Griffin large custom radiator, stock clutch fan.
Phase2 oil relocation thingy on the block, remote oil filter, and Setrab oil cooler
Greddy oil pan thing
Nismo power brace
17x9 and 17x10 FN's, one set only.
THe bad is that the body has been hit and I've been too lazy to fix it. The car is perfect for someone that wants to get into drifting. Most of you drifters know that your going to get damage, its just a part of the game. With this car you dont have to worry about that aspect of it, just destroy the body and you can find cheep chassis to swap all these wonderfull parts over too. I just have a use for the car now that the sc is just about done. Here's some pics, more in my gallery at battleversion.com.
The Vette is a beast. We are still working on the suspension to fit my driving style. I'm so used to driving low hp cars that I like my steering to always be grippy. The Vette is going over to Techno Square and I'm going to start working my magic to it. Have a few things with the rack that we will be changing. Sonoma is pretty close so we dont have much time. I did ok in Seattle, got 24th in qualifying and ran against JR for top 32 and lost the round.
Got to work on the Lexy yesterday and found a bunch of crap in the fuel filter. Cleaned that out and hopefully that will solve the fuel issues. Going to start cleaning up the car, it will be going to the Seibon meet on the 29th. Took some of the flames off and going to redo some of the vinyl.
Got to work on the Lexy yesterday and found a bunch of crap in the fuel filter. Cleaned that out and hopefully that will solve the fuel issues. Going to start cleaning up the car, it will be going to the Seibon meet on the 29th. Took some of the flames off and going to redo some of the vinyl.
Got to do some testing over at Drift Day with both the Vette and the Lexy. The Vette is the best its been yet. We played with the alignment and the shock settings and got to do some crazy 100 mph drifts.
The Lexy wasnt as lucky. I'm still having problems with the fuel filter getting clogged up. I just have a small earls -10 inline filter with the screen element and it fills up with crud. Looks like its the foam material from the cell. When we got there it already had low fuel pressure, so we cleaned the filter and got it running good. The problem is it would only stay clean long enough to get a few runs in then you would notice it leaning out on the top end. So we took it apart and cleaned it again and same thing, it would stay clean for just a few laps and start to lean out so I just put the car away. Dont want to risk destroying the motor for some cheep fuel filter.
The Lexy wasnt as lucky. I'm still having problems with the fuel filter getting clogged up. I just have a small earls -10 inline filter with the screen element and it fills up with crud. Looks like its the foam material from the cell. When we got there it already had low fuel pressure, so we cleaned the filter and got it running good. The problem is it would only stay clean long enough to get a few runs in then you would notice it leaning out on the top end. So we took it apart and cleaned it again and same thing, it would stay clean for just a few laps and start to lean out so I just put the car away. Dont want to risk destroying the motor for some cheep fuel filter.
This weekend went really well. The Vette ran great and I was able to start moving back up the rankings in Formula D. It was interesting how FD shared the track with the IRL, made the schedule spread out over 3 days.
Thursday we had practice and qualifying. I havent driven at sonoma for 4 years so the first few laps of practice I was all over the place. Luckily we had 2 hours of practice that day and by the end we where looking good. In qualifying, we scored pretty well and was able to get 5th with the highest entry speed.
That set us up to run against Cody Parkhouse in his S13 on friday for top 32. First lap I was leading and I just ran it clean. Second lap and following Cody, I just initiated right behind him. Noticed he was starting to go wide, to the point he was going off line a bit and starting to get into the soft stuff on the track. Then when it was clear that he was going too wide I started to go back on the regular line and passed him by and got the win.
We where excited going into Sat and got paired up to go against Tanner Foust in the scion TC for top 16. It was a good match up since we both had really fast entry speeds. I was leading the first lap and Tanner was able to stick to me threw the whole coarse. Jake Tanaka (the owners son and my spotter) comes over the radio and says "good run, he was on you though." My responce was "wait till you see this." Its my turn now to follow Tanner. I get right on him on the initiation and stick to everything he does keeping a tight distance. He starts left foot brakeing by the apex as I notice some smoke coming off his front tire. I slow down just a touch and he lets the brake go, now he got a little momentum getting off the apex. I lay into the throttle, maybe a little too much. Tires start smoking and I'm just not gaining enough speed. He was able to pull away a couple car lengths by the end of the run and take the win.
Yeah, I was disapointed that we lost that round but I wasnt unhappy at all. We did great and showed everyone that Team Tanaka is moving up. I've only been driving the car a few events and the improvements to both my driving and the car have been significant.
Thursday we had practice and qualifying. I havent driven at sonoma for 4 years so the first few laps of practice I was all over the place. Luckily we had 2 hours of practice that day and by the end we where looking good. In qualifying, we scored pretty well and was able to get 5th with the highest entry speed.
That set us up to run against Cody Parkhouse in his S13 on friday for top 32. First lap I was leading and I just ran it clean. Second lap and following Cody, I just initiated right behind him. Noticed he was starting to go wide, to the point he was going off line a bit and starting to get into the soft stuff on the track. Then when it was clear that he was going too wide I started to go back on the regular line and passed him by and got the win.
We where excited going into Sat and got paired up to go against Tanner Foust in the scion TC for top 16. It was a good match up since we both had really fast entry speeds. I was leading the first lap and Tanner was able to stick to me threw the whole coarse. Jake Tanaka (the owners son and my spotter) comes over the radio and says "good run, he was on you though." My responce was "wait till you see this." Its my turn now to follow Tanner. I get right on him on the initiation and stick to everything he does keeping a tight distance. He starts left foot brakeing by the apex as I notice some smoke coming off his front tire. I slow down just a touch and he lets the brake go, now he got a little momentum getting off the apex. I lay into the throttle, maybe a little too much. Tires start smoking and I'm just not gaining enough speed. He was able to pull away a couple car lengths by the end of the run and take the win.
Yeah, I was disapointed that we lost that round but I wasnt unhappy at all. We did great and showed everyone that Team Tanaka is moving up. I've only been driving the car a few events and the improvements to both my driving and the car have been significant.
Man oh Man what a story,, I was like a little kid sitting in front of the TV on Saturday morning watching Cartoons.
Good stuff and I know you will even do better at the next event. Keep it up
Good stuff and I know you will even do better at the next event. Keep it up
Gotta be great fun and a bit nerve racking coming up against some big names like that!!! I would get such a kick out of that! Great Work!!
Lets get that Lexus up and back to 100% now. Don't get lazy on us. This thread was started for that car don't forget...LOL
Lets get that Lexus up and back to 100% now. Don't get lazy on us. This thread was started for that car don't forget...LOL
Sorry for not updating this thread in a while. I've just been doing small things to the car and I haven't taken it out drifting yet.
Switched out the fuel filter for something alot better. Now the pump seems to be happy. I was having problems with 1st gear popping out and it sucked, so I pulled the trans out.
Then took it apart...
And replaced the first gear syncro, the slider, and the fork. Also when it was appart decided to upgrade the shim to the marlin crowler peice from driftmotion.
Had to add some mirrors to the car to pass tech
Sent the valve covers out to get powder coated the same as the chassis, not sure if I like it now. Maybe the cover peice needs to be changed now.
Just got to work on the decals now and redo all the sponsor stuff so it matches and look right. Going to try and take it to irwindale, not to drive but to show it in the pits.
Switched out the fuel filter for something alot better. Now the pump seems to be happy. I was having problems with 1st gear popping out and it sucked, so I pulled the trans out.
Then took it apart...
And replaced the first gear syncro, the slider, and the fork. Also when it was appart decided to upgrade the shim to the marlin crowler peice from driftmotion.
Had to add some mirrors to the car to pass tech
Sent the valve covers out to get powder coated the same as the chassis, not sure if I like it now. Maybe the cover peice needs to be changed now.
Just got to work on the decals now and redo all the sponsor stuff so it matches and look right. Going to try and take it to irwindale, not to drive but to show it in the pits.
So I havent updated my post in a long time, Let me catch everyone back up. Did the final round of FD at Irwindale with the vette but brought the lexy and the guys at BC where nice enough to have it in thier booth. WIth the vette, we did good, made top 16, people where saying its the best they have seen the vette run yet. Most of the compliments on the lexy where just how clean it was. Then again I didnt have a chance to really drive it at that point.
G-dimensions, the shop in which I've been working with and built the car at, well they havent been making enough money laitly so they needed to move to a smaller shop. So right after FD irwindale, I had to move all my equipment and the lexy home. I live in a town house with a 2 car garage. You cant even walk in the door now its got so much stuff in it. So I havent been able to do any work really ether.
But I was able to finally make the rear sub frame spacers and have a few sets that I need to tests. I'm hoping that they will also fit the mkiv's, if someone has a rear subframe laying around socal, I'd love to test fit it.
At FD irwindale, I also had a chance to talk to the nitto guys (they sponsor tires for the vette) and was able to convince them to also help out with the lexy. That was huge for me, tires were the last thing I needed to take the lexy out. I also had a chance to talk with Import Tuner and they wanted to shoot the car. Picked up some NT 05's from nitto and stuck them on the car. I really like those tires and if you look them up, they are very well priced so if your looking for some grippy street tires, dont hessitate to give them a shot.
Every year FD has a Pro Am event which is the licenceing event for new drivers and those who didnt have enough points durring the year to keep thier licences. This year they did it at irwindale and it was this past weekend. FD was nice enough to let me bring the car out on friday for the test day and use the infield before practice to shoot the car (thanks Andy, Jim, Ryan!). Then I got to take it out for a few laps durring practice. We were in a real rush to get the decals done, thanks to Naoki at Drift Day for cutting out the vinyl, and Bill Diggs for the roof logo and FD logos. Also Greg for volunteering his time to be an extra set of hands.
Remember this is the first time I had a chance to really drive the car. By the time we finished the shoot, everyone was already practicing. Got suited up and got in line. First lap out and drifted the full coarse. We havent had a chance to stick the car back on the dyno since everything had to move at the shop, but even with the 630hp or so that its making right now at 20 something boost, it was more then enough. After a few laps, she was nice and high around the bank and down low against the bottom wall.
I havent been so happy in a long time. The lexy ran great, didnt have any problems, and she just wanted more. Everyone was complimenting the build and how well the car looked and did. Being able to finally drive this car was trully sick. Unfortunatly I have been sick since then and have been in bed with the flu since sat. I cant wait to take the car back out again. You can see some pics from this weekend at http://www.driftfotos.com/.
G-dimensions, the shop in which I've been working with and built the car at, well they havent been making enough money laitly so they needed to move to a smaller shop. So right after FD irwindale, I had to move all my equipment and the lexy home. I live in a town house with a 2 car garage. You cant even walk in the door now its got so much stuff in it. So I havent been able to do any work really ether.
But I was able to finally make the rear sub frame spacers and have a few sets that I need to tests. I'm hoping that they will also fit the mkiv's, if someone has a rear subframe laying around socal, I'd love to test fit it.
At FD irwindale, I also had a chance to talk to the nitto guys (they sponsor tires for the vette) and was able to convince them to also help out with the lexy. That was huge for me, tires were the last thing I needed to take the lexy out. I also had a chance to talk with Import Tuner and they wanted to shoot the car. Picked up some NT 05's from nitto and stuck them on the car. I really like those tires and if you look them up, they are very well priced so if your looking for some grippy street tires, dont hessitate to give them a shot.
Every year FD has a Pro Am event which is the licenceing event for new drivers and those who didnt have enough points durring the year to keep thier licences. This year they did it at irwindale and it was this past weekend. FD was nice enough to let me bring the car out on friday for the test day and use the infield before practice to shoot the car (thanks Andy, Jim, Ryan!). Then I got to take it out for a few laps durring practice. We were in a real rush to get the decals done, thanks to Naoki at Drift Day for cutting out the vinyl, and Bill Diggs for the roof logo and FD logos. Also Greg for volunteering his time to be an extra set of hands.
Remember this is the first time I had a chance to really drive the car. By the time we finished the shoot, everyone was already practicing. Got suited up and got in line. First lap out and drifted the full coarse. We havent had a chance to stick the car back on the dyno since everything had to move at the shop, but even with the 630hp or so that its making right now at 20 something boost, it was more then enough. After a few laps, she was nice and high around the bank and down low against the bottom wall.
I havent been so happy in a long time. The lexy ran great, didnt have any problems, and she just wanted more. Everyone was complimenting the build and how well the car looked and did. Being able to finally drive this car was trully sick. Unfortunatly I have been sick since then and have been in bed with the flu since sat. I cant wait to take the car back out again. You can see some pics from this weekend at http://www.driftfotos.com/.
