E30 vert driftcar build...Motor swap, gussets, japanese crap, and overall stupidity

[AlpineE30M52]

Holy shit. That's fucking awesome.

[ill roller]

So the car is pretty much ready to hit the streets... It drives, but still needs some rear fender pulling, a windshield, a little wiring cleanup, the interior put together, and an exhaust.

In the meantime, I swapped the plastics in and trimmed (but didn't put in) the grills.


E30 Build Update 2 by ILL Photography, on Flickr


E30 Build Update 1 by ILL Photography, on Flickr


E30 Build Update 3 by ILL Photography, on Flickr

[yotatuner]

I love the mpower stripes on the sr lol

[ill roller]

whats with the m-stripes on the engine? i'd get it if you'd shaved the nissan logos off the valve cover, then you could genuinly tell people that your e30 honestly has an 's14' engine (get it?...) and it'd either confuse or piss off the bmw purists, but like that it just seems wierd to me.

great build though, this'll be fun when done. another question i have is what is that stuff you used to protect the paint in your engine bay? i want some.

It's an S13 SR... The fact that it says Nissan on the valvecover and has the stripes is exactly what I wanted.

That stuff is just some giant roll of masking tape they had at the shop... Helped out a bunch tho.

Any updates on this thing?

Nothing major, but a few new pictures... Clearance on the turbo outlet and steering shaft:



Clearance up top:



Catch can coming soon:

[racoon_goon]

Very cool car man, keep up all the good work!

[white bread]

Any updates on this thing?

[340i]

whats with the m-stripes on the engine? i'd get it if you'd shaved the nissan logos off the valve cover, then you could genuinly tell people that your e30 honestly has an 's14' engine (get it?...) and it'd either confuse or piss off the bmw purists, but like that it just seems wierd to me.

great build though, this'll be fun when done. another question i have is what is that stuff you used to protect the paint in your engine bay? i want some.

[white bread]

This is oddly enough exactly what I've been wanting to do for my next car. I'm glad I came across this thread for future reference, the build looks badass.

[bostongrnM3]

loving it, nothing better than sliding top down. Wish i had funds to do my fc vert in this fashion.

[ill roller]

So the driveshaft came in from The Driveshaft Shop:



The hydro and shifter got put in:



And the car started! Still needs work, but hearing that open downpipe spewing out noise was music to my ears.

[padraigmk3]

I have none at this point. I'm coming from drifting an is300 and an sc300, both of which have nowhere near as much angle as this thing does stock... Eventually I can always do tie rod spacers or knuckle work.

It seems like what you have to work with now is going to be fine. Modding your knuckles, bump stops cut off and spacers will get you on your way to reverse-entry-hero status


love your build, update more, marry me.

[Jorge]

Very awesome, didn't expect something this legit from the first post. Can't wait for the final shots / videos of it.

[ill roller]

Nice build! What are your plans to increase steering angle?

I have none at this point. I'm coming from drifting an is300 and an sc300, both of which have nowhere near as much angle as this thing does stock... Eventually I can always do tie rod spacers or knuckle work.

[jimbo]

fuck me. This was the coolest thing I've read in a few weeks now. Moooar update!

[tdilynch]

Nice build! What are your plans to increase steering angle?