Romans Daily/Drifter/Track Car

[180roman]

I have no real updates since I've done fuck all to my car due to not having any money, can't even drive it

A few of my friends were back in Japan last week to drift which made me reminisce of my trip in Nov, so I had a look through my GoPro footage from Nov and whipped up a small video.

This was just some playing around on North Course at Ebisu Circuit on Sat of Autumn Matsuri 2012

[180roman]

So many hours of sanding and polishing has finally paid off, finished 1 wheel

Polished barrel


Mocked up the center


Wearing gloves to protect the finish during assembly


Shinny Bling-bling

[180roman]

Haven't been doing much other then slowly working on polishing the rest of the wheels

And by slowly, I mean I've been realy lazy because of the cold weather and have not done much other than strip the clear coat so far.

In mechanical news, I will be picking up a spare f**ked SR20 motor soon to try my hand at re-building one later on.

[180roman]

Motor acquired, just need funds to order new seals and etc and start tearing into it

[180roman]

Since I'm still jobless and not doing much to my car, I've been helping out in my spare time with friends' cars.

Take one crashed Cefiro shell, apply hammer to make it semi straight and then drop in an RB30ET from a VL Turbo Commodore

The result is this



The bonnet would require some serious modification to make fit...

So out came the grinder



Hulk Smash things with hammers and weld on some metal supports



It was 2 am, so make things fit > make things pretty

[180roman]

I should update this thread.

I'm working part time now and earning money again, so the 180 should get dusted off soon and is planned to make an appearance on the track at the end of August.

Meanwhile I'm blowing my tax return and new wages to buy some wheels for the Crown, which should have a thread on here some time soon.