240tshead Taylor Shead Super Moderator Location: UTA, Texas Join Date: 02/28/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 102 Rally Car: scrap heap |
Hello my name is Taylor. I'm from North Texas and drive a 1996 s14 240sx. I came from the drifting/street racing (being a retard) scene. Currently there is nothing rally about this car....just your ordinary bolt-on import minus the lows. Car has been through a lot. Her name is Milly...derived from Millennium Falcon...she runs good but don't necessarily look pretty. lol
Bought - January '08 Salvage title but really clean. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() February '08 Someone stomped on it. Bitch. ![]() September '09 Drifting accident. Dumb curb decided to get in on the action. lol ![]() ![]() November '09 Hydroplaned on the highway at 60mph driving normal ![]() Black Friday '10 ![]() Present ![]() List of modifications: -AEM intake -3" catless midpipe -2.5" exhaust -2.5" Magnaflow muffler -BBP 4-2-1 longtube header -Nismo transmission mount -88rotors.com slotted/drilled rotors -Hawk HPS front pads, PBR XGB rear pads -KYB GR2 struts....probably blown or near it -eBay rucas -eBay front strut bar List of Pros: -VLSD -KA24DE -good running order List of cons: -Autotragic 4spd -stretched to shit e-brake cable -shot valve seals (burning oil) -broken odo (don't care) -exhaust leak at head at cylinder 1 from broken header stud -small bits of rust -been wrecked -sunroof! Replaced stuff within past year: -tie rods -water pump -thermostat -rear left brake caliper THE PLAN: -5spd swap (Driveshaft shop Aluminum driveshaft, OEM pedal assembly, pilot bearing, clutch fork needed) -fix ebrake cable -coilovers by JVAB -links -radiator (Mishimoto or Koyo) -safety (cage, seats, harnesses) -15x7 KMC Enduro wheels -Lassa Rally2 tires -skidplates by a friend's shop, Loyal Motorsports -RallyArmor red mudflaps...for kicks Begin drifting at Mineral Wells and find some good dirt backroads to increase experience. (Might even take her to the OHV Park in Bridgeport after I get the tires) Make it to Roxton Rallye de Paris in 2012!!! Oh hey. I bring you some pics just because I'm bored at the moment. My cat, my friend's car, my editing. ![]() Don't get me wrong, I hate bodykit but if I ever had to choose a body kit car it's be this (yes, those are cragar soft 8s): ![]() edited from this (by meh): ![]() Me, right before driving the #29 10 laps around Texas Motor Speedway: ![]() My best friend's (who got me into off road stuff) truck: ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspiration: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Helping pitstop and other stuff with Rock & Roll Offroad (@ Texana Ranch for the Night Race 180): ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Goofin' off: ![]() I drew this: ![]() A road I love (too bad it's paved ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2011 11:44PM by 240tshead. |
Tom B Tom B Professional Moderator Location: Douche Canoe, WA Join Date: 02/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 780 Rally Car: VW Golf |
welcome...better PLAN: save money, purchase a used rally car, go race.
-Tom DemonRallyTeam | Fine Tuning | CTS Turbo & RP Turbos | RalleyTuned | JRM | Meister Autowerks Spitfire EFI | Product Apparel | JVAB Imports | NLS | AP Tuning | USRT Add us on Facebook | Next Event: 2013 Olympus Rally June 22-23 Olympia, WA |
Make sure the rally car you buy is ready to go. All of those "little things" like a logbook, take forever to get. Especially when it involves adding half a roll cage. Then you get to deal with all the hacked wiring...
So buy a good, running, logbooked rally car (with spares!). |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Mod Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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Tom B Tom B Professional Moderator Location: Douche Canoe, WA Join Date: 02/27/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 780 Rally Car: VW Golf |
Timm?
-Tom DemonRallyTeam | Fine Tuning | CTS Turbo & RP Turbos | RalleyTuned | JRM | Meister Autowerks Spitfire EFI | Product Apparel | JVAB Imports | NLS | AP Tuning | USRT Add us on Facebook | Next Event: 2013 Olympus Rally June 22-23 Olympia, WA |
aj_johnson A.J. Johnson Super Moderator Location: Pendleton OR Join Date: 01/07/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,381 Rally Car: 88 Audi 80 |
There is someone on nicoclub doing an s13 I beileve.
Ah here it is http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=457229&page=1 I'm in the middle of my first build and it is killing me to keep it simple. But safety gear keeps coming up at higher costs than I expected. Go fast parts are cheap in comparison. Get it caged, get it moving, upgrade from there. |
240tshead Taylor Shead Super Moderator Location: UTA, Texas Join Date: 02/28/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 102 Rally Car: scrap heap |
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Slowwpoke Dave Clark "The Lesser" Senior Moderator Location: Yakima WA Join Date: 12/17/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 257 Rally Car: Merkur XR4Ti |
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240tshead Taylor Shead Super Moderator Location: UTA, Texas Join Date: 02/28/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 102 Rally Car: scrap heap |
Well I really want to do a stage rally before the world ends in 2012. Nahh but really I just like the idea of stage rally. Seems a lot more fun to a natural adrenaline junkie like myself. It's kinda like road course to autocross....and I've been to plenty autocross, gymkhana, and drift events.
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DR1665 Brian Driggs Godlike Moderator Location: Glendale Join Date: 06/08/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 832 Rally Car: Keyboard. Deal with it. |
Illegitimi non carborundum.
I must have stared at this thread for 20 minutes earlier today. Couldn't come up with a reply. Good luck to you. Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero alterius non sit qui suus esse potest |
Slowwpoke Dave Clark "The Lesser" Senior Moderator Location: Yakima WA Join Date: 12/17/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 257 Rally Car: Merkur XR4Ti |
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aj_johnson A.J. Johnson Super Moderator Location: Pendleton OR Join Date: 01/07/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 1,381 Rally Car: 88 Audi 80 |
Love that phrase. Talked to JVL today sounds like you have plenty of tools at your disposal. Start prepping that shell for a cage. Set a goal and attain it bro |
240tshead Taylor Shead Super Moderator Location: UTA, Texas Join Date: 02/28/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 102 Rally Car: scrap heap |
Shoot I wish I could start right now. I'll have to start right after Spring Break (March 21st) and that will be saving up money. For the time being, it's my DD...and only car. No worries, I intend to get another more fuel efficient (which means less fun to drive in my case
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SteelSolutions William Timmins Elite Moderator Location: Redmond WA Join Date: 02/26/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 648 Rally Car: 3 xr4ti/74 capri/02 bug eye |
bitchin. UM whats wrong with drifting with mud flaps? your car has about the most
after market goodies you could ask for just need some rally bits and you can go rally drift tsd rally X all around car. I have a secret soft spot for s14 just don't tell anyone. |
240tshead Taylor Shead Super Moderator Location: UTA, Texas Join Date: 02/28/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 102 Rally Car: scrap heap |
heck I guess I'll do whatever motorsport i'll please...except...maybe drag race lawl.
I do plan on doing drifting and rallyx, but mainly as my experience to get me ready for stage rally. Drifting venues are more than available here...rallyx not so much. Stage rally...a little bit better...two or three RA events within 100 miles. |