Vic Drift Matsuri 2012 Getting the Car Ready
03 months ago
by Brun
in Uncategorized
One of the most exciting drift events in Victoria is coming up 25th and 26th of February Vic Drift Matsuri!
Confirmed on the Vicdrift facebook page: ENTRIES OPEN Monday 30th of January at 8PM
Entries should be opening up soon most likely 25th of January i would suggest whether your coming up to drift or watch book your accommodation quickly for this two day event.
For my Car i still have a bit to get done at the moment but at least i have tyres already, but after the last event i had some bad noises from the gearbox and also my manifold broke to the point of the turbo nearly falling off. So the Gearbox and Turbo are off the car at moment.
1. Got my flywheel machined and a Exedy Stage 2 Clutch Kit my previous clutch was a exedy heavy duty 5 puck which i never had any issues with but while gearbox is off best to replace it.
Old and New Clutch
2. The gearbox is pulled apart and going to be dropped off to be stripped and rebuild to get rid of the nasty sound
While replacing the clutch i replaced the spigot bush / input bush it looked a bit squashed in the edge, there is a good trick to getting this bush out i tried circlip pliers and other tools but the method that worked was packing grease in the hole and then put a 1/2 extension with a 13mm socket on it and hit it hard with a hammer it took about 4 or so hits and it slowly came out.
3. Last event the manifold i had cracked all the way around so i am putting the stock one back on so need to do that after the gearbox is back in pictures of cracked manifold below.
4. When i took the gearbox off i saw that the gearbox mount was completely broken so i ordered new engine mounts and gearbox mount which should arrive soon so gotta take the old engine mounts out as well.
New mounts below.
Tandem Car Tilt Trailer
06 months ago
by Brun
in Car Guides
Hiring a Trailer for every drift day is expensive so construction Started a few months ago on a custom Tandem tilt trailer
Requirements
1. Load car without pine sleepers or smashing front bar
2. Open door when car is loaded
3. Have a tyre rack
so after taking measurements we started.
Frame is put together and Painted the underneath Aqua Marine these pictures are upside down btw 
After turning it over the right way started construction of the side rails and the tail lights and also the tyre rack this is pre paint on top.
Some locking tabs to stop the tray tilting when driving down the highway
As you can see above the checker has started to get a bit of surface rust, i took to it with a wire wheel on the grinder and it came up like new again then i chucked some paint on it. I got some new rims and tyres but they were a bit bigger than i the ones used to dummy fit so we had to move the guards out 25mm and up 25mm hence the unpainted guard and bit of side rail.
More Updates Soon
Updates !
The Trailer is pretty much completed it weighed in at 680KG with ramps and tyre rack.
The silvia had a test load and a few technical problems arose.
1. The new rims i have are such a large size with negative offset that the car didnt fit on the deck bit of a bummer but we designed it to fit with my old rims + 50 mm clearance. I will have to swap my old rims on to transport.
2. The trailer tilts to much ! when it tilts it goes so far that the ramps go flush with the road and this causes it to be to sharp a angle, solution is to put some stops on the rear of trailer.
Here are the pics and a video of unloading the silvia for the first time.
New Shoes for the S13
06 months ago
by Brun
in Uncategorized
I have purchased some new rims.
My old rims are Impul 16×8 and 16×7 they required like a 30mm spacers on back and 25mm on front to make the wheels flush.
Its was time to upgrade to 17′s and get rid of the spacers and run the more common tyres size 235/45/17.
Some might shun the rotas because there not ‘JDM’ but for value for money they are great and i’m willing to try them if it saves me over a grand for some epic looking rims.
Rota RB-X
Front 17×9 -13
Rear 17×9.5 -19
Wrapped in 235/45/17
I am still figuring out the fitment issues due to the offsets, but so far the front looks like it tucks in nicely with what camber i already had on there.
The rear on the other hand is looking like i will need a bolt on flares and possibly take a grinder to the guards.
I am yet to have a wheel alignment and it looks like its running decent negative camber on the rear maybe -1.5 to -2 which when i put the camber to -0.5 to get even tyre wear will bring it out even further.
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Vic Drift Event Calendar 2012
07 months ago
by Brun
in Car Guides
Vic Drift have released there event calendar for 2012. Looks like an event every month except Jan in 2012 looking like another great year of drifting to come in Vic.
check there website for updates to the calendar VicDrift.com
Update 9/12/2011: Vic Drift have confirmed the calender for 2012 now updated below
February 25th/26th – (Sat & Sun) – Drift Summer Matsuri – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
March 17th – (Sat) – Open Practice Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
March 18th – (Sun) – VicDrift Championship Rnd 1 – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
April 15th – (Sun) – Members Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
May 5th – (Sat) – Open Practice Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
June 2nd – Drift Skills – DECA, Shepparton (Vic)
July 14th – (Sat) – VicDrift Championship Rnd 2 – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
August 19th – (Sun) – Open Practice Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
September 9th – (Sun) – Open Practice Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
September 29th/30th – (Sat/Sun) – VicDrift Championship Rnd 3 + DRIFT ATTACK – Calder Park Raceway (Vic)
October 13th – (Sat) – Drift Skills – DECA, Shepparton (Vic)
October 27th – (Sat) – Open Practice Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
November 24th/25th – (Sat & Sun) – Drift Spring Matsuri – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
December 15th – (Sat) – Members Day – Winton Motor Raceway (Vic)
Winton Practice Day 20/08/2011
07 months ago
by Brun
in Car Guides
Another great practice day with the wife at home with the kid i had to try some onboard video shots
