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ComicArtist

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    Oklahoma City
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    1978 Datsun 280z, KA24 swapped '88 RX-7
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    Drifting, stance, coilovers, drifting, slamming cars, drifting, and drifting.
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    Lumber guy

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  1. Well I've been building and driving this all year so I haven't had time to touch the s30. Think it's time for a comeback though
  2. Well, fuck. I should probably start working on this thing again.
  3. So, long story short, my rx7 and my bike need a lot of work so I put the s30 on hiatus mode until I get them done. The s30 needed a new motor/rebuild, body work, paint, interior work, and new frame rails and floor pans, so I hauled it to my dad's shop to sit and rest until I finish the 1jz swap in the rx7. Here's the rx7 btw: Also, here's my buddy's s30 that I'm building. It's a '78 as well, it's getting a 5.3 LM7, Ground Control/KYB coils, Toyo R888's refreshed interior, etc. And I went to my dads and saw the s30 the other day. Started her up and did a burnout, broke a lifter mid-burnout so I parked it again and took pictures of it with my girlfriend
  4. With facial hair and long hair: Then I cut it all off
  5. First off, pillowball tophats in the front are a MUST with the way this suspension is setup. You can get away without them in the rear but if you plan on going low it's better to have them. You can adapt the t3 camber plates to run them on the dc2 coils, but the shock piston is so small that you have to have the EXACT right size spacer machined. I thought I could get away without running them and broke two coilovers. Second, they're just not strong. They're not a high quality product, and while they're adequate on the platform they're designed for, they weren't made for an s30. The shock tube and piston are tiny, and even before breaking two pistons, I had my doubts about them being strong enough to handle even daily abuse. I highly recommend going with PSM or Stance simply because of the strength and beefiness of the units. Also, all four of my DC2 units blew the seals and leaked shock oil within 6 months of daily driving. This is partly due to the quality of the product and partly due to them not being designed for this platform. In short, I would never put Function &Form DC2 coils on anything but a DC2, and with my current Parts Shop Max setup, I wouldn't hesitate to drive across the country if I wanted to. I understand if money is an issue, but that shouldn't be the deciding factor. I had about $600 in the DC2 setup, and you see how long that lasted me. My Parts Shop Max setup has about $2,200 invested into the coils, custom machined sleeves, custom machined strut tower tops, Techno Toy Tuning camber plates, and welding. It's well worth it to spend the money and do it right, or else don't do it at all.
  6. Well not a whole lot has changed. It got impounded for expired tag and modified exhaust a few weeks ago, went through hell getting it out but everything's good now. I actually just bought a truck to daily, so I'm going to park the s30 in my dad's shop for the summer while I focus on finishing up the drift car. However I have a fresh l28 to drop in, it needs a new axle and the rear calipers need a rebuild. Idk if I should do all that before I park it for the summer or after. Started dating this model chick
  7. As much as it sucks to admit it, the police force these days is in the business of looking for minor violations (seatbelts, plates, windshields, etc), and cashing in on them. It doesn't matter if you're doing the speed limit and your truck is perfectly legal, a cop will pull you over and make up a reason, just in the hopes of finding a reason to write you a ticket. I literally just got my s30 out of impound today, it's been in there three weeks. Originally taken for the expired tag, but once it was in there they found that the dash had been swapped and I had to file for a new state assigned vin. Now I have all my vins removed, and a state assigned vin stamped on the door frame. I shouldn't have let my tag expire, it's 100% my fault for all that happened, albeit the dash business is bullshit in my opinion. Regardless, you were doing a lot of shit you shouldn't have and the cop wasn't mistreating his power at all by doing what he did. Only way you can for sure get out of anything is to be nice and polite and accommodating to the officer, and be 100% legal.
  8. That wood floor is dope. I love it. If I didn't throw so much shit in the back of my car all the time I'd steal your idea.
  9. For the rear I actually had my machinist use one of the Techno Toy Tuning camber plates as a template to cut out a new strut tower top, but with just the three holes to bolt up the z32 coilover. As for reccomendations, don't get anything with 10/12k springs haha
  10. Yes they're Parts Shop Max z32 coilovers. The fronts are MUCH shorter than s13 coilovers, which is how I got the front so low without getting shorter springs or drooping them. Since they have aluminum lower mounts, I had a local machine shop machine steel lower mounts to weld onto the spindles. They ride awesome, but I'm thinking about getting either PSM's super light linear springs or Swift linears. The standard 10/12k springs I got with the coils are a little aggressive for how little the car weighs. I took it on a little 300mile road trip the other day after i got it aligned and it made the trip fine.
  11. ^ are you running the oem style flares? Your car looks great. Aren't you on s13 coilovers? My rear flares aren't finished yet, I'm still in the process of refiberglassing and widening them for my new suspension setup, but I just threw them on for the photos.
  12. 15x10, -38 and -25 205/50 Falkens
  13. Sooooo much better. Fuck integra coilovers Also, that is a CX/GL 500, the transverse twin motor with a driveshaft gives it away instantly
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