Donnie's JAPAN ADVENTURES Thread

[Piner]

Those are badass! I always wanted a setup like that on my e36. I had a Inline hydro setup and it never worked quite right and did odd things if I needed to use the foot and ebrake together.

[BigGameHit]

"- You will need to cut off the OEM brake mounts on the upright.
- Aluminum uprights(Z32, R32, etc) need to have a few places ground down. Quick work with a grinder.
- This will space your wheels out 8mm. It's like adding an 8mm spacer to the wheels. Please keep this in mind if you have flush fitting wheel already.
- We recommend using a 3/4" bore hydraulic handbrake. 5/8" will work as well.
- Allows the proper use of a hydraulic handbrake. No more rigged inline setups that don't work when you need them to!"

Bad sorta as ill have the extra 10mm with the s15 subframe and another 8mm because of these. So ill have to buy weak offset wheels on purpose for the rear.

Requires Mustang rotor's

[BigGameHit]

Been a bit, pictures of most recent dealings. car is about 80 percent complete waiting on a few more batches of parts.

Major changes... after downtime research and hanging with other D1SL drivers, decided to switch to an S15 rear subframe for its added strength and several other reasons. All the parts required to make it fit I already have to include the s15 to s13 conversion bushings.

I have also decided to go with a dual rear caliper setup after talking to some experienced hydro guys. I didn't want the soggy pedal effect at all nor the interference of braking while trying to hydro etc..

now pics

Made these mounts from NA RB25 mounts however but after testing didn't like them I went with hockey pucks ( Old hotrod mod ). Tested them out on my other 180 and they are damn solid, the motor doesn't even rock when starting it up!!




Bolts and washers for pucks


Testing of Hockey Puck Mounts on 180 missile. If you are a soft person who cares about comfort this is not for you lol.



Preparing to spot weld and fill in























Preparing the rear subframe.. burning out the bushings.. step one.





Out after 30min of burning. Next day had to cut and hammer the old sleeves out.. Pain in the rear for sure


Pulling down the s13 sub frame here are some pics to compare the width. this alone adds 10mm's so if you have baller wheels already you will have to add over fenders or flares.











Stance offset solid bushings also got a set coming for the diff mount



This is the setup of my pluming for the Hydro standalone setup.



The rest of the products are on the way these are not pics of my car setup. Just using as a reference below

"So what exactly is it? This bracket allows you to use 2 pairs of Z32 rear calipers for AWESOME stopping power. One pair of calipers gets plumbed up like normal and works off of the brake pedal. The other pair gets plumbed SEPARATELY to the hydraulic handbrake. No more weird pedal feel when pulling the e-brake and the footbrake! You now have a dedicated setup for the hydraulic handbrake. "

[BigGameHit]

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[BigGameHit]

Hahahh Cavi that was amusing.. Please more Americans come.. help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jk

its a good time and I highly highly highly recommend saving to make this voyage once or more in your drift life bro's or as the crazy Aussies would say... Mate

[CamelTouge]

CAVI..its G1gp..g1 meaning Gaijin (foreigner). Its a series for foreigners.

[Cavi Mike]

Please excuse my ignorance but, why is it almost all Australians and not a single person from Japan?

[BigGameHit]

yeaup reverse entry
... also bro that is the list for the up coming g1gp event at ebisu... i am currently 16th
2011 Standings:

[theSidesweep]

nice work man, congrats on the top 32

reverse entry @ 1:01? lol

[BigGameHit]

1. Disco Stu Stirling, S13, Aussie
2. Emily Loudon, Powervehicles, S14, Scotland
3. Andrew Gray, Powervehicles, JZX90, Scotland
4. Alexi Smith, JZX100, Aussie
5. Christian Pickering, S13, Aussie
6. Peter Horniak, 180sx, Aussie
7. JC Pepino, S14, France
8. Donald Jackson, R33, Gaijin Drift, USA
9. Paulo Cristovao, AE86, Portugal
10. Ken Leong, S13, Aussie
11. James Bullen, JZX90, Aussie
12. Benny "in da house" Neal, S13, Aussie
13. Kevin Toh, Sil80, Aussie
14. Anthony Cece, S14, Aussie
15. Matt Goodlet, R32, Aussie
16. Luke Carruthers, S14, Aussie
17. Alex Vandenhaspel, JZX90, Aussie
18. Aaron Meyer, 180sx, aussie
19. Stewy Bryant, Cefiro, Aussie
20. Daniel Buchner, c33, Australia
21. Daniel Siddle, JZX90, Aussie
22. Dave Lawrie, 180sx, Aussie
23. Shiloh Nielsen, JZX90, Aussie
24. Martin Stuhler, JZX90, USA
25. Leighton Fine, R32, Australia
26. Paul Austin, R32, Australia
27. Josh Hayward, 180SX, Australia
28. Brendan Cullen, JZX90, Aussie
29. Ben Schumacher, AE86, Australia
30. Cameron Mote, S13, Aussie
31. Andrew Sunderland, JZX90, Aussie
32. Anton Sutton, C34, Aussie

Woo hoo! Already got a top 32 and I know of even more drivers planning to enter.

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[BigGameHit]

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[BigGameHit]

if you do the wrong things in a few places you can flip a car there... I have seen it lol. After a while that place is a major waste of tires. once you get to a certain level you will not drift there anymore.

It is very fun with a large group of people just drifting around the perimeter.

[indytrucks]

I was watching the Drift Land camera at Ebisu. That is perfect. Nice and open, nothing ot hit, and seems like an easy(ish) course.

[BigGameHit]

no doubt check out findingJDM.com those guys are closer to you. There is not really such thing as a beginner track just some are less dangerous. most of the guys from that area hit up Fuji and or go to Ebisu which is about 4 hours or so.. but has every kind of track you could wish for from very basic open lots to very technical smash your car up in seconds type tracks.

[indytrucks]

yea no doubt bro.. i beeen to Yokosuka a couple times ok place but to much city for me man... i like the laid back country of Japan. Im from baltimore seen to much of it.

I hear ya. As you know, we don't necessarily get to choose where the military sends us. I'm from just out side of Chicago so I'm used to a little hustle and bustle. What are some good tracks for a beginner to play at down where I'll be?