# shaforostov : ^Is there any specific reason for using such a huge font?Please stop, it's annoying and disrupts the entire thread.

# Haku : It's been a long ride with my S13 Silvia. I originally bought it from 2JZCookie on the forum as a shell, with wiring ready for an NA 2JZ. This car had seen better days but I had just sold my Subaru/was about to sell my Subaru at the time and I was in the market for something fun to build. Never would I have expected it to become this, which I could never actually sell. After multiple rebuilds, repairs, and countless fun times, I believe the car's reached the final phase of it's life time. Who knows though, I could be wrong. Here's a quick look back at all the previous phases from my first build to the last posted one, then I'll talk about how it sits now.

Phase 1 consisted of the car in it's form just after my initial start up to just before the S13 front end conversion. Between crazy camber and starting with wheels a size too big, the car eventually took on it's first true form of me owning it, and I enjoyed making it my own while still continuing with the car's look before I got it, using the same body kit (for the most part) that was on the car.

Phase 2 consisted of the car turning into it's most powerful form, with a completely built 2JZGTE. After blowing up a gearbox and coming close to the limits of the 2JZGE, I decided to opt for an upgrade and went on to building this 2JZ over time, going from 300+ to 1000+ Wheel Horse Power. I went through two engines and a lot of money, went for a couple new livery's (and I quite miss the pepsi one if I'm honest) and broke the car many many times before the end of this phase.

Phase 3 was short lived and consisted of thinking outside the box. The car sat around for a little while after some proper suspension damage and came back out strong with a salvaged Dodge Viper SRT10 engine. The car went from it's unwrapped paint to a complete paint job that would set it up for Phase 4.

Phase 4 kicked off with a new heart, a twin turbo LSA. The car became a dedicated drift car and lost it's street legal status once it's rego was over and that was a big pushing factor in this conversion. The car saw some track time and ran very well set up like this, but it did eventually run into problems and then I had got to the drawing board for how to set the car up next.

I thought hard about how to reinvent the car for the next phase of it's life, and I kept coming up short. Rocket Bunny? Done before. Odvyia? I've done that one before, that's nothing new. So I came to the simple conclusion; Why not go back to the basics? It's easy to add on and do wild shit, so why not bring it back? Give the care the truest form it's had since before I was even the owner. Some things can't be undone, and I haven't bothered with those. Rear over fenders because I can't UNCUT my rear fenders, the roll cage has stayed because why would I go through the trouble to take it out? Everything works, and it has no real reason to disappear. All the gauges work and that's something I've always made sure I stayed on top of, all my climate control, and even my stereo work because these are all things I want this car to have. The Bride seats are better than the stock seats so why would I go back? Everything has a thinking behind it and the car is simplistic in that way. Re converted the front end of course, all OEM body kit as it would have looked when purchased - roof spoiler. The car still sits low but it's no longer aggressive, in turn it has R33 wheels that tuck gently under previously abused fenders and they have no need to poke out side the lines. The engine has gone back to it's roots of my owning it with a 2JZGE, but it's a completely rebuilt, 3.2 stroked & bored 400HP N/A engine that revs it's way to a redline of just over 8000. None of these are things I'd have thought about during the initial build of this car because my ideals and visions were completely different, but now all of it seems right.

This is what I enjoy about the roleplay thread, the ability to grow attached to stupid shit and then write about it. There's passion in my writing and some how I've evoked this from creating a story about a car with the help of the forum and all those who bought, sold, complimented, and critized things about the car. Community is a fun thing.

Only a few of you have been around since some of the earlier phases, but to those people and all the newer people, tell me what your favourite phase of the S13 has been so far, including paintjob if you wish. Thanks for the read & stay tuned for when I decide I want to modify every single panel of the car again.

# marcus915 : tegra looks good, the ROC's suit the car's look very well and the red/white combo is good on the eyes. Call me up if you need me to come help with your BMW.