Hello there
OORP It's my first attempt at slrr roleplay but i'll do all i can to make it good.
IRP Hey, my name is leopard but some call me leo, but I prefer to call myself NotPerfect.
I own this boring a$$ 1997 Mitsubishi Colt 1.6 with 5 speed manual and i live in Utsunomiya.
Since I've collected imo enough money i started to look for some entry level drift car/good enough chassis. I've came through this 1992 Nissan Skyline R32 Gts-t on auction.
It has trial body kit - front bumper and side skirts, some noname hood, also conveniently enough it has angle kit, KSport coilovers and custom lower control arms in the front. It also has turbo rb20det, fake momo steering wheel and rare hks bucket. There're also fake gtr badges and wing mounts drilled into trunk. The car runs and drives well, has slight camber up front.
It couldn't get better than that and the price was also soo cheap only V$7500. I won the auction with the final price at V$7986 with all the taxes. As the car wasn't registered I had to call tow company to tow it to my house which costed like V$300. After we got to my house I decided I need to start it up. CRANK CRANK CRANK CRANK CRANK.....VRUM The car started first attempt!!! I was so excited at that time I didn't wanted to bother even doing bolt check and just straight into the track, but i let myself cool down before doing anything.
After an hour or so I decided to open the hood first and just glance at my rb beast....I didn't see what was comming. I noticed in the first moment that it's not an rb.
IT WAS A DAMN SR20DET....That's why the car was so damn cheap even for gts-t. At first i was mad af, i wanted to sell that car immediately but then i was like, it's not so bad. Sr's are good engines, cheaper and have bigger aftermarket community than rb20. The more i was looking at it the more i liked it. It was bone stock sr20det with mushroom filter. I continued to check the car, nothing really seamed like it was loose or wrongly done, car had few accidents but if I didn't tell you, you wouldn't even notice. It had megan muffler and it was the only muffler on that car as everything else in the exhaust system was a straight pipe from headers to muffler. I got surprised as it wasn't included in the parts list in the auction.
The rear wheels weren't branded, or I'm too blind to find it but they were 16 inches as well with 205's in the rear with madly high profile, the fronts were 215/15. Brakes were stockish, i guess maybe from gtr r32 but i'm not sure. I'm in llloooovvveee with this car and I'm sooo excited to start drifting on the nikko circuit that's next to me. I used to walk there and watch cars like all the time and now people will get to watch me. Since it's like 3am in the morning I'll start from tomorrow. Today was a good day.


Finances
V$20000 - (V$7986+V$300) = V$11714

Well i guess it's not bad considering it would be rb20 and they have almost same power stock, but yea sr has more parts than rb20 i guess.

Oopsie, corrected that

Welcome to the RP community!
Hey a turbo SR isn't that bad, look at the bright side: Parts are cheap and easy to get, so if you feel like for an upgrade you can do it right away! Though admittably seeing one inside a Skyline ir rather peculiar indeed. But eh, RB tuning can be expensive at times soooo.......

I kinda want a 90's Colt/Mirage for myself, quite an underrated(forgotten?) Japanese hatchback I'd say, quite so in the Cyborg Z form. Sadly even the lower trim ones are rather hard to find in Japan online it turns out(so far), and I myself already got a hell lot of cars to ride with.

Oh so you live near Nikko? I've been there for some time and it was a huuuuuge fun! I myself live near Tsukuba Circuit, so I've done a lot of track days and even competitive events there


EDIT:
If you're looking for some RP guidance, get it here and here. Feel free to look around and read other RPs as well for some inspirations. So far I'd say you're already going on to a great start

First drift day at nikko!!!

Since i didn't have time yesterday as i had to work hard in my job i'm getting first ever drift day today!!!! I have almost no clue about drifting when it comes to how to do it i only know how it looks so it'll be fun learning i guess. I'll have to tow the r32 again though since it's not registered and i'm not planning to get any tickets or lose the car. Esketit!!!!



We're at the track boiiissss!!!! I didn't bring any tires with me as i don't think i'll even go through one set. I had to pay V$300 for the entry but it'll be worth it!!! I'm gonna go line up and start the humiliation of myself lol.



First spin out, here we go it's annoying but i have to bear with it until i learn it. It's gonna be hard but i'll learn it today. My goal is to link 2 corners right after that first long sweeper and i'll call it a good day.



Yet another spin out...i won't stop till i can do at least one good corner. I can do this... Also the car is working great, it doesn't act up on me everything works fine nothing rattles or such. Looks like i got myself a well maintained drift car for cheap. Now back to the drifting i go.



Another one but i feel it better and better, also kinda get what i need to do hopefully next attempt will be successful. I can do this!



I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!! FIRST CORNER I PROPERLY DRIFTED WOOOOOO!!! That was siiiccckkk!!! I'm sooo happy, link 2 corners next EESSSKKKEEETTTIIITTT!!!!!



Daaaaaaammmmmnnnnnnnn i just linked 2 corners!!!!! Just barely made it before end of the day!!! Guess i know where i'll come tomorrow! I'm gonna leave the r32 in the parking so i don't have to pay for the towing once again even though it's like 10 mins away. I'm gonna get home on foot but i'm soo stoked it doesn't even matter. Car did awesome and i didn't even knew that there was a guy watching my each and every run doing some photos hehe.

V$11714 - [V$300(entry fee)+V$150(towing)] = V$11264

Congrats on your first drift session! It feels really thrilled to complete the corners without any issues

that’s a nice R32 right there !

Congrats on your first drift session , good luck !

Well it's time to move on from the Colt//mirage after all, an S14 is a good daily alternative as other members here would agree with

It's kinda intriguing though that you had to source the S14 as far as to Puerto Rico, where there are plenty of used S14s in Japan.....at least that's what I remember, and they could be autos or manuals and they're mostly the DE ones instead of DET bois.

Nevertheless, it's actually a great deal considering it already has a DET compared to DE and it's supposedly still able to roll, so there goes some (small) bits of your restoration job Looking forward to the restoration progress, good luck my man

And speaking of the sketchy ads, that reminds me a lot of Top Gear's Bolivia Special, where the crew didn't get the cars exacty the way they were sold iirc Jeremy Clarkson and James May was the victims of the ads (they bought the car from a Bolivian used car website. If you're wondering, James got his Suzuki Samurai in red despite being advertised as blue, while Jeremy got himself a 3.5 liter carbed Range Rover MkI, which was sold as 3.9 liter fuel injected ones)

Aaaaaaaah I see, that explains why it was located at Puerto Rico

Swapping the SR is a great idea as well, and of course keeping the SR as spares should be a wise move as well

thats a lotta rust biut hey for most of it i would sy to cut it off and go widebody

I t ' s c o m m i n g

Welcome, since the R32 is still getting painted and i got some money on me i started to order parts for S14. First of all the engine, I've ordered engine with whole harness for :
- Link G4+ Storm ECU
- Injector Dynamics ID1000
- AFM onvert to Apexi PFC D Jetro
- AEM X UEGO WB Gauge Kit
- VR38 Smart Coil Conversion Kit
- RWD Manual transmission
- AC Wiring
- 5-Point Grounding Kit
- The engine itself

I also had to order engine mount kit from syko performance that has
- Polyurethan enngine mounts
- Sway bar spacers and transmission adapter brackets

Last but not least i ordered the bodykit, i'm not gonna say what engine or body it'll be as i wanna keep you guys interested

Now for the real work!

What got done so far is i got temporary plates as i can't register it without engine and so much rust obviously. I've took my time with the body work and i've decided to keep the quarter panels stock (I can also go wide body later on)



I've cut and filled the rust on the quarter panels as i said earlier. It wasn't easy but i just simply don't wanna widebody it yet, i wanna go for more oem/cleaner look. Also if i cut the panels right now i won't be able to go back, thus i repaired them.



I also filled the front right fender and painted it with spray paint so it won't rust again as i'm gonna keep them too.



The rear bumper as you guessed it stays as well lol. I know it's getting weird but trust me i know what i'm doing (maybe).



Now to the engine bay it had to be worked on too as i'm gonna put new engine in and i won't have good access to it i might do it now. The front bumper is going to the trash though (wew i know surprising).



I left the S in the same shop that is painting my R32 for that sweet discount. R32 should be ready soon and now we wait for the S to get the goodies. I'm really hyped for that project as it's gonna be imo really cool and og. I could even tell you what engine i'll put in but you won't ever guess what i'll do to it anyway but i won't. (hehe buoi).

# BigSmoke : You've put the right price for the Enkei 92, as, you guessed it, it's a rare gem everywhere. Other rare rims such as BIM Driftmaster and Weds Albino series (and pretty much other 80s-90s JDM rims) are priced between 2000-4000 a set/half set iirc. So there you go, you've made quite a profit over there

And BOI it looks like the S14 is going to be fitted with serious race-grade parts.....this is an instant approval for me, keep it up my man!

Yea i guessed 4k is fair since there's no listings and someone bought it pretty much straight away lul. Yea it was a nice profit to keep things going. S will get some love soon, all i need now is engine, trans and wheels. All of which i already know what i'll be going for but need some V$ to buy lul. I think i might visit junkyard soon and check if there's something i want. I'm shooting for low-mid 300hp as for a daily it's enough to have fun

# Nightkid : HMMMMM, cant wait to see tje S14 in one piece !

So am I it'll be such a great car ah. Waiting for parts to arrive is the worst thing ever.

Great new paintjobs for the R32 and S14, loving how tidy they are!

# BigSmoke : Great new paintjobs for the R32 and S14, loving how tidy they are!

Ayyy ty ty i tried to pick some nice colors heh

# Lagano : Dark red turned out so nice on that R32! I see the S14 is going well too, you're doing a full on restoration there. What bodykit did you go for? And as a fellow RB26 S14 owner i approve the swap! You will need a RB20/25 transmission though as the RB26 was only used for AWD setups, probably also a new driveshaft and differential, at least that's how i did it. I explained it all a bit here. *LINK* How come you're selling the twin turbos though? Sure, they take quite some space in the engine bay but they're very powerful and responsive. Well, you can have a big single instead if you're going for higher power.

Haha thanks, i can't say yet wanna keep it a surprise but it's oemish. Yep ik about the trans i'm waiting for some money to buy one. I wasn't sure about diff, driveshaft and axles but your build helped once again need money though thanks man. I need to sell twinskies to fit in my surprises, not gonna say what it is but it's not very big power lul. Soon i'll get everything going as kit should be soon, just waiting for the rest of rb goodies.

Yeeees we can now see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Also yay NA RB gang!

Hey. Your Silvia really takes on a normal look.
But with painting you obviously hurried.
Was it really hard to wait a little?
And by the way, this RB will definitely be enough for you?

T h e . t i m e . h a s . c o m e.

OHOHOHOHO YEEEEEES almost anything on Volk wheels means an instant YES from me!

And finally I could see the final product of the S14 build.....and WHAT A CAR MAN! I love that colour combo, I love the kit choice.....it's perfeect in my eyes!

Colour combo just spot on.

i . r e a l l y . d i d . i t .