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Sunday December 2, 2007
618 Motorsport’s Nissan 180SX has finally hit the track after a few busy weeks. Lil Dori drove the car for the first time last Sunday at Mallala in which she participated in the drift school being run by some of Australia’s top drifters. There were fifty entrants who were split into three groups; beginner, intermediate and advanced. These groups learnt and practiced some of the skills required to have good car control. The groups did things like 90, 180 and 360 degree hand brake turns, ringies and drift.
Overall the day went fairly well for our team, however we had one minor problem with the handbrake not locking the rear wheels consistantly, making hand brake turns impossible. Leon is currently working on making the hand brake system hydraulic which will rectify the problem and make things a lot easier for Mettina.
Mettina learnt a lot especially from having instructors ride in the car with her giving her a few tips and pointers on what to do and when. The last part of the day was open practice, where the she could put into practice some of the skills that she had learnt. She had a couple of spins as did numerous other students all trying to push the boundaries on what they had been shown. Lil Dori will be running the car again at the next practice day before taking the car off the road to have the roll cage fitted.
Wednesday October 31, 2007
Finally the car arrived… After a few dramas picking it up, the car was brought to its new home in Adelaide. On arrival to its new home, Mettina was pleasantly surprised with a few extra bonuses in the car than she didn’t know about, like the vehicle having HID (high intensity discharge) headlights, turbo timer, radar detector (although Leon has taken claim to this) and an electronic boost guage. The overall condition of the car is better than expected!
However the make over is underway, with the interior being stripped by Mettina whilst Leon has removed the factory intercooler and fitted it with a larger, more flowing item. Fitting the larger intercooler took a fair bit of work to sort out, but the end result was worth it.
The new Tein coilover suspension has now also arrived from Japan, which will be the main focus to helping to get the car set up for the upcoming drift school and G1 Extreme Drift Championship in 2008. Some more suspension upgrades have also been ordered; adjustable rear upper arms and adjustable rear toe arms which will be fitted by Mettina on their arrival.
Monday October 1, 2007
It’s been a long time coming, but finally 618 Motorsport’s Nissan 180SX is about to land in Australia. The car is due to hit the Australian shores in Brisbane in the first week of October. And once it has cleared customs, it will be on the road to its new home in Adelaide.
On arrival in Adelaide, the car will undergo a make over. A lot of the car’s standard parts will be removed to make way for the fitment of some high performance bits. The work will be carried out by Mettina and Leon and should have them busy for quite some time.
The car is due to hit the track on its first outing on Sunday 25th November at Mallala for Drift School. Mettina (Lil Dori) will then run the car at a practice day to be held on Sunday 9th December after which the car will be stripped down to have its roll cage fitted. Once the roll cage is fitted, the car will have its body kit fitted and receive a full respray in fluorescent orange paint.