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I got my car 100% stock type-m freshly brought in by "Exotic car and Auto". Originally i was looking for an S chassis, But slowly i started dippin into the skylines, particularly the rb's. So gradually i shifted my search from s13 to r32, after about three or four months of research, i came across the one i own now, at Exotic car and auto in NE calgary. When i first went to see it i didnt even know it was gonna be a four door :/. Im soo glad it was! i loved the idea of a sedan skyline. I wasnt too sure about the tails of the 4door compared to the coupe. Eventually the rear end grew on me, and i now prefer it over most 2 door skylines i see.
here she is, 4 years ago when i first got her.
all minty fresh as was jesse's car and franklin's haha.
I fell in love with drifting and the idea of total car control while i began searching for a RWD car to buy. Stumbled across D1GP and things like that.. its all history from there. Before i bought my R32 i was sharing a chevrolet malibu with my sister. Lets just say, i quickly learned how to use the ebrake, counter steer and weight transfer =). I knew i needed RWD, I quickly discoverd boosted vs. Na motors while researching platforms, Instantly fell in love with boost before i had even owned a turbo car.
It even had the stock airbox when i bought it! drove it like this, completly stock with a ctire cone on there for the winter and into may,
After about a month of driving the car on dry pavement again, i bought a few parts off my neighbor for a boosted car he had lying around; Turbosmart BOV, Ebay front mount, Some IC piping ( was garbage, never used it) and i also picked up a Willans four point harness from JDM tuners..
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I actually never ended up using that FMIC core or the piping, I bought a greddy profec spec b (ran about 12.5 pounds)greddy Mspec kit for my rb20 and a SSQV from autodream, A strut bar from franklin and a cone filter from Ctire, later that same summer and drove it like this:
I then started wanting to push my limits more and wanted to go to the track, I was excstatic to find out about Dsport. I started craving performance driving, turned into a fiend. Got some decals cause i thought it was super cool drifter look, and started to see what i could do with the car.
Eventually tho my ambition led me to a summer fun ending failure. It was a late night and a goup of my buddies were all going out to a drift spot, East of calgary. I lied to my parents to go with them, being 16 or 17 at the time i was supposed to be home by 12:30...
so we get to the spot and im getting some lessons on ebrake drifting and trying it out, learning to initiate faster and ebrake slide. Im doing great, for 25 minutes or so. Then just started to get a little careless, I initiated way to fast into a 90 degree angle curb lined corner, which happend to have some gravel patches scatered on it too! I went parralel into the curb going about 70-80km/h and basically hover crafted the car, got 5 feet of air and landed the car in some mud, ****. Devestating. I completly demolished the whole suspension system on the right side of the car front and back, probably had about +50 degree of camber on the right side. wish i had pictures..
annywho.
My initiation into mechanics had begun, I had the car towed back to my house, got mega **** from my parents, but knew what i had to do. I started replacing all the suspension components with a help from my friends and the internet, picked up used HKS hyper Max 2's which were blown, but still greatly improved my handling and stance, for 400bux.
I got the car put back together after two months and some debt. I was back out on the track and on the street.
Ohh yeah forgot to mention, discoverd how much of a neccesity raiding tire pits was :]
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The summer ended with the car running very well, and i was very happy with it.
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I put stock coilovers back on it for the winter, and had lots of fun with it During the winter. I bought a new battery, battery blanket and electric oilpan heater, to improve reliability in winter.
After the winter, i bought a RPS Max street clutch, Straight pipe exhaust a Stri boost and volt gauge. Love it.
Now, this was three summers ago, that dsport had its first road course drift practice, It was in july, awesome day Loadds of Fun!
Buuut, pushing my RB20 to do 3rd gear drifts wasnt the easiest thing for the motor to take, I ended up throwing a rod through the side of my block, and that was the end of that.
I was faced with what to do, ie: sell the car, swap in another 20, maybe think about a 25 swap....
here she is, 4 years ago when i first got her.
all minty fresh as was jesse's car and franklin's haha.
I fell in love with drifting and the idea of total car control while i began searching for a RWD car to buy. Stumbled across D1GP and things like that.. its all history from there. Before i bought my R32 i was sharing a chevrolet malibu with my sister. Lets just say, i quickly learned how to use the ebrake, counter steer and weight transfer =). I knew i needed RWD, I quickly discoverd boosted vs. Na motors while researching platforms, Instantly fell in love with boost before i had even owned a turbo car.
It even had the stock airbox when i bought it! drove it like this, completly stock with a ctire cone on there for the winter and into may,
After about a month of driving the car on dry pavement again, i bought a few parts off my neighbor for a boosted car he had lying around; Turbosmart BOV, Ebay front mount, Some IC piping ( was garbage, never used it) and i also picked up a Willans four point harness from JDM tuners..
.I actually never ended up using that FMIC core or the piping, I bought a greddy profec spec b (ran about 12.5 pounds)greddy Mspec kit for my rb20 and a SSQV from autodream, A strut bar from franklin and a cone filter from Ctire, later that same summer and drove it like this:
I then started wanting to push my limits more and wanted to go to the track, I was excstatic to find out about Dsport. I started craving performance driving, turned into a fiend. Got some decals cause i thought it was super cool drifter look, and started to see what i could do with the car.
Eventually tho my ambition led me to a summer fun ending failure. It was a late night and a goup of my buddies were all going out to a drift spot, East of calgary. I lied to my parents to go with them, being 16 or 17 at the time i was supposed to be home by 12:30...
so we get to the spot and im getting some lessons on ebrake drifting and trying it out, learning to initiate faster and ebrake slide. Im doing great, for 25 minutes or so. Then just started to get a little careless, I initiated way to fast into a 90 degree angle curb lined corner, which happend to have some gravel patches scatered on it too! I went parralel into the curb going about 70-80km/h and basically hover crafted the car, got 5 feet of air and landed the car in some mud, ****. Devestating. I completly demolished the whole suspension system on the right side of the car front and back, probably had about +50 degree of camber on the right side. wish i had pictures..
annywho.
My initiation into mechanics had begun, I had the car towed back to my house, got mega **** from my parents, but knew what i had to do. I started replacing all the suspension components with a help from my friends and the internet, picked up used HKS hyper Max 2's which were blown, but still greatly improved my handling and stance, for 400bux.
I got the car put back together after two months and some debt. I was back out on the track and on the street.
Ohh yeah forgot to mention, discoverd how much of a neccesity raiding tire pits was :]
.The summer ended with the car running very well, and i was very happy with it.
.I put stock coilovers back on it for the winter, and had lots of fun with it During the winter. I bought a new battery, battery blanket and electric oilpan heater, to improve reliability in winter.
After the winter, i bought a RPS Max street clutch, Straight pipe exhaust a Stri boost and volt gauge. Love it.
Now, this was three summers ago, that dsport had its first road course drift practice, It was in july, awesome day Loadds of Fun!
Buuut, pushing my RB20 to do 3rd gear drifts wasnt the easiest thing for the motor to take, I ended up throwing a rod through the side of my block, and that was the end of that.
I was faced with what to do, ie: sell the car, swap in another 20, maybe think about a 25 swap....
..Dont mind the lip, i took it off.
i was stokked for all of one day, before It popped the bed and the bearings fused to the crank the next day. 
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