S110 Sylvia - going racing :-)

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#20379 24-Mar-2008 14:27

A friend and I just picked up an S110 Sylvia for $300. We are going to go racing at the Hawkes Bay Car Club Autocross Events, and maybe a little drift action at the U-Drive track 5 blocks from my house.

The S110 is 1800cc EFI, 5spd manual, RWD, coupe, white.

The bottom class is no modifications allowed to engine, and must be worth no more than $500 (And must be standard wheels, budget tyres etc). That will be a fun start before we move on to a more serious class, at which point a roll cage, harness, and other mods will be the order of the day.

The S110 shares the same chassis as the Mazda Cronos Rotary. So a 12a could be the go for our first move up in the classes.

Just a pity there is no dragway, or sealed race track in Hawkes Bay...

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#118371 24-Mar-2008 14:33

Heres a before pic, taken today.

Its in full street trim, and goes really well. It was parked up in 2005, and just left there till we bought it today.

Its going to get stripped out, and might even get repainted at some point.

These things had 105hp from the factory, and at 25 years old, I'd say she has dropped to about 90hp or so.

My SS at the back there has around 400hp, but of course I don't want to race that!!

Anyway, it purrs like a kitten, and aside from the mounts for a t-wing on the back, is totally standard. These things came with an OTR CAI, EFI, short throw gearstick, and for a totally standard early (cheap) Nissan, are pretty cool.

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#118388 24-Mar-2008 16:29

Awesome.
Going to sign up for the Taupo event on April 14th?
Still in need of entries to make the day happen.

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#118414 24-Mar-2008 17:50

No, I am not going to be able to make it sorry.

We have stripped out about 50% of the Sylvia this arvo, and cleaned/gapped the plugs, and sorted a noisy belt. Gotta tie battery down, and disconnect aircon next I think.

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#118419 24-Mar-2008 17:57

Ah well, maybe it'll be ready for the June one instead.

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#120894 3-Apr-2008 21:41

Car is now almost totally stripped out - only dashboard, door cards and drivers seat remain.
Those spanky wheel covers are gone.
The T-Wing mounts are gone too!
Its been cleaned, and its getting a little dressing up, and a fire extinguisher on Saturday, plus a bit of a mechanical going over (suspension and brake checkup basically).
First race on Sunday, just need to find some cotton overalls, and I'm all set.

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#120969 4-Apr-2008 08:40

Fiarly tidy looking for its age!

Just need to watch out for the older cars though, usually have rust underneath things...

Rather than going 12a, why don't you keep it in the family and go CA18DE or SR20DE? Definatly a lot more long term reliability, and N/A SR's have been known to reach 300hp.

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#120976 4-Apr-2008 08:48

Adamal: Fiarly tidy looking for its age!

Just need to watch out for the older cars though, usually have rust underneath things...

Rather than going 12a, why don't you keep it in the family and go CA18DE or SR20DE? Definatly a lot more long term reliability, and N/A SR's have been known to reach 300hp.

Mmm rotary would probably cost more and take more maintenance too.

There is a little rust in it.

Will race it in the bottom class for a bit, then see how it goes - as to whether its worth doing up, or if I would rather pour money into something else.

There is a little rust, nothing structural that I can see - just a couple of small rot holes in panels, and front of the bonnet.

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#121377 5-Apr-2008 19:53

Its the eve of the first race!!

Final touches applied - its been cleaned, a little paint here and there (but not much), a fire extinguisher, 90% stripped out, gassed up, trailered and ready to go!!

Will post some videos on YouTube hopefully tomorrow night!!

The sticker on the rear windscreen of the Nissan reads "No Guts, No Glory" (i.e. our car has no guts, so we will get no glory...)