So if you were to look, you'd see that I have been a member of this forum since 2005, and I joined when I first wanted to learn about this strange car that looked like a Trueno but had "turbo" and "Nissan" written on it. Now I had first seen a big promising "FOR SALE" sign on one in 2004 when I was 13, and it was impossible for me to get a car at that time, and I only saw a handful of these cars throughout the years. Fast forward to about two weeks ago, I sold my very first car, a Honda CRX (I know we aren't big Honda fans here but I loved that car) so I figured after selling that car, I would only settle for the thing I wanted most as a kid. I was lucky to find a FS ad on here in NC, and after a long string of emails, I would be picking up my first love, on the 23rd. I arrived lost, and my friend spotted the car first from a higher road "There is your S12!" I almost veered off the cliff in excitement. After safely arriving there I exchanged money for a lump of steel and a title and proceeded to drive the car 300mi without so much as a second guess. Already outfitted with Tokico Illumina shocks and what I can only assume to be Eibach lowering springs, it held the road nicely, the only thing to dampen the fun was a clunk from the rear-end. Yep, the diff mount has had it. Here are pictures of it from that day:
Okay so I only have one picture uploaded from that day. It was a kind of scary drive, only one headlight worked and those foglamps were inoperable. So I fixed that, changed the oil, re-routed the intake and put my bucket seat in it. I had a full day! One headlight motor is still broken but I don't care, I like being able to wink!
I don't know if you can tell, but I cut about 1 1/2 coils off the rear to level it some, I think it was a kit meant for a CA car.
The big plans right now:
- S14 front suspension (full coil overs)
- Turbocharge the VG (the right way)
- Weld the diff
- Get more steering angle and slide it!
Mar 25, 2013, 8:28 pm · #1
