NZ Performance Car – October 2019

HEART

ENGINE: Nissan SR20DET,

2000cc, four cylinder

BLOCK: Unknown crate motor

HEAD: Unknown

INTAKE: Cactus intake manifold,

Fenix intercooler, four-inch

K&N filter

EXHAUST: Motorsport Fabrication

Services (MFS) three-inch steel

system, Adrenalin R muffler,

Garage Zeal stainless blast pipes

TURBO: Garrett 3076R (0.63 rear),

Sinco manifold

WASTEGATE: TiAL 44mm MV-R

BOV: Turbosmart Raceport

FUEL: Walbro in-tank lift pump,

Raceworks surge tank, Bosch

044 main pump, Siemens 880cc

top-feed injectors, Sard fuel rail,

Aeroflow fuel rail, Sard FPR

IGNITION: Nissan coil-on-plug

ECU: Link G4+ Storm Black

COOLING: Fenix radiator, dual

Davis Craig fans, Fenix oil cooler,

intercooler sprayers with remote

tank

EXTRA: Rapid Performance

engine loom, custom catch-can,

Mishimoto radiator reservoir,

Garage Zeal S13/S14 hybrid

rocker cover, Weld coil cover,

custom power-steering reservoir,

GReddy high-capacity sump,

GReddy pulleys, Garage Zeal

engine mounts, Garage Zeal skid

plates, tubbed and seam-welded

engine bay

PERFORMANCE

POWER: 260kW

BOOST: 18psi

FUEL: E50

TUNER: Rapid Performance

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“We’re all getting older and moving further apart. We didn’t

want to lose the bond we had when we grew up. Sharing this

hobby, and cars, keeps the friendships together; we don’t want to

forget where we came from,” says Kieran.

It might be some years on from those formative days blasting

through the Reefton back roads, and a decade on from that first

‘proper’ drift day, but the method hasn’t changed; even in 2019,

on the eve of the most recent Glory Daze event, the 732 collective

congregated at Team HQ — Kieran’s house — the night before for

a couple of cold fizzy drinks, a feed of fish and chips, and a hearty

serving of drift videos to build the hype for two days of sliding.

What has changed is the aesthetic.

Kieran’s 180SX eventually grenaded an engine, making

way for the track-only S13 Silvia, dripping with Origin Labo /

Koguchi Power aero and draped over the unconventionally

cool Rays Gram Lights 57 Pros. It’s a well-considered and well-

presented build, with fun firmly in Kieran’s brief when putting

together the internally stock SR20DET with a few select bolt-ons

ensuring a handy 260kW at the treads.

Mark progressed through a few Laurels before settling on