NZ Performance Car – September 2019

Why this chassis?

I’ve had a 180SX for a few years and wanted to try

something different. The S15 has always been a shape I

liked, and it seems to be quite a snappy chassis — you

can throw whatever you want at it sort of thing. Hard to

compare it to the 180, as it doesn’t quite have the same

power from the engine set-up, but I definitely like this

chassis.

And the running gear?

It started off with an RB26, which got blown to pieces,

so decided that rather than keep chasing that, I’d switch

to a 1UZ, as they’re reasonably cheap — it was like 1500

bucks, and, if you blow it up, you just throw another one

in and keep going, rather than trying to find a $4K RB26.

Put that in, didn’t blow it up, so we put a supercharger

on it, and it still didn’t blow up, and we kept nudging it

until we found the limit and backed off. In the meantime,

I was building a forged motor for when it let go, but the

first motor wouldn’t, and we couldn’t wait any longer so

chucked it in with the turbo set-up.

What are your intentions

with the car?

Well, I built it after putting the 180 into the wall at Puke

during D1NZ, so I could make the last round in Manfeild.

But we didn’t quite make it, so will see what happens

with D1 this year — we might give it another nudge.

ENGINE: Toyota 1UZ-FE, 3968cc, V8; forged pistons, forged rods, Kelford Cams

camshafts, ported heads, twin Holset HX35

DRIVELINE: G-Force four-speed dogbox, GT-R LSD, GT-R axles

EXTERIOR: Rocket Bunny kit

SUSPENSION: Wisefab lock kit, BC Gold coilovers

POWER: 590kW

FUEL TYPE: E85

TUNER: Brian at NDT Developments / Chris at Prestige Tuning and Motorsport

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