Dyno Chart

                 The other night i got a chance to dyno my Rb25 swapped s13. It was a charity at Force Fed racing in Las Vegas, one of there employees lost his girlfriend to cancer. so for 20 bucks you could do one run on their dyno and all donations went to funding a funeral and other bills. no torque numbers just Horsepower.i managed to pull 255 hp, not bad just a bit shy of what i was hoping for. my chart is a little shaky at the top end, one of the guys there said i need a colder spark plug. so i will be switching to a colder plug and hopefully that will help steady it out on he top end.

the ambient temp was 112.7f, it was a 4th gear pull from 35mph to 112mph
cool thing about RB motors or any non 4 cylinder motor is look at how quickly i get power.

i had a great time and im glad that Bobby talked me into going. it was the first time i have ever had any of my cars dynoed and i actually got to drive it while it was on the dyno which was very cool.

RB25sx updates

                           Here are some long awaited updates on my car, i know i took a few month hiatus from blogging but im now back with a vengeance. Just because there were no updates doesn't mean i wasn't working on my car, i was actually quite busy. since ever had crashed his s13 and decided to go 14 i was able to get his stuff that he couldn't use on the 14 build. Thanks a MILLION bud. So here is what i have done.
Evers old subframe with max solid bushing and tanabe sway bar
Evers rear over fenders
Evers front PSM knuckles
I also got ambitious and decided to extend my lower control arms. the last event i was having real bad outer shoulder wear so i thought that maybe if i extended my lower control arms i would get more camber so at full lock i would have a better contact patch.But when i extended my lower arms i opened a whole new can of worms, since instantly my greater camber was causing serious rubbing issues on my fender wiring harnesses so i had to take the whole dash out and reroute the fuse boxes into the car. This is actually easy and can be done with out cutting any part of the harness, you can do it with radiator and engine still in the car. start on the passenger side by where the ecu is mounted, and remove the three white plugs that are connected to the harness that comes from the passenger wheel well.you will need to unbolt you ecu and move it to access these plugs, then go outside by the passenger wheel and pull the harness out from inside the car. Then start disconnecting the main fuse box wires, then start pulling that box out and follow the wires removing the headlights, turn signals, light motors, and horn wires if you have them. then unbolt the radiator brackets and pull the radiator back a little and pull the wiring from off of the upper core support. then you get to the drivers side fuse box, you shouldn't have much of anything actually plugged in there. then stop there and go to inside the drivers side of the car and get a 10 mm and unbolt the fuse panel and resistors that are bolted in. then disconnect all the wires attached to you steering column then pull those all out so they just sit on the drivers floor. mind you the dash must be out. then this is the hardest parts cause you need to move around a lot of thick harnesses and you should see the light in the hole in the fender where the harness comes through then have some one go on the outside by the drivers wheel well and pull lightly while you feed it from the inside and it will all fit right through the hole in your fender with out any modifications just be aware that there is some sound deadening that you need to break away to enlarge the hole and the harness will come right out with no cutting. then the rest is obvious just reconnect and you have to extend you headlights, turn signals and brake master cylinder wires since obviously all the plugs are now in the car. you will also need to extend you lower harness and some other wires and from the harness. but just take it slow and do one group of wires at a time. sorry if thats all a little jumbled or miss punctuated.
the other thing i did not realize was i would have to get longer tie rods since i extended the lower arms 35mm so i had to order the max inner tie rods since they are 20mm longer then stock s14 ones.

 Tie rod looks a little bent but its only cause of the wide angle lens.

 You can see the lack of fuse boxes.

 and one more of the garage and evers build.

VgeasDrift Last Event of 2012

                  This event was a bittersweet one for me. it starts the day before when my best friend crashed his car during a practice of the course. I was pretty bummed that we weren't able to tandem together, but we will get him a new car built and be ready for the next Vegasdrift Pro/AM season.

so on to the actual day of the event. This only being my second event i have entered in my car i was still pretty nervous, and this event was one of the biggest turn outs in three years so there was plenty of talent there which didn't help my nerves. the track was setup with a high speed third gear entry into a long sweeping right. im not a fan of right turn initiations, so that was another obstacle for me to overcome. well i was able to shake my nerves off and make a couple of passes, Then i was really able to get comfortable with the course. here is a crude video i made with my go pro just sort of hacked together but you get the idea.



I learned a lot from this event like how pushing your clutch in during transitions helps, ebrakes can help you get a little farther if your coming up short on a clipping point, and how making sure you have good tires. and keeping new ones on to help keep your grip up, This helped me out in being consistent. i really only went out there with 2 goals in mind, 1 stay consistent and 2 work on trying to hit the clipping points and put the car in all the right spots as if it were a judged event. i also learned that my tires were CRAP, i was running the Achilles 2233 in a 225 45 17 and all they did was chunk chunk chunk. they have very little grip and they chunk like crazy i have no other experience with Achilles tires so im not going to say that all Achilles tires are bad. but take my advice and DONT get the 2233's. luckily Ever had some spare wheels since he wouldn't be driving this event. So half way through the day i switched to his wheels, after i had already gone through 2 sets of my Achilles tires.  i pop'd on his fresh FEDERAL 595 tires and boy what a difference. The grip was better, the smoke was better, they wore evenly with no chunking, and they lasted a long time. im very satisfied with the federals and will be running then from now on, and most likely i will get the federal rsr tires for the front as the 2233 are even chunking on the front of my car.

so by the end of the day i was feeling good, had some good tires on the back and felt like stepping it up so i tried running a few of my first ever tandem runs. below is the only video i have that my girlfriend took on her phone from the bleachers.



the video is very poor quality but you get the idea, i am the lead car.

Also check out this video by Tommy Suell, im supper excited that i made it into this video there are some pretty cool shots of me i really like the shot where im being followed by Josh Guild. Thanks again Tommy for including me in the video.



so to wrap it up i would like to thank Nick for putting on a great event, and for all the VEGASDRIFT staff that made it possible. i would have to say that this event was one of the best ones in a while. i would also like to thank everyone that came out to drive and to watch we need big turn outs like this so we can justify having practice events more often. If your still having doubts about coming out to drive at a practice event cause your embarrassed of your car or the skills you lack, you should really think about making it out to the next event. everyone is so nice and helpful out there, there was no egos and there was three separate tracks a figure 8, and small 1st/2nd gear course and then the main course. please don't let drifting die in Las Vegas.

2 cars, 1 goal

                Well Vegas drift announced it will be hosting one more event this year called best of vegas. on november 5th. so what greater time for us to do a shake down on our two cars. evers car has been down for close to two years, while doing a complete make over of basically every part, suspesion make over, chopping the front end off and tubing it, re routing all the fuse boxes to inside the cab, etc etc.and my car will hopefully be making its maiden voyage, keeping my fingers crossed. for those of you who dont know whats going on with my car click HERE... i recently got my car to the point that i could start it, but it decided to not start. after checking every fuse, connection, wiring,, my CAS, relays, and everything else. we have narrowed it down to hopefully being the ECU. so while waiting for a new ecu to come i got somthing else in the mail... my fans. yaaaay.

s blade dual flex a lite 2500 cfm. since im running an rb25 and there is NOOOO room to run pullers these will be set up as pushers. these were a very tight squeeze, but after trying multiple ways. we decided to notch the radiator support and make custom radiator brackets. after it was all done it almost looks stock.

They will be wired to a relay and then run to a switch in the cab. you should run a relay just to not run the risk of burning up the switch and potentially ruining any other electrical components.

Now on to  evers car.
well his car was all up and running and we were taking it to go get an alignment, that was all it needed then it could start going to u drift and participating in events. but disaster happened, we rented a u haul trailer.

 while he was backing the car off the trailer his down pipe got hooked on the license plate holder frame part of the trailer. and ripped the whole exhaust off the car and kinked the elbow.

So he ended up ordering a whole new t25 turbo, just to get the car running. the plan was to go t28 but we just decided to get it running so he could just get the seat time he needs. we had to buy a new turbo since the elbow was welded to the turbo. its a long story, and we wont go into why its welded. but any way new turbo came today and we we trying to get the car up a running.

tomei manifold and new turbo all bolted together.

so we went to work getting it all swapped over.

It was going very smoothly BUT like everything on his car. SHIT LUCK happened. and his PSM cobra down pipe would not bolt up because the different placement that the tomei manifold puts the turbo at. sooooo he is going to order a new elbow and down pipe that will work in conjunction with the manifold. this is as far as we got tonight.

so to sum it all up we worked on both car today/night in hopes that we can be ready for the Vegas Drift BEST OF VEGAS. we hope to see you all out there.

RB240sx

did a ton of work to the car this week. weather was permitting it rarely broke 100 which is heaven when you live in vegas. got the new fuel tank in, fuel pump assembly, walbro pump, intercooler mocked up, custom hot pipe made, radiator in, rear mounted battery, fuel pressure regulator in, all lines connected, wiring specialties harness all hooked up, new brake master cylinder installed and all brakes bled, auto to manual conversion complete, clutch pedal installed, new clutch master cylinder and agency power steel line. so basically the car should be ready to start this weekend. just need fluids for the trans, diff, radiator, engine. big thanks to my best friend ever for late nights helping me get it done. with out him it would still be how it was two weeks ago. and thanks to joey for helping out with getting me some parts i needed and coming over to lend a hand.

i still need to fully mount the intercooler and some other parts, but its CLOSE

RB240sx

here are some recent updates on my 240sx. test fitment with the new wheels, it was 110 out today so needless to say i just threw them on. looks good but needs more low and some fender rolling. but you get the idea.
you can check out the complete build so far by clicking here http://functiontheory.blogspot.com/p/my-240sx.html.

RB25sx

i know i know... posting has been a little slow lately. well pretty much no posting. but i have a good reason. a side from working my real job, i have been spending all my other free time on the RB25sx drift car project. below you can see what i have done in the past week. motor out cleaned the engine bay, stitch welded it, painted it. installed solid steering rack aluminum bushing, put sub frame collars in, put welded diff in, put teins on it, put my exhaust on, installed the rb25det, and some other small things. this is only part one of the build. the wiring specialties harness is still out of stock for 3 more weeks. i will soon get the front mount and some other goodies then i will do a part two of the build once i get those items in. please be patient  as the posting will steadily start flowing in again once the project is all done. it has been hellish with the weather in las vegas has been in the 100's....


here is a link to my flickr with all the pictures so far of the swap. CLICK HERE

and below are just a few from the flickr

RB25sx

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE...

got my PSM down pipe, installed clutch and turbo lines. still waiting on many more parts that have been out of stock to trickle in. just wanted to share my happy with you.

RB25sx update

sorry for a lack of posting... i have been busy. i was searching far and wide for a clean body for my swap. and this is what i finally got. im very excited. its all 100% stock never modified, no rust, clean title, and straight body. cell phone picture for now. will get some real pictures later, we will also be out of town this weekend for WEKFEST LBC, we will have pleanty of pictures from that as usual posted on tuesday.

for those of you that dont know well we are building a functiontheory.com drift car. here is a link with some more info about it http://functiontheory.blogspot.com/2011/05/rb25sx.html...... we are still waiting for some other parts to come instock so we can get going on it. but we are hoping to have it done by end of july.