S2 Bluebird Drift Car... The Shark Project

[The_Monk]

I've had a love affair with the old 910 for quite some time (first ever car i drove was a s3 910)

So when a mate of mine said his dad wanted a slab for his old bluebird because it had been sitting around for a while and had a snapped axle, i jumped at the chance.

Got some mates together and went and looked at it, decided it was worth it and snapped her up



The guy ended up just giving it to us, didnt care.

Spent a while trying to get her running that night, battery was dead flat and even when we tried to push start it, no go.

Parked it for the night and came back the next morning.

Got it into the light of day, and my god is it an ugly colour :P



Stuck another battery in it, still no start. No spark this time. Turns out it had an insane amount of immobilisers in it. Bypassed them all, figured out it had a killswitch on top of it all, bypassed that and voila. She ran, quite well in fact. Went for a quick spin (of car and wheels and other things :P), after being told so often that it had a snapped axle, it turned out to be fine... No idea what he was on about.



Here's where we decided to actually do something with it rather than just paddock bash, and stripped it down, intending to make something that would be fun for the calder drifts.

After some idle troubles and a $551 visit from the TMU we decided it was time to move it. Thats when things got a bit out of hand...











The result:







Then... We hit a snag.

Blew the headgasket, cracked the head, stripped the motor down, cylinder 4 was destroyed.

Motor was a throw away.

Yay.

So we headed off to pinch a part so see how cheaply we could get another L20, maybe an L18 head... And the first and only thing we saw was a freshly dropped in S13 Silvia Q. So in a lightning dash to get it out before it closed on a public holiday, We Got a near complete (missing Coil packs and turbo) CA18DET Red Top with complete body loom/engine loom and ECU, all manifolds and accessories, MAF sensor and intake piping. For a grand total of $225 with a warranty.


Got the front seats from it too because lets face it, the old GX seat is no racing seat :P

Picked up some R31 Brakes and swaybar while we were there too.


Big difference over the old one:









Nissan interchangeability is fun

[f1tzy]

lol. wow nice project. have u got the new motor running

[UNKNOWN]

$225!!!!!! WTF. Nice score! Btw nice project you got going!

[Stretchomatic]

schwang!!! not to bad there dude. my mate had a bluebird once, but it was a POS.

nice pick up on the motor.

[The_Monk]

This birdy was a bit of a POS when we got it but we showed them! :P

Motor still needs coilpacks which i am getting this weekend so then its just a matter of rigging it up and fitting a gearbox.

[f1tzy]

what gearbox are you putting in it

[tanka5.7]

lol i had a blue bird wagon once the roof had bog trowled into it but it just kept goin.

[The_Monk]

Gonna Run a series 3 CA20 box and see how long it takes to explode.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Dude, i love it, MINT
Plan on getting it rego'd or just a stuff around car, would go well with that motor in.
Hard to get it to fit?!

[The_Monk]

Its gonna be a dedicated drift/burnout car.

The motor bolts directly onto a Series 3 Bluebird engine crossmember.

Easy as to get in there.

[rch-13z]

thats nuts, nice pickup... I didnt realise how cheap the CA18 motors are these days....

should be fun to see it go...

[adam69]

Ha very nice,gunna be fun.

[The_Monk]

Got another CA motor today, an N/A one out of an EXA to scavenge coil packs and a flywheel out of.

Now all we need is a gearbox + tailshaft a clutch and a fuel pump.

[Troy5L]

nice pick up!!u guys got the engine for a bargin!!!
u guys dont much around do ya? seems like ya just got the car, blew the engine, sawppd the engine and yeh... well done though will be keepin an eye on this thread 4sur

[Troy5L]

any progress yet on the car???

[Jo3_Blo]

Wow, I like it!
Yeah, it does look like you guys have really got stuck in.

[PaRaDoX]

lookin good!!!!!!!

good little project!

[fnlow1]

Love it- mate has a bluey with an SR20 turbo in it, a fun car thats for sure

[cxcxcxvcvcvc]

blue birds are sweet thrash cars, we had a TRX and it hammered lol!

[deathsminion]

**** I'm a hot ****.

The motor is out, we're just waiting on a clutch and it'll all be going together and wired in.
Has a custom dash, S13 seats and a few other goodies. I have to hurry up and get my new turbo so the old one off the Supra can go into this.

[Jo3_Blo]

Got any new pics yet?

[James_yo7]

thats insane. i wish i had a pig drifter like that. sometimes when im going to work and the roads are slick i miss being able to just snap it out on corners but due to my ride height and the damage i was doing to my diff i cant do it anymore.
got heaps of mates that drive silvia's and 180's and **** so i wanna buy some old rolla or something that i can take out sliding

[social]

vn commos are an awesome sliding car, mainly in manuals but u can in autos, just chuck a spool in your diff and away you go...

[ibt18u]

wow thats mad!
loving the car,i cant belive they bolt up,i mean the engine.
will be great when its out on the track!

[freddie142]

i LOVE BLUEBIRDS! looks nuts cant wait to see it drifting Love the ca18det. how much will the turbo kit cost?