A Race Car is Born
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:07 am
As you all know, I have been planning on building my own race car for some time now.
After looking around for some time trying to find the car that I would like to race and for something that will fit my budget I found one. I could have gone with a Golf, but there is nothing I dislike more than a MK1 or MK2 golf.
I decided on the Nissan Sentra. I was fortunate enough to get hold of a New Spec Sentra chassis. Cheap as chips as the car's engine bay burnt out. The owner then went and stripped the car to sell as parts. I then took the rolling chassis from him.
This suits me as I do not need anything from the inside of the car, no motor, no gearbox, no interior.....and I dont need to strip it!
Front fenders, bonnet and bumpers I do not need as I will be making them from fibreglass. There I have somebody that is lending me his car so I can make some moulds and panels from his New Spec.
The car looks in a right sorry state!
However on closer inspection its mostly surface rust with a little hole in the front of the roof and some cancer at the rear window seam. The rest of the chassis is in very good condition. The front will need some work and I will be cutting out some supports and replace them.
The car will be going in for sand blasting (probably bead blasting) soon. Then will get primered adn work will start to get the chassis in tip top shape. In that time I will also start with making of all of the body panels. All stock with now flares, will look like stock Sentra shell for now. I might add 30mm fender flares, however Im still thinking about it.
Specs on the car?
The idea will be to have it close to the Sentra Touring cars that was raced years ago.
Motor:
SR20DE Block
Stock crank
GTiR conrods
ARP rod bolts
GTiR Head (port & polished)
Modified GTiR throttles (intake manifold is modified and throttles now has trumpets)
Those are the basics of the motor, I will go more into detail as we do the strip down and refresh.
The motor is currently sitting at 189kw on the flywheel, not sure on torque.
Full suspension will be done with coilovers and fabricated control arms ect.
15" x 8J wheels will be run, still looking for the right set. Most are too heavy or is a 7J.
Projected weight will be 850kg without the driver.
I will try and document this build as much as possible! And take as many pictures as I can!
Some inspiration
Primera I know but still looking epic!
After looking around for some time trying to find the car that I would like to race and for something that will fit my budget I found one. I could have gone with a Golf, but there is nothing I dislike more than a MK1 or MK2 golf.
I decided on the Nissan Sentra. I was fortunate enough to get hold of a New Spec Sentra chassis. Cheap as chips as the car's engine bay burnt out. The owner then went and stripped the car to sell as parts. I then took the rolling chassis from him.
This suits me as I do not need anything from the inside of the car, no motor, no gearbox, no interior.....and I dont need to strip it!
Front fenders, bonnet and bumpers I do not need as I will be making them from fibreglass. There I have somebody that is lending me his car so I can make some moulds and panels from his New Spec.
The car looks in a right sorry state!
However on closer inspection its mostly surface rust with a little hole in the front of the roof and some cancer at the rear window seam. The rest of the chassis is in very good condition. The front will need some work and I will be cutting out some supports and replace them. The car will be going in for sand blasting (probably bead blasting) soon. Then will get primered adn work will start to get the chassis in tip top shape. In that time I will also start with making of all of the body panels. All stock with now flares, will look like stock Sentra shell for now. I might add 30mm fender flares, however Im still thinking about it.
Specs on the car?
The idea will be to have it close to the Sentra Touring cars that was raced years ago.
Motor:
SR20DE Block
Stock crank
GTiR conrods
ARP rod bolts
GTiR Head (port & polished)
Modified GTiR throttles (intake manifold is modified and throttles now has trumpets)
Those are the basics of the motor, I will go more into detail as we do the strip down and refresh.
The motor is currently sitting at 189kw on the flywheel, not sure on torque.
Full suspension will be done with coilovers and fabricated control arms ect.
15" x 8J wheels will be run, still looking for the right set. Most are too heavy or is a 7J.
Projected weight will be 850kg without the driver.
I will try and document this build as much as possible! And take as many pictures as I can!
Some inspiration
Primera I know but still looking epic!
