Ranzo

Well I have video but have not been succesful in getting made into a MPEG or anything digital so I can share it. Anyway just so you get an idea of the place.........



Starts off with a small uphill right hand turn that can be easily enough connected to the nest turn which is a ever changing radius left hander. You cannot see around this corner because it is steep and the mountain wall prevents you from seeing more than about 10 feet in front. This curve comes out into a straight away where you need third gear and if you are good and careful.......road conditions permitting you can begin the drift in third and quickly grap second due to the grade of the hill on this turn which comes into a smaller straight that goes into a hard right hander which is interupted by a Grate in the road. At this point you are sideways heading towards the Gallery at the top.



I would say this is an intermediate to advanced course due to the power and throttle control required and the fact that there is a 14" wide 24" deep concrete ditch and a guard rail on both sides of the road and where there is not a guard rail there is the mountain wall. Also it is Freakin Dark!!! No street lights at all.



Mikes tale damage there was a night of using third gear..personally I am tired of fixing my car all the time and just go ahead and take second using the rotaries ability to Rev like hell to pull me through. This touge also has what I call patches of no traction at all. You will be in a drift feeling comfortable and all then you want to come a little wider or a little faster so of course the line changes or position of the back tires and BOOM it slips.......The car usually goes one of two ways depending on the speed and the driver an inexperienced driver will usually spin and roll in to the ditch or guard rail while veterans can hold it wider longer and faster until the back of the car runs out of road and hits the guard rail on the outside.

Personally I like the drive there and back a lot.......It is hella twisty Me and Mike there always spank the **** out of everyone hehehe Don't try going down to fast though especially if you have normal brake pads You will find yourself pulling over trying to stop your heart from palputating while everyone around you gags from the smell of your burning brake pads.

Midnightdriver

we had a good place by the lake where I lived but no lights too..one wrong move and eat a tree. how long till that s-14 gets fixed? and some specs on the cars would be good.

Ranzo

For Specs..... Well Mike might want to tell his own cuz its hard to remember everthing... THE S14... FRP hood or Carbon I can't remember. 20mm overfender. 9J rims....



sr20det

Trust FMIC

Apex PowerFC with boost controller

555cc inj

Nismo GTR fuel pump

Some kind of Coilovers....cant remember

Various pillow ball arms and links.....

Upgraded Brake rotors plus Project u pads

Steel Braded brake lines

Kaaz diff

The s-13 had the works...this car is still under construction which is budget driven so there will be more to come.



MY CAR:

BN sports 30mm over fenders

Sexy Style Front bumper

Stock GTX side steps

Panasport G7 9J rims with 235/40 Falkens +25mm spacers for wide tread

13BT normal built by Pan Speed some time ago

Greddy FMIC 2 core

Modified Throttle body ( butterflies and Water reroute no dashpots)

Turbonetics compressor High Flow turbine

2x680cc 2x720cc injectors

Nismo R33 Fuel pump Wired constant 12v

Trust Profec B EVC 1Kilo

Apexi Power FC Djetro

Toe control bushings

Rigid Diff mount bushings

Efini Rigid Motor Mounts

Rmagic rigid Transmission mounts

Mazda Speed 2 way diff

Adjustable camber bar (pillow ball)

Cusco Coilovers with solid adjustable uppers 8kilo fr. 7k rear

Front and Rear Tower bars

7 point Roll cage

Project u brake pads

Steel Braided brake lines

Two Full bucket Seats

Lots of Weight Reduction......



Wow it has been a while since I wrote all that ****!!! Hopefully Mike will step up and tell us about his Sylvia. I will say that I hate Sylvias The damn things are Fast!! and handle nicely.

Midnightdriver

nice very nice...I was planning on getting the sexy style hood huge vent space lots of cool air. just curious how much can you get a cosmo pump from the dealer for? I'm putting a 13b-re in my 7 . thanks

Ranzo

Hmm not sure how much a cosmo pump goes for. Nobody here uses them really. The standard is a GT-R fuel pump. They sell for around 400 dollars new but can me picked up for lots of different prices used. I think if I ever had to buy another pump I would order a Walboro , Holley or whatever 255LPH is much larger than a GT-R pump and the Stateside ones are cheaper too I do like the hideous whine of my GT-R pump and they are good to about 400 hp or so without problems. If I had to guess I would say at least 400 dollars for a Cosmo pump and it will flow less than the walboro so save your money and have more fuel on tap by getting a stateside pump.

Midnightdriver

yes your right I can't afford to be lean. but thanks for letting me know the price.

theflatlander

about the Bn fenders do the fit w/o any problems?

Ranzo

No problems at all. That is probably the best body parts I have ever purchased. They are amazingly strong.

Society_mike

btw... the Walbro pump was very popular the last couple years in the Nissan crowd in the states, for the guys doing the SR swaps. However, lately there have been quite a few complaints on them failing, stop working, etc. You may want to look into that.

The GTR/Z32 fuel pump (same pump). is known to be good to atleast 500 for the Nissan guys.

theflatlander

any updates on the video?