Step Drift : Nissan Sil80
The SilEighty (pronounced shilla eytee) is a King of drift machines. It started with car accidents, illegal racing and Nissan actually seeing what people were doing. The Nissan Silvia was not realeased over here but is based on the 200sx chassis. The Nissan 180SX is Japans version of the S13 200sx with an SR20DET engine. In Japan, Silvias have three levels of trim (K[ing]'s, Q[ueen]'s, J[ack]'s) K's being the 2.0 Turbo charged SR20DET engines which could making well over 200bhp, Q's being the non-turbo 2.0 liter engines putting out just around 150-170bhp.When Nissan had several FR turbo powered cars such as the Silvia and the 180SX, 180SX drivers bought them for drifting.
However when learning to drift through the touge (Pronounced "Toe-Gay"), accidents do happen resulting in damaged front ends. The front end parts of Silvias were less expensive than the 180SX with pop up lights, and sharing the same platform the parts bolted on without many complicated steps. Nissan realised this trend, and built a 180sx with a Silvia front end. Literally a SILvia 180.
Nissan kept production of the Sileighty low key owing to it's street racing roots and took the press by suprise when it was launched in mid 1994. It is said that just 400 Sileighty's were built.To separate the Sileighty from the botch jobs made at home Nissan added 24bhp through hotter cams and ecu tweeks. The suspension was modified, resulting in a very hard rear setup to snap oversteer to enable drifting through series of tight turns. The rarity value of a Drift car from the factory, and the Initial D series hightening awareness, ensure the SilEighty carries a premium selling for around the same price as an R32 Skyline GTR.Another variation on the Silvia platform was the Onevia, with the 180sx front end and Siliva rear.
By http://www.japmobiles.com
Friday, June 22, 2007
Nissan Sil80
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Alright.. well, you were close, i'll give you that. First things first, the picture you posted is NOT a Sileighty, it's an S13.5, a 180sx with a Silvia S15 front end.. The Sileighty used the S13 Silvia front end. And the main problem with this is, Nissan never made a real Sileighty, it was actually made by a tuning shop called Kids Heart, it was then marketed through a select few dealerships, but it was NEVER built or produced by Nissan.
I give you credit for trying though!
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