The F31

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The F31

So, i bought an Infiniti M30 (Nissan F31) about a month after the crash and drove it stock for another month or two. Then I tore it down and put the sr in along with some upgrades and some s chassis suspension. It took a couple weeks. I’ve been out to two events now and I’m planning on a few more soon. This weekend I also did a lot of Industrial and on-ramp drifting with some friends. Including my buddy Darren with the cressida above. I’m just enjoying this car too much to document the work. 😉

Gone Forever.

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Got T-boned making a left at a green light a few weeks ago. The guy came flying out of the dark with no headlights.I made a decent amount of cash back from his insurance and will be transplanting the entire power-train/drive-train into my new chassis.

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There’s no hope for the old chassis as it is shaped like a banana at the moment. Also, my HKS coilovers were destroyed. It’s pretty heartbreaking to see my work end up like this. I started working entire summers and during school doing manual labor in the 8th grade to save for this car. The attention to detail came down to things like $100 nismo bolts for the ring gear on the LSD. I didn’t cut a single corner on this car and most likely would have never sold it if it didn’t end up like this. On the bright side I will be building up a pretty fresh and unique chassis to continue drifting.

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R.I.P s13 you will be missed.

S13 progress

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Downpipe was hanging too long.

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Had Jeff cut it shorter by an inch and weld it up with a 3″ inlet, so I could use my Silk Road Elbow.

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My buddy Alex helping out on the car. He’s the guy with the grey hatch with white wheels you’ve seen on here. He’ll be posting with us soon.

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Replaced an RLCA after a freeway on-ramp incident a while back.

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Replaced the leaking oem bov with a Greddy unit and did regular maintenance along with much better plugs and water pump.

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Also made a methanol spray set-up for my smic.

All this stuff was done months ago, but my car hasn’t changed much since. I got tired of being super-low and raised the car an inch in the front. I will never lower it again. It handles so much better with the current height. I’m getting ready for another round of events here soon. Looking into making some lock-stops tomorrow!

What’s going down.

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A preview of some crazy things to come in my trunk.

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Found this hat in some stuff I moved from my old place. Michi Takatori signed this for me at 08′ FormulaD.

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Finally wired my horn and reverse lights.

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Definitely doesn’t look pretty, but I pushed out the dent on my Silk Road elbow with an exhaust pipe expander.