Daze's 400bhp Nissan Silvia drift car

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Awesome awesome awesome thread! I need to read this again when I'm less tired.

Haha, thanks!

Nice one.

How come you went for a red top over a black top?

Also guessing your running 555's maxed out or went up to 740's?

Very jel of your short route FMIC, intend to bodge one up myself as PartMax prices are pretty stupid, over £300 for a FMIC setup!

Looks like you're well on your way to a five figure car £££££.

Did you pay out of your own pocket to get into BDC? Any rough idea on cost? I never think it's worth the cost / hassle when more fun can be had on the street...

My VVT blacktop had died, I picked up the redtop for cheap. They also sound way better I'm on Nismo 740's on Link G4 ECU mapped by Nispro.

Yeah, mine is a Part Shop Max core with custom pipework, way worth it! Although if I was doing it again, I'd buy a cheap(er) core from eBay, then custom fab pipework to suit. Or maybe even modify the core to suit

And yeah, the car is serious money. Hence reason to buy the 306, there is no point having this road legal anymore as its not all that fun to drive on the road anymore, and insurance is pretty high, even though 11yr NCB & 28 years old, etc.

For BDC, you now have to go via Driftcup. You have to finish high in Driftcup to even be invited to take part in BDC. Basically it works like this - enter Driftcup (£150-odd for 1 round), hope you finish high (top 4 finish required), invited to BDC (£170-odd for 1 round), hope you at least qualify into Top 32, then you've got your licence.

The only other route is to finish top 4 of Driftcup championship at the end of the year, then do BDC Top 32 qualifying the year after. But either way, a high finish in Driftcup is difficult! A lot of good drivers!!

The major costs, however, is tyres. Unlike on a practice day, and unlike when I had sub 300hp, I can't run on part worn tyres anymore. Brand new tyres I sometimes get 3 laps out of now, they are 235/40/17 at 25psi in the dry, its mad. Last year for BDC, my main sponsor OPJP Imports, bought me some tyres which was amazing! Stuff like that really helps for sure. The money I spend on tyres is unimaginable, I don't like to think about it. Lol!

Have you done proper practice days in yours or just streeto? I really would highly recommend going to a practice day and keeping it off the street. On a public forum, not that I can say I have or haven't done street drifting before, but the cops are so hot on it now, its not worth it. Santa Pod or Lydden Hill are the places to go