6666 Customs Sil80

6666 Customs GT Rodeo Special, bodykit made for Sil80. That's mouthful for a bodykit name. This bodykit produced by TRA-Kyoto. The kit comprises of front and rear bumpers, side skirts, duck tail (or boot lid spoiler some say) and wheel arches extensions.

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Click on TRA Kyoto for its homepage. BUT! Be warned, the homepage is very-very NSFW. LOL




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"JDM GVS" Kouki 180SX

This is an entry about one clean Kouki 180SX as seen in a video from Youtube in my previous entry. Click here if you havent seen the video. The video is created by Light and Logic based in Canada. It is properly made and worth the time watching it. Shot using Canon 5D.

The car started as a flaming red 180SX with Kouki kit all round and when the owner decided to give it a new color, the car's life changed. The Kouki kit however, isn't one of the items that the owner wanted to changed. To me, Kouki is a very well made 180SX made from factory. He made a good choice not swapping the kit. The engine of this 180SX is a SR20DET with a Garrett GT2860 turbo hanging onto Tomei Expreme exhaust manifold which is easily achievable and good for a healthy 300HP at the wheels. The downpipe is made by Circuit Sports which is looks really good with a rectangular with round edge shape. The exhaust gases is flowed through a CAT and ends with an Apexi N1 Titanium exhaust.

The boosted air is routed to the front mounted intercooler to get the boosted air cooled down a few degrees before entering an enlarged throttle body from a Nissan Pulsar N15. The throttle body is a 70mm diameter compared to a standard stock 60mm unit. The throttle body is fitted to a GReddy intake manifold. When the butterfly valve is closed, the excess boost is vented to the atmosphere via Synapse blow off valve. Koyo aluminum radiator keeps everything in a good operating temperature.

When you have a fast car, you need to make sure it comes to a stop in time. A light weight brake kit from Project Mu replaces the fronts. If you couldn't see a bright green (trademark color for Project Mu) through the spokes of the front wheels, it is because the owner had it anodised to a more appealing red.

Now, the story of the wheels of this car. Before this kouki is fitted with this lovely SSR SP1, it had gone through 3 different sets of wheels. The first was a Work Meister S1 and then the owner swapped it to a Volk TE37 in white. Later, a set of Rays Time Attack 57 Optimise replaces the TE's. And now, the SSR SP1 fills all four corner nicely. The fronts are 18" with 9" wide while the rears are 10"wide. Offsets of the wheels are unknown. But all in all, this car looks stunning! Everything he did to the car is just mouthwatering.

You can follow his build thread over here

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Clean JDM 180SX

Hails from Canada, this kouki is way too clean. Loving the wheels! Read More

Nissan 180SX

First introduced in Japan back in 1988 with the chassis code of RPS13. The R stands for hatchback while P stands for engine type used and S13 is the generation of the chassis. This because S13 chassis also do comes in two-door coupe variants with the chassis bearing PS13. The difference between the two is, RPS13 is called 180SX while PS13 is called as Silvia.

By normality, the number 180 in 180SX indicates the size of the engine it has underneath the hood which is a 1.8 liter inline four engine which either comes with turbocharged or non-turbocharged. A turbocharged 1.8 liter engine bears the code of CA18DET while the non turbo charged is known as CA18DE. But somehow, later in the years of 1991, 180SX also comes standard with either a 2.0 liter inline four turbocharged engine bears the code SR20DET or a 2.0 liter inline four non-turbocharged which is also known as SR20DE. Though the engine is a 2.0 liter, it still bears the 180SX name.

Ok, now here's a little knowledge on the generation of 180SX's calling names according to its year of manufactured.
      1988 - 1990 is called as Zenki
      1991 - 1994 is called as Chuki
      1995 - 1998 is called as Kouki

My favorite is the Kouki generation. Manufactured in 1995 through 1998. Some sources even claim that there are 1999 models rolled out of Nissan factory before Nissan decided not to continue with 180SX's production. Kouki or most commonly referred as a Type X is by far the most prettiest among of all standard looking 180SXs.

This is true with the aid of improved front fascia design with the larger air intake and even wider cheek results in more fierce looking. At the back, the little boot lid spoiler (available on Zenki & Chuki) were gone and the rear tail light cluster received major improvements with twin circular brake light on each side and the indicator is squeezed between the two circle. Meanwhile, the reverse indicator is at the same location as the previous generation's.


1988 - 1990 Zenki



1991 - 1994 Chuki



1995 - 1998 Kouki
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Sexy 180

Check this out this ride. What he's done to the car is just amazing. Took him 3 years to get everything sorted. The wheels, check that wheels! 18" rollers all round. Nothing else I could write. Sit back and admire the pics. More pics at the photog's blog.

The owner's blog: http://hillsidedancers.blogspot.com/ The photog's blog: http://www.fotografiadelyzard.com/web/?p=535

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