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This page simply serves to highlight any alterations made to the interior over time.
In the Beginning
The 180sx was inspected with the usual black and white 'grid' tweed trim, which looked to be very good condition. In fact way better condition than the rest of car, suggesting maybe they were put in to replace a more expensive seat at the time of selling. I swapped the seats and matching glovebox and inner door trims with the old Silvia, as I had modified the seat and it was a bit worn, which I didn't mind at all.
The interior had many sections missing including the mounts for the rear seat. So although I had the rear seat I couldn't install it without buying parts. I stripped all of the remaining trim in the rear minus the rear seatbelts.
Handbrake Button
As covered on the Handbrake page, I machined an aluminium button to sit atop the modified handbrake mechanism.
Boost Controller
The Blitz ebc was mounted in the center of the dash, by unclipping the air conditioning vent. This position is temporary, hopefully I will find a way to mount the display unit above the steering column. The installation of this can be seen on the Blitz SBC I-D II page.
Bride Ergo Driver Seat
This brand of seat is the choice of most Japanese workshops for any decent car build, so I am very proud to have one in my car. This seat adds a huge amount of drift authenticity to the car, as well as being comfortable to boot (in a very gripping way). The seat is beleiving to be an Ergo model after visual comparison with the images on the Bride Website, and is mounted on a genuine Bride S13/14/15 rail.
Further Stripping
Recently I removed some more rear trim including the rear seatbelts and rear carpet. As the factory tols and jack were long gone, I removed the small braces that hold these in place, and some other small unused metal parts. I also found some metal bracing unused in the engine bay and guards, including the factory intercooler mount. With this gone it is now much easier to take off the front bar as reaching underneath the guard to access some of the bolts does not introduce jagged metal edges. Surely the car must now be well under the factory mass, perhaps to the tune of 100kg or so lighter. Most of the stripping is from the rear of the car, so this doesn't help traction a great deal, but surely the overall lightness assists handling and braking.
Furture plans involve stripping of gear from the front of the car, to improve weight distribution. The entire interior carpet is on the cards leaving just the nice green floor mats that came with the car.
Carpet Removal
The day finally came when I managed to get the motivation to remove the remaining interior carpet. This isn't the smallest job as a lot of other stuff has to removed to allow access. Even then I had to cut a small section of the carpet o allow removal, the alternative being removal of the entire dash. The carpet seems worthwhile as it was a fair bit heavier than it looked. I'd estimate a touch under 20kg.
Underneath the driver seat there was now evidence of the cars history. A gutter smack underneath the car evident with the interior floor dented, with the sound deadener shattered above it.
As expected the road noise is louder inside the cabin, but it really is tolerable. Interestingly enough the only time you can tell its louder than before it when revving the car, with extra noise coming from the transmission tunnel. Any other times while at constant speed and low revs it's hard to tell the difference. As can be seen with the seats and console back in its hard to tell the difference, excep for some exposed wiring to the side of the driver seat, which I will protect at a later date.
Rear Strut Brace
Finally I managed to track down a rear strut brace at a reasonable price. It is a GAB item with several adjustable sections. Putting o a strut brace should be the easiest thing in the work, excpet when the bolts in the top of the coilovers decide to snap when tightening. It took a few hours but I replaced all 4 with modified high tensile bolts. I really took the rear brace on the old Silvia for granted, I had no idea how rare they were.
On the Weighbridge
Not long after the carpet striping was completed I ended up at a tip and managed to get the car weighed for nothing. The result was 1160kg. This is in full street trim with half a tank of fuel, and myself out of the car. It seems to compare well to others that I have spoken too, but there is still room for improvement. A goal of mine is to reach 1100kg in the future.
Interior Tidy Up
I have relocated the Blitz ebc display to where the old Omori boost gauge used to reside on the top of the steering column. The card backed foam I have placed in the central air con vent had worn to the point where under the pure g-force that is boost, the whole assembly would dislodge and fly towards the rear of the car. I used one of the brackets that the Omori gauge was held with, and with a thin foam protective buffer taped the back of the display to it. I am pleased with the result as now the display is easier to read on the go in the instruments line of sight.
Once this was moved I was able to put back in the centre air-con vent which looks much tidier. I also used some 0.6mm polypropylene sheet trimed to size to blank over the stereo space, to conceal the loose wiring behind.
