Clean up's and the beginning of Project Origin X

Considering this will be my second entry of the night I dont think ill be adding my usual rant at the start of this one... well i guess i could be more of a plug then anything.

Now I have mentioned this Man before and you will hear of him quite often due to the massive help he gives me with the cars, but not only that he also is one of my best mates so we help each other out when we can and not only just with cars.

This man has a crap load of cars!!! Mainly Japanese Imports but lets have a little list..

1. Champagne S13
2. Green S13
3. Yellow Levin coupe
4. Blue SR A31 (His Wife Kates)
5. Gun Metal Grey 180sx

There are a few more but they are pooo domestic market crap, as for the cars above stay tuned I'm wanting to feature them on this blog once I have a chance.

Anyway he recently needed a more usable space in the shed and also so he could fit two cars in there.. what better way to spend a weekend yeah? bloody oath it was.

We ended up filling his dads work ute with useless car parts.. basically everything conceivable from RB aircon pumps, condensers, old exhaust pieces and even a RX7 FC FMIC with smashed tanks.

what we didnt throw out is pretty much for sale so if you are looking for silvia parts (mainly s13) then checkout my sale post on Nissan Silvia

http://nissansilvia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=492883

With still the front of the shed and most of the right hand side to go im sure more will be added to either the dump or the sale.

In the end we fit both the S13's in there as these pics testify to

Ok well whats this Project Origin X you keep making mention to? I hear. well the begging of the year I got the urge to get more into time attack then drifting and for that I really need a decent car both in the terms of build, setup, power and quality.. well i didnt really have to look all that far for it as my good mate Nathan had a perfect base for me just sitting in storage.

A dead straight Type X 180 the thing is immaculate!! not a piece of rust or bend in the chassis, In my mind a perfect blank slate to start a project with.

Currently it is filthy and sitting in storage, but as soon as we have the space we will be starting work on it.

Pretty much first up will be stripping of the sound deadening, the car is going to be a track car so i will not have any carpet so i don't see the point in keeping the sound deadening.

As we go along in the preparation and build of the car I will be keeping this blog up to date with progress!

I could not be happier with the car and i couldn't be happier with the mechanic that will be helping me build it now i might be a little biased in this but considering the man was the mechanic for Team Peer during the DA days and they had a lot of podium wins i have to say he is one of the best import mechanics in the country

NATHAN FISCHER!!!!

Keep tuned Peeps!!!

Pain In The Tooth & A In Car Camera

Hello all,

Once again its been a few weeks between posts and i apologize and shall make it up to you all with two posts tonight!!!

I must admit the past few weeks have been kinda shit house, work being dead since easter hasnt made it any easier but that said i do have a new addition to my electronics collection which ill be making mention of in this post further down.

Over past few days I have been in absolute agony from one of my wisdom teeth that has slowly been deteriorating and had finally given up on Sunday night when i was enjoying a rather nice juicy steak. I bit into a piece of gristle and cracked it so needless to say I got no sleep on Sunday night.

I was quite reluctant to go to the dentist due to a prior visit for another wisdom tooth which resulted in four and a half hours sitting in the chair being poked, prodded, sawed and pulled at for one bloody tooth not to mention the week and a bit recovery.. well that wasnt sooo bad being doped up on codeine and being cared for by my awesome mother...

Anyway after be persuaded by my Mother and Sister i had a doctors appointment yesterday and to my own surprise i was in the chair for five minutes!!! bit of a wiggle here and a bit of a wiggle there followed by a good tug and the enormous prick of a thing came out.

so as i write this a day later I'm still a little on the drugged side but i actually had a decent sleep last night which is bloody good i tell ya.

before anyone asks no i didn't take a photo of it :P

Anyway onto what i was talking about before!!!

Anyone that's ever watched a video of drifting on Youtube or Vimeo knows that people strap, screw, tape and god knows what normal digital camera's onto there cars so they can film it, now I've been looking around for a decent car camara that is light and has a decent mount. I had been looking at one of the GO PRO camara kits but i cant at the moment justify spending $299 on one.

The last track day i went to i ended up jamming my normal camera in between the head rest and chair of the passenger seat, unfortunately that resulted in more of the dash board being seen then anything else, so i gave up and relegated myself to waiting till I could get a go pro.

That said a few weeks ago a member on NS posted up about a eBay camera that he had found that was said to be ok, he provided a youtube review for the camera and I thought why the hell not!! so i brought one and it finally turned up today from hong kong.

Wrapped up in Brown paper and tied string it reminded me of the way parcels used to be wrapped and sent!! was so cool... well i thought so.

So i unwrapped the thing to reveal

Now the camera is a no named brand but i didnt really care to be honest, i just wanted something that i could get an ok recording from when i was at the track.

I pulled out all the boxes content.

And the camera itself

 

 

I couldn't leave it there I had to test it so below is a test video its pretty low light but i wont be recording at night.

 

For those that are interested in it here is the eBay link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HD720P-Car-DVR-Vehicle-Camera-Video-Recorder-2-5-LCD-/370488334008?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5642d356b8

Well thats it for his post!!

I should have the next one up sometime later tonight.

As always stay safe!

Bev