As far as what has been done to the Datsun, here is a very short list of the major modifications:
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I eventually bought a welder and taught myself how to weld, and after two years I’m still learning. I had never welded nor fabricated anything before I didn’t even own a welder. I could not find any write up on the Internet where someone had successfully accomplished what I wanted to do-that was both stressful and exciting at the same time.
I knew that my Nissan 240SX would handle and drift excessively well…so I thought, how can I merge the two? I had no idea what I was about to get into! None of the suspension components from my Nissan would bolt into the Datsun. My research indicated that the Datsun 240Z’s were really poor at drifting due to their short wheelbase and lack of heavy aftermarket support for it.
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As for my wrecked car, well, the truck essentially hit me in the driver door so the engine, transmission, suspension, rear end, etc were all fine. I bought it for $900 and brought it home. After a few months I located one locally that had minimal rust. I thought about it for quite sometime and decided to look for a Datsun 240Z because I’ve always loved those cars. I wanted to drift again however, I wanted the car to be different and unique, so that presented a challenge. The car sat for about three years until I finally decided to do something with it. Luckily my wife wouldn’t let them junk my car she had the car taken to her Dads house.
If you care to see the scene photos of the wreck, please check them out here: It was a long and difficult road to overcome all of that, but I did and I feel that I’m better than I was before the wreck. A few days later they slowly started taking me off of all the drugs they had me on and I woke up. I stayed this way for about two months or so, and then one day my lungs just started healing. I had to be place in an induced coma and paralyzed state until hopefully my lungs would heal. I had multiple injuries:Īfter a few days I developed ARDS, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, which is where the lungs completely fill with fluid and turn to mush. I was a few weeks away from putting a roll cage in the car…then on May 30th 2008 I was driving it to work and got hit by a truck. Once our household goods shipment came in (which included all my car parts), I went to work building my car far better than it was in Japan. When I finally got back to the states and settled in, I bought a 1990 Nissan 240SX. Because of this I decided to completely strip the entire car down to the shell and pack everything in footlockers to have them ship the parts back to the states. When I got out of the Air Force, they would not let me take the car with me. I owned a 1990 Nissan Silvia and went to the track every chance I could. I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan with the Air Force from 2004-2007, and it was there that I became addicted to drifting. There is a story behind my current unique build… Prior to this build, I had no welding nor fabrication experience…I just taught myself as I went along. While the build still has a long way to go before it’s road worthy, the work I have put into it thus far was by far the most difficult. After two years, I feel that I have done just that. Being that I’m accustomed to that S13 chassis, feel, and suspension setup, I felt it only proper to incorporate as much of that as possible into the Datsun 240Z. I’ve had a Nissan S13 Silvia in Japan, as well as a Nissan S13 240SX here in the states. The goal of this build is to drift a Datsun 240Z.
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