New Trailer and Balcony Nov 23rd

I finally leveled up! No more obnoxious process loading onto a high flatbed trailer or worrying about my car in terrible weather at the track. 60mph winds and hail can obviously be hazardous to a racecar with plastic windows and no door windows.

 I purchased the trailer from Apache Trailers directly from the factory and it took them about a month to produce it from the time I bought it. Its a simple trailer, 8 1/2 by 24 foot enclosed with a side door and rear flip down ramp. Also has electric brakes on two axles and a breakaway controller. Such a great purchase! Was $6500 all said and done.

 I plan on putting my tire machine inside along with a compressor and generator. That's for later though.

As for the balcony, it was probably one of my worst days of driving I have ever had. I dont know exactly what It was but nothing was really working out for me. I knew my line was terrible so that may have been throwing me off. But by the end of the day I was figuring out clutch kick entries in 3rd gear and getting on the power after downshifting to second so that was a success I suppose. Pictures and videos will be updated shortly.

R200 Diff Swap

I finally did my R200 swap, the R180 I was using was doing fine but I would like to be a lot more aggressive with the throttle and clutch. Picked up an R200 out of a Z31 at the junkyard for $100 but the Z31 R200s do not come with the right "Side Flanges" for the bolt on S30 axles. So I also picked up a spare R200 with the Side Flanges and Axles from a fella on Craigslist for $200.

Since this is a drift car I welded the spider gears together using a plate so that the rear end is locked and both wheels will move with one another all the time. I would also do this if the car were being used for road racing.

I did the swap differently than everyone else, I did not use the ridiculous mustache bar. Instead I plasma cut out a plate, drilled the holes for the rear studs of the differential, welded it in between the "Link Mounting Braces" and reinforced it. I used 1/8 steel plate and reinforced both sides with 1/8 plate.

R200 Left/R180 Right

(The fuel pump is in a much better spot today than where it was when I was doing the swap!)