Theres a lot of Nissan S15’s out and about, but none of them Rock and Roll like this one!
Can you count to ten in Japanese? How good is your Japanese? Well.. if you know your numbers maybe you can work out what this S15’s number plates might mean. At first, when i met with the owner Ritsu, he had to explain. It’s not that i can’t count to ten in Japanese, but rather the Japanese take a different spin to their number plates and customizing them. Ritsu gave me a run down of the Japanese number plate system, mentioning that only numbers are available, and that some numbers have more meaning than others. Of course the common ones are 7’s for luck, 8 for fortune but this ‘696′ is for Rock and Roll! (Roku-Kyuu-Ro-!) Haha cool!
The front and rear ‘aero’ is made by an unknown maker, but looks strangely similar to the Super-Made parts. In the over-fender department Ritsu has gone out and opted for some D-MAX over-fenders, fattening up the car front and rear by 30mm. Filling out these beautiful guards are CTS-Zero-1 Hyper 9.5J wheels with Federal SS595 225/45/17 tyres.The general theme for the car is weekend drifter, but keeping it all straight and sideways, the car employs CTS Tension rods, Yashio Factory full height adjustable suspension and a whole host of other small suspension parts from Ikeya Factory and KTS.
In the engine department, Ritsu has gone ‘minimal’ (or so he says) and kept the engine internals standard. In saying that, the number of extras put on to support the engine is a different story. First of all, air is sucked in through a pod style filter to the standard turbo which sits on a Tomei ‘Expreme’ manifold. From there the charged air goes through a HPI intercooler and to the standard manifold. Boost is kept at the right level with a HKS boost controller. Keeping all the hot oil in check, a Trust 13 row oil cooler has also been added.
Putting all of that to the ground, a Nismo 6 speed Cross Gear set has been and installed and is mated to a Nismo Copper-mix clutch and Nismo LSD with a 4.2 final. Looking inside the car a sparse yet totally functional set of parts come together in pure automotive harmony. The seats on both sides are Bride buckets and the steering wheel is a Nardi Rally. As Ritsu is quite handy with the tools, a lot of little extras have been made and added by him. One of them is the Lamb Buck Skin Dash (sewn and put together by him) as well as some added reinforcements and spot welding around the front tower and rear towers (Also Ritsu’s work)
The plan for the rock star ride now is to keep it the way it is and continue drifting it. Ritsu has developed quite the taste for drift, thanks to his friends, and hopes to improve his sliding skills in the near future. Hopefully we’ll be able to catch up with him and his friends again soon!
P.S. For anyone thats wondering what that computer in front of the passenger seat is, it’s a Rally Computer as Ritsu used to be a rally driver! Cool!
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