2001 Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R – widebody, full duty

The Nissan Silvia is a sports coupe produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan from 1965 to 2002.

The coupe was built on the Nissan S platform. Although the latest models shared this chassis with others Nissan cars(primarily the European 200SX and North American 240SX in the S13 and S14 generations, and the 180SX model on the Japanese market), the Silvia name was not transferred to these cars along with chassis codes. The Silvia's main competitors include the Honda Prelude, Mazda MX-6, Toyota Celica and Mitsubishi Eclipse. In North America, the 240SX competed with the Acura Integra.

SEVENTH GENERATION 1999-2002 (S15 BODY)

Japan saw new version Sylvia in 1999. Silvia S15 was equipped with an SR20DET engine with a power of 250 hp. (184 kW). The second engine - SR20DE (without turbine) produced 165 hp. (121 kW). The Nissan Silvia S15 looked quite aggressive externally and internally; the body was updated with an eye on modern trends in automotive design. Transmissions: 5 or 6 speed manual or 4 speed automatic.

This generation of Silvia was sold only in Japan, Australia and New Zealand, but, thanks to gray imports, was also available in most other countries. In Australia and New Zealand the car was sold under the name Nissan 240SX. Silvias were exported to Australia only with the SR20DET turbo engine.

The S15 Spec R model has won numerous regional and world drift championships. Most of the world's podiums were won on specially prepared Nissan Silvia S15.

There are several stages of tuning the S15, from basic, which improves dynamics and handling, to professional, when all elements of the car are altered:

• a sports safety cage is welded into the body;
• the engine is boosted using sports elements and can develop up to 500 hp;
• all suspension elements are completely changed;
• the brake system is changed;
• The engine management system is replaced with its sports counterpart, which supports any settings changes.

Cars prepared in this way still successfully participate in various competitions today.

In 2002, Nissan stopped producing a car called the Silvia.

2001 Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R
Ready to consider exchanging for a city version.
Spec-R 6speed manual transmission The car was brought under full duty in 2007 (not a designer, not cut), the only owner. Mileage in Russia 29t.km. Use as a weekend car.
 The widest possible original Bn Sports Blister body kit was installed, the muzzle became wider by 14cm, the rear by 20cm. Complete repainting of the body in Diving Blue color.
 This car
no cramps (no frame, the entire original interior is assembled, the air conditioning is in place), and is completely suitable for everyday use. Tuning: Full set wide body BN Sports Blister D-max D1 SpecOrigin GT-Wing hoodD-max led lightsIntensive Hunk R19 10.5J wheelsIntensive Hunk R19 10.5J cutback Kakimoto FullMega N1 3″Frontpipe BlitzOutlet autobahn88Front and pipes GReddyBlowoff HKS SuperSQV
 Fuel pump
Nismo

Fuel regulator Nismo Radiator koyo Type-S + 1.3bar Apex’i cap oil cooler Trust Boost controller HKS EVC III GReddy sensors: boost, oil temperature, water Tein Spec Drift type Coilovers DStech Cusco Front Bar LSD 2.0way.

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The model appeared in the mid-sixties of the last century. Its designer and update developer was the German designer Hertz. By the time he was hired by Nissan, he had already gained extensive experience in the production of racing cars. It was thanks to him that Sylvia firmly entered the drift culture.

Now the car is no longer produced (the last copies were produced at the beginning of the 2000s). Only a few of them can be found in Russia. As a rule, they are purchased by racing enthusiasts.

A little history

The first generation (from 1964 to 1968) was similar to a roadster. Due to the complex hand assembly, only 554 units were produced, some of which were even used for highway patrol in Japan.

From 1974 to 1979, the story was continued by a model in a new sports coupe, which was called the S10 and became not only more economical in terms of fuel consumption, but also an order of magnitude cheaper than its predecessor. But it couldn’t be called a supercar.

The Nissan Silvia S12 came out in 1983, when the craze for turbochargers and powertrains was widespread. Naturally, a turbo engine was installed on it too. There probably wasn't a car enthusiast who didn't admire this model!

The next version, which became the most controversial in history, was the Silvia S13, produced from 1989 to 1999. During all this time, it was improved and made even more powerful. In addition to the coupe and hatchback, a convertible version appeared.

In parallel with the S13, which continued to be produced, the S14 was introduced in Japan in 1993. New design and new engine characterized this model.

And finally, in 1999, the Nissan Silvia S15 was released, the seventh generation of the car and, unfortunately, the last.

Silvia S15

This version was introduced in early 1999. It received suspension parts from a Nissan Skyline R34 and an aluminum chassis. The car was produced in two versions: Spec-S and Spec-R. They were equipped with a six-speed manual or SR20DET, which was even more powerful.

A four-cylinder power unit equipped with 165 horses or a turbocharged one with 250 horsepower was offered.

Those who are eager to purchase a Nissan Silvia S15 should consider buying it at an auction in Japan. As a rule, intermediaries take care of the delivery of the car, as well as its registration. However, in this case, you need to be prepared for the fact that the beauty will have to wait from one to three months. It is also worth taking a closer look at the intermediary company. If these conditions are met, the purchase will be very transparent and understandable.

In Russia, mainly such cars have a turbine unit with a capacity of 250 horses, with a manual transmission. Particularly passionate people need to find the Spec-R package, the engine of which is boosted to 500 horses. Well, then it all depends on the car enthusiast...

So, the Nissan Silvia S15 is most often bought for serious modifications for racing or street racing. Drifting on it will seem the best. It is worth noting that all championships in it are won by this particular car.

There is an even more desperate option: the Nissan Skyline GT-R, but its price will be two or even three times higher.

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The answer to this question is very simple. This word, like many others, came to us from the West, and it refers to automotive world. If you explain it on your fingers, then literally any English-Russian dictionary will translate the word STANCE for you - as: stance, position, position, and this is absolutely true, because it is directly related to this direction of car styling. The main elements of such tuning are ground clearance, ground clearance, “landing”, type of suspension, arrangement of wheels in the arches, wheels, wheel parameters, tire ratio, etc. As you know general concept This word is quite broad, so it is important to remember that it includes a lot of different concepts and other nuances.

Stens is a relatively new car culture of “low” cars. To this term stance These include almost all cars that can be placed on their “belly” by installing coilovers (adjustable shock absorber) or air suspension.

fitment, stretch, flush, static, lowered, poke, slammed, dumped, decked, dropped etc, static, bagged - these are all words and designations from stance culture.

We are almost sure that the next question you will have is: "What such Fitment(Fitment)?” – This is exactly the location of the wheel in the arch of the car. This can be influenced by many factors, starting from the car’s suspension, it can be static thanks to various screw suspensions (Coilovers). Or the suspension can be air, the so-called “air suspension” as well as “hydraulic suspension”, which in Russia is still unfortunately, it is rare. Next, the wheel width, tire width, wheel offset, suspension settings, camber, etc. matter. Settings and parameters of all these items allows you to achieve ideal Fitment

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Part one – Discs

The first video in our series is dedicated, of course, to discs and their correct choice!
Memo for beginners:*

• “ET” – disc offset, distance in millimeters of the axis of symmetry of the disc from the mating plane (adjacent plane)., measured in millimeters (ET+12)
• “J” is the shape of the edges, measured in inches (9.5J)
• “PCD” – or “drilling”, the main parameter, where the first value is the number of holes, and the second is their radial distance, measured in millimeters (5 x 114.3)

Part two - Suspension

The second video in our series is dedicated to Suspension, static or air suspension, we talk about all the components along with AirUnit

Needless to say, the famous athlete Georgy Chivchyan, who was the first Russian pilot to dare to challenge the drifters of the Land of the Rising Sun, uses this very car to participate in D1GP. But what if, with all your love for the Silvia S15 and drifting, you don’t want to subject the car to global modifications, which, in essence, negate the possibility of movement in the city?! It was this question that the hero of our story today, Denis, thought about.

Denis has always been interested in car modifications. Every month he bought magazines about tuning and read them to the gills. With particular pleasure he looked at the spec sheets (lists of modifications) and dreamed that he would have a car with no less tuning list. True, he had not yet experienced a passion for drifting or any other motorsport discipline.

Denis became interested in drifting much later, but, unlike most, long before the release of the third part of the Fast and the Furious film.

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It seems that I then watched the first season of the anime Initial D (there was a short story about this cult Japanese series in our recent and ), then I came across a toge video (toge - Japanese word, denoting a mountain pass or a narrow winding road, in this case a race on such roads), in which cars in a drift took narrow turns centimeters from the safety rail, and... saw cars from a new side.

After that, he delved into the study of materiel - he found out and looked at the “Drift Bible”. And then the third Fast and the Furious came out. At that time, Denis was 19 years old, and it is not surprising that he completely fell ill with drifting. By this point, he had already firmly decided that his next car would definitely have rear drive. Therefore, Denis began to study the Japanese D1GP championship and look at what cars were participating in it, what the pros and cons of each car were. He really wanted the car to also attract the eye. Therefore, when he saw the fifteenth Sylvia with its stunning headlights, beautiful shapes and body lines, he realized that he had found exactly the ideal he was looking for.

A couple of years later, Denis sold his first car, a Honda Jazz, and began looking for Sylvia to buy. However, he had started “monitoring” Japanese auctions for a suitable car about a year earlier, and therefore knew how difficult it would be to snag a suitable example. After all, he wanted the red, Spec-R version with 250 horsepower, at mechanical box gears, not damaged, with low mileage, high auction valuation and “not tortured” by tuning. This is thoroughly prepared!

One fine day Denis went to make an advance payment for the S15 and draw up a purchase agreement. The guys at the company, having heard his demands, warned that he would have to wait at least a month, or even several - nothing unexpected. But imagine his surprise when he returned home and typed into his browser the auction link he had already memorized Japanese cars, Denis saw HER - a red Silvia S15 Spec-R with a mileage of 37,000 km and a maximum rating of 4.5A for these cars! He immediately realized that he wanted this particular car. The next day, on Denis’ lucky Friday the 13th, the red “Slivka” found a new owner in him.

Then there were a tedious four months of waiting, but they finally ended. One evening the phone rang, and the already damn familiar voice of the manager said: “We have her!” Denis didn’t need more - he immediately took off and drove to the opposite end of Moscow, despite traffic jams and the evening, to pick up the car. As soon as he entered the service area, he heard the bass of the exhaust and followed the sound.

“I still remember her hanging on the lift.
Her amazing curves. As I rushed to her, I began to look at everything. I think the smile never left my face all evening."

And then Denis finally fell ill with tuning. At some point it really became a disease. He spent hours every day at Japanese auctions, looking for something new and interesting for Plum. I wanted to buy everything I could for her. Then he still had little idea what exactly he wanted from the car. More precisely, he wanted everything. It was supposed to be a show car, a city car, and a drift car. But a city show car and a drift car are complete opposites of each other, and finding the line is very difficult, even impossible. At some stage you will always have to make a choice.

Now Denis's Nissan Silvia S15 is a tough, rattling and uncompromising writhing. Yes, it doesn't look like it's falling apart like many others, it has an interior and even climate control, but don't let that fool you. Since Denis does not participate in championships like the Russian Drift Series, he can cut himself a little slack and leave the air conditioning and interior. As for appearance, he adheres to the philosophy that a car should always look beautiful, attract the eye and bring smiles.

Another important choice that any owner of such a car must make is where to repair the car. Nothing breaks as quickly and often as tuning. While Sylvia was stock, Denis only changed the ignition coil. But with the advent of tuning, more and more work on the car is required.

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To be honest, no service can do the job better than you can do yourself. Even well-known and popular services sometimes do something wrong. Unlike mechanics, you yourself are not limited in time, there is no boss or another machine that needs to be done today. And that's not to mention you're doing your favorite "race"! Therefore, if you have hands growing from the right place, you try to do as much as possible yourself.

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Improvements to the S15 began with improving what was available. To keep the car cool, the widest of the Koyo Spec-Z radiators, the HKS oil cooler from the GTR 34 and the HKS intercooler were imported from Japan, and the original fans were replaced with more efficient ones from Avenir. To start drifting, Denis welded the differential, and in order not to hang around the entire cabin, he bought a Bride bucket and Takata belts in Japan. All this was enough to start mastering the basics of controlled drifting, fortunately “Plum” originally came from Japan on a drift suspension. Therefore, it was time to think about the appearance. Denis wanted to make Silvia in JDM style, just like the cars from D1GP looked like. Therefore, I ordered a URAS body kit for it in Japan, installed wide Japanese GP Sports Gravity Gullflame wheels and bought a huge carbon wing.

It seems carbon is Denis's favorite material, because the following year in Japan he found carbon door cards and a dashboard. The only thing that stopped him from total carbonization was that appearance The car he imagined in his head did not fit in any way with the carbon fiber hood, trunk, doors and fenders. And the price of such modifications would bring the car closer to the price of an airplane, which is absolutely unacceptable for a drift car, where body parts are, rather, consumables.

Gradually, the desire to have more power came, so a detailed study of existing Sylvia-based projects, their configs, and viewing power graphs began. Here the old magazines about tuning came to mind again, and in the depths of the American part of the Internet a website was found for the owners of “Sliv”, on which they shared their modifications, graphs of power, torque and subjective sensations. Along with the study, an understanding of what exactly was needed gradually came. The bar was set at 400+ hp, the necessary spare parts were selected and a gradual search for them began at auctions in Japan.

At this time, it was very fashionable to “swap” engines on JZ, RB, and the first experiments with LS were just taking place. Few people believed in the potential of the SR20DET found on the Nissan Silvia S15 from the factory. At the same time, in the D1GP championship, most Silvias have engines of 350+ hp. We drove on the “native” engine. To prove that this engine also has excellent potential, Denis settled on it.

In order not to overhaul the engine every season, it was decided to take a good safety margin. Therefore, they decided to modify not only the top of the engine, but also the bottom. The bottom was reinforced with forged CP pistons, Manley connecting rods and ARP studs. To reduce the degree of compression, an APEXI head gasket with a thickness of 1.1 mm was installed. A compromise version of the HKS 264 camshafts was installed in the cylinder head. To ensure that the valves worked correctly with the new shafts, reinforced Manley springs and titanium plates were installed, Tomei rocker stoppers were installed so that the rockers would not be damaged, and so that the engine would not be “blown away” - ARP cylinder head studs .

The motor is strengthened. It's time to think about fuel system. Now on Denis’s Silvia this is done by the pump, regulator and Aeromotive filter. To ensure there is no shortage of gasoline, fuel lines as thick as a little finger are laid from the tank, through which gasoline is supplied to the Circuit Sport fuel rail and atomized by SARD injectors. Now there is fuel. It's time to think about air. The top-mounted GReddy TD06 turbine was chosen to be responsible for the power and the bottleneck was removed - the original throttle. It was replaced by the wider one from the S14. The AEM filter is entrusted with responsibility for air purity.

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This is not the entire list of work that was done to the car at that time! You can find out more in the list of improvements at the end of the article. Thanks to all the manipulations, we managed to get 445 hp. and 531 Nm of torque - even more than planned! To stop so much horsepower, Denis installed calipers from GTR 33, ordered DBA ventilated discs and Endless MX72 pads. And, of course, a hydraulic handbrake is installed - where would you be in drifting without it!

But power is not the main thing a drift car needs. In drifting, the settings for wheel alignment, compression and rebound, height and, of course, eversion are very important. All this also did not go unnoticed. The racks Sylvia came with have been replaced with ones more suitable for our trails. All suspension arms were also replaced. In Japan, Denis bought overcooked fists, then installed special spacers in steering rack, increasing eversion and preventing the rack from biting in extreme positions. Thanks to this, the car began to steer much better and grip the rear wheels better in turns. Everything is for drifting!

Electronics

• ECU APEXI Power FC D-Jetero
• MAP sensor for APEXI Power FC
• Boost solenoid APEXI
• Turbo timer BLITZ
• Exhaust temperature sensor GReddy
• Blits Rasing Meter DC Boost Sensor
• Blits Rasing Meter DC Fuel Pressure Sensor
• Blits Rasing Meter DC Oil Pressure Sensor
• Blits Rasing Meter DC Oil Temperature Sensor
• Blits Rasing Meter DC Antifreeze Temperature Sensor
• Speedometer Blitz Racing Meter DC
• Monitor with all readings and settings Blitz Racing Monitor DC

Transmission

• Double sintered clutch ORC 559D-02N5
• Reinforced Peak Performance Box Cushion
• The differential is welded

Suspension

• Coilovers all around Powered by Max Pro
• All silent blocks have been replaced with polyurethane ones

Front:

• Custom fists, digested in Japan
• Tenschens DS-Tech
• Lower arms N1
• Offset rack spacers Drift Works
• X-Trail I tie rods
• 200SX/Maxima Steering Ends
• Stabilizer CUSCO
• Stretch under the hood GAR

Behind:

• Rear upper control arms (camber) CUSCO
• Rear short arms CUSCO
• Rear long arms (toe) Jic Magic
• Stabilizer KTS

Brakes

• Brembo GTR33 calipers
• Serrated and cross-drilled brake discs DBA 4000
• Endless MX72 pads
• Hydraulic handbrake B&S Industries

Interior

• Carbon door cards ORIGIN
• Carbon panel
• Driver Bucket Bride Zeta 3 Type-L Red
• TAKATA seat belts

Exterior

• D-Max hood
• Aerocatch hood locks
• Front bumper AERO
• Front bumper canards ORIGIN
• Rear bumper and sills URAS
• Rear widened fenders + 50 mm ORIGIN
• Carbon spoiler ORIGIN

Wheels and tires

• Wheels GP SPORTS GRAVITY GULLFLAME 9.5j +15 18”
• Tires Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222 235/40R18
• And Hankook Ventus R-S3 Z222 265/35R18
• Aluminum Work Nuts and Rays Caps

Multimedia

• Head device Pioneer DEH-P6000UB

Nissan SilviaNGKS15 Built for the Motherland

Japanese - "Younger"

This Silvia arrived in Russia to eventually go to its homeland, Japan, where it would compete in the D1GP championship under the control of Georgy Chivchyan. After successful performances in 2013 and 2014, an invitation was received personally from the head of D1 Corporation Toshiyuki Oya to ride a full season. After some deliberation, the decision was made to build a new car to participate in the Japanese championship.

Preparation of the car began in the winter of 2014, and already in April 2015 the NGK Silvia S15 D1 Spec appeared at the Red Ring for the first tests. Over several months of active work, Forward Auto specialists dismantled the car down to its bare body, and then assembled it using time-tested components using the experience accumulated over 10 years.

To fight on equal terms in D1GP, power is needed first of all; Forward Auto mechanic Sergei Danilchenko had a difficult task - to assemble a powerful and reliable engine based on SR20. All that was left of the standard engine was the cylinder block, which was thoroughly modified to accommodate Mahle forged pistons. As in the “older” S15, they used a cylinder head from Nissan Primera, since VE “heads” performed well in battle. Fuel is supplied to the combustion chamber by nozzles with a capacity of 1000cc, and a turbine screwed to the engine is responsible for the huge amount of required air. Responsibility for igniting the mixture lies with the candles.

The engine was tuned on the control unit by the famous specialist Denis Ponomarev. One more the most important factor in the fight against top Japanese pilots is the speed of switching, especially during acceleration before setting. Therefore, gearboxes with a search mechanism were not considered, only sequential ones! The choice fell on the five-speed Dutch Drenth MPG gearbox. Further on the transmission: OS Giken three-plate clutch, 1.5 Way Nismo locking, gearbox and drive from Skyline GT-R. All components have been selected in such a way that weak points

When preparing the suspension, we took into account both our own experience and learned something from the Japanese. In 2014, a delegation from Russia was surprised to discover that such monsters as Masato Kawabata’s Nissan 180SX ride on an almost standard suspension in terms of levers. Of course, there were modifications, but they were made using an angle grinder and welding. This option was not entirely suitable, since in the event of a breakdown, “custom” parts would have to be made from scratch, so it was decided to use, but not to “fiddle with” the settings. Installed on both axes. In the front they work great when lowering and turning out, and in the rear they make it possible to install an additional caliper on the handbrake without modifications, so as not to interfere with the operation of the main one brake system

. In preparation for the 2015 season they were used, and before the 2016 season they were replaced with iconic ones.

The appearance of the NGK Silvia S15 is the calling card of Georgy Chivchyan, so the new project used yellow color and a body kit from Vertex, which was supplemented with small parts manufactured by the Krasnoyarsk company Monster Service. The creators of the body kit liked the small “flaps” and “lip” on the front bumper so much that they eventually asked to send them samples to Japan. The most important point was to create an exact copy of the interior of the previous S15. All controls and the seat are located in the usual places so that new car