14,801 miles. I’m back from the Buttonwillow event. It ended up being a drift & grip event. I gripped the track and had lots of fun! We were using the east loop, which was quite small, short & narrow. I practiced my racing line with Yoshie. On my first run my turbo starting coming loose! All the drama with my downpipe & muffler has been putting a lot of tug on the turbo from the outlet pipe. Luckily my baby was nice enuf to screw my turbo on!  Thank you Ben ;).

I ran the course as hard as I could, my speed through it was around 70mph, I thought that was pretty good considering it was a very narrow and windy track. I didn’t loose it the entire day! Anyways, I don’t really have much to say about that event other than my car is setup pretty well right now for grip AND drift. The only thing that I do different with my set-up when I drift is change my rear tires to 15’s. Anyways, on the way home a piece of wood smashed into my car, and just my luck…it hit my KOUKI BUMPER!!!! It put a hole the size of my index finger tip ;(, right NEXT to the license plate part. Shit happens, but WHY to my new bumper?! Well, it gives me an excuse to start crying about a new paint job!

I went to lunch with a friend to a restaurant in Alhambra this Thursday. I parked in a parking structure. On my way back home one of the pieces of my kouki bumper, the square that connects to the bumper and fender flew off. Luckily my friend was behind me and picked it up off the street AFTER I ran over it. I examined it to find that all the tabs were ripped, it looked like someone tried to tear it off. So some jerk was trying to jack my lil’ side piece in the parking structure at lunch. Okay, if I’m one of the only people here in the USA with that bumper, why the fuck would you want to jack pieces off of it?  Newsflash…it doesn’t fit any other bumper but the kouki bumper.  I have two jobs, I’m a full time mom and a student and I live on my own…I work real hard for my money, so when things like this happen…its hard to swallow.

This weekend I’m meeting with the organizers of SoCal240SX.org. We’ve booked California Speedway for a All-Nissan drift event. Its going to be thrown by SoCal240SX.org & Drift Association, LLC on 11/29. We’re working out the details this weekend so we can start promoting. Its going to be a really big thing, not just another drift day, but sort of a big drift party with games heheee. You heard itfirst here at Nadine180.com! Mark your calendars! Also, don’t forget the Official Summer 240SX meet hosted by SoCal240SX.org is this coming Saturday 8/23.  See ya!

14,313 miles. I picked up my Bride seats and put them in! I’m really proud of myself, I did it all by myself, and 2 evenings later they’re in. As my aching hands are typing this diary entry the boys are being kind enough to bleed my brakes & change my brake master cylinder for me. Thank you Marc, Alex, & Ben. Everyone is helping everyone get ready for the event at Buttonwillow this coming Saturday. I’m not really clear if its a drift or grip event, but either way I’m going. I hope its grip so I can concentrate on learning my racing lines.

Check out the September 2003 issue of Import Tuner, my car is in there on one of the power pages. Thank you Scott Tsuneishi for the opportunity! It was from when I dynoed my car a few months ago. Its supposed to be a 2 or 3 part story, so I’ll be back in a few months with my next dyno run, hopefully sporting a boost controlleror maybe a turbo upgrade.

10,707 miles. Happy Earth Day. I haven’t changed my oil! I just found out my driver’s side ball joint is ripped and I’m sure the passenger is ripped too. The replacing never stops when you have a 240. Oh my. Me & my baby have been looking around for a daily driver, another 240SX (S13). We found some, but I guess we know too much…we’re too picky! Its amazing how stupid Nissan dealers are too omg. Never buy a used car from a dealer…”$3,000.00 is a bargain for this S13 with 312,000 miles (with dents on every body panel).” Surrrre ricers!

I just found out about a Ladies School AutoX, so I’ll be attending that on 5/3, sounds fun. All women on the track! After asking a bunch of sell-out girl ricers, I finally found some girls to go with me and actually DRIVE!! My girl Yoshie! There’s also a private drift event at night on the 2nd of May, another autoX on the 17th and a drift day on the 26 & 27. My poor car, omg my poor ball joint(s). Before then I will at least change my oil and check out my tires.

I’m going to do some tire shopping soon, I’m considering the Yokohama ES100’s or the Falken Azenis hmmmm. I bought some Greddy Pulleys, they’re so cute omg…they match my coilovers, how cute is that! Anyways…off I go to midterm, broken ball joint, unsponsored, need-an-oilchange-land. Take care, and race safe & cute.

9,898 miles. Got the brake lights fixed, I managed to blow every brake filament! Just got back from the RSR Drift Event.  I hope to compete soon, but I need to practice more. My baby SileightyMania’s clutch unfuckingfortunately went out at the event so he couldn’t drive his car…you’re always a winner in my heart sweety hehe.

I haven’t changed my oil yet, I’m overdue! I’ve been having some clunking noise coming from mycoilovers on the passenger side and the big screw on the pillow mount was coming loose! We took my wheel off and the spring perches were completely to the bottom thread. WTF huh, over the 12,000 miles I’ve had them on they’ve managed to slip from the 7th thread from the bottom to the absolute bottom. Crazy stuff. Word to the wise, check your coilovers every oil change or so! I messed up cuz I never take a goodlook at them.

Its starting to get hot and I have no a/c, so I’m going hook my a/c up next month. The mechanic at Cartune tells me that he can make it work with the SR compressor and the US controller. I hope he can get it to work! I haven’t had any overheating problems yet, but I’m debating whether or not to shop for a radiator. Its going to be one hot summer! I did have one on order from JIC, but those dishonest foolsscrewed us over. Please DON’T go to JIC, you’ll get ripped off just like me and everyone else has.

Sponsorships?
I saw Koyo at the RSR event and got their card, maybe its time to start writing up my proposal and ask for some sponsorships! I think people tend to check my car out more cuz its known to be the “girl car,” so I suppose that would make me a good candidate forsponsorship. I go to drift events, speedtrial events, and autox’s, why can’t a girl like me get sponsored? Where’s the love for the girl racers out there? I guess you don’t get anything (except if you’re sileightymania hahaha) unless you ask for it. I don’t know if any of you boys have a proposal that I can see, but if you do, email me, I’d just like to see some samples.

I ordered my new personalized plates from the DMV, all I gotta say is they’re going to be so cute! Next month is going to be a busy month,I’m attending an AutoX on the 17th and Club 4AG’s Drift Day 5 on the 24th. Just call me busy racer bee. I’ll see ya’ll at the cute tracks!

8,895 miles. Just came back from the Drift Showoff and I want to start this entry off by saying CONGRATULATIONS to my baby SileightyMania for winning 1st place in the Drifting Contest. I’m am so proud of him  :). I Love You Baby…omedetoo!

My Kouki front bumper is in. I got a brand new one complete with brackets, lights, the absorber and all those goodies that a front bumper needs.  I’m going to get it painted along with my new stock rear bumper. I’m going to try out the Kouki front bumper with my Chuki sidesteps for now. People keep saying that its a “Type X” Bumper, but I’d just like to clarify that the kouki 180SX Type X, G, R, S, alllllll came with the same aero! So its really silly when you say “Type X” bumper, wing, etc., sorry but that’s my pet peeve! So do me a favor and call it kouki 180SX aero.

I am officially a ladies instructor for Club 4AG ;). Staff and close friends of Club 4AG got to have a private drift event this last Friday, February 28th from 5pm-11pm. This was my first night-time event and high speed drift course. OMG I had soo much fun. It was coldddd so the 180SXxy was lovin’ it. I practiced my braking drift technique and throttle control. I learned that I need to work on bringing the drifts through smoothly from start to finish. Its reallydifficult to end my drifts smoothly. I’ve gotta keep practicing. At the Drift Showoff I was staff and flagged the beginner & intermediate courses and had a lot of fun. I could have drove but I’m just not feeling the low speed 5 second tracks. We’ll see. Hopefully there will be another private drift event soon, I really like practicing at night and where there is not a crowd.

I am going to concentrate more on practicing my drifting for the rest of the year. Hopefully by the end of the year I can start drifting with my girl Yoshie. And hopefully by then there will be more girls at the track events! The Kouki bumper will go on next month and so will a few other suprises. Stay tuned…lots of changes are about to occur ;). Happy Drifting.

7,509 miles. Finally my LSD is on and the new aero is ordered! I changed my oil a few nights ago. I’ll be needin’ spark plugs next oil change omg. I checked my tires today and they seem to be doing well, I’ll probably buy some in February.

Tomorrow I’ll be representin’ at the Option2 Video Drift Event. I’m not sure if you’ve heard about it, but my baby SileightyMania got chosen as one of thetop 15 drifters in Cali to meet some Drifters from Japan and get a chance to be interviewed by Option Video :). I’m so proud of him, good luck baby! Last night we stayed up till 4:30am finishing up his HKS fmic. HecticHectic. But I can’t wait to meet Nomuken and watch all my friends drift for the bigboys ;). If they have this again, I hope next time I can drive. I promised myself I’d practicehard at the drift events, because I want to get good. That’s everyone’s dream, but I think you either have it or you don’t, and so far I have to yet to come to a conclusion. Wish my baby luck tomorrow! Talk to you in a few ;).

7,249 miles. Happy New Year everyone! I’m counting down the days till I can finally release Nadine180.com Version 2003. I’ve been trying to get a new bbs set up and its taking too gd long. So for the past two months the 180SXxy has been running fyne, but she’s way due for a tune-up & oil change. I’m thinking of trying a different kind of spark plug…maybe platinums instead of iridiums.

I have an appointment at Cartune to get: my oil changed, LSD installed, dash changed (omg I have a big crack in my dash), my firewall seal changed (its bad and my heater hose has been re-routed since JUNE 02=no heater), my downpipe installed, and I think, I hope, that’s it hahahhaa, my appointment is Saturday.

I’m signed up for the next Club4Ag Drift Event at Irwindale on the 25thof this month. I’m excited to finally be able to use my LSD. It looks like I’ll be needing tires after that event. I’m going to probably try out the Falken Azenis (235/40/ZR17)~not sure if I’m buying 2 or 4 hmm.

After I get my tax refund the time has come to get my Blitz LM FMIC!!! I’m SOoOoOooo excited. I really like the bumpers by GP Sports, but the one I like only comes in fiberglass, and the ones that do come in plastic are reallly fugly. I don’t trust myself with a fiberglass bumper, cuz I love my car slammmmmed. Hopefully I can find some Kouki aero :(. I’m not trying to make my car look like a “typex” omg who came up with that …sounds so ricey, but yah I’m just putting the stuff on my car that I think looks cute, so yes, I’m mixing my aero all up just cuz I can.

I was at Puente Hills Nissan the other day and was lookin at the new 350Z. Its so pretty, I plan to get one when I graduate (next June 2004 ), but I will of course keep the 180SXxy, I will keep her for life. When I buy my house in Laguna Beach on the cliffs overlooking the ocean I will have a garage with a glass wall so I can look at my 180SXxy for the rest of my life.

Boys drive/drift safely and girls go to the track already! Take cares…talk to you in a few :).

4,899 miles. DEARY DIARY TURNS 1 YEAR OLD! So MUCH has happened in the past year here on Dear Diary. I wanted to reminisce a bit…

• October 2001 – Hollywood Park SCCA AutoX Practice, Put ApexN1 back on after tickets! Got Sidesteps from Japan.
• November 2001 – RainRainGoAway, Installed Sparco Racing Harnesses, prep for Speedtrial Event, Raced at Willow Springs Event in the rain and didn’t loose it omg
• December 2001 – BM Photo Shoot
• January 2002 – New Dunlop W-10’s, 180SX Gauge Cluster, H-4 Headlight Conversion, Stock Muffler Time
• February 2002 – Oil Change, KA Engine Ticking Noises
• March 2002 – CuscoComp2 Coilovers, KA Idle Problems
• April 2002 – Bought SR Clip
• May 2002 – Coilover Install, Carbon Fiber Center Tailight Garnish, KA Alternator/Waterpump Belt Snaps
• June 2002 – Blitz Turbo Timer & Boost Gauge, SR Install, Auto to Manual Swap, SoCal240SXbbq, Turbo Falling off drama
• July 2002 – SR Oil Change #1, New Dunlop FM901’s, 2002 National 240SX Convention, Willow Springs Track Event, SR Oil Change #2
• August 2002 – CuscoOS Strut Tower Bar, SR Oil Change #3, Flaked on Speedtrial Event, Boost Leak Drama, Bought Z Brakes, Installed 5Zigen Rocket Muffler System
• September 2002 – Smog Check Drama, Greddy DP & Koyo Radiator (not yet installed), SoCal240SX End of Summer Meet
• October 2002 – Happy Birthday Me & Happy Birthday Dear Diary!

What a long way the 180SXxy has come. I didn’t realize so much has happened in the course of just one year! For those of you who continuously read up here, thank you! I’m looking forward to another great year of 180SXxy Racing & Tuning at its Best. In the coming months I plan to practice drifting, circut racing, and autoXing more than ever. I plan to focus a lil’ more on the interior and do some final mods on my engine. Ultimately, after the final engine mods I want to leave the engine alone and just race race race and show show show and enjoy the 180SXxyCarLyfe. See you soon!!!