Photo: Wtf-86 Insane Twincharged Widebody Toyota 86 Facebook Page
This sort of tuning project comes once in a blue moon. It's so radical that it makes you wonder how the guy got the idea in the first place. As far as we know, nobody else has ever tried to turn a Nissan 180SX into a Toyota GT 86, but we could be wrong. Who knows, maybe you can make a Porsche 911 from a Cayenne too.
Have you ever noticed how all the good drift cars are based on older models like the Mazda RX-7? That's because they don't build them like they used to.
The only problem with the Silvia, the E46 and the Skyline is that they're not sold anymore. So their respective automakers have no way of making a quick buck from racing victories. There are a few drifting versions of the Toyota GT 86, including one equipped with a V8 engine, but none of them has left much of the stock body.
Instead of going down that route, this project starts out with something completely different, something that's not even made by Toyota. We're talking about the Nissan 180SX (codename PS13).
This is one of the ancestors of the current Nissan 370Z, coming right before the 240SX. The name 180SX was originally a reference to the 1.8-liter displacement of the CA18DET engine. In 1991, the engine was upgraded to a 2.0-liter model, offered in two forms: the naturally aspirated SR20DE with 137 hp and the turbocharged SR20DET variant with 205 hp.
To turn it into a Toyota GT 86 lookalike, mechanics had to cut most of the Nissan's old body shell apart. The project is not ready yet, but you can see how black fiberglass panels are being added, slowly giving it the look of a modern coupe.
We didn't even know that anybody makes a fiberglass shell for the GT 86. What's the point? The only possible application for this is a race car, the D1 monster of your wet dreams. All she needs now is a 2JZ engine with 1,000 horsepower!
The only problem with the Silvia, the E46 and the Skyline is that they're not sold anymore. So their respective automakers have no way of making a quick buck from racing victories. There are a few drifting versions of the Toyota GT 86, including one equipped with a V8 engine, but none of them has left much of the stock body.
Instead of going down that route, this project starts out with something completely different, something that's not even made by Toyota. We're talking about the Nissan 180SX (codename PS13).
This is one of the ancestors of the current Nissan 370Z, coming right before the 240SX. The name 180SX was originally a reference to the 1.8-liter displacement of the CA18DET engine. In 1991, the engine was upgraded to a 2.0-liter model, offered in two forms: the naturally aspirated SR20DE with 137 hp and the turbocharged SR20DET variant with 205 hp.
To turn it into a Toyota GT 86 lookalike, mechanics had to cut most of the Nissan's old body shell apart. The project is not ready yet, but you can see how black fiberglass panels are being added, slowly giving it the look of a modern coupe.
We didn't even know that anybody makes a fiberglass shell for the GT 86. What's the point? The only possible application for this is a race car, the D1 monster of your wet dreams. All she needs now is a 2JZ engine with 1,000 horsepower!
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