It was about three months ago, on my last trip down to the Kansai area of Japan, that I realized I was standing in front of THE car of 2013. As Ueta-san of BenSopra ran the plans he had for his 180SX-based project by me, it quickly became obvious that there wasn’t going to be one single car at the 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon that would come close to matching the sheer awesomeness of this machine. Needless to say, I was right. BenSopra did it last year with their GT-R, this year it’s the turn of the Nardó Special 380SX.
With two big TD06-25G blowers and a planned V-mount intercooler/radiator set up there was a lot of work that needed to be done…
…it was over to Trust for a lot of custom work. The engine was firstly refreshed and fitted with a Trust 4.0L stroker kit and then dropped back in place in its new home.
After what must have been a very long drive up from Kyoto, Ueta-san and his mechanic arrived at the Trust HQ just outside Narita last Thursday, the day before the start of the Tokyo Auto Salon. They had just finished the car the night before and rather than heading straight to the Makuhari Messe they were kind enough to meet me at the Trust so that Sean and I could shoot this impressive creation.
Once the car was unloaded from the transporter there were still some small touches that needed to be made, including applying a few stickers on the car like this custom made 380SX one. The car would then be stickered up at TAS that night by Art Factory, the guys that do about 90% of all the graphics for Japanese tuner and drift cars.
Miura-san has also driven all the way up from Kyoto, skipping a night of sleep in the process. Riding 6 hours in his very firm FR-S had given him serious back pain, but there was no time for rest, the one off BenSopra aero he had created still needed some work. The front bumper needed to be bolted to the splitter and the carbon fiber rear diffuser assembled and fitted to the car.
The whole engine and drivetrain was literally ripped out of the ex-Blitz R35 GT-R that BenSopra based their 2012 project car on and then custom fitted into the much smaller 180SX engine bay. As Ueta tells us it was all a big, three-month long headache, but thankfully they had the masterminds at Trust to lend a helping hand. After creating the custom engine and transmission mounts to hold up and position both the VR38 and the Hollinger sequential transmission in place…
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http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/01/spe ... pra-380sx/
hein? dire au moins que c'est une silvia avec un bloc de GTR qui va tenter les 400 ++ sur Nardo avec un kit aéro Ben sopra 
