DE-Mented 180SX

DE-Mented 180SX

de·ment·ed/diˈmentid/Adjective

1. Suffering from dementia.
2. Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement.

Having seen a few tough budget built SR20DE's that had survived well with forced induction, we wanted to see how far they can go...

Aug 7, 2010

Calder Park Drag Racing 7th Aug 2010

After a busy week at work it was decided to take the 180sx to the Saturday Drags at Calder Park Raceway. With a quarter of a tank of Powerplus 110 Octane Race Fuel, a full bottle of Nitrous, and some 235 semi-comps on the rear, off to Calder we went...

The clutch not being up to the task became evident when it slipped first time in the burnout patch. Having made it all the way there and through scrutineering I decided to 'baby' the clutch and try and get a few passes in. The car showed some great potential with a best ET of 12.1 with a 2.2 60', and a best trap speed of 126 mph! Can't wait for a good clutch / box / tire combo for some much better times

Thanks to my mate Dush for this video from the pits - Struggling for traction & slipping clutch still 122 mph



I also took my new toy to the track, my GoPro HD Hero - Motorsport high definition video camera. To my surprise the track marshals had no concerns what so ever with it, and I got some great footage. I'm still to edit and reduce it to a suitable size for the web, but I'll upload some footage when it's sorted!

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