Nissan Drift Cars

When you think of drifting this car definitely comes to mind. This is probably best choice of Nissan drift cars to learn drifting. The Silvia RPS13 is called the 180SX in Japan, the 200SX in Europe and the 240SX in the USA.

Lots of drift modifications available and a lot of drift potential. Although this model is getting a little older, these days they are still available everywhere. And since they are getting older, you’ll find them for a good price too!

Earlier Japanese models and all European models were fitted with a CA18DET (175hp). The Japanese 180SX received a update in ’91 when it got a 2.0 liter SR20DET engine (205hp) and some more minor modification.


In 1993 the Silvia moved forward with the release of the S14 model. But while Europe and the US were happy to replace the current S13 model by the new S14 model, in Japan the 180SX continued its life as a sports coupé.

The 180SX received the last model update in 1996 and production stopped in 1998. US models are all fitted with the KA24DE engine (150hp) and were non-turbo. They have a displacement of 2.4 liter to make up for the power difference.

This car is the predecessor of the RPS13 and never saw the light outside of Japan. It’s basically the same car apart from the bodywork, and most obvious; its headlights.

Since the Nissan Silvia has such a drifting cult status, just as with the RPS13, you won’t run into problems finding parts to modify it. However finding a clean PS13 that is still unmodified will become hard!
The PS13 is, just as the RPS13, a great car to start with.

The Silvia S13 and 180SX were popular drifting cars and a lot of them crashed in drifting accidents. Since the S13 fronts were cheaper than the 180SX front with pop-up lights a lot of drivers often favored the S13 front over the original one. These front and rear-ends were combined and the result of this was called the Sileighty.



Of course the conversion was also done the other way around, thus with a S13 rear and a 180SX front. These are called Onevia's and are even harder to find.

Eventually the Sileighty became so popular that Nissan caught on, and even surprised the press when for a short period of time they started to produce their own set of (official) Sileighties. Only about 400 Sileighties have officially been build by Nissan.

The replacement model for the S13, the S14, came in 1993. The car retains its drift-happy character and has improved handling. The engine featured Nissan's new variable cam timing system to make it a little stronger. The S14 was available in two versions: K’s or Q’s. K's (Kings) has the SR20DET and the Q's (Queens) version had the turbo removed. The SR20DE only makes about 140hp.

The K's has more than enough power to drift. On a car like this you don’t need a lot of modifications to start drifting. The SR engine is very tuneable; with simple breather mods you can easily make over 250hp! Bolt on modifications can get this engine block up to 400hp.