Spotlight: Vinny Anatra's Nissan S14

Welcome to Spotlight. Our goal is to feature customer's vehicles and shine a spotlight on their build. We are always excited to see where our products end up and how they are being used. Did you build a show car? A drift car? A time attack car? Is it bagged or static? You get to tell your story in the spotlight.

Today we are featuring Vin and his Nissan S14

Seibon: Hey Vin! Tell us a little about yourself and what you do for a living.

Vin: My name is Vincent Anatra and I am the VP of Business Development at Hoonigan.

Seibon: That's awesome. Everyone knows Hoonigan! Can you give us the story on your car and why you bought it?

Vin: After ditching the forced induction on my E46 M3 “grip” car, I realized that the 330whp, 3100 lbs car with 275s left a desire for something more, how you say… "dickhead". The first thing I decided on was the motor. I needed a Toyota JZ in my life. Queue in JDM California with a low mile perfect compression 1JZ.
Why 1JZ over 2JZ… cost. Because this was supposed to be a budget build. Emphasis on supposed to be.

While looking for a chassis my goal was to have something different from the E46 and while the E36 was appealing, I didn’t want another BMW. I have always loved the S14 but the market for shitted up shitboxes was still pretty pricey. Luckily I found an abandoned project via Instagram. A 1995 240sx BASE. No sunroof, factory 5-speed car that has been sitting in storage for a decade! The owner had swapped a SR20DET with a GT28RS and a real wonky E85 setup back in the 2000s. Needless to say, the engine blew up and the car was put into storage.

I purchased the car for $2500 bucks - it was a clean roller with everything besides a motor. I immediately power washed off the 10 years of desert dust and started stripping it. I sold off every bit and part that would not be used in my build. I think I managed to sell almost $1k worth of parts, score!

Seibon: That is a true definition of a project. Any future plans for it?

Vin: As of currently, it is just a street machine that I take drifting from time to time. I may turn it into my dedicated Time Attack car as it has all of the right parts to make it into a great race car.

Seibon: Where can people find you on social media?

Vin: You can find me on on IG: @vin_tra, @thehoonigans. Here is the link to the S14 videos on the Hoonigan YouTube channel.

Seibon: Thank you, Vin!

Build List

1995 Nissan 240SX

Seibon Carbon TR-Style Carbon Fiber Hood

Seibon Carbon Carbon Fiber Doors

Seibon Carbon Carbon Fiber Door Panels

Seibon Carbon OEM-Style Carbon Fiber Trunk

JDM California Engine - 1JZ VVTi

Transmission - CD00A 6 speed with Collins adapter

Power Adder (setup)

Garret GTX3076r GenII with v-band .81a/r turbine housing

Plazmaman billet intake manifold, fuel rail, throttle body, and plazma-clamps

Future Fab V-Band exhaust manifold

Chase Bays tucked rad, brake booster delete and clutch slave

Deatschwerks 1200cc injectors

Alariatech Oil Catch Can

Electronics

Rywire PDM and Body Harness

AEM Infinity ECU

Thorn Industries Coil Pack

Bisimoto Flexfuel Tune

Suspension and Chassis

KW Clubsport 2-way coilovers

ISR Arms

OS Giken Superlock LSD

Team Hang Loose Drop Spindles

Interior

Recaro Profi XL Seats

Street Faction Ultra-low Mounts

Custom Ti delete Panels

AEM CD5 digital Display

Exterior

BBS LM 18x9.5 /18x10.5

Falken rt615k+ 235/40 265/35

Origin 55mm fenders

JDM Front bumper

Ford Leadfoot Grey Paint by Strassesport