Project Stiffy - Tube Chassis Build

[brentjj]

I figure it is about time for me to start a build thread on my project since quite a few people have asked and now that school has started up again I've had some time. So here it is: !

I started with a 1993 240sx.
http://i.imgur.com/N4nxFubl.png
KA was blowing white smoke, figured the head gasket was gone. Pulled the engine apart then ended up scrapping it. Sourced a new engine.
http://i.imgur.com/I3l2xqIl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iRFhgbjl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/duUs4sCl.jpg
VG time! I knew it was a hard swap to do, but that just made it more interesting for me.
I wasn't happy with the amount of rust in the front end of the car, so I cut it off. Time for Tubs and tube front end.
http://i.imgur.com/6SpP9qml.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KK7ZjzXl.jpg
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With the front end missing it was pretty simple to get the VG into the car. Just some subframe mods for engine mounts and it fit pretty good. Only complication was the drivers side turbo rubbing on the steering column. Easy fix.
http://i.imgur.com/Y7IeBt7l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bNNcnHjl.jpg?1
Next to tackle was the wiring.
http://i.imgur.com/ByFVbvYl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/K4BGdVSl.jpg
Then cooling.
http://i.imgur.com/7R11dc6l.jpg
With the front end missing I decided to up my game on the rebuild. I got my self a tube bender.
http://i.imgur.com/t7achtwl.jpg
I started with a rad support made of square 1" tube but shortly after constructing it I was dissapointed in my self and knew some thing much better could be done. So like any person with common sense... I hacked off the strut towers.
http://i.imgur.com/GAFsjX3l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MjRcHdnl.jpg
The plan was to box in the original upper strut tower rails and run tubes from there to new tubular towers.
http://i.imgur.com/shO1Civl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NixQZZkl.jpg
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I cut my strut towers with an angle grinder and a pencil grinder. It took for ever but came out decent. I integrated camber adjustment into the tower directly.
http://i.imgur.com/WiD8cuul.jpg
New towers all tig'd up.
http://i.imgur.com/3BvbFaxl.jpg
In the mean time I figured I'd lighten the car up by pulling some layers out of it since the cage will pretty much hold the car together. Every thing I removed was done with a spot weld remover. Spent waaaay too much time drilling welds out.
http://i.imgur.com/ODEwVhKl.jpg
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I hacked all the vibration weights off the subframe at the same time.
http://i.imgur.com/eUhwELjl.jpg\
I eventually got to the point to where I had found so much rust on the car I fugred I should just source a new shell. Then I thought, why not build my own chassis and drop a shell over top. So to AutoCad I went.
http://i.imgur.com/fCzuPLPl.jpg
After a few days and alot of planning I had my frame layout.
http://i.imgur.com/toqSjoUl.jpg
I cut and welded my rails from 2"x3" tubing.
http://i.imgur.com/ijS3zBnl.jpg
Then I welded them up parallel and mounted the front subframe.
http://i.imgur.com/O0J6671l.jpg
I went with a center x brace with a driveshaft loop. In designing the new frame I was able to move the engine backwards almost a foot and a half backwards. I moved the passenger compartment backward as well and brought the rear end forward towards the front by a few inches. I moved the front driveline up by 4 inches as well and spaced the rear end out 6 inches per side and the front by 4.5 inches per side. As of now with the z32 transmission and s13 diff, the driveshaft is under 3 feet long.
http://i.imgur.com/Rga75HCl.jpg
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I started bending some tube.
http://i.imgur.com/h0SS0x1l.jpg
And at the same time I split the shell off the original s13 body.
http://i.imgur.com/DvmS8kFl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5lybEiul.jpg
I pulled my VG apart to get a build going on it and picked up 2 sr's as well just for the hell of it.
http://i.imgur.com/hrvnRx4l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FVh3GXRl.jpg
Mmm, dry sump
http://i.imgur.com/AHbIWqpl.jpg
With the engine put aside for the time being I went ahead and figured out my suspension set up.
http://i.imgur.com/C8Tr7vcl.jpg
I got the first corner on the car and made pretty good progress from there.
http://i.imgur.com/pkY7z5fl.jpg
Soon the front end was rolling.
http://i.imgur.com/fbOeNTAl.jpg
A fresh coat of paint to stop surface rust and things were looking good.
http://i.imgur.com/4qAxonOl.jpg
Got the main hoop in next.
http://i.imgur.com/r4PFHCXl.jpg
Then the halo and first A pillar.
http://i.imgur.com/Q3cXXnzl.jpg
And that is how it sits now. More updates to come!

[Phlip]

There was so much frame rust that I just made my own damned frame.

Wow

[crash n' burn]

subscribed..

looks like the drift hilux build; i like where this is going. nice to see someone using a VG as well.


I cut my strut towers with an angle grinder and a pencil grinder. It took for ever but came out decent. I integrated camber adjustment into the tower directly.
http://i.imgur.com/WiD8cuul.jpg


why the camber adjustment here though? typically the coilovers have a decent amount of adjustment already. i'd think it'd be wiser to integrate a way to adjust caster instead.

[TheFresHesT]

This is insane even if I was a master mech I don't think I would try this.

Good stuff please keep it coming

[SupaDoopa]

If only I took engineering in school instead of joining the military.

[tdaffern]

I have no words. Just amazing!!

[FKNGRSY]

Incredible. Sub'd.

[ayrtonlucyk]

some amazing fab work, subscribed!

[mechanicalmoron]

Subscribed as fuck.


Are you going to put another bar down to the rail, to the rear of the strut tower?

How are you going to put the shell on? Is it just going to be sitting there, like a full on race car, where you can unfasten it and lift the whole thing off?

Are you making any suspension geometry or design changes?

Props for not trashing a shell because of rust (like people love to do) but just going way harder.

You are awesome.

[jbt_92]

Gangster shit.

[brentjj]

subscribed..

looks like the drift hilux build; i like where this is going. nice to see someone using a VG as well.




why the camber adjustment here though? typically the coilovers have a decent amount of adjustment already. i'd think it'd be wiser to integrate a way to adjust caster instead.

It pretty much just uses the same adjustment as most camber plates do on coilovers. All I did was remove the camber plate and included multiple different bolt locations in the tower. Caster adjustment is a great idea though. I will look in to that. Thanks!

Subscribed as fuck.


Are you going to put another bar down to the rail, to the rear of the strut tower?

Yeah I have alot of bracing left to do still. I'm going to truss the front towers in completly. This is just a rough outline of the chassis still.

How are you going to put the shell on? Is it just going to be sitting there, like a full on race car, where you can unfasten it and lift the whole thing off?

I am going to attempt my own carbon shell. I have experience with carbon and think it will be cool to try. It won't be all one piece though like nascar. It will have individual panels for the roof, rear quarters and such.

Are you making any suspension geometry or design changes?

I have made a lot of suspension changes. Deleted the rear seats, and moved the rear wheels forwards 9 inches. I moved the engine towards the rear of the car by a foot and a half to help equal out the weight. Mid engine win! I also gave the front end 1 inch of anti aquat and the rear has 2 inches anti squat. Deleted the rear subframe completely too. Oh and the front end is 4.5 inches wider, rear is 6 inches wider. Per side... lol so the car is a whole foot wider than factory in the rear with out the use of spacers. The front end is slightly less wide because I have to run spacers so my tires clear the coils. Widening the stance like this came with alot of problems though. Redesigned steering knuckles to avoid skid steer, new custom half shafts in the back, so on and so on... But the car will be properly widened so I'm pretty stoked on that. Picture below of how it sits now after I worked on it for a few hours this weekend. I just bolted the factory rims on the front quick so that I could roll it around. I have the halo and A pillars done now too.

Props for not trashing a shell because of rust (like people love to do) but just going way harder.

You are awesome.

Please ignore the rust. The humidity was killer this weekend and I haven't had time to get a coat of paint on the newer tubes. I have a lot more wire wheeling to do now.

http://i.imgur.com/0pXxLiVl.jpg

[Oakville]

this is killer man! Where abouts are you? I'd like to see this when its done.

[first_choice]

Do you have an engineering degree? If so, from where?

[brentjj]

this is killer man! Where abouts are you? I'd like to see this when its done.

I'm in Hamilton!

Do you have an engineering degree? If so, from where?

I'm a student actually. Mechanical engineering, 3rd year.

[mechanicalmoron]

Are you going to use any parts of the original shell, then? or are you pretty much walking away from the chassis, other than for the bits that make it go?

Do you plan on it being street-able, regestered, and all that? That'd be pretty cool.

[brentjj]

Are you going to use any parts of the original shell, then? or are you pretty much walking away from the chassis, other than for the bits that make it go?

Do you plan on it being street-able, regestered, and all that? That'd be pretty cool.

As it is now, I am going to use the doors from the original chassis. That's about it. I've actully had a hard time with the doors so far because of the windows with proper sealing with rubber stripping and fitment.

When it is done I do wish to drive it on the road. It will be a massive pain getting it to that point, but I think it is possible.

[erict90]

badass!! subscribed

[Oakville]

Will it still look like a 240? haha

And nice, well as you can tell im 20 mins down the QEW and at U of T. Good luck on the build man!

[5280VertDET]

Cut front end: with ya.
Bought tube bender: with ya
Removed entire chassis and body: with ya?
Auto cad the BUILT the entire chassis: WTF....

[brentjj]

Will it still look like a 240? haha

And nice, well as you can tell im 20 mins down the QEW and at U of T. Good luck on the build man!



I actully have no idea what it will look like when it's done. Once I get the chassis finished and it's rolling on 4 wheels I'll have a better idea of what I can do for the body.

And keep an eye on the build if you can. You aren't far from me at all. I'm always free to let guys come by the garage and check things out.

[Oakville]

Of course man, my classes are spaced out quite a bit so I end up sitting on campus plugging around zilvia/gtrc; I'll always have my eye on this.

I'm always down to come chat cars/see whats going on. How long do you think the build will take? and where are you at school?

[spaten]

Sick build man

[7x13]

Holy Sh!t!!!

Sub'd

[bova17]

nice as hell

[Tim_Zenki]

holy fuck, subscribed to this asap lol

[EmpyreS13]

Wow, just fucking wow. No other words. Subscribed. Looking forward to see where this is going

[brentjj]

Of course man, my classes are spaced out quite a bit so I end up sitting on campus plugging around zilvia/gtrc; I'll always have my eye on this.

I'm always down to come chat cars/see whats going on. How long do you think the build will take? and where are you at school?

I'm just at Mohawk. I don't have a time goal in mind for the car. I just work on it here and there a few hours a week. It's hard to get work done with school and stuff but to get me to the point where I am now has been a year. I figure by spring I will have it driving, just no body. My VG still sits in 2000 pieces so I will probably source another VG and run it pretty much stock for a while and build up my current VG at the same time.

[PeaceOnesxWai]

INSANE!!


Are you related to Nigel @ Engineeredtoslide?

[future]

First build thread on zilvia where there is no hate. And I see why, this shit is insane. Possible first tube chassis street 240?

[Oakville]

I'm just at Mohawk. I don't have a time goal in mind for the car. I just work on it here and there a few hours a week. It's hard to get work done with school and stuff but to get me to the point where I am now has been a year. I figure by spring I will have it driving, just no body. My VG still sits in 2000 pieces so I will probably source another VG and run it pretty much stock for a while and build up my current VG at the same time.

Right on. If you need a cheap VG, a buddy of mine is selling one for dirt cheap, its NA though. He bought it as a spare motor but is now deciding to go 1JZ.

[SupaDoopa]

I wouldn't throw a VG in this car. Slap a VK56 in it. No balls.

[brentjj]

I wouldn't throw a VG in this car. Slap a VK56 in it. No balls.

I'm happy with the VG. I wouldn't say they have no balls. 300 stock and easily bumped to 400 with out much work. I'm doing a full build any ways and will realistically just be running 450 reliable. The parts are abundant for VG's and there is a good group of tuners behind them. Plus for this car I'm focusing on handling more than power. That is why I chose the v6 to begin with instead of an inline, to keep the weight as far back against the firewall as possible. Arguably though I'm sure an alu block VK weighs about the same as the iron v6. But still, I'd like to keep the weight mid car and I'm not going to sacrafice that for a different engine. Especially one that doesn't have any more power potential.

You also have to keep in mind I'm just a student and don't have $10,000 to drop into a new engine to build and boost.

And Oakville, how cheap is cheap? I just want some thing to drop in for a bit so I can at least see how the car handles before I go too far with the chassis build. - *edit* I'll just pm you.

[Reece]

Jesus Christ. This is just insane.
VG 240s without a tube chassis are cool enough. Wow..

Subscribed for sure. This is just nuts, I've never seen someone tear apart a 240 like that. Great work so far.

[Grocery Cart]

You also have to keep in mind I'm just a student and don't have $10,000 to drop into a new engine to build and boost.


At this point I would just expect you to build your own!:snoop:


Sub'd. You completely lost me on this build and that's what I like!

[PoorMans180SX]

Hey man, I like the spirit, but I hope you don't plan on lowering the car very far, that strut tower and rear bar will never work :(

[brentjj]

At this point I would just expect you to build your own!:snoop:


Sub'd. You completely lost me on this build and that's what I like!

Haha well I'm doing the engine build my self of course, but making my own engine would be pretty sweet too. Maybe in a few years :D

Hey man, I like the spirit, but I hope you don't plan on lowering the car very far, that strut tower and rear bar will never work :(

Yeah I have to trim up the outside edges of the front towers still as you can see in the picture the tires already hit. Once they are trimmed I'll have full travel in the front. The rear is fine as is though. The frame bottoms out on the ground before the half shafts hit the bars on the upper rear.

[PoorMans180SX]

Haha well I'm doing the engine build my self of course, but making my own engine would be pretty sweet too. Maybe in a few years :D



Yeah I have to trim up the outside edges of the front towers still as you can see in the picture the tires already hit. Once they are trimmed I'll have full travel in the front. The rear is fine as is though. The frame bottoms out on the ground before the half shafts hit the bars on the upper rear.

I mean that bar that goes rearward from the strut tower. Your tire is going to hit it at very shallow steering angles.

[brentjj]

I mean that bar that goes rearward from the strut tower. Your tire is going to hit it at very shallow steering angles.

Oh I see, I see. The rear bar off the strut tower clears. It isn't any thing to worry about. I think it's just because of the angle I took the picture from. Keep in mind that the frame was sitting only about an inch off the ground when I took those pictures too. Ride height will be quite a few inches higher.

[dt racer]

Thanks for the link Brent. Subscribed :bigok:

This might go under an "if I knew when I started what I was getting into" story you'll be tellin your kids one day lol.

Awesome progress so far, looks wicked. With the wide stance etc...Gonna be coming to a track near you n kick'n butt in the near future...

Ford

[kawitwofiddy]

damn man reading stuff like this makes me so inspired to do things to this level. Did you have to use a high grade steel for it all? I want to goto school for engineering but at this point im beyond sick of school, and want to make as much money as I can and do it all without "proper certification" for it. Ill be following your build though to get some more ideas good sir. Looking forward to the finished product!

[brentjj]

damn man reading stuff like this makes me so inspired to do things to this level. Did you have to use a high grade steel for it all? I want to goto school for engineering but at this point im beyond sick of school, and want to make as much money as I can and do it all without "proper certification" for it. Ill be following your build though to get some more ideas good sir. Looking forward to the finished product!

Glad I could provide some inspiration! It is all seamless 1-3/4" DOM tubing. It starts as solid bar then it's drawn over a mandrel that punches a hole in the centre and presses the tube out to the proper ID and OD. Forming the tube this way just makes it stronger.

And the money only gets you so far. Just make sure you can do what you love and you'll be happy.

[D.Adams]

Such a sick ass build.

Keep it up

[brentjj]

I dropped the engine in this afternoon to see how every thing lined up and to figure out the tranny mounts. so far so good. Firewall going in next.

http://i.imgur.com/589G5O7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xO5DmfNl.jpg

[Keenan Galley]

Looking good dude!

[brentjj]

Updates! -kind of-

I took some pictures of how the car sits now. I had all 4 wheels bolted up a few days ago just to check fitment and every thing was good. It's rolling now aside from not having upper shock mounts in the back. Engine is fully mounted as well. The diff supports its own weight in the car with just the rear 4 bolts holging it -... surprisingly- but I still need to fab up the front mounts for it. I got the firewall x brace in as well as the C pillars. Looking at the car now with the c pillars; I think I'm going to make it a coupe.

Enough talk... here's some picture. ***edit*** sorry the pictures aren't the greatest. I just used my gopro to take them. I'll bust out a real camera for the next round of pictures.

http://i.imgur.com/lpsR46Gl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bvjPRvDl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gGDfDiml.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1KcysaGl.jpg

Ignore the ghetto plywood floor. I just needed to throw a seat in the car to make sure I had proper head room with the main hoop.

[Reece]

God... This thing is awesome.

[bova17]

This thing is already badass

[Oakville]

A 240 coupe?

[ANDY black s13]

Such an Awesome build! I had to subscribe,
I hope it comes together without too many problems :)

[brentjj]

A 240 coupe?

Yupp. I don't think it's going to look much like a 240 in the end though. We'll see. I just got my fuel cell cage in and it is deff going to be easier for me to make a coupe. I'll be able to use less tubing and save some weight vs if I were to do a full hatch back.

[Oakville]

I prefer the coupes much more over the hatches..very nice. i'm still wondering how the body is gonna work on this, dropping a cut shell on top? If not, I can't picture what your body panels (firewall back mostly) will look like

[brentjj]

I prefer the coupes much more over the hatches..very nice. i'm still wondering how the body is gonna work on this, dropping a cut shell on top? If not, I can't picture what your body panels (firewall back mostly) will look like



I'm going to use regular 240 doors on regular 240 hinges. The rest of the body will be carbon fiber hopefully and drop on just like a nascar. The hard part is going to be making it air tight and having proper windows. I have yet to figure that out.

I have decided to do a front and rear firewall. So there will be a fire wall in the front in the normal location. I'm going to put a second firewall right behind the seats that will seal off what would normally be the trunk of the car. I'm going to leave the trunk fully exposed underneath and to the back of the car. Think of the rear end of a Zonda, same kinda thing. I think this will be the best way to go for me as it will keep my oil tank and fuel cell sealed off from the interior cabin.

[Tim_Zenki]

will be interesting to see how u go about the steering for this

[Lawrenceeeeee]

Subbbeddddddddd

[blo0d]

Subscribed.... Epic concept, I hope it goes all the way. get it done!

[unwtdhero]

Holy car batman

[crazywoody]

keep it up man! Hamilton is doing it big!

[brentjj]

Thanks for all the props guys!

I got the car all painted this weekend. I have alot more work to do on the chassis still but I just hated the surface rust that was going on. Wire wheeled the whole thing and gave it a few coats of tremclad. Once the chassis is don I'll get it sand blasted and give it a real spray job with the gun. I just ordered my fuel cell, a new rad and a bucket seat so I'll be able to start test fitting some components next week. I'm also going to re design the fron end a bit. As it was pointed out earlier in the thread, there is a but of a clearance issue with the tires deep in the suspension travel. It will probably be fine in the long run how it is now but I'll feel better once the issue is fully gone. The towers are staying where they are but I'm removing a bar from each tower, relocating it higher up out of the tire path, then cutting 3 or 4 inches of the bottom end of the tower off.

Pictures of some fresh paint!:

http://i.imgur.com/8sZR2Bul.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YwhbhrGl.jpg

[HB_Alex]

great work on this, definitely subscribing! Keep up the great work

[rwtf]

sweet sauce, sub'd fo sho.

[aga]

its been a dream for me to do something like that. of course its totally illegal for the street, right?

[brentjj]

its been a dream for me to do something like that. of course its totally illegal for the street, right?

I'm not sure if it will be road legal in the end or not. I may be able to get it properly road legal once it is done if I register it as a self built car. From what I understand it is a long process though. I'll have to wait till the car is done and see what needs to be done from there.

[mechanicalmoron]

I'm not sure if it will be road legal in the end or not. I may be able to get it properly road legal once it is done if I register it as a self built car. From what I understand it is a long process though. I'll have to wait till the car is done and see what needs to be done from there.

You could just weld the firewall in...... You upgraded the rest of the car, but, it's still a 240, at it's (firewall) heart :coold:

[brentjj]

You could just weld the firewall in...... You upgraded the rest of the car, but, it's still a 240, at it's (firewall) heart :coold:

I have given that some thought too. I actully cut the part of the firewall with the vin number out of the original car before I scrapped it just so that I could weld it on to the tube chassis in the future if I decided to go that way. The section I cut out is about a foot square. I also saftied the car and registered it in my name before I scrapped it, so... we'll see. I feel like it would be highly illigal if I were to do that plus I'd just be a massive target for da po-po.

Always an option though...

[SuperLame]

Too cool. Sub'd.

[Drifter_85]

Crazy. I've always thought of something like this. Then the engine possibilities are endless

[Sterlz]

Amazing work keep it up. If you think about it once the body's on the frame and you make some tubs to hide some of the tubing, who's gonna tell you it isn't a 240sx? Good thing you kept the VIN

[brentjj]

Amazing work keep it up. If you think about it once the body's on the frame and you make some tubs to hide some of the tubing, who's gonna tell you it isn't a 240sx? Good thing you kept the VIN

Exactly. It would draw a lot of attention and I am sure I would get pulled over for the stupidest things so I would have to make sure the car is really up to road standards to avoid a massive list of tickets. I'm going to have to put the car away for now though. Winter is here and my parents want their garage back. I'm going to work on it when I can but I don't think I'll get any major work done in the next little bit. My seat, fuel cell and rad finally showed up though. Front end and rad support will be getting built next!

[first_choice]

from what it looks like, the engine is so far back behind the strut towers.

[first_choice]

nevermind, by the looks of where the crossmember is..

[brentjj]

from what it looks like, the engine is so far back behind the strut towers.

You are correct. The engine mounts about a foot and a half behind the strut towers. The engine doesn't mount to the cross member, I built mounts directly on to the frame. The car is tecnically mid engine.

[Konster]

Sick build man.

[brentjj]

I have a little bit of an update! I haven't done any work to the car recently because it is in storage for the winter but I did manage to get a weight of the car while moving it. Only 286 pounds as the chassis sits now with the front coils installed. I was honestly expecting it to be alot heavier. I thing I may still be able to break 2200 pounds total weight even with the pig the VG is!

[Jissan]

2200, Hell. Yes.

Build one of those SRs and throw that light ass motor in there and you'll have a monster on your hands. Might even break 2000lbs!

Also subscribed.

[brentjj]

2200, Hell. Yes.

Build one of those SRs and throw that light ass motor in there and you'll have a monster on your hands. Might even break 2000lbs!

Also subscribed.

We'll see! I'd like to build my VG and one of the sr's and install the engine with every thing on quick connects and have custom mounts that bolt both the vg and sr in the same location, then have an sr adaptor plate to mount to the vg tranny. That way I would always have a solid back up motor plus swapping engine could be done in half a day.

We'll see what happens in the spring, I'm itching to get back to work on this thing!

[EnvyS13]

subbed, I'd love to start a project like this when I finish school

[xverses]

Is this build dead?

[TwoForDeh]

^this. I'd love to see an update. So much badassedness

[brentjj]

Is this build dead?

Nope, it isn't dead. I'm saving up to build the motor and the frame is currently in storage.

As it sat before storage:

http://i.imgur.com/x4k3fgSl.jpg

Gutted and on its way to storage:

http://i.imgur.com/3eQD6xLl.jpg

Sorry for the lame update. As soon as it comes back out of storage this forum will be the first to know!

[rawgarage]

Good lord wow

[10psitx]

Nice build man. Its a different path than the usual builds but great way to test your knowledge and skill. Keep the updates coming as they happen, I'm eager to see the out come.

[corkscrew]

Holy shit dude...

[brentjj]

It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been traveling a lot and moving around the country. I've put a lot of thought into this, and I'vecome to the decision to post this project up for sale of anyone was interested in it. The car has been in storage for the last year and a bit and I just don't have the room for it anywhere else. Storage is starting to cost me too much so if anyone is interested in the car just let me know. I would be willing to sell the project as just the frame, or as a complete package including everything I have for the car. The car is currently located in Hamilton Ontario. About an hour from Toronto. I enjoy road trips and can deliver to pretty much where ever if the purchaser pitches in for some gas cost.

Just shoot me a pm if there is any interest.

Thanks, Brent.

[TheRealSy90]

Aww that was disappointing :(

[brentjj]

It's back!

I regret ever trying to sell. I think it was just the fact that it had been in storage for 2 years and I forgot what I was actually dealing with. It's back in the garage now though and I got right to work. Finished the firewall bracing yesterday and got right into hacking up the strut towers to fix clearance issues with the front end.

I also picked up both a new mig and tig welder so that should help push this thing a bit further.

Here we go!

http://i.imgur.com/CUZ54Jpl.jpg

Mig

http://i.imgur.com/Y705Hcol.jpg

[mikey976]

moar updates !!! definitely appreciate the time and engineering going into this

[collegekid]

Thank you for not giving up on this. I too wish to do this one day.....
One day.

[Gingersmurf]

Subb'd. I love this build. If you still have the old 240sx shell, you might be able to transfer reg and vin from it to the car you are building. Not sure if you'd be able to do that in your exact scenario, but the muscle car guys swap frames/shells and have it be legal. just and idea

[10psitx]

Glad to see you're back on it again, keep motivated and post up dates!!

[TollieLifted]

Yes! Got sad when I saw your post about selling..scrolled down and BOOM! day made. Well done, man! I've always wanted to do something like this.

[future]

Just when I thought this was dead

[moto21]

Glad to see it's back

[I6_Power]

In for progress...

[brentjj]

Car's rolling on all 4 wheels! But it's in storage again... Too many cars and not enough space/time. It will come back to life again soon. The physical build is on hold but always on mind.

[c0mpt3d]

Is there any way you could post up you cad files for this chassis?

[tricky_ab]

Damn it... I was all excited to see this at the top of the build thread area...

[TheRealSy90]

Same... :(


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[z31andrew]

No updates on this build? Looks like it died.

[Darkcr3w]

Sad this was so long ago

[Malik]

this should be interesting...