The Reason We're Here - Riley Stair's LS6 Datsun

[Chunter]

Hi all, My name is Riley Stair. I have been pouring over my 260z since this time last year, and it has finally made its way out of the darkness and onto the pages of StanceWorks. I am thrilled to share all of my hard work and effort I put into this car to make it into the creation I painted in my head in the very beginning.

I’m sure the car isn’t for everyone, but all comments are welcome!

I hope you guys enjoy the story and the photos by Mike Burroughs.

Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

-Riley

http://www.stanceworks.com/2015/04/the-reason-were-here-riley-stairs-ls6-powered-1974-datsun-260z/

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[silviaks2nr]

I think it's having an identity crisis. Not sure if drift car, time attack, or just flushtastic? It definitely has all the currently trendy bits. You did do a nice clean job whatever it is though!

[Dboyizmlg]

Nice car! I'm diggin it!

Riley, Where in SoCal you stay at?

[simmode1]

Saw this on Stanceworks yesterday and wondered if the owner was on here. You got a sweet car, man. Good job.
Nice car! I'm diggin it!

Riley, Where in SoCal you stay at?

What a suspicious question. I hope that car is garage kept...

[wiring specialties]

I must say this thing is so badass, great job with it

[No 240.. No id]

I think it's having an identity crisis. Not sure if drift car, time attack, or just flushtastic? It definitely has all the currently trendy bits. You did do a nice clean job whatever it is though!

“It’s built to do burn-outs.” :ugh:

[OBEEWON]

There is a lot I love about this car.

[Chunter]

Nice car! I'm diggin it!

Riley, Where in SoCal you stay at?

Northern California actually, near Sacramento! Thanks everyone!

[Sforteen]

love it except the wing, thats terrible

[OBEEWON]

There is a way a GT wing would look good on there, but I have to agree I don't feel its that way.

[TheRealSy90]

That one just does not look functional at all.

[Bushido]

simple is better

[staticstance]

Love, love, love this. I would personally change a few things, but man....awesome build!

[silviasandbeer]

front liscence plate is not centered.
9/10 would not bang

but seriously congrats on the feature. put some videos up of it!

[lgsr20swap]

Dude awesome car. Was wondering if there was a build thread somewere but read the stancework and seen it was a secret. Lol you should post some build pics.

[TheRealSy90]

I don't understand making the cage fit extremely far away from the pillars so that you can have huge dimple plates.

[RalliartRsX]

I don't understand making the cage fit extremely far away from the pillars so that you can have huge dimple plates.

..........And the rear cage legs do not tie directly into the Strut tower but are offset (inclusive of the fuel cell case!). In addition, the fron door legs and bar being offset! That just plain looks dangerous!

Also "195/55/15s wrapping 8.5” wide wheels in the front and 205/50/15s wrapping 10s" with LSX torque :naughty:

But as mentioned, it's built to do burn-outs, so this will absolutely satisfy it's one purpose!

Great Show car build though!
Looks very nice and good build!

[S14DB]

http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=153667

[Chunter]

I don't understand making the cage fit extremely far away from the pillars so that you can have huge dimple plates.

Hi, Riley here. I just wanted to clear some things up about the cage, just to confirm its quality. For the A pillar bars, they are not spaced away from the pillar so I could put in big dimple die plates, they are tucked as closely to the dash as possible so that I could avoid cutting the dash out and losing all of the stock functions that have been retained behind the dash. The dimple die plates were not at all priority, and everyone who knows me and the cages I have built knows I like to tuck them as tight as possible ;)

..........And the rear cage legs do not tie directly into the Strut tower but are offset (inclusive of the fuel cell case!). In addition, the fron door legs and bar being offset! That just plain looks dangerous!

Also "195/55/15s wrapping 8.5” wide wheels in the front and 205/50/15s wrapping 10s" with LSX torque :naughty:

But as mentioned, it's built to do burn-outs, so this will absolutely satisfy it's one purpose!

Great Show car build though!
Looks very nice and good build!

The rear cage legs do in fact tie directly into the top of the strut tower via 6x6 1/8" load plates, I think the part of the cage you are seeing in the photos are in fact the "x" brace that ties into the strut towers as well via the spreader between the towers.

I am not sure what you're talking about exactly on the front door bars and the a pillar being offset, but they are nascar "style" door bars and in the very cramped interior of the car, are actually safer than a traditional door bar because it gives the driver a little bit more room before any side intrusion contacts he/she given an impact

All of that being said thank you very much for the compliment on the build, the wheels and tires could be much wider, but for right now, I don't want to kill wide, expensive hard to find tires out back, so 205's suit my wants right now :)

[RalliartRsX]

I see what you are saying about the rear, but the issue I am having is all the "bars" are not tied into a joint.

Below are the pictures of your "NASCAR Style" bars



Below are pictures of your "cross brace"
http://stancewords.stanceworks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/riley-stair-260z-hood-tank-diptych.jpg

Below are pictures of no offset joints
http://burrfabrication.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/P1070040.jpg

Below are pictures of tying all bars into "joints" and what I mean by your setup being offset (which also goes back to the Nascar Style bars and the fact that the support braces do not tie into a joint for maximum load support)
http://stancewords.stanceworks.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brown-recluse-garage-roll-cage-240z.jpg

Below are pictures of no offset bars for Nascar Bars
http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g329/SHG_Blog/P1110172.jpg

I am no cage builder, so I could very well be wrong. But being an (Aerospace) engineer, the way the loads are be distrubuted just doesn't seem correct.