Tube Front ends! Post up different set-ups.
 

As the title says, post up some different pics of tube front ends, I am in the process of building an S14, ditched the Sr, and going with a V10, we already have the motor in and it's almost time for the tube front end and want to see what options are out there for the front.

Tube front ends.
Removable tube front ends also!
post up what you got, and maybe talk about the pros and cons of each setup if you happen to know them.
here are some I saw so far:
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2948397_n.jpg
http://hitandrundc.com/wp-content/up...1/IMG_2693.jpg
this seams to be removable?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...m/IMG_0338.jpg

So no one does tube front ends on Zilvia..... I guess Zilvia isn't hardcore enough yet...lol

almost done mine ill post pics soon

Plenty of people have done it tiger, chill before this thread gets ran into the ground.

Nice tube front, looks good.

Ahh I was wondering what happened to the guy that got the viper motor for his s14....post pics soon I've been dreaming you would finish that car lol

Cool, cant wait! post it up!

I know they have lol, It was intentionall to tease peopl to post up, this thread hasnt been made before, and people can benefit from it

HAHA, well, we are still working on the tranny tunnel and firewall, but motors in and done, I will do a build thread once the cage is being worked on,
and thats the reason for this thread to get some ideas for what style tube front best suits my build..

subscribing . working on one myself. will post pics soon as well

Banged up my radiator support throughout the years and then i met the guys at garagelife. They been putting in work on my car

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...95879687_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...09149567_n.jpg

Its extra work to retain popup lights but this should be the first tube/tub/working flip up light S13 :boink:

would love to see pics from the front without the bumper!

This was a mock up of the vertical bars, at the end we only used 2

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...72665756_n.jpg

Interested to see how your gonna channel the air!! ^^^^

me to ^^^^^ the tubs look wierd, no pun intended.

im excited because he's retaining pop-ups! woooooooot!

OP your s14 doesnt happen to be at intense right now does it?
rules:
http://i39.tinypic.com/muxv9f.jpg

i vote for johny5's tub and tube front end.

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Horrible cell phone pictures. But a friend of mine and I built this yesterday. With removable bumper support. My original frame on the chassis was bent to all hell.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6112/6...4442a857_z.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/2fa07710.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/3d5b5a45.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/5a3db777.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/f48c6623.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/2965f863.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...n/c9225c7b.jpg

:trogdor:

This ones mine ignore me messing with it to see if it was strong enough>.>
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...barmounted.jpg

Some random one it was interesting how they bent the pipes
http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ickbashbar.jpg

I don't think that's what he is talking about.

here you go Gabe i saw you took my crash bar as an exemple .

i will show you how we did my car !!!

my front crash bar is removable , the tub front end on the other side was welded to the chassi . my intercoller became the head light bracket and the rad bracket !!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...6_822985_n.jpg

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...m/IMG_0247.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._4152095_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._1963754_n.jpg




inspired by this set-up !!!
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...60328194_n.jpg

this is the best way to go if you have a v8 or v10 ... with a rad support bar !!!
http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/...11-500x333.jpg

i was fucked when i changed my rb to ls1 (nothing to old my rad and head light
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...96468628_n.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7...08624ebc_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7...06e9ae32_b.jpg

Has a big removable bumper support as well... frame is all bent to hell so shit looks funky... when all panels are on its straight

I'll just leave this here

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/i...x/7049f9b6.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/i...x/012900d1.jpg

So what size tubing are you guys using for the main downtubes from strut to framerail? What about all the other sizes for support pieces, etc.? About how much of each are you using?

Also, what thickness (guage is it?), sheet metal are you using for mounting points?

We're pretty much using cage material for the tubes. DOM 1 3/4.

What mounting points do you speak of?

this^

msglength

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...er1/edited.jpg
Thats the stuff I am asking about

Thanks!

Also, about how many feet of each size did you use? Trying to figure out how much I need to get.

The connection between the tube and tub is 16 gauge sheet with dimple dyes.

The front radiator support is 3/4 tube with 14 gauge wall.

Other then the cage material, I don't really know how much we used for everything else. We sorta just went by what we had.

Thanks so much! As for how much material, im just trying to get a rough guestimate, Do I go with 10 feet, 20 feet, less?

Might be a dumb question but, how many people design their tube fronts to disperse energy during crashes? Some of the fronts I've seen lately look like they're substantially stronger than the OEM rad support and front end parts which leads me to believe that in a hard enough crash they're just going to send all of the energy into the rest of the chassis causing massive damage...