Drift car winter rebuild

[noname7198]

This is our original build thread if you want to check it out:
http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/174653-240sx-coupe-track-car-build.html

We’re starting the winter rebuild. I want to post our plans and progress, so guys can offer feedback and opinions on how to make it better.

Chassis:
Fix smashed rear end
Bigger rear crash bar
Tub front fenders
New rad support
New v-mount
Clean up wiring

Motor:
Rebuilt stock bottom end
Brian crower 272 cams, springs and retainers
Arp head and main studs
Apexi .8 head gasket
S15 oil pump
Top mount turbo manifold
Custom intake manifold
Gt3071r .86 a/r
Power fc d-jetro for tuning

Body:
New body kit (same one just with a front bumper and not all fucked up)
Fiberglass doors
New paint

Before the season starts it'll go over to RT tuning for tuning and an alignment.

I’m sure there’s a lot more little stuff that needs to be done too, but that’s the basics. One thing I’m not sure about is those cams. I think 264’s might be better for my setup, but I don’t have any first hand experience with either cam. Anybody using a similar setup have any opinions or advise for me?


This is what the car looked like when we got back from the clinic:

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So we started taking it apart:

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We couldn't get the passenger rear quarter back into place so we bought a used one. We also replaced the truck, center panel, tail lights, and made a stronger rear crash bar:

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And started working on the tubs:

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[Irresistible]

Looks like a good start. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[turboh224g]

Petty and Brad both drove the car at the clinic and said it was set up well. I am hesitant to make too many major changes for next season. We know it could use some more power. The tubs are needed for the new R/T Tuning knuckles that we got to check out at the clinic and the body work is obvious. If there is anything else I should do over the winter that I am forgetting let me know.

[PoorMans180SX]

Nice work man. Keep it up!

[KoukiMonsta]

this thread is sweet, not build but re-build

good luck!

[roboticnissan]

Waiting for pics of the radiator support

[s tuned]

at least you shouldn't spend that much this time

[hammy]

Talk about a new rear crash bar. looking forward to seeing this car drifting in the 2011 season. nice build so far.

[s14pit]

The rear came out really good. what dimple die kit are you useing?

[Pure_JDM]

subscribing, as this is almost exactly what i'll be doing in the VERY NEAR future.

[CLM_s13Type-x]

wow the rear panels are lookin alot better now! Great work man!

[Nick_04K]

Talk about a new rear crash bar.

There has to be something to give in the car at some point. Strengthening the rear crash bar could cause the damage to just move to another (less repairable) location next time this is crashed.

But judging by the work so far...It looks like you probably know FAR more than me...so im sure you have already considered this and drawn your own conclusions.

Looks good! Keep it up!

[turboh224g]

dimple dies are from an off road company, gtech I think. I do know that the energy from a crash has to go somewhere. Problem is that when we got hit it crimped a line to the fuel cell. We did not have a problem with the engine but this could have been major. My main goal is to protect the cell.

[noname7198]

I'm a little worried about the rear crash bar being too solid and bending the frame if i hit something hard, but the last one crumpled on impact. You can see how messed up things got with the last one and that wasn't that hard of a hit.


About the cams, I found a guy selling BC 264 cams for an s14. He says you can use s14 cams on an s13 since the only difference is a small hole for lubricating the VTC stuff. Can anyone confirm that I can use BC s14 264 cams on a blacktop s13?

[xBtony]

Sweeeeet. the orginal build was awesome, and im sure the rebuild will be even better! Subscribed

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Can't wait to see this back in action. :)

I remember when you ran over the pedestrian crossing sign at "Drift Camp" in Maple Grove, haha.

[turboh224g]

That was actually Kareem that ran over the sign at maple grove. We were there too. Our cars look very similar but we have yellow headlights and a vmount.

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Oh yeah, I get your cars confused, my bad, haha.

[S-Nation S13]

lol after all that the rear light still worked. damn keep up the great work

[noname7198]

Got a lot done this weekend. First we started on the new radiator support. It came out really nice.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0773.jpg
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Test fitting the front end:
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I also started on the body work. I messed up pretty much every body panel on the car this year so I had a lot of stuff to repair. I bought a new kit since both bumpers were trashed and the sides were pretty banged up too. They gave us the wrong rear bumper so we gotta wait on that. I was able to get most of the panels in primer, but there’s still a lot of little shit to fix.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0843.jpg
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We picked up a set of fiberglass doors and started swapping parts over to them.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0850.jpg

Since I’m shaving the upper body line and our locks don’t work anyway I decided to have a little fun with the door handles:
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And I sprayed a test panel for our new 2011 color. It’s called cobalt blue metallic.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0841.jpg

[gallo]

awesome build

[luigino]

very good stuff man, keep it up.

[Tantwoforty]

looks good.
i like the door handle thing :D

[Imarvin240]

great so far on the rebuild, looks great

[slider2828]

Hey I have a question on how you mounted your fuel cell! Can you talk about that setup cause I gotta do one.... thanks!

[noname7198]

Hey I have a question on how you mounted your fuel cell! Can you talk about that setup cause I gotta do one.... thanks!

We're going to redo the fuel cell in a few weeks. We're going to build a cage for it and drop it lower. The current set up all we did was cut out the spare tire well, weld in a new floor and firewall, welded studs to the floor, then made a bracket that holds the cell and bolts to the studs on the floor.

[BoostSlideWayz]

The key hole covered up looks kinda nice.

[slider2828]

We're going to redo the fuel cell in a few weeks. We're going to build a cage for it and drop it lower. The current set up all we did was cut out the spare tire well, weld in a new floor and firewall, welded studs to the floor, then made a bracket that holds the cell and bolts to the studs on the floor.

Can you talk about the pump setup?

[Sergio180sx]

nice progress man can wait to see it all done

[turboh224g]

It was a long weekend but I am very happy with the results. I had the front end planned out pretty well so it went together fast. It also helped having our buddy Brad around to bang out some of the welding. Jamie worked on bodywork all weekend and got a shit ton done. Feeling good so far. Brad picked up steel to finish the tubs and now we can focus on the new turbo piping. Probably won't see Jamie for a month so not much bodywork will happen, but I might get some fab pics up between now and then.

[turboh224g]

current setup is rci 8? gallon fuel cell, walbro 255lph inline pump, jegs fuel filter, -6an lines, stock fpr, rail, and injectors, full return. All of this is behind a custom firewall I designed in the trunk on top of a flat trunk area. I cut out the spare tire well and made it flat.

new set up will be rci 8? gallon cell, walbro 255lph inline pump, swirl pot, second walbro 255lph inline pump, jegs fuel filter, -6an lines, top mount rail, 850cc injectors, aftermarket fpr, full return. Cell will be mounted 6 inches lower in a protective cage.

[turboh224g]

So have not had time to do much recently. Had our first child last weekend and surprise surprise that takes up some of my time. Got a chance this weekend to spend a little time in the garage. brad came over and finished boxing around the tubs. Now we just need to pull the motor to finish them. We also test fit the top mount manifold we made and the gt3071r turbo. We will start working on some of the aluminum fab next.
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[hypercrush]

wow dudes thats looking good. gt30 right on. hope to see you guys at an event this season

[S-Nation S13]

nice you got here, by any chance you got the spec on that front crash bar ?

[turboh224g]

What do you want to know about the crash bar? I built it myself.

[Boostin 240]

Sweet build man.Was the front smashed up as well ?

[rps13drift]

I love this car! I have seen it at some clubloose events and it rips! Car is looking Rad! Cant wait to see it at some events this year dude.

[noname7198]

Sweet build man.Was the front smashed up as well ?

This is what the front looked like after the last event (well most of last year actually).

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j12/noname7198/149253_157293014313500_101723283203807_275403_7405 190_n_2.jpg

It wasn't smashed like the rear, but it was in rough shape. I ran over the bumper and destroyed it, the fenders were a little cracked up in a few places, and the headlights were basically held on with zip ties since I broke the old radiator support.

[Boostin 240]

Awesome i wanna start drifting this year just wanna get some more parts for my car and def. alot of practice

[Pure_JDM]

how wide were the trailer fenders you used?

[dreamin240sx]

So have not had time to do much recently. Had our first child last weekend and surprise surprise that takes up some of my time. Got a chance this weekend to spend a little time in the garage. brad came over and finished boxing around the tubs. Now we just need to pull the motor to finish them. We also test fit the top mount manifold we made and the gt3071r turbo. We will start working on some of the aluminum fab next.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0791.jpg
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i just had sex and its not nearly as good as this....:wackit:

[pepe123]

amazing wat u can do with a welder,skills, and elbow grease!

[turboh224g]

fenders were 10.75 inches wide, they were the widest ones I could find

[noname7198]

I got most of the car painted this week. We still need a dmax style hood and uras type 4 rear bumper though (pm me if you have one for sale). The color is cobalt blue metallic.

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This is what it looks like in the sun:
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Spraying the chassis:
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Finally fixed the rear end:
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j12/noname7198/IMG_0918.jpg

Mostly back together:
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[AGNT84]

double post sorry

[AGNT84]

lookin good. that set up looks like the business :bow:
keep up the good work :coold:

[turboh224g]

So my updates on the fab/engine/chasis stuff suck I know. Been really busy and haven't had time to post. Just got some bad news from R/T that the new engine won't be ready for April 2nd. So I am going to throw last years engine back in for the first event. Here are pics of the new setup almost done. Also found this when pulling the motor. New urethane mounts are going in.
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Front end bolts off with 4 grade 8 bolts headlights, grill, and intercooler included
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Custom turbo manifold off car
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj283/turboh224g/IMG_0893.jpg
Hot side piping complete, custom intake manifold complete, just need cold pipe
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[hardparkd]

ya'll did a awesome job at repairing the rear end!
:thumbsup:

[KOUKIboy]

Nice rebuilt!!!! love that color is pure sex sex seeeexxxxxx!!!!!! Nice job u guys!!!

[s14unimog]

Nice! I love how this turning out, excellent work!

[blockedwizard]

just read ur entire old thread n this one, real nice, i plan on doing alot of the work u guys did, taking automotive and welding classes in a couple of months. i hope to do just 1% of the amazingwork u guys did.

awsome thread!!!

[Project S13]

Great work you guys, just read both threads. I am also getting ready to dedicate one of my s13 to the track.

Why no new updates tho.