Defined Autoworks Makes TUBES!!

[GtoRx7]

I never really posted any kind of a build on here. So here goes. Our shop Defined Autoworks is taking one of our track(road race car) car's to the next level. I know most people on here are more into the drifting side of things, but Im not. My car will be competing in STR1. I got my competition license this past summer in this car, before the new modifications. The linked threads have the updates on the car before going under the knife.

Original thread

The new track car by Defined Autoworks - Time Attack Forums (http://www.timeattackforums.com/forums/show-shine/4029-new-track-car-defined-autoworks.html)

This one has a more updated version of the car.

Your typical s14 - Nissan Road Racing Forums (http://www.nissanroadracing.com/showthread.php?t=2298)

Ok so here at Defined Autoworks we are always trying to push the envelope on our own cars in order to offer a better product to our customers. There are two advantages to this, 1.If it fails we deal with it not our customers, 2.We have our game together so the customer gets the best product the first time.

My main goal of this build is to substantially increase torsional rigidity, and make the car lighter(strength comes first). After basically cutting my front end off( after making a jig to locate the shock tower's ) I realized s-chassis cars a paper. The s-chassis has to be one of the flimsiest cars ever made!!

The frame rails are single layer steel, along with the upper rails coming off the bulk head. In comparison the FD has 4 layers of steel in it's frame rails. The FD also has a rigidity rating of 10,000 newtons per inch, that is insane.


Ok on to the build. The first thing to do was make a jig to keep the geometry, I don't have pics of the jig unfortunately. We punched through the fire wall with the down tubes.

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I also fabricated steel boxes kind of like a roll cage. The front end structure can only be as strong as what it's mounted to, which without these boxes would be the paper floor. These boxes will tie the bulk head, floor, outer frame rail, and roll cage together. It it important to tie all these spots together so the tubular front section of the car is equally strong.

There is also a front side plate that will be welded on the bulk head as well.

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Here is the main down tube going through the fire wall.

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Just all tacked together

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The shock tower plate was fixed to the jig while the down tubes were welded in, then the jig was cut off.

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Ok when triangulating the chassis you have to think of it as a rectangular box. If you were to take you hand and hold both ends of the box you would be easily able to flex the box back and forth. If you added triangulation to the box right along the center plane it would not help much. The idea is to go from a lower corner to a top corner. You are adding triangulation through different planes of the box. Look at any race car chassis, the torsional structures are never triangulated in a flat single plane.

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I also have a distinct advantage of tube placement using the rotary engine.

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It's hard to really see in the pictures, but the tubes going back through the firewall form a huge triangle on both sides, and most importantly from a low point to a high point. This structure is not finished either, the two bars through the fire wall will form an X on the inside of the car. I still have to make these bars.

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Some liquid energy to keep working

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As she sits today. This project is by no means close to being finished. In fact this point is really the beginning. I still have to weld the boxes in as well. Like I said in my other thread, Im not trying re-engineer what nissan did suspension wise. I found no real fault with the handling of my car. Im just improving upon what is already there. Honestly macpherson strut car's are just as fast as a-arm cars, I.E. Cyber Evo, HKS Evo, Scorch S15. I wan't to go fast not try to make my self feel smarter than Nissan's billions.


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[BOROSUN]

Can you push that rotary back more?

[JDM king240]

I like how this is looking

[GtoRx7]

Can you push that rotary back more?

Ya we will be modifying the fire wall more and relocating the engine. The mock up engine is there for more intake clearance than anything. We will be making a custom slide throttle external injector intake for the car. A nice part of having the car running with a rotary set-up before is all the motor mounts have been made, and it's not quite as experimental.

[GripTerror]

update the nrr thread

[GtoRx7]

update the nrr thread

Should suffice until I put together the album of pictures, there is over 400 of them. I will post build pics in the next couple days. The two rotor is in another car, Im now using a semi-p port 20b with slide throttle itb's. Everything is made in house including all of the machine work, like the entire slide throttle, and our triple spark plug addition (all rotaries have 2 plugs per housing, ours has 3 now). This 20b made 475 n/a wheel in our fd, and with our new modifications inside and out we want to be over 500 wheel. More engine details are in the posted link below.

3 Rotor S14 by Defined Autoworks 1 of 2 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1UleOrNMpo)

3 Rotor S14 by Defined Autoworks 2 of 2 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdok_EsSy_c)

Here is a link to the engine now in the car, this is our other car. The FD is now going 4 rotor, so I could not let this 20b sit on our shelf.

Non-turbo 428rwhp FD build up and history - RX7Club.com (http://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-292/non-turbo-428rwhp-fd-build-up-history-937570/)

Like I said I have over 400 pictures to sort through, along with run my shop so it might take a day or two. Just wanted to post signs of life. She is almost ready to hit the track.

[D.Adams]

Pure amazing. Now i get to follow two build threads one one here and the other on rx7club

such a sick car i want to see it in action

[GtoRx7]

Also, I must have missed the actual build thread section back when I made the thread. Sorry mod's, if it needs moved thats cool.

-Thanks

[pogstar]

subscribed, this is awesome!

[KAs14slider]

I love this car. Saw it a long time ago in person at some random rx7 gathering (in MD if I remember correctly) that I came across while I went down to buy a motorcycle. And my friend just work done to his 20b fc by defined. Pretty awesome shop.

[GtoRx7]

Ok guys, I have neglected this thread pretty bad. Im not very good at build threads, as you can probably tell. Also forgive the terrible pictures. I need to invest in a new camera.

Well when I left off the s14 was still going to be using a 2 rotor turbo. I decided to put my 13b-t into a different car and put our n/a 20b into my race car. Im going to try and put the pictures in a time line, sort of.

Fleshing out the tube structure, weight is the biggest concern along with torsional rigidity. Here is the shock tower structure coming together. I opted to make the bar running across the bay non-removable for strength reasons. The attachments points of all the tubes were figured out by an engineer friend using a stress analysis program in his CAD program.

In these pictures the car was still going to be a v-mount 13b-t. We strengthened up the sub frame quite a bit. The FD subframe has a 4 point attachment system which works wonders for torsional rigidity. The sub frame now is a strength member for the tension rod mounting locations as well.

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At this point we were mocking up the n/a 3 rotor. The header from the FD actually worked in the s14 chassis without any modifications. The header is made from 625 Inconel, like what F1 uses on their headers. The inconel is really light weight and can handle heat much better than stainless.

The flash really shows all of the dirt and fabrication grime.

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We had to cut the floor and firewall quite a bit to set the engine back as far as we wanted to. You can also see The "v" shaped bars going up to the front roof bar. This "v" bar is what completes the "X" structure we determined was best to strengthen the structure. Triangulation is very important to fortify a structure. The goal was to make the "X" structure start as low as possible and run diagonally to the highest point possible, making torsional flex dramatically less in the windshield area. You can also see the bulk head boxes we constructed to tie the cage, frame rail, and bulk head together. The box on either side is also very important. If the box was not there then the shock towers would be welded to a structure that is welded to thin floor metal.

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You can tell here the entire engine is behind the shock towers. The engine is also using a dry-sump system so the pan is basically a flat plate sitting mm's away from the steering rack. Rotaries don't have the same vibration as piston engine's so we always solid mount the engines.

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Now the front structure to hold the radiator, lights, bumper, and front of the fenders. Once again weight is the primary concern. Properly using triangles allows the tubes to be thin wall small diameter tubing. Once the structure was done I could stand on the very front.

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Also holds the front oil coolers.

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Ok here is the fire wall after it was closed in. I used gold foil for a heat barrier since the engine is basically sitting in this space.

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Transmission crossmember. Super light and strong.

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Fabrication finished, now time for primer and 2 stage base/clear. Looks like candy.

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You can notice the "v" bar has been modified to clear the intake. Like any car compromises must be made to fit everything. We put a gusset on the bend of the bar and put a straight behind the intake from the curved bar to the dash bar, making an "X" again.

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We re-patched the opening we cut in order the weld the back side of the box to the bulk head.

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More paint

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You can see the a-pillar connectors we welded in. Tying the a-pillar into the cage completes the cage.

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[GtoRx7]

Reassembly process.

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Oil cooler inlet box. The Naca ducts on the quarter lexan feeds the rear oil cooler. There will be a fan on the bottom side along with low pressure. The top side will be fed with high pressure coming off the side of the car.

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Naca duct not installed in this photo.

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Now the Power, 500 to be exact. The N/A 20b.


polished e-shaft, and rotors. We used sapphire 1 micron polishing compound.

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8lb fly wheel

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Tilton 5.5 triple disc clutch. This is the same clutch NASCAR uses along with ALMS cars

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We had our machinist add a third spark plug to the rotor housing's. We are currently one of the only ones doing this. Mazda used the 3rd spark plug on the 787b. We are doing testing currently with some promising results.

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Dry sump pan. We made this pan around the sub-frame so the flat part can basically sit on the steering rack.

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Electromotive 62 tooth trigger wheel.

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Fittings we put into the block for custom pluming

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Engine in car finally. Attached to G-Force dogbox transmission, Mmmmmm clutch-less 10,500 rpm shifting!!

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Mil-spec connector's were used on the chassis

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Under side

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Custom machined dry-sump bracket. We were under time constraints, so nothing fancy. The bracket is super stout and does not flex.

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Old tiny brakes

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New cnc mono block ALMS brembo brakes. I have squat for pictures on these babies. They use a 1 inch thick brake pad in the front with 1 inch thick 14" rotor. The rotor is a floating design. We machine the hats to fit a 240, along with mounting bracket since they are radial mount.

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Same caliper just nickel plated, just some we have laying around!

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[GtoRx7]

Video of some break in miles, reason for street tires in some of the pictures.

Break-in Miles, Race Triple Rotor Nissan 240sx Defined Autoworks - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbz1p6hPz-k)

Once the spring is here more interesting videos will be posted, like track videos. I was not able to beat the weather this past year. I also want to fabricate lca's and combine them with the tension rod, making a lower a-arm (custom unit replacing both the tension rod and LCA). I have quite a few thing to do this winter to the car in order to be ready for competition this summer. The biggest thing I want to do is clean up some of the AN lines from the dry sump. I was not happy at all with how the line by the shock tower down tube turned out. I will be replacing most of the dry sump lines with hard lines from the engine. We are all ready using hard lines under the car for fuel, and the dry sump. I will try to be more diligent in updating the thread with better pictures.

Also, sorry for not having this in the Build Thread section. I started the thread before there was a dedicated section to build's, unless I did not see it at the time.

[onlydrinkkoolaid]

There is not a lot of things that make me jealous even when guys flirt with my girl but dammit man every conceivable thing I wanted out of an S14 rotary combination is literally in your builds. :bowdown:

[future]

Wait. Na 13b 1.3 is going to make over 500? Wtf

[jdizzy204]

3 rotor not 2

[GtoRx7]

Wait. Na 13b 1.3 is going to make over 500? Wtf

Possibly with a 200 shot of nitrous...... one time. It's 20b like stated before. You can check out the previous work we have done with the 3 rotor in this thread

Non-turbo 428rwhp FD build up and history - RX7Club.com (http://www.rx7club.com/build-threads-292/non-turbo-428rwhp-fd-build-up-history-937570/)

Pretty sure I posted this at the top of the thread, but one more time can't hurt. The FD is getting an engine up-grade, so I decided to re-commission the 20b with some up-grades of it's own.

[JFoxx]

in alot of rule books it says nothing can permiate the firewall..... im guesing for time attack this is not true?

[S-Nation S13]

wow fab work looks amazing

[future]

Okay, so really it's more like 300hp and a 200 shot of nos.

[GtoRx7]

...........

[GtoRx7]

Okay, so really it's more like 300hp and a 200 shot of nos.

No, this is not a 13b.. 13b = 2 rotor. This is a 20b which is 3 rotors. It makes 500 rwhp on the motor. No nos, no boost.

[Turbo Nismo]

Super sick build! Subscribed. I think there's a video of this car doing a burnout correct me if I'm wrong.
http://youtu.be/vHDX78z5V6s

[PureRush]

I wanna know how you get the motor in with that bar going across the engine bay

[GtoRx7]

Super sick build! Subscribed. I think there's a video of this car doing a burnout correct me if I'm wrong.
s14-burnout - YouTube (http://youtu.be/vHDX78z5V6s)


Yes it is. This is a couple years ago, when it was 2 rotor turbo.

[GtoRx7]

I wanna know how you get the motor in with that bar going across the engine bay

It's not in the way when the intake and water pump are off the engine. The dry sump pan being basically flat makes it easier also.

[epedomic]

you sir are a madman, kudos on all the custom work. your building some-kind of 240 that the world has never seen before.

[boyou2]

crazy...

the chassis build, the engine off course......you guys got skills......

[GtoRx7]

Picture while we were making the exhaust. You can see the soon to be exit for the rear mounted setrab oil cooler. The naca ducts on the side windows will feed the oil cooler. Im not finished with the duct work on the exit of the cooler. It will also have a fan pulling air as well.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh115/fd20na/Boring%20stuff/DSC03237.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh115/fd20na/Boring%20stuff/DSC03236.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh115/fd20na/Boring%20stuff/DSC03238.jpg

[kalypso123]

Simply sensational

[TheZ31Guy]

I wanna question the slicks.. O_o

[zurud]

why do you need muffler on this car? going to mall picking up jailbait?

[The_jerk]

this build is pretty crazy! i like it!
i dont know a lot about rotarys and i understand this is your race car but would a set up like this be streetable? would it require constant tuning?
i also have to ask why? why the s chassis and not an fc or fd?

[GtoRx7]

why do you need muffler on this car? going to mall picking up jailbait?

Race tracks do have decibel limits, and no human ears can handle an n/a 3 rotor at 10k with no mufflers.

[GtoRx7]

this build is pretty crazy! i like it!
i dont know a lot about rotarys and i understand this is your race car but would a set up like this be streetable? would it require constant tuning?
i also have to ask why? why the s chassis and not an fc or fd?

The car has been around for a while. It originally had a 13b turbo making 530 wheel. I had an FD before this car, but for some reason liked the s14 more. I really cant explain it, I just like this car. My s14 never had an issue with performing at the race track along side our FD track car either. I think the driver can nullify the difference between most well set-up chassis.

Our FD track car.

Defined Autoworks 3 Rotor RX-7 | What Monsters Do - Automotive - Motorsports - Lifestyle - Extreme Sports - Photography - Design - Racing - Drift - Enkei Wheels (http://whatmonstersdo.com/blog2/2012/07/27/quick-snap-monster-three-rotor-mazda-rx-7-fd-by-defined-autoworks/)

I don't really drive this car on the street much, just to test something out every once in a while. The engine set-up is really easy to live with. Really just change spark plugs every once in a while.

[GtoRx7]

Brembo photos. These are mono-block cnc calipers. These calipers are what grand-am/ alms cars use along with nascar. They have titanium inserts on the pistons and are really light over all. Front brakes, there about 8 inches wide. Wish I had a g35 Brembo to compare the size difference to, what my car had on it before. We had the hats custom made to get the right offset, and the brackets for the caliper mount.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/IMG_3719.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/IMG_3740.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/IMG_3724.jpg

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/IMG_3713.jpg


Here is an interior shot so far. I have the bumper off so the lights and stuff are in the cabin. Probably could be cleaner as well, just because it's a track car does not mean you cant detail the interior.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/IMG_3748.jpg

[The_jerk]

the sound that motor makes is so crazy different than everything else! its super cool.

[GtoRx7]

Here is a really late update. I made a lapse in judgement and temporarily sold the chassis. Fortunately I was able to fix my mistake and get the chassis back exactly in the same shape it left, basically it got stored for me. It's very rare to make a mistake and be able to undo the mistake like it never happened, I feel I am very fortunate to get my car back without it being altered or changed.

Here is a pic to kick start a string of new updates. I tore the car down right when last winter started to change a couple things. I also wanted to redo my dry-sump scavenge lines to reduce the medusa looking a/n lines in the engine bay. I want to reduce the line clutter ultimately in the engine compartment.

And I cant forget about the new kicks she got upon her return, 18x10.5/ 9.5 AME tm-02's. I think the wheels accent the brembo X9.060 brakes pretty well.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/photo-141_zps6669ce03.jpg (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/EfiniRX7/media/photo-141_zps6669ce03.jpg.html)

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x112/EfiniRX7/photo-144_zps43f59f32.jpg (http://s184.photobucket.com/user/EfiniRX7/media/photo-144_zps43f59f32.jpg.html)


Plenty of updates on the re-assembly to come. I just feel fortunate that I was able to undo my original lapse of judgement, and get my car back. Stay tuned for the re-birth of the nissan/ mazda freak.

[fearlessKouki]

wow crazy build! keep up the good work!

[zenkiset]

60793

all I have to say about this lol