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blu808

11-21-2004, 04:40 PM

He finished installing his APC Intake and Headers after two days of nonstop labor. Pretty schweet.

:)

Yup. on my 1992 geo metro.

Thanks guys. I will post pics.

420sx

11-21-2004, 05:23 PM

heres your sign....

Drunk Bastard

11-21-2004, 06:31 PM

http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086510.jpg
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086540.jpg
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086724.jpg
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086761.jpg
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086793.jpg
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086815.jpg
EVO WING!!!
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086683.jpg
MORE EVO WING!!
http://www.teamexcelracing.com/upload/public/img-1101086703.jpg

blu808

11-21-2004, 08:20 PM

Thanks Joe. Get her done !!!!.

Anyways, i looks alot better now.

Dutchmalmiss

11-21-2004, 08:28 PM

sweet car man. love the brakes too!

old_s13

11-21-2004, 08:29 PM

i could care less for the ouside of the car, but i must admit.. i see some interesting things in the engine bay that i kinda like..

props on the engine work, seems interesting.

blu808

11-21-2004, 08:34 PM

Thanks guys. I dont really care about how it looks either. Trust me. The car is flogged within an inch of its life every track day. We will be doing the fd season and wdc season next year. Look for it. Also it looks much better now. Also it will look clean once everything is painted..

Luke

nismo2491

11-21-2004, 08:38 PM

are those extra braces in the engine bay just for holding togethor the front end or do they actually add substantial stiffness to the chasis?
edit: ok I didn't see the missing wheelwells. real cute of me.

KEvin

XxJaPxOxNeEs23xX

11-21-2004, 08:56 PM

i want to gut out my engine bay like that, but if i do that would my car become weak and flex a lot?

wootwoot

11-21-2004, 10:07 PM

your not allowed to say get ur dun, your not from the south.

s14xman

11-21-2004, 10:25 PM

Damn more suspension picks please!!!!

Drunk Bastard

11-21-2004, 11:41 PM

painted subframe
http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1030.JPG

http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1054.JPG

http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1055.JPG

http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1052.JPG

http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1053.JPG

http://www.acfiles.org/joe/Thurs%2011-18/IMG_1019.JPG

s14xman

11-22-2004, 02:49 AM

damn that shiet is fuckin serious!!

The Riot Hero

11-22-2004, 03:59 AM

Dear god, what wer eyou welding with? stick? looks like a setup that is meant to be flogged the hell out of, very nice. i was doing the same thing with the tubing in the front of the s14, only slightly different, i wonder if it makes a noticable difference. good stuff, ill see you in atlanta then ;)

fastbacchris

11-22-2004, 04:01 AM

nice job, the welding is some crazy shit

Andrew Bohan

11-22-2004, 12:20 PM

nice fake blacktop! ahah
looks great. can't wait to see it in action.

are you really leaving the evo wing on it?

s13dan

11-22-2004, 02:22 PM

Got er did....

MakotoS13

11-22-2004, 02:33 PM

HARDCORE. that spoiler is kinda queer but the rest is awesomeness.

blu808

11-22-2004, 06:14 PM

Those welds were done with a mig that had run out of gas. We will be rewelding it this weekend. There is also a tube going across the front infront of the radiator.

It has stiffened the chassis like crazy. There is also gussets behind the fenders welded on.

The wing actually looks good on the car in person, and it should look ok when painted.

Thats not an attempt at a fake blacktop. that is a ceramic coating, the same was done to the block, head, intake manifold, tubo, turbo manifold.

Thanks for the props people.

mellojoe

11-22-2004, 07:13 PM

Eh. That car is stupid. :jerkit:

Sell it to me for 50 cents. I might buy it then.

:mepoke:

Lol. just kidding.

Looks GREAT.

PS: I AM from the south. GET 'ER DUN!! :D

wootwoot

11-22-2004, 08:05 PM

i will regulate who is from the south and arkansas makes it, barley. i had to research that because i wasnt sure. you are admitted to sleeping with family, extreme amounts of alcohol, loving nascar, being a racist dumb biggot, having a mullet, hating gays, posessing a raised truck, and saying get ur dun along with many other stupid privilages. how many ape hours were put into the...bracing i suppose is what i would call it? also is this car still going be street driven? and are you weary of any possible side effects come accident or do you believe this has actually improved slightly?

MakotoS13

11-22-2004, 08:43 PM

idunno but your engine bay is gonna cuss you out if you drive that sucker in the rain.

Ian

11-22-2004, 08:50 PM

uhh...it's a track car...i think it'll be fine...

that's SICK the way you gutted the fenders though...anyways i've never seen anything like that before...very cool

i'm interested in doing some chassis strengthening like that (after my accident i've been paranoid)

will that do anythign bad if you crash head on? or will it actually be stronger?

nismo2491

11-22-2004, 10:03 PM

Not sure exactly where the crunch areas are on the 240sx up front but if they are in front of the wheel well any front end collision would most likely be worse.
KEvin

blu808

11-22-2004, 11:06 PM

well its only a track car, so im not too concerned about it. We removed an excess amount of material because it is super easy to change the suspension settings at the track. As for rigidity. My dad is a structural engineer, we put the front frame area onto autocad, and with these points braced it showed almost 170% increase in stiffness from lateral, and longitudinal flex. As for the front bumper support being removed, there is a 1.5" od .0825" thickness piece of tubing in front of the radiator, going from frame rail to frame rail.

I will also post a pic of the fender bracing, and seam welding. after these few. Keep in mind the car is not finished, and it will be nice and clean when it is.

[IMG]http://www.akarimotorsports.com/images/IMG_0911.JPG[IMG]

blu808

11-22-2004, 11:11 PM

well its only a track car, so im not too concerned about it. We removed an excess amount of material because it is super easy to change the suspension settings at the track. As for rigidity. My dad is a structural engineer, we put the front frame area onto autocad, and with these points braced it showed almost 170% increase in stiffness from lateral, and longitudinal flex. As for the front bumper support being removed, there is a 1.5" od .0825" thickness piece of tubing in front of the radiator, going from frame rail to frame rail.

I will also post a pic of the fender bracing, and seam welding. after these few. Keep in mind the car is not finished, and it will be nice and clean when it is.

http://www.akarimotorsports.com/images/IMG_0911.JPG

http://www.akarimotorsports.com/images/IMG_1684.JPG

The Riot Hero

11-23-2004, 02:49 AM

looks goo d man, thats VERY similar to what im doing, hit me up on AIM or something, id like to shoot some ideas by you.

wootwoot

11-23-2004, 10:06 AM

how come my dad cant be a structural engineer = (

old_s13

11-23-2004, 11:02 AM

"My dad is a structural engineer, we put the front frame area onto autocad blah blah"

yeah well, my dad is takumi's dad..

beat that.

inertia

11-23-2004, 11:20 AM

Yo luke, great to hear that you got out of those charges.
Where did you get the Evo wing??? and how much was it????

blu808

11-23-2004, 09:44 PM

Thanks.
I got the evo wing off of my evo. So i guess it either cost me 32 grand, or it was free depending on how you look at it.

Ian

11-23-2004, 09:50 PM

hey luke, just wondering but how exact are those structural braces? and i missed it if you answered before, but how will those engine bay braces effect the front end in a crash?

blu808

11-24-2004, 05:02 PM

hey luke, just wondering but how exact are those structural braces? and i missed it if you answered before, but how will those engine bay braces effect the front end in a crash?

Im not too sure what you are refering to by how exact. They are very even on both sides though.

I would really think this would help out alot in a crash, due to the fact that the whole chassis is tied to these tubes, The only detriment would be from not having the stock bumper support in place.

Id-

11-24-2004, 05:33 PM

your not allowed to say get ur dun, your not from the south.

IF you wanna get literal, neither are you :) You're from florida, not even close to being "the south"
the south is all of alabama, mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, texas and southern georgia... florida is not included; its more of a eastern california; cept maybe the far northern parts of it on the georgia and alabama southern borders... being from the south doesnt mean you like nascar or are a racist either... thats getting a little too specific... maybe 30 years ago?

hehe... I laughed once when this guy from Miami said he was from the south... rofl :cool:

Var

11-24-2004, 05:37 PM

Im not too sure what you are refering to by how exact. They are very even on both sides though.

I would really think this would help out alot in a crash, due to the fact that the whole chassis is tied to these tubes, The only detriment would be from not having the stock bumper support in place.

there is less of a crumple zone now, because the front end is a lot stronger than stock.

bobafett

11-24-2004, 05:41 PM

sweet car, im jealous.

we do have the same air compressor though, so maybe theres hope for my car ;) jk

id like to see some vids of this car in action!!!