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Blake Olsen's s13 Coupe Drift Build *Not as cool as my FC, but also with a v8* !
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91 S13 Hatch daily.
92 S13 Coupe HKS SR22
2011 Scion xb
1998 Lexus GS400 SOLD
1993 Lexus LS400 SOLD
1993 Lexus SC400 SOLD
I made a build thread :|
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Just bought a pair of Sparco Evo 2's with side brackets and sliders for this car. They should be here Friday :3
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Cool stuff happened today..Made a really good start on the roll cage.
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Load plates all made..4 are fully welded in.
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Main hoop. 1 finger gap near the pillar.
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Got up a majority of the sound deadening stuff. +1 dry ice.
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Fitted the rear braces in. within less than 1/8" side to side.
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Got the main halo in and tacked in place. This thing literally couldn't fit any closer, which is good because I'm tall so less chance of my head coming in contact with it.
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Good perspective of how close it fits.
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Front load plate made, just needs to be welded down once the cage is fully welded. I used a 3" holesaw through the floor so i can drop the cage through to weld the tops.
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Barely any tubing visible from the side.
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The down bars line up perfectly with the rear window. Looks great from outside.
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Front of halo, hard to tell but very square to the chassis.
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Gonna wrap up the a pillars, door bars, lower lateral bar, harness bar, and diagonal tommorow. Then i can start trimming my panels for a Full Interior :3 Lol streetcar
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Originally posted by scweet14 View Postlookin good man, how long did the full roll cage take to install?
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Originally posted by rsingh3g View PostThis is so awesome! I am loving it Blake
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Well after 2 WHOLE DAYS the roll cage is finished!
But lets start from where we left off...
So i left my house to head to the shop and my car got egged whocares
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Fitted the front a pillar tubes then dropped the cage down so i could weld the top of everything. Sat it back up where it needed to go and welded it for good.
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Started on the lower door bars. Made them level to the opening and clear under the speaker.
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Made the upper door bars and tacked them in place.
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Put in the first upright. Note the slight bend in the upper bar.
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The slight bend in each bar gave me just enough room to clear the inner door. 1/4" clearance
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This also gave me just enough room to keep the roll up window functional
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Speaker still usable..
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Everything fitted. Both sides perfectly symmetrical.
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Started fitting the diagonal. I used 1 1/2" .120 chromoly for it that i had left over from my rx7 build.
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Perfect notch after some trial and error.
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Welded everything up after I finished getting the harness bar perfectly symetrical to the chassis and brought the car home.
Playing with the idea of scooting the oem wing back 2"...thoughts?
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Also welded up my new Sweet MFG steering spline onto the oem shaft.
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Had to machine a delrin bushing to press into the spline piece to space the wheel out so it doesnt push on too far because PitstopUSA sent me the wrong on.
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Gonna use my wheel that came from my rx7 and Legend car in this as well..love this thing.
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Finished product..Super happy with the outcome.
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I was even able to keep my oem mirror..Gonna spray the headliner black with upholstery dye.
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Plated the rear cross bar to the chassis.
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Next on the list is to fit all the interior panels, make a rear aluminum firewall, reupholster my dash, strip the rest of the sound deadening stuff, then prep and respray the whole inside. And get my new Sparcos to sit lower. SchwingLast edited by RolledAndPulledG; 08-11-2013, 06:11 PM.
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Originally posted by RolledAndPulledG View PostAnyone here have any suggestions on how to get my seats to sit lower in this car? I got the new sparcos with s13 brackets and my head is near the roof, just like it was with the Bride. I dont want to have much more fab but its not looking good. :/
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