Blake Olsen's s13 Coupe Drift Build *Not as cool as my FC, but also with a v8* !

[RolledAndPulledG]

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. Schwing

[coconutt]

I haven't been checking out build threads in a while, but glad I came across this. What a PIECE of SHIT that was lol.

Glad it's coming along well with greatness.

[RolledAndPulledG]

This is so awesome! I am loving it Blake

youre too kind!

[rsingh3g]

This is so awesome! I am loving it Blake

[RolledAndPulledG]

<3 that you're keeping the interior.

<3 :')

[Miroteknik]

<3 that you're keeping the interior.

[RolledAndPulledG]

lookin good man, how long did the full roll cage take to install?

I spent about 7 hours on it today. But I made a couple mistakes and wasted material early on, it's been awhile since I've done tube work so i was kinda rusty. Most of my time was spent fitting tubes and measuring everything multiple times to keep it perfect. If I did this more often it would have been much quicker lol. Maybe could have even gotten all the pieces made

[scweet14]

lookin good man, how long did the full roll cage take to install?

[RolledAndPulledG]

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

[RolledAndPulledG]

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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[RolledAndPulledG]

Cut your hair.

I was actually just checking myself out in the mirror and thought the same thing.

mmmhhmmm <3

[willis]

Cut your hair.

[pjurisprudencia]

mmmhhmmm <3

[RolledAndPulledG]

Good stuff all over the place

Haha thanks

Added you on IG btw (AKings_Heir)

Followed

yes bing0! so I guess your s13 its also "not as cool as my FC"

Lol ok

Literally said "holy shit" when I saw this picture


Your builds are crazy man.

I appreciate it man

[Jersh]

Literally said "holy shit" when I saw this picture


Your builds are crazy man.