My S13 240 : Ls swap, Corvette trans,ITB's, Widebody, Stupid wide wheels,

[190Evan]

mmmmmm

[laextreme5]

I saw an update and thought... "Jesus this guy is moving so fast!"

"no real update other then me groaning about being too busy and still waiting on parts"


to do list:

//reply
//click the big X on the top right corner
//resume work activities

If it wasnt having to wait for parts and working on other peoples cars id be farther along. MY goal was 1-1.5 years till completion. I see that now extending to 1.5-2 years between baby and side work lol Both good things but they just take time away.

Glad i could lead you on. Im a tease

[LCG]

I saw an update and thought... "Jesus this guy is moving so fast!"

"no real update other then me groaning about being too busy and still waiting on parts"


to do list:

//reply
//click the big X on the top right corner
//resume work activities

[laextreme5]

Over the last week I've been extremely busy, and just haven't gotten as much done as i had wanted to. Between being busy at work and other projects that are timeline sensitive i need to do work on, which you will see below, have taken up my time.

Really can't do a whole lot at the moment, as I'm still currently waiting on my seat to arrive, dont exactly have time right now anyway as the RS I'm working on needs to be finished and wrapped up by Saturday for the local Subaru crawfish boil were debuting it at.

So in short, no real update other then me groaning about being too busy and still waiting on parts. Carry on

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Also heres a before shot of the RS. Every panel scratehed to hell and back, multiple dents on every panel, rust hole in driver floor, rusted out taillights housings, terrible gap fitment. She was a damn pain in my ass.


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[cruuz]

[laextreme5]

Ill actually be using T6 aluminum tubing for the roll cage.

[190Evan]

I hope you don't use that piping for the structure

[laextreme5]

you sir have some balls to cut it all off like that!

Eh, its just a car lol

Why the strut towers too?

clearance, in addition to building a stronger front section. There will be multiple triangles and trusses in the design to spread the load and create strength. You dont realize just how flimsy the stock stuff is till you hold it in your hands lol

You can see here in this mock up picutre. Under the fender the tire si up against the upper rail that sits just outside the stock shock tower. Ill be running tubing a few inches in right up against the shock tower, and higher up as well for gained clearance to the tire.

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This is a rough layout of what i intend to do. Fully tied into the cage and all. You can also see the portion of the upper rail i was referring to i was running into clearacne problems



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[anti.engineered]

Why the strut towers too?

[DER E30]

you sir have some balls to cut it all off like that!

[laextreme5]

Ah, was such a perty day today i couldn't not go outside and get some work done.

Well let start where we left off form working yesterday. After getting the car on jack stands, i pulled the motor and front subframe so i could start making the locating jig for the front LCA mount and strut towers
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Started off with making the jig by cutting the stock caster arms off to use as the locaters. since ill be using after market arms, it made the most logical sense instead of spending time making my own end to fit to the stock mount.
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After that i basically made an x to reach up to and over the stock strut tower locations
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I used the shitty ebay top hats as the locaters for the strut towers, as again, ill be going aftermarket and have no use for them. Welded some square tubing to them and then bolted that to the locater plate right above it. That way i can unbolt the mounts and allow removal of the jig overall. Once the jig was finalized i could cut off the stock strut towers. Well there is def no turning back now...
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I also cut off the frame rails right after the subframe mounts, since i incorporated the caster rod mounts into the jig as well. Having the freedom to move the front mounting point of the front LCA will allow me to mess with caster, camber, and anti-dive properties for even more in depth chassis tuning.

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[laextreme5]

So this weekend has been productive thus far. Got my Street Faction seat brackets in today. Very impressed with the quality and fitment so far. Decided to sell the planted ones i had as they didn't fit very well.


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Also was able to get the caddy I've been doing some work on out of the garage and could move the 240 back center stage.
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Went a head and cut up the other side of overs so i could fit the flares over them to see the overall width of the car. Also moved the rear flare up more, so now the top is in line with the hip line of the overs. Cant finalize positioning until suspenions and wheels are here, but its fun to mock up and check clearances and such thus far.

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And finished the day off with taking the front fenders off and getting the car up on jack stands so i can pull the drivetrain to make the jigs to locate the strut towers and front caster arm mount so i can chop off the rest of the front end.
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[laextreme5]

Baller

Ball is life

Always dope to see some quality work done on a 240. Keep up the good work

Thanks man! hard to break the typical 240 stigma

So, so good!

That paint drawing skills though!

Hey hey, on a laptop its pretty tricky, dont judge too hard.

Looks so mean!!! Almost like a nasty-ass Z31 from this angle. I'm so excited to see this thing evolve, keep it up!

HAHAHA best reply ever.

[toddzilla]

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Looks so mean!!! Almost like a nasty-ass Z31 from this angle. I'm so excited to see this thing evolve, keep it up!

[Suburuuh]

So, so good!

That paint drawing skills though!