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

[imschwaggy]

any plans to LS swap the baby? congrats by the way.

[laextreme5]

Hope to enjoy in this forum

Wow you're doing an amazing job.

Congratulations on your son. Here's some parenting advice, parent how you want to parent. Most people try to scare you about being a dad, with horror stories & such. (I'm sure your girl & you have heard much during the pregnancy) Just do you're own thing no matter how many people tell you you shouldn't be doing it that way. In the end he's your son, not there's. If you wanna hold him all the time & not use a stroller, do it. Seems like you have a good father already, so you know kinda how you wanna be and know what it's like. Some of us were not as lucky, so we have to strive to be that imaginary dad we always wanted. Good luck dude & keep banging this shit out

You both replied at 12:53, 12 hours apart. This is tripping me out.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words man. My wife and i are pretty set in how we want to raise our child, so others influence doesnt really affect us. We both had good parents growing so i feel as if we have a pretty good idea on how to raise him. However it would be naive of us to ignore all advice and suggestions.

We both realize most new parents are over critical over the smallest details and stress out over everything. My wife and i are both chill and laid back and dont really get stressd out by much. Honestly parenting thus far is fairly simple. when he cries he either is hungry, a dirty diaper, or he doesnt feel well. Just have to pay attention to what kinda cry it is to figure out. really not that hard and nothing to stress over.

[Greasy63]

Wow you're doing an amazing job.

Congratulations on your son. Here's some parenting advice, parent how you want to parent. Most people try to scare you about being a dad, with horror stories & such. (I'm sure your girl & you have heard much during the pregnancy) Just do you're own thing no matter how many people tell you you shouldn't be doing it that way. In the end he's your son, not there's. If you wanna hold him all the time & not use a stroller, do it. Seems like you have a good father already, so you know kinda how you wanna be and know what it's like. Some of us were not as lucky, so we have to strive to be that imaginary dad we always wanted. Good luck dude & keep banging this shit out

[phet_fresh]

Wow! Keep it up very awesome build

[CBREEZ]

damn, this gives the word "build" a whole new meaning!

[laextreme5]

Started working on my buddies Sti with the flare install. got cheeky and decided to throw my wheel on and see how ridiculous it looked. Just incase anyone was wondering, this is what an 18x15 -61 on a sti with Karlton flares looks like haha, just a wee bit of poke.

Also made the AT&T bars with some tires. 245s, 295s,and 335s.

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This also gave me a chance to see what the same size brakes i will be using with my wheels. They fill them up quite nicely.

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No real update on the 240. Got some info regarding my seat, ITS FINALLY EN ROUTE AND ON ITS WAY IN THE STATES. Fucking finally.

[Havemrcy]

If only I had the skills you possess I could save so much money but like alot of others I have to pay to get bodywork, welding, painting done by others sigh!

This thread is full of win win win!! Tits and sex and more sex lol I'm loving this build and can't wait for more updates.

[jon4862]

Subbed. You had me at LS swap and ITBs. Belated congrats on your boy.

[JDMexican]

I've been spending my lunches over the past week or so just reading this build thread from the very beginning.

It's insane and I love it. I love your attention to detail and I envy your experience and your courage in just jumping in. I've become quite hesitant in doing my own work (now that I have a mercedes that I'm not familiar with) but this type of work really encourages me to jump in. Many times that's the best way to learn. Mistakes will be made but if you're willing to put forth the effort, a solution can be found.

Fantastic work and I love how this vehicle is evolving in to something completely different.

[laextreme5]

Little time here and there I'm slowly getting stuff done.

Took home some tools from work to remove the quarter glass. Just like the windshield someone terribly installed them after having them removed and the glass wasn't really all that "stuck" to the car. People dont realize the windshield plays a vital structural role to the integrity of the chassis in a wreck. Granted the quarter glass doesn't, but who wants there glass to come flying off on the highway lol

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Once i had the glass removed i noticed the line where the roof meets the quarter panel. i always wondered where the roof line ended, and now i know. I also realized the "gutter area" that the rear hatch covers is part of the roof panel itself. This is a plus because that means i dont have to fill those holes. And this also means that the roof panel is the only joining panel at the rear since i removed that brace the other day. Again this is ok as the cage will the structural part up there. it also gives me maximum room to get the cage up and out of the way and have as much cabin space as possible.

This also means i have to get creative with the hatch hinge mounting. Will need to make some type of backing brace, and maybe make some small mounts that come off the main roller just as added security. Idk will have to play it by ear once i get the roof panel and hatch mocked up and tested.

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I also noticed that there is a large area that could be open to the qtr glass and increase visibility. Once the rollbar is in i can possibly look into cutting out this section and opening up the biggest blind spot on the car. I need to check and see if the lexan qtr glass is full clear or if they come with the blacked out sections from the vendor

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I also had a buddy of mine drop his car off for me to install his Karlton flares and his new wider Rpf1s. he showed up rocking hoosier slicks from driving an hour away. Like a boss.
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[laextreme5]

Finally got a bit more time to finish remove those upper braces from where I left off last time

This little fuckers were a bitch to remove, being high strength steel it took forever to drill through and a ton of force to bend and wiggle off.

Im glad i did remove them as there was some rust build up underneath the two outside panels. Nothing major, but would have sucked to get it all painted then have that show its face a while after.

After removing the two side pieces i was able to mark and drill out the center reinforcement. Again these will be obsolete once i have the cage in, so they were dead weight i could remove. All the work i did paid off as 1.I made more room to tuck the cage up and out of the way and 2. I removed 11 pounds from above the center of gravity. WIN WIN in my book. Just took a bit of time and sweat.

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[laextreme5]

Nice relaxing saturday so i was able to get some work done. Still slowly preparing the chassis to begin the cage work.

I removed the other side bracket from atop the wheel well. Need to order some properly sized thick tubing to use as the rear strut towers before i cut out the old ones.
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Also started to remove some sound deadening. i tried to find some dry ice locally but wasn't able to track any down. However the flathead screwdriver and hammer worked pretty well. I guess being 20+ years old didn't really help its case to keep its hold to the metal
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Lastly. seeing as I'm caging the car, this makes much of the upper roof and pillar braces obsolete. So i used the drill out the spot welds method and removed the two outer/upper braces. This gives me access to remove the central brace up top. Again i dont really need this brace as the roll cage will be doing its job, making it unnecessary weight.

I also cut out a larger portion of the roof so as much easier access to weld all the way around.

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[Hayce]

Congratulations Sir Ijustbecameafather.

Your car is meaningless now.

Repeat and so true...

[jalenda9]

You know, babies are lit

[laextreme5]

Congrats on the baby

You gotta take a picture of him in the dish of the wheels

Oh dont worry. Its on the list of garage pictures. We are taking newborn pictures sunday morning. My wifes cousin is coming by to do them. Prolly get a few shots on my table and toolbox as well.