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

[Robitussin]

Ooh yes yes yes. That exhaust and side skirt combo will be perfect.

[laextreme5]

SO. In the midst on working on multiple customer cars, I've managed to get a small amount of work done on my own.

First up. Had a few parts come in. Roll cage tubing showed up. (not all of it, obvisouly. Will need to make a separate order as i need it) Tire for mock up came in as well. 335/30.18 toyo r888. And Lastly, the part dos of my wide body setup. Rocket bunny flares. Get over it. Been there done that, played out yada yada. Not like this they haven't been done. Promise.

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So actually on to getting some work done to the car. Found some spare time one afternoon and finished breaking down the wheel faces so that i could get them shipped out to get machined and the lips and barrels made to make a set of rear wheels for now. Once those are back ill mount the tire and we can get down to business to see how much hell I'm going to have to go through to make these suckers ft with the camber i want to run (minimal, purely for function here) while still making it sit with that perfect meaty, but still have clearance, stance


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Speaking of fitting wheels, have full gktech adjustable links, drop knuckles etc. basically there full 240 suspension system on order. Some parts are on back order so hopefully it doesn't take too terribly long for it all to come in. Still need to order some 5 lug hubs for when the suspension gets here so i will have some thing to actually bolt the wheels to.

Lastly, tonight after getting home, i got to mock up one side of the rb flares. OH BOY am i excited. Its exactly the look I'm going for. To say I'm excited is an understatement. Def going to need some trimming, splicing, and widending (front def, was expecting this regardless) but man will the work be worth it. You can see now why i am confident the sti varis flares will tie in well. Adds to the gt3 style car look. Also again gives the great place for the passenger leg hair remover, i mean exhaust.

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Also figured y'all would appreciate this. My wife grandfather gave us this awesome early 50s/late 40s stroller for me to restore for our current baby on the way thats is due soon. Pretty awesome little stroller. Our little boy is going to be pulling all the ladies at the track and meets/shows.

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[Grime]

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oh lawd

[laextreme5]

Was able to get a bit more work done while also working on the caddy. I took some weights of stock components. Fully assembled doors, hatch, hinges etc. Will be a good base/reference once i get the lighter componets in, to see just how much I'm saving.

Also picked up used set of 5 lug rotors to use as mock up. Now all i need is front and rear 5 lug hubs ordered for when the new knuckles and linkage comes in.


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[anti.engineered]

Baller

[Renchi_akuma]

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

[Suburuuh]

So, so good!

That paint drawing skills though!

[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!

[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.

[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]

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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[DER E30]

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

[anti.engineered]

Why the strut towers too?

[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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[190Evan]

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