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

[anti.engineered]

Just the big bulk buy of parts so far. But that's not conclusive I'm just somewhat talking shit

I have absolutely never seen anything like that on the edges of those wheel faces... like I've only disassembled a few sets of wheels but what the fuck?

[laextreme5]

here I was thinking you slept on a bed of money

what gave you that idea lol? i mean my wife and i do alright by ourselves but by no means do we have thousands laying around to spend on racer parts. I do a bunch of side work as well as my wife working both real estate and property management, wish i slept on a bed of money, this project would be done much quicker, money is the main hold up haha

[laextreme5]

Finally got some progress made, not the amount of progress i wanted to make, but progress none the less. Finally got a bottle of gas and got the welder setup to go %100. Started out by throwing on one of the gktech subframe gussets and then making a set of gussets/ load plates for where the trans mount would be welded.

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Ok so i finally also bought a daily. Decided against taking out a small loan on one the cars i wanted and picked up a truck. With a baby 4 months out id rather not have the second car note to deal with while trying to adjust funds with the newfound money sucker upper that is an infant. Plan is to drive it for a year and get something nicer next summer. Maybe ill get me my 911 I've been wanting for, well, ever lol Well here she is in all her glory. 04 silverado, needs a little love but she was cheap and a decent buy. Should come in handy towing racer stuff in the future.
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Alright, so the wheel escapade, here are some shots showing how the machined smaller edge site in relation to the barrel and the reinforcement bracket on the Lmt2's. The bracket has a 90* shape to it so as to acts as part of the wheel to press against the lip when bolted down, i dont see any reason it shouldn't work like Ray's or Nismo intended. Here are some detailed shots on how it mounts. Dont mind the face being upside down in the barrel, i was lazy....
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Also got a bit more work done on my motor mounts, got all the slag off from the plasma cutter and started to drill some mount holes and marked off some weight reduction holes. Drilling through 1/4" plate takes few minutes even with a drill press, and i wasn't really feeling that great tonight i just called it a night and will pick back up tomorrow. Was really wanting the drivetrain under its own weight by now but just ran out of time.
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Lastly, i did a bit of measureming and came to a bit of a predicament. The front tires i will be running vs the ride height i want to run is causing a bit of an issue clearance wise. Between tire, height, suspension travel room, and ground clearance, there just isn't quite enough room between the ground and the upper rail where the strut mount. So with that being said i will be chopping off the strut towers and relocating them in up and back a little bit along with removing the upper rail entirely and creating my own new upper rail that ties into the dash bar and roll cage. I won't say yet what size tire i will be running, but it will require a bit of wide body massaging for a bit of t300 esque fender looks for wheel and tire fitment, but not full race car, but not full stanced either. regardless its gunna be worth the wait.
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[anti.engineered]

Patiently waiting for my buddy to buy my wrx varis kit so i can order the suspenion so i can mock them up and get some new barrles ordered. The anticipation is killing me.

here I was thinking you slept on a bed of money

[laextreme5]

Well had too much going on last night to grab some shots of the wheel faces for you guys. Had some damn online test for work. Hopefully get back at it tonight to get some work done, and MAYBE get the drivetrain hanging under its own weight.

[Red_Arrowheads]

In one of the earlier images, you can see the braces:

[laextreme5]

^ This. It doesn't look structurally sound.



Huh... that's weird, I've never heard of that but I'll take your word for it. Can you post that picture you mentioned? The one that royalife posted doesn't show up for me...

Yeah ill grab a shot when i get home today. The way it bolts in with the brace makes it structurally sound. Must have been since these wheels came on GTR's and were made by nismo lol

[DUTCHswift]

Why does one side of where the lips attach to the face look like its sheared off? how will you even seal those?

^ This. It doesn't look structurally sound.

This is how every set of lmgt2 faces are made. They are like this so that the faces can be removed from the 1 piece barrels. there is a small backing plate to help sandwich the flange when mounted. I will get a picture tonight. But they will seal just fine. the two lips will be bolted up together and sealed there, then face comes from the bottom and bolts right up.

Huh... that's weird, I've never heard of that but I'll take your word for it. Can you post that picture you mentioned? The one that royalife posted doesn't show up for me...

[laextreme5]

Those wheels..... those wheels are secks.

Patiently waiting for my buddy to buy my wrx varis kit so i can order the suspenion so i can mock them up and get some new barrles ordered. The anticipation is killing me.

[JEllis1]

Those wheels..... those wheels are secks.

[laextreme5]

that's quite a predicament you have there. I thought you didn't want to run open trumpets?

obviously you're aware of the GT40 style cooling system you're employing which will run the head up over the trumpets, and if you keep them under the hood they'll suck up exhaust air. if you want to be anal and really avoid hot air (I would) the option you've drawn with the ambient air mixing it up would probably be fine, but you could chuck a reverse cowl on there too if it's your thing.

maybe do an edit and see how it looks with a stock hood and trumpets sticking out. maybe it's enough for you and you can ditch the reverse vents for the rad.

the blue 240 actually has a cowl hood on it before i drew all over it, not a bad idea but i dont really like the look. And like you and i have mentioned, its still a better scenario than sucking up engine bay air. if i lose 5hp because of warmer air, does it really matter? lol

[anti.engineered]

that's quite a predicament you have there. I thought you didn't want to run open trumpets?

obviously you're aware of the GT40 style cooling system you're employing which will run the head up over the trumpets, and if you keep them under the hood they'll suck up exhaust air. if you want to be anal and really avoid hot air (I would) the option you've drawn with the ambient air mixing it up would probably be fine, but you could chuck a reverse cowl on there too if it's your thing.

maybe do an edit and see how it looks with a stock hood and trumpets sticking out. maybe it's enough for you and you can ditch the reverse vents for the rad.

[190Evan]

Oh rad!

[laextreme5]

Ahhhh super rad, I'd go with moto ITB's for easier tuning. I don't know enough about running ITB's to be a valid source though haha

I dont have any experience with them either lol but its somehting that can be learned,ill figure it out. I mentioned it before but im mkaing my own itb setup using Ducatii 999r throttle bodies.

[190Evan]

Ahhhh super rad, I'd go with moto ITB's for easier tuning. I don't know enough about running ITB's to be a valid source though haha