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

[qboasso]

I just spent 2 hours reading this entire thread. And holy crap. I think I'm in love. Def subbing

[laextreme5]

Brought home a busted radiator and condenser from work to day in the rough size i think ima run. Threw a front fender on to get an idea of depth. After seeing it up there compared to the fender length, ill probably go the route of a shorter but wider core than what i used for mock up, overall width will be determined by how wide the mouth of the front bumper is, once it arrives.

We had a new m6 in the other day that had ran over a curb, and upon checking out the underside i noticed they had a flat cooler than the air ran threw and exited out the bottom of the car. This gave me the idea of mounting the condenser flat and exiting the air out the bottom right behind the splitter. I need to do some research on hoe much if any this will affect pressures differentials and front splitter effectiveness and downforce.

If the horizontal mounting of the condenser isn't feasible, ill more than likely just mount it directly to the radiator like all oem's do. This was just an idea to get the best possible uninterrupted cooling to the radiator, a side benefit is that it lowers the Center of Gravity, granted its extremely minimal but hey, it all adds up in the end.

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[Benwalsh91]

this is going to be insane when its done. can't wait to see the finished build.

whats the plan with the wheel centres, have i missed anything because it appears you have built the whees but left the centres untouched, or was that the plan?

think it looks quite cool untouched

[Funk]

tits

[laextreme5]

this is going to be insane when its done. can't wait to see the finished build.

whats the plan with the wheel centres, have i missed anything because it appears you have built the whees but left the centres untouched, or was that the plan?

think it looks quite cool untouched

They will be painted. Simply built that one wheel for mock up purposes.

[DutchieSaxo]

i still have Senza Pari's Fairlady as my number one build here on SW but i might think it's getting surpassed by this one. jezus fuck those wheels are insane.

i'm soooo in for more.

[laextreme5]

i still have Senza Pari's Fairlady as my number one build here on SW but i might think it's getting surpassed by this one. jezus fuck those wheels are insane.

i'm soooo in for more.

Hmm haven't seen that build, gunna have to check it out! thanks

[fackinsteve]

This thread is insane. The attention to detail is awesome and I love how its progressing, so good

[laextreme5]

Been a bit pre occupied latley. My baby boy is due any day now so over the last week or so we've been doing last minute preparations. We have a scheduled induction date of June 8th but doc seems to think he will pop out before then, so guess we shall see on that front.

On top of baby preparations I've also been slightly distracted by the new daily, 14 brz i picked up a few weeks back. Got a few small parts on order. Probably in a week or so ill start its own thread, but for now here are some pretty pictures of it.
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Alright enough of the daily. Time to get back to the 240. I was only able to knock out a small amount of work today, as I'm still waiting on my god damn fucking seat to arrive. I **** waiting on parts.....Anyway. I started to remove the hood hinge and upper rail outer reinforcements as well as the main cowl. This servers two purposes. One makes it much easier to route the front down tubes that tie into the main cage, two it eliminates some soon to be needed material (thanks to the cage) The cowl will be welded back on once cage and downtubes are in
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Now removing these now obsolete reinforcements leaves me with a good area to duct some engine heat out. I had a rough idea about what i wanted to do before i had removed any, but now that I've removed that i see that it can absolutely work. Ill be creating a triangulated vent on the top back end of the fender that will 1. Vent hot air from the engine bay and lower overall temperature and air pressure for better air movement for cooling, and 2. allow me to contour the air smoothly and with minimal drag around the side mirrors. I still need to remove those two small pieces however i want to keeo them in place until i run the down tube off the cage and can reinforce the hood mount holes so they dont get distorted.

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Ill be using a similar design as to what was made onto the Varis fenders that i had on my wrx, seen here

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[driftsucky]

I'm happy with your projects.

[TruTaing]

Projects look awesome! Those varis fenders look awesome!

I feel like I've taken a photo of your dad's car before. What area do you guys live in?

[DakarDario]

DOPE!
and WTF do you do for work?

[TWM Performance]

So many projects! The wheels look AMAZING

- Renato

[laextreme5]

Projects look awesome! Those varis fenders look awesome!

I feel like I've taken a photo of your dad's car before. What area do you guys live in?

We are in the New Orleans area, but reguarly attend shows and such on the gulf coast.

DOPE!
and WTF do you do for work?

Im a estimator/tech at my dad and I's bodyshop. Grew up here and just learned the trade from Junior high on up.

So many projects! The wheels look AMAZING

- Renato

Thanks!

[laextreme5]

My baby boy was born on June 7th, and we got home this past Thursday night. Fully expect to see project shenanigans with him posted in this build thread as well. Hehe

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The week before i had gotten a bit more done. I had finished removing the cowl from the front, and had removed one side of the rear seat/seatblet bracket that attaches to the inner wheel house and rear strut tower.

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After having that bracket removed and giving a good look, i think I'm just going to remove the factory inner wheel house completely and make my own. The mock up pictures with the wheel and tire were as high as they could go, as they were hitting the top of the wheel house. At first i was going to just modify the existing wheel house, but then i decided it would be
A. easier to just replace the entire thing with a nicer looking overall unit
B. allow me to remove the strut towers and make them 2'' taller to gain a bit more shock travel back after the car being lowered so much.

So in short new whole rear wheel houses and raised rear strut top mounts

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