Too Many 240SX - R/T Tuning Race Car Prep

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

And so it begins...

Shawn's are getting ready to go under the knife.

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In desperate need of some dry ice...

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Tim cleans seams.

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More to follow...

[180sxDrifter]

damn complete strip down

[s14drftstn]

Ahhh looks like a good start, what motor is going in?....oh kinda off topic but, Have you/do you tune Emanage (blue)???

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

SR20DET. Yep we tune e-manage, you need a tune?

[sean350z]

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That's some negative camber :mrgreen:. Looks like you guys are doing it right. Plans on a cage?!?

[noclutch]

If they're getting ready to seam weld I would assume they're going to do a serious cage.:wink:

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

Tubbed fronts, seam welded, radical cage, camber out the booty. These cars are going to be the cat's meow.

[sean350z]

Hot sauce...sounds tastey

[On Sale]

dude i know the owner of that car. i used to drift around town with him all the time. it took him awhile to get that thing ready to be built. heck, i learned how to drift in that thing haha.

[Wiisass]

Someone needs to call that number on the windshield.

[auk113]

if you google that number 2 things come up

R/T and some guy named David C Klink

[SlideWayzS13]

Nice! High Five! Feel like putting another cage in an 89 coupe?

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

And the stripping continues...

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[180sxDrifter]

how much to do a simple roll bar with harness bar in a coupe?

[Wiisass]

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Spot welding is done, cage goes in this week. Mac's car is next, it should be getting spot welded this week and hopefully I'll have that cage started by the end of the week as well.

Some more pics here:
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[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

Rear fenders be gone...

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Ready to weld back together...

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To be continued...

[the mike]

Oooooh, aero bumper. I want one......

[james_ls]

LoL Deuces face sumed up the entire project...

[Wiisass]

Well here's mac's car under the knife. On this car I did some seam welding, fixed a lot of rust and put a normal 6-point cage in. I still need to tub the fenders which will hopefully get done today and do gussets for a lot of the joints once the dimple dies show up, which should hopefully be either today or tomorrow. Anyway, on to the pics.

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Here's the car in my little section of the shop.

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I was doing the final cleaning on the seams in the engine bay and came across this.

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That's what the other side looked like once I got all that **** off of the metal.

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So I cut it out.

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I grabbed some 16 gauge sheet that I've been using and patched up the frame rail.

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And then put another piece on to cover up the rest of the hole and tie it together.

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Engine bay shot with that and another spot I had to patch.

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Other strut tower, there were two spots I had to patch on the top and another big spot at the bottom of the tower. This side wasn't as bad as the other side. On the other side the rust went through both panels, on this side it was pretty much only through one, so when I ground it all off, I needed to put something on it to patch it all back up.

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Another rust patch and one of the front floor plates.

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Main hoop and floor plate in place. I really like the way the floor plates came out, now I just need to buy a nice box and pan brake and a nice bandsaw, so I can get them made a lot quicker.

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And now the cage is pretty much done. I just need to weld in those two front cross bars.

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Side shot.

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Shot from the rear.

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Passenger's side middle floor plate.

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Driver's side.

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Driver's side front.

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Passenger's side front.

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Passenger's side shock tower.

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Driver's side shock tower.

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And the holes that I'll be working on today.

This is just on Mac's car. I started working on Shawn's car before this, but Mac's car is taking priority right now, so it's getting done first. Just a little more welding and fab work to be done and then it needs to get all cleaned up and go out for interior and engine bay paint. I'll post some pics of how shawn's car is coming along later, I already spent too much time making this post. Maybe soon I'll be able to get my coupe in there and get started on this stuff for myself, maybe.

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I want to thank Wawa for being open 24 hours and making all of this possible.

Tim

[180sxDrifter]

thats a nice cage.. loving the progress on these cars

[whitezenki]

I want to thank Wawa for being open 24 hours and making all of this possible.


Wawa FTW... the night guys no me well, comin in there at three in the AM all the time...


cars look awesome, gonna be an awesome finished product

[highmilehatch]

Cars are looking good guys!

[SlideWayzS13]

Damn you guys do some serious stuff, no joke haha. Can't wait to see all the cars done and painted.

Let me know as soon as you get the prices on the cages up, and also wondering if you guys would weld the gears on my open diff??? Yes I know it is the "cheap" way out but just till summer time when I actually make some money. Let me know. Great work again guys!:banana:

[subwrxkid]

Wait, Mac, you got a 240? No more 350z?

I should really come up to the shop and see some of this stuff. You guys do some really sick work!

[95TurboDC2]

yo mac!!!! whats up dude!!!!! my **** box is coming in on monday......take care of it for me!!!!!

[dturbocivic]

<--- wondering why you install the floor plates 1st ??? is this your 1st time doing this? id also like to see that you welded all the way around the tubes, up at the main halo, and also the b piller loop.

on another note.... Nate's gonna get mad now that you're taking all of his idea's !!!!!(& money)

[EvlEgl]

Rockstar Juiced is THE ****!!!

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

Wait, Mac, you got a 240? No more 350z?

I should really come up to the shop and see some of this stuff. You guys do some really sick work!

Had this 240 for a while now, 350 is still on, just gotta move this S2000 first. Gonna wait till it is a little warmer out, the convertible is a tough sell this time of year. And you definitely should make your way up here sometime.

yo mac!!!! whats up dude!!!!! my **** box is coming in on monday......take care of it for me!!!!!

I will make sure your care gets that extra special R/T Tuning love.

<--- wondering why you install the floor plates 1st ??? is this your 1st time doing this? id also like to see that you welded all the way around the tubes, up at the main halo, and also the b piller loop.


First time, yes. Floor plates were tacked in and the bars were fit up, and then welded in. They are where they are because that is the strongest part of the structure, given the rules we have to work with for various race series. I will point Tim towards this, since he is the one who built the cage and is a mechanical engineer so he can speak more to the reasoning behind everything.

[dturbocivic]

mac, i dont think you understood what i was trying to tell you. i dont know your order of 'operation' so to speak but.... (i dont know if you guys did this or not, just that i didnt see it in your pictures, and i also noticed the tops of the tubes not welded in one pic)

if it were up to me....

1- fit the cage in the car without the floor plates
2- hole saw underneath the tubes, drop the cage down through the body, weld the tops of the tubes
3- pull the cage back up/slide floor plates under. then finish welding.. etc etc...

this way its a real tight fit up around the top of the cage(more head room)

other than that small quirk.

looks good for the 1st one

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

mac, i dont think you understood what i was trying to tell you. i dont know your order of 'operation' so to speak but.... (i dont know if you guys did this or not, just that i didnt see it in your pictures, and i also noticed the tops of the tubes not welded in one pic)

if it were up to me....

1- fit the cage in the car without the floor plates
2- hole saw underneath the tubes, drop the cage down through the body, weld the tops of the tubes
3- pull the cage back up/slide floor plates under. then finish welding.. etc etc...

this way its a real tight fit up around the top of the cage(more head room)

other than that small quirk.

looks good for the 1st one

Yeah, the tubes are welded all the way around. Some bars are just tacked in in some of the pictures, cause that just happens to be when the pictures were taken.

As for the process I will let Tim speak to that.

[dturbocivic]

sounds good man !! you guys have alot of cars coming out this year, i hope it all goes in your favor !!

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

You aint kidding. This ones gotta be on the road in about a month, including paint. This one is gonna be tight.

[dturbocivic]

i see alot of coffee and late nights in your future :P

[Wiisass]

i see alot of coffee and late nights in your future :P

We've already seen a lot of late nights and a lot of coffee. Mac can't really handle coffee too well, so it's kind of funny, but anyway.

As for the fitting up of the cage, layout of the cage was planned first, so I knew where everything was going. The fabrication of the floor plates, bending of the bars and the notching was all taking place at the same time. I started with the main hoop and the main hoop floor plates and tacked them in place, then did the rear shock plates, the rear shock bar and the two rear braces so I could finalize the position of the main hoop. Then the rest of the bars in the main hoop and behind it were fit up. Once everything was fit up, like this, it was pulled out and the floor plates and shock plates were welded.

The position of all the bars in the rear was fixed before anything was final welded. And the cage fits pretty tight to the body. Of course, it could fit a little tighter, but it gives more than sufficient clearance for the driver. And we were able to weld completely around every joint with everything in place. So there was no need to hack up the floor with holes so I could drop the cage down or build up boxes so I could raise it to the roof.

I'm not really a fan of the cut a hole in the floor so you can squeeze out that extra half an inch of clearance between the top of the cage and the roof. I would much rather cut the roof off and do it the right way, but that's a little beyond my scope at this point.

As for welds around all the tubes, the only two tubes that don't have welds are the ones that I said weren't welded in my last post. The front dash bar and the bar that goes in front of the driver's head. They're tacked in place, but haven't been fully welded, but they will be and once they are, every joint on the cage will have a full 360* weld.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Done and done. Fenders in the works, pics soon with wheels fit all snug and pretty. Get excited! Fitting 18x10.5 in the front is no big deal in ballertown.

[SlideWayzS13]

Ok yea def..if you wanted to weld one for me and then I can give you mine also in exchange with money. Get back to me asap I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot!

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

Ok yea def..if you wanted to weld one for me and then I can give you mine also in exchange with money. Get back to me asap I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot!

You got a PM.

I am gonna try and get Tim to weld one of our open diffs this weekend or early next week, that way we have a welded diff in stock at all times.

[Wiisass]

And after 30+ hours of work.....


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Pictures of important stuff to come soon.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Assholes

[Wiisass]

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Engine bay shot, fenders tubbed for big boy wheel fitment.

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Other side with wheel on to double check fitment in other areas.

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Side shot. Door bar gussets.

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A and B pillars are both gussetted and on both sides of the bars.

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Harness bar and main hoop diagonal brace gussetting.

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Looking in from the rear.

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Back of the b-pillar.

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Door bar closeup.

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Back of a-pillar.

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Other side.

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Front shot.

And that's it for now. The car was just taken to get the interior and engine bay painted. So once it comes back it's time to start installing stuff and turning this awesome chassis into an amazing car.

[subwrxkid]

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I love how the engine bay looks with the fenders tubbed out, soooo clean! What color is it getting painted?

Next Project:

RT Tuning helping me out with some extended studs and 10mm wheel spacers so that I barely clear my fenders. WRX with a +35 would be insane! :mrgreen:

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

White, the engine bay/interior is getting painted super bland white. The exterior will get a white with some kinda flake in it, gotta make up my mind on the exact flake still. Trying to keep the paint simple so color matching is simple when the current aero get trashed.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Mac is to busy eating big donuts to pick a final color.

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[TireFire]

LoL Deuces face sumed up the entire project...

deuces face sums up alot of things

[dturbocivic]

that thing is looking sick !!

[BMS]

You guys do some insane work, keep it up.

[95nracer]

That body is looking very very stiff! Good job on the front fenders.

[jspek]

thats rediculous. rediculously cool haha.

[sisforsurfing]

Agreed, everything's looking crazy good. Glad you keep posting updates, the tubbed front looks gnarly. I thought most people just tubbed rears, hah, guess I don't know my 240's.

"big boy wheel fitment," hahaha

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

Rear wheel fitment on the 240 is pretty easy in terms of sizing + you don't have to deal with turning. To turn big wheels in the front (in this case 10.5"s), tubbing the front is the only option.

[TurboTagTeam]

At least some people are catching on. It's crazy how many people build cages for their cars and fail to reliaze the importance of gusseting the cage to key points on the body.

Nice work. :thumbup:

P.S.---what are you using to punch the holes in the gussets?

[dickerdieter]

as our favorite rich ass slut would say "thats hot"

[Mac @ R/T Tuning]

what are you using to punch the holes in the gussets?

Hole saw with dimple dies.

[dturbocivic]

paint it brown with rainbow jimmies !!!! :bigeek: :lol: like that huge donut !!

looking good man

[anthracite93]

Tim looks like things are going well...your signature milds and rockstar energy drink on the table proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was your work...impressive

[Wiisass]

Thanks Jimmy, you need to get up here sometime soon.

The car just got back from paint.

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[Jourdan]

this is awesome.

[anthracite93]

I definitely do, car looks great, now get that motor back in there and try to flip it.

[BradC]

absolutely gorgeous work guys.

[jspek]

looks sweeeet!

[dturbocivic]

more pics !!!!!!

[Ace]

Excellent progress guys...looks like everything is coming along nicely!


As far as suspension settings, you don't need huge camber at all in the rear on a prober FR setup...

Most S chassis guys all run the same settings, as per Mike Kojima's book...

Camber=
Front -2.5 to -3 Rear -1 to -2

Toe=
Front: Zero Rear: Zero, or maybe even 1/8" in (driver preference)

Caster=
Front: +6 (Through use of SPL or similar tension arms)

Also, with everything out of the car, perhaps also look into some chassis stiffening foam (per the thread on www.freshalloy.com)...one last step to achieve a perfect chassis!


Again, nice to see...lets hope your engine setup fits the car....we want 350 ft lbs from 3200 to 7000 :)


-Another S chassis supporter :D

[subwrxkid]

dude, the paint turned out sick!

What nardi wheel is that? I need something new since the kid in my neighborhood copied me and went and got the same wheel. WTF!

[Wiisass]

Kojima wrote a book?

As far as alignment settings go. Keep in mind that it's going to be a drift car most of the time, so, at least with this one, we aren't searching for that last extra amount of lateral force from the tires. But for camber, at the height we're going to be, we might need a little more than -3. Once you get too low, the angle between the lower control arm and the strut gets greater than 90*, you will get positive camber gain in jounce and will be losing even more in roll. So depending on your springs and how bad the effects of the positive camber gain are, you may want to run a little more static camber. I know Jason Rhodes, who built that bad ass S13 for national autox competition, was running something like 4*.

As for rear camber, it will also be a little more than what you said. Partially, so we can fit the wheels and tires and because we're going to be running pretty big tires for drifting.

Toe, we're going to mess around with a little. It will probably end up being close to zero. But I've always like a little out in the front, a little in in the rear. But that also depends on bumpsteer and how the wheels react to that and how much I can dial out with the tie rods I just had made.

Caster will probably be more than that, probably closer to 8 than 6. It will help with steering feel and steering return.

I don't know about the chassis stiffening foam. I really just think at this point, it's going to be adding more weight than it is worth. The chassis was stitch welded and the cage is tied in pretty well. And to get any real stiffness out of that foam, you have to use a higher density something like 8lb/ft^3 or 16 lb/ft^3 (I think those numbers are right) and I don't know how much it would use and I would rather not add the weight if it's not necessary. I think it's a great idea for a normal car that doesn't have a cage, but with the cage and the chassis work I've done to this car, I don't think we need it.

For power, we're going to be running the same turbo you have, so we'll be able to make some decent power. The car really doesn't need much more than 350whp to do good at what it's going to be doing. We just want to make sure it's reliable and doesn't have any problems.

The steering wheel is a 330mm deep corn.

[BMS]

^Is this car for drifting or road racing

[Wiisass]

It's probably going to see more drifting than road racing, but it will see both.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Got the factory fenders cut out and the fiber glass cut and stretched to fit.
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Fuel door modified to sit flush with the fender. The sucken look is mega gay.
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Remind you of Hellraiser? They are CLECOs and they hold the peices in place for mocking up and can be removed for paint then we can rivet them on for good.
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More of the car.
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The other side of the car.
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A few but not all of the wires being removed from the harness. It's a race car all that bull **** isn't needed.
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[s14drftstn]

I cant wait to see it done. keep it comin.

[philly_s14]

I cant wait to see it done. keep it comin.
word. cant wait to see it done too.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Motor going in.
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Some boxxed out action. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/394514750_556d66de39.jpg

[180sxDrifter]

wish I could have this car lol

[minime]

specs on the motor?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

This motor is going to be rather simple because we are shipping it out and won't see it back for months so it has to be very reliable. Just shooting for like 350hp it is a demo car mostly. Our other drift cars that will follow after this one have more into the motor being they will be used more for comps. Be ready for the full build on them as well.

We got this motor and it was an extremely low mile motor. So we left the bottom end factory being it will withstand the power we are trying to acheive at this moment. Besides that we put in new gaskets and pumps to make sure everything is up to par. Parts and drive train are as follows.

Ecu: Apexi Power Fc
Intake Manifold: Greddy
Intake Manifold Gasket: Hondata Heatshield
Head Gasket: Apexi 1.4
Cams: Brian Crower 272
Springs: Brian Crower
Turbo: Gt2871R GtRs style with HKS Actuator
Injectors: 740 Tomei
Intercooler: Greddy Front mount
Oil Cooler: Custom set up with Phase 2 Block off plate and inline filter.
Radiator: Koyo
Exhaust: Tanabe
Downpipe: Tanabe
Clutch: Unsprung 6 puck ACT
Drive Shaft: Drive Shaft shop full aluminum one peice
Dif.: Kaaz 2way

Im sure I am forgeting things but that is a basic over view.

[BMS]

What level of competition are you guys going to be competing at

[Wiisass]

For this car, it's unsure at this point. Like Shawn said, it's going to be seeing a lot of demos. But it might be doing some smaller drifting comps. The other cars will probably see more competition than this one and in varying degrees, drift, road race, hill climb.

[subwrxkid]

Won't the car be in drift alliance's possesion? For them to drive and drift with?

[Wiisass]

It will be with them for a lot of the time, but we will have it back for some events.

[subwrxkid]

Did Mac ever get the Status sponsorship on seats?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Time will tell.

[OBEEWON]

Hotness. Those Works are flush like a toilet. You must paint the car pink.

[PaleDSM]

Lookin very clean boys, very clean indeed.

Is Pat ever not a grease ball? :D

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Pat is who he is. A ****ing Rockstar!

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Well I have been slacking on this post. Here are some more pics.

Back from paint, same color white as the interior but it has a **** ton of pearl. Came out cool with a creamy hint to it, the damn flash is making it hard to have the pearl show up in the photos it shows way more in person.

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Tim playing in the wiring nightmare. Making things longer at the moment. So they can be placed properly out of the way of wheels and hot things.
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The sweet oil cooler and filter set up.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/429794747_378e9b1112.jpg
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[a_ahmed]

anymore updates?

I am curious about the hatchback, I see the coupe is done. I have a hatch.

Any plans for grip road racing/time attack?

You said this car will mostly be for drift. If you were doing a grip racing oriented car what would you do differently that you have done to this car?

And last but not least, what white color is that :P What pearl did you use, etc... Looks awesome and super fantastic!

[04 Turbo Spec]

looking good i cant wait to see the finished product

[Wiisass]

The coupe isn't close to being done. There is a still a ton of stuff left to do. I would like to take it to a couple track days and see how it does. It should be a lot of fun and depending on when it needs to be in certain places it would be a possibility.

As for the difference between this and one built for grip, I probably wouldn't change much. Other than alignment and tire sizing, most of the car would probably stay the same.

The white is something white, I don't remember, maybe alpine white, that sounds like a color. The body shop put in the pearl, and I don't know anything else about that other than it's blue.

Greg, I can't wait to see the finished project either, I just hope I can see it sooner than later. Or maybe the whole car will burn to the ground when I hook up the whole wiring harness.

As for the hatch, it's got a main hoop and the a-pillar bars in it. And by in it, I mean they're sitting on the floor in there. On friday, I bent 2 sets of bars for Shawn's car and for mine. So I just need to get some of my mess or wires and other miscellaneous crap organized and maybe some cages will come out of it, well at least one, I might end up just doing mine elsewhere. But Shawn's subframe, fenders and cage should be in, in the next week or so. Depends when I feel like doing it.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

The HB hmmm I ordered tires so I can stretch them on the wheels and then get everything back on and mount them so I can see how much of the front of the car needs to be cut out.

[JDober87]

still looking real sweet, wish I had the money for a project like that!!!

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Well she went on her maiden voyage last night. We pulled an all nighter to finish the car for our Club Loose drift event at Englishtown. Did some tire testing for a pending sponsor for the car. It drove well and looked rather good if I do say so myself. Didn't put the kit on yet so here it is as it stands.


Strapping it down to tune.
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We were crunching to get it done. The doors and fenders were actually put on the car as we were running it the dyno.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/465481538_7df0b38ce2.jpg
AIM sports cluster.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/465481578_dd50b8d27f.jpg
Day after the event, it is still together no damage.
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[180sxDrifter]

car is looking real good... almost finished too

[BradC]

AIM sports cluster.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/465481578_dd50b8d27f.jpg


Love it. Great work guys

[jspek]

in action with petty drifting emo...
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9673/dsc9552up4.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6733/dsc9553rb0.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4229/dsc9584tt3.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7589/dsc9607ai1.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/3914/dsc9585cf1.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8193/dsc9606fo6.jpg

[04 Turbo Spec]

very cool, so whats up with no front end or bumper

[jspek]

they didnt get it on yet. good this cause there was a nice smudge from a cone on the fender haha. dont know if its still there tho. i stilll think the tape should have stayed on the window trim haha.

[moorefire]

very cool, so whats up with no front end or bumper

bumpers? we don't need no stinking bumpers!

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

In the little bit of time we had bumpers weren't a big concern. We were trying to get the car dialed in and run how we want. Also all we need to do is loose a bumper on a shake down day before D1. Who wants to deal with having to get another one in and get it paint matched and stickered. You will see it all together soon enough.

[highmilehatch]

Nice and clean. The car looks good!!

[subwrxkid]

wow, amazing car.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Ya it is kind of a big deal. Keep posted we will have more pictures of it done soon because this car will be in the D1GP on May 4-5.

[jspek]

should i be there to take pics?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

I think it would be a good idea. It is going to look sweet and your probably going to be there anyways seeing how you like to take pictures of sweet cars. We will have our big trailer there and everything as well.

[foss]

looks sick, what fenders are those?

[Wiisass]

origin

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Full origin kit is going on the car.

[Vince@R/TTuning]

should i be there to take pics?

iF u could make it that would be awesome...i would like to get a few pics of it before it gets cracked up...

[TROLL]

yo guys, i'll be at D1GP with a media pass covering the event for a news/events section of the forum we're putting together... will you be racing on Saturday definitely? Let me know what your schedule is and if I can I'll make sure to get some good shots of the car on the battlefield.
by the way, it looks amazing... very very well done. i love coupes and i love pearl white. and i love diamond black wheels too...

[evomike]

as far as i know theyll be in the driver search on friday both days will be fun

[TROLL]

so its if you do well enough on friday you get in on saturday? thats what i'm trying to figure out... just hoping i'll be able to get some good photos of you but its looking like i will only be there sat and sun

[evomike]

i am not sure the driver search is for people to get their d1 liscence, im not sure how it goes for qualifying for this d1 but i think not

[Vince@R/TTuning]

practice is thursday, driver search is friday and if we qualify then we will be there sat. well see..

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

From sexy too..... ouch.
http://s31.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/sprinter666/1178636839.pbw&os=1

[TROLL]

car is one of the prettiest out there... too bad about the crash, doesnt look too horrible though luckily.
and that slideshow gives me a serious headache... perhaps something a little less... zoomy.

[jspek]

From sexy too..... ouch.
http://s31.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/sprinter666/1178636839.pbw&os=1

eh its broken in now.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Ya I didn't make it. I don't even know how to do that **** I would rather just put the pictures up but I don't know how. And thank you we work hard to make "pretty" cars. We will rebuild her and lots of other **** will be flowwing out of our shop soon.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
http://www.elusivemedia.com/gallery/d/46490-2/IMG_0598.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/sprinter666/IMG_3920copy.jpg
Ooooppps!!... Clean cars are for pussys!!! AHHAHAHAHAHAHA
http://www.elusivemedia.com/gallery/d/46577-2/IMG_0676.jpg
http://www.elusivemedia.com/gallery/d/46586-2/IMG_0679.jpg

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Some pre smashed Photos I just found.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/498421478_a325e8ab07.jpg
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[subwrxkid]

what wheels are on the 240?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

They are Work XD-9s in wmb. The 5 spoke wheels are Work Equips.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Watch it our car eats it half way through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcND_lq0A2Y

[twistedlanes]

What was it about that corner that everyone liked so much?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

You mean where everyone crashed?

[jspek]

whos this guy?
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/9817/dsc1205qc0.jpg

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

HAHA you got that. It was directed at Antony. Have any more pictures of the car. Now that it is dialed in pretty good be nice to have some mega smokey drift shots.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Found them thanks Chaz.
http://images24.fotki.com/v854/photos/1/1156588/4996093/DSC_1108-vi.jpg
http://images23.fotki.com/v875/photos/1/1156588/4996093/DSC_1092-vi.jpg
http://images23.fotki.com/v868/photos/1/1156588/4996093/DSC_1076-vi.jpg

[jspek]

i have a lot more just have to get them edited. i might spend some time making them look good.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

Thank you Chaz kick ass as always. I will have Ivan give you a big hug later.

[jspek]

aww ivan is like a big asian teddy bear. hahahahaha.

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

http://endless-studios.com/petty1.jpg
One of Chris Forsberg about to rip it up in our car. You might know him from Drift Alliance......Oooohhhhhhh
http://endless-studios.com/chrisf1.jpg

[SLDWYSJDM]

Im a 240sx guy but call me crazy because I like the look of the badass FMIC better than a front bumper.

[Create240]

AWESOME! is what i have to say about this thread. God i love that coupe! good work guys! wish i had the time and money to make my car look pretty :)

[DPancoast]

Sickkkkkk

[twistedlanes]

You mean where everyone crashed?

exactly Lol...

[frosti108]

old thread ftw. awesome pictures of the build up. really got me thirsty for some rust removal action on my 240 (god knows it needs it...)

sweet car, sweet drift action, sweet crash action. you guys kill it in that shop

[Vince@R/TTuning]

thanks guys.....funny this thread got revived...cause we are installing some diffent cams and doin a few things and i was about to bring it back to life...

[240_fun]

Soo whats new with any of these cars at R/T?

[Shawn@R/Ttuning]

http://www.theoryinpracticeengineering.com/gallery/d/5432-3/Untitled_Panorama5small.jpg

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/648-1/IMG_2128.JPG

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/652-1/IMG_2130.JPG

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http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/666-1/IMG_2137.JPG

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/670-1/IMG_2139.JPG

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/676-1/IMG_2142.JPG

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/696-1/IMG_2152.JPG

http://loosemoves.com/gallery/d/702-1/IMG_2155.JPG



It was torn apart after this event (4/12/08) it is getting a face lift. See it again 5/3-4 At Nopi Pro Drift Event at Englishtown.

[Vince@R/TTuning]

just a lil update...we did a new front end on the white car..but when i tried to upload pics it wouldn't work...http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/nopi+event/_DSC0081.jpg.html

so i will havePetty do it tomorrow or if anyone wants to get them off of www.loosemoves.com thats cool too:mrgreen:

[Wiisass]

http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/2925-2/_DSC0081.jpg

Vince, you have to right click and get properties and then put that in the image tags.

But people should check out Loosemoves.com anyway for more pics of the car and other Clubloose event media.

[DelCoTuninG]

thats just sick

[Vince@R/TTuning]

http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/2925-2/_DSC0081.jpg

Vince, you have to right click and get properties and then put that in the image tags.

But people should check out Loosemoves.com anyway for more pics of the car and other Clubloose event media.

cool thanx...or maybe it was just a trick to get people on the www.loosemoves.com who knows......

[Vince@R/TTuning]

http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/2991-2/_DSC0110-2.jpg

wow..i got it

[PhillySVT]

Was at your shop today.....You guys do some sick work!

[Vince@R/TTuning]

havent updated this much been so busy but wanted to add some kick ass pictures taken by Adam Lam super-tographer

http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/7587-1/_-39.jpg
http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/7561-1/_-27.jpg
http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/7545-1/_-2.jpg

[Kiro]

Havnt seen this yet but very impressed with the progress

[omgjacki]

RT Drift ftw!

[Nors]

Awesome to see a car completely stripped become that nasty driftmobile.

[BlackRedX]

*jaw drops* That's some sweet tuning!

[auk113]

http://www.loosemoves.com/gallery/d/2418-2/_DSC9169.jpg