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yellow2000S/R · 09-07-2007, 11:23 PM

Worked on the 240 for a few hours (just over 2). Pulled the power steering stuff, pulled the A/C compressor (lines were relatively empty and low pressure).

More work to come tomorrow, mainly grinding out the crap Bondo filler I used (I'm somewhat cheap... I wanted to use what was left but realized again that I hate sanding that crap filler).

Dropped the struts.

Pulled the subframe as a whole.

Showing the relatively clean bay after using 1/3 can of Engine Gunk cleaner and a pressure washer... then dropped the subframe...

Subframe sitting to the side

The stripped interior (still need to pull dash and carpet till I start patching the floor).

yellow2000S/R · 09-10-2007, 10:50 AM

Saturday September 8th

Shaving antenna

Found a dent while shaving antenna and fixed it

Driveway/Garage, ZX2 in background

Welding the seams in the front end for track reasons

yellow2000S/R · 09-10-2007, 10:50 AM

Sunday, September 9th

Welding continues...

I'm getting there, need some more practice for the aesthetics of the welds LOL. Still a little rusty as you can see int the pic above this post.

The01Cav · 09-10-2007, 11:12 AM

Looking good making alot of progress with the car!

yellow2000S/R · 09-14-2007, 06:30 PM

Started cutting in prep for the inner fenders...

Leveled the car from side to side via laying a level across the rad support and moving the stands little by little. Then picked an area in the outter corners to start the horizontal cut and then put the bottom edge of the level at that and went straight across...

3 cutoff wheels and 1.75 hours later this is the result.

yellow2000S/R · 09-14-2007, 09:04 PM

I'm done for the night... tired and sick... not a way to work.

Adam496 · 09-14-2007, 09:41 PM

Doesn't seem much like a project DD. So what size tires are we going to see?

yellow2000S/R · 09-14-2007, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam496

Doesn't seem much like a project DD. So what size tires are we going to see?

LOL, I honestly don't know. For now, finish fixing the dents, get the car in primer and wetsanded. Get the engine finished being put back together, install clutch / flywheel combo and drop it all in. Do a full wire tuck... I dont have money right now and wont for a few more months when I finally graduate WyoTech.

I originally was just going to replace the front body panels that were damaged, and swap the engine to the cheap KA I got. The KA was leaking oil, so I ripped it apart... while it was out, decided to shave engine bay. Then I thought about tubing out the front because I like the way it looks and figured it would be a little different.

I haven't decided on rims yet. The car will be a red color... I have K-Sports (for now, yes I know they are junk), I will be making a 1 piece strut bar that ties into the firewall, and fender braces (not sure if braces will be needed with all the welding I did but I'll put them on anyhow).

Interior will be an imitation Italian leather with black suede inserts. The dash and door panels will be wrapped in the imitation leather and the door inserts and arm rest will be covered in the suede. I will be fabing up a full cage after I shave the brackets in the rear for the seats. At minimum, after the cage is painted a gloss black, I will be covering the door bars in a zipper on sleeve with Endless Motorsports stitched on the top in red.

There will be red double reinforced stitching around the seats and various seams. A black suede Nardi steering wheel with red stitching and quick disconnect.

As far as performance goes... Either KA-T or LSx with cam, heads, and headers. I have SAFC right now to tweak the tuning some just to get a little more than what is stock out of it.

yellow2000S/R · 09-15-2007, 02:41 PM

Started back up today...

Ground welds, cut outer flange on well off and ground welds down.

The rust I found the other week was worse than I thought...

Adam496 · 09-15-2007, 03:20 PM

This makes me want to go work on my S14....very nice, keep us updated!

TurboTagTeam · 09-15-2007, 03:21 PM

Were did you get your universal fenders from?? I am about to start on mine and I was just gonna fab everything myself, but if I can get fenders like that allready rolled, it'd be even better.

yellow2000S/R · 09-15-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurboTagTeam

Were did you get your universal fenders from?? I am about to start on mine and I was just gonna fab everything myself, but if I can get fenders like that allready rolled, it'd be even better.

I got it from e-bay. The radius is nice and there is plenty of extra that you can cut off to make it form to different curves!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...150490189&rd=1

TurboTagTeam · 09-15-2007, 04:28 PM

Awesome! Thanks. I have a sheetmetal brake put i dont have an english wheel or stretcher, that would save me alot of agrivation

Zillon · 09-15-2007, 04:45 PM

I gotta give you props on those inner fenders, nice work.

Welding is one of those things I'd love to learn how to do.

yellow2000S/R · 09-15-2007, 09:35 PM

Done for the night. I ran out on my 2 lb spool of .030 wire, swapped tips and put in my 20 lb spool of .035 wire. Had much better luck welding with it and didnt burn through nearly as much!

Tomorrow I have to do class work so I dont know how much I will actually get to work on the car.

S.Milone · 09-17-2007, 04:18 PM

Think I am going to get some of those fenders to to save some time.

yellow2000S/R · 09-27-2007, 12:13 AM

I've been sick since Friday. Finally felt good enough to work on and off today. What a crappy "down week" this has been. I am looking forward to Chassis Fabrication class starting next week tho!!!

I got the drivers side tub mostly done. Just need to do some final trimming then weld it in. The passengers side still needs the rust cut out from the lower part of the strut tower.

Willdue · 09-27-2007, 12:37 AM

that things come along nicely man, major props

mr_eh · 09-27-2007, 10:38 AM

it'll all be worth it when you have that ear to ear grin driving it the first time, nice work so far

S.Milone · 09-28-2007, 12:16 PM

Just ordered one of those fenders for myself thank you.

09-15-2007, 09:35 PM	#35
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	Done for the night. I ran out on my 2 lb spool of .030 wire, swapped tips and put in my 20 lb spool of .035 wire. Had much better luck welding with it and didnt burn through nearly as much! Tomorrow I have to do class work so I dont know how much I will actually get to work on the car. Last edited by yellow2000S/R; 09-15-2007 at 09:40 PM.

09-17-2007, 04:18 PM	#36
S.Milone Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: PA Member #3073 My Ride: 240sx hatch iTrader: (0)	Think I am going to get some of those fenders to to save some time. __________________ East Coast Drift Club's - Come and see To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Great Parts To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Last edited by S.Milone; 09-17-2007 at 04:35 PM.

09-27-2007, 12:13 AM	#37
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	I've been sick since Friday. Finally felt good enough to work on and off today. What a crappy "down week" this has been. I am looking forward to Chassis Fabrication class starting next week tho!!! I got the drivers side tub mostly done. Just need to do some final trimming then weld it in. The passengers side still needs the rust cut out from the lower part of the strut tower. Last edited by yellow2000S/R; 09-27-2007 at 12:42 AM.

09-27-2007, 10:38 AM	#39
mr_eh Tri-State Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Staten Island, NY Member #1149 My Ride: Zenki S14 - Sold the SRT4 iTrader: (1)	it'll all be worth it when you have that ear to ear grin driving it the first time, nice work so far __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. no thread for current s2000.

09-28-2007, 12:16 PM	#40
S.Milone Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: PA Member #3073 My Ride: 240sx hatch iTrader: (0)	Just ordered one of those fenders for myself thank you. __________________ East Coast Drift Club's - Come and see To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. Great Parts To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

09-07-2007, 11:23 PM	#21
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	Worked on the 240 for a few hours (just over 2). Pulled the power steering stuff, pulled the A/C compressor (lines were relatively empty and low pressure). More work to come tomorrow, mainly grinding out the crap Bondo filler I used (I'm somewhat cheap... I wanted to use what was left but realized again that I hate sanding that crap filler). Dropped the struts. Pulled the subframe as a whole. Showing the relatively clean bay after using 1/3 can of Engine Gunk cleaner and a pressure washer... then dropped the subframe... Subframe sitting to the side The stripped interior (still need to pull dash and carpet till I start patching the floor).

09-10-2007, 10:50 AM	#22
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	Saturday September 8th Shaving antenna Found a dent while shaving antenna and fixed it Driveway/Garage, ZX2 in background Welding the seams in the front end for track reasons

09-10-2007, 11:12 AM	#24
The01Cav Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Townsend Delaware Member #5452 My Ride: 2009 Ford Mustang iTrader: (1)	Looking good making alot of progress with the car!

09-14-2007, 06:30 PM	#25
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	Started cutting in prep for the inner fenders... Leveled the car from side to side via laying a level across the rad support and moving the stands little by little. Then picked an area in the outter corners to start the horizontal cut and then put the bottom edge of the level at that and went straight across... 3 cutoff wheels and 1.75 hours later this is the result.

09-14-2007, 09:04 PM	#26
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	I'm done for the night... tired and sick... not a way to work.

09-14-2007, 09:41 PM	#27
Adam496 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Jersey Member #906 iTrader: (0)	Doesn't seem much like a project DD. So what size tires are we going to see?

09-15-2007, 02:41 PM	#29
yellow2000S/R Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York, Pa Member #2462 My Ride: 1996 7.3 f250, 2001 Focus wagon iTrader: (2)	Started back up today... Ground welds, cut outer flange on well off and ground welds down. The rust I found the other week was worse than I thought...

09-15-2007, 03:20 PM	#30
Adam496 Tri-State Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Jersey Member #906 iTrader: (0)	This makes me want to go work on my S14....very nice, keep us updated!

09-15-2007, 03:21 PM	#31
TurboTagTeam Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cell Block F Member #275 My Ride: constantly changes iTrader: (2)	Were did you get your universal fenders from?? I am about to start on mine and I was just gonna fab everything myself, but if I can get fenders like that allready rolled, it'd be even better.

09-15-2007, 04:28 PM	#33
TurboTagTeam Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cell Block F Member #275 My Ride: constantly changes iTrader: (2)	Awesome! Thanks. I have a sheetmetal brake put i dont have an english wheel or stretcher, that would save me alot of agrivation

09-15-2007, 04:45 PM	#34
Zillon Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: In Pennsylvania Member #5760 My Ride: 2013 JCW GP iTrader: (0)	I gotta give you props on those inner fenders, nice work. Welding is one of those things I'd love to learn how to do.

09-27-2007, 12:37 AM	#38
Willdue Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Catasaqua Member #2000 My Ride: To many VW's iTrader: (3)	that things come along nicely man, major props

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