while I've had the car over 2 years now, I started a build thread on a smaller local forum, but never here on Zilvia.
The skinny: When I bought the car it was a KA-T, blown. The body looked straight, I did notice one rust hole, then found more at the bottom of the firewall. I started on the car when I was in college, I had plenty of time to throw at the car then, now I've started my 40/hr a week job, and have less time to throw at it.
The plan: replace the rust, make a car that is track worthy, and an all around badass. I'll go ahead and tell you that the car was originally LHD, the windshield had a leak for who knows how long, and that went ahead and made rust holes in the floor, carpet covered that well so the previous owner didn't even know about it.
I don't have many pics of what I started with, but here's what I do have.
nice comparison huh?
that was 2 years ago, this is now
fuel cell mount
less metal in the trunk, believe it or not, you can make your OEM trunk lighter than any CF you can get.
pretty much what it looks like now
the valvetrain, all Brian Crower
a friend wrecked his S13, so I got the Nismo brace cheap, not too shabby.
THE ENGINE TEAR DOWN: most recent work
added spot welds to the door seams:
at this point this is all mock up, before the car is complete the car will be stripped of everything that is bolted on to it, notice the floor? that will all be undercoated.
as of last friday the engine is at the machine shop, full head work, here's some extra's I'm dropping off this weekend.
I still have alot of work left, and as of now, only get to work on the car on the weekends, everything pictured has taken place over the last 2 years. This isn't something that just happened last week. I'll try to keep updated as much as possible, hope you guys enjoy my money pit.