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Camo · 01-06-2009, 02:19 AM

Little back story....my current car started out a shell like most, swapped over the suspension and motor from the previous car which I wrecked to shit through various drifting accidents....
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Drove/drifted it like that for about a year I think. Stripped the interior, bent my own roll bar, added a few more goodies here and there. Nothing spectacular. Pretty basic diy drift car. Then I briefly toyed with the idea of an SR20. That lasted about 2 months. I was about to drop 2-3k in the motor, go 2871, pfc, ect...shoot for 350-400hp. That would be kinda pushing it for me with an SR though I've had an LS1 swap sitting in my garage for about 2-3 years collecting dust. Just never had the time to do all the fab work to get it in the car and get it together. I finally just said **** it. Sold my SR and ordered a swap kit from Daft. I haven't driven the car in a couple of months and I've kind of been dicouraged about working on it. It looks so sad out there on mismatched rims and all taken apart. I've been driving my grandma's 240, yea I said grandma's, and it kinda sucks. Its super clean inside and out, a real nice car but its slow and rides too smooth. I can't take it anymore. Enough is enough. I finally mustered up some energy to start on my project again. Here we go....
Here we are after we removed the 30mm overs and began prep for the 50mm's.
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YAY!!!! lots more room! Also not in pics, I filled the wholes where we folded the inner fender over with non water obsorbing spray foam to keep moisture and debris from coming off the wheels and flying into the back of the car.
This is where things get a little scary. But dont worry, I have a plan!
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Structural integrity? Whats that??? Tommorow Im gonna get the bottle filled for the welder and start stitching everything that has a seam up front. I plan to reinforce the frame/tower by welding a bar from the towers to the frame rails and then sheeting that in to keep the shit off the road from getting through the wheel wells. That should be sufficient. For the core Im going to use some light 1/4" square metal are something similar. I really only need something that will hold the radiator and headlight brackets in place. I think I may also make some fender braces before my new front fenders arrive. I've got alot of other stuff I plan to do before this thing hits the track so I'll be updating as I go along...

cc4usmc · 01-06-2009, 02:25 AM

Build threads go in chat, not tech.

Camo · 01-06-2009, 02:27 AM

did not know that, mods please move.

GSXRJJordan · 01-06-2009, 04:20 AM

Looks like you did a good job with the rears. As far as building up the front, what was wrong with it? It's super annoying to have to fab up the upper/lower rad support, headlight brackets, etc and have it all come out square and fit correctly - I really hope there was some reason for all that. I would stick to 1/2" square tubing, at least then you can put bolts through it - 1/4" is really small.

LS1's are great, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I'll be looking forward to your review of the Daft kit.

01-06-2009, 02:19 AM	#1
Camo Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 120 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Camo's build thread 3.0 Little back story....my current car started out a shell like most, swapped over the suspension and motor from the previous car which I wrecked to shit through various drifting accidents.... P3190113 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! boso2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! blkhatch on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Drove/drifted it like that for about a year I think. Stripped the interior, bent my own roll bar, added a few more goodies here and there. Nothing spectacular. Pretty basic diy drift car. Then I briefly toyed with the idea of an SR20. That lasted about 2 months. I was about to drop 2-3k in the motor, go 2871, pfc, ect...shoot for 350-400hp. That would be kinda pushing it for me with an SR though I've had an LS1 swap sitting in my garage for about 2-3 years collecting dust. Just never had the time to do all the fab work to get it in the car and get it together. I finally just said **** it. Sold my SR and ordered a swap kit from Daft. I haven't driven the car in a couple of months and I've kind of been dicouraged about working on it. It looks so sad out there on mismatched rims and all taken apart. I've been driving my grandma's 240, yea I said grandma's, and it kinda sucks. Its super clean inside and out, a real nice car but its slow and rides too smooth. I can't take it anymore. Enough is enough. I finally mustered up some energy to start on my project again. Here we go.... Here we are after we removed the 30mm overs and began prep for the 50mm's. P1050001 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1050006 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1050007 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! YAY!!!! lots more room! Also not in pics, I filled the wholes where we folded the inner fender over with non water obsorbing spray foam to keep moisture and debris from coming off the wheels and flying into the back of the car. This is where things get a little scary. But dont worry, I have a plan! P1060012 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060014 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060010 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060015 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060018 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060016 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! P1060017 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Structural integrity? Whats that??? Tommorow Im gonna get the bottle filled for the welder and start stitching everything that has a seam up front. I plan to reinforce the frame/tower by welding a bar from the towers to the frame rails and then sheeting that in to keep the shit off the road from getting through the wheel wells. That should be sufficient. For the core Im going to use some light 1/4" square metal are something similar. I really only need something that will hold the radiator and headlight brackets in place. I think I may also make some fender braces before my new front fenders arrive. I've got alot of other stuff I plan to do before this thing hits the track so I'll be updating as I go along... __________________ Sittin' Sidways Since 2007

01-06-2009, 02:27 AM	#3
Camo Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Antonio Posts: 120 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	did not know that, mods please move. __________________ Sittin' Sidways Since 2007

01-06-2009, 04:20 AM	#4
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Looks like you did a good job with the rears. As far as building up the front, what was wrong with it? It's super annoying to have to fab up the upper/lower rad support, headlight brackets, etc and have it all come out square and fit correctly - I really hope there was some reason for all that. I would stick to 1/2" square tubing, at least then you can put bolts through it - 1/4" is really small. LS1's are great, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I'll be looking forward to your review of the Daft kit. __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com