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Edgar · 01-15-2008, 08:28 AM

Updattttteeeeesssss

ctnewman · 01-16-2008, 11:28 AM

I have been welding little things on the car, closing off the corners of the fuel cell in the spare tire well, welding on fender tabs, fixing bits of rust here and there...

It's going to go back to the blasters and then hopefully i can start prepping for paint.

wannabe_drifter · 01-16-2008, 11:25 PM

We're like an old aunt watching a soap on tv wanting more and more everyday.

We just can't wait for you to continue it !!! (Same thing goes for every other awesome build)

Hoping to see a vid of it on the track some day !

cefirosliderRB2.7 · 01-17-2008, 01:32 AM

u could have used a rb20 trans as well...sry its way back in the thread but i thought id share...

alindeman1989 · 01-17-2008, 03:40 AM

i am just amazed by all the work you have done. i wish i had half the skill you have. btw love the sti. keep up the good work and keep us posted

twistedlanes · 01-17-2008, 05:24 AM

I wuv this thread.

ctnewman · 01-17-2008, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cefirosliderRB2.7

u could have used a rb20 trans as well...sry its way back in the thread but i thought id share...

i had an rb20 trans on my rb26 240sx. It's so wimpy, though.

cefirosliderRB2.7 · 01-18-2008, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctnewman

i had an rb20 trans on my rb26 240sx. It's so wimpy, though.

i have a os giken crossmission gear set..and c's short shifter..shes tight and you'll never miss a shift with that gearset

driftxing · 01-18-2008, 09:32 AM

My buddies and I have built numerous fox body mustangs, and by how that one sounded, you were deffinately running with a badass mustang. Congrats! It's hard to decide which sounds better, ford small block with a ridiculous cam, or that boxer engine followed by turbo spool.

ctnewman · 01-28-2008, 07:01 AM

Car is ready to go to the blasters, but i didn't have a good way to get it on and off the trailer, so i made this chassis dolly. The 2 pins in the rear pick up the holes for the rear subframe and the front frame rails sit on the other end of the cart. I tried it out and it works great. The casters and wheels were only 40 bucks from harbor freight, and the steel was all FREE :snky: Sorry about the shitty pics, i was planning on doing a huge picture update today, but my camera batteries died last night.

GSXRJJordan · 01-28-2008, 07:07 AM

Nifty! Looks like 1/2" tubing? Pneumatic tires, nice touch - you really go all out

ctnewman · 01-28-2008, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSXRJJordan

Nifty! Looks like 1/2" tubing? Pneumatic tires, nice touch - you really go all out

1.00 X 1.00 X.125 wall mild steel.

Neejay · 01-28-2008, 08:42 AM

Cool, at least you're progressing

EDIT: What kind of car is that in the background? Thought it was a Ferrari

ctnewman · 01-28-2008, 09:55 AM

it's a lotus esprit.

300hp owen · 01-28-2008, 11:06 AM

dont you want to triangulate underneath those rear pickup points too?
I see you did it on the top.

nice work mang, this makes me so sad I dont have access to the mills / lathes like I used to at my old job, I had made some cool stuff there but nothing even close to your mega chop-cut-rebuild project going on here, omfg this is major!

do you think the RB26E30 is going to be romping around town this year?

ctnewman · 01-28-2008, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 300hp owen

dont you want to triangulate underneath those rear pickup points too?
I see you did it on the top.

If the chassis was heavier, probably. However, it's only supporting a few hundred pounds. It's also only an 8" cantilever. It's only triangulated in that direction because i wasn't getting the best penetration with my 110V mig maxed out. That brace takes the tensional component of stress out of the joint, whereas in the unsupported direction the only stress is in compression.

...if that makes sense.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 300hp owen

do you think the RB26E30 is going to be romping around town this year?

that's the plan!

Goldeneye9mm · 01-28-2008, 12:17 PM

*subscribed* and btw this is awsome. i can't wait to see the end product. you are one gifted s.o.b. i wish i had access to all the knowledge and equipment.

jyon9689 · 01-28-2008, 03:54 PM

This makes me want to give my E30 some RB-power before my 240. M.E.'s always have the cleanest, most perfected builds.

Rusker · 01-28-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftxing

My buddies and I have built numerous fox body mustangs, and by how that one sounded, you were deffinately running with a badass mustang. Congrats! It's hard to decide which sounds better, ford small block with a ridiculous cam, or that boxer engine followed by turbo spool.

Video?

ctnewman · 02-05-2008, 05:33 PM

Here are the brackets that i made to mount the car on the rotisserie. It's a 4X4X.375 wall tube. I drilled holes and welded some nuts to the outside to lock it. The inside is shimmed so it appropriately matches the outside of the main rotisserie tube. Perpendicular is a 1 1/4 SCH40 pipe that inserts into the bumper shock holes.

OK. The blaster was having some troubles with the wheel wells, so i came and ground out the heavy stuff so they can blast the rest off.

To get an idea of what the underbody looked like before it was blasted (i had already scraped a lot at this point):

YUCK!

Here is what it looked like when i showed up. You can still see that the wheel wells are more or less untouched:

PRETTY!

Then i used a wire wheel and a pistol grip sander to remove most of the rubber in the wheel wells. This shit was almost 1/8" thick in spots!!!!

PoorMans180SX · 02-05-2008, 05:36 PM

Nice! Love the rotisserie, hope to do that to one of my chassis in the future.

Landers · 02-05-2008, 05:52 PM

Very nice work keep the updates coming.

ctnewman · 02-06-2008, 02:53 PM

seam welded this bitch today...

duffman1278 · 02-06-2008, 03:22 PM

Thats definitly some nice quialty work done. Looking good so far. Nice CAD work too, longtime Inventor myself. Keep us updated

TheArkitekt · 02-06-2008, 03:24 PM

looks good, going to do any welding on the inside as well?

ctnewman · 02-06-2008, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheArkitekt

looks good, going to do any welding on the inside as well?

perhaps, but not right now.

ctnewman · 02-08-2008, 07:11 AM

Just drove to Massachusetts and back after work. Got back about 4:30AM. I picked up Euro Bumpers and an OEM Mech1 Body kit... Here's an example of these items on a black car (use your imagination and picture the fender flares on it)

Body kit looks like this... i think it will look even sweeter w/ the flares!:

MORE PICS OF THAT CAR HERE: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=103332

TheArkitekt · 02-08-2008, 08:29 AM

euro bumpers make all the difference in the world! my friend did it on his E28 and it made the car look 10 years newer

ctnewman · 02-08-2008, 10:04 AM

Thought i'd toss this up:

UPDATED MOD LIST

1987 325IS chassis, seam welded, blasted, de-undercoated.
R32 Skyline GTR Motor
New engine harness (need to buy)
Painless Wiring Chassis harness (need to buy)
AEM EMS Speed Density Engine Management
AEM UEGO controller (need to buy another one)
AEM Serial Gauge
Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of eachother
HKS Turbo Timer
Spitfire Coilpacks
Garrett GT35R turbo .82A/R
Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold
Newman 304SS exhaust
Newman 304SS IC Plumbing
Newman Engine mount
Newman Trans mount
Newman Driveshaft (need to buy)
MOXIES/Newman Radiator
E30 M3 LSD 4.11
PWR 24X11X3 IC core semicustom endtanks
Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump
Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell
Ireland Engineering road race springs
Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings
Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars
Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit
Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts
Ireland Engineering Fender flares
Bilstein Dampers
Antonicelli 10 point roll cage
Sparco Evo Seats
Corbeau Harnesses
Tial 50MM BOV
Tial 38mm wastegate
Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset
OEM water Pump
Trust Timing Belt
BMW Z4 Urban Green paint (not paid for)
Euro Bumpers
Mtech1 Bodywork

HOPEFULLY SOON:
Euro Smiley Headlights

ROUGE180 · 02-08-2008, 10:13 AM

Nice parts list. Your car is going to be amazing. I was just looking at your seem welding. Cool deal. I want to learn how to weld. I really want to Do something like you're doing but with a 240. Strip it down and build it from scratch. I hope you make vids when you're done with it. Would like to see what it can do and how sweet its going to sound. Keep it up!!

01-15-2008, 08:28 AM	#361
Edgar Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Indianapolis,IN Posts: 4,980 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Updattttteeeeesssss __________________ Drift Indy

01-16-2008, 11:28 AM	#362
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have been welding little things on the car, closing off the corners of the fuel cell in the spare tire well, welding on fender tabs, fixing bits of rust here and there... It's going to go back to the blasters and then hopefully i can start prepping for paint. __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

01-16-2008, 11:25 PM	#363
wannabe_drifter Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Québec, Canada Age: 41 Posts: 245 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	We're like an old aunt watching a soap on tv wanting more and more everyday. We just can't wait for you to continue it !!! (Same thing goes for every other awesome build) Hoping to see a vid of it on the track some day ! __________________

01-17-2008, 01:32 AM	#364
cefirosliderRB2.7 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA Posts: 7 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	u could have used a rb20 trans as well...sry its way back in the thread but i thought id share... __________________

01-28-2008, 07:01 AM	#370
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Car is ready to go to the blasters, but i didn't have a good way to get it on and off the trailer, so i made this chassis dolly. The 2 pins in the rear pick up the holes for the rear subframe and the front frame rails sit on the other end of the cart. I tried it out and it works great. The casters and wheels were only 40 bucks from harbor freight, and the steel was all FREE :snky: Sorry about the shitty pics, i was planning on doing a huge picture update today, but my camera batteries died last night. __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

01-17-2008, 03:40 AM	#365
alindeman1989 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Newark/bayarea,Ca Age: 35 Posts: 902 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i am just amazed by all the work you have done. i wish i had half the skill you have. btw love the sti. keep up the good work and keep us posted

01-17-2008, 05:24 AM	#366
twistedlanes Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Philly/Delco Age: 38 Posts: 11 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I wuv this thread.

01-18-2008, 09:32 AM	#369
driftxing Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NC Age: 44 Posts: 26 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	My buddies and I have built numerous fox body mustangs, and by how that one sounded, you were deffinately running with a badass mustang. Congrats! It's hard to decide which sounds better, ford small block with a ridiculous cam, or that boxer engine followed by turbo spool.

01-28-2008, 07:07 AM	#371
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Nifty! Looks like 1/2" tubing? Pneumatic tires, nice touch - you really go all out __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

01-28-2008, 08:42 AM	#373
Neejay Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: lol Age: 39 Posts: 2,586 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: Neejay Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Cool, at least you're progressing EDIT: What kind of car is that in the background? Thought it was a Ferrari

01-28-2008, 09:55 AM	#374
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it's a lotus esprit. __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

01-28-2008, 11:06 AM	#375
300hp owen Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: western, NY Age: 51 Posts: 531 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	dont you want to triangulate underneath those rear pickup points too? I see you did it on the top. nice work mang, this makes me so sad I dont have access to the mills / lathes like I used to at my old job, I had made some cool stuff there but nothing even close to your mega chop-cut-rebuild project going on here, omfg this is major! do you think the RB26E30 is going to be romping around town this year? __________________ cardomain.com/id/LS1T56FC = my crazy ls1 v8 rx7 = sold

01-28-2008, 12:17 PM	#377
Goldeneye9mm Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Age: 39 Posts: 173 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	subscribed and btw this is awsome. i can't wait to see the end product. you are one gifted s.o.b. i wish i had access to all the knowledge and equipment.

01-28-2008, 03:54 PM	#378
jyon9689 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Age: 35 Posts: 53 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This makes me want to give my E30 some RB-power before my 240. M.E.'s always have the cleanest, most perfected builds.

02-05-2008, 05:33 PM	#380
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Here are the brackets that i made to mount the car on the rotisserie. It's a 4X4X.375 wall tube. I drilled holes and welded some nuts to the outside to lock it. The inside is shimmed so it appropriately matches the outside of the main rotisserie tube. Perpendicular is a 1 1/4 SCH40 pipe that inserts into the bumper shock holes. OK. The blaster was having some troubles with the wheel wells, so i came and ground out the heavy stuff so they can blast the rest off. To get an idea of what the underbody looked like before it was blasted (i had already scraped a lot at this point): YUCK! Here is what it looked like when i showed up. You can still see that the wheel wells are more or less untouched: PRETTY! Then i used a wire wheel and a pistol grip sander to remove most of the rubber in the wheel wells. This shit was almost 1/8" thick in spots!!!! __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

02-05-2008, 05:36 PM	#381
PoorMans180SX Zilvia.net Advertiser Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 37 Posts: 5,616 Trader Rating: (16) Rides Gallery: PoorMans180SX Feedback Score: 16 reviews	Nice! Love the rotisserie, hope to do that to one of my chassis in the future. __________________ Build: http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=643065 Friends don't let friends buy knock-offs.

02-05-2008, 05:52 PM	#382
Landers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: W Mass. Age: 37 Posts: 561 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: Landers Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Very nice work keep the updates coming. __________________ d-faction.com

02-06-2008, 02:53 PM	#383
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	seam welded this bitch today... __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

02-06-2008, 03:22 PM	#384
duffman1278 Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Covina Age: 37 Posts: 2,844 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: duffman1278 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Thats definitly some nice quialty work done. Looking good so far. Nice CAD work too, longtime Inventor myself. Keep us updated

02-06-2008, 03:24 PM	#385
TheArkitekt Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: merika...fuck yeah Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	looks good, going to do any welding on the inside as well?

02-08-2008, 07:11 AM	#387
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just drove to Massachusetts and back after work. Got back about 4:30AM. I picked up Euro Bumpers and an OEM Mech1 Body kit... Here's an example of these items on a black car (use your imagination and picture the fender flares on it) Body kit looks like this... i think it will look even sweeter w/ the flares!: MORE PICS OF THAT CAR HERE: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=103332 __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

02-08-2008, 08:29 AM	#388
TheArkitekt Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: merika...fuck yeah Posts: 296 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	euro bumpers make all the difference in the world! my friend did it on his E28 and it made the car look 10 years newer

02-08-2008, 10:04 AM	#389
ctnewman Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: buffalo,ny Age: 43 Posts: 541 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thought i'd toss this up: UPDATED MOD LIST 1987 325IS chassis, seam welded, blasted, de-undercoated. R32 Skyline GTR Motor New engine harness (need to buy) Painless Wiring Chassis harness (need to buy) AEM EMS Speed Density Engine Management AEM UEGO controller (need to buy another one) AEM Serial Gauge Seimens 870cc injectors, flow calibrated to w/in .5% of eachother HKS Turbo Timer Spitfire Coilpacks Garrett GT35R turbo .82A/R Newman 304SS heavy wall manifold Newman 304SS exhaust Newman 304SS IC Plumbing Newman Engine mount Newman Trans mount Newman Driveshaft (need to buy) MOXIES/Newman Radiator E30 M3 LSD 4.11 PWR 24X11X3 IC core semicustom endtanks Bosch -044 800HP fuel pump Summit 8 Gallon Fuel Cell Ireland Engineering road race springs Ireland Engineering poly trailing arm bushings Ireland Engineering 22/25mm swaybars Ireland Engineering Camber/rear toe kit Ireland Engineering Poly Subframe mounts Ireland Engineering Fender flares Bilstein Dampers Antonicelli 10 point roll cage Sparco Evo Seats Corbeau Harnesses Tial 50MM BOV Tial 38mm wastegate Work VS-XX wheels (17X10, 17X8.5) Custom Offset OEM water Pump Trust Timing Belt BMW Z4 Urban Green paint (not paid for) Euro Bumpers Mtech1 Bodywork HOPEFULLY SOON: Euro Smiley Headlights __________________ RB26DETT BMW E30 BUILD: onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html

02-08-2008, 10:13 AM	#390
ROUGE180 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Potomac, MD Posts: 880 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: ROUGE180 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Nice parts list. Your car is going to be amazing. I was just looking at your seem welding. Cool deal. I want to learn how to weld. I really want to Do something like you're doing but with a 240. Strip it down and build it from scratch. I hope you make vids when you're done with it. Would like to see what it can do and how sweet its going to sound. Keep it up!!