No f**king way.... Never have I seen an s14a with so much added value
No f**king way.... Never have I seen an s14a with so much added value
I just have one word for this car, and that is STUNNING!
Right, ill try to get the last of the pics posted up tonight.
After the 'trial build up' was finnished, it all had to come apart again to be prepped and painted.
The engine came out again and was striped of all the ancillaries, then cleaned up.
All the metal brackets were sand blasted and painted.
I also re routed the water pipes below the inlet manifold, made a Blank for the servo outlet and a plate to cover the old egr outlet. Fitted the sump, fpr adapter, oil block adapter, injectors etc. The water pipes are not on in this picture, nor the throttle body which has been bored out to 60mm. I have also bypassed the cold start on it.
My subframes were sent for propper media blasting and then i seem welded them up before taking them back to be zinc coated.
It was surprising just how much flex they have, even by putting a large screwdriver through the mounting holes and pulling on them.
So i added some extra bracing
oh...my...god, love it mate
awesome once again dude
everybit of this build has soooo much thought gone in to it. amazing!
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When the rear wing eventually arrived, i had to start doing a bit more chopping and welding.
I wanted to do something a bit different with the mounting, but still keep it stiff and functional, and not put on any extra weight than necesary. There was no way it could be mounted on the boot lid. I have seen some which flex around a lot, but i think it would just get ripped of a fiberglass boot.
So i decided to mount it to the chassis but keep the bolts below the bodywork. It was a bit of a test to see if i could do it more than anything really but it payed off.
First problem was that i needed to make some new supports for the wing, second was that the boot lid gets narrower toward the rear of the car. So when the supports were trial fitted between the boot lid and rear wing, they effectivley toe'd out (quite a bit)
A Wing needs negative pressure underneath in order for it to work, and this would have created positive pressure. To what extent i dont know, or if it would have made a difference, but i decided they needed to be parellel anyway.
So i chopped it out
Made 2 more mounting faces with the mounting holes already drilled and tacked them in
Then welded a channel down the bottom for the water and some strengthening etc. This is it in primer ( i did actually use a tiny bit of filler here to smooth over the welds)
I also finnished off the boot floor with a thin sheet of ally rivetted in, with vents for any petrol spillages. Again in primer
So that was the last of the messy stuff out of the way, the whole shell got scotched up and the garage cleaned out again.
Then i painted it all in pure white, 2k direct gloss.
Cheers lads, im just on with the last few pics now
Then i had to give it a week for the paint to go hard so i could mask onto it (no lowbake oven at home!)
Then the rest went satin black, again 2k
Then bits started to go back in.
Sorry about the bad quality pics at this point, my camera had run out of batteries and stayed like that for quite a while.
I didnt get many pics of the prepping and painting of the panels, as it took ages and was very boring considering i do it all day long anyway.
So the next bit looks like it comes together very quickly, but in reality it was about 6 Months!
Engine went in,on propper mounts, finally.
Most of the pannels painted
Engine bay coming together
Manifold and turbo trial fitted while i made the front section of the exhaust.
It came back off again for the whole thing to be lagged. I used 100ft in total
Sills fitted
Vents in the boot floor, rear window vents, bracing the subframe etc, mate you really haven't missed a trick. This thread just gets better and better. Mental yet inspirational, well done again sir. May I ask where you got your inspiration and help? With a car this great I really think you need a special engine, 2JZ FTMFW!
This version of the 2871r doesnt come with the actuator, nor a place to bolt the normal actuator bracket on to.
So i had to make my own, and also shorten the arm of the actuator, as the only place to bolt the bracket to is closer to the core.
I also ported the wastegate hole while i was there.
Random one from a nice angle.
Quick one of the wiring, This took a few weeks alone.
Two of the final fit of the front end.
I put Ben (MARSDEN) in charge of all the stickers as thats what he does best
I had the Nissan in my mind for ages but was unsure if it would spoil it. But as soon as they went on i loved them. Cheers mate
Just want those little silvia ones now for the corner of the headlights
Just got to get some black mesh to go in the ducts to stop gravel getting in my brakes etc, sort a wiper arm ( i have a different wiper motor now too, which is a long story.)
And make some shit shields.
So thats about it, Thanks for looking, hope to see some of you out on track some time
reminds me of the JGTC calsonic skylines
Last edited by s14_dave; 08-10-2008 at 21:49.
Cheers mate, i have thought long and hard into this car. Inspiration for the bodywork is kind of a mix from jgtc and other race cars, and just my own thoughts.Originally Posted by BLAKTOOTH
The aero was researched heavily.
The rest of it just comes from common sense and other regulations for race cars i suppose.
As i went along i made sure everything was catered for, just so the end result didnt look like a load of after thoughts. I kind of wanted it to look factory built.
You sir, are a god
What an awesome build and an awesome result. Hope i see this on track some time.
I put Ben (MARSDEN) in charge of all the stickers as thats what he does best
I had the Nissan in my mind for ages but was unsure if it would spoil it. But as soon as they went on i loved them. Cheers mate
Just want those little silvia ones now for the corner of the headlights
Whoops i forgot about them ones mateWill get on with them asap. And you wasnt evan going to have any on at all, if you ask me a few more wouldnt go a miss
Didnt realise that you went so far as to brace the subframes
. Good work mate, no doubt i will be seeing you soon.
I didnt like to keep bugging you for them!Whoops i forgot about them ones mate
Yeh see you soon
Ta
This is one sick carimpressive that you managed to get the car done, after 3 years. Most would give after a couple of months
I take my hat off to you sir
I only just quickly went through this thread (looking at the pics) but if its already been said then sorry, but if you haven't already I would say take some molds of your bodywork and go into business selling it as a kit, as its friggin awesome
Possibly the best S-body I've seen. Awesome.:
If only it were road legal!!!
Looks incredible, how did I miss this thread!
Very impressive car
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