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L14MNP
13-10-08, 08:37 PM
Read this thread, it is amazing the amount of work the guy has put into aero, chassis strenghtening, design and fabrication. The end result is awesome IMO
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=374790
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj8/rtremlin/blk005.jpg

Pistol Pete
13-10-08, 08:39 PM
I'll have a read in a mo, but that looks awesome!! My mates got a S14, goes well, not like that one it bet! lol

WOW, engine is pretty much standard internally, here is spec for you lazy ones...

chassis
Fully stripped to bare metal, every inch of rust removed.
Removal of all non structural/unused metal.
Fully seam welded.
Front and rear firewalls.
Boot floor removed.
Rear 1/4 behind wheels cut off level with boot floor to aid air exit from arch's
Front and rear arch's tubbed.
Full welded in triangulated cage, inc suspension points.
modified and strenghened area for rear wing mounting.
Modified footwell for pedal box
Modified to fit seats in lower and further back and welded in eyebolt points
Modified for side exit exhaust
And much more
Painted white inside and underneath, black roof and door returns etc

suspension, brakes etc.
Seam welded and strengthened subframes.
Fully poly bushed
Adj rose jointed arms upper and lower, fr+rr
Tein flex coilovers.
K-sport 356 front 330 rear
servo removed
Tilton 3pedal floor mount pedal box
Twin m/c for brakes. Ballance bar and remote adjuster.
Full braided hoses inside car
25mm spacers fr+rr
Volk TE37 10.5 et15, toyo r888 295 rr
Volk TE37 9.5 et 12, r888 265 fr
Wheels painted black with new stickers
Tein tie rods,bump steer rod ends

Engine
I figured the engine can be upgraded at any time, so for now it is internally standard. This will give me time to get the rest of the car set up and let me get some money together. So far it has

Gt2871r .86 3" housing
tomei 260 procams, new rockers and tomei valve springs
740cc inj, fuellab adj fpr, greddy fuel rail adapter
greddy baffled sump.
Tomei n1 oil block adapter.
Custom aeroquip and mocal oil cooler and filter relocation with thermostat.
Custom intercooler.
Thicker alloy rad, with 2 fans and thermostat
Fully enclosed and sealed ducting.
Horsham ss manifold. lagged
Custom ss exhaust exiting nsr 1/4 panel, fully lagged to the end with copper lagging.
All custom pipework
Power fc d-jetro
ACT prolite flywheel and HD clutch
Uprated slave cylinder and custom braided lines from pedal box
Cusco engine mounts and polly box mount

Fueling

ATL 40l saver cell, remote filler under hatch in boot lid.
ATL swirl pot
Atl level guage and sender
Lifter pump and bosch 44 high pressure pump.
Fuellab filters
Aeroquip -6 and -8 hoses and fittings
Krontec hardline fuel pipe through cabin

outside
Full wide body designed and built from lightweight frp
Bootlid with fuel hatch
Doors
Rear 1/4s
Sills with rear brake ducts, and incorporates part of flat floor
rear bumper
fr wings, bonnet, bumper designed for s15 lights
Fr wings designed to exit air from arch's
Bumper designed with all ducting in mind and quick removable
moulded s15 lights in frp with single light units. (only half a kg each!)
Custom solid front splitter, mounts to chassis not bumper.
Flat floor and custom rear diffuser (not in pic)
C-west rear wing, and custom mounts to lift it higher up and fix to chassis not boot lid.
Carbon roof scoop
Custom carbon front cannards
Spa carbon mirrors
Full polycarbonate windows, rear has 3 naca ducts for air escape, doors fixed, all bolted in.
Front screen bolted in

inside

Fully stripped of everything, doors are empty, with lightweight trim panels.
Sound deadening removed, origonal wiring looms ditched.
All heater, blower and ac boxes removed.
Full custom lightweight wiring loom. inc fuse boxes, starter cable, ign wires etc.
Frp lightweight dash, minimal switches (nothing left to switch)

Duct from fr bumper, up through engine bay, through servo hole and onto front screen, with in line blower.

Corbeau pro carbon kevlar seats.
Sabelt 6 point 3" harnesses
Custom alloy foot rests
Alloy box to enclose exhaust behind passenger

Plumbed in fire ext with 4 nozzels, int and ext pull cables
red top 35, in alloy box. Cut off switch etc
profebc b boost controller
Stack motorsport dash with lap timing and action replay.

Sparco wheel with removable boss and extension to bring it nearer to the driver. dash buttons mounted on it for lap timing and changing display layers.

I'm lost for words. That is a awesome build indeed. Some serious fabrication has gone into this. And from looking at the pics, all in his garage! Will be keeping a look out for this. My mate is registered on there as am i.

L14MNP
13-10-08, 08:45 PM
Yeah, read right through mate. It's awesome to read about the design stages, totally flat floor etc. I have much respect for someone as talented as that.
Wait until it's running a 2.2 DET or even better 2JZ as he suggested :D

matt_vaughan
13-10-08, 08:45 PM
Nova rear arches....started a trend the old Nova.

L14MNP
13-10-08, 08:52 PM
started a trend the old Nova. Yeah and it's contagious 'Fully stripped to bare metal, every inch of rust removed' lol

Pistol Pete
13-10-08, 08:56 PM
Just read the whole thing. Cool funking job! Flat floor, custom splitter and diffuser, flat floor, he even made his own arches and bumpers! Legend IMO!

MK999
13-10-08, 09:43 PM
Stunning car, reading through the thread now:thumb:

Mike
14-10-08, 03:32 PM
Liking the front splitter mountings.....giving me some interesting ideas....

Dan_Coombs
14-10-08, 06:28 PM
That car really does look amazing. Not too keen on the rear though.