Ace Up / Elevens' S13.4 Pro-am build up

[tricky_ab]

The car is looking great!

[AceUp]

so i definitely miss my tig welder, but thank god for my awesome sponsor Evil Engineering for helping me out on this cover. basically used a s14 sr cover and mated the s13 front half on. s14 covers have superior baffling abilities compared to the 13. and i think its pretty rad.



only thing is left to weld some -10 fittings, get some paint on it and give it to a local 240/tattoo artist for some airbrush work.

also the car went on a diet this week. so a bunch of stuff got cut out and ill post some pics. starting to slowly go over everything before round 1 and hopefully will be able to pick up some tires out from cali soon!

[hypercrush]

ima paint dat

[s13 loverr]

I like the hood vent care to share how you made it? Or is it really straightforward?

[AceUp]

Originally Posted by s13 loverr

I like the hood vent care to share how you made it? Or is it really straightforward?

threw on my hood. eye balled it for a minute, drilled a big hole where i thought the center point of the intercooler would be. looked inside the hole i drilled. put a reference dot with a marker on the intercooler. lifted my hood. measured the distance from reference point to the endtanks. measured the distance from top to bottom and and pushed it up the hood 2 inchs so its not completely vertical. closed the hood. drew the lines off my measurements. hacked it up with a 4 inch cutoff wheel/dremel. stared at it for a bit. decided i wanted to add a second vent for the oil cooler. so cut down 2 inchs. then took some flat sheet aluminum and cut it out to size. and tack welded. sprayed it BBQ black then proceeded to "sticker bomb" it. and then BAM! i made a duct that doesnt look like all the other cookie cutter vents people rivet on their hoods.

[AceUp]

Had Kelly Banks come by and bring his scales to weigh the car and corner balance. the good is the car is lighter then i thought. the bad my right rear would have to sit like 2 inchs higher to level so i said fuck that. the car could have saved some weight if i didnt use the 1.75 x .120 tubing for the cage. Fluids Changed, a quick session to shake off some rust is all thats left before irwindale. Iam stoked to drive that track for the first time! Make sure to come out and say whats up to us at Irwindale Round 1. we'll have some rad shirts and stickers!

[Om1kron]

-10 is going to be retarded huge, I would recommend -8 will also save you some money, I have it on mine.

[AceUp]

Originally Posted by Om1kron

-10 is going to be retarded huge, I would recommend -8 will also save you some money, I have it on mine.

actually using -10 turned out great! thats cool u did urs in -8.

[tunermt]

you have a chance to put that tune on the old Power FC yet?

[hypercrush]

we will be at XDC Round One Irwindale! come find us and say hi and maybe get some stickers or Elevens' shirts. wish us luck and stay tuned to our facebook and blog for frequent updates!

stickers (limited quantities made for this event only so first come first serve!) :




we also just completed the new paint for George Marstonivic's LS1 FC so check that out as well

[sylsevilsis]

Nice build, Any updates on that valve cover?

[AceUp]

so little update on how round 1 went at Irwindale.
got there early friday morning. unloaded the car off the trailer and passed tech with flying colors. felt like i was the only one that had an sr around.got anxious to drive went out. first run spun on the bank and grazed the wall. 2nd run didnt commit 100% and smacked the wall with the rear coming off the bank. got all sad and dissappointed. forgot my balls at home, but thankfully my friends found them for me and second practice session was better. fought understeer like no other thanks to some sweet old nexens.. got some decent runs in by the end of friday nothing great..


YouTube - Vitaly Sopkin practicing at XDC Round One 2011, Irwindale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=IAucLj8J1tk

DAY 2
drivers meeting they told us they wanted all the body panels attached and didnt care what it took to get it done. so a box of selftapping screws and zipties the car looked good as new...


practice went well swapped the front tires around and understeer issue went away. played around with a couple different lines on the bank to try to stay up high. Qualifying came around in no time. car was ready to rock. i was ready to roll. watched some guys run before me and gauged on what i should do on my runs. finally it was my turn, went out and did a conservative run, nothing crazy but fairly smooth i thought. 2nd run tried to push it a bit too much with speed and spun. Was pretty confident that i would be able to sneak in with my first run. drivers meeting rolled around aaaaannnnd.... tied for 16th and 17th place, so they averaged both qualifying runs and i lost since i spun. party foul. The Upside i was 4th fastest coming off the bank in qualifying.. So hung out and started watching the tandem practice session and then saw that the guy who i tied with broke. i quickly tried to get a hold of one of the xdc officials to see if i could sneak into his spot since he couldnt go anymore, but unfortunately was quickly denied. but anyways had lots of fun, learned alot and cant wait for round 2 in Phoenix!

qualifying run 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HupU4LM1gWw

[AGNT84]

dude your car is sick and good to see it in action...
good idea on that valve cover

[Quail]

Looks great

[conrad_s13.5]

boss ass update man!
keep ur head up!,. im sure the shit looked awesome!

post up some of that gopro footage!

[hypercrush]

Speedhunters yeah



sponsors


bodywork

[97240TB]

Off topic but that FC next to your car in the speed hunter photo looks sexy, I like your car better with the battle scars.

[travisty_]

Paint on the FC is hot, good work.

[hypercrush]

thank you we appreciate it. the FC needs a little paintwork after this weekends Modified event but its no big deal.

the 240 and the FC will be cleaned up, fiberglass fixed, and looking sharp for round 2 here in phx. on the 23rd. come find us and say hi and grab a sticker or buy a shirt or something haha

[AceUp]

dude is this Georges thread or my thread?! yeah we know his shit is cooler then mine. post pictures of it somewhere else anyways drivetrain is for sale!!! look in the classified section.

[tunermt]

Post a link to your sale thread yo, super solid engine set up for a damn good deal. All because you just want to do something different and exciting haha. The V mount SR must be getting boring because you never have problems with it?

[mxsx25]

Love the car and love what you guys are doin best of luck this season

[AceUp]

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/37686...t-gt2871r.html

motorset is for sale. help me make this LSx crap look bad and buy my motorset

and here is a nice and lame on the bank go pro video. i want another rematch with irwindale for sure.


also been testing this setup out which will soon hit the market and youll be able to say bye bye to all those cables...

[slideways90]

Originally Posted by VitalyS

http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/37686...t-gt2871r.html

motorset is for sale. help me make this LSx crap look bad and buy my motorset

and here is a nice and lame on the bank go pro video. i want another rematch with irwindale for sure.


also been testing this setup out which will soon hit the market and youll be able to say bye bye to all those cables...

nice!!!!!! im in the process of trying to make that set up myself. how far are you from getting them in production?

[AceUp]

These are George M's design. there will be a couple small revisions for the final product but i would say shortly right after Phoenix XDC. they will be offered in brackets only or everything you need to convert into a hydraulic handbrake.

[HayaiSaru]

Where does the bracket bolt on to?

[blingbling]

Im excited for round 2. It was cool to see you show up to modified. Wish the drifting had a better turn out. There spectating was aweful for it

[AceUp]

Originally Posted by HayaiSaru

Where does the bracket bolt on to?

between the hub and the spindle.

[CamryOnBronze]

I think my friend Mike is the one that broke before the finals that you mentioned, lol. Small world. That Joe Dirt sticker is rad!

[tunermt]

ballin dual caliper hydro e brake set up