CH#'s 6666 customs (not just the wing) RB25NEO S13 pic heavy build thread

[S-Nation S13]

Originally Posted by ch1873857

Andrews is in Maryland buddy. Dave does awesome tubs too. he pulled another all nighter last night on my front end. he changed his design 3 times because he's not happy until its perfect. . this front will be truly unique. and dimples dies everywhere... hopefully done by Monday..

SHIT JUST MY LUCK !! lol

[JDMpurest]

Glad to see you putting that hard earned government money to work. As a fellow AF member I know what that shits like. Your attitude and skills are spot on, I cant wait to see this build complete. When I PCS back to the states im putting my NEO in a coupe. I'm eagerly awaiting being able to do a full build of this magnitude. I have an entire S13 Silvia to put into a rolling shell. Im with you on the GT style wheels, 'G ass wheels' don't belong on a proper drift car.

What did you do for motor mounts? Stock sub frame? I'm bringing back an R32 sub frame to mount my NEO.

[ch1873857]

the 250 dollar top hat mount kit with shaftmasters driveshaft works the best every time. 310 shipped for an awesome driveshaft too..

[SlideOrDie831]

Originally Posted by S-Nation S13

want more pics of this thing..im not a hatch guy but sometimes there are those people that make me wanna buy a hatch..!!

i see yoru locations say andrews afb (cali)?? i want tubs think you can help a brotha out lol

yer in socal so you're proble thinking edwards AFB.

[ch1873857]

oh yeah ^ that's right...

[s13turbohatch]

And RB + incredible suspension + 4 6 customs kit = what most of us want with an s13, I don't understand how anybody is giving you crap. And having Enjuku Racing comment on your build thread... great job! Lets get more updates!

[ch1873857]

thanks. ken and BG at enjuku have been awesome. did a lot of business with them in the past 6 months because their prices and their customer service are spot on. their customer service guy Andrew has dealt with all of my mishaps with the 6666 kit and now knows me by name. Very personal people with a great memory. I suggest enjuku racing is your FIRST stop when it comes to buying parts.

[s13turbohatch]

I buy just about everything I can for my KA-t build from Enjuku I agree definatly one of the best places to buy parts online, good thing is i'm almost done! Good luck with your build!

[ch1873857]

small update:

the car still has XXR wheels..

in other news. my hand brake is mounted and the front end is started. dave changed the design a few times. overall its coming out really well. solid.

hand brake.


took 2 pieces of 3/16 steel welded it completely solid at a 90. its not a perfect 90 but its formed around the trans tunnel. I was able to weld it completely on each side. given the trans tunnel is round and the mount is angled there were gaps on the corners. i didnt bother welding it. didnt need it. its not going anywhere. i prepped it good and there is a solid weld all around. i drilled and tapped the mount for 2 12mm bolts. yanked as hard as i could, leaned all my body weight into it. put my penis on it. didnt move... and its in the perfect spot for me!




shots of the front end mock up.. its far from done so you can ask why we did it a certain way but i'll ignore it till its done. i just dont want this thread to die lol

[LS240]

Screw the haters. 527s are pretty wheels. And purple is sick. They'd look good on my black hatch. Great build, keep doing your thing.

[dreamin240sx]

lookin good fella

[Pinggg]

Can't wait to see what you been up too!
Informoreupdatesnow!

[ch1873857]

Originally Posted by Pinggg

Can't wait to see what you been up too!
Informoreupdatesnow!

huh? i just posted an update and what Im into?

[nothix]

sweet build! subscribed

[ultramagnus]

OP is that seriously a grip royal wheel ? i have one from them and it doesn't have that step in the back. i've been very iffy about there stuff recently it seems their q/a isn't up to par anymore. nice build man

[ch1873857]

yeah its a grip royal.. i pm'ed him.. he said oh it'll be alright, some people put washers in between the hub and the wheel. only 2 bolts get torqued down.

couple of my buddies moved my car over to daves garage while i was working. when i went to check everything out i noticed the wheel was just dangling there. it pulled all the threads out of my quick release. all they did was steer it while they pushed the car.. it chipped off all the paint as well. not too happy about it. but oh well.

[ultramagnus]

Originally Posted by ch1873857

yeah its a grip royal.. i pm'ed him.. he said oh it'll be alright, some people put washers in between the hub and the wheel. only 2 bolts get torqued down.

couple of my buddies moved my car over to daves garage while i was working. when i went to check everything out i noticed the wheel was just dangling there. it pulled all the threads out of my quick release. all they did was steer it while they pushed the car.. it chipped off all the paint as well. not too happy about it. but oh well.

WTF 2 bolts for a steering wheel oh man they are smoking meth over there

i'm glad i didn't buy another wheel from them, i have an early version and it's whole not stepped, there is no more q/a over there ever since they started carrying nrg. how sad they have fallen so fast. new hub and new wheel man a real good setup shouldn't be more than $350 and you know i'll work.

[ch1873857]

hmm. i heard some good things about them. thats why i went with them. the leather its wrapped in appears to be good quality. just the design is junk. more pissed about my destroyed $200 quick release

[ch1873857]

got a pm from grip royal. he's requesting pics but is more than willing to compensate for the damage and send a different wheel that has a better design. pretty happy about that..

[S-Nation S13]

damn..even your mock up looks promising shit..quality build right here

[ch1873857]

alright folks.. another update. i told you id keep this shit going.

MOST of the front end has been mocked up and welded solid. Dave has been busting his ass living out of a bag to help me make my attentive April 1st shakedown day at drift nirvana @Summit Point Raceway, WV. He's done an awesome job and I'm beyond happy. Its NOT done but getting there and most likely will consist of a temporary bolt in core support and crash bar for sunday. But.. what is pictured is permenant minus the dimple died gussets that go between the 2 3/4" tubes.

This design turned out to be incredibly rigid. we each stood on the outer corners of the core support and there was minimal to NO flex. The only way it would move is because the center posts arent tied together yet.

Cars gonna get the temporary braces tonight and towed back over to J3 for wiring. While Jorge gets the wiring squared away i have intercooler and charge pipes to fab up. I will have 2 solid days to get it all done. fml..

pics...






Remind you that this is far from complete but it will give you guys an idea of whats happening..

Thanks

PS: Yes i still have XXRs

[ch1873857]

[SFL Jon]

shit... you know how to build a car.

[ch1873857]

Update:

Had a LONG fuckin weekend. Want to start off by saying it was awesome meeting a couple of you guys out here this weekend. It was awesome having people come up to me and say hey! ive been following your build thread on zilvia! Thanks guys! Got of work thursday night and worked straight until 9am sunday morning. Just in time to load it on the trailer and head to the event. My boy Jorge Aguilar @ J3 Drift Lab tag teamed this car with me to make this event. I couldnt have done it without him. Cage Dave pulled off the front end just in time.

We had little support with the wiring. An ECU pinout was all we had. Jorge nailed it first time though. He is Genius! It turned over first time like the motor was already running before. Unlike most RBs as soon as the key his the start position it turns over. hardly hear it cranking. its awesome haha.

A lot of this is temporary for the event. if it looks thrown together. thats because it is.( just look at my screamer.. it was a half inch off and was touching my rack boot. it was 4am. suck it! im the unicorn! but we did it and I had a solid day. What was supposed to be a shakedown day but ended up being a full blown drift day. i got about 3 hours of solid track time at probably 20 runs at 3 laps a run on a large 3rd gear D pad.






Only problems I had were : top of 2nd and 3rd it would cut out presumably because I maxed out my injectors. I did the sweeper in 3rd and the transition in 2nd so i was able to band aid that for the day.

also, ChaseBays! oh chasebays... your $240 powersteering kit SUCKS! my cap leaked all day splashing PS fluid all over my exhaust manifold all day.. it was tight and the rubber gasket was there. appearently the rack fittings leaked a little too and i know those bitches were tight. my power steering issues may have been the reason in the middle of a 3rd gear sweeper it decided to yank the wheel out of my hand, straighten up and send me toward the wall. Thank you StopTech and ASD!

Thats all the problems i had with my setup. the stack of tires that should have been where they were was not the cars fault and the dirt. well.. its dirt.. haha. it was so much fun.

[WanganNastyMachine]

It was nice meeting you man, Im glad to see you did a little bit of track time despite how you felt about it at first. I'll continue following your build, Im sure we will bump into eachother again.

Mike

PS - Thanks for the review on ChaseBays Rack kit, I was looking into it myself but I may go upon other methods.

[ch1873857]

Yeah man definately! Got a lot more track time than I thought i would. i thought i wouldve broken SOMETHING.

couple more things i want to add

Parts Shop MAX swirl pot also is pretty much junk. in fact, the one i have is identical to the generic china brand one on ebay with a PBM sticker on the cap. Same price but the problem is. the nipple on the very top THREADS in. its only held on by a thread or 2 with an o ring. it came off when i put the hose in and immediately stripped as soon as i tried to put it back on. so i could not run a coolant resevoir at the track. The swirl pot saved me and i didnt lose too much and the way it is designed, my coolant was always bled. i idled for about 20 minutes at a time with 2 or 3 back to back runs and my temps never went above 185. Thanks to the Copper radiator, royal purple water wetter, and some really good mishimoto fans with a shroud.

Also, the suspension. Started it off completely soft. stock sway bar up front none in the rear. dampening set at 1 out of 24 front and rear on the coilovers. oversteer was controllable and understeer was minimal. i understeered 2 times the whole day. a quick hand brake saved it both times. the car was very easy to "save" .

the one time i couldnt it was totally my fault. heres the track


you can see The Loop at the bottom right. thats where i was at most of the day. its a large hairpin that you connect with Ram site. I do it in 3rd. Coming out of the hairpin at the top of third i didnt give myself to go from top of third. clutch. second. handbrake. dump second through ram site.. instead i yank the hand brake from 3rd and couldnt dig out of it in time. i even forgot to clutch kick which also wouldve saved me. which leads me to my final point

os giken twin plate and ASD 16" handbrake are awesome!

[WanganNastyMachine]

Its kinda hard to spectate the Ram Site, but its where alot of people go the shakedown the car because its more-or-less simple and a little room for error over some other parts of Summit Point Motorsports. Alot easier then Trigger Course (Uses Pistol Grip and Cave Esses for non Summit Point people reading) which I dislike highly.

Should've gone on Bridge course! I love the flow of the track and since I didn't have a car there I was taking some photos.

Dammit, I though PBM would have been alot better then the Circuit Sports stuff I always see.

[ch1873857]

I wouldve but it was getting late in the afternoon by the time i felt the car could handle it. i didnt have enough grip with the 245/40 contis at 25psi i was running. then tires happened, then the wall ALMOST happened when my rack burped.

i didnt sleep the night before and i was zombie mode as it was. i was awake purely on adrenaline. so i couldnt stop. i couldnt see out of my windshield after the rack incident to. i was just too fucking tired.

ive been working non stop on this thing for 3 months. and i started after i got home from a 9 month deployment. im burnt out! i pulled the car out of the trailor and into the barn. a few days before the next event i will get the bugs worked out and run the next event like this. THEN ill tear down, paint it, and finish the front end. i need to spend some quality time with the wifey.

ps. best place to spectate ram site is above the classroom on the top balcony. thats where my buddies were watchin me

[WanganNastyMachine]

Good, keep the wifey happy, lol. If she ain't happy, nobody is going to be happy. I could tell you were quite burnt out yesterday, you pulled an all-nighter.

Keep the build thread updated, Im glad the car didnt meet a wall, that would have been a disaster. I'll start taking pics of my car and start my own now that I have the motivation to.

Mike

[OBEEWON]

Love that track. I need to get down there again soon.

What wheels are the purple ones?