The fabrication thread.

[c72c]

Only have my iPhone pics but got some of the window vent finished. It's in primer right now. Once the rest of the car is done, we'll paint it to match. Still haven't decided on the cover being carbon covered or painted.

[roco]

i check in from time to time been a while since i posted on here, been busy travelling working abroad with race teams/shops. this is kinda the highlights over the last year. Caution lots of pics.

civic rally car






























another civic rally car

[roco]

another civic rally car, lol

and a crx race car.

[roco]

Carbon fibre Ferrari 550 race/drift car in SVK Sweden.















Notching the tubes in Kris old milling machine from the 50's..

[roco]

classic ford falcon drag car getting a full back half,
this is my work im doing in perth Australia atm, its all t45
































































and finally finished and on the ground, sitting high on front as theres no engine in it.

[roco]

my office while im here,


R35 skyline, running a 2500whp 4.8 patrol engine. this thing is nuts.





cockpit,







my office,

[roco]

ps13 drag car. back half.













1600whp 2j



full custom billet inlet manifold.





basic t45 cage in a supra drag car. belive me, doing this with interior is harder than it looks. cage is tight everywhere.







t45 gearbox mount

[roco]

have a big project finishing up this coming week, will post pics when i finnish it. then i jet back home to Ireland again. where next who knows? open to offers

[Jonnie Fraz]

You sir are an artist!

[sidewayz240]

You just made my day good sir. That is incredible work.

[C-unit]

wow! more of that ferrari please!

[singlecamslam]

roco just freaking killed it.

[PerilousActs]

Isn't that ferrari in storage? I thought the owner sold everything and moved away. I hope to god he's resurrecting it now D:

[STR8E180]

Originally Posted by roco

full custom billet inlet manifold.

hypertune products are awesome
their workshop is about a half hour drive from my house and they are always building insane race cars

they recently just finished there sr-ve inlet manifold

[roco]

Thanks guys much love

@cunit and singlecam, yeah the Ferrari build was back last july, it has since gone into storage and doesent look like it will be coming back out too soon. Kristian is a good friend of mine and he has moved to Vietnam, he's in the process of re-opening the shop there so you never know what the future holds or what the mad bastard will do next, .

@str8e180, yeah the hypertune products are sick, there expensive but well worth it. they made this inlet custom for ITP here in perth, has 2 or 3 fuel rails. awesome piece of engineering.

actually forgot that i have two big projects, one finishing this week and the other is finished but i have to ask the owners permission to post pics.

[STR8E180]

Originally Posted by roco

my office while im here,


R35 skyline, running a 2500whp 4.8 patrol engine. this thing is nuts.

that chassis was build here in Australia as well if i remember correctly
think the workshop built 3 or 4 of them side by side
i know there is also a black on running an rb30

[punxva]

that would be an RJ Race cars pro stock chassis, they probably bought the chassis, and did everything else thereselves

[roco]

no str8e180 is right, they built three full r35 rollers from the ground up. everything from tube chassis, bodywork, electrics, engine, ect, all built here in house.. the chassis is based of a RJ design but is no built by RJ. first r35 drag cars in the world.

[roco]

This is the ps13 i preped for christy carpenter, a professional drifter here in Ireland, im sure you all know his Yokohama 1j s15 from previous years . it was nice to be let lose on a project for once, christy gave me guidelines of what he wanted and let me lose to destroy his baby in the faith i would resurrect it as a frankencar ,. some love it some think i went too far, ive been in this game a while now and i assure you everything has a purpose and reason for its placement. this car is as far as i can bring it without going full space frame chassis. I havent got final weight figures of chris yet but i can tell you that two people were able to lift the complete finished shell with cage, front tube frame, rear tube frame and subframe.. i would like to say thanks to christy for choosing me on this build, it was a pleasure to be a part of it..


Caution lots of pics, im not responsible for your computer blowing up.

enjoy.

gutted it





started chopping,, no turning back now.









new cold rolled sheet bulkhead









start of the cage









subframe mods,






finnished cage



























plated the front ready for tube.

















small bit more cut out :P

[roco]

another big hole,



engine mounts









gear box mount and chassis brace in one,











engine in, i swear its there,





new cold rolled sheet bulkhead,,







access panel on top








wooops, got carried away






start of front tube frame, Note in doing all this tube work i had to also fit all the fiberglass body work and make the tubes to fit that. there the pictures and the hours of work you dont see. every bar is form fit to the fiber glass for best fit and strength.









bumper bash bar, this is bent to from fit behind the bumper perfectly.

[roco]

now onto the rear, gotta give her some gheto bootay again



capped chassis legs


http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...61570762_n.jpg



frp overfenders cover everything.

















Note how the rear bar bends back in to stop an open end from ripping other cars open like a can opener. would also catch on walls, tyres ect. this way is more protective to driver and opponents and slides better for love taps.

[roco]

DONE







Blocked all holed to the cockpit so no tyre smoke can leak through







engine back in



















so much fabrication in one picture

[roco]

I just did the chassis design and fabrication so the car then went off for paint and finnishing by other people. its 98% finnished now so ill have new pics of it shortly.

[Carbomb]

where is the harness bar and diag for main hoop? to drivers head?

amazing wrk



d

did a mid mount with a evo8 IC and made a bash bar so I could get on and off my trailer with out ruining car. lol tuerck inspired bash bar.

custom evo 8 turbo kit also, running 20 psi on a stock sr.
555 z32 and rom tune.
custom apexi intake tube for sr20 with z32, I hacked it up and modded to fit evo turbo and z32




work in progress. going to clean up wiring and vac lines nad prepare for battle. love not having a fmic, bumper looks empty inside. splitter nad duct work coming asap

[EvoVIII808]

Now thats some great wrk!

[roco]

thanks guys,

@toadstool, hoop diagonal and harness bars are only needed to pass regs for some motorsports here in europe,, the sport this car is competeing or could potentially compete in doesnt need them so i left them out for more driver room as he is using a pedal box. realistically with the grade material, rear x and triangulated rear stays it would want to be an insanely rough crash to deform the hoop,, this car will never be put on tracks where those forces could occur.

oh and that is a lovely onevia, reminds me of one of my old cars. very jealous.

[Bushido]

roco, you got serious skills. kudos

[blusx]

Wow fkin fabrication overload!!!!!!

[USN_S14]

so i picked this welder up from a flea market in coldwater, ms. and always wanted to tig is it any good? it is a lincoln with a the foot pedal and optional finger trigger if i wanted to use it. i have a oxygen acetylene torch, plasma cutter, stick welder, spot welder, and mig. so this tig hopefully will round out my welding supplies. so ya what do yall think oh experts of the fab world lol.

[TTnickdizzle]

^^^That lincoln is an ok entry level TIG. it does TIG and stick, But no MIG.

@ ROCO all those cages you're making a being MIG'd right?

I only have a Miller sync 250, how much of a pain in the ass would it be to TIG a entire cage? or should i just start looking for a MIG for those kind of things?