Project Bus Parking: Michelle's makover

[chixwithtrix]

Project Bus Parking....

Just got back from picking up a new S13 shell for the fresh start to my drift car build. A lot of you have probably seen my other drift car (Michelle) build on here (zerothread?id=358846). With this project I'm planning on building the car up from the ground better than the current chassis and swapping everything over.

Currently the shell has:-6pt cage w/o door bars-stripped sound deadening-50mm rear overfenders-30mm front fenders-bushinged rack-cut and folded fenders

For now the project is on hold until I can find a storage facility in Austin; had to leave the shell back on the family land in Houston for now. Updates to come....

So...Project Bus Parking? Yeah...last night some friends and I were at an IHOP at 1am and there was no parking for the truck and trailer except for a bus parking spot. So a buddy decides to get some duct tape (originally wanted to spray paint it on) and put 'BUS' on the side of the car. At the time it was hilarious and I dubbed the project "Bus Parking"...good times, now for the pics!

Bus Parking

The duct taping



Interior

No windshield...

Clean bay

Fenders

It kinda fit

Modified by chixwithtrix at 7:16 PM 2/1/2009
Modified by chixwithtrix at 7:37 PM 2/1/2009

[maj Andres]

wohoo, first subscriber!

[SirSilvia]

wohoo, first subscriber!

....wut?anyway, your first one looked great and I can't wait to see how this one turns out.

[UNVMY240]

My god that car is sky high.... what does it have? A 6in lift kit? I know they say everything is bigger in Texas but thats crazy!!!

Good luck with the project, looking forward to reading your build.

[Ghast]

....wut?anyway, your first one looked great and I can't wait to see how this one turns out.

[SirSilvia]

My god that car is sky high.... what does it have? A 6in lift kit? I know they say everything is bigger in Texas but thats crazy!!!

Good luck with the project, looking forward to reading your build.

said it had cut and folded fenders, so when the car is lowered and has wheels with a sick offset with the overfenders put on. the tire won't rub the original fenders

[chixwithtrix]

yep, its got stock suspension on it right now, it just looks high because a couple inches were hacked out of the rear fenders for the overfenders

[Steve Lloyd]

That rollcage is gonna need to be cut out, you won't pass tech at any real drift events with the cage welded up on the lower portion of the back seat, it needs to be on the floor. I just went through this hassle yesterday at an event where we were not allowed to run due to improper cage mounting. You might wanna check before you get o far into it so you can change it now while it's easy to fix and hasn't been painted. We had already completely painted and rust proofed our interior and then found out I have to redo my cage, kinda sucks........

Car looks good though, I like the rear fender wells, I don't have the guts to do that to my car, wish I did,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[chixwithtrix]

which portion of the back seat and why?

I was told the cage should be spec, but I definitely kept my mind open that it might not be and would have to change it. Meh, I'll deal with it when I can. I just need to know what exactly is wrong and where it should be mounted...

[breadbox]

In my car I just want rear roll support in the event my car ever flips and a harness bar.

Can some one in paint draw lines and explain a good cage from a death trap?

Maybe explain why certain bends are useless or are not recommended.

[mattblancarte]

which portion of the back seat and why?

I was told the cage should be spec, but I definitely kept my mind open that it might not be and would have to change it. Meh, I'll deal with it when I can. I just need to know what exactly is wrong and where it should be mounted...

The mounting points should be okay for SCCA and NASA. The mounting plates, however, look kind of shoddy.

[hbpignosePA]

i havent checked your other thread but was there a reason you got a new shell?

just another project or are you swappin the rb over? how much did you pay if you dont mind sharing?

[Steve Lloyd]

should look more like this........... Welded to 6"x6" plates on the floor.

[chixwithtrix]

should look more like this........... Welded to 6"x6" plates on the floor.

Hmm, looks good, but what I find interesting is that I don't see a lot of consensus on where to weld in the cage. Example: a friend of mine who competes on a professional drifting level has the cage welded in on the seat section similar to where mine is... here is the photo of it: http://i10.photobucket.com/alb...2.jpg

And yes, this car will get a good going over and the cage looked at more closely once I can get the current space/time situation handled.

i havent checked your other thread but was there a reason you got a new shell?just another project or are you swappin the rb over? how much did you pay if you dont mind sharing?

As I mentioned in the 1st post I picked this up to build it right from the ground. My RB S13 chassis is a good car, but it started life with ABS and Hicas (which both have been deleted) and has 280,000 miles on the chassis. Instead of taking the RB out to stitch weld and paint the bay, replacing the abs hardlines, buy a full cage, beef it up, strip and repaint I decided I'd pick up this shell - build it right - and swap everything from the black S13 to this shell once it is all prepped.

Originally I just wanted the 4 overfenders from this guy for $300 a few months ago...but he recently brought down the price of the whole car (cage, overfenders, rack and all) to $500. I bought this shell before my turbo blew and just had a chance to go pick it up a few days ago.

[skydragoness]

That's an incredibly clean engine bay. Good luck with the build, you're one of the very few females on this board that gets their hands dirty.

I never post in the 240 forum anymore... gave up years ago.

[SirSilvia]

I like how she wastes no time in getting sh*t done. Most guys on the other hand are a bunch of lolligaggers, including myself Keep up the good work

[mattblancarte]

Yep. Mine's identical to that, trix, and I've been told it's plenty fine. I read the SCCA rules and they mention that it just needs to be six points in the passenger compartment. Nothing specific about where inside the compartment. Check it:

[ca18detgabby]

like the gold......... looks sweet.

I will probably be putting a cage in my S13 soon. just waiting on step dad to bend the piping.........

should be another sweet build, dare I ask why it says "bus" on the side?

[SirSilvia]

like the gold......... looks sweet.

I will probably be putting a cage in my S13 soon. just waiting on step dad to bend the piping.........

should be another sweet build, dare I ask why it says "bus" on the side?

right there homie

So...Project Bus Parking? Yeah...last night some friends and I were at an IHOP at 1am and there was no parking for the truck and trailer except for a bus parking spot. So a buddy decides to get some duct tape (originally wanted to spray paint it on) and put 'BUS' on the side of the car. At the time it was hilarious and I dubbed the project "Bus Parking"...good times, now for the pics!

[xX RB Xx]

like the gold......... looks sweet.

I will probably be putting a cage in my S13 soon. just waiting on step dad to bend the piping.........

should be another sweet build, dare I ask why it says "bus" on the side?

read damn you!!!

but this will be another awesome build.. looking forward to seeing the progression from shell to track whore!

[chixwithtrix]

Yep. Mine's identical to that, trix, and I've been told it's plenty fine. I read the SCCA rules and they mention that it just needs to be six points in the passenger compartment. Nothing specific about where inside the compartment....

Yeah, I didn't figure it would matter where it was mounted as long as the tubing, etc was up to spec. Who was it at what event that told you to move your cage mount points Steve?

[VietGQ]

looking good! just wondering if u have more pics on the over fender as im looknig to buy some over fenders for my 240, for the 50mm does it repalce the whole quarter panel? and does it go to the doorline? thanks