About that time again....drift car build thread

[JDMtrendyyy]

very nice build

glad you didnt sell the car its coming out very nice.

[addisonblck]

car looks awesome. i cant wait to see it going with the new setup.

[zerodameaon]

Hows the car comming along?

[chixwithtrix]

I figured I'd bring some closure to the project and thread

This weekend was a melancholic one, we're moving out of our 2000 sqft shop into a 5'x10' storage place, I've sold off most of the parts to this car, and today its shell was scrapped at a metal yard for $30. I even tried to give the shell away to someone who would use it, but nobody came for it.

A sad end to a cool project. But on the bright side its RB25 and full rear subframe/suspension are staying in the family and going into my boyfriend's Datsun 240Z project. It was a learning experience with some good and bad memories, but in the end I'm glad to have worked on and owned this project. Hopefully I'll start something again when I'm in a better position in life.

Thanks for tagging along for the ride

[troyw]

damn its always sad to see a 240 in a junk yard oh and did you ever go to any of the westheimer meets down in houston

[driftiteasy0113]

this makes me sad

[ganma_ca]

Dude WTF!??!?!??! Was the car in an accident? Run out of money? What in the wild wild world of sports happened here??? I have been to the brink and back and short of my 240 melting or being hit head on by a semi, even if I only had 2 cents to my name I would keep it. What happened here??????? I have gone through 3 wiring harnesses and countless hours of soldering and rewiring, and turbo's blowing, and coolant failures, and busting headgaskets, so long as it's not a catastrophic failure it is easy to deal with! Shoot wish I had seen this earlier, though I am not in austin my fam. is I would have told them to pick up the chassis lol even if just to save it from the clutches of a compactor. I think all of us that have gone to hell and back with our 240's and put the blood sweat and tears into them should never give up! I know it might be a painful subject but can you illuminate to all of us that have been following this why this happened????

[Aoshi1]

Man, I bet that hurt when you saw the shell crushed, I know I would have been upset. Especially after all that history. Good to see the RB is staying in the family though...can we look forward to a write up of the Datsun now? This thread was great stuff. It's threads like this that give me encouragement, and make me not give up, or give in, lol.

[chixwithtrix]

Dude WTF!??!?!??...

Simple answer - I'm not you. I have a different life situation.

Long answer - My boyfriend just graduated from college. I have one short semester left in the summer and I'm graduated. A few months ago we were planning on moving back to Houston since my bf got a job there and buying some land so we could get away from renting and throwing away money there. Almost bought five acres from my family, but then they f***ed us over and pulled out at the last minute leaving us hanging with all of our plans destroyed. Without the support of family helping us get land we just don't have the assets right now so we're stuck renting a small house, on a big hill that we can't get our cars into the garage. So who knows whats going to happen in the next few years? Will we stay here in the house we are renting, will we rent in Houston, will we find some land and start building our workshop...? Who knows.

We fell out with the people renting the 2000sqft shop over the year we have been in there, they were slobs and never took care of their areas. We lost partners and had to take up the slack, and it was expensive. Our lease is up at the end of this month so were trying to get out of it for good. We had to find a place for all of our cars, including my FB rx7, this 240 drift car, my BFs drift miata and his project Z. His cars went to his parents and there was no room left for mine. My parents did not want my cars on their land, and I can't put them at my house because 1. they could get broken into 2. I don't have the room because of my giant hill nothing will get in the garage.

A few months ago seeing what was happening I decided that right now the best choice would be to sell the cars instead of leave them rotting, unused for years until my life got straightened out. If I was having problems with the car when it as being used, imagine what I'd have to deal with if it had been sitting for 4 years. I tried to sell it whole, but of course nobody would pay. I traded my RX7 for a race quad, and parted out this 240. My bf got a lot of its parts for the Z, the rest went to other people. The shell...well, you all know where the shell went. I'm hurting that I had to do this, but in the end its what I chose to do and I have to live with it.

There will be other cars and other projects, I'm not out of the game. First I have to graduate, get a job that pays more than freaking minimum wage, and move into my own place where we can build our own workshop to our liking. That's what is important in life to me right now, not watching my past projects collect dust and waste away.

On a good note though, I'm still able to help my bf out with his cars in Houston; the drift miata and Z that my RB is going into, so its not all a loss. I used some of the money from selling my car to pay off debts I accrued through building it and bought myself a race quad and am letting my bf use the one I got from trading the RX7. They can get up our hill into the garage and be worked on at our house instead of in a shop or at someone else's house hours away. I'm currently rebuilding my YFZ's engine for high comp on a table in my garage. They are super fun to ride and work on, so I can still get my automotive fix. Plus, there are a lot more places in TX to ride offroad than race tracks for cars.

Good to see the RB is staying in the family though...can we look forward to a write up of the Datsun now? This thread was great stuff. It's threads like this that give me encouragement, and make me not give up, or give in, lol.

Of course there will be a thread . I think he started one on nico, but he doesn't keep up with it so I think I'll be taking over when we start doing work on it again.

[hbpignosePA]

Dude WTF

shes a dudette

sorry to hear bout all your troubles but at least you are getting your priorities in order....im fortunate to be able to keep my s13 at my mom's since ive come to the realization its going to be a while till i finish, but i too worry about finishing before school is over and then i have more responsibilities

that atv is sick, i wish i had the space/trailer to have one and somewhere to ride

[ganma_ca]

Bummer sounds like everything went to **** for a minute. Sorry to hear about that. I have had issues with space before. I can't say I've had the exact same experience but something close. I had an S12 that was in show room condition, had just spent $3000 in engine mods and building it up, I had left it at a friends house for about a month because I had no place to store it. Came back to check on it and it was Gone!!! Never to be seen again sad day:( I know we are different people and times are desperate, sucks when you have to rely on someone and they back out. I do have to say there's nothing wrong with a project sitting for a few years either though. I have a 78 240z that had sat for like 4 1/2 years in an abandoned shed on some of my friends farm land. Went right back to work on it where I started off and it's still fun times. But true when the time is right and everything falls in order more projects await. Just a shame to see something that had so much put into it have to be sold off due to a downpour of not so fun times. Good to see that your focuses are still being put towards some other awesome motorsports though lol! It's still cool to see no matter what type of vehicles you 2 have you are still hard at work modifying them! Hopefully there will be a return of the Zombie 240 with a heart of the beast from the east some time in the distant future Mad props to the both of you

[dre1507]

Well the good thing is you had fun while it was available, and now you're preparing yourself to graduate college, which should re-open some doors (financially). Take care of yourself. We'll all be waiting for the next build.

[Ghost_silvia]

Thanks for the fenders, wish I could have picked up the chassis in case god forbid something happens to my GF's car it would have been an easy change over same color and everything. By the way are you going to be photographing at the April 24th mean streets drift show??

[StandardProspect]

Ah, I loved this thread, you had a sick car. Nice closing post, good luck to you

[chixwithtrix]

Thanks for the good words guys, hope the future holds some cool builds.

Not sure if I'll be at the Meanstreets show, I'll see if I can get in with one of the local groups, I probably know the guys who'll be drifting there. I went to the one last year and rode in a lot of the cars videoing, but thats back when I was Daily Drifter, who is now defunkd. The 'track' was a joke, I doubt it will be anything spectacular, but its always cool to have an excuse to drift. I find it funny they are saying its the first competition circuit in Texas...yeah, where have they been the last four years, lol.

[troskinatior]

To bad the 240 had to go. What year Z are you swaping the RB into? And we need to see videos of you riding the quad

Edit: I fail at reading.

[chixwithtrix]

To bad the 240 had to go. What year Z are you swaping the RB into? And we need to see videos of you riding the quad

1972 240Z, planning on rotisary-ing the whole car. Should be a badass build for the street. Beauty and function

Videos of me riding I can do ...my high comp YFZ450, wooded trails - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEE7L0hloWkmodded 400ex, first ride, wheelies/flat land - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e4oN2Ze9VY


Modified by chixwithtrix at 9:51 PM 2/28/2010

[mRodiek]

Sad to see this come to an end.

I almost, several times, made an offer on your coils lol I saw them for sale at least 5x but I need to replace other parts first, and pay rent ha.

Make sure you put a link in this thread to the Z build

[bllabong89]

yea, for sure put a link to any upcoming builds. I will be saving this to my favorites because I may need to steal some ideas for my car.lol. great job guys and I hope everything works out for ya guys. maybe there will be a s13 sequel.lol

[s13-t]

Hey Im thinkin about going v mount and cutting my hood similar to yours. Do you think the hood supports, the ribs tac welded to the bottom of the hood, are necessary? Think the hood would still be structurally sound If I removed the ribs completely?

$hitty to see the car go. But you will miss it.

[chixwithtrix]

The hood needs the ribbing, especially if you are adding weight of a fabricated scoop. They get really flimsy without it, its just sheet metal.

[Coeur de lion]

Good luck! Hope to see you back on here soon!

[NismoZRS]

I even tried to give the shell away to someone who would use it, but nobody came for it.

really?!.. this suprises me.. cause you post anything for free on the forums and you have all the low ballers and cheap-asses biting each others necks over it