OFFICIAL: NICOclub Time Attack S13 Build Thread NOW WITH VIDEO

[180sxfaktory]

alright well here it goes. So there was some frame damage that we have known about but just this weekend noticed the full extent of it. So what do we do? Well we start cutting the frame rail out of this S13 without even talking to the owner!









everyone lending a hand



CUT! CUT! CUT!

Dale with the finished piece (dale is the man so order from 180SXfactory!)

Chillin after a long day that we got a lot done

So that's saturday!

Damn! I didn't realize how dirty my face got, but that's the way it is whenever I'm knee-deep in something I'm glad that you guys told me before we went to Fridays.

[DJButton]

Again, I am most thankful to Allah and to my friends and the bros of New Hampshire and Connecticut for welcoming me and allowing me to pitch in with this project. As for now, New Hampshire is where it's at, and the time attack car is a serious project, so all of you who have pledged time, parts, money, sponsorship and other things, a big up token of sincere gratitude. For those who have made promises and such previously, please go through with them and let's make this exciting project an "all hands" effort. I'm in it to win it. That's the fighter/strike-fighter pilot's maxim, and I will go to great lengths to ensure it happens because I believe in the bros and in this car.

Well spoken good sir! We are definitely serious about this, and any all support is extremely appreciated!

[MagikDragon]

Dale, It was an absolute pleasure meeting you and working with you on the race car. You are truely an enthusiast, and passionate about your work.

I"m glad you got back safe and sound, Since you left we've been talking woth other sponsors about a few things and the future of this race car and the team involved. Thanks for everything you've done, I can't repay you. But here are some pics from Sunday.

Some Supplies, Including gaterade, Oatmeal Cream Pies, and Yogo Bits... The Frame Damage that everyone keeps talking about.Some more Rust.This shouldn't sacrafice sturctural integrety at all.... More Leg Room..

Well guys Enjoy the pics and Remember to feel free to stop by and help work on the car.

SWAP MEET SEPT 22nd!!! SEE YOU THERE!

[180sxfaktory]

Anytime, bro! Just keep the press on the things we discussed and jot down your Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) and start setting priorities and due dates. Ensure all that are involved with the project have a copy of the POAM. It is a working document that will change constantly as things come due and/or completed.

[eds13]

LETS GET IT DONE!!!! i wanna see this beast at VIR!!

[DJButton]

For sure Ed, so do I!!!

Dale, can't thank you for all the great ideas and thoughts!

[the converted]

Dale, definitly want to thank you for you hard work and perspective on the car (life in general) and can't wait to catch up with you when you come back around.

David Deatsch, Thanks for your contribution to the project as well. Your a great guy to deal with and made out lives easier.

Everyone else, the guys who are helping us with sponsorships and lending an hand on the car have been such a help! If they have any products that you need you should get it from them. Their customer service is amazing.

We should probably put a list of sponsors on the first post so that everyone knows who they are.

P.S. Picked up nice new to me Maxima yesterday approx 4pm, rearended by teenage girl on way to sox game at 7pm. If it weren't for bad luck........

[180sxfaktory]

Anytime, bro! Yeah, old man knowledge does have some advantages.

The working document (POAM) helps keep all involved persons/parties focused on the project. Any parts/services/pledges and who made them needs to be listed, as well. Make sure that you send the updates for the POAM out to all who are listed. Anything on paper carries more weight than just spoken word alone. It's a psychological thing. Nobody wants to be looked at as a non-player. Yeah, things do come up, but as long as things are communicated expeditiously, it makes things a lot smoother. Microsoft Project is a great tool to use to help you construct a POAM, and I am sure there are other tools out there to help construct a POAM.

[MagikDragon]

Weekly update... We will continue work on the car this week, on saturday in the AM probably around 11, so get yourself up there and lend a hand...

[180sxfaktory]

Make sure you make a life-size blow up of me and place it in proximity of the car! Lol!

Just sent the e-mail with you CC'd on it.

[MagikDragon]

it will keep repeating the phrase "in it to win it" with no stop button...

[the converted]

I don't know if you want Sean to have a life sized blow up of you.......

[180sxfaktory]

Uhhhh... Yeah... I could be spotted in places of questionable morals or in acts of the same vice... Make-believe dialogue time. Pan over...Person A- "Hey Dale! Weren't you at that place in Boston? The Glass Slipper?" Dale-"What the fukk are you talking about? I wasn't in Boston! The Glass Slipper?" Person A- "Uhhh... Yeah... Right... I saw you at that, uhhh... I forget the name... But you were there getting the lap dance and face straddle. You kept saying "I'm in it to win it!" over and over."Dale- "What?!" "That wasn't me."Person A- "Yeah... Right..."Dale- "Did I at least have a good time?"Person A- "Dude, you are stupid..."

I think the vision cloud ala Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back with Obiwan and Luke's Dad and that midget old guy Yoda would be more appropriate.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Lap Dances

Incorporating star wars

Don't get me wrong... I love star wars... but there are some things you just shouldn't mix.

Now if it were Leah in the gold bikini doing the lapdance... well then

[180sxfaktory]

Yes, that was probably a bad transition. Maybe I should have went with an Adam Sandler parody, like in Water Boy, "Yeeewww kin dewww it!"

[DJButton]

Haha, that works... such a good film.

[ca18datsun510]

you guys suck for cutting up what looks like a good coupe.

i could have gotten it for you out of a ****ty rearended car.

[x240xdrifter]

you guys suck for cutting up what looks like a good coupe.

hahahaha ya keyword "what looks like"

[180sxfaktory]

He just doesn't know, does he? Lol!

Yeah! I'm gonna be pimpin' my 240SX coupe with a left hand constant turn just to go straight.

Everybody wants to be a hero after the fact.

[ca18datsun510]

after the fact my ***.

have i donated parts to this already?

yes.

was i called when this was needed?

no.

[MagikDragon]

Mike we needed a car, it was available, we used it, It had some frame damage on the passangers side, and was deemed up repairable. I'm sure we could have fixed it, but we decided that it was going to a better cause. Besides, the inside was covered in Monster Energy Drink after the crash, Oh well. Whats done is done...

[ca18datsun510]

bastards ill shall never forgive you.

but monster does suck, i bet that didnt smell good.

[180sxfaktory]

It gave everything that natural fruity smell with a hint of lemons and left a nice permanent factory-spec sheen. Who needs Armor-all? Get Monster!

[180sxfaktory]

If you al wanna blame anybody for the bright idea, then blame me. It was my idea, and if you looked at what the options were, removing a frame rail from a donor car is going to be the cheaper alternative. Cheap not to imply unsafe. Don't get so warped, bro. I don't know you and I don't know anything about what you provided. Anger kills.

[DJButton]

Dale shutup I hate you, gahahhh!!! haha Just kidding, I'm so angry right now.

We could have saved the car yes... but we didn't. We might be getting a front clip at some point from a Silvia for it and then welding on a new frame rail and swapping that one to rhd... I'd rather have it converted to a Silvia then sitting there rotting personally.

[ca18datsun510]

im not angry.

im in mourning.(sp?)

my coupe died an early, unatural death, and it makes me sad to see others go down.

i have many 240's, but only one coupe, i got a soft spot.

anyway, im hoping to make it up there this coming weekend, unfortuneately, i dont think the manual conversion will be done on the m30 like planned.

[eazye2000]

I'm heading up there shortly I think. I got the address from Dan, and I do actually need to put a few miles on the new clutch to break it in.. So why not?

[180sxfaktory]

That's good that you are not angry. I will tell you that the chassis is salvageable, and my cuts did not render mass destruction (that's for amatuers). The car is in hella-good shape from the firewall back, and yes, as Dan says, a new front clip can be welded back in.

"We can rebuild him... make him stronger... faster... better"- Oscar Goldman referring to Major Steve Austin's 1974 Ford Pinto in the Six Million Dollar Man.

[180sxfaktory]

Hey, when you get to New Orchard Road, don't even look for the quad ATV landmark because it's no longer there, and watch out because the next turn is right into an antique shop with a humongous moose head plastered on the door.

[x240xdrifter]

I'll be there tomorrow, i.e. Sunday. I'll be there between 11 till noonish, need I bring anything? say the word and its a done deal