what i did in my free time today build

[95silvia14]

well some times at the shop we have some free time where i dont have any work. so heres my build that im doing in my free/down time.

well heres me and robbie test fitting the main hoop that we mocked up to see where we stand measurement wise



pics of the right and left side of the main hoop and how it fits up against the side



got to looking in my tool box and realized i had an extra set of seahorses for the parking brake so i decided to bust out the tig and extend them screw paying 150.



drilled out the studs to replace with big 5/8" ones and 1" lugnuts because i kept breaking the factory ones


close up of the studs


here it sits in the shop with out any windows


started removing sound deading and a pile of stuff in the back seat





Heres how it sits now


tacked a brace in and cut out the rear package tray




well thats all i have for now more to come tomarrow night

[95silvia14]

Some new pics cage is starting to come together

[bllabong89]

Looking good...What kind of bender did you use and what size tubing. I am waiting on my tubing to get to me so I can start on my cage.

[95silvia14]

We have two here there both mittler brothers. the one i have been using is this one
http://mittlerbros.com/proddisp.php?pn=2500
tubing is 1.5 x .120 dom
the basic frame work took me two sticks. i bought 5 to make sure i have enough i should have the mock up done by thursday of this week and start final welding monday. i have about 6 hrs free time tonight after work so im going to try and maybe knock out the rest of the cage tonight and tomarrow.

[bllabong89]

Yea, that is a pretty sick bender. Im guessing by stick you mean a 20ft section? Do you have an idea of how long the main hoop is from end to end?

[95silvia14]

yea i belive the main hoop was right around 123 7/8"s but ill have to check when i get back to the shop here in an hr or so

[bllabong89]

cool cool. yea keep us updated with the progress. its looking good

[95silvia14]

Little bit of a pic update

[TheBlaiant]

That's one crazy looking cage!

[TimTurboZ]

Gussets????? Say yes

[95silvia14]

Well gussets on the b pillers are going to be out of the question. the a-pillers are kind of sketchy and if i cant do apiller gussets having only c-piller gussets would just look stupid. the thing is that when i layed out the frame work i made it suck up to all the walls. so its pretty tight.

[badbob2121]

sweet cage...

[95silvia14]

thanks hoping to finish it up this week and get it into paint

[USsil80]

what rule book are you building this to??
also what is the cars purpose?? drifting i presume since you breaking the front wheel studs

[95silvia14]

im building it to formula d rules/ xdc / and d1 rules. yes the main thing the cars purpose is drifting but every now and then i do some autox

[95silvia14]

update cage is finished




on to suspention
modified my knuckle tonight

[95silvia14]

and the steering angle i gave me

[bllabong89]

wow...that is some extreme angle right there. your gonna be able to do a u-turn in an ally.lol

[95silvia14]

Yea i may end up with a few degrees more after i notch my control arm cus right now my tierod hits it

[frftw]

imma follow this build, off to a good start

[frftw]

sweet build imma follow this

[95silvia14]

So some more goodness for yall had only bout an hr to work on this tonight

[95silvia14]

Got the cage started painted got to tape off the cage and spray the rest of the car black

[Madhatter969]

Looks great man. I'm diggin the color of the cage!

[95silvia14]

Well its been a little while since ive posted well heres where im doing the engine work



the head room



pics of the engine how it sits right now



apparently the exhaust valves where hitting the pistons


way the engine bay sits right now


pics of my rollcage finished





and while i was on a test drive in a customers car oh yes even you can go to prom, in a 99 pontiac grand prix

[95silvia14]

pic of my daughter in my seat

[xX RB Xx]

OH NO! Not NADC!?!?! Nashville Adult Day Care .

Just Kidding. Everthing Looks fantastic! Keep up the Good Work!!

[95silvia14]

thats my buddy he actually works there. stops by from time to time

[BigDAT]

Awesome build, could you explain how to mod the knuckles? Ive seen it done a few times but cant find any detail on it...

[95silvia14]

Basically i took a portaband and cut the knuckle about a 1/4" from where the rod mount was and measured so far than made another cut took the knuckles and beveled all sides of both the knuckle and rod mount. chucked it up on the welding table and tigged the piss out of it.


a little bit of an engine update got my arias pistons and eagle rods off the truck today. waiting on my main studs and 11mm head studs to show up so i can get the bottom end together. also recived my 24+1 trigger disc from aem. almost done putting my msii together, set up for cop boost control and launch control. running cops of a 09 cbr1000rr. shouldnt have any problems with spark blow out due to honda over engingeering them for the high revs the bike sees