Winter 08 build: The track package

[Bumnah]

Cool build man, hope the 2009 season works out better then the 08 did!

Thanks I hope so to.

[datsun2401972]

Did you spray(or brush) any paint on that bare metal you deburred? Obviously no one will see it under that rubber hose, but I wouldn't be comfortable without that bumper support being rust protected. Just a thought.

[mRodiek]

I really wish I could snag that hatch from you, whered you get it?

[Bumnah]

I really wish I could snag that hatch from you, whered you get it?

My friend was building a time attack 180sx. He ditched the project. Had these pieces left over. They were taking up space in his garage, I took 'em off his hand.

Why can't you buy my hatch? Put down a deposit, and I'll even hold it for you.

[White Comet]

Why can't you buy my hatch? Put down a deposit, and I'll even hold it for you.

don't say things like that, or i'll start seriously considering it

[Bumnah]

don't say things like that, or i'll start seriously considering it

You have email.

[pedobear-lovin]

cool beans

[hbpignosePA]

CF is baller man;

Jeff, dont do it!! knowing you would would cut it for that silly wing of your

i kid i kid

so do you know when your gonna be finished everything bumnah

[MastaYu]

if you still have the hatch a month from now i might take it

[White Comet]

CF is baller man;

Jeff, dont do it!! knowing you would would cut it for that silly wing of your

i kid i kid

i wouldn't cut it, just drill 6 tiny holes

You have email.

i saw that, i'd love to buy it from you, but my priorities are getting the car on the road first, and i'm sure the hatch will be sold by the time i'd be ready to buy it

[Bumnah]

I've gotten plenty of emails, no money.

This thing isn't going anywhere for a while.HAHAHAHAHA

I've already ordered up the last of my suspension stuff. SPL is having some machining delays, so it'll be a few weeks before they arrive. That's fine, gives me time to save up for my sway bars.

[hbpignosePA]

yea... SPL was out of RUCAs that i ordered too... i didnt want to wait till april for the black ones so i opted for the crome finished pieces... all my other arms will be stock, nothin crazy

[Bumnah]

I may of gotten the last of the RUCAs from them. I ordered them up last week, in black. I wanted the chrome, but they were out of the rear traction arms in chrome. So I switched to the black ones.

So I suppose you can blame me for forcing you to chrome.

Sorry guy.

[hbpignosePA]

haha if you wanna trade LMK

jk jk

its all good, i just wanted a quality company ya know? no chinese knock-offs for me

ur build is sweet, but the pics could be bigger imma blind kid

[Bumnah]

They're thumbnails....

Most pix are 800x600, the newer ones are 1024x768

[hbpignosePA]

well i know but....

im waiting for my photobucket to overload from my big pics and crap out on me

[Bumnah]

[mattblancarte]

well i know but....

im waiting for my photobucket to overload from my big pics and crap out on me

Yeah... dunno if I can give you any points for that one.

[mRodiek]

i wouldn't cut it, just drill 6 tiny holes

i saw that, i'd love to buy it from you, but my priorities are getting the car on the road first, and i'm sure the hatch will be sold by the time i'd be ready to buy it

Im not the same page as WC...I need to focus on droppin this motor and starting it up! Not silly weight savings, thats later

+1 if you put in larger pics lol

[Bumnah]

Ahhh come on. It's "baller"

[Bumnah]

UPDATE!

Rough week at work. Got in the garage and tooled for a bit to cool the brain.

Mounted up the carbon fiber hood. The hole for the hood prop was too small. I had to enlarge that. I'm still test fitting it. I can't get the hood to close properly. It's pretty annoying. Any tips?

I then took off the front suspension, all of it. Took maybe an hour.

Next up is removal of the exhaust and drive shaft. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend.

Pix:

Entire front suspension out:

Driver side:

Passenger side:

Practically no rust found.

More pix here.

[mRodiek]

Baller lolNo tips but good luck, I like that your carbon hood doesnt look carbon.

[Bumnah]

Baller lolNo tips but good luck, I like that your carbon hood doesnt look carbon.

It's going to look even better when it's painted the body color. I'm going to look like such a dweeb with the carbon showing.

[Bumnah]

Update time.

I'm tired of keeping the build thread going on like 4 different forums, so I killed it on some forums.

Work done:

I took all the front suspension bolts and nuts I removed and put them to my wire wheel on the bench grinder. Good results.

I couldn't bring myself to put the front suspension back together with the rusted out knuckles. Contacted Brian @ MA-motorsports and he quoted me a fair price to have the knuckles sand blasted and painted the same color as the LCA's. I'm very glad I did it.

Driver side mounted up. None of the bolts are torqued down. I just put it all together.

Did I adjust the BV traction arm correctly? My first time with adjustable arms...

I'm modified the hood hinges to enlarge the holes where the hood mounts. I'm hoping to get a larger range of adjust ability to mount my CF hood properly. Here's a comparison of the factory hole diameter, and my hack job.

Thanks for looking. I'm hoping to have this thing put together by the end of April.

As always, more pix here.

[White Comet]

looking good. i like all the attention to details. i remember doing the same stuff; cleaning the suspension arms, wire wheeling hardware no one will ever see. keep up the good work, glad to see you didn't kill it on this forum

[Bumnah]

Huh? Another update?!

YUP!

Mounted up the front hubs and rotors. Also mounted up the passenger side with everything.



Dropped the exhaust, drive shaft, and the e-brake cables.

I really didn't see me getting this far tonight, but I dropped the rear sub frame too. It went VERY smoothly. The studs coming out of the chassis aren't even rusted. I'm really impressed at how good of shape this old s13 is. The sense of accomplishment with this frame drop was a great feeling. I kind of want to paint the rear sub frame lime green or something. Opinions?

Hopefully, the worst is behind me. I'm going to try my best to get the old bushings out on Monday. Wire wheeling all these bolts is going to suck, BIG TIME.

More pix here.

[MastaYu]

nice work painting the subframe lime green would be cool to see

[supreamS14]

Z breaks & 5 lug My friend Jen has a nismo Z and I love the brass/gold brembo color. I think I'm gonna go with that color on my Z breaks.

[Bumnah]

[Razi]

Cool subframe candles.