yeah so this custom CA parts BS

[ch187]

running no plug cover is nasty looking. ugly as ****. all i did was practice today at work. nothing was really going on. the rb25 kit im doing doesnt even have parts in so ive been sitting around with my thumb up my ***. honestly i think i weld aluminum better than stainless..haha. at least today i was.

tomorrow my 5 lug hubs are coming in. im going to bring my car in and take some measurement for the exhaust, maybe start playing around with some left over material. i'll post some pics later on in the week to see what you guys think. im sick of not working on 240s. nothing but audis, dsms, rx7s, and my favorite, the suburban.

[Red93coupe]

Any idea on the intercooler kit yet???

[ch187]

waiting to get a prototype done. im really strapped for cash right now, beginning of the month, just paid bills. i have to buy the core and the tial 50mil, and i will be able to start. im anxious but theres nothing i can do. i work on the weekends so im hoping to pull in some extra cash. the intercooler we ordered from precision hasnt even come yet. thats been a week. once i do that one, i can really get an idea of howmuch material i use and how much it will cost.

[ca240sxcoupe]

hey man i would definitly be interested in a s.s. intake tube that wasnt made for the sr......like that one on frsport.......and maybe a little cheaper would be awesome i would definitly be interested in one....

[ch187]

this stuff will just take some time. and ill keep updating. im doing the intercooler this week so i'll get my bearings with that. still figuring out what i want to do with the car/motor. i havent been driving it. but i can have a fully built motor, knife edged crank, 272 cams, fully worked heads, for cheap. i just need a beater so i can yank the ca. now all i want is a fully couterweighted crank. hmm...ive been thinking..

[ilovecoupes]

still figuring out what i want to do with the car/motor. i havent been driving it.

I vote 2JZ

[r34 gtr]

Ferrari 6.0l v12.

[ch187]

2jz was first choice but i was going to sell the ca to get it. now i think im going to build the ca and if someone gives me a reasonable offer i'll sell it. the only thing factory that will be in the motor will be the crank..and even that will be knife edged balanced and polished.

[Dattebayo]

Hey ch187.

I'm about an hour away and will need some help soon getting pipe done in my S12. You guys ever work on one of these old things before?

[ch187]

no but i would love to!! bring it in. speaking of piping...finished my RB25 front mount today. 400hp core..







this design to about 15 hours to mock up, weld, and install.

[MasterZenki]

wow 200 feet of piping....wouldnt there be a pressure drop? or any boost lag?....(thats the two things ive been told about long piping)

[ch187]

its the same amount if not less compared to the kits where it comes down the side of the valve cover, in front of the motor, down through the battery tray, and down to the endtank. instead of the coldpipe being long the hotpipe is, the coldpipe in this setup is really short. i hide all of the cluster **** of piping behind the bumper. unfortunately, the rbs has an assinine manifold with the same side bs. yeah you can tell me how you would have done it or how i should have done it but thats what makes this my design and not yours. thanks.

[mbmbmb23]

Quick FYI, heres an example of a CA coilpack cover (UK Ebay) that would be cool to produce.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayI...h=001

Their link also shows other examples of products...I like the coolant overflow container...its similar design to the Circuit Sports tank but its more refinded looking (and pricier tho).I'm not sure if people would go for the polished look but it's definately uniquie looking.

[rbosacco]

yo, alex is the money behind 1320 right? is your bosses name james?which rb25 240 did you guys build?

[boost_boy]

Dude, that's alot of labor you put into creating that piping, but it looks nice none the less. I'll be honest with you, it's going to be very hard for you beak even on costs and labor to make piping like that for our folks and in bulk. Money is the power around here and many don't have it to just throw away on car parts, let alone custom stuff. I'm just watching the inquiries on this thread, hoping some will venture aout and give it a swing, but knowing most will not. Good luck with trying to market your services here!

Dee

[ch187]

i appreciate the words Dee. yeah i know what your saying. im trying to find a way to make it worth my while and supply these guys with parts that you normally cant get. that kit wouldnt be one that i reproduce and resell. i have a much more refined, better, less labor intensive kit in mind.

as for the coilcover..thats badass. thanks for posting it. as soon as i get **** straight with my car, my motor, and stuff at work i'll drop one by the machinist and see what he can do for me. for those im not looking to really make money, its something i know a lot of people want and a lot of people would buy.

as for alex being money behind 1320? what are you trying to say? neither of alex's cars are even here at the moment. alex is in finland. and my boss is james. why?

[rbosacco]

1320 Motoring. Its not built by smokey but. alex, the owner, is a pro hockey player that has the money. hes talked to smokey enough that he made him 1 of 3 TS widebody (v12 one) kits in the world and 1 of 1 in the US. completely built by joe who is our "general manager".

as for alex being money behind 1320? what are you trying to say? neither of alex's cars are even here at the moment. alex is in finland. and my boss is james. why?

didnt mean to offend but was just asking a question. i know the shop that built alex's s2000 and got it in that magazine and who's booth it was in at hyperfest 2 years ago and i know the same shop made 700+ out of alex's supra on a stock jdm motor close to or maybe a little more than two years ago. i'm just curious about what work you guys have really done there. it hasn't been around too long and james your boss's is cool i've met him, and his sti is nice, but extremely mild for being a shop car. i'd just like to see pictures of real work that has been done there before spending any money.

[ch187]

haha i understand. A&R right? im pretty sure howard built the S and started the supra. i know he made the intercooler and ****. its a different motor and a different tune. most of the work came when joe came. including alex. this is alex's third motor, which isnt even in the car right now. im pretty sure joe did this one and tuned his AEM for 830whp. i dont know what that other shop did but when i dismantled alex car, the intercooler howard made had about an 1/8" of oil in the bottom. we jokingly called it an oil-air intercooler haha. you didnt offend me. but i posted some pics of his car just to say hey, its whats sitting around. as for work we've done. the TT intercooler i did, the RB25 intercooler i did. posted both of those. im getting ready to build a 3" stainless exhaust for the 240z/rb25 sitting in the shop, i'll post that. this isnt about the shop, its about the work i do. and the parts these guys want.

james' subie. ahh yes..james' car is mild because he's had to buy all his parts twice because they were all stolen from the shop. he just recently bought them back and starting to get into it. im working on his front mount, he's getting his 4" V-band exhaust made by another fabricator at the same time. his PTE custom SC61 pwr 800cc injectors, fuel rails, and wastegate came in last week..james' subie isnt so mild anymore.

[Red93coupe]

Any idea on how long before that intake pipe is done just curios... I see your busy but I would like to know about when

[rbosacco]

haha i understand. A&R right? im pretty sure howard built the S and started the supra. i know he made the intercooler and ****. its a different motor and a different tune. most of the work came when joe came. including alex. this is alex's third motor, which isnt even in the car right now. im pretty sure joe did this one and tuned his AEM for 830whp. i dont know what that other shop did but when i dismantled alex car, the intercooler howard made had about an 1/8" of oil in the bottom. we jokingly called it an oil-air intercooler haha.

yeah, howard at A R Fabrication did build that car and jim justice of justice racing engines formerly of fredrick md, now in winchester va, built the engine but howard did the rest someone else had started the car in nova but it pretty much had to all be redone. he did what alex wanted him to do with his supra too. alex just wants fast cars and he drives them hard. stuff breaks at 600 hp if you are brutal on it or not and alex loves to drive that S HARD. he was at vmp with matt tommy and i when the car was black and was having a blast ripping up the parking lot and blasting the car off the revlimiter. we tried to catch him when he got on 95 to tell him how bad it was smoking but traffic was so bad and tommy said when he called him alex said he wasnt worried about it. ended up running out of oil and killing the motor, so he had jim build another. the intercooler having some blowby in it is totally feasable because of how the car is driven. he enjoys it and can afford it. thats all that matters. howards fabrication on that car is some really nice work. i rode in that s2000 before it was turbo and after it is a nice car, it just wont ever be a nissan. i love my hondas but s2000's just aren't for me. too small inside.

james' subie. ahh yes..james' car is mild because he's had to buy all his parts twice because they were all stolen from the shop. he just recently bought them back and starting to get into it. im working on his front mount, he's getting his 4" V-band exhaust made by another fabricator at the same time. his PTE custom SC61 pwr 800cc injectors, fuel rails, and wastegate came in last week..james' subie isnt so mild anymore.

yeah i heard about that. suck's. did the cops ever find the guys? i heard it was a couple of guys that used to work there. heard the got alot. heard from another friend of mine who is good friends with curtis of b&c in manassas that they got him too. you guys need to do some regulating up there, that kind of crap is untolerable. well it'll be cool to see james car at the track. what ems is he gonna use? hydra is the best on those by far. phil at element tuning in nova is the man on a hydra too.... but i'm sure james knows him too.

oh and btw tell james that he needs to come to our next drift event at summit again. i'll take him out in my car again. get on driftnirvana.com for the date, its sometime in november, the 18th i think. and i'll show you how i do a s13 rb25 front mount without a crossover pipe, the stock battery and a 12x24x3.5 core too if you are interested....

[ch187]

haha...ive heard many stories about alex's cars..haha i dont know what to believe. i just know both were in the shop when i started there. whats your name by the way? not sure who robbed the shop. stole **** from just about everyone. killed every car in the shop. set us back a whole lot. james' subie is going to be sick though. im going to get tearing into it tomorrow. i know he's using Cobb right now and he does know phil at element. he was just talking about them the other day. but hell yeah love to see your **** man. i cant better myself if i dont see others peoples' work too. im a noob in the game but ive seen way way worse. im sure i'll see you at summit next month though. not sure if i want to finish building up my stock CA or tear it out and build the **** out it. either way, im going to try to get it to summit. so where you located?

[rbosacco]

my names richie i met james through a mutual friend chris pererro tall red headed dude, his girl has a 00 2.5rs she bought some sti wheels from james and he he a turbo civic hatch he lives in front royal va... he brought james out to summit for our practice. the 240 you see james getting into in your video on the shop page is my car. it was over 100 that day and my car was overheating because my one cooling fan can't keep up when its that hot out, so i didn't even get to get in a clean run with james in the car. i live in winchester. whatever you do dont take your car apart before that event in nov....

[ch187]

haha alright man. instead i'll run it, if it breaks, then i'll take it out. haha i guess this means im making my own front mount and getting my pt core and tial 50mil sooner than i expected. dyno tuning will commence today.

speaking of james' subie. i tore the plenum and turbo off yesterday. installed the aeromotive fuel rails and 850cc injectors. today i get to figure out how im doing his stainless braided fuel lines to the tank. god that turbo is massive.

[Red93coupe]

So how are these parts coming are arent they??

[ch187]

dude i dont know where things are headed right now. i do know i will be talking fuel rails with the machinist. i'll drop off the coil cover while im at it also. i broke the car again so i have absolutely no spare money.

[Red93coupe]

Thats a bummer man, sorry to hear that, anyways lmk when parts start getting done!!! Thanks, gl with the car situation!

[Not_a_sr]

as to your piping kit can i offer some constructive criticism? you left no provision or way for the bumper core to mount, that thing is pretty important to most people. i think you could have made that top pipe run closer to the top of the intercooler and possible make it attach via brackets to the IC to help support its weight. those welds look awfully hot, try welding with less heat and less filler. often times on IC pipes i use 16gauge SS and butt them up tight and then just run 25-40amps and fuse them together, you get a much better looking weld, and it will be strong enough for more boost then it will ever see. 15hrs? you spent 2 days on that? how long have you been fabricating in the industry? i wouldn't let any employee stay on the clock that long on that. thats a 3-6hour job tops.

no but i would love to!! bring it in. speaking of piping...finished my RB25 front mount today. 400hp core..







this design to about 15 hours to mock up, weld, and install.

[ch187]

welds were done at 35amps. thanks.

i did more than an intercooler. so yes 15 hours. thanks.

with my materials, thats the closest to the top of the core you can get. thanks.

as for how long ive been in the industry? did i forget to mention that im 17 years old? ok. thanks again.

and im not making a kit out of it. i dont even know why he has me use SS. aluminum bends are cheaper and i can weld aluminum just as well if not better. thanks.

[MeanGreenS13]

it honestly doesnt matter how a weld looks, ugly welds can be cleaned up. WHAT REALLY MATTERS is if the weld penetrated. what (brand) welder are you using?

[ch187]

i make sure everything penetrates. i use a lincoln precision 185.