S197 Drift Car Build...

[steeda sa]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SkyMarauder]

whats a build like this cost? i know its still early on but whats the ballpark on a drift car exactly?

 

[Boozshey]

can we get some side shots of those fenders on there with the doors?

 

[Brian W.]

can we get some side shots of those fenders on there with the doors?

it will look better with black doors but ill get some side shots up. the body lines obviously dont line up, and the 2010 front end i believe is wider than the 05 front all around. It doesnt bother me much really.

As for the cost of the car. This is our shop race/ drift car, so cost for us is really just material, and thanks to our resources those are coming cheaper than they would the average person. Its hard to put a price on most large projects like this, but time + material = total cost. This isnt the "average" drift car though. this one in particular is a full out competition only car.

 

[ZmanM3]

whats a build like this cost? i know its still early on but whats the ballpark on a drift car exactly?

My guess, take the cost of all the parts, add in what the cost for labor would be, then double that total and it might give you a ball park estimate.

 

[Brian W.]

Ray put some more time into the dash we were working on...

Not finished yet, but its almost mounted in.

 

[AutoXRacer]

Subbing!!! Awesome!!

I think you need to get rid of that stock grill and get the Roush grill that deletes the fog lamps and increases air flow... Just my opinion though...

 

[Deez-67]

hell yeah looking good man

 

[Brian W.]

Subbing!!! Awesome!!

I think you need to get rid of that stock grill and get the Roush grill that deletes the fog lamps and increases air flow... Just my opinion though...

Thanks for the compliments guys.

I love the look of the Roush grill, but its over $200.00. I will probably just make my own mesh grill insert for this bad boy. I just used the oem GT grill for mock up purposes.

 

[AutoXRacer]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

I love the look of the Roush grill, but its over $200.00. I will probably just make my own mesh grill insert for this bad boy. I just used the oem GT grill for mock up purposes.

As long as you get rid of the fog lights... 2010 Roush grill is cheaper than 05-09 grill... lol

Mesh grill is good too!!!

 

[rford426]

Damn! tht is sick keep us updated

 

[Brian W.]

Alright, here are some updates. Ive been all over the place with this thing and only putting in a couple hours or less at a time on it.

Got the Terminator motor all torn down. Here it is all spread out on the table. IT looks like i only need one piston and im good...

Here is the Romeo(stock Terminator 03-04 cobra iron block) on the stand, and my Teksid(earlier Cobra/ Mark VIII aluminum block) i got in the mail on the floor. I weighed the two and the Aluminum block is SEVENTY TWO POUNDS lighter than the iron block. Thats pretty cool...

Factory Cobra/ Manley rods. Everything looks to be in great shape including the cobra crank...

The Teksid block looks the same except one missing bolt hole that needs to be drilled and tapped for the front cover. So thats pretty cool. I still need to buy a lot of pulleys, tensioners, accesories and stuff for the Cobra motor to work though.


We decided not to spend $1000 on a Fuel Safe or ATL cell and instead we modified the oem tank. First, we cut it in half, then tonight i capped it off. Im going to order some bulkhead fittings and my Bosch 044 im going to use in tank tomorrow. I kept the passenger side of the gas tank to keep the weight even. IT holds about 7-8 gallons it looks like which is perfect. Ill be tacking a baffle into the floor of it around the pump and we're also going to try and get the oem level sender to work out.

Due to the oem steering column being real bulky and heavy i decided to use a circle track style steering shaft... which is really just a pc. of 3/4" dom tubing. Since i already had a sparco quick release, but it was for a bolt on style hub, Ray turned it down on the lathe to fit the OD of the new steering shaft/ column. It also has a notch in it to fit the ID of the tube so its centered when we weld it.

And the other day i made up some gussets for the cage to the chassis...

Thats it for now, hopefully more updates as some more parts start rolling in.

 

[Matt D]

Sick!!! Love the fuel tank Idea, save some money knock off some weight

 

[Kaldar142]

edit nevermind

 

[Jarrod@latemodelresto]

looks sick man.

cant wait to see this thing finished!

 

[Brian W.]

thanks guys. ive been out of the shop with a bad back, but hopefully ill be back with some updates later next week.

 

[Croft]

Hey Brian, not wanting to jack your thread, but were you aware that Vaughn Gitten Jr was at Summit Point today?

 

[07TGGT]

The pictures have been removed

 

[Brian W.]

Hey Brian, not wanting to jack your thread, but were you aware that Vaughn Gitten Jr was at Summit Point today?

yep, very much aware. We prepped his nissan to go out and if it wasnt for me pulling my back out on thursday in the shop i would have caught a ride out to the track with him in the rig. I heard it was a great event and im sad i didnt make it out. =/

 

[Croft]

Awwwww, sorry to hear. Definitely a bummer.