I hear ya, but it's a better option than lowering the motor and smashing header after header.

 

this weekend my automotive life will change.

it looks like my hatch will be a nearly-strictly track car, as i'm buying a "street" car project (which i'll probably just build/sell/profit, but i might fall in love with it)

71 240z
94 mustang cobra 5.0/t5 trans (100k miles, runs great)
r200 diff
5 lug/big brake conversion/konis/coilovers
all new bushings
custom subframe connectors/new floor



its one of my dream cars. always wanted one...but the profitability might be too high to keep it once its done.

engine is in, needs full assembly though, sorting, finish work, driveshaft.


2000$.

 

on the sedan hood topic, i believe they are just a little longer.

 

Not really concerned with smashing the header up, hell, the Innovative traction bar hangs at LEAST an inch lower than the header. Besides, I'm currently on stock suspension with plans to go 4WD and raise her another half to one inch.



Well, from the looks of it, you just convinced me to lower the motor.... I see what you did there Although, the thought never really crossed my mind so I've done zero research at this point and a quick search will probably answer a few of these questions. Will this affect geometry at all with respect to the axles?

 

I think I seen it, the orange one?

 

what a sick project....

Lots of fabrication involved? Ive never seen under the hood of one of those before so is this going to be a tight fit, banging of the firewall, modding of the steering rack?

Done all in ONE weekend???

 

Not for him, motor's already in. Just gotta button it up from the sounds of it.

 

driving to st. louis tommorrow to pick it up.

http://tehsandbox.com/showthread.php?t=27312


going to need a lot of work..but the major bits are all there.


plan is to

a)finish new floors/subframe welding
b)finish engine-crap fab/put flares on it/sell cobra wheels/buy used sportmax's.
c)primer everything
d)make run. make good brackets for everything, sort the car out. run it hard on track, etc.
e)take whole car apart, strip is, smooth it, etc
f)paint it with my buddies help. RED. same as my hatchback.
g)enjoy for a while
h)keep it forever or sell for massive profit.


it'll be a build i've wanted to do since i was 17 and saw one. heck yes.

 

Holy *****! You've got your work cut out for you, but I'm getting wet just thinking of the possibilities in the finished product

 

i'm going to shoot for the moon with it, ON A BUDGET.

i want to build it for perfection. i havent ever done that. i think a fab/assemble/run/sort/teardown/paint/reassemble wil be the best way


and they are ridiculously simple cars.

 

She's almost ready! :D....

 

Looks like a lot of work...but fun work! Good luck man!


For all you Super Street fans, check out the latest rag. My CRX got a tiny little picture under the wekfest coverage. Woot!

 

long weekend this was at Carolina Motorsports Park...don't think i've ever used the red and black flag this much...ever. only managed 3 groups before lunch and none of them finished their session. the GTR was going for the course record, but that didn't turn out well, along with the subaru avoiding the tires and taking out 2 trees

 

What colour had you decided on?

 

Ill reveal the color once the car is back from the shop.

 

Pow pow!!! More parts in the build thread!!

 

dang jolly, your going all out this year, huh?

BLU, i heard on a road-race board that the surface at CMP was completely difficult to drive, kinda unpredictable,and plain Slippery.


was it more driver error, crashes, or pavement issues you think?

hope the pavement is ok, i'm headed there in a month-ish!

 

Holy ***** that Sonic meet was huge, 1,500 + cars they are saying, only saw a few EF's though.

Glad my buddy took out his 1st G Civic, thing got tons of looks!

 

Nick, Nice.. think my SS subscription has about one to go.. as my H-T does too. time to renew.

Jolly, thought money was a problem? Ballerrrrrrrr

CW- Sweet 1st Gen. Old man near me has one, wont even consider selling it. anymore pics?

Nationals at Englishtown was good. nice calm day.. Chris Miller blew up.. again. There was a group of guys all the way from Cali called... Cartel? Drag Cartel? running an EM, put down some nice numbers.. was super pissed that the Drag Insight got douched at the starting line. Ill try and load pics.

 

Guy collects old Hondas, has a barn full of them, think he has a N600, 2 Z's, 1st gena nd 2nd gen civic, 1st gen accords, s800, 1g CRX, etc

 

Idk about all that just decided to upgrade some things.. haha


It still is!! I bought these parts, and thats why I'm broke! haha

 

Glad you have your priorities in order sir

 

Saturday was good, Subday morning was a different story...dunno what was going on. about 35 minutes of racing in 3.5 hours. Things got better that afternoon but i dunno what was going on. i took 4 laps around in the Audi and surface wasn't slippery, but i was going pace car speed. GTR was going for the course record. ran a 1:36 on saturday and i believe the kink got him on sunday. 120mph into the tires. such a nice car too

 

 

Wonder if the killing of bin laden will give me problems at the border. I got parts on the way to boosted's house!