My '75 2002 Sleeper

[turge]

Just finished reading the thread and damnit I want more progress on the build! lol

That being said the build looks great! Keep up the good work! :up:

[deutschman]

I try ;)

[knuklehead92]

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Damn you good niga! Im trina spell well so I can spell to write more better

made dat my day their son! fur real dooe

[deutschman]

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Damn you good niga! Im trina spell well so I can spell to write more better

[MattAvino]

Heist had to notched the trailing arms on his 02... Id post a picture but Photobucket wont load right now for some resin.

resin

[mcr_driver]

Well I just spent my entire work day reading this thread (thankfully I can multi-task quite well) and wow...just jaw dropping wow.

[FunfGan]

This is a simply amazing build...

[broach328]

moar updates!

[knuklehead92]

I have the e30 subframe with arms in my 2002. The rear fits nicely but come out about two inches if you want pics of the poke I can post one up for reference. The wheels for the rear is 17x8.5 et13 with 255 tire with a 18 mm spacer so for e front you want a low offset to avoid to hit the strut like a 13 offset with a 8.5 wide rim

[tinkwithanr]

haha ah come on now, we all know deep down half the fun is building it..

that being said, I will agree that inboard brakes, pushrod suspension and center lock hubs is excessive. do the e30 trailing arms offer much more clearance? the shape appears to give you more clearance on the e30 but I dont know any exact measurements.

The e30 arms offer a little more clearance compared to the '02 ones, plus the shock mounting ear is further inboard. So that definitely helps. I'd say the next step will be to get my wheels built to the right offsets and see where I have clearance issues.

The excitement over your car should be good motivation

Haha, it is motivational. Though I like to think I'll be the most excited out of anyone when it's all done.

Heist had to notched the trailing arms on his 02... Id post a picture but Photobucket wont load right now for some resin.

I did see that in his thread a while ago. Hopefully I can avoid it, time will tell.

[deutschman]

Heist had to notched the trailing arms on his 02... Id post a picture but Photobucket wont load right now for some resin.

[benyen soljax]

Haha, I think you guys are putting more planning into this than I am.

First off Deutschman is correct, while I could easily tub the inner fender well the trailing arms get in the way shortly after, so there isn't much room to be gained there. The trailing arms would need to be notched, or fab up some tubular versions that have more clearance. At that point it would just make more sense to do a completely custom rear end.

That being said I do actually want to be done with the fab work at some point lol. There are limitations no matter what design is used, that's why there are so many different options out there. If I really wanted to go all out you would be seeing inboard brakes, single lug hubs, tubular pushrod suspension etc. But I have to draw the line somewhere.

The excitement over your car should be good motivation

[broach328]

haha ah come on now, we all know deep down half the fun is building it..

that being said, I will agree that inboard brakes, pushrod suspension and center lock hubs is excessive. do the e30 trailing arms offer much more clearance? the shape appears to give you more clearance on the e30 but I dont know any exact measurements.

[tinkwithanr]

Haha, I think you guys are putting more planning into this than I am.

First off Deutschman is correct, while I could easily tub the inner fender well the trailing arms get in the way shortly after, so there isn't much room to be gained there. The trailing arms would need to be notched, or fab up some tubular versions that have more clearance. At that point it would just make more sense to do a completely custom rear end.

That being said I do actually want to be done with the fab work at some point lol. There are limitations no matter what design is used, that's why there are so many different options out there. If I really wanted to go all out you would be seeing inboard brakes, single lug hubs, tubular pushrod suspension etc. But I have to draw the line somewhere.

[broach328]

^^

This guy has a point.

Although wheelhop is a bitch.

indeed. I guess it depends on the tq numbers of this monster m20 and how light the setup is. would be solid gold on a track though. only downside I can think of is limitations up front. The limitations of the front might be the bigger drawback than the trailing arm rear suspension. any thoughts?