r3v meet mutsie, a procharged fully built ls6 e30

[blusylver]

next up the rear end. believe ill be over 615hp at the wheels. I know the e30 stuff wont last with that power, and i don't want to spend 2k on built half shafts. I found a guy selling his fully built ford 9" out of his Camaro. I was very tempted but i thought about it a lot and decided to go with the e28 rear subframe. I found one at a junk yard with a 3.25lsd in it and also newish half shafts. I paid 200 for it all. to get the e28 subframe to fit on the e30 it requires new bushings, so i made them out of polly. turns out that the trailing arms use different sizes than the e30. so if anyone wants the e30 set i made PM me and ill let them go cheap. after about 20 hours of rust removal and all new seals and bearing i have this.





this is what im currently working on.

[blusylver]

this is r3v. We learn by executing. or r3v into a pole what ever comes first.

lol i see what you did there. you are right there is nothing wrong with learning by executing on most things.

[MPLFoster]

sub'd for teh crazy

[blusylver]

Im also currently working on brakes right now, currently I have and decided on the mazda calipers with e46 CSL m3 rotors up front and for the rear I have e46 m3 calipers and e46 m3 CSL rotors. I also have euro e36 m3 3 channel ABS. Im not 100% sure if the front rotors will stay, I may need to look into another option due to offsets. I might end up running rear rotors on the front.

[blck325is]

this is r3v. We learn by executing. or r3v into a pole what ever comes first.

Truth

[Exodus_2pt0]

At first I didn't think you would last.

As it turns out, I think you'll do fine here.

Just try not to kill this one or get into any high speed pursuits, k?

Oh and rental cars are cars too. You could have at least given it a bath as a show of appreciation for taking one for the team. I mean a lsx in the trunk? Thats like a lion fucking the house cat.

[blusylver]

the high speed chase was the best thing to happen to me. before it I got pulled over for speeding nearly weekly. now I still speed but not like it used to. did some time in jail over it, paid a lot in fees and fines but all is good. Its been nearly 8 years since that happened.

I defiantly learned from that, its one of the biggest mistakes I ever made in my life. however I don't regret it because it changed my life for the better

as for the rental, a wash wouldn't of helped it at all. both rear shocks were blown. if I attempted to take off even remotely quickly it felt like the front end was coming up. I had to travel through the mountains on the way back, I don't think I have ever been so scared, that car handled like crap. the front shocks were maxed out on it travel

[rzerob]

Subscribed.

[kalib0y]

this is going to be good!

[rturbo 930]

Did you do any research on how to do a proper roll cage, or did you just kind of go for it? That's not going to pass anywhere.

[blusylver]

Tho only other updates I have thus far is the radiator and intercooler mounting locations. I'm putting the radiator on the outside of the core support. I had to remove and relocate the two mounts on the front valance inorder for the radiator to fit. As for the intercooler, I'm going to mount it on the driver side wheel well and run it down to the front valance. I'll post pics tomorrow of what I'm considering.


Once brakes are done I will begin on suspension then wheels and wide body. The plan is to run 17x10 with a 305/30/17 in the rear and a 17x9 with a 265/35/17 up front.

[blusylver]

Did you do any research on how to do a proper roll cage, or did you just kind of go for it? That's not going to pass anywhere.

I'm not trying to do any sanction racing. I just built a cage that will help save my ass. It's a 8 point cage, you cant see it in the pics but it's tied in on the front and rear shock towers.

[AWDBOB]

Ninja edit.

Build looks sweet!

[rturbo 930]

I'm not trying to do any sanction racing. I just built a cage that will help save my ass. It's a 8 point cage, you cant see it in the pics but it's tied in on the front and rear shock towers.

I'd replace the rear bars you have going by the windows with straight bars going from the main hoop to the rear strut towers, replace the door bars with straight bars as well, get a harness bar that doesn't have crush bends, and put in a diagonal, which will keep your main hoop from folding over. Think of a box with no ends... it'll just fall over. Doesn't look like you have a bar running between the A pillar bars along the roofline either.

I'm not an engineer and certainly not an expert, but I've learned enough over the years to see that your cage will probably just fold up in any serious impact. And a poorly built cage can actually make your car less safe. I'm not trying to knock your work, but that's really not a good cage design. If you want a cage, cut out what you have, take your car to a shop and have them do it properly. It's not a good idea to half ass safety equipment.

[blusylver]

I'd replace the rear bars you have going by the windows with straight bars going from the main hoop to the rear strut towers, replace the door bars with straight bars as well, get a harness bar that doesn't have crush bends, and put in a diagonal, which will keep your main hoop from folding over. Think of a box with no ends... it'll just fall over. Doesn't look like you have a bar running between the A pillar bars along the roofline either.

I'm not an engineer and certainly not an expert, but I've learned enough over the years to see that your cage will probably just fold up in any serious impact. And a poorly built cage can actually make your car less safe. I'm not trying to knock your work, but that's really not a good cage design. If you want a cage, cut out what you have, take your car to a shop and have them do it properly. It's not a good idea to half ass safety equipment.

the harness bar is not crushed, it just looks like it due to the flash of the camera and the scale coming off during bending.

the x bars going from the main hoop tie into the bar that is welded to the rear shock towers. the cage is just fine as it is. I do have a cross par at the A piller .