EF Race Car build thread (Car back on track 21/9)

[Macro]

[This thread was just for my traction bars but I decided to make it into a thread for the whole car]

Okay so I looked up the Full-Race website for a set of traction bars for my EF drag car and saw the price of $450US I was like yeah, okay. Then of course there's the exchange rate which works out to be around $725NZ then you add freight, customs, GTX/tax on that and I thought nah fuck that shit and made my own:

Started off boring the factory tow hooks and tacking 1.5" chromoly between them:





Then I whipped these bad boys up at work. 1" chromoly with 4140 tapped ends. 12° taper with a 10mm radius - ala NHRA Funny Car stylez 8) 12mm rod ends.



And I spent most of tonight fabbing the brackets that complete the deal:





The semi-finished product:





Tomorrow I'm going to have a go at mounting my intercooler with the remaining chromoly (I also have some 3/4") and also some supporting brackets from the 1.5" moly to the factory crossmember holes.

Then it'll be fully tig welded by someone whose better then I am at mig welding

[americ_ian]

badass

i also had to modify my ones to clear the h22a under the hood
the cromoly looks better than my alloy ones :wink:

[Macro]

I also need to get my spool finished, get the box back together, get the box into the car and see if it fouls on my new trailing arms ops:

I'm going to run 26" slicks so raising the suspension needs to be done but with the weight of the box off the car it lifted up enough to replicate a 1.6-1.7 second 60ft

[Genkei]

ohhh

can u make me one

im lazy and i cant weld

hahaha

[americ_ian]

Originally Posted by Macro

I also need to get my spool finished, get the box back together, get the box into the car and see if it fouls on my new trailing arms ops:

I'm going to run 26" slicks so raising the suspension needs to be done but with the weight of the box off the car it lifted up enough to replicate a 1.6-1.7 second 60ft

bahhaha, 26" slick 8O huge!
il let u know how high u have to raise them wen i get mine on

[Horny_Devil]

y do u want to run 26" slicks?

[BTLF3D]

Originally Posted by Horny_Devil

y do u want to run 26" slicks?

in his profile it says "10 second on stock block?" 8)

[SQUERT]

Nice work there,fab work looks really good

Kiwi ingenuity 8)

[Horny_Devil]

Originally Posted by BTLF3D

in his profile it says "10 second on stock block?" 8)

if u run smaller ones ull go faster :wink: even the K series turbo guys arent running 26in ones they have 24.5's

[Macro]

Originally Posted by Horny_Devil

if u run smaller ones ull go faster :wink: even the K series turbo guys arent running 26in ones they have 24.5's

Ronnie Lim ran 26's, then finally stepping up to 28's. The Rothery (spelling) brothers GTI Pulsar runs 26's.

I want to trap 130-135mph, which on my standard revlimit and gearbox in 4th gear can only be done on 26" slicks.

Until I build a motor and head capable of going past 8200rpm, in which case 140mph is only 8500odd or so.

And for shits and giggles, 10,000rpm in 4th on 28" slicks = 177mph

[BTLF3D]

Originally Posted by Horny_Devil

if u run smaller ones ull go faster :wink: even the K series turbo guys arent running 26in ones they have 24.5's

turboteg runs 26's

[Macro]

Teehee, I'm going to post it up on the custom traction bar thread on HT and see what response it gets

[[QUIKdc2]]

Originally Posted by Macro

Teehee, I'm going to post it up on the custom traction bar thread on HT and see what response it gets

Link??

I reckon it looks all good, It'll do the job 8)

[Ebola_One]

Did you say you were going to make some of these?

What happens with the front engine mount? have to bin it eh?

[Frost]

Looks good man!! :wink:

[turbozxi]

Nice job! There not street legal are they?

[Macro]

Front engine mount is gone, I'm probably going to make the remaining 3 solid mounts, well solid..er

I really would not know if it was street legal or not, I don't see why not?

[turbozxi]

Originally Posted by Macro

Front engine mount is gone, I'm probably going to make the remaining 3 solid mounts, well solid..er

I really would not know if it was street legal or not, I don't see why not?

Modding the crossmember/engine mount its a structural component of the car ,it may be certifiable. Always scared me away from buying one. Not going to be a street car anyway is it?

[Macro]

Oh yeah, never thought of it that way ... I supposed for a street car you could get/make some nolathane bushes to stiffen things up.

No, this car will be strip only 8)

[Macro]

Win:





Still needs brackets for the radiator and bits that go off to the factory crossmember bolting points.

[Logger]

Looking pretty fancy. Good to see you haven't got the custom egg carton intercooler mounts anymore 8)

[Macro]

They hold a special place in my heart, that's why they are in the background keeping an eye on things 8)

I've got more tubing to bend up and mount for the bonnet support (I've cut all my headlight shit out) and then there's the CF bonnet to get which will come after the turbo.

Hopefully by next month.

[Macro]

So I chucked my gearbox back in tonight only to find that the driverside trailing arm fouls on the gearbox. Balls.

I thought it would but meh, going to have to go 4WD style ride height in the front anyway.

Turbo will be here later this week and then probably next week I'll start work on the manifold.

Going to have the battery infront of the passenger wheel so need to fabricate the bracket for that.

There's no steel at work that tax to make my spool so I'm going to have to order some in ( ) but that's not a problem because it will still works out to be cheaper then buying a spool from the states or getting one made here.

I was planning on stripping all the interior and engine bay and repainting but it's quite a bit of effort involved in using our rangi sand blasting unit so I might waterblast it and give a light spray paint over the top so it no longer looks white/oversprayed yellow + cat piss.

Then hopefully if my CRX sells then I can get stuck into the new ECU and fuel systems and some slicks and then she should be ready for 1/4mile passes and general abuse and explosions and bangs and whatnot and shit 8)

[nva2nd]

:twisted: :thumbsup:

Nice work so you hoping to have it finish before the end off night wars?

[Baxter]

Originally Posted by turbozxi

Modding the crossmember/engine mount its a structural component of the car ,it may be certifiable.

Yep, for those with street cars (unless something's changed in the last year) this would need certified as it changes the crumple zones.