Project: Slideways z26
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:14 pm
Background:
I used to drift a 240sx for the past year and a half. Super fun and I learned a ton in a short time. I decided to sell the car to get money for a motorcycle, but never ended up getting a motorcycle. The drifting bug has bit me again.
While this was going on I bought a e36 bimmer and have been using it as a daily driver. Great car, really happy with it. Kinda down on power and only has a LSD, no welded diff. Plus 245 rear tires are a no go for low power drifting. Needless to say the bimmer only fills my sideways craving when its raining outside.
So that leaves me with a perfectly running 3500 5-speed beretta in my back yard. Its time to put the beretta on the priority list and I am going to RWD swap it, my way. Im not a fan of the frame drop turds that I see occasionally. I want rear irs rwd unibody action.
Plan:
The plan is as follows
1994 z26
Keep 3500, flip intakes, modify timing cover, relocate P/S pump
Camaro t-5 trans. Either a 2.8/3.1 dual pocket bellhousing or a 4th gen 3.8 trans
Custom driveshaft
s14 rear subframe, diff, arms, knuckles, ebrake, EVERYTHING.
s13 Coilovers
Bmw steering rack
Nbody front knuckles, flipped left to right right to left (to put steering arm up front, to use bimmer rack)
fbody front brakes
Fake axles to hold front wheel bearings together
Fuel cell in trunk.
Bride knockoff seat, gforce harness, some kind of steering wheel.
If money allows I will build a cage. I need it to drift A class and tandem. It will also help strengthen the car because im sure this 190xxx mile chassis will be flexxing quite a bit.
Thats the majority of the big parts. Im sure most of it will change as I go along.
So far I have:
s14 ebrake handle, cables, calipers, rotors, hubs, knuckles, arms, subframe, diff, axles, driveshaft.
s13 coilovers fronts need rebuild, rears are good.
3500 beretta
I got lucky and got a rear out of a SE s14 which has 5x114.3 pattern. So with the Nbody front stuff I will be able to have matching wheels some day (pointless for a drift car)
So far I have 120 bucks into the project
First step is removing my old axle and mounting the subframe. Not gonna be a easy task, but even more difficult is building shock towers for the coilovers, because we dont have reinforced shock towers.
Keep in mind, this is a track/thrashing car only. Dont expect pretty welds and fancy paint.
I used to drift a 240sx for the past year and a half. Super fun and I learned a ton in a short time. I decided to sell the car to get money for a motorcycle, but never ended up getting a motorcycle. The drifting bug has bit me again.
While this was going on I bought a e36 bimmer and have been using it as a daily driver. Great car, really happy with it. Kinda down on power and only has a LSD, no welded diff. Plus 245 rear tires are a no go for low power drifting. Needless to say the bimmer only fills my sideways craving when its raining outside.
So that leaves me with a perfectly running 3500 5-speed beretta in my back yard. Its time to put the beretta on the priority list and I am going to RWD swap it, my way. Im not a fan of the frame drop turds that I see occasionally. I want rear irs rwd unibody action.
Plan:
The plan is as follows
1994 z26
Keep 3500, flip intakes, modify timing cover, relocate P/S pump
Camaro t-5 trans. Either a 2.8/3.1 dual pocket bellhousing or a 4th gen 3.8 trans
Custom driveshaft
s14 rear subframe, diff, arms, knuckles, ebrake, EVERYTHING.
s13 Coilovers
Bmw steering rack
Nbody front knuckles, flipped left to right right to left (to put steering arm up front, to use bimmer rack)
fbody front brakes
Fake axles to hold front wheel bearings together
Fuel cell in trunk.
Bride knockoff seat, gforce harness, some kind of steering wheel.
If money allows I will build a cage. I need it to drift A class and tandem. It will also help strengthen the car because im sure this 190xxx mile chassis will be flexxing quite a bit.
Thats the majority of the big parts. Im sure most of it will change as I go along.
So far I have:
s14 ebrake handle, cables, calipers, rotors, hubs, knuckles, arms, subframe, diff, axles, driveshaft.
s13 coilovers fronts need rebuild, rears are good.
3500 beretta
I got lucky and got a rear out of a SE s14 which has 5x114.3 pattern. So with the Nbody front stuff I will be able to have matching wheels some day (pointless for a drift car)
So far I have 120 bucks into the project
First step is removing my old axle and mounting the subframe. Not gonna be a easy task, but even more difficult is building shock towers for the coilovers, because we dont have reinforced shock towers.
Keep in mind, this is a track/thrashing car only. Dont expect pretty welds and fancy paint.