1
Tech / Re: S13 drift build
« on: May 20, 2013, 08:13:26 PM »
You are going to be a popular dude if you do powder coating!
Fabricated Motorsports
- May 21, 2013, 03:25:57 PM
- Welcome, Guest
News:
~~~
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
2
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: May 19, 2013, 05:49:06 PM »
Some go pro off the Tyler Cox missile car. I had so much fun drifting at this demo we did! I got 105 laps out of 4 new tires and two dead ones! Thanks Kenda : )
The car was great in tandem with it's tiny T28RS turbo and big 265 tires. Fast and fun. You can hear me have to clutch kick it a ton as I rotate ebrake grabs and clutch kicks trying to hold the car back so I can match the other car's speed. This car is a little rocket ship in tandem : )
The car was great in tandem with it's tiny T28RS turbo and big 265 tires. Fast and fun. You can hear me have to clutch kick it a ton as I rotate ebrake grabs and clutch kicks trying to hold the car back so I can match the other car's speed. This car is a little rocket ship in tandem : )
3
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: May 19, 2013, 02:09:55 PM »
I think the fuel pump will be maxed out around 450 whp on e85, but I am only planning to run around 350 whp right now. I won't bump the power up past that until I solve the tranny issue, if I even do. The car has plenty of power for local events at 300 whp, and doesn't have a problem keeping up with anyone around here so far.
4
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: May 18, 2013, 04:41:41 PM »
Small update on the white car.
The motor lost 40% compression on one cylinder at the Tyler Cox memorial event after the fuel pump seized up on a run. It was still running great and I finished the event driving it a TON after I hurt it. Since I needed one single stock piston to put everything back together, in Tyler/Aaron fashion I decided to have Derrick build me a motor.
Now, I didn't want to go crazy, since I still want to keep this motor a tiny T2 flanged T28RS turbo. BUT, I have had tons of SR20s and wanted something a bit different. Derrick and I chat a lot, and are always dreaming up stupid stuff to do. Since we needed a piston, we figured why not just do all the pistons at once, and why not do fancy ones. And if we are doing fancy ones, lets do something silly. So I attempted to order 12 to 1 Wiseco pistons for the SR20, then to my dismay, found out although they have part numbers and are all over the internet, they don't actually really make them. In doubt of what the reseller told me, I called up Wiseco and found out they really don't make them, and then a day later found that the part number was pulled off their sales sheets online lol. DOH! So we settled on 11 to 1 pistons and are going to mill the head to get another .5 compression.
I have been running a T28RS with a .86 exhaust housing, which means I effectively have a T28 that makes full boost at 4k rpm. In the quest of changing things, I ordered a .64 housing while I wait for my GTX turbo to get here some time in the distant future. When I chat with different people they all tell me to use the different housings for one reason or another, and I haven't 100% made up my mind what I am doing yet on this, but I expect to put the .64 housing in there and drop spool by a good bit, especially with the other things that are going on with the build!
Since we are running higher compression, the motor is going to immediately blow up with a turbo on it. To stop that, we are going to run E85. To run the stuff, we are changing over some fuel lines, putting a new pump in the car, and adding 850cc injectors. The tune will be courtesy of Enthalpy : ) Yes, a mail in tune for a high compression E85 SR20DET drift car that gets beat like an unwanted step child constantly. The last tune worked so well I am excited to try this one! Redline will once again be stuck at 8k rpm with 100% stock head ( rebuilt only for the hell of it, it was perfect when we took it apart. Not changing springs or anything )
There is a bunch of little stuff going on to, like new ACL bearings and a head gasket, but nothing overly fancy. Stock rods still, stock cams, stock head but rebuilt.
So the parts list is pretty simple. New stuff is:
ACL bearings
.64 hotside for the turbo
11.5 to 1 total compression
E85 enthalpy tune
fuel pump
850cc injectors
some little parts
So hopefully the car goes from a 4-8k rpm powerband to a 3.5-8k rpm powerband. Hopefully I don't have to worry about anything happening with the AFR or anything since E85 shouldn't let the motor detonate. Power should be limited to around 330-360whp by boost. The car will probably want to make more than that so I will limit the boost to whatever is needed to hopefully keep the transmission alive. Figuring the bump in compression might make from 0-4% more power per point, I am guessing the motor might make 0-12% more power from the compression alone. The car might make as much as 35 hp more than a stock compression motor at the boost I was running before, 18 psi. Couple that with the fact we are adding E85 and people claim a 20-40 hp jump with E85 instead of pump fuel at the same boost level, and I would figure the motor should make more power at the same boost level as before. How much, who knows. I don't understand ricer math and adding up guesses. I would figure 18 psi would make 350 whp at the minimum now with the disco potato, and 20 or more psi should be close to 400 whp. Maybe that is on the low side, who knows. Anyways I figure 400 whp and a stock tranny will spell trouble, so I am going to probably not run that much. Also, I have been lowering my boost at events, sometimes as low as 7 psi so I get retardedly good tire wear. 300 whp is more than enough to drift with on 265s, I just wanted to try E85. Hopefully it goes well!
------------
Blue car progress.
I got a Dmax type 3 kit for the car.
I got a stock fuel tank for the car.
I got most of the glass put in the car, doors on, hood on, and some other stuff.
I got a new front subframe.
Now I have to get time to work on it!
The motor lost 40% compression on one cylinder at the Tyler Cox memorial event after the fuel pump seized up on a run. It was still running great and I finished the event driving it a TON after I hurt it. Since I needed one single stock piston to put everything back together, in Tyler/Aaron fashion I decided to have Derrick build me a motor.
Now, I didn't want to go crazy, since I still want to keep this motor a tiny T2 flanged T28RS turbo. BUT, I have had tons of SR20s and wanted something a bit different. Derrick and I chat a lot, and are always dreaming up stupid stuff to do. Since we needed a piston, we figured why not just do all the pistons at once, and why not do fancy ones. And if we are doing fancy ones, lets do something silly. So I attempted to order 12 to 1 Wiseco pistons for the SR20, then to my dismay, found out although they have part numbers and are all over the internet, they don't actually really make them. In doubt of what the reseller told me, I called up Wiseco and found out they really don't make them, and then a day later found that the part number was pulled off their sales sheets online lol. DOH! So we settled on 11 to 1 pistons and are going to mill the head to get another .5 compression.
I have been running a T28RS with a .86 exhaust housing, which means I effectively have a T28 that makes full boost at 4k rpm. In the quest of changing things, I ordered a .64 housing while I wait for my GTX turbo to get here some time in the distant future. When I chat with different people they all tell me to use the different housings for one reason or another, and I haven't 100% made up my mind what I am doing yet on this, but I expect to put the .64 housing in there and drop spool by a good bit, especially with the other things that are going on with the build!
Since we are running higher compression, the motor is going to immediately blow up with a turbo on it. To stop that, we are going to run E85. To run the stuff, we are changing over some fuel lines, putting a new pump in the car, and adding 850cc injectors. The tune will be courtesy of Enthalpy : ) Yes, a mail in tune for a high compression E85 SR20DET drift car that gets beat like an unwanted step child constantly. The last tune worked so well I am excited to try this one! Redline will once again be stuck at 8k rpm with 100% stock head ( rebuilt only for the hell of it, it was perfect when we took it apart. Not changing springs or anything )
There is a bunch of little stuff going on to, like new ACL bearings and a head gasket, but nothing overly fancy. Stock rods still, stock cams, stock head but rebuilt.
So the parts list is pretty simple. New stuff is:
ACL bearings
.64 hotside for the turbo
11.5 to 1 total compression
E85 enthalpy tune
fuel pump
850cc injectors
some little parts
So hopefully the car goes from a 4-8k rpm powerband to a 3.5-8k rpm powerband. Hopefully I don't have to worry about anything happening with the AFR or anything since E85 shouldn't let the motor detonate. Power should be limited to around 330-360whp by boost. The car will probably want to make more than that so I will limit the boost to whatever is needed to hopefully keep the transmission alive. Figuring the bump in compression might make from 0-4% more power per point, I am guessing the motor might make 0-12% more power from the compression alone. The car might make as much as 35 hp more than a stock compression motor at the boost I was running before, 18 psi. Couple that with the fact we are adding E85 and people claim a 20-40 hp jump with E85 instead of pump fuel at the same boost level, and I would figure the motor should make more power at the same boost level as before. How much, who knows. I don't understand ricer math and adding up guesses. I would figure 18 psi would make 350 whp at the minimum now with the disco potato, and 20 or more psi should be close to 400 whp. Maybe that is on the low side, who knows. Anyways I figure 400 whp and a stock tranny will spell trouble, so I am going to probably not run that much. Also, I have been lowering my boost at events, sometimes as low as 7 psi so I get retardedly good tire wear. 300 whp is more than enough to drift with on 265s, I just wanted to try E85. Hopefully it goes well!
------------
Blue car progress.
I got a Dmax type 3 kit for the car.
I got a stock fuel tank for the car.
I got most of the glass put in the car, doors on, hood on, and some other stuff.
I got a new front subframe.
Now I have to get time to work on it!
5
General Discussion / Re: need someone to tune my RB25det in Weatherford area,
« on: May 17, 2013, 10:59:12 AM »
If it is a simple setup, just mail your ecu to enthalpy and get it tuned : ). Just search rs enthalpy rb25 tune in google and go from there. I have him tune my sr20 stuff and have been super happy.
6
General Discussion / Re: DMac is running a sbc
« on: May 07, 2013, 01:47:16 AM »
I told you your drift volvo was great the first time I drove it : )
As for the inline six stuff, I don't think anyone makes aftermarket blocks for 2JZ motors or RB26's. Tomei uses stock castings I think, and they have about the most expensive motors I can think of.
As for the inline six stuff, I don't think anyone makes aftermarket blocks for 2JZ motors or RB26's. Tomei uses stock castings I think, and they have about the most expensive motors I can think of.
7
Events ( Drift, Grip, Time attack ) / The Game of Cones, Lone Star Drift Round 3, June 9, 2013
« on: May 01, 2013, 11:01:27 PM »
PLEASE JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE, AND INVITE PEOPLE TO IT! It is one of the best ways you can help out besides attending the event, thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/events/156538361183630/
Round 3 of our Lone Star Drift Series will be taking place at Gulf Greyhound Park, and will be known as the Game of Cones from here on out.
When: June 9, 2013. Drivers arrive at 8 am sharp! Driving will start extra early at 9:15 am. Spectators arrive anytime from 10am and later. The competition should start around 2:30 pm, make sure you arrive by then. There will be a car meet taking place at the same time and at the same location as our drift event, put on by WFSU.net and Southrnfresh.
Where: Gulf Greyhound Park in Houston, TX. Google Maps will find it no problem.
What is it: This will be Round 3 of our Formula Drift Proam points series. The best drifters in Texas will battle it out for their 2014 Formula Drift licenses, as well as sponsorship packages for the 2014 season. There will be open drift practice for our local drivers from 9:15 until 2:30, at which point the competition will start. There will be a carmeet as well. I will post up info on that soon.
Registration: Drifting Registration must be done online by the Wed before the drift event. Registration is $75 for competition drivers and open practice drivers. You must register by sending your payment by paypal to erinshill@gmail.com and include your contact info, the event you are registering for, and your car info. Late registration comes with a $25 penalty, please do not register late!
Driver Prizes: The winner of our series will receive:
BC Racing sponsorship package. This will include custom valved and sprung coilovers for the 2014 season, as well as suspension engineering assistance.
Garrett Turbo sponsorship package. This will include turbos for the 2014 season for whatever application you need, as well as engineering support. Plan on running a 350Z? How about TWIN GTX2871R turbos!?!?!?!?!?!
SEMA sponsorship adventure. The winner will receive a fully paid for SEMA sponsorship adventure, which will include air fair, shared hotel accommodations, and a meal plan. Introductions will be made to many potential sponsors, including a tire sponsor, clutch sponsor, your new suspension sponsor, and your new turbo sponsor.
KENDA TIRES most aggressive tandem lap. During each event, when I witness a crazy aggressive following run by a driver, I can give out a brand new 265/35/18 Kenda Tire to that badass driver, encouraging awesome acts of heroics. The lap MUST NOT END IN AN ACCIDENT TO COUNT. I can give away as many of these tires per event as I please, but I am going to aim for 4 aggressive tandem awards per event.
There are additional prizes waiting to be announced.
Sponsored by:
Kenda Tires
Spec Clutches
BC Racing
Garrett Turbos
Enjuku Racing
Autocomp Racecars
Non Stop Tuning
CMS Performance
9
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: April 24, 2013, 10:52:13 PM »
Here is a picture where I am teaching Tyler's dad about car control. I didn't really realize how low I sit in cars versus my height. I think my seat configuration made it difficult for him to feel comfortable in the car!
10
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: April 23, 2013, 10:40:44 PM »
Here is an extra photo I liked from a few weeks ago : )
I love driving this car!
11
Tech / Re: Tyler Cox's new S14.
« on: April 23, 2013, 10:38:19 PM »
So on April 20th, 2013 we finally spread Tyler's ashes. I set up a memorial day with the help of his family at the Mineral Wells Airport. The purpose of the afternoon was to remember Tyler and spread his ashes, as well as bring his friends and family together for a small memorial service. Drifting seemed the most appropriate way to do these things, and with the blessing of his family I started the ball rolling. I felt a lot of pressure putting together this event, more than I typically do because I wanted to make it a special day for his family, and I had no idea how to properly make sure his family would be pleased with the results. After all, the Mineral Wells Airport isn't exactly the most prestigious looking environment for a ceremony. It is neither beautiful nor fancy. However it was a place that Tyler decided to come back to over and over again over the months and years. I would guess to say it was the one of his favorite places on earth, even though it isn't particularly special for any great reason. His early days there he was so excited to be there he had trouble sleeping the nights before in our hotel room. The parking lot represented complete freedom to do what we wanted in our cars. No track officials, no police, not much of anything most of the time. I venture to say for most people, there really aren't many places like this anywhere.
Tyler met so many friends out there. Stewart, Russell, myself, and many others. Friends that shared his odd passion for drifting, and let their lives revolve around their passion. Adventure friends, people that share in crazy trips across the country or even the world. People you love and hate by the minute as you blur the lines of what is acceptable at hour 40 of being awake on a road trip.
So the day finally arrived, and the weather was beautiful. I set the event up, fiddled with the course layout so it was fun, gentle on tires, even from left to right on wear. I carefully placed Tyler's 2 remaining drift cars in a small booth, complete with memorabilia from his life such as his helmet and race suit. A fully catered lunch for 200 arrived around noon and was fantastic. Then, at about 1 pm we held the ceremony. A few people talked about his life, a bunch of us cried, me included. I spoke at his funeral at length, and held my composure with a sober smile, but at his function I wasn't able to. I missed him. The memories of good times and bad times, guilt of when we were mad at each other, it was all too much. After a minute I was able to speak for a minute and explain what we were about to do, then I jumped in Tyler's old white S14 and Josh Buckley and Stewart Leask and I did some T Cox smokey burnouts and spread his ashes into the smoke. It was a bit awkward since I have never done anything quite like this, but I am pretty sure it is exactly what Tyler would have wanted. Will Parsons and I are actually planning on spreading a vial of Tyler into Saitos car as well, and I am pretty sure Tyler would have wanted that too.
I should also add that after all my preparations for the event, after just a few laps of playing around the fuel pump in Tyler's white car gave out while at full boost. It took out about 30% compression on cylinder 2 when it happened, and melted the plug. Not wanting to give up on the car for the day though, we stole Josh's fuel pump and with the help of Shaun got everything back together. The car was fantastic for the rest of the day, doing probably 50+ laps with his family and friends riding shot gun. Tyler's dad even took some laps on the skid pad learning to counter steer and clutch kick. I am very sure Tyler would have got a kick out of watching that. I am hoping his dad lets me teach him how to drift! I dropped off the car Monday night to Derrick to pull apart and I am about to order parts to put it back together. It is getting some really awesome parts, including higher comp pistons, an E85 tune, bigger injectors, and a GTX turbo. I REALLY REALLY REALLY like driving the white car, it is a blast.
Here is some video of the spreading of Tyler's ashes. Also, there will be vials of ashes to spread all over the world. Locations are:
Saitos SC300
Ebisu
Road Atlanta
Shreeveport drift event
All Star Bash
Lone Star Bash
Gateway International
Englishtown Raceway
A vial will be put into his cars, 1 each.
And his friends will be given a vial each and allowed to spread them wherever they think is fit.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151467642098305&set=vb.505288304&type=2&theater
I am giving rides to Tyler's family in the pic. I am tandeming with Fielding in a borrowed R32 Skyline, with only 3.5 cylinders. I was still much faster : )
Tyler met so many friends out there. Stewart, Russell, myself, and many others. Friends that shared his odd passion for drifting, and let their lives revolve around their passion. Adventure friends, people that share in crazy trips across the country or even the world. People you love and hate by the minute as you blur the lines of what is acceptable at hour 40 of being awake on a road trip.
So the day finally arrived, and the weather was beautiful. I set the event up, fiddled with the course layout so it was fun, gentle on tires, even from left to right on wear. I carefully placed Tyler's 2 remaining drift cars in a small booth, complete with memorabilia from his life such as his helmet and race suit. A fully catered lunch for 200 arrived around noon and was fantastic. Then, at about 1 pm we held the ceremony. A few people talked about his life, a bunch of us cried, me included. I spoke at his funeral at length, and held my composure with a sober smile, but at his function I wasn't able to. I missed him. The memories of good times and bad times, guilt of when we were mad at each other, it was all too much. After a minute I was able to speak for a minute and explain what we were about to do, then I jumped in Tyler's old white S14 and Josh Buckley and Stewart Leask and I did some T Cox smokey burnouts and spread his ashes into the smoke. It was a bit awkward since I have never done anything quite like this, but I am pretty sure it is exactly what Tyler would have wanted. Will Parsons and I are actually planning on spreading a vial of Tyler into Saitos car as well, and I am pretty sure Tyler would have wanted that too.
I should also add that after all my preparations for the event, after just a few laps of playing around the fuel pump in Tyler's white car gave out while at full boost. It took out about 30% compression on cylinder 2 when it happened, and melted the plug. Not wanting to give up on the car for the day though, we stole Josh's fuel pump and with the help of Shaun got everything back together. The car was fantastic for the rest of the day, doing probably 50+ laps with his family and friends riding shot gun. Tyler's dad even took some laps on the skid pad learning to counter steer and clutch kick. I am very sure Tyler would have got a kick out of watching that. I am hoping his dad lets me teach him how to drift! I dropped off the car Monday night to Derrick to pull apart and I am about to order parts to put it back together. It is getting some really awesome parts, including higher comp pistons, an E85 tune, bigger injectors, and a GTX turbo. I REALLY REALLY REALLY like driving the white car, it is a blast.
Here is some video of the spreading of Tyler's ashes. Also, there will be vials of ashes to spread all over the world. Locations are:
Saitos SC300
Ebisu
Road Atlanta
Shreeveport drift event
All Star Bash
Lone Star Bash
Gateway International
Englishtown Raceway
A vial will be put into his cars, 1 each.
And his friends will be given a vial each and allowed to spread them wherever they think is fit.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151467642098305&set=vb.505288304&type=2&theater
I am giving rides to Tyler's family in the pic. I am tandeming with Fielding in a borrowed R32 Skyline, with only 3.5 cylinders. I was still much faster : )
12
Drivers / Re: Hey duds. I'm mike
« on: April 22, 2013, 01:11:07 AM »
You are starting to really get the hang of this! : )
Man did that course have a lot of corners in it!
Man did that course have a lot of corners in it!
13
Drivers / Re: Seth with the red Corolla
« on: April 19, 2013, 03:47:12 AM »
Howdy Seth : ). I drove your car around tonight and put it back in the shop. It isn't so crazy loud now, that is a plus! See you Saturday.
14
Drivers / Re: Royal_T LS1 drift Build 'Nuff Said'
« on: April 15, 2013, 01:15:28 PM »
Looks like a mountain of work! After working with an fittings, you come to appreciate the magnitude of some of the pictures!
15
General Discussion / Re: New to Texas and new to this forum
« on: April 10, 2013, 09:18:27 PM »
Welcome by the way! Where are you located and are you new to drifting, or an old hand at it? Everyone for the most part is welcome!