Well, as some of you may know, my BNR stage 4 met a fairly spectacular death while I was tangling with a Skyline in Phoenix a few months ago. After I got the car back to Tucson, my friends Moremazda and Trevor decided that it was time to go all out on my car. So I bought a T-61, HKS mani, and a bar and plate core to start a custom V-Mount setup. I am going to be posting up the progress for those that are interested. Here is the start:

Front area gutted:



And the cutting starts, courtesy of my master fabricator xEleventybillion, Ryan Shook.



Since I am using a K2RD Rad, I need a REALLY BIG HOLE!!!!



Radiator mounted:



Oil cooler relocated forward:



More work to start tomorrow!

Rat

 

Hey now, I did not expect this.

Really good cuts very clean tig welds looks nice. This should turn out really good if what I see is a indication of what to come.

That RAD is huge and very well planed out fitment. Should be among the cleanest I have seen yet.

I had rust in the same area of the frame rail. Pay attention to that maybe hit it with some POR15 right now. It will eat into the core support on your.

 

nice! i'm ready for the IC pics.


also, i dont see any tig welds.

 

very nice! hope the radiator cap is reworked hope its ready by sevenstock

 

Lookn' good man !

What are you using for a hood?

James

 

Very nice work, but I don't see any TIG welds except for those on the rad or intercooler. Anyone using TIG for this kind of fabrication just has something to prove anyway.

What are you going to do for the hood and fan?

 

nice work man




haha, I love to tig, even when it's not needed.but the arc does rule!
|M|

 

No matter what you weld tig is the best weld. The welds holding the brackets down for the oil cooler looks very tight and pudled with low heat disapation. Looks more tig on my monitor then a gas mig. The top corner has a bit of browning posible sign of mig. If it was miged they are very good.

 

so the fun begins !!!! cant wait for more pictures....

 

yeah its migged. tigging something that basic would be useless, as aaron cake said above.

 

awesome jarret. can't wait to see what you trev and ryan end up with when finished.
-Ben Martin

 

The hood will be operated on by Ryan. He has some custom ducting cooked up in his head, so we shall see. Externally, it will look basically the same, but with reverse fins.

 

Well, the fan is a source of some speculation right now, because space is at a premium. I was looking at dual Spals which are very thin, but only clock in at a cumulative CFM of 1800. Or I can do a pusher/puller config with larger fans, but I dont want to block up the radiator for natural airflow. So any suggestions are greatly appreciated in this area.

 

so i take it your keeping stock ports and such internally??

 

of course! I aint afraid of 400 wheel on stock ports, hell, 500 has been done on stock ports. Once the motor goes (and it WILL go eventually), then I will have a billy-badass motor built.

 

I know just the fan for you.

http://vintageair.com/catalog.asp

Scroll down to #70...the "Monster" fan..

3700 CFM....

 

The Vintage Air is a nice fan, but I only have 3 inches of depth to work with..

 

I consider useless a wasted opinion. IMHO

 

Scrolling down on #70, there is a 2.870" fan....1683 CFM..Still better then 1400 :p

 

the new Black magic will do the job 3300CFM IIRC.

 

IIRC most V-mount setups Ive seen have the rad on the bottom and intercooler on top. is there a reason your doing it reversed?

 

his is set up just the way you mentioned

 

doesnt look that way to me

 

The poor car has been sitting for months, im glad its finally getting worked on.

 

thats the rad on the bottom.