just need a driveshaft..... then I'm driving it. I don't have time to mess with tubs right now

 

Looks nice Eric. Now get that bitch tuned!!!

 

supposed to get it tuned june 6-7. it's only a stock s4 motor, so probably 350hp is all I'll get

 

looks very good

 

looks great. absolutely perfect backspacing on the rear wheels too. one thing is bothering me tho. the rt rear tire needs to be mounted the other way arround.

 

That looks bad ***. It almost looks like the main bar in the back was meant to be with the curve turned upwards instead of down. Did you do all that work yourself?

Anthony

 

Yeah, I had a local guy mount them

 

Chassisworks told me to set it up with the bend at the bottom.

The only thing I didn't do was tig the 4 link brackets and shorten the rearend. I did everything else.

 

How much knowledge did you have about this stuff going into this project?

If you had to do it again, would you pay someone to do it?

 

No knowledge at all. I just did alot of reading, chassiworks and a few other companies have how to manuals on their websites.

A local shop (Jerry Bickel) quoted me $11,700 to do the job, so no I wouldn't have paid someone to do it. If I had to do it over again, I would have removed the stock frame rails and went aftermarket. It's just too much work getting those to work.

I'd like to see someone minitub a FD.

 

wow, amazinggggg work!

 

$11,700? I got mine but it is a ladder bar on my FB for $2500 w/8.8 reareand. The bad is that it toke the guy over 1 year to do it So you're running a Streetported T2 motor,6 1600cc injector,75mm turbo, and want to make 350rwhp at 6psi? Come on tell me what's your hp goal and I will tell you mine?

 

 

That looks real good! Wondered why we haven't heard any progress reports from you in a while. Looks like you've been staying busy though!

 

Thats alot of work isn't it Eric! I know how you feel and im going to have to get Obama to give me some of you alls money so i can convert to turbo on my peice o crap!

Looking good though Eric. And if you were here id do your tubs.

 

Looks badd *** Eric

$11k!! What did you guys expect?? It's Jerry Bickel god dam it

Some guys mount the crossmember facing up and others have it facing down.. No driveshaft loop?

 

Looks awesome Eric! Just please tell me your not going to Pa to get tuned.

 

just a side note incase anyone was considering doing this to their car....

There's no major price difference between a small tire back half like Eric's ride and a typical "race car" back half.
It's the same amount of work and parts used in both applications, so don't think it will be cheaper because you "only want a mini tub"

 

Looks good homie! I am liking it!

 

Nice job.
After accomplishing that, I imagine you are going to do your own cage work too?

 

Nice job Eric, badass... Man that is exactly what I want to do to my rx2.

 

Yes, 11K is what they quoted me. That's for the suspension and Tin work.

I have about 6K into mine and that's doing it myself. I could have had it finished alot sooner but I can only work on the car 1-2 days a week (Weather permitting).

It's a stock S4 block, it was sitting in someones shed for a few years.

You should post pictures of your setup.

 

Eventually.

With it sitting so low, I'm not sure if the driveshaft will clear the tunnel. Once I figure that out, I'll toss a loop in there.

 

Yeah, there's this old school guy. I think his name is Dave? He's got these new seals that won't break. I forgot the same, I think they begin with H or something.

 

I'd say that a minitub is more difficult. The stock frame rails aren't straight so it's going to make building tubs a nightmare.

The stock frame rails are alot lower, so if you want your car sitting low........ expect to do a C-Notch to the frame to clear the axle tubes. Goes on and on..