'89 supra track car build

[porsche6016]

well haven't updated since summer so it was too old....

here is a continuous since Oct

cage was done back in October but front half needs to be redone, welds are shitty, you get what you pay for....

painted door jams and what will be the color of the interior since the mexican chrome silver is too bright

bumper from when i got it

scuffed and primered

cut out the grill so its all open and i'll put a mesh grill in to protect the intercoolier after i shoot the bumper. and the ridges or whatever where the tag is suppose to go, sanded that down and filled it in

teh bumper

flex sealent stuff coat

 

[porsche6016]

primered

pulled the fenders off cause i was gonna cut the fenders in than hang them back on the car but it was too cold over the weekend so i didn't get around to it, instead i partied sat night and was too tired to do anything sunday, than has some issues with the IS sunday so never got around to it...

than it snowed while the car was still in the yard


fenders ready to get cut in

bumpers ready for paint, but i ended up deciding to shoot the car first before the bumpers cause of overspray and room in the garage to put the fenders with wet paint while the car was in the garage

cut the fenders in and than put them back on

before masked

installed hood pins that have been laying around forever

masked

first 2 coats of base, first coat didn't mix well so its darker, should be brighter after the other coats i'm doing tomorrow

 

[porsche6016]

and progress from this week, more pics after this weekend since it'll be nice out

scuffed it down and shot another coat of base

after all the base coats
w/ flash

w/ out flash

after the coats of clear

w/ flash

w/ out flash

so depending on the snow and when i start work, shoot the bumpers and all the other stuff hopefully tomorrow, than put it all back on the car, wet sand and buff it than unmask it.


painted the trim gloss black

unmasked everything

pulled it out to paint the rest of the stuff that needed to be shot blue

bumpers and rest of body to be painted blue

base coats

cleared

headlight back together

painted mirrors black and put them on

 

[porsche6016]

side markers

smoked the side markers. all have the same amount of smoke but the smaller amber ones are real light, i'm going to do some more coats to make it darker

front all together

tails in and everything on, going to redo the tails too

 

[lppro]

is that dash aluminum?

 

[porsche6016]

is that dash aluminum?

fiberglass

 

[arizzle]

looking good! keep it up.

 

[eraezer]

Hello,
your car looks really nice, but I'm afraid I can't say the same about the cage.
I know you said you will redo the front part so I would just like to give you some pointers.
The crosses in the door openings are not good, the "lines" from the smaller pipes need to connect.
The pipe going in front of the knees won't help much, almost nothing at all if you get hit in the side. More a show no go pipe. It needs to be straight so the force is taken up axialy.
The same goes for the pipe over the propeller tunnel since it is bent, it will only be more bent.
There is more, but I guess you already have some ideas on how to change it so I'll leave it at that.
On this swedish page you can see how a cage should look like: http://www.finess.se/bur2.html

btw, is that your supra in your avatar? it's my desktop pic in school

 

[7thousandpiecesMGTE]

Car is looking good!

what do you plan to compete in NASA, SCCA etc? or? I'd like to start getting in to something like this too...

 

[shaeff]

Aside from the obvious defects in the cage, it looks like you're making good progress. If you want that front bumper to stay pretty, you must reinforce the lower section under the opening. With no grille in there to hold it in place, it WILL sag and look terrible.

 

[porsche6016]

Hello,
your car looks really nice, but I'm afraid I can't say the same about the cage.
I know you said you will redo the front part so I would just like to give you some pointers.
The crosses in the door openings are not good, the "lines" from the smaller pipes need to connect.
The pipe going in front of the knees won't help much, almost nothing at all if you get hit in the side. More a show no go pipe. It needs to be straight so the force is taken up axialy.
The same goes for the pipe over the propeller tunnel since it is bent, it will only be more bent.
There is more, but I guess you already have some ideas on how to change it so I'll leave it at that.
On this swedish page you can see how a cage should look like: http://www.finess.se/bur2.html

btw, is that your supra in your avatar? it's my desktop pic in school

yea, i know the cage is completely fucked up. i gave the guy pictures how one was done who runs his in drift comps and it didn't turn out close. and somone else was suppose to weld it but he ended up welding it all and his welds suck. the guy that is redoing it work for a company/shop and thats all he does and his cages look awesome, so yea i know, huge waste, lesson learned, and never trust a cheap old redneck 3 hours away to do it......

and no, haha i wish it was mine thats in my avatar. i saw that and keep it as motivation

Car is looking good!

what do you plan to compete in NASA, SCCA etc? or? I'd like to start getting in to something like this too...

drifting, some drag racing for the hell of it, auto-xing, run it in DE's with the Porsche Club i'm in and prob NASA since they are more laid back. not too sure what class, prob the street unlimitied class or whatever its called. I do everything now except drifting and NASA and its a blast dude. best would be to start auto-xing, than do some DE's but continue auto-xing and once you move up and get good at DE than move to NASA

Aside from the obvious defects in the cage, it looks like you're making good progress. If you want that front bumper to stay pretty, you must reinforce the lower section under the opening. With no grille in there to hold it in place, it WILL sag and look terrible.

i am going to get a front lip for it and have metal supports ran to underneath with supports

 

[midwestwerks2jz]

i am in for hte finished result itnrested int hat dash se3t up lol

 

[eraezer]

yea, i know the cage is completely fucked up. i gave the guy pictures how one was done who runs his in drift comps and it didn't turn out close. and somone else was suppose to weld it but he ended up welding it all and his welds suck. the guy that is redoing it work for a company/shop and thats all he does and his cages look awesome, so yea i know, huge waste, lesson learned, and never trust a cheap old redneck 3 hours away to do it......

and no, haha i wish it was mine thats in my avatar. i saw that and keep it as motivation

good to hear. I'll be looking forward seeing the progress of this car

 

[cmdeoro]

Well the car is definately different. Its not something you see everyday.

 

[Supraholics]

Looks like a fun, reliable, low cost, track car. I would like to do something like that one day. For track use only...

 

[porsche6016]

pulled the car out today after i washed the IS, our dully and my dad's colorado. sprayed it with a detail sprayer and wiped it down.

first time the car has been together since day 1 which was back in april in '07, but only this time it runs :thumbsup:
(pics are before i wiped it down)

 

[rtrdpenguin]

looks great!