Ripping into this S15, excited to give you a quick update on my progress and can't wait to show you more. Full blog post engineeredtoslide.com/2023/07...
I recall watching your Drift Ute build back in the day and I'm pretty sure it was during the days of Boostcruising haha. I am really looking forward to watching this be built and documented.
After building alot of race cars over the years I found that my jig needs to be about 30 inch wide and then I made slider that will hold heavy parts to right htg and square
That s15 looks like it had farrr to little rust and damage to chop up. A rusty smashed one would of been awesome for a happy ending like this! Looks like an amazing built hope to see an sr20ve in there so this is like a ground up GT300 inspired s15 :D
Nigel, thanks for your work! Could you please answer: why is there is stiffness only in one direction? Im speaking about connections between S-lasercuts and frame.
Excellent work, going to be amazing! I don’t think you should weld galv at all, tog or otherwise as the coating reacts with the heat and creates poison gas, always grind it back 👌
Cant wait to see how this progresses! I remember following the drift truck (ute) build. What is this going to be used for? Looks more like a race car build this time ❤
Amazing engineering knowledge, been a big fan since your builds out of the small one car garage. Any chance your keen on selling the BIM Driftmasters? 😅😅😅
Just curious, when making the jig, given its the basis for all measurement, im surprised you werent using a scribe to mark your lengths, rather than a sharpie. Undoubtedly youve got your reasons, or you are happy to correct during fit up, but i thought accuracy would be paramount at this step. Cheers.
yup he likes TE37's alright, this guy doesn't just have a mere set of 37's, no, but a set of Magnesium Centerlock 37's. 😎 "F" me running, I didn't even know those existed outside of maybe the Super GT Series. you'd think you'd might see someone with those at a hardcore meet like Sevens Day...? but nope.
It’ll be loosely based on a sports sedan, a few rules will be broken as I just want to do some open track days in it. Racing isn’t really a priority for me as I enjoy the engineering and performance more than competing.
I’m trying to follow the rule book but I’m not too interested in competing with it, more just to enjoy the build and enjoy the feel of it on the occasional track day.
