Tube Chassis Subaru Engine build, Lots of new progress Options

[tazz9924]

Heres the quick break down: My old car got totaled on the side of the road, i got a good settlement out of it and with the money im building A tube frame chassis 914 with Porsche Boxster suspension and a subaru turbo motor.
The goals:
(Disclaimer some of these are really down the road and may not make the initial version 2.0, maybe 2.1 or so on and so forth. They are also goals so weather or not i achieve them, it’s something to shoot for.)

Tube frame chassis, all made of DOM tube and when all when the car is fully built it should weigh 1600 ish lbs.

The motor: It will have a subaru turbo motor. The initial version will see a 2.0 just so i can start having fun but eventually it’ll be a hybrid 2.5 making 400whp

The suspension: It will all be porsche boxster same with the brakes so it should handle all the power and lack of weight im throwing at it.

The body: It will be all fiberglass panels dzused on with the exception of the A pillar which will be a stock piece from a 914 but it will retain a vin tag. The only other stock 914 related thing will be pop up headlights which will be retained.

Aero: This thing will have an extreme aero package. From the smooth underbelly with large rear diffuser and front splitter to canards and a chassis mounted rear wing, This “car” WILL have a presence like little else.

Interior: Skip... JK this thing will have a digital dash, k tuned shifter, willwood pedal cluster, and a plaid racing seat. Thats about it, passenger seat is seen as optional at this point.

So hopefully this should be good, i dont have much time, even in the covid 19 world we currently find ourselves in right now. It may not be a fast paced build but the goal is to have a roller by june... So lets get to building!

OG car:

The Crash:

Whats Left:

I dont have many parts left, I took all the good parts off sold what i could and kept what i needed.

[tazz9924]

Are you back in Tacoma?

No NC i wont be back till december

[tazz9924]

Just something quick; i added some tubes out the back to link the subframe and the struts together. Oh and im finally back from my trip to wyoming! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[tazz9924]

After a day of side projects, I came back today and finished the main tube of the door bars. they turned out great!

[tazz9924]

Short day, finished notching passenger side(?) door bar. Did i mention i plan on this being a single seater?

[tazz9924]

Keeping up the daily updates, i built the other half of the door bars and i started welding in the bars! I mocked up the a pillar (i held up two bars) and i seemed to forget how small the window is on these cars. Even worse is i plan on putting an anti crush bar that goes from the floor by your feet to the tip of the a pillar so in a roll over the A pillar doesn’t fold in. Anyway point is its gonna be a little hard to get into no matter what you do I THINK, small race car syndrome.

[djway]

Tubular, Totally...

[tazz9924]

Finished welding on the door bars and my god was it a struggle for no good reason, it was just one of those days where you touch the tungsten non stop. It turned out really good so im not worried about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I set it back on its wheels because it felt like the right thing to do... and it was.

[tazz9924]

I got the old ej off of its sketchy perch and onto an engine stand. I gave it a much needed gunk treatment and undressed it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) to make it easier to mock into place

Sketch perch: (ps that tool box its on is called a stack on, which i think i did to its full potential)

[Andyrew]

Woot! Great progress!

[tazz9924]

Hey im back from nebraska and i had a goodie waiting for me! Its a boyd welding fuel tank designed for a factory5 818. It came with an aeromotive 340 fuel pump, a 90-0 level sensor and a roll over valve. it sits so good here since the fron is no longer a good spot for the fuel. Im in love with it!!

[tygaboy]

Wow, nice! Looks like it was made just for your build. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[tazz9924]

Wow, nice! Looks like it was made just for your build. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

I know! I knew my insane amount of research would pay off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

[76-914]

So how will you access the inlet? Open the door and slide the psg seat forward?

[Andyrew]

Very cool tank!! Im curious about the fill port as well.

[76-914]

Oh. I see it now. It’s on the right side behind drivers seat. An 1.5” blue barbed fitting. So you run some fuel hose to wherever you locate the fuel spout. Duh

[tazz9924]

Oh. I see it now. It’s on the right side behind drivers seat. An 1.5” blue barbed fitting. So you run some fuel hose to wherever you locate the fuel spout. Duh

Yep u got it, i figure the filler neck will come out around here

[tazz9924]

I spent way too much time planning and making a harness bar. First i set in my seat on a piece of wood, figured out my recline angle and the harness angle (about 10* sfi say 0 to -20 so im good i figure) and where that would land height wise on the main hoop. I then subtracted the height of the wood and the bar it was sitting on because i will almost literally be on the floor.

So now i know how high to make the bar... but oh boy was notching the bar a fun experience (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I think i discovered a 4th demension because this tube notch was so complex it would have stephen hawking lost. I made two dumby pieces so i could get the notch “right” I then made a template by wrapping paper around the tube and tracing. I cut out my shape, applied it to the real deal. Many hours (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) later and here’s the tacked in product.

Ignore the bar looking low, the seat is back at n the wood for testing purposes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[tazz9924]

Added one and a half of the legs on the x brace before i ran out of tube. The intersection looks funky because i had to make the harness bar land a little north of the intersection. Nothing a nice taco plate cant fix! I also gave the car a nice rub down in wd40. This typhoon of a summer we’ve had, my raw metal car didn’t take it lightly.

You also can see how well the harnesses line up with the seat in its place

[tazz9924]

Update for the week: I continued my work on the x bar for the main hoop and got all but a 2 inch piece im dreading (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif). I also added seat mounts, i made them out of some 3/4 tube and handy dandy universal tabs. I also had to cut out two of my floor gussets but i think ill live. And i must say i LOVE how i sit in this car, it’s exactly the way i wanted it. Now for some pedals and a floor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Speaking of pedals i got a set of wilwood .75 master cylinders for the brakes. Their throw seems a bit short but it might be the same as the one i was gonna buy. They are a light set i bought at the used nascar parts store. I also got a used dallara radiator from a team penske indy car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) So you could say things are getting serious.

[andrewb]

Elliott, I know you know what you're doing far more than I ever will but, just for the sake of symmetry, can you put a bit of tube in here please. Thanks, Andrew. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)