Part one of this video shows you the beginning steps in what will be a small video series dedicated to the Vibrant Performance Civic build. Watch as Ricky at SpeedFactory Racing shows the parts he will use, as well as the Turbo Manifold and Exhaust Downpipe production.
Enjoy!
This 2010 Ford GT500 was brought to us by its owner Dai Nguyen, it already had the supercharger deleted and was running an off the shelf twin turbo kit, but he was displeased with the fact it ran the stock manifolds, placed the turbos under the engine close to the ground, and wouldn’t allow him to run a auto trans in the future. His request was he wanted a top notch turbo system that placed the Precision 6466 turbos up front, was capable of 1400whp if he wanted to go that high, had AC and power steering and the rest he left up to us. Continue reading
Hello Fabrication Fans! Welcome to the second install of the B.R.E Motorsports Time Attack S14 build. This post goes more in depth with the entire build up of this one of a kind S14. Showcasing the amount of hours spent on the fabrication. Down to every detail displays the sheer artwork implemented into this vehicle. I hope you enjoy this creation as much as i do!
The S-Chassis has been placed on a rotisserie to ensure clean welds throughout the vehicle. It makes the task much easier to get into those tough to reach areas. A fully stitch welded chassis makes for a super rigid chassis, which is crucial for race cars.
The Team at B.R.E Motorsports are very well rounded with experience and craftsmanship.
Sweet mother of god this buggy is off it’s noggin. Tim Cameron pretty much shocked everyone when he built this insane new buggy called SHOWTIME.
There isn’t many hills he didn’t hit over the last few months, most of them captured on film.
Shout out to Chris Benny for sending this beauty in, cheers mate. Now mount a machine gun to that bastard and we are good to go…
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Risque titles are the name of the game today, as fabrication pushes forward on the header work on the RBM x FMU CLK63 AMG Black Series SEMA build.
When it comes to headers on any 6.2L M156 motor, custom-fabricating a set requires patience, precision and a whole lot of caffeine. It’s a small space to work with on almost every version of the 63 setup (C, CLK, etc.), so it’s very much a “measure twenty times, cut once” mentality. As always, Fluid MotorUnion is up to that task.
Let’s start with the bullet merge collector we’ve finished assembling:
And now let’s get to the meat-and-potatoes of the blog post, the headers themselves! Since it’s SEMA, our design needs to be highly functional but still different than your standard set of long-tube headers. After lots of research, sitting down and theorizing, we have the idea we’re running with, but we’re not going to give it away just yet. For now, though, we’ve got one set of fully-welded headers (passenger), and the driver’s side should be finished incredibly soon. Let’s take a look at the progress so far, shall we?
We’re moving at the speed of light, but it’s still a long process. Needless to say, we remain dedicated to our high standards of craftsmanship and won’t sacrifice an ounce of quality during the build. We’ll see you all at the barbecue tonight! It starts at 4 and goes until whenever we feel like it. Remember: No Haters.
We took a trip up to Canada and one of the many shops we visited was Four Star Motorsports. Another off-road shop with brilliant ideas. We entered Four Star and Frank Sprongl had already been working on an Evo X
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Frank builds…tunes…and drives in many rally races
This Evo X was stripped down completely and caged perfectly. It’s so clean!
Cosmetically equipped with a carbon fiber lip kit, hood, fenders, wing, and Volk TE37 Seibon editions …it’s one light, clean, but serious vehicle!
Another eye candy in the shop being built was the other white beast – a Subaru
The engine bay had plenty of work to look at
Upgraded turbo along with fitting piping
Along with a custom intercooler…
and custom built header. Fabrication isn’t a problem at this shop!
Frank and the rest of the crew at Four Star Motorsports we’re such a pleasant group to visit. Hope to see much more success pulled from this shop and more records beaten!
Being an avid car guy and coming from the east coast. I knew I would be in for a treat visiting a few shops out in California. One of the many shops was Twins Turbo Motorsports – a highly known team amongst many enthusiasts of the automotive world.
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Twins Turbo is known for their fully built Toyota Supra, but they’ve recently been working on a boosted Dodge Viper.
The engine bay is flawless and set aside from the twin turbo setup the intake manifold alone speaks pure power. I simply asked what kind of power it held. Their answer? About 2000 hp at the crank!
It’s an unbelievable car and to see such fabrication and engineering brought together leaves you speechless. This is just one of the many dream builds I wish I could obtain.
Moving onto their circuit pony – Their Toyota Supra. Cams, Pistons, Cage, Brakes, you name it. This car is built to spec and it is glorious.
If they can figure out a way to craft a part they need – they will. They don’t only physically make it, but they make it visually appealing as well.
Another car well built is their Honda Civic. It’s not always about Rear Wheel Drive platforms, you can sure bet this car moves!
You ask what else have they built? Two well known platforms would be Chris Rado’s Scion and Vaughn Gitten Jr’s RTR-X Mustang.
And here we have Marc and Eric, the admirable men, of Twins Turbo with their awesome dog Monster!
You honestly couldn’t ask for a better duo of guys to get to work with. A Family that comes from the east coast making their dreams happen on the west coast. They’re hilarious but full of pride. You can see the dedication in their work and fabrication is their game. I can only fathom what other monstrous builds will be unleashed by Twins Turbo Motorsports!
A few months ago I posted an article related to building a roll cage; or support if you will; for the new Toca Series tC that will be showing this 2012 season. I promised I would post exclusive photos to Fabricationlife.com before the car made its debut. Let me just tell you this build was no easy task and a lot; I mean a lot; of man hours have been put into this. Getting a show car into show car shape is no simple task. Unlike other builds where dirt, corrosion, and appearance may not matter, building a show car means checking everything from ground up, and that is exactly what has been done here. This car used to be a daily driver, and then it sat for a bit, so the corrosion was terrible. I didn’t want this car to leave the shop without it looking like it was brand new; this is where I began my journey of cleaning and polishing everything. When I say everything, I mean ripping apart everything in the wheel wells from the bolts to control arms. Everything had to be scraped, polished, coated, and then finally painted. Below is a photo of the axel that had to be taken off the car to be cleaned and perfected.
After a 10 hour day, let me tell you it is not easy to look at that one piece and ask yourself where the time went, but believe me it will pay off in the long run. Now let me give you some insight into what actually went into this car, and how things were created and fitted. Although the body kit used on this car has been modified left and right, Scion owners can recognize areas like the front bumper which stands out because you can see it on Ken Gushi’s RS*R drift tC. Without giving you all of the details on how the kit came together, I can assure you a large amount of time went in making sure the fit and finish was flawless. You will notice a giant Vibrant Performance intercooler sitting behind the bumper, but I will save the engine bay details for a future article, as it deserves its own time in the spotlight.
Here is a photo that is debuting here on Fabricationlife.com, it is the side shot of the car taken by Kortnei Grace, owner of Kortnei Brandon Photography. From the side view you can see how the car has transformed and how it is truly a one of a kind build. This tC roadster is first of its kind, showing it highly crafted turtle shell back and smooth transition into the body. The windshield here is something I am particularly excited about. The smooth quality finish of the wind shield looks as though it rolled out the dealer floor with no top. The responses I have been getting from the hood have been out the roof so let me lay it out there for everyone. The hood on this car is actually the stock hood of the tC which was modified, shaved, cut open, and welded. The reason being is I wanted the best fit while also having the opening needed on top. The hood scoop is no coincidence, but let’s just say it was needed, and
that I will save the conversation for the engine bay article :).
Without giving too much away in once issue of this series, I will hold back on photos of the rear portion of the car which will be saved for its debut at Tuner Galleria in Rosemont, IL on March 3rd. If anyone has any questions I will gladly answer them to the best of my ability. Until the next issue thanks for reading!
John Toca
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Toca Series Tuning Innovation
WMD usually stands for Weapons of Mass Destruction, but for street racer and fabricator, Greg Leone, it is the name of his fabrication team, race team, and lifestyle.
Although the crew has not decided on what the acronym definitively stands for, as WMD can stand for many things, their objective is pretty clear: build fun and crazy stuff.
Greg had for a long time wanted to get a hold of a school bus and trick it out. As soon as he got his hands on this yellow short bus, he wasted no time on converting it to a transport vehicle for his gymkhana car, a Nissan 240SX.
The Bus’s transformation took 3 months which consisted of forming the back hatch and ramps and fabricating the front bumper. Though the bus was a “just for fun” build, the car has a little bit more to it.
Greg is a racecar fabricator and has been for years. He and some friends set out to build a practice gymkhana car as something to have ready for whenever there was an event that called for such a thing.
But as the build progressed, the car began to take on a familiar theme for Greg. Previously, Greg had completed a bike build as a tribute to friends and family that he had lost serving in the military oversees.
The military theme carried over to build and infiltrated several other builds Greg and his crew are currently working on.
The Bike features a camo paint scheme, carbon fiber inlays, custom leather work on the seat, integra headlights, a camo NOS tank, and so much more. I didn’t inquire too much on the specs because it was simply a passion build that Greg did for himself and i did not want to reduce the meaning of the build down to its specifications. He took the bike on ride up along the West coast as the final part of the tribute.
Greg liked the theme on the Bike so much that he applied it to the 240SX and to the overall theme of WMD. His cars feature a camouflage-schemed valve covers as a unifying trait, though each build is severely unique.
Back to the car: Greg’s Camo 240SX features a KA24DE engine, a CXRacing GT35R ballbearing turbo kit, Tein Dampeners for the rear on a cantileaver set up and on the front, stainless steel brake and clutch hardline, VIP Modular VX-S110 Wheels: 18×10.5 on the front and 18×12 in the rear.
I appreciate Greg and his crew taking the time to answer my questions and letting me hang around the garage for the entire day. It’s always nice to spend time in the presence of people who love doing what they do.
On November 12-13, the Greenspeed team took a trip to the El Mirage Dry Lakebed in CA for the final Southern California Timing Assc (SCTA) event of the year. On Saturday the driver, Dave, was very nervous at the start line because it was the first time the truck was going to move while being powered by vegetable oil. However, he took off down the 1.3 mile course and shattered the existing record of 98 mph with a run of 139.882 mph. The next day, the team topped that record with a run of 155.331 mph. The team hopes that that time will be high enough to hold the record until they make it back to the salt flats in August of 2012 for Speed Week. At that point, the team intends to challenge the existing petroleum record of 215.091 mph, with vegetable oil as a fuel.
Greenspeed did actually make the insane deadline of Speed Week 2011. They passed inspection on the last night of the event and made it to the start 50 minutes before the event ended. Given the tight schedule, there was not nearly enough time to get vegetable oil heated prior to getting on course. However, the team was able to make a rookie run and one licensing run though!
After Speed Week, the team brought the truck home, started school the next day, and then started replacing all the duct tape with clamps and made sure everything was in it’s proper place. They put the truck on the dyno and worked to get the injection timing and fuel curve correct with plans of taking the record at World of Speed two weeks later. This time, the crew made it to the salt and passed inspection with plenty of time. At about the half mile mark on the very first run, at a speed of over 140 mph, two cylinders ended up cracking. The next morning, the team packed up and headed homefeeling pretty dejected. They took the engine to Big Twin Diesel for a thorough teardown and inspection. By the end of the day, Big Twin, Northwest Motor Machine, Mahle, and Clevite were ready and willing to help the team have a running engine in time to make it to the salt for one last attempt at World Finals, in another two weeks. So, putting class work on the back burner once again, the team doubled down to get everything ready in time.The night the team had planned on leaving, with a perfectly running truck, and a brand new vegetable oil system, the event had been cancelled due to 4″ of standing water on the salt flats! In a slight daze, the team started looking into alternatives (runways, drag strips, anything that might work in order to get the record out of the way). They decided to go for the final SCTA event of the year at El Mirage. It was risky though: a very long drive, questionable weather in the middle of Nov, and a very short course. But as you’ve already read, it turned out well for all.
