1uz-fe with twin ebay turbos(roughly gt-28's in specs) mated to a 350z 6 speed, this will be controlled with an ms3x ecu and the idea will be to run low boost of 7-8 psi. Should put it in the 420ft/lb and 380whp based on the car most of these parts came from. The front brakes are 4 pot fixed caliper from a 99 ls400 on modified sc400 hubs, this is forcing a 17" wheel though tire width wont go past 245 on the front. Its all a bit ridiculous but the project was spawned from having most of these parts left over from an old Lexus sc400 project, its not going to be usable power but the main focus of this project is the act of building it more then an entirely friendly car. With the excessive drivetrain the chassis is going to get heavy to cope, its sticking with 16ga square tube but most of the sheeting will be 18ga steel for rigidity. In the long term its getting a full closed wheel body but that's its own undertaking once this thing moves under its own power. The goal is to be 1800lbs wet or less.
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Used the Gibbs book as a basis then built the car around the motor and transmission because of their immense girth, engine weighs roughly 370lbs and the transmission 125lbs. The garage floor was mostly level but shockingly the frame isn't true, its still very close and at the time it was more important to begin then it was to worry every detail.
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Shortened the sc400 steering rack.
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The lower A arms are 1.25" .120 wall, 5/8 heim joints, 3/16" plate, and rav4 Balljoints. Upper A arms are 5/8 heim for the joint, 1/2" at the chassis, and 1" .120 wall tube.
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Steering system is mounted though the rack is only tacked for now, the beams around the column have yet to be triangulated because there's not much reference material for building this upper structure. With the engine being so large it ate up all the space for traditional bracing through the bay so this 3/4 tube attempts to reinforce the engine mounts and upper beam. Some fiddling showed the chassis would deflect about 5mm on a rear corner when lifted with the drivetrain installed, I believe most of this flex is in the engine bay and above the transmission, hence building the firewall directly behind the motor(to eventually fill in with bracing)
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