Jarrod's Beams Powered Drift and Track Project

[Vaughn]

WOW, Great build.

That sucks with your clutch, it got destroyed!

[Corolla86]

Got a bit of drift damage to fix now, pics up later.

[Corolla86]

So before i put some pics up from last night I will just finish off the rest of the car build.
Once the clutch went, i brought a os giken single plate & flywheel.



Since then i have done a few more track days and drift pracs
The only real changes to the car i have made have been suspension tuning, and a lower lip.
Recently i changed the surge tank and radiator. I have also made up some sump protection and a better upper rad support.






So yesterday i had a bit of a meeting with some tyres at turn 1,
Came in for a bit of a flick into turn 1
After the the car stopped, there was absolutely no steering input, the boss kit was slipping on the steering shaft.
Im not 100% sure but the car really didn't feel nice once i gave it the first flick.
Im guessing the nut came loose, and that caused obvious loss of control.







Once we had a look over everything else, and fixed up the bosskit (with a bit of coke can) went out again in the later sessions.




Damage really wasnt too bad. both sidelights, grill, lower lip, bumper bracket. bent both guards (bent back ok) and bent all my cooling panels.
Im booking the car in for a full cage over the next few weeks.

[Rice86]

Fuck... Face plant into the wall lol. And it still drives straight ?

[slide86]

ah Clem and his tyre stacks.......they have claimed so many cars over the last 12 months.

that clutch is total porn also!

[JUG-HEAD]

Clems Grass > peoples safety

[Tim.duncan]

good build!

[KKUSTOM]

I have seen this out at lala before sounds tough keep up the good work man

[Corolla86]

So now my build thread is basically up to date i can start talking about my future plans.

Over the next few weeks im getting a full weld in cage put in.

Im going to be changing my J160 with a W58 (I have already got one)
Im going to be changing my stock sprinter diff to a RN25 Hilux diff. (I have already got)

This year I am going to be putting a turbo on my Beams.

So as some of the people on this forum would know, finding a RN25 diff is getting pretty hard now.
People selling them usually know what they are and they know what they are worth.
The RN25 diffs have a 8" crown wheel and they are about 50mm shorter than the stock diffs.

I found mine in the most random place, Mallala Motorsport Park.
I was down there watching some time attack with a few mates, we went for a walk around the outside of the track.
During our walk we walked near it, i seen an old hilux and had a quick look. I got in contact with Clem, (the owner of Mallala) and made him a offer for the whole car.

Anyway, here are some pics of it.



I also made some money back on the shell when i took it to scrap.





I have converted the diff back to 4 stud, and welded all the diff mounts on. (using a jigg)
The only work left on the diff is the brakes, and they are nearly done. im using mx73 disks with r32 gtr calipers.

To get the gearbox to fit up to the 3sge i have got a bell housing out of a van. and a 20v starter motor (both bell housing and starter will need mods)

I plan to use a T28 to start off with, until i lower the compression more. I will be putting a thicker head gasket to lower the compression initially.

[Corolla86]

So I have been pretty busy this week after work making up my turbo manifold.
I started off with some steampipe bends and 1m of straight steampipe, i also brought the turbo flange as they are pretty cheap and easy to come by.
then after making the head flange I started to make up the manifold.
I'm pretty happy with it, it has a nice bends and it is nice and smooth on the joins. Its not completely done yet. i still have to blend all of the ports and the turbo flange area. i also have to face the faces to make sure they are flat and i need to get any weld splatter out of it.








This last photo is before the flanges weren't welded on, so there is a bit of a gap on the turbo flange,

Making the manifold is a pretty good job. it just takes many hours using a dremel with a carbide tip on it.

I have got the t28bb that i'm going to use, now im getting all the cooling and oil lines sorted out.

I have got a 1.8mm Apexi metal head gasket and some 800cc injectors on there way from Japan. The headgasket needs to be made, so there will be a 6 week wait.

In the meantime there is still plenty to do though. I haven't made any more progress on the rear brake caliper adaptors.