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S13 Tube Chassis Drift Car, Part 1
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"Anyone doing any modifications to the cars makes them completely illegal for road use. So how do you get around the legality issue? You make a “kit car”. Greg got the idea after a friend imported an Ultima GTR from the UK with a LS7 dropped in. So, Greg’s plan is produce a tube chassis which still utilizes the stock front and rear subframes. Why keep the subframes? Two reasons I can think of would be to reduce cost and also allow the use of the gazillion S-chassis suspension parts already in existence. The end result is a “kit car” that is completely legal to drive in Australia and completely badass. Greg has no illusions of making any money on this project, but he didn’t do it to make money; he did it because he wants one. With that being said, after this tube chassis is completed, Greg plans on doing a 3D scan of it. After a bit of FEA optimization, duplicates of the tube chassis can be made using Greg’s fancy CNC mandrel benders and tube notchers should anyone else want a tube chassis S13. "
"A funny thing can happen when you start hacking up the guts of a unibody; the body can get a bit distorted. So, the first step was to fabricate a body jig to keep all the panels lined up."
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