where are you guys located?

 

After all that work it was time for Gerard and I ( Kevin ) to take a break. Alex Lee, of Alex Lee Drift the driver for the car came out from Calgary Alberta to Vancouver B.C. to pick up the car and take it back for the cage fab.

This was the first time he had seen his new car. He was blown away with the stance and style of the fenders and the overall condition of the starting chassis. The car was thrown on some rollers , loaded on the trailer and headed out for the 12 hour drive to its new home away from home. Alex teamed up with a good buddy of his Rob Parsons of RTP racing to build the cage as well as front and rear crash zones.

The whole cage was first designed on Solidworks before being digitally bent and welded in.


Rear crash zone

This was designed to allow the rear 1/4 area to flex in not upsetting the car if your running too aggressively on a rear clipping zone





If something like this were to happen ... lol




This was Alex's previous chassis a JZX81 Cresta ( I could do a build thread on this if people were interested as well )



Back to the cage



A and B pillar gussets in






Sprayed white




SERIALNINE laser cut pedal box for wilwood swing dual pedal set



We have made a few changes to the drivers position since this photo. We also swapped out the hot rod style heim joint steering column for a proper bearing one.



Alex's Texas Speed 418 LS3 from his cresta sitting on custom solid motor mounts.



Custom headers



With Alex and Rob finishing up all his fab work it was now time for the GS to come back here to Vancouver and for the first time into our new shop facility.

The car was certainly starting to look the part but was still a long way off.......

more in Part III

 

Nice build thread so far. I like the work your company has done since the X7 and X8 chassis. Wouldn't mind owning an X83, but they're getting hard to find. I'd like to see a build thread of the Cresta too if you get time.

 

this build thread is crazy.

 

Bump for more ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More ! More !

 

so goodddd

 

 

sad to see a "ls" engine in it

 

PFFFTTT happy to see a LS in it. more potential than the Lexus V8 and DEF more torque than the I6 will make

 

Any extras of that spoiler lip thing? Looks from the pic of the foam on there, I'd probably want one...

 

this is what i like to see, nicely done

 

man where are the updates

 

what happened to this!!!

 

so was it a 5 speed or are you drifting it as an automatic? if you changed it over how hard was it? It looks so sexy being sideways!!

 

its a manual swap