Pipe dreams and poor life choices

[suaveflooder]

In. This is going to expensive

[LadyFRZ]

Woah.
Incredibly brave to do something like this.
Can't wait to see what happens.

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

Originally Posted by Ben_G

noob question, but wouldn't the fire have cause the frame to weaken?

I'm in the tool and die business, and I've asked colleagues that took metallurgy classes in college as well as friends I know in mechanical engineering right now, and all I've been able to get out of people has been a definite "maybe".

Basically it totally depends on how hot the fire got (which there's an upper limit on, E85 flame only gets so hot), how long it stayed there, how fast the fire was quenched, the composition of the steel, etc. Mild steel that car frames are made out of doesn't really harden as much as a higher alloy steel would have.

Also, if I stitch weld the front end, it should relieve most of the internal stresses that the fire may or may not have induced.

edit: I have no idea what this diagram means.

[juliog]

Holy reverse necroviscontuning!

[Rayme]

You got the thread title right.

Serious question, what is your estimate to bring her up to standard again? I can only imagine the time spent on each and every single component that is damaged in the bay (there is virtually NOTHING good on the front half of the car), ugh.. good luck.

[Shim]

I showed this to my local metallurgist who specializes in steel heat treat. She says its probably almost good as new, just bend/weld it back into shape and you'll be fine.

[Pistol]

, good luck buddy

[mact]

Saw this on copart. Glad to see something awesome is going to happen with it.

[jbsali]

sub'd for updates! good luck good sir

[edeekeos]

Sht just got real..

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

Originally Posted by Rayme

You got the thread title right.

Serious question, what is your estimate to bring her up to standard again? I can only imagine the time spent on each and every single component that is damaged in the bay (there is virtually NOTHING good on the front half of the car), ugh.. good luck.

Back to standard? Probably over $30k. The wiring harness, dash, most of the interior, all the computers, and obviously anything in the bay is trashed.

Fortunately, I'm not looking to bring it up to standard. If Scion would have sold me a bare shell I would have gone with that, but they won't so this is the next best thing.

[mitosis]

Wow, this is awesome!

I'm super excited to see a project like this done with a twin... especially THAT twin in particular! It would be cool if you got a custom plate that said "phoenix" or something like that, lol.

My brother-in-law is super jealous of my FR-S and there's no way he could afford one anytime soon, so I've fantasized about getting my hands on a wrecked twin for cheap that we could patch up in some sketchy less-than-safe manner so we can rally it until the wheels fall off or something.

Thanks for taking on such a project and sharing it with us, I hope it all goes good.

[Sarlacc]

What's that engine you're planning to put in?

Good luck with the project!

[SomeoneWhoIsntMe]

Engine is a 1JZ-GTE VVTi out of a JZX100 chaser/markii/cresta. I'm going to use a pontiac solstice 5-speed with it because it's an aisin trans similar to the one that's supposed to go on 1jz's only cheaper and newer. I have an ace-up motorsports downpipe, that's probably going to be the only power mod along with deleting the stock bov and replacing it with an aftermarket one and adding a boost controller. Not sure what I'm going to do about EMS yet, I'd like to go AEM or megasquirt down the road, but the stock ECU is also perfectly capable of running the engine for now.

Once I go with standalone EMS or a decent piggyback, I'd like to get cams and a bigger stock location turbo. Unless I know for sure that won't satisfy me by then, I've got a 2jz-ge block I can rebuild to go 1.5jz.