Project Trackstar
 

Picked up a totally stock street wit 370Z body from a friend for 10 bucks and decided to make a track car out of it while my r8 will be my show car. tore it down as soon as i got it home to do the body drop to lower the center of gravity (but more to make it look a lot better). made a custom front under spoiler and rear "whale tail". cut the rear window out to make room for the motor for the body drop, flipped the front mount clip, and glued in the rear tab on a custom spacer under the "trunk". did a couple of other small body mods (shaved emblems and got rid of the exhaust tips) and primed the body. just sanded it smoothed and going to paint it tomorrow after i pick up some paint after work.

*would have taken pics during all this but my batteries where dead and i just dove into the project

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hmmmm nice buy 10 bux :D !! wish i bought a xmod for 10 bux :( well good luck making it a track car its going too look wild ! :D

thx going to place an order for a stilly chassis and lipo upgrade today or tomorrow and keep this project rolling (unlike project 8: still trying to track down some wheels that will look right with the widebody). i'm painting today as soon as i get home from work. going white with a flat black hood and roof

i really like the rear spoiler

i want to make this thing a complete track killer! here are the plans i have in mind:
electronics
2x2 FET Stack
Lipo Upgrade
Upgrade battery and motor wires

chassis
stilly chassis
GPM aluminum dogbones
GPM aluminum shocks (F/R)
Soft treaded tires

*any suggestions on what motor i should run? I want a quick but controlable ride with this setup

NOOO!!!! you took my cars name.....well i guess its ok lol

How much weight do you plan on shaving? and for the motor I would recomend a Speedy-07BB from PN, it is a common track motor and provides well in both torque and top speed or maybe even PN's official 35t motor with these you cant go wrong, but if you want to go a step up you might want to try the Stock-R from atomic. Oh and as a side not awd is highly recomended (I didnt see it on your to-do list) Well have fun building

That looks nice. I may have to go buy a 370 body...lol

sorry for taking the name. but i had a bunch of free time at work today so i picked up my paint on my lunch break (should have got food, im starving lol) just finished up the paint job.

here it is being primed up
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSCN0535.jpg
and then laying down the white base coat
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i forgot to take pics of masking it for the flat black but here's the finished producted
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productive day at work if you ask me lol. i ordered up some GPM aluminum 18 pole wheels to finish off the whole race look. def going to do the awd forgot to put that in there. cant wait to get all my parts here for this thing and hit the track and watch all my hard work pay off!
tell me what you guys think

Looking really good.

Can't wait too see it all done.

I'm really impressed with this build.

I like the style you chose and I like the upgrades.

The reverse skunk lol. White with a black stripe.

added the small details like the lights and painted the wheels to match.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSCN0555.jpg
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looks really good! i digg.

a nice finish looks really clean :D

Detail the vents black and then I like. No like white vent. Very clean, just a little spot under rear left light needs to be covered.

What?! your down wit the wood paneled hood look but not white vents?:eyecraz: lol just playin. i have to pick up some black paint and hook it up

Looks sharp. keep up the good work.

Lookiung even better, keep up the good work.

Paint job looking real good. :) Really digging the whale tail most of all.:nod:

took a couple of snaps of my rides. painted project trackstar's wheels bright pink to give it a lil jdm flare. i like it. going to do the same to the aluminum wheels when they get here.
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSCN0584.jpg
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSCN0571.jpg
ah project 8 in all her widebody glory lol
http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...r/DSCN0584.jpg
wheels should be here soon for project trackstar, but going to have to wait until next week for the chassis

How does painting the wheels give them JDM flare? You are at least the second person off the top of my head to claim this on here and I don't understand the reasoning behind it. The Mugen wheels on my 1994 Civic are not pink and they are definitely JDM! ;)

On the other hand, nice clean rides!