shop car Elevens' & Ace Up

[hypercrush]

Dylan from Elevens' here. Well after getting the last car done, Brianna's satin white s14
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_1111copy.jpg

we got started on this
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0401.jpg

here is the Ace Up Motorsports shop drift car. 240SX driven by Ace Up owner Vitaly Sopkin. Its going to be a pure competition car, and you will be seeing it at Arizona drift events and national ones too.
We at Elevens' are doing the paint on it right now while it is totally taken apart prior to the built sr20 going in. Vitaly welded in this nice cage here and we painted that black.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0018.jpg
that was masked and the interior was sprayed gloss white. its a full on track car so it doesnt need to be TOO nice but we at least wanted it decent looking.

and then started prepping parts...
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0386.jpg

and prepping...
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0009.jpg

and spraying a little primer...
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0012.jpg

and more sanding
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0404.jpg

sooooo as of right now the car is prepped including door jambs, overfenders, and the body kit. and we will be getting the engine bay cleaned up and ready for paint too. we will be spraying that the Elevens' signature color Laguna Seca blue. the rest of the car will be sprayed satin white and we have some pretty wild ideas about what else we might do as well. i will try to update this thread often if anyone cares to watch the progress and the blog will have updates too. also you can add Ace Up Motorsports on facebook to see what Vitaly is doing to it.
thanks for looking and let me hear your questions/thoughts!

[JawDropper]

Looks like its gonna be sick. moar update..

[hypercrush]

small update:

flat white was sprayed on the roof/trunk/jambs/doors today. Need to get a little more paint to finish the bumpers and the white will be all done.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0439.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0440.jpg

i took a little time to clean up the front tubs with a little sanding and filler work. they are now ready for the BMW Laguna Seca blue to be sprayed in the engine bay.this will hopefully happen this week.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0437.jpg

so next update will be of the car all done! then its off to the track to slide it around and maybe just scrape some of the paint back off haha, thanks for looking
-Dylan

[Oxer]

Want to see more!

[hypercrush]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/elevens-banner3.gif
quick update here. we took some time off of the shop car to get DJ's subaru WRX painted:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0472.jpg
this car is pretty sick, we rolled the fenders, fixed the cracks and breaks in his chargespeed kit and painted the body, jambs, and everything. he went for a white basecoat, silver pearl, and on top of that ghost blue metalflake. we color-sanded and buffed it too.http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0469.jpg
should be seeing more of this car in the future, hes putting a gnarly motor in it as well.

but with that done the work continued on the 240
building the motor now:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0505.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0512.jpg

and sprayed white on the rest of the parts, bumpers, front fenders, engine bay, and the intake manifold.sorry for the cell phone pics guys :(
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0516.jpg
whew. k now we need to get it all put together....stay tuned and thanks for looking

[Vegas13]

sick man. finish this shit! SW needs more dope 240s

[slimadi]

Looks really good so far bet you cant wait to drift it! :eyebrows

[Mattphi]

Nice work!

[hypercrush]

things are moving along...
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0568.jpg
motor built and in.yay not all hooked up yet, but its sittin in the right spot
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0576.jpg
test fitting the fiberglass. trying to get it to sit right, still needs some finessing.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0575.jpg
the ducting for the v-mount intercooler/radiator looks sick. next is wiring...ugh. and sending off the aluminum to Full Race for some of what they do best.
thanks as always for looking!

[Flavourless]

Why does the a pillar bars and the main hoop sit so far away from the a pillars and b pillars?

[VitalyS]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/Boostdtsiawd/17842_257227815411_690325411_481636.jpg?t=12695837 35

its actually closer then a lot of gusseted cages.

[Royal_T]

Nice build,, def following

[AreTee]

So far so good. I like what I see.

[hypercrush]

some random stuff
Lexan
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0676.jpg
intercooler welded
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0677.jpg
project stalled for a little bit while waiting on parts but things are moving again

other random shop stuff
sprayed some FN01's for a car we sponsor, Danny Le's S13
sticker in the wheel looks cool
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0673-1.jpg

pile of Vette wheels going on my brothers E36
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0659.jpg
some have been refinished already (with a pearl blue in the clear)

other stuff in the works: carbon interior door panels for the shop car and the e36,
black with rainbow flake valve cover on the s13
salad shooters on the BMW, has coilovers in now, just waiting on spacers.
other random carbon fiber parts and painted crap i dunno

we are having fun for sure haha, thanks as always for looking

[JawDropper]

Damn I cant wait to see this finished.

[jimbo]

this shit's awesome man :)
Love the look of the S13

[dfreshx00]

i wanna see this finished.

pics of said e36 also

[Drama]

updates?

[hypercrush]

nothing big. made a sunroof delete panel, painted to match the interior
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0732.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0734.jpg
wiring and switches are going in. i have no idea what any of that stuff is.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0735.jpg
im told its really close to running and stuff, im just waiting on the valve cover and intake mani to have their final welds/fittings on so i i can spray them.

[matt752]

This is super cool

Will be following this :cool

[Drama]

thats sick. I can't wait to see the final

[GTIzlatko]

insane build

[hypercrush]

mercedes 199 black pearl metallic and rainbow flake in the clear
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0789.jpg

car is about a week away from being done, the catch cans and overflows just need to be done so its comp legal. ill get more pics this coming week

[FindingNimo]

wow! i can't wait!

[Drama]

wow! i can't wait!

This!

[GreenGoblin]

Looking very nice.

[hypercrush]

late nights are going down...
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0796.jpg
intake mani has the Estonian flag colors since thats where Vitaly (the owner) is from
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0800.jpg

hanging out with its sister
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0799.jpg

ill try to get better pics soon, sorry for the poor quality

[Oxer]

Deff need better pics asap haha

[One_Low_Via]

i wanna see this thing in action

[Walnuts]

What happened to the blue engine bay?

[hypercrush]

What happened to the blue engine bay?

got veto'd. still bummed.

[Emeru]

not diggen the intake mani but love the valve cover

[hypercrush]

same old story, why is it always the little things that end up taking forever?
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0806.jpg


intake and charge piping all finished. MAF sensor wires need extending. hydro E-brake just needs a fitting that is turning out to be really elusive,go figure. oil cooler has a nifty front mount, and damn that Full Race edition Tial BOV is pretty isnt it? its getting close guys! thanks as always for following this drawn out story haha

[Vipkindaguy]

everything about this build is a go. very cool.

[dav3design]

This is going to be awesome! Once you are finished with the car, invest in a decent camera :)

[hypercrush]

iPhone.sorry. my brother has a good camera but hes lazy, i think i need to commit theft

[hypercrush]

it drove around a little the other day, but its not catching the idle right after revs. somethings fishy. people are hard at work sorting it out though.once thats fixed just needs the kit on and i quick cleaning and its good to slide! so excited

[hypercrush]

well the car is pretty much done, it drifted a little at the All Star Car Battle this weekend. im waiting on pics/vids and the go-ahead to post them! sorry to blue-ball everyone lol. but we appreciate everyones compliments on the car and we hope to get a legit photoshoot soon and maybe a feature would be awesome too! i will update this ASAP once things are sorted

[mkFIF]

looks good so far man! get up a video when it's fully done too please

[Oxer]

Yep, pics asap.

[hypercrush]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/4940310330_f061159a15_b.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/4940312316_71cc46cc32_b.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/4939722307_58db44fdb9_b.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/4939720579_7e50151af0_b.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/4940879140_3137ea6735_b.jpg

thanks to Charles Siritho and Matt Chandler for pictures

[dav3design]

Love the pimp switch!

[hypercrush]

weeeeeeeeee

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/57944_10150268093980113_704920112_14950902_7104778 _n.jpg

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awwww
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/61235_474043045411_690325411_7091191_1193700_n.jpg

oh well, drifting blah blah haha

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/dwi_avatar.gif

[hi its me alec]

lol. 10/10 thread up until this point.

but wherrrrrrrrrrrrre is the bmw laguna seca blue engine bay? :D

[hypercrush]

blue bay idea got shot down :( thanks for the compliments though everyone

[hypercrush]

sooooo for anyone who still cares haha heres an update.
We took the car to XDC round 6. didnt make top 16 unfortunately (18th) but it was fun and we learned some things and met some really great people! pics:
night before, about to go on the trailor
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5086623670_e14d3d1df2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5086623670/)
IMG_0138 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5086623670/) by DylanBedore (http://www.flickr.com/people/dylanbedore/), on Flickr
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5091781558_8bdab47a4c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091781558/)
IMG_0090 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091781558/) by DylanBedore (http://www.flickr.com/people/dylanbedore/), on Flickr
lol
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5086623824_56683010a3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5086623824/)
IMG_0141 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5086623824/) by DylanBedore (http://www.flickr.com/people/dylanbedore/), on Flickr
buisiness in the front, party in the back. those SSR wheels are so damn pretty i love them
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5091185053_b35fd7d126_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091185053/)
IMG_0095 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091185053/) by DylanBedore (http://www.flickr.com/people/dylanbedore/), on Flickr
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5091464775_dabd371151_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091464775/)
IMG_0146 (2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanbedore/5091464775/) by DylanBedore (http://www.flickr.com/people/dylanbedore/), on Flickr

im still going through pictures for the event, i may start its own thread. but i did make part 1 of 2 of my write-up on our blog. check it out for more of the story, thanks!

[hypercrush]

sparkle bay
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/168447_10150120934335412_690325411_8141638_652286_ n.jpg

2011 here we come

[northmiler89]

muchhhh bettter! ^

[hypercrush]

i know! sooo stoked on it now. polishing the compressor housing, intake/mani, and intercooler now, XDC round one in march yeaya!

thanks for looking

[hypercrush]

motor is back in and ready to rock
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0434.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_0425.jpg

[Drama]

Nice!

[hypercrush]

so close to being done and ready for the season. photoshoot this friday for potential sponsors. giggity

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/IMG_1014.jpg

[n_const]

sick car guys ! Whats the xdc ? grassroots sorta drifitng or ?

[hypercrush]

XDC is Pro-Am level drifting. until recently it was a feeder series for Formula D, a way to get an FD license. this season XDC is its own tour so im not sure yet how that will play out. Last year XDC was in my opinion THE series to be in, semi-grassroots and pretty well run with alot of good drivers, also alot of fans attending as well. this year should be even more rad

[n_const]

XDC is Pro-Am level drifting. until recently it was a feeder series for Formula D, a way to get an FD license. this season XDC is its own tour so im not sure yet how that will play out. Last year XDC was in my opinion THE series to be in, semi-grassroots and pretty well run with alot of good drivers, also alot of fans attending as well. this year should be even more rad

thanks for clearing that up hyper :)

[hypercrush]

no problem. as you can tell im a big drift fan,Formuls D may be the top tier in the US but it is a fact that it has become somewhat too big for its own good, as far as core fans enjoyment. its great for atracting new fans to the scene and showing of what can be possible, but its hard for the average grassroots guy with a SR s chassis to relate let alone compete. the level of cars + drivers in FD is for sure impressive but with that kind of large sponsor involvement comes a demand for one-upmanship that normal wallets cant match. XDC while still requiring a fair amount of cash to get to the locations doesnt require you to have a huge V8 or full race chassis to compete, the safety standards are still high and the cars ARE a bit more powerful and built than your average street car, its very achievable by the normal shop or privateer working in his garage. also if last year is any indicator fans really seem to appreciate the more "grassroots" level of competition where driver skill and more importantly determination and having fun make you the hero, not how much HP your pushing.
thats why we will be doing as many events as possible this season, its fun to go and compete and also we are advertising to our customer base, the average guy who likes drifting!

[hypercrush]

some shots from last night by Charles Siritho. yes thats Alex Pfieffer tandeming with our car. rad

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/179204_10150383712880113_704920112_17073567_621108 3_n.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/168913_10150383712945113_704920112_17073569_282809 7_n.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/168164_10150383718390113_704920112_17073676_278127 2_n.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/164086_10150383718215113_704920112_17073673_696455 6_n.jpg

[hypercrush]

here is a link to a article by a friend of ours, have a look

Kamikaze BottleRockets blog, featuring two cars by Ace Up and Elevens' (http://kamikazebottlerockets.com/2011/01/26/same-difference/)

[hypercrush]

car is losing weight right now and a few other little things before round 1 at irwindale. a few fancy pics
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/bbq%201-29-2011%20suspicious%20garage/179616_10150390244005113_704920112_17181106_795769 7_n.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/181830_10150397972045113_704920112_17312230_387904 1_n.jpg
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/Ace%20Up%20and%20Elevens%20drift%20build/167038_10150397975450113_704920112_17312287_867109 _n.jpg

[Rali@BagRiders]

Oh man, do want! This is a nasty car/ build/ thread. Loving it

[hypercrush]

we appreciate it! anybody who is going to be at the Irwindale XDC next month should come by our pit and say hi! we always love meeting people who share our passion. free whatever stupid stickers i come up with if you ask nice haha. just look for the car and a bunch of people standing around looking tired, thats us

[Demoniac]

Nice!

[hypercrush]

thanks!

[FittedDownLow]

I would do bad bad things for a ride in this car haha;)

[FittedDownLow]

PS dont sell out and rock all kinds of graphics and stuff, keep it all one color and stancy not monster truck status with meaty tires haha you will be my hero..... My ild hero matt powers got bought out by KnW and his car isnt slammed anymore =(

[hypercrush]

small update, more to come as we go through all the media from this weekend

http://gotoelevens.blogspot.com/2011/03/xdc-day-one.html

and also, look at the baller ride height on the other car we sponsor, sideskirt on the ground all the way around the big bank. what a animal!
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h352/elevens1/Dylans/e7dphe.jpg

[hypercrush]

speedhunters wooooooo!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/XDC%20irwindale/two10.jpg

[hypercrush]

Round 2 this weekend! be there if you can it will be fun!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/192764_10150119158731597_181278396596_6384239_5240 015_o.jpg

[hypercrush]

11th place at XDC rnd 2 this last weekend. pumped!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/221696_162426197152071_100001540751492_378626_2479 645_n.jpg
(photo by Corey of AZRX7.com)
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/XDC_Phx-1010.jpg
photo by Alex Lopez of AZDriven.com)
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/bymiranda.jpg
(photo by Miranda Vallet)

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Is the dashboard all cracked up, or is that a wrap or something? It looks awesome.

[Just Chillin]

this is what i want to do to my s13...soo dope

[hypercrush]

by Charles Siritho
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q209/smokinshutdown/228060_10150575555855113_704920112_18490212_563268 7_n.jpg

[AiwooR]

Nice to see that someone from Estonia have got so far and is representing it... id like to get to US myself.

[hypercrush]

thanks everyone for the kind words. Dash i cracked, we live in AZ its a pretty common problem around here. was rubberized to make it wear better though.

Last night the SR was pulled out as the longblock has been sold. the rest of the motor setup is now for sale, PM me for any info.

time to start "overnighting parts from japan" if you know what i mean...