I thought i'd drop you a link to a slideshow of all the progress on the car so far plus a few new photos to show you where it's at at the moment.

 

Just having a mass ebay then ordering new parts in the next couple of weeks.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/600zx/

 

 

 

 

 

 

keep it up Nick you're making great progress!! :bow:

Cheers guys,

 

Finished all the water pipes into the rad and back and the coolant overflow tank is in place.

 

Back out in a min to sort out the heater pipes, vacuum hoses and fuel regulator bracket.

 

Going to spend the evening getting TDC on cylinder one then setting up the distributor and firing order then cutting crimping the spark plug leads ready, hook up the fuel line, senders for the gauges and then i think we're ready for the start either tomorrow or monday morning depending on what time i get tomorrow with our planned trip.

 

Starting the water pipes:

 

Hardest part done:

 

All done!:

 

And a test fit of the bumper to check the pipes all clear:

its starting to come together nicely mate, looks amazing

Cheers fella :D Should look a whole lot more like a clean tidy engine bay by the end of the week when i've finished wiring everything up and run the wires neatly down the side

 

More to come later folks! :hyper:

its starting to come together nicely mate, looks amazing

 

Wow agreed Excellent work Bud keep us updated

Looks fantastic!!! would love to put a v8 in mine!!, are you going to Jae ? hope to see it in the flesh sometime

Haha in all honesty ive been looking forward to some kind of video of this V8 for when i got back from work, reminds me of the truman show :D !

 

looks amazing!

 

Hollings.

Wow agreed Excellent work Bud keep us updated

 

Will do buddy, frustrated update after this :headvswal

 

Looks fantastic!!! would love to put a v8 in mine!!, are you going to Jae ? hope to see it in the flesh sometime

 

Well you're more than welcome to come and copy blueprints off mine buddy, not that difficult to do if you do it right instead of the wrong way like me :rofl: I don't think i'll quite make it to JAE this year but will definately be coming to Japshow Finale to put some rubber down on the track :)

 

Haha in all honesty ive been looking forward to some kind of video of this V8 for when i got back from work, reminds me of the truman show :D !

 

looks amazing!

 

Hollings.

 

Cheer buddy, unfortunately no video of it running yet - and maybe not this weekend :( Read on.....

Well as always i've hit a snag on a bank holiday weekend when i need one component to complete the build and it's in the lap of the gods whether anyone'll have it in stock! :headvswal

 

Went to tension up the belt tonight before finally bolting in the rad and hooking up the rad pipes and guess what?

 

Because my engine sits an inch lower than keith's, the anti roll bar interferes with the alternator so the belt won't tension up.

 

SOOO that means either manufacture a larger tensioner pulley or buy a smaller belt.

 

The second option is by far the easiest but the chances of finding a 6 rib serpentine belt, 1600mm long (63") on a bank holiday sunday is looking pretty bleak.

 

I'll keep you guys updated but not looking hopefull about starting the car now until the middle of the week now if i have to wait till Tuesday to place an order for a replacement belt.

 

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

 

On the plus side I have made the rad bracket to hold it in which looks pretty spiffing and mounted up one of the two fans ready to run on the day.

 

Only a couple of heater hoses to connect now and i'll be done.

 

Right off to bed now guys so catch you tomorrow!

Grab a look on ebay at anyone local to yu selling them and email telling them what your doing and if you can collect?

Update for today, i had loads of pictures taken, lots done today and good news and all that has been wiped out by disaster unfortunately folks.

 

The previous owner had welded in a spout onto the bottom of the left hand side of the fuel tank.

 

Just filled the tank lightly with some petrol to check for leaks and guess what?

 

Compression fit is fine, everything is fine but the weld on the tank leaks like a ship with holes in it :headvswal

 

I'm incredibly angry and upset the night before starting the engine up and this crops up.

 

It means removing the whole exhaust system from the bulkhead back, dropping the diff and prop and alot of fiddly work to get it out.

 

Words can't describe how disappointed i am right now :cry:

bad times mate, at least you've found it now rather than later....

Awesome build you've taken on Chap. :punk: Shame about the fuel tank though, that's a massive kick in the goolies, as has been said above, better that you found out now rather than after you've struck it up.

 

Keep up the good work :thumbup1:

 

 

Gazza

Good news guys! Emptied the tank out this morning and used the compressor to dry out everything then took a leap of faith and bought some Q-Bond at £14.95 a set which sounds alot but it did the trick!

 

Poured the powder around the leaking pipe inside the tank, squirted the agent over it and 10 seconds later - bingo! Petrol resistant and hard as metal with no leaks! :hyper:

 

I've used some petrol tank sealant around the outside (a bit like isopen filler) and refitted the compression joint with gasket blue in every screw fitting, fitted the new belt, set the distributor and by the time I came back everything had set, filled the tank and no leaks.

 

Finished the fuel pump relay and wiring and hooked up the sender so just the bit in the engine bay, top up the water and crimp the plug leads and were ready to fire him up!

 

Back on it tomorrow! :)

Result ! Loving this thread. Can't wait for you to finish :thumbup:

Cheers buddy :) only the last few bits now but should go smoothly, only the risk if there's a petrol leak in the engine bay when the pump's pressurised the system then the rest us just plugging stuff in. Forgot I need to fill the gearbox up and diff and also connect up the alternator.

 

One more evening and hopefully it's just tuning the engine then :)

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Hope you are putting the start up on video:yes::thumbup:

Looking forward to seeing the finished article.. I think I may be getting as excited as yourself

Hope you are putting the start up on video:yes::thumbup:

 

Oooooh yes I will :) lol definately want the engine starting captured for posterity!

 

Looking forward to seeing the finished article.. I think I may be getting as excited as yourself

 

Haha no one is as excited as I am right now :rofl: it's great when I've got loads of pics to post up to keep you guys excited but it's all boring stuff till it starts so hopefully next update should be a video :hyper:

Good news everyone :hyper:

 

Fuel line - complete

Fuel pump - working

Leaks - none(!)

Water pipes - complete

Fan - 10 min job to just connect it up

Starter motor - check

Distributor - check

Plugs and leads - check and check

Alternator - check

 

So we're ready to rock and roll :hyper:

 

It was a bit late for me to start it up tonight at half twelve so finishing work early tomorrow again to get the last couple of wires hooked up and we're good to go :D

 

Video to come tomorrow - bloody hell it's just like christmas! :hyper:

 

Night folks! :D

 

:punk::thumbup:

Well????

lol, i'm at work till 3.30pm although i'm thinking of saving my lunch up till 2.30 then going just to get back earlier :rofl:

 

Counting the minutes at the moment! :headvswal

 

p.s. if the holley blue fuel pump is as noisy as it is jesus i hate to think how noisy the car's exhausts are! :rofl:

Have a fire extinguisher on stand by just incase:sweatdrop:

Already ahead of you on that one buddy! :rofl:

 

I'll be getting the silver car's fire extinguisher out before i start :)