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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers mate, i'll get there eventually - seems a bit of a dream driving it down the road a couple of months ago now :lol:

 

Yep i know the dream well lol! keep us updated mate :)

Finally after 2 months of trying to get it done i've completed the engine conversion brackets.

 

I planned to spend all of xmas on it but ended up with swine flu :(

 

Just come back from gelscoe motorsport and they've welded my badly cut pieces of crap metal up. I know they look rough but the welds have been done properly which is the main thing and they fit so just to bolt everything in place and i can re-attach the exhaust system and steering again.

 

Unfortunately the cold weather had taken its toll and two of the brass freeze plugs had blown out so they've got to be driven back in again.

 

More to follow later today but the other half is ill again so need to take her to the hospital then i'll get back on with it :)

 

More to come as it happens today!

 

Edelbrock in a zed, great idea, must go like a nutter, uve done a great job there.

Cheers buddy, that 750CFM edelbrock was probably the best purchase i made. I haven't opened the secondaries yet but even on primaries it throws you into the back of the seat!

 

I'll be down santa pod in a months time tuning and getting it ready for the drag racing championships so i'll set them up then :)

Well after getting stuck in I managed to replace one of the brass freeze plugs back into the block (just one to go on the easier side), bolted the engine in tight which fitted perfectly and then removed the driver's rocker cover to test fit that the complicated manifold re-fitted without any clearance issues which it did.

 

SO all i need to do now is just replace that final brass plug, insert the steering column into the rack and re-attach the exhaust and we're ready to just wire up the distributor and drop it off the stands again :)

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Weird, disappearing and reappearing posts! :)

 

Well good news is I did a bit more last night - i'm in the groove now! :)

 

Decided before i went to the pub quiz i'd at least get the steering column adjusted to fit - after a little nip and a tuck it slid straight in and worked perfectly.

 

While that was in place i decided it'd be wise to test the exhaust manifold to check for clearance after the last time when it was a huge problem.

 

Annoyingly it didn't fit, the engine mount top was in the way so i had to grind part of the retainer off at the back but after doing that it fitted perfectly!

 

Starter motor just slid in so tonight i'll get the freeze plug back in, manifold bolted back in position and connect up the driver's side. The passenger side has loads of clearance so that won't be a problem. Aim tonight is to get everything bar the distributor and leads back in so tomorrow all i have to do is rebuild that on my lunchbreak tomorrow at work and then fit it and set it up when i get back and take it for a spin.

 

Fingers crossed the suspension should work! :)

 

More to come with some photos tonight

keep in that grove mate and hope your wife gets better. Are you shure one of your posts was deleted as you have posted the same comments twice.

lol, the girlfriend (not wife - don't give her any ideas! :lol:) is much better now just a kidney infection so had to wait for 3 hours to get some antibiotics :D

 

That's really odd, i went through my posts and couldn't see it! Oh well i'll edit the last one to compensate :)

 

I need to put everything into a book when i've finished and keep it in the car for the shows methinks

Ops sorry Nick, hope your girlfriend gets better soon:)

lol, no problem buddy she's already back in the world of the living again now and back at hers till the weekend hence i'm getting loads done on the car while she's not here :D

 

She still hasn't been out for a ride in it yet since i got it on the road the first time so i'm desperately trying to get it done for the weekend so i can take her for a spin when she comes to stay to cheer her up and show her what all this hassle, lack of money, swearing, moodswings etc was for over the last 2 years :rofl:

 

It'll also get everyone off my back who's kept asking me every week for the past 2 months "So when are we going to see this car then?" :)

good work mate

 

keep it up

Cheers buddy :)

 

Well a quick update, spent all last night in the garage on the car to push a bit further. Thought i'd start with the easiest manifold to get on - the passenger side and unfortunately it wouldn't fit for love nor money :(

 

Eventually ended up shuffling the engine on its mounts to get it to a point where the manifold cleared the mount and steering rack. Eventually after 40-50 minutes managed ot get it all to fit and the driver's side too.

 

Mounted up the rocker cover with the new cable holders and started work on the drivers side to find i couldn't the £40 stainless exhaust manifold bolts! :headvswal

 

After an hour of looking i eventually found them and got those fitted up.

 

I hadn't got much more time before bed so decided to get on with the distributor before i put the rocker cover back on and stripped it down to fit the new weights and springs only to snap off the mounting stud for one of the springs :(

 

So that's written off the distributor because it's a none replaceable part. I guess it is a 50 year old bit of kit so i'd expect as much! :rant:

 

So i'll have to order a new one but for the price it is for a new hei distributor i might as well pay an extra 200 quid and get a new style dissy and coil.

 

More to come later on but looks like i'll have to make a panic order later this morning to real steel and hope they can get it up for the weekend :(

You have my respect keeping at this project Nick, full of problems yet you keep overcoming them well done mate.

Cheers buddy :) Just priced up 2 options from real steel - a dual point distributor and a magnetic dissy, works out about the same price but the dual points one is supposed to be a pig to get set up correctly.

 

I'll give them a ring in a bit and ask them what their thoughts are.

 

The advantage of running a separate coil is a smaller dissy - so i can then put a centralised air filter on rather than the offset one i'm using at the moment.

 

More expense though, it's looking like a minimum of £240 for the dissy setup and i'm in the middle of buying my house at the mo so money is tight :(

All ordered for tomorrow:

 

Mallory Magnetic Electronic Distributor

Mallory Coil

Mallory Resistor

New Filter base (smaller dissy so i can have a centred air cleaner), stud and filter

 

£402 *CRIES INTO SLEEVE*

haven`t you finished this yet nick lol

lol, no i bloody haven't :rofl:

 

Nearly back on the road though and hopefully this time PERMANENTLY!

 

This uprated dissy should give me more power top end as well so i guess it's worth the money in the long run :)

mind you i can talk since i saw you last i`ve had a full rebuild and the third set of turbos mind you ive put t28`s this time so fingers crossed

lol, I thought yours was being rebuilt when i last saw you mate?

yep but then discov ered turbos seals gone and they had only done 3k miles but in all fairness american company said they`ll still cover under warrenty so put bigger ones so should have more tollerance i hope .

Flipping heck, sounds about as lucky as me! :)

 

Well best of luck buddy, hope you get it back on the road soon and see you at the shows this year :D

Well worked flat out on it last night and finished the steering/suspension, hooked up the starter motor and did all the niggly jobs i'd need to get done before dropping the car down tonight :)

 

All i have to do now is mount and wire in the new coil and dissy, the air filter and reconnect the plugs and leads and we're ready to rock and roll :D

 

Keep your fingers crossed folks! I don't know if i'll get everything done tonight but if not i'll at least get it started up tonight and initially timed before bed :)

 

My new shiny stuff should arrive today :hyper:

 

 

You did well last night Nick I will allow you to take tonight of mate:thumbup:

lol, no rest for the wicked mate i'm off to see the other half on saturday because she's too ill to come up this weekend so if i don't get it done tonight i won't be able to take it for a spin tomorrow :(

 

There's not much to do really:

 

• Reconnect front power steering pipe
  
• Replace undertray
  
• Replace wheels
  
• Reconnect battery
  
• Turn engine until TDC on cylinder 1
  
• Fit new alternator and tighten up all spark plugs
  
• Align rotor and reconnect all plug leads in order
  
• Mount coil on bracket on firewall and connect up tacho wires to negative terminal
  
• Test start the engine and try and get a timing reading to get it about right
  
• If all that works then drop the car down (remembering to reconnect the tension rods!) and run out the garage hopefully :hyper:
  

 

I'm guessing i'm going to find all manor of leaks after standing for so long so i'll leave it till i've sorted that and got it up to temp before i put the bumper and lights back on.