for anyone who is interested here are a few snaps of where im up to on my restoration/customisation. ive mainly focused on the engine bay as that is what im doing at the moment

 

engine bay was taken back to bare metal, this is just about the last of it

 

 

pas pot has been moved to here

 

 

to here, hicas has been removed, inner wing deseamed/smoothed. all holes have been welded up (except a few that i still need)

 

 

same goes for this area too, there will be nothing here except the brake servo/clutch master cylinder

 

 

Alot of work has gone on in this area, the battery tray has been removed which revealed a few holes where the battery had leaked, the upper suspension mounting had also had a bit of a bash at some time and had distorted the reinforced panel. i cut out the whole panel in this area and replaced it with one cut out of my breaker. all spot welds drilled out etc and welded back to look factory-also checked to correct chassis dims. you can see which panel i mean as its red (weld through etch primer)

 

 

same goes for the passanger side, i have replaced the headlamp pod aswell, it had been repaired to a good standard but i was not happy, it would appear my breaker had a bad bump (bent the chassis rail) but they had replaced the headlamp pod with a new nissan item so this was grafted onto my car aswell. all looks perfect now. the fusebox will go under the nose panel on the inside of the chassis leg opposite the pas pot

 

 

 

both chassis rails have been given the smooth treatment too

 

 

fuel filter has been moved down here where all the aiv stuff used to live, the stock fuel lines have been tweaked to pop up under the chassis rail where you can just see the little notch. the fuel lines will then go up through the panel above (where battery used to be). ill use a jic bulkhead fitting here so in the engine bay i will have aeroquip type braided hoses with propper connectors in stealth black onto an adapted fuel pipe.

 

 

tomorrow i will spray the bay in a final coat of etch, then seam seal a few bits. might even get on to giving it a coat of 2k high build. Colour will be pure gloss black. im going for a very stripped out look in the bay, no wires showing and nothing but the engine to see. colour scheme will be stricktly black and silver/chrome/pollished aluminium.

 

hope you enjoy.

What a great idea moving the PAS pot under the nosecone! I was trying to find somewhere i could put mine out of the way so could smooth and deseem :headvswal

 

Great work, looking forward to the next installment :hyper:

here are a few pics of the rest of the car

 

rear 1/4 with antena welded up all ready for high build

 

 

talegate with spoiler holes/wiper arm welded up

 

 

passanger 1/4 still needs some work

 

 

interior- what can i say. the trim has been recovered in gray alcantara and is stored in my house, retrimmed the factory recaros to match.

 

 

some goodies in the cupboard ready to fit

 

 

all hinges sprayed up gloss black ready to fit along with the mirrors and handles (in the box)

 

 

tempted to fit this- lexus v8 being adapted to run two t28s

 

 

all front suspension shot blasted and painted 2k satin black

 

 

doors, bonnet, tagas, 99 spec bumper,headlamp panel etc all painted and stored away as i dont have the space/time to do it all at once

 

one final pic my 99 spec converted lights (fitted before strip down)

 

was that quick enough?

 

thanks mate, love your project too

Great stuff, looks a fantastic project, that's ideally what i want to do to mine once i know it's all working after the show season next year - strip it down to nothing, send everything off to be blasted, powdercoated and refit with new bolts throughout with a few tweaks here and there :)

 

Looks like it's going to give some of the tidyiest zeds on here a run for their money when it's done! :D

hope so mate, it was only going to be a quick refresh to be ready for the shows this year, at least it shoild be ready for next year. got a big box of stainless allen heads to go on it.

 

not sure how well it will go down at shows against cars like the beast or beegees chrome mobile, its going to be very subtle.

is that lexus v8 running a supercharger between the V?

Great work, its going to look good when finished, what sort of power would the Lexus V8 be putting out?

Fantastic job you're doing there Pete. It's going to look great when you're all done. Nice to see such attention to detail and thoroughness along with quality workmanship. Fair play mate.

Fantastic work bud, I would love to have the time to do something like that, looks superb and will be worth all the time and effort you have put in :thumbup1: liking the V8!!

Thanks guys.

 

The v8 is a lexus 1uz from an sc400 or sourer std they make about 280 bhp but are very restricted.the engines are enensly strong and even put nissan engineering to shame. its all alloy with 6 bolt mains, dohc with one cam driven of the other by a gear. its very light for its size. Its actually a supra gearbox sitting on top without the bellhousing but it does look alot like a supercharger, which you can fit there.

 

my plans for the engine are to either twin turbo it using some gt28rs' or a big single holset. the fantastic thing about the engine is its ability to resist detonation. you can run about 15psi on decent sized turbo with the std compression ratio meaning you dont loose and of the engines emense low down grunt and the turbos kick in real early. i will probobly use water injection with it to.

 

power would be in the region of 500-600bhp but with epic torque.

 

it was going into my s14 which is a longer term project put on hold while i "tart up the 300"

 

getting a bit tired of working on the car every evening now so once the 300 is done with the vg back in i might just work on the v8 when i feel like it and see which car i feel like putting it in.

 

going to crack on now, that engine bay aint going to paint itself.

stunning work, wish i had the room and means to do what your doing. but my garage is that tight i have to take the targa off to get out of the car lol

great rebuild thread keep up the good work i cant wait to see the end result.

sounds like a plan. keep up the good work :duffer:

Awesome, can't wait to see the end results.

Lol at Vodkashots! Thought my garage was tight but at least I can get out the doors! Good job too, its a slick top!

well got the engine bay finished and sprayed in etch today followed by a little bit of seam sealer where needed. no photos though as my camera died.

 

tomorrow night should see some 2k high build on there followed by an evening of rubbing down. should be good for top coat by next weekend, also need to polish/clean up the suspension bolts that show through in the engine bay so the front suspension can go back on and make the car mobile.

 

ill post some pics tomorrow

Epic work there mate will look great when finished:clap:

well a few updates for today

 

after getting on a coat of etch last night and some seam sealer i sanded off the excess sealer and reapplied some etch over the sealer

 

 

left to dry for a few hours i then mixed up about 1/2 liter of 2k high build got out the airfed mask, gloves and suit.

 

20 mins later and this is the result

 

 

left to dry for another hour or so and on goes the guide coat

 

 

so tomorrow night once this lot has been left to cure ill be getting out the wet and dry. still hope to have the top coat on this weekend, perhaps even get the subframe on etc but still got to finish under the arches.

 

now im off to bed

I love seeing pics like this, look forward to the next installment, keep up the good work.

 

Graham

Looking sweet. good luck putting it all back together :lol:

i may need some pictorial help with that for a few of the brackets etc. got most of it sussed though

actually while i think of it carmad do you have any pics of how you side skirts fit inside the door jam along the top of the sills. im planning on a set of your new skirts for the swb when they are made and i have alot of prep to do in this area. i dont want to have to do a perfect job if im going to cover it in skirt.

Great stuff mate, looking great already!

 

I've got all this to do when the V8 comes back fully MOT'd then lots of tidying up to do in the engine bay and hopefully make it look a bit more like yours :)

Wicked job, very time consuming but very rewarding!

your not wrong with the time consuming bit mate, must have put around 100 hours into the engine bay alone. hope it looks ok after paint, in a bit concerned about this as i need the finish out of the gun to be spot on as polishing the engine bay will be a complete pita if i have to rub down any orange peel or runs.

 

on the bonnet and doors etc i have not been to bothered as i can just wet sand then then polish. might get a guy at work to give me a hand as he is an ex pro painter

actually while i think of it carmad do you have any pics of how you side skirts fit inside the door jam along the top of the sills. im planning on a set of your new skirts for the swb when they are made and i have alot of prep to do in this area. i dont want to have to do a perfect job if im going to cover it in skirt.

 

Here are the smooth skirts fitted to my LWB if it helps. They fit well, i still have to take the door off to get to the front properly lol