Some of you who watch or follow BDC or Drift AllStars will recognise this car:

 

 

 

It's the Skyline driven by Ian "Bizz" Phillips.

I was round at Ian's last night checking on his current project progress, and I realised some of you guys may be interested in.

 

Well back in June, Ian pulled the power plant from that car as the car itself was starting to be pulled apart by the constant torque he was throwing through it.

This is what he removed:

 

And this is what he decided to put it into:

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He has a custom cage installed by Clark Customs:

 

The interior is obviously fully stripped out, and he has fully seam welded .

 

Car then rolled onto it's side:

 

And the seam welded restarted.

This is where he was as of last night:

 

 

I'll be keeping this updated if people are interested?

 

Also, once the car is on the road, I'll be organising meets to see him (and the other BDC cars) in action.

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Chevy LS power in a 350z i like it

I think a lot of members would like to follow this :thumbup1: keep us updated Al.

Yeah I'd be interested.

 

If a r33 was twisting in the middle goodness knows how a lwb targa zed would hold up :pinch:

Speaking to Ian last night, and he is happy one day for me to take over a bunch of 300 to go round and have a natter with him about his build and plans.

Will probably wait a few weeks until the welding is finished and it starts to look more like a car again.

 

Anyone who is interested, then just drop me a PM.

Though be warned, I am under strict instructions to take my coveralls with me next time...you might get the same treatment! lol

Latest updates from Ian:

 

Ok.... so after another weeks worth of evenings here we are...

 

 

 

Here is the front end done that I did before tea tonight

 

So now for the NeutraRust kindly donated by Lexx. Cheers bud. Anything that was weld or bare metal was covered ready for a quick layer of primer tomorrow

 

 

Love the colour before it dries

And more:

 

"SEAMWELDING IS COMPLETE!!!"

 

Father Christmas came early today and dropped a few bits off now that I'd finished the seam welding....

 

... See anything you like?? :D

 

Heavy duty Turn-One powersteering pump to replace the pathetic original pump which cost me a season and some Tein track rod ends

 

Whiteline drop links front and rear on top of the new forged Ferrea intake and exhaust valves for the LS3 (new cam, springs and other head ancilliaries to arrive soon)

 

The new Moroso LS350Z oil pan :) You can see one of the four trap doors in the recess. Looks like a really nice bit of kit which came with the oil pickup tube, gasket, braided lines, filter relocation, oil fittings, dipstick and fixings. (I should hopefully be making my own version of this in near future so anyone wanting an LS conversion should be able to get everything from the UK)

I've been meaning to update this one for a while:

 

LS3 is now sitting on its own mounts

 

 

Yup...that's a 6.2l LS3 with a T56 attached now sat neatly in a 350z.

 

Gearbox sits perfectly meaning no adjustment to shifter or shell needed:

 

 

Ian is still on the look out for sponsors for the 2014 season, so if anyone knows of any company looking to sponsor him in whatever way, then please get in touch.

Wow , that,s gonna be a beast !!!

Very nice preparation work. Which NeutraRust product was used?

Looking good keep the updates coming

Very nice preparation work. Which NeutraRust product was used?

 

NeutraRust 661. From GCS.

 

It's the same stuff I use on the ships at work. I liberated a few litres for Ian to use.

Thank you. I've just had a look at their website. I'll order some from their online shop.

Front suspension, steering rack, and wheels on.

 

Rear end should be done in next few days ready to go back to Clark Customs to get the custom exhaust fabbed.

 

 

 

Looks good !

One point though the LS has a lot of know oil supply issues when drifting that causes the bearings to run dry.

Most go dry sump, I take it this trapdoor sump improves things ?

Its coming together fast Al :thumbup1: