Well tomorrow is the day I've been waiting for..my Z32 na manual is arriving!!! :)

 

Being a 80s/90s kid, I've misspent many an hour admiring the shape of the 300s, along with certain shapes on my baywatch posters no doubt! Ha.

 

Anyway, she's in a bad state, and I'm under no illusion that it'll be easy project, but looking forward to working on her over the next few months!

 

Wish me luck! ? ?

Matt (West Yorks).

Might be going to Jap Fest aye, but hoping to get it sorted before then, so might leave it..thank you though!

Think I'll look for an aluminium TT radiator, and TT bumper going on this advice.

Cheers all!!

By front compnents are you talking bushes suspension etc? The TT anti roll bars are thicker/sturdier than the NA

 

Nothing needs to change much in that department when swapping to TT, im actually doing this over the winter.

 

There are of course no intercooler brackets and associated pipe work fixings but you can either fabricate them or go front mount intercooler.

Im keeping my NA gearbox, obviously rear end and im using my NA lightened flywheel on the TT auto engine. Im sure there will be some issues to face when i start, but nothing major.

You can use the existing engine loom, you wont have the extra speed for the ac or fuel pump, or boost solenoid feed, but as ive got a UK TT as a donor car im pretty much changing everything i need out to do the job.

As mentioned the rad is different, also oil cooler not present on the NA, the bottom rad fixing is different on the NA and would need to mod to accommodate the TT or after market rad.

Thanks Groover, looking forward to seeing how your swop goes!

 

As for me, will leave the anti roll bars etc for now as I think they're ok.

Was just thinking of radiators and bumpers mainly.. things that are already broke and need replacing, which would then be ready for an engine swop perhaps one day.

So am i lol, just waiting for some settled weather to complete my drive then i can get them nose to nose, so likely in Jan, fingers crossed :thumbup1:

So my front end is stripped and I'm toying with giving a Supeed TT radiator a try, at first I thought they sounded cr*p but apparently they do oem for some of the big brands?!

I've never heard of these, but wondered if anyone else has an opinion on them?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181818142973&alt=web

Apparently it's 40% more efficient at cooling than stock?!

 

http://www.supeedmotor.com/index.php/goods/productsinfo/pid/6076/id/3306/province/-1#

On the ebay one the fan looks smaller than sock and it has a metal plate covering the rest of the fins so I would be surprised if its 40% better at cooling

The whole E Fan thing is pretty contentious. The vast, vast majority of kits available aren't up to the task. The stock viscous fan moves huge amounts of air, a rather expensive E Fan would be required. Success has been had, many using fans off big v8s etc. The fact that that kit doesn't even offer a CFM rating tells a story.

 

Stick with the stock viscous and shroud mated to an aftermarket rad. Give the system a damn good flush. Clean the air con rad (not with a pressure washer) and that will do the job. You don't need a Nismo thermostat or anything silly. It's a good time to replace all the water hoses to. Doesn't cost the earth and will vastly improve reliability.

Well, quick update to say I'm well on with stripping down the front end..perhaps I should start a build thread? Think anyone would be interested?

 

Anyway, since the ac pipes and rad were a bit bent, I started to delete and quickly found it hadn't already lost gas...sorry ozone layer!! :(.

I've emptied the coolant (which soo needed replacing anyway) and removed the rad and some ac pipes, and started on the compressor.

Big thanks to Baz who gave me a good deal on all the bits I thought I needed, top notch guy!

Thank you all for your advise so far, I've been using the forum search as much as poss so as not to annoy!

Tonight I've ordered an apexi air filter and new maf, since the old ones were damaged..along with some temperature sensors, as these had had it too.

Need to order the cambelt, alternator belt, tensioners, and thermostat and TT rad convertor next I suppose..sigh and I said I wouldn't spend a fortune on this lol.

Just waiting on a guy around the corner who's a professional welder to get back to me.

Frustrating times, because I need him to do his bit of tinkering before I can get the viscous fan, mishimoto rad, & new pipes etc back on, to see if the thing runs!!! :).

Good progress it sounds like :),

 

it might be an idea to start a new thread as so its now in the newbs section anymore.

It would be good to see some pictures of any progress you have made.

Edited January 3, 20169 yr by Alic

Binning the AC is a loss, however the gains from not having it in terms of service work are fantastic. Don't forget to bin the AC rad, that will improve the airflow to your coolant rad a fair bit I recon.

Nice to meet you Matt, hope the fix up is going well so far! Have a look at that robo Z website to see about what stuff you can bin off to further simplify future work whilst it's all apart.

 

Here's the link -

 

http://s95014253.onlinehome.us/63104/index.html

Yep, ac rad was all dented so had to go.

 

Tar guys & likewise Baz. Hope to meet you at one of these future meets..perhaps even in a working Z!

Reet boys.

Front end from Baz, is dismantled, along with my front end.

 

For the record, drilling out spot welds is a right pain in the proverbial!!

 

We've been practicing welding, and are getting more confident, may even get chance to start welding the subframe back on Sunday!

 

...crazy, because I still don't know if she runs!! :)

I want the subframe etc all back together so the rad actually has somewhere to sit!! Then of course, coolant flush and re-connect everything ..so.... I can finally turn that Z key!!!

:)

Ooh good news Matt I wondered how it was coming on, not too great by the sound of it lol

Lol. It's just a matter of doing an hour or so when I have time.

So pleased it's ready to weld up though now!

Hoping to get it fired up by the end of the month :)