GT2

I wanted the frame to not be seen below the cab. I wanted it to look low, without dragging the frame on the ground. Thats the general idea, we'll see how it goes.

slicing and dicing the floor pan

620 extended cab and maybe the bed.

Engine, trans and drive line mock up, Thats it for a while,

Lower 3 link brackets.

Panhard rod bracket. Upper 3 point bracket.

Making shock brackets.

I'm starting my hot rod ( Ratson Rod ) project. Here is some pics . Starting life as a 720. Cut off a bunch of brackets. Notching the frame.

This is quite common in the race world, Ive seen many a manifold with port putty in it.

Does your engine have an adjustable cam gear? Maybe you can retard it a hair and move your power range up a bit? Careful, don't want to bend any valves!

You haven't said what experience level your son is at, so I assume he is new at it. Speaking from a lifetime of racing experience, Don't get carried away with blaming the car ( not to say it cant be improved). Let your driver get experience. Driving an under powered car makes much better drivers in the long run, compared to drivers who just use mass power to make up for their lack of skill ( in my humble opinion). Patience! Have fun!

Cool! Is the brown/white light wire a ground? : 12+ to light, light to brown/ white wire? This is all the wire I stripped out of the harness, wish I could have pulled more!

My final intake pipe crosses over the front of the engine and down into the passenger side front bumper, so I can move the maf quite a ways away if that would be better. Any idea how to wire up the alternator? It has the large white wire that obviously goes to the battery. Then has a plug with medium white [ switched power for the field?], and a small brown/white wire [ warning light?]. [ 87 300zx ]

She lives!! Fired it up this afternoon and other then having to turn up the manual idle speed screw [ I removed all the iac,etc, etc.], it seems to run like a champ! playing with the photo loader. look at the rats nest of wire!