PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 A build thread of sorts. It may not have the complete build up on the truck, but it has everything from this winter prepping it for another season of autocross in SCCA class E-Prepared! 5 months ago, it got parked for the winter, and mods slowly took place since then Day 1: Starting to make progress... Day 2: Front lip of sorts added, makeshift fender roll on the already beat fenders and of course... more crap removed. Day 3: Who needs this? What is this... a plastic ice-cream scoop? Day 4: A quick day... but progress nonetheless Day 5: Getting to the good stuff. Passenger side rear fender-well removed Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Day 6: Driver side done as well Day 7: Paint! Also... the lightweight floppy door mod! Day 8: Front fender tubs come out, and the lightweight floppy hood mod! Day 9: Another quick day. Holes cut in the grill for the blinkers and few other minor cosmetic touches. Day 10: Another short day. Blinkers mounted and wiring unwrapped Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Day 11: Hood pins and new bump stops installed Day 12: Hood pins finally done. JDM hood prop added for cooling, but the hood is so floppy, the middle is still below where it needs to be :rotfl Day 13: Rear suspension rebuild ensues, and 2011 fluids arrive. Day 14: Rear suspension fully apart, prepped and painted. Front sway bar out. Day 15: Front sway bar, rear mounting points and the rest of the rear suspension sprayed. Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Day 16: New bushings in, rear put back together and adjustable spring rate leaf helper added. Day 17: Front sway bar back in with new bushings installed. Day 18: Maintenance time... hub comes off to replace wheel studs... thanks you Nissan for this crap design :rolleyes: Day 19: Battery cables cut to length and master disconnect switch installed. Day 20: Brake lines and clutch line flushed and bled, then on to remove OPR off of the Hoosiers Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Day 21: Finally off of stands! Wheels on, wires installed, fuel lines re-routed... all that good stuff. Oil change done as well. Day 22: Battery box and battery installed, and, oh, yeah.............. It runs Day 23: Just got the firewall holes covered to fit the SCCA rules :) Quote Link to comment
justin 620 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Holly crap! cool build, me likey :P Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 All this effort to remove weight, and you are still running heavy steel wheels?? How much weight were you able to remove? Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 All this effort to remove weight, and you are still running heavy steel wheels?? How much weight were you able to remove? Sadly, yes. I have plans for new wheels but its not in the budget yet. This winter the savings was right around 150lbs. That puts me at an overall estimate for right around 2,000 without me in it. I need to get it on scales still. This is simply another small step in the actual build for this thing, as it will be getting built well beyond this in the future :) Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Loosen up the front sway bar bushings you should almost be able to spin the bushings by hand, If they are to tight it creats preload on the bar Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Loosen up the front sway bar bushings you should almost be able to spin the bushings by hand, If they are to tight it creats preload on the bar Oh I know. I adjusted them once i got the truck off of stands. Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Oh I know. I adjusted them once i got the truck off of stands. Ok...they were just SMUSHED lol, Well being it is in a prepared class build up a LZ2.3 with some Mikuni 44s and whoop some butt in that thing :D Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 The future engine will be a bit scarier than that :cool: 8 cylinders and 14:1 compression most likely... but that's a way off. Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Please tell me this is not driven on the street . if it is I fear for your saftey with cross bracing missing in your doors. I do like the truck it looks mean Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Please tell me this is not driven on the street . if it is I fear for your saftey with cross bracing missing in your doors. I do like the truck it looks mean Yeah... not really. Its still got tags and all, but its a garage queen. Quote Link to comment
sinner720st Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 i love your truck, if only i didnt like mine a daily oregon driver i would do almost the same thing. why does it sit so high? and what work is done to the motor? Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 why does it sit so high? and what work is done to the motor? It sits that high to keep the suspension geometry in check. The pics really do it no justice, though. It looks much higher in pics than it really is. Motor is basic as of now, just a z24 with a Weber 38DGES, lots of timing and some expensive plugs... well... and a full custom exhaust... and all the fancy underhood component removal... Quote Link to comment
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