Akumazedex S30

[akumazedex]

It's alright here, sf Bay Area lol, we get a drizzle an everyone freaks out hahaha

[akumazedex]

Cool picture I took this morning :P

[akumazedex]

Got me some fans!

 

Buttt. My starter went out ;_;

[I'm BLUE]

zx gear reduction starter to the rescue !

 

i got use to push starting too often lol

[akumazedex]

That's what I have! Lol the one that came with the car was bad, I had a VERY slightly used one from a ZX which I put in which lasted me like a month. So yeah, getting one tomorrow.

[72240z]

I use a zx starter. With high comp a reg starter doesn't last long. :-X

[akumazedex]

Yeah, I know the difference lol, compared to the regular s30 one, the zx is awesome. Especially with the old s30 harness an junk, turns it over no problem.

[akumazedex]

Did this yesterday

 

Like a sir

 

Was gonna swap my diff but I ended up finding out that the grinding noise was my wheel bearing when I unbolted the axle on the right side. Figures I do some bushings while I was there. Did away bar couple control arm and mustache bar.

[SR20DETdatsun510]

That's outstanding Sir!

[I'm BLUE]

Nice .. post that pic all over the interwebs ... no mustache bar will ever think of screwing with you again you sadastic bastard. I salute you !!!

+10 kill points for mustache bar , bushing and bearing conquest.

 

Good job ! Keep it up .. cars looking good !! :thumbup:

[akumazedex]

Hahaha! I actually really like that pic! Lol

 

So I went out to my car this morning and...

 

 

This is probably the worst it gets around these parts. I made a snow ball from the frost lol. :P no heater ftw

[bludestiny]

wait why doesn't your heater work? clogged core?

[akumazedex]

Lol nothing hooked up to the core, suspect po bypassed it cuz it was leaking, don't care to find out right now lol

[aintnobiscuit]

I used to not care about heater/ac... now i'm "old" and i always make sure i hook up the heater at least :)

 

Good progress btw!

[72240z]

Ya seriously, as I see it if the weight of it is in the car it damn well better work. 

[akumazedex]

Lol I feel the same way. Just procrastinating fixing it. I did fix my defroster tho! Just waiting till it annoys me enough, and till I get a new heater core.

[patra_is_here]

just get rid of the insulation around the center tunnel. you can warm yourself with the power of radiant heat from the exhaust.

 

~ luxury ~

 

=/

[72240z]

You know what if the seals are tight the car really is an oven. You just have to wait a little while. What insulation though lol that 1/8" of tar or the 1/16 of" vinyl? lol 

I hear ya on procrastinating. My blower didnt work, I checked the switch and motor which both work but there is a bunch of janky wiring from po's. It got cold and I got lazy so I just wired in a on off switch lol. 

 

[akumazedex]

Lol that's what I did on the ZX, retard auto climate. Head unit went bad, out a switch to the blower resistor, problem fixed lol

[akumazedex]

Little update, finally switched out these retard gm throttle springs for oe ones. No more stiff ass pedal! Still getting used to it, I've only driven the car with these lol

 

And a little bit of shenanigans pic

 

My and my friends hpi nitro cars :P

[akumazedex]

Got me some racing harness'! Going in tomorrow!

[akumazedex]

And they're in! Gonna have to mount them farther back in the future since the adjustment is maxed out and the top ones are still a bit loose.

 

 

[ComicArtist]

Is the strut tower top higher than the holes for the harnesses in the seat? It's dangerous for them to be mounted lower, if you stop suddenly as if in a crash, they'll pull you down instead of back and hurt your spine.

[dat280z]

Yeah this is worst than your old seat belts. Make a "harness" bar and mount the belts on there. Also +/- of *10 of angle on the harness.

[72240z]

Worse then the old belts? based on what exactly?  

The rule of thumb is shoulder belts should be mounted at shoulder blade height. Mounting them to the strut tower leaves it about there (depending on the person in the seat).

main thing I see to nit pick is they are supposed to be as short as possible thats why harness bars are right behind the seat. Thats to prevent stretch and lower the odds of anything cutting/fraying them in a crash. 

I think they are fine for now, get a loop with a bar in the future or something.