Mike M Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well hey, I don't post much, ever, I did introduce myself once with a grand entrance to earn myself a title within 2 posts, that introduction along with a brief history of my car, " http://community.rat...page__p__560874 ". Coles notes, I've had car for nearly 3 years in various states of repair from feces infected shell, to incredibly dangerous to drive (but did anyway), right on up to daily driver status as it is today, all with a very minimal budget except a few key items. This won't be a regularily updated "build" as I try to keep things simple and just drive it, I just wanted to share what I have done with the car and the fun I've had. Anyhow, this is how the car sits now. And by now, I mean two weeks ago, because now its in my garage, but it hasn't changed! Now going back to March-ish, I got a 240z 4 speed for a case of beer, looted some pedals from a friends sitting Goon. Awesome part about this, is I had no idea the different lengths of transmissions available, I just dove in and started my swap, but lucky me I had a long tailed automatic installed (most likely when some previous owner installed the L18) so my driveshaft was a perfect fit. Bingo. More of my ghettoness, I appreciate the fine aftermarket items and mounts available to swap these, but I just used some quality spacers and notched my crossmember to mount everything in place. Naturally my transmission did not come with a shift knob, and I could not find ANYTHING to drill/tap and install it (I like making cool ones, I have an actual cue ball on one of my other vehicles), and then I found this... ha, it didn't last long, I even tried to JB weld a nut into the bottom... After the 4 speed swap, I enjoyed driving it but I repeatedly ran into carburettor issues, last year and again, considering it was an oddball undersized carb off a Nissan Pulsar I fitted last year, I decided to buy myself a Weber 32/36... ebay, yeehaw, only a few adjustments and it starts and runs better than it ever had, though I did lose a air cleaner clip and spent awhile trying to find it on the side of the road at midnight last week, hence the tape around the top for now... (taken with my GoPro hence the wide angle) It ran so good I even laid my first real blackies with it... Well, as stated my previous shift knob didn't last long, I now have this =D Anyway, with the transmission and carburettor all working well enough (might have a fuel pump going) and my local sports car club hosting a Rally-X - which actually takes place at my buddies acreage as he has plowed a course there for the club to use... I finally got to race this baby, I also let my buddy Terry bag it as he had nothing else to play with, so I was able to snap a few photos. More weeeeeeeeeeee And one sitting in the field, after a hazing of dust comes flying over from a different competitor... I like this one... Thats all I have for photos, but I have one more thing... I own a GoPro as previously referenced, and naturally I strapped it to the car when I went racing... edited a bit of me and my buddies best runs and put it up on youtube... ENJOY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRaSyuZcmbY Quote Link to comment
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