280z Rb25 Build Project:Unnatural Aspiration

[RB_S30]

Thank you everyone, I have a few days of PTO this week I hope to get then engine back in so I can redo my trans mounts and get this thing running again soon, Going to Hawk at Road America this weekend Ill post up some pics of the datsuns what will be there should be fun.

 

Update:

 

So wheel and tires have been mounted. Need lug nuts to mount them up.

[RB_S30]

So its been awhile since Ive posted on here, just a quick update.

 

So ive been trying to address my frame issue for some time now. As you can see they are very messed up.

 

 

 

 

 

The driver side is not nearly as twisted but still had a slight bow to it with a straight edge.

 

 

 

Attempted to straighten the chassis with the engine bay frame rails connected. To little avail I have decided to remove all the rails.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So after a little massage its slowly coming together.

 

 

The metal has streched so far in many places it will need to be replaced with new.

 

 

 

Pulled a template from the drivers side to show how far off it is.

 

 

 

 

Alittle closer still needs work

 

 

 

 

How time to start building some rails and get the car straight.

[Spoona_Jay21]

damn man......

 

 

I love the build! looks great!

 

 

do you plan on keeping the 280 tails? personally love the combo with the 240 front and 280 tails.....

[Tomakze]

WOW. Every time i look at this forum I realize how little I know. Props, man.

[RB_S30]

Thanks Spoona_Jay and Tomakze I have tomorrow off work so I should have enough time to sneak out to the shop after classes and make the rails.

[RB_S30]

So I got the rail made, and mocked up into place.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately this posted isn’t all good. Over the past few months Ive been experiencing some severe wrist pain, well after a few days of doctors’ visits due to extensive wrist pain over the past three months. I've been diagnosed with having Kienbocks disease. A rare condition found in young adults which causes the lunate bone of the wrist to lose blood flow. It's a 4 stage disease which most people never reaching a true stage 4, total destruction of the bone but only due to pain not because it's rare, most reach 3b which is when the bone has spilt into multiple pieces. I'm between stage 2 and 3 tipping towards the worse which unfortunately means the options become limited. I've already lost an estimated 55% of strength, and 20% of flexion and 10% defluxion in my left hand due to the fragmentation of my bones with in my wrist. I'll be meeting with a surgeon in Rochester at mayo whom is the number two rated in the nation for these operations. There are multiple options, if the lunate isn't completely dead I may be able to have vascular reconstruction in an attempt to restore blood flow and prevent any additional bone and flexibility loses. My wrist would be fixed with braces within for months until the graphs are healed completely
If it is dead three options exist, non which I am looking forward to living with for my remaining life.  

 

So until I am clear to use that arm again I am unfortunately puting this project on a breif hiatus, I will still post here and there but no real progress will be made.