denveratsun Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 YYEEeaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! I hate Chinese crap! :mad: Great job makin it 400 times better than it was man!:D Nice fab and weld work. Lookin forward to seein more pics of this great project. Quote Link to comment
nbesheer Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hey maybe you could just run your exhaust like this truck http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/ctd/1066603100.html Looks pretty intense to me. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hey maybe you could just run your exhaust like this truck http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/ctd/1066603100.html Looks pretty intense to me. where does it exit? Quote Link to comment
hacked521 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 after kinda skimming through your build thread...all i can say is..WOW! extremely nice work, especially that tranny mount and those motor mounts. those look killer. i was wondering, are you gonna have to do a cowl hood or some sort of hood modification on this? your work is extremely clean and looks well thought out and consistant. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Wow Slammy! I've missed so much on this thread, and I can't tell you how impressed I am! Those welds are freakin amazing. Thanks for documenting all this for us! Quote Link to comment
Phlebmaster Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 That is an awesome 620...so with that V8 in the cab..where are ya going to sit? lol Quote Link to comment
Dat620guy Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow nice job. Can't wait to see it in action. Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Should get this welded in tomorrow after i pick up material to make cab mounts. Im going to recess the bolts down into the floor like factory. Thinking about doing a smooth rearwall now aswell, have to hollar at greg about it but it wont be hard to do. This one piece is half the floor by itself, then i get to mess with the real pain in the ass, tranny tunnel! Quote Link to comment
Wharf Rat Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Ran into this thread from another. Glad I did! That is some sweet work there Slammy nice to see how you are capable of looking at somthing, thinking on it and then follow through. And you run that welder like Fisch does his art work! What kind of machines do you run? I have a Miller 250 wire feeder that runs great and on the boat that I work on a POW CON stick machine that sings if you know what I mean? Again Great Work look forward to watching this come together:) PEACE WRAT Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Ran into this thread from another. Glad I did! That is some sweet work there Slammy nice to see how you are capable of looking at somthing, thinking on it and then follow through. And you run that welder like Fisch does his art work! What kind of machines do you run? I have a Miller 250 wire feeder that runs great and on the boat that I work on a POW CON stick machine that sings if you know what I mean? Again Great Work look forward to watching this come together:) PEACE WRAT Thanks! I use a Miller 251 and i cant stick weld at all! Ive used one ONCE! Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Rear part of the floor is welded in. Made some cab mounts that are welded to the rocker panel and the floor sheetmetal and the cab bolts are recessed into the floor like factory. Then after much trouble i was able to bend the tranny tunnel/floorboard in one piece, that was a pain in the ass but i think it stronger and looks better than a million pieces all welded together. Ill build some front cab mounts, trim it to fit better and weld it in and the floor will be done. Then i can get started on the firewall and rear wall. Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Sweet break work man. Getting that thing in one piece must have been a real PITA! :blink: Don't really have much foot-well area left though do ya? I guess your gonna have one less pedal so it's all goodie in the hoodie.:cool: Look forward to your updates man..nice work everytime! Nuff respect.:cool: Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) Sweet break work man. Getting that thing in one piece must have been a real PITA! :blink: Don't really have much foot-well area left though do ya? I guess your gonna have one less pedal so it's all goodie in the hoodie.:cool: Look forward to your updates man..nice work everytime! Nuff respect.:cool: haha yea in the pics it looks monstrous, in person its not so bad. There is 14.5 inches from the rocker panel to the tranny tunnel at the very front. The width is spot on what i wanted, its is as wide as the frame is inside to inside. The v8 is VERY wide in that little frame. The height is alittle high, id say an inch maybe 1.5" over what it needs to fit but you gotta think about pulling the engine and trans out you need room since you have to dive the damn thing in at a crazy angle to clear the core support. Heres some pics of the seat in relation to the tunnel. Its not that its so big, the damn truck is tiny! Tunnel is 6" wide at one end and 22" at the other. Edited April 3, 2009 by Slammy Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 Never did show how i did the cab mounts. These are the front ones and the rears are pretty similar. Im not 100% happy with them, i wish i could have came up with something thinner but i had a big gap there to fill between the sheetmetal floor board and the top of the rubber mount. I went ahead and recessed them into the floor since i had plenty of material there. I figure once i get all this sheetmetal work done i will take off the cab and flip it over and do some more reinforcing. Quote Link to comment
airedout Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 This is the only reason i didnt put my ls1 in my 521. Even as an extended cab it looks pretty tight in there. Work looks great though!!! Keep those pics coming. Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Steps are done and i included a footwell pic since people are wondering about the leg room. Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Man I dig that tunnel man. Its so high up it would make a nice place to build in some cup holders... Man datsuns need cupholders!!!! NICE!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Man I dig that tunnel man. Its so high up it would make a nice place to build in some cup holders... Man datsuns need cupholders!!!! NICE!!!!! yea the tunnel is alittle taller than i wanted but it was a bitch making that all one piece. I am thinking about cutting it down alittle bit though. Quote Link to comment
Hyphy Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 There really isnt a need to make it all one piece is there? Personally, I would have tried to use most of the existing tunnels radiused sections and stitched in flat sections to make it a larger version of the factory one. Could have made for a tighter fit and more in cab room. Maybe save some cost in steel... Very nice work on the floor step at the door. And those cab mounts are nuts! Any thoughts on the floor board and some stiffening? I didnt notice any bead rolling or anything to help support the seats. (Assuming it even needs it) Quote Link to comment
Slammy Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 There really isnt a need to make it all one piece is there? Personally, I would have tried to use most of the existing tunnels radiused sections and stitched in flat sections to make it a larger version of the factory one. Could have made for a tighter fit and more in cab room. Maybe save some cost in steel... Very nice work on the floor step at the door. And those cab mounts are nuts! Any thoughts on the floor board and some stiffening? I didnt notice any bead rolling or anything to help support the seats. (Assuming it even needs it) Steel cost is a nonissue, its $45 for a 4x8 sheet. As for the the old floor, it was all hacked up. Someone already had cut the tunnel out and half assed it back in before i even touched it for some reason. The front floor boards were pitted from rust and the rear part of the floor had holes from where the other guy had tried plasma cutting the crossmembers out underneath. Then you had the driveshaft notch at the back of the cab they tried doing, it was a million peices of sheetmetal, stacked on top of each other and it was solid rust. Basically the entire factory floor was trash which is why i cut it out otherwise i would have kept it. The factory tranny tunnel was also WAY WAY too small so it had already been completely cut out when i was fitting the engine in and i had cut it piece by piece so trying to save it would have ended up with a franken-tunnel. The tunnel i made hugs the tranny width wise great. it just came out alittle taller than i wanted because i screwed up when i was laying it out and its not much, maybe 1-2 inches too tall at the top. The reason i wanted it one piece was because it was easier to keep everything level from side to side and required way less setup time and welding which means less seams. After i bent the piece, all i had to do was trim the sides to fit and it basically it slid right into place, doesnt get any easier or cleaner than that. As for bracing, i looked at the factory floor and it didnt have any major bracing on the bottom. It does have bead rolls and it uses the seat mount as a main brace. I am using 16 gauge which is alot thicker so the bead rolling isnt a problem. I had looked at using 18 gauge and getting a bead roller but then i needed a brake aswell which was way out of my budget. I am going to brace it from the bottom after i get it strong enough to take the cab off plus when i do the seat mounts they will be like factory and act as bracing aswell. The cab mounts are beefy, i didnt want to make them so beefy but i had to do something to maintain the 1" to floor to frame clearance. I thought of a couple different ideas, this one was relatively simple and allows me to recess the bolts like factory and it gave me room around the bolt to spot weld the floor to the mount which i liked. I usually come up with a buncha different ideas but i have to consider what tools i have and what my skills are at. This is the first time ive ever done a floorboard and the first time ive ever used a brake at all. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 WOW! And first time using a brake!!! I was a tin bender for almost 6 years, I'd say you've got the hang of it :D Looks awesome dude! Building tranny tunnels sucks IMO, maybe it's because after spending that much time on something your focused on it, but I'm never 100% happy when the ones I have built are done. Most things are like that for me though. I like the 100% custom sheet metal adapting back to factory sheet metal sucks, I like the idea! Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Man with a tunnel that big, I could be putting switches and gauges to be close too see and reach. Quote Link to comment
6l320datsun3 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Damn amazing work dude... lucky as hell customer. DAMN!:eek: Hope he isnt too tall otherwise he might have fun driving that. Quote Link to comment
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