Skib Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 I quit working in bodyshops so i didn't have to do this anymore 😂 But at least rust aside the car is pretty strait. 2 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 So does that mean I can send my dattos to you? 😁 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 lol nooo..... ....I was trying everything to avoid doing this part. I just wanted to put it together and drive it lol Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Started a little exploring.... Get to do internal structure rust repair too. yaaaay 😑 Then it started raining so guess thats it for today lol 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Noll Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Oof, that's no fun. Going to try to find someone cutting up a parts-car for the bits or just make them? I gotta fix the outer bottom layer of that section on my Z but that's as far as the rust goes I think (hope). Quote Link to comment
Dguy210 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Time for a cage it seems... Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Noll said: Oof, that's no fun. Going to try to find someone cutting up a parts-car for the bits or just make them? Ill just make some pieces for it, not to bad. But always a pain lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Soundline Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 I’m curious what color you’ll be painting it? My vote is tarp silver. Maybe airbrush in the grommets? 2 Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 😞 ....now it's gone from a toy to play with to a project to work on. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 17 hours ago, Soundline said: I’m curious what color you’ll be painting it? Actually just ordered the paint lastnight lol 16 hours ago, mklotz70 said: 😞 ....now it's gone from a toy to play with to a project to work on. Right? Lol I wanted to just put it together and drive it... Guess not lol Oh well... Guess it gives me something to do while I wait for megasquirt and the new harness, my 4-6 week lead time is now at 12 weeks and counting...... 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Fighting to weld between bouts of wind... But it's getting there. Patching up the internal rot. 3 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Not the prettiest thing Iv ever made... but its solid and sealed now at least. 4 Quote Link to comment
Noll Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 That spot looks like a bitch to try to grind down the welds on without a finger sander or something. Not like it's ever seen anyway, looks good to me 🙂 . 1 Quote Link to comment
Soundline Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 If you were the PO... you could’ve just used some of this and it would’ve been fine. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Oh they tried in some places.... Quote Link to comment
Soundline Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Look Skib, I’m only suggesting things I’ve seen on my 620, things I can laugh about now. 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Making some progress, the old section of drip rail I cut off. made a new one... welded in... patched up the roof skin but forgot to take a picture... also shaved the old antenna hole I dont have a TIG but the neighbor does, so got the IC pipe welded up as one piece instead of the like 4 pieces and 3 couplers lol and relocated the BOV 5 Quote Link to comment
Noll Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Not gonna lie, this car is making me want to fast-track my plans to eventually turbo my 260z. My knowledge of ecu stuff/MS is basically zero, so will be eagerly watching (and hopefully learning) when you rewire things for it. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Once you run a boosted L motor youl never want to go back lol. An N/A L sounds amazing, but having that turbo power is just so fun to drive. I'll be making a video of my megasquirt stuff if it ever shows up lol including install and tuning for reference. Iv run a lot of motors over the years from triple webber L24s to 2JZ-GTEs but I have a love for the L28ET. 2 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Oooo weeee, my BOV from the random Japanese used parts site actually showed up 😂 got my missing part for mine now. 1 Quote Link to comment
slowlearner Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 19 hours ago, Skib said: Once you run a boosted L motor youl never want to go back lol. An N/A L sounds amazing, but having that turbo power is just so fun to drive. I'll be making a video of my megasquirt stuff if it ever shows up lol including install and tuning for reference. Iv run a lot of motors over the years from triple webber L24s to 2JZ-GTEs but I have a love for the L28ET. Boost is a beautiful thing. Makes a gutless motor so much nicer to drive. Not even just the top end power, but the "area under the curve". 😉 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I miss having a Z 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted March 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 The old HKS Super lives 😁https://youtu.be/XqiFcr_dgF0 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 I had to check to see if this was a rifle. Quote Link to comment
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