demo243 Posted April 21 Author Report Share Posted April 21 (edited) Wasted a bunch more time today on the rear brakes- but I think I have them sorted out. I’m not stoked on them but hopefully it works out. Bleed and e brake adjust tomorrow and we’ll find out. First I swapped the caliper back to there “proper” (left on left/ right on right sides) as I had set the brake lines up for and jacked up the control arm- short answer was that wasn’t going to work- So I ended up swapping them back to the opposite sides as recommended for the swap (also puts the bleeders up top) and then had some fun with a drill and the angle grinder. it puts a pretty sharp bend on the e brake cable but still seems to work- hopefully I can tighten it enough to work. Long story short is I should have just bought the damn Wilwoods… anyway hopefully I get a year or two out of this set up and call it good enough. That’s what I get for trying to cheap out here… Also definitely gonna have to roll the rears- tried the fender roller I have but the angle wasn’t working and the metal is pretty thick… guess I’m gonna have to go old school and try the phone book technique. till then I dumped the camber plates negative Edited April 21 by demo243 1 Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 And… We are back on the ground!!!! Looks so good!! Before we got there though I tried to roll the rear fenders…. With no luck! Broke the fender roller- stripped the nut and all the fender did was cut into the roller… even tried the old book method… but the car isn’t heavy enough! Gave up on that - although I may not need to worry about it. Seems like as long as I have the camber dumped it might be ok. Then I added a spacer and adjusted the e brake cable as tight as it would go. Works well enough to torque the lugs… but idk about MA state inspection… ghetto but will do for now. Then bleed the brakes- quick bleeders for the win!!! Make life so much easier. Finally while it was in the air I re-made the fuel pump shield with some 1/8” aluminum. It is sandwiched between the pump mount and the body using the Nissan mounts. After that I primed the pump and fixed one fuel leak at the front carb. Then I dumped it on the ground! It went back up for a quick driveway alignment (definitely needs a pro… - tape measure was catching on the oil pan so not really accurate… and likely (definitely) have more front camber then needed). It is LOW! Exhaust flange is 1/2” off the ground! Too low I guess… didn’t make out the driveway without scraping… Back up it went! Added 1/2” to the coilovers and made it out the driveway. Dumped camber- Cleaned up and tried to push it back into the garage for the night…. Beached! Got it a little further back till the flange hit… then was stuck… Really need to tuck this exhaust… lots of room back by the crossmember- it’s a couple inches off of the cutout for the exhaust… but this is the header flange that is the issue… and more frustratingly is I have the same header as a replacement! Hopefully the exhaust shop can help… Thinking some new engine and trans mounts might help a touch to lift the the engine up a touch - need to look into it. couple of 2x4s should get it in the garage tomorrow hopefully 2 Quote Link to comment
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