Nismoandy

1 hour ago, andy james said:

Sounds bloody lovely Andy!

Start a separate savings account for V Power!! 

 it's going to be a bit juicy , but I probably won't be doing more than 3 thousand miles a year i will try not to have to much of a  lead foot , maybe a little bit 

Here's a short clip of just the V8 soundtrack 

At the end of the evening success was sweet and the engine is very healthy but still more work before it's back on the road 

Kept checking for faults and leaks etc

Here we're checking for spark not the conventional way but I've had too many shocking times in the past 

Hi everyone everyone finally finished off the wiring and check systems oil in and  ,power steering fluid installed.  We're going to try a short start up to see if it will run  .

 The 1st time that we put power into the system the starter motor was permanently engaged so quickly sorted starter motor to make sure it worked correctly .  OK  .

So we turned it over and nothing just a strong smell of petrol  anyway took one of the spark plugs out and checked to see if we've got a spark yes OK  so checked over the engine again to see if I've missed anything the only thing that is not working at the moment is the MAF , and air intake temperature sensor.  

So back to the drawing board and head scratching  so had a cuppa tea with a shortbread biscuits   , tried the car again and came to the conclusion that we probably had a mixture of old fuel condensation build up and flooding the engine. A few minutes later Hurray successfully managed to fire up with a little help from a friend  . Video  to see what happened 

Finally finished off with the exhaust front to back with. Most of the wiring is in waiting for a few sensors then a start up !!!!!! 

Then check for all oil leaking etc 

https://youtu.be/YAsEumZvLPg

Throttle cable is installed 

Had  Some good news today . The wiring has turned up 

So cracking on with the build Very pleased with the quality of the wiring loom 

I would love to go as not only will you have time attack drifting on a fantastic circuit it's a great day out get your name down 

PAYCO

Sam PatmorE

Bunning

Nismoandy

Thanks for your best wishes much appreciated . 

I still  am waiting for the rest of the wiring loom. But hopefully in 3 weeks time I'll have all of the wiring  when I get a chance next week I will update the progress on the bit's and pieces, tidy up etc

Well done Steve great  job fab design for the discerning members 

I have had the order for the wiring loom ecu etc,for a while I have continuing with the  build I haven't chased up my order with them, Wiring specialities supply a fantastic product won I'll share with you once it's installed using all of your factory instruments and adding a couple of cool features, but  because of the pandemic there's a back log of orders and I won't receive mine for two months ,  so that means a bit of a go slow for the build although I would like to push on i will go over what I have done and make sure that it's OK.

sorry I double up

Yes pretty much as you say, the Nissan ecu will run everything around the engine ,and a separate ecu will run and translate the LS engine 

Onto the next stage now with the wiring , this is stage where there's not a lot to show you but here's a couple of photos to give you a rough idea and it will take a while to complete so I probably won't post for couple of weeks ( just a note to everyone this part of the wiring loom has now been updated with a different version from wiring specialists) 

Installed the oil filter relocation kit from sikky  .  Also  Connected the fuel pipe to Ls fuel rail,   Surprisingly, a standard Nissan click on fuel connection works 

Been tidying up the pipe runs and in some places secured them , so as they can not to rub on anything that might damage them . Also I was mucking with the air filter .

Yes I'll be there 

Small update the vacuum pipes and water pipes installed and just waiting on a few more parts to carry on

On 18/06/2020 at 04:40, KuroKiddo said:

Good job so far! Are you running the Wiring Specialities loom? Also what are you doing for the exhaust manifolds?

So the wiring, is a stand-alone, so the ecu and engine  wiring is completely separate to the ECU in 350z, lighs etc so yes  Wiring Specialities loom ,quite amazing stuff to be honest 

I will try to explain when once we have some  progress on the wiring but I'm no expert.  Ps. (I'm expect the dashboard to light up like a Christmas tree)who said wiring wasn't fun.

The exhaust manifold and starter motor and steering rack which is positioned on the driver side has been a challenge as there is not much room for clearance on all three items to work properly without interfering with each other it would have been better if the starter motor had been positioned on the passenger side but the kit does not allow for this.

I have managed to find and enough room for this to work without  interferences with each other. I will try me best to put some photos to show when I have finished install. 

Quite a lot of the mechanical side of the build has been done. The prop shaft is going to be installed just a photo to show the difference in length of the the original 350z carbon fibre to the new shorter prop shaft.

I have purchased water pipes and vacuum lines ,and intend to get them install in around  two weeks time but first I will  be tackling the wiring, with some help as I hate wiring 

Hi Andy  me to ,but mostly it will make the installation a bit easier as i can reuse the power steering and air conditioning line's from the car which is a big bonus 

Now you can see the difference between the installation and all the parts installed on the front of the engine

Quite a bit of progress over the last few days. Received the water pump from USA and removed the existing one replaced with new one and then started to build all the mounts for power steering pump and air conditioning pump.

When we was putting the air conditioning pump we had to slightly adjust the engine mount for better clearance for the air con pump apart from that reasonably straightforward.

Top photo of new pump below existing pump on the engine