Ross k

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Nice project mate looks like your having a simular sump crossmember debate as I had with the jz. could you not notch the crossmember and box it back in to allow a better sizes sump I know a few people have done this when fitting a jz. Good work keep it up if I can give any help give me a message I know it's a different engine but might be able to offer some help with rad fitment etc

Well I've put around 600 miles on the car since I did the conversion. The reason for the rush to get the car done was to use for my wedding as I got married on the 8th by the canal with my other toy/previous home a 1909 working narrowboat. The car performed well and I was pleased to meet my target to get it done for then I had the best day followed by two weeks in canada where I wished I had the zed. I was having some cooling problems but I'm hoping a new rad cap has sorted that. Besides that all seems well I have recently been able to give it the full beans and she goes very well the torque is noticeable and the difference in the top end is mad once the turbo comes in she the front end does feel fairly heavy so I think I may need a thicker anti roll bar any advice on this aspect would be great I also need to get a set of coilovers to set the car up better thanks for reading Ross

Well update theive driven the car a fair bit had a few teething problems which I have ironed out but it seems OK so far she has passed her mot and made it all the way back to Buckingham I'm very pleased with how it drives here's a few pics after I gave her a clean up

Hopefully although I'm prepared for a few teething problems here a few pics the exhaust shop has sent over liking as you can see in the pics a new w brace needs to be on the parts list

Cheers for the nice comments the log book has come back with the alterations made so that's good and the cars exhaust is done and being collected tommorow so roll on the weekend

Yeh I'm very pleased to have it rolling and relieved I don't have to pull the box of again to change the pivot ball. Im going to make up a badge that says 350jz one day when I get time but I do like the nissota lol

That's the eventual plan! Update I made up a longer rod for the slave cylinder and the clutch is back! I started the car and it moves the clutch seems very low on the pedal so I'm wondering if i need a slightly longer rod. got the car outside for the first time in ages and of it went to have the exhaust done which should be done Wednesday anyway heres a few pics I also brought some new wheels for it thanks Ross

Only around stock to start with about 300 but it will have the same torque at 2500 revs as a de at 6000 so it should be noticeable and around 450 one day :). Anyway more clutch bleeding and it still won't work correctly I've come to the conclusion my calculations must have been of when working out the throwout bearing reach. I needed 6mm extra reach and added one extra washer under the pivot ball to allow more throw. I could really do with a favour if someone could nip under their car and measure the distance from a point on the slave to the clutch fork with the pedal up that would be amazing as this gives me a stock measurement to compare mine to I have shown a picture of mine

The car is running a 350z gearbox with a 350z clutch so the clutch system is only using 350z parts thanks for the thoughts though

I spent quite a while working out the throw and it should work OK I had to space the pivot ball in the gear box out with an extra washer to get 5mm extra forward throw but with the custom flywheel their wasn't a massive difference I think I'm still having bleeding issues thanks for the help

Few more updates fitted a new master cylinder I now have half the pedal back but it still won't return after half way we also tried making a slave cylinder extension but that also failed I'm a little lost now as to what this could be and about 2 days of bleeding in total getting fed up with lieing under the car

Cheers for the input guys I have used the 350z gearbox but I have already changed the slave cylinder and put a braided line on so I have now ordered a master aswell. The car is booked in to have the exhaust done on the 11th of next month so hopefully after that it will be ready for a shake down thanks for looking Ross

I was thinking the same looks like that's the next move cheers 350 butcher

I started of with that method 350 butcher but wasn't getting far you can get it to the point of around 1/4 of the clutch pedal has feel but you can't get it to return on its own. You start building up pressure then all of a sudden the pedal goes again and won't Come back I've flushed about 1 litre at least though the system

Cheers keyser.Fairly succesful weekend after some wiring Alteration after some support from wiring specialist the car starts and runs I've got no leaks anywhere so happy days! However the clutch still won't be after about 2 hours using the Nissan method of bleeding do you guys reckon the master cylinder could be knackered? Thanks Ross

I will definatlly give you a pm 350 butcher when I book a track day but to be honest it seems a long way of right now. Anyway had a couple of weekends on the zed fitted a new slave and line fitted all the gaskets, I then finished bolting the turbo inlet etc together etc.This weekend was supposed to be the big one the test fire but unfortunatlly I'm having problems I seem to have a wiring fault meaning when you then the ignition on the fuel pump stays on constantly and won't turn of again until you disconnect the battery even with the key out also a load of dash lights stay on constantly this is worrying me to be honest but hopefully wiring specialists will get it sorted as I hate wiring. On the plus side the fuel pump is done and basket modified and theirs no leaks in the fuel lines. As for the clutch bleeding I give up we gave it another go today and we got the pedal pretty good and I thought we will just bleed a bit more and boom the pedals gone again and doesn't want to come back overall a very annoying day!!

I am hoping to take the car out on track once I've got it all fettled but we shall see how it performs when it's done I'm going to put the car on a weigh bridge when it's done to calculate the extra weight then Im hoping to buy appropriate coilovers:). As for the throttle pedal the s13 pedal bolts straight in but I did have to bend it a little to make it sit right with the other pedals. The cable comes out just behind the edge of the brake servo which is a bit of a pain in the arse but as long as your careful it worked fine and I just used a 2m universal cable hope that helps

Cheers 350z butcher been keeping an eye on your thread aswell all those track days look great fun. Anyway another weekend more progress painted the intercooler brackets and rad brackets, after this is put the front end back together for the final tim and did the intercooler piping, so far so good.Next I tackled the throttle cable which is done and went fairly well using an s13 pedal. Roll on the next day and it just didn't go well spent about two hours trying to bleed the clutch before giving up it just wasnt happening so I'm going to try fitting a new slave cylinder and line. Hopefully this will sort my problem anyway heres a few pictures. The list of jobs Is getting smaller I have to put the new fuel pump in and modify the basket, buy some new slim remotec fans so I can run a pull system and fit some turbo gasket then it should be test fire time

Well a fairly successful weekend on the zed got the intercooler mocked up in the correct position finished making up the intercooler pipes. After that I made up some brackets to hold the intercooler and some brackets to hold the top of the rad

Update been cracking on fuel lines are done wiring is done and earth's done. Been working on the vacuum pipes so far replaced all the inlet pipes also connected the coolant pipes up to the Heater matrix. After that I started mocking up the intercooler and made a start on the intercooler piping looks like I'm going to have to get a new washer bottle and I worked out the brackets I need to make to hold the rad and intercooler anyway heres a few pics

Looking good as usual 350 butcher those brakes look great may add them to my shopping list once my build is finished. hoping to get out on track aswell once done so the traction control stuff makes interesting reading!

This is an awesome car man nice build

A few more things done on the zed firstly got the fuel return line plumbed into the fuel rail then i finished up the power steering system. I needed a new resvoir as I had to relocate it to the other side of the engine bay after looking at aftermarket ones for 100 pound plus I came across a mini one for 15 quid with bracket it's worked spot on and looks decent also got the tube out the back of gearbox allowing me to work the prop out and just done smaller finish up jobs

Right guys after some advice does anyone know how to remove the tube of the rear of the gearbox, where the propshaft yoke slides in I presume its a guard to stop dirt going into the oil seal, you can just about see it underneath the shifter in this picture. Also does anyone know how much play a standard 350z driveshaft has in it as in if you hold the propshaft up with one end in the gearbox and the other unbolted but in position on the diff how much would it move left to right hope that makes sense.