And the work begins...began..oh whatever

Wednesday night was car work night. Met up with Justin and the wife since I had to work late all week and had him get started on the rear wheel cylinder. PITA!! I can see why so many people switch to RWDB's!

In any case, we installed the new fuel pump, new spark plugs and new spark plug wires (Kristen had to help with the distributor positioning...I just couldn't figure it out lol), new radiator hoses are test fitted, but not on because the water return assembly is completely rusted and disintegrates on touch. It's a wonder it was still in one piece, so I have to get that from MSA most likely. Also noticed that the radiator cap is made by AC Delco, so I placed the order for a 13psi rated one from Rising Sun. No AC Delco parts on my car thanks. Seems like I'm going to need about 2 or 3 feet of 5/8" fuel hoses rated at 50psi to continue some of the fuel line connections in the engine bay. After that we kind of ran out steam, but at least it's somewhat coming along now. It's always nice to see new parts go in. This will definitely help the morale of things :)

Unfortunately the hope of getting her autocross ready by the 30th won't be happening. I've got to get motor mounts and a new tranny mount before then as well and that'll have to wait until the finances get settled in a bit. Not only that the jobs are taking a bit more time than expected because of the condition of the car. It'll also take a while to redo the brake lines w/the stainless ones picked up.

However, I want to get this ready by mid September. I already got a letter from the DMV that I need to get liability insurance for this car (since I didn't register it as non-op just yet) so I want to make sure it gets on the road soon!

More to come! Stay tuned!

Prevention of oh-crap-I-should've-bought-that...

So I went through a mental list of the things that I bought already and realized I was missing a new fuel filter and a thermostat. When I originally drove the car home I noticed that the temp gauge creeped up and I think that was due to a stuck thermostat. After letting the car cool down and sit for a bit and restarting it, I found the temp to stay stable, but still I want to make sure that it's perfect, so I just ended up picking up another one with gasket from Rising Sun. That really saves the last minute scramble, which is quite helpful. Last thing I need is to to have not everything and have JG yell at me :P.

So yeah next week I put all the stuff in! w00t!

Rear Right Wheel Cylinder & Stainless Steel brakelines

Finally found 'em, but had to resort to picking them up from Motorsport Auto. Freakin' expensive. Damn near $200 for the lines and the wheel cylinder plus ground shipping. Bah humbug! I was hoping to save some money, but not to happen this time around.

Oh well! From what I hear they'll be coming in a couple of days and they should be on the car hopefully soon. A plus side is that the item is actually a Nissan Factory part, so that's a good thing and should last a while.

On the upside, I hear that the Justin may be available this week to get the car finished up, but I'm not sure where we're at just yet, just glad I got all the parts in! :)

The partsen are in! w00t!

A picture is worth a thousand words, so yeah I got two!! Pardon the picture quality suckage. I took these with my camera phone as my wife happens to have both cameras with her on her "Girls only trip" with her sister and mom, but I wanted to share regardless.

I'm still on the lookout for one rear right wheel cylinder (preferably Dorman brand) and I think I might say screw it to the stainless steel lines and go for the regular hoses to get the car on the road for the time being and see how they hold up in autocross. Regarding that, I did some soul searching and decided to get the mechanical fuel pump in for now until I decide on what I really want to do with this motor. I might just do an L28 turbo swap, but honestly I'm kind of starting to get attached to the L24 (even though we haven't really worked on it just yet to find out the condition). Maybe that'll change after I actually drive it around some. Justin seems to be confident it'll hold up for a race on the 30th, so we'll need to put this thing together pretty damn quick! I'm excited!!!!!



And finally, here's a pic of something pretty nifty on the Fuel Pump box. I didn't know that the original mechanical fuel pump used in the 240z was also a bolt in for the Skyline GT-X (yep not a misprint). That's pretty freakin' cool (at least I think so). I'm so glad I picked up this car with just little surprises that you learn here and there. Anyways :



I recognized the HS30, the S30, and didn't know what the KGC118 was, and I found it out it was the GT-X.

Here's a cool vid I found of one on youtube. I gotta say it reminds me a bit of a Chevelle which I guess was the style back then. I gotta say though, it's hard to believe that these even came from the same country. The GT-X looks like it was designed stateside!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8f_mju234Q

Last batch of immediate parts ordered

Ran into a bit of an issue right off the bat last time with some parts not being in stock, so here's kind of the list:

- From Rising Sun -

Upper and lower radiator hoses - ordered
Clutch Slave Cylinder - ordered
Clutch Master Cylinder - ordered
Brake Master Cylinder - ordered

- From Other Sources (MSA/Kragen/Autozone) -

Universal fuel pump 12V fuel pump 2.5-4.5PSI 30gal/hr rate (I'll need a switch)
Passenger side wheel cylinder - have to find a vendor that can ship me one..everyone is out of stock!
Voltage Regulator - gotta decide on brand and go from there.
Stainless Steel brake lines - deciding on brand
170 degree Thermostat