rags Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 A few months ago a good friend of mine asked me if I would help him find a good Z car to play with. He owned a 260 30 some odd years ago in high school and always thought about owning one again. After 2 days of looking (yeah, he was very lucky) he picked up an extremely clean 73 from Colorado and had it shipped to NJ. Then he drove my LS 280 and got the itch. Next thing I knew he was searching for a 6 speed donor. It wasn't very long and he was driving to Pa to pick up an LS2/T56 from a 2006 GTO! His next question was "What am I going to do about suspension and brakes?" so I sent him to all of the usual places to compare what was available for our S30's. A few days later, an ArizonaZCar track pack was ordered complete with Q45 diff. We welded in some bad dog rails and a fuel cell and it was time to trailer the car to my garage for the transformation. After 2 days the driveline is in and the ride height set on the suspension. We have run into a few snags with the fuel lines, not having the correct fittings to connect everything up, it appears JCI sent a driveshaft that is too short for the short nose R200, and not having the correct shifter. Not too bad. Today we'll wire the fuel pump, bleed the brakes,get power to the ECU, install the speedo and hook up the tach. A very productive weekend. If we keep this up and the parts we need get here this week, we should have the car moving under it's own power by the end of next weekend! Progress Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Wow, that was fast! If you haven't done the GTO tranny swap before, you gotta get an F-body offset lever down inside the shifter well. Change that and you can use any F-body shifter. It costs about $30 and installs easily with a drift pin. Way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makaofox Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Wow he had some serious money! Thats an amazing transformation! Cant wait to see it at a meet or something. Great job joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Very cool. Got any more pics to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Sick. Let me know when you're working this week and I'll stop by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Nize! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted August 20, 2012 Author Share Posted August 20, 2012 Today we made some progress as well. All of the wiring is finished with the exception of the fan relay and power lead to the fuel pump. Tach and speedo are done, brakes are bled, the clutch is bled and block hugger headers are in. It's going together very well! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Car is ready to head to the custom exhaust shot for a set of stainless long tubes and true duals. Only other pieces to get are a belt and the shifter offset lever inside the trans for an Fbody. Anybody know off the top of their head what size belt to use when using an LS2 from a GTO? Also, Keith, you wouldn't happen to have a part number for the shifter offset lever inside the trans shifter housing would you? I should have read your post more carefully! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 And she's out of the garage! Looks like she's ready to take on big brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Working through the teething pain but she's coming along very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I think I got the offset lever from nookandtranny.com. Sorry late reply-not subscribed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I also used a dummy power steering pump from them which allowed me to use stock belt and stock routing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOZ UP Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Definitely want to come check this out now that I'm here. You go to the NJZCC meetings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Took a slight step backwards. Upgraded the entire fuel system using FuelLab stuff. Got it all buttoned up and wouldn't generate any more than 20 lbs of pressure. Spent a day going through everything to find out the pressure regulator has a carb system spring in it. Oh well, what's another couple of days before she heads off to get a full custom exhaust and long tube system. Joe Edited September 16, 2012 by rags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Aww, you don't need exhaust! You do need fuel pressure. Car looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverenough Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Love the valve covers or should I say coil covers. Edited September 16, 2012 by neverenough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Tomorrow the correct adj fpr will be here so that should get buttoned up pretty quickly. Then it's on to installing the EZ Electric Power Steering unit. As soon as Dave found out I ordered it for my car, he ordered one. We did the install on my car in about 4 hours (Thanks CB!)so his should be a breeze. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Can't wait for the first drive of this beast and with power steering! I have work to do this winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 So to update this build, the electric powersteering has been installed. This one went in much easier than on my car. I guess that would make sense since I would already know what parts of the install would be giving me trouble. Today, the Magnuson supercharger arrived! For those interested I'll post some pictures tonight after we dry all of the drool off of it Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Please do a super detailed writeup on the supercharger; this is on my list. Subscribed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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