hwvigo Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 It has come to my attention that I have not posted any specs up on my build so I thought I should fix my oversight. Engine specs - GM 350 small block - L-82 350ci/350hp GM Camshaft, Hydraulic Flat Tappet, Duration @ .050 in. 222/222, Lift .450/.460, - Stock 350 truck heads with porting - Stock valves ,rockers ,lifters, push rods, connecting rods ,and pistons - 1 rams horn exhaust manifold with porting , 1 standard exhaust manifold with porting - holley street dominator intake - (daily) edelbrock 650 cfm carb or, (race) holley 800 cfm double pumper - MSD street fire HEI distributor with matching wires - Accel header plugs - Moroso valve covers and air cleaner cover wrinkle black - K&N air filter Cooling - Speed daddy 3 row aluminum radiator for 280Z - 2 ten inch puller fans rated @ 950 cfm - Gates hoses - GM high flow water pump Transmission - TH 350 stock GM - B&m shift kit - Stock stall Suspension -Tokico HP shocks blues all four corners - MSA lowering springs -240Z rear top hats - Energy suspension full poly bushing kit -stock sway bars - Custom rear strut tower brace by me Driveline - Stock R200 - Custom R/T-Z diff mount with GM ES trans bushing by me - AZC solid diff mount - Shortened Chevy drive shaft - Johns cars Chevy to Datsun adapter flange for diff Interior -Recaro seats form 82 mustang gt - G-Force 5point latch style harness Exterior -unknown front valance (would like help indentifying it ) - Fiberglass rear wing one piece - 15x7 Eagle alloy 5 star - 215/60/15 tires - repaint from original green to gloss black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfg Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I never noticed how different your front air dam was compared to what is usually out there. It's pretty cool looking. Wish I could help identify but I've never seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Specs are for rookies-post us some timeslips! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Things brake at the worst time but some times you look back after you have been pissed off and go wow I was lucky. I have put a few hundred miles on the car sense I finished up the suspension so it was time to go re torque all the bolts and re check everything. Found a few slightly loose bolts nothing to bad I also re tightened my gland nuts due to a slight CLUNK when I let off the gas. As we all know that means un hooking the brake lines and a re bleeding of the rears. Called a friend over to pump the pedal cracked the bleeder air comes out go to tighten it back down and the threads are striped out of the wheel cylinder. A few select words were said due to the fact I was planing on auto-crossing the car for the first time this Sunday. After I had cooled down I realized how lucky I was to have not got to the track this weekend with only 1 thread holding the bleeder in it could of popped out under hard breaking. So now I have a new wheel cylinder on the way and am starting to piece together a rear brake swap for after I get my S12+8's on the front in a few weeks. I also found the cause of a exhaust on body noise turned out do be a busted rubber exhaust isolator, so I made a new one out of some Eaton syn-flex hyd hose its some really tough stuff rated up to 3000 psi and a strong braid in it so should last a good long time. Till next time. Will S. On another note I got the final design for my fan shroud done in solid works looks great if any one would like the fine just let me know the I/D is 16 1/4" x 24 3/4" with 10 3/4" fan openings by hwvigo & Alex M. Edited June 20, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) Well it has been a busy 3 weeks for me. I got married on June 28th and it was a killer wedding followed by a amazing honey moon in San Antonio TX. Got back on the 4th of July and ordered some parts as a birthday / wedding present to my self Toyota S12+8 calipers , SS lines for the Toyota calipers ,SS lines for the rear drums, Poterfield 4rs pads for the Toyota calipers, and also had a buddy grab me a Taurus fan for the pick and pull so I needed a fan wiring kit so I grabbed one off eBay. Now the work starts, I made the choice to tackle the Taurus fan first for most this is a easy install. But in my case due to that have a Johns cars v8z kit not so much the water pump was much in the way of the fan just slipping in so i trimmed .5" off the shroud still not enough. So I pulled the radiator so I could have a good look at how to get more clearance and the 280z radiator has wing that fold in over the core and add 1/4" of height so those got very carefully dremmiled off along with 1/4" more of the shroud and all overhanging bits of too. And it fit after all the cutting and trimming all it needed was some foam to seal and protect and to make some mounting brackets and re test fit, so I bent up some mounting brackets and all worked out good. So then came the wiring I decided to go for a 195F thermo controlled low speed and a switched high speed the kit I bought off eBay needed some work and a extra relay and more wire to make it work how I wanted I used a 60 amp 5 pin for the high and a 40 amp 4 pin for low all power and ground wires 10 gauge with 16 gauge trigger wires and soldered connections. I was able to hide the two relays in the stock relay cover under the hood and ran all the wires with the factory harness for a clean look. Filled the radiator with distilled water and water wetter and jacked up the front and burped the system and tested the new cooling setup and low and behold @ 195F fan kicked on and with in 2 mins temp was below 180F. I could not be happier that fan moves some air sitting in my garage it never got hot! Much better than my old fans that did nothing to keep it cool. and That all I have had time to do other that paint the new calipers Brembo gold because we all know gold brake calipers make the car stop quicker,but all the parts are in and I get need some time. A few wedding pics Edited July 14, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Curious as to how you have your harness mounted? Is this feasible/safe for street use? I will get a harness eventually and just would like some input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Curious as to how you have your harness mounted? Is this feasible/safe for street use? I will get a harness eventually and just would like some input. It is very safe for street use, the relays are mounted in the stock box on the right side of the bay them the wires travel down through the stock wire holders down to the frame rail and follow the harness to the front. Keep in mind that i did weather proof the relays and connectors with rubber insulation tape and shrink wrap then silicone the pin exits on the relay and then wrapped the whole thing in E tape. I am good at over kill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Well today marks my Z,s 39th birthday my Z was delivered to my dad 7/18/75 so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my car and also marks one year of having the car to work on and much has changed. I am so happy with the way things have been going and can not wait to see what the future holds for me and my Z. Datsun card On the way home one year ago. Right after I got it running the day after it came home. How it looks now. How it looks now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innamorata 3.6 Modenetta Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Congratulations on the wedding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh280z Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Met this guy last night at a local Z meet, he is pretty cool. I got to see this car in person and he was even gracious enough to give me a ride in it. I can say it's pretty fast. Keep the Z alive. Edited August 3, 2014 by Josh280z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted August 7, 2014 Author Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Ok I have got the Toyota brakes on with SS lines along with a new wheel cylinder for the driver rear drum with new SS lines and the whole system bleed out. Oh did I say that this is my second set of calipers I got the vented type the first time and like a ding-dong bleed them out and went to put my wheels on and the calipers hit my wheels. So I bought a set of non vented and problem solved. While the car was on the stands I decided to change out the old leaky trans tail shaft seal and re check ever bolt on the suspension of my car. All was good went and test drove brakes felt better than ever. I had done a good old tune up on it also re gapped plugs messed with the timing re tuned carburetor, and it runs much stronger now I have never had it running this good brakes the tires loose so much so I half to feather it off the line a bit and when you get on it and it shifts in to second it shoves the tail out to the right about a foot or so. So I decided it was time for its first trip up on the highway in 5 or so years all was going good till my temp started creeping up. Come to find out my lower radiator hose was sucking shut so popped a spring in it and the problem looks to be fixed. I decided to throw together a little OKZCC dinner last Saturday and had a very good turn out and meet a hybridz member josh280z, really nice guy gave me a ride in his ZX it’s a very nice car in the works. Then on Tuesday night I decided to go to a 99% American muscle show at the Tulsa Fudruckers. I got a few dirty looks as I was pulling in and them some very odd ones when my Z was loping through the parking lot finding a place to park. Had quite a few people come check out the car and many more due double takes as they walked by the engine bay, Had a very nice photographer come by and love my car and too some killer shots of it and I plan on getting a full shoot done when I get some work done. Edited September 9, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted September 9, 2014 Author Share Posted September 9, 2014 Track time this weekend first trip to the autocross and possibly the drag strip all in one day. I have a clunk coming from the back of the car I can not find and its getting louder. It makes a big clunk if I down shift due to shock on the drive line. If anyone has thoughts please let me know really want that noise gone. Still having a bit of trouble with a bog on hard acceleration timing I think. But all that aside I plan to have fun this weekend and if something in the rear end brakes I will have found my problem. And I won pic of the month for Oklahoma Z&G Facebook page. With this shot. Will have vids from the track to post next week and possibly some time slips wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfg Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Maybe read through this? http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/105207-the-dreaded-diff-clunk/ It can't be too hard to track down with everything being brand new under there. I have a slight clunk as well but it gets phased out with the other noises my car makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) Some quick vids I took with my new cam mount. Edited September 11, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Due to a my wife's grandmother unexpectedly passing away I will not be making any events that were planed for the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) October is goint to be a buys month. two car shows this weekend a car show and track day next weekend them a car show the next weekend. Sounds like a good month, I have need trying to get the car to make some more power my getting the timing and carb set right with very little success. It bogs on hard low end accelerations but not all the time. I am starting to think the motor need to be pulled and rebuilt stronger with a touch more power. If any one has any ideas on the bog please voice them. Also had a few cars shows two weeks ago and had a few good shots taken of it. Till next time. Edited October 3, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) I made it out to the OKZCC autocross/ track day this weekend with the Z and had a blast! Learned alot about my car and how hard I can push it trans had some issues think it needs a rebuild. The brakes need some better pads and some cooling help. and better tires up front was running my old 215/60/15 that had been on the back of the car. I had killer tires on the back I picked up some kuhmo V710 225/50/15 used for a steal and wow grip for days. Glad I made it out sucks it was the last track day of the year but I hope be next season it will be even better. But I did get to use my new trackmaster app and that is the best $3.99 I have spent on a app got to map the track and see speeds and acceleration, braking and time. RED=braking GREEN=acceleration, The vid is of my slowest run of the day while I got some coaching from one of are instructors took it slow to work on my lines then crushed the next session but my cam only recorded 3 secs of it. but all in all wow that was fun. Also last week I got some more goodies to make the car more safe at the track some TFWorks extended lug studs and muteki lug nuts with the correct seat for my wheels along with a new helmet. Edited October 13, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) Had a chance to get the Z dynoed yesterday at Humble Performance http://humbleperformance.com/ great guy there they were having a dyno day to help fund there trip to the national event soon,could not pass up the deal 50 bucks for 2 pulls. So now I know what my Z really puts down to the wheels and I was not disappointing. they run a dynojet dyno and had a great turnout with some killer cars. And now I have a base line to start from. And what do we have here? Edited November 3, 2014 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwvigo Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Wow did not realize it had been so long since I post. I had a great Christmas did not get any car stuff but I did get a GoPro. And proceeded to buy all the stuff to fix the one down fall of those cool little cams the audio. Shortly after Christmas my GMC Yukon decided that is radiator needed to split the tank and I find this out as i see a huge puddle of coolant under it in the morning as i go to leave for work. But no fear I have a Z in the garage ready to run with the slicks still on it from the last track day. So I jump in it and take off with out a care in the world till I find out that we are going to have a huge thunder storm this after noon and night. So now instead if just buying a new radiator for the GMC ( that is going to take 2 weeks to came in because I have some crazy option package) I am now buying two new tires for the Z and driving the 10 miles on slicks in the rain to get them put on. Needless to say that was a life changing experience, but now i have a very street able Z with some new Falken Ziex ZE329 215/60/15 so far very happy with them. The best part of the whole thing is that i got to spend some time driving the Z witch caused me to fix a few little things like the blower not working and some minor electric issues I had never addressed. So who knew popping a radiator could be a good thing. I have a hit list of a few things I was to do on the Z this year none of then keeping it down for more that a few days my goal this year is to drive my car and make it to all the track days I can. I have also been made a officer in the OKZCC "Oklahoma Z Car Club" and will be handling all the events for the eastern Oklahoma area. So far 2015 is shaping up to be a great year and I hope all of my fellow Hybrid Zers have a great one too. Here are a few pics for Dec and Jan and videos I shot with my GoPro and external mic with wind buster, so let me know what you think of my exhaust note and my bogging issue. Edited January 19, 2015 by hwvigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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