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Project: Chuck Norris

1971 240Z Scarab Kit

 

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What a MESS!

The car consists of some Weld Racing Drag Light wheels, Konig Rewinds, R200 rear end with cardan joint axles, a TH350 Automatic transmission with a shift kit and a stall converter, a 010 4 bolt main 350 sbc with some of the Scarab parts like the Hooker headers, a roll cage with pigeon shit welds, 1 plastic bucket seat, gutted gash with minimal gauges, no sway bars, mismatched springs and shocks, a driveshaft loop, stock brakes, a Northern Radiator with an electric fan, and some old safety harness belts.

 

First get it to run!

 

The Accel Distributor hit the trash can first off. I ordered up a cheap Chinese HEI knockoff!

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Much cleaning!

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The Alt Belt was having a hard time staying on. But at this point I knew the engine was still good and in fairly good shape. Turned out I had a raelly healthy 5.7 with a Holley 480CFM 4 barrel with vacuum secondaries! It was a fresh carb too!

The original exhaust though was a simple Collector DUMP!

So off I went to get exhaust done.

 

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It wasnt ear deafening now!

 

Change the oil time... Shit that filters a bitch to get to... remove #1 header pipe which slip fits as 2 pieces and the original header has a slip fit  collector as well!. 

 

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I purchased a cheap oil filter re-locator kit. What a mistake. That thing was a leaky SOB! I ended up going to CAT and having O-ring faced Parker lines made up, and chasing all the cast aluminum housings before it would seal... It ended up being close to $300 in total for oil line crap!

 

And then it was time to make it streetable again, as this was setup as a cheap 1/4 mile car, probably because the last time it was registered it had to be smogged and well... there was no BAR label so it went off highway use only.

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Heres the old converter!

 

Here comes a 4L60e!

I purchased the Holley carb TPS kit, a TBI ECU wired up as a TCU only, and all the associated sensors including a DRAC module.

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I also painted components under the car as well as the cleaned and painted the underside of the car!

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Enjoy the wood props

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No stinkin telescoping transmission jack!... and engine held up with 2x6 boards. I man handled the TH350 out... um... well that 4L60e was a bit to much for me to man handle in!

 

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So I opted to use ratchet straps!

While it was down, I also pulled that 3/8" aluminum hardline dragging on the bottom of the car and installed a GM hardline with GM filter from a 94 Burban!

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Oh Yeah, I did!

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Once in I had to make a new mount!

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Turns out old Bronco Spare tire holder parts make good scrap for mounts

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Note that I added a Full Boar Single Chamber muffler in the center as well as a flex coupler!

I also installed GM horns, and a brand new XENON air dam.

 

The Exhaust required modifications after this though

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With the 4L60E I also changed out the rear drums for disc brakes

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And some Toyota 4 piston calipers

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Wiring up a 4L60e

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Also the engine bay was sprayed with flat black!

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Very busy in there now.

 

And then it was time to install Autometer Sports Comp Gauges.

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Not all of these were electric, and it took me some time to switch them all over to electric.

 

The Hood had to go!

I found a nice cowl hood! Then I was off to the HybridZ BBQ put on by Gollum at San Pablo Dam Recreation Area and found another Scarab!

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You know, one with a number plate and the "special package parts"

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No sooner than I have the whole 4L60e in and running well than a T56 plops in my lap for $125!

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CLEAN IT!

 

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I mean do I really have a choice? I pose it that I do not!

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Parts gathering phase initiated!

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Tilton Clutch Master, Tilton Starter, Centerforce Flywheel, MacLoed Clutch disc, GM pressure plate, 3AN SS braided hydraulic line with all the related fittings, and a stock LT1 Slave.

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Out with the old!

 

 

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Using wood again... super janky I know

 

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Man that is close!

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More Bronco Spare tire carrier scrap put to use!

Fords are good for something... hehehehe

 

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It was time for seats!

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BMW Recaro with Thigh Bolsters. I love these seats!

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Back to the Exhaust Shop

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Ready for Marina AutoX! One of the last few UFO AutoX meetups.

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It was my first ever AutoX driving. It was a BLAST! I spun out on the 3rd run after greasing the tires up... man... the car was called "The White Pig" by TonyD!

 

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The Next phase was obvious... Deal with the Body.

 

The paint was rapidly peeling and rust bubbles forming!

 

So the engine came out!

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I purchased a rear sill plate from Motorsports Auto!

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I knew I should have removed those front fenders.... what a mistake! Always clean these out!

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And then stuff started going off to the body shop!

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over a year later... I picked it back up!

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And I slowly put it back together!

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I sold the 96 Burb and got a 01 Yukon XL... mistakes...

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About this time I was moving up to Sacramento... and I finally realized I had all new suspension and could start going through the engine!

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OMG, the OVERSPRAY!

 

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At its new home at Fitted Garage in Sacramento!

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Cleaning the Overspray

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One of the significant changes... Yellow Octopus Pioneered this for me.

96 Mustang GT Hydroboost 

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First Wash

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Techno Toy Tuning parts incoming!

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Look at all this interior

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Camber plates in!

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Rear Sway bar! and Ron Tyler Diff mount!

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T3 First Aluminum Drop Bars! 

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Mess of wires

 

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DIY Autotune MicroSquirt going it!

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Bosche 300LPH@5Bar Pump.

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Engine Building

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I replaced the Radiator with a nice newer Northern Unit

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You can see the huge by large oil cooler Im installing below. Pirtex is going to come over and get all my hyrdraulic lines taken care of!

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And this needs 2nd gear synch replaced!

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Thats all for now. 

I just got my Flex Fuel composition sensor in, and a new power brake pump brackets(PS pump). 

I also made a large order from Black Dragon this past Nov and got about half of what I ordered. So there will be slow steady progress here soon.

Transmission is off with a friend getting completely gone through!

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