Sirpent Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Well it’s been a long time between drinks, but yes I am still around and the project isn’t dead, was just put on hold while I embedded myself into my new job which meant a load of travel and little time for anything else. Anyhow, there has been movement in the past few weeks as on the 17th and 18th 0f this month a bunch of guys off the Auszcar forum will be coming around for the chassis building day bringing to life the chassis design I did some time ago now. In preparation, I’ve got on with making some final structural and component decisions, the major one being getting the adaptor design I conceived produced and mounted, the guys I chose to do this are a mob known as Alloy Racing Components here in Melbourne Australia http://www.alloyrace.com/index.php They also produce and construct a lot of street and strip gear, having made a drivetrain trolley, I mounted the engine and T56 and drove it 40 miles across town dropped it off and spent some time with John the owner, 3 pics below show the engine and trans coming off the utility, and the other 2 examples of the twin plate clutch and custom alloy flywheel similar to what will be going into mine, I will post pics of the work they do as they forward them onto me. Along with the engine and trans, I needed to make a decision on the rack and pinion set up into the car as I won’t be using the original S30 cross member and I now will have some room to play with, a lot of guys use Subaru or BMW racks, but my hunting came across something more local. Below is a pic of a rack out of the Australian FG series Ford Falcon G6ET, this is a pretty refined piece of kit which boasts variable-ratio functionality, for optimum low-speed steering sensitivity and a more relaxed tiller at higher speeds with 2.6 turns lock to lock, this mirrors the S30 to the “T†The setup is produced by Australian company Bishop Steering Technology who are suppliers of similar set ups to Porsche and BMW, the only issue of any note is that the LCA pivot points on the S30 are 610mm apart, while this set up is 620mm, that’s about 3/8 of an inch which we don’t believe will cause any great issues as the mounting of the rack to counter any bump steer issues shouldn’t be too difficult. I picked up a steel K frame out of a Benz S400, not easy to find as most of the modern Benz’s use alloy set up’s, this will be cannibalised and used as a fixed cross member welded into the chassis as it won’t be carrying the lower control arms or any other components on it. The fuel tank has to go as where it currently sits is where I intend to run the mufflers on the car, so I came across an LPG donut tank, paid $5.50 for it on EBAY, retail on a new one is around $400.00 these things are pretty heavy however have a 65 litre wet capacity which is just over 17 gallons, the tank as seen below will sit in the spare wheel well, we will be cutting and access point in the upper face and fabricate a bolt on access panel which will carry an inductive fuel sender unit feed and return pipes along with internal fuel pump and sump, a filler neck inlet will be added to the tank also. Another neat piece of kit was the NEW Saleen Mustang T56 cross member I scored out of the US for $50.00, this will give the mounting of the box a nice finish with proven functionality. Well that’s about it, I will start posting more as things move towards the 17th and the boys at ARC send across pics of the production process. Cheers John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 I know that this project isnt of much interest to anyone here, but it is a Hybrid and maybe it will inspire someone someday to try the same and provide a lot of information that will make the path simpler. So and update and some pic's Running later than expected, but I guess the best Scotch takes time too.Went down to see the boy's, all should be finished up tomorrow or Friday, here are some pic's of the conversion in its final stages and the flywheel which was being of cnc'd late this afternoon. The guys at ARC had been held up with a glut of projects, so unfortunately mine was held up 2 weeks.The adaptor plate has been completed along with the machining of the Benz Bell housing and the photos below show more or less the finished product, John and the boys have done a great job and I was smiles from ear to ear.Came up against a problem with the way the c32 amg crank shaft position sensor on the flex plate set up, as you will note, there is a ring gear built into the assy, attempting to replicate this on a billet fly wheel along with the ring gear would have been complicated and also very expensive.The boys examined the flex plate and determined it is overly engineered and in its unadulterated form that they can build a fly wheel that will sandwich onto the flex plate allowing for perfect alignment with the original mounting points and associated dowels.CheersJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Keep the updates coming, Man! I love to see new things. If no one else tried different things, HybridZ would not exist! Nice work. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Keep the updates coming, Man! I love to see new things. If no one else tried different things, HybridZ would not exist! Nice work. Joe Thanks Joe And looking at your stable of listed cars, seems you appreciate what taking this classic to new levels is all about. Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapatax Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 PLEASE KEEP GOING,... or keep working,..we are watching you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Absolutely, I'm always happy to read an update on this unique project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ready for collection,Some internal pics and a layout of all the components will follow later today.CheersJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Gentlemen !Your porn awaits !More or less a pictorial step by step of how the conversion kit bolts together, and yes, it will be available as a kit ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rags Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 VERY nice. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Sweet! That Z is going to be a monster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snailed Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 You do nice work! I can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazerRackham Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Dat tranny doe <3. Amazing work bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sq_creations Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Wow that is clutch porn. Well done sir!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Edited December 16, 2012 by Sirpent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Sweet! That Z is going to be a monster! You do nice work! I can't wait to see it finished. VERY nice. Joe Dat tranny doe <3. Amazing work bro. Wow that is clutch porn. Well done sir!! Thanks for the thumbs up guys, much appreciated. Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGREEZY Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 man your build is SICK do you have any updates on your interior lovin that AC you got goin on there. MORE PICS please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 man your build is SICK do you have any updates on your interior lovin that AC you got goin on there. MORE PICS please Thanks buddy, sometimes I get SICK just thinking about the cost, but then again lol Only update on the interior is a set of seats I picked up out of a Australian Built Holden Commodore, in the States these are known by their export name being a Chevrolet SS These came out of the hi-end HSV Clubsport and I will have them re-trimmed in Alcantara Leather. Cheers John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 The old man always said each NYE"You spend the year ahead the way you started it on NYE"So what better way to start 2013 than to splash the cash and buy myself some more headaches.These puppies are off a 997 GT3 Porsche, think they will eventually make their way onto the new nose, new from Porsche $3,800.00, I swipped these brand new never fitted pair for $1,000.00.Happy new year Crew P.S. + a side view shot of how they will sit from a web pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richracing Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Wow, amazing work. I can't wait to see what you have planned for the headlights/nose of the Z. Should look killer man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirpent Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) Will be grafted into this nose Im building which will then be reproduced in CF Edited December 31, 2012 by Sirpent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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