shootingchill

Can I get a set of r33 engine brackets to work on a 240z rb20 swap? If not I will end up making them myself, but I'd rather save a little time. I heard of them working with jaguar xj6 motor mounts

Yes he was trying to cover some small holes on the roof joint. With all of his patches he hammered around where he was welding on the body "to make the metal sit more flush". There are some more patches that i cant seem to find pictures of right now. Thanks! I'm not sure why the pics are rotating, they are showing up straight on my computer. After I let the body man go, i got access to a rotisserie and this is were everything took a turn. A previous owner had tried to replace the passenger floor pan with thick sheet metal, roof tar, and self tapping screws. The frame that he replaced didnt seem to surprise me either. It was 2 pieces of 1/4" thick angle iron and bolted through out the floor pan as it exceeded. Seeing this, i decided to replace the frame on both sides, add frame connectors, and tie it into the rockers. Once the metal work was done, i was back at it with the wire wheel, cleaning all the undercoat off of the car. I dont have any pics of it stripped underneath but here is a pic of the finished product underneath. We got bored one night and thought it would be a good idea to bondo the welds on the floor pan and what a difference that made! Before we took the car off of the rotisserie, i decided that it would be easier to install the suspension while it was still slightley turned.

So i have been meaning to start a build thread since i bought this car but i got too caught up with working on it. I bought it as a rolling shell back in august and was off to a slow start not knowing what i should do with it. I started to clean the engine bay because i wanted to drop a motor in and get it driving for spring. I bought a l24 motor/tranny setup and painted the engine bay with satin black paint. I wanted to get things done fast so i bought an under coating spray and did the wheel wells with it to freshen them up. I dropped that motor in and got it to start and idle so i was happy with that and moved on to the body work. The body on the car was really rough and looked as if someone covered it in bondo and painted it without sanding in some spots. I wanted to know what i was really dealing with so i decided to take it down to the metal.. after about 60 hours of grinding bondo off the car i could see what i had to work with. Since im in college, i figured that id pay someone to do the bodywork. I had someone working on the car for about 4 weeks and not a lot of work was being done on the car and i was extremely unhappy with the way he was doing his metal work. I ended up telling him im going to go a different way with the body and started to do some research on how to do body work the proper way. here are some pics of the bodyman's patches.

Looking for a set of engine mount brackets for an rb20det! Let me know what ya got

Hey guys, i bought my z in september and since then it has come a long way. I redid the frame, added some frame connectors, strengthened the rockers and added torque boxes.. Theres no doubt it can take some power now. I want to keep it a inline 6 and have a L24 in my garage but i don't think ill be happy with power. I found a complete r31 rb20det with a aftermarket chip in the ECU for $1250.. i was thinking about that, but now i am thinking about the rb25det.. is it worth the $1500 extra for the rb25 compared to the 20? i am going to make a build thread on the car as soon as i upload pics on my computer