CruxGNZ

Did you see the last update on my GNZ ? !M!

Unless you are planning on launching your vehicle Dukes of Hazard style, then I wouldn't worry about it. This has been discussed before also Wait, we are talking about coilovers, right? !M!

Looks like he's got a 4 link under there. A solid rear axle will pull the front end off the ground a lot easier than a independent rear suspended vehicle like our Z's and Scotties ('Vette IRS). He was also running 4:10's which I think is backwards, he should have been running a lower numerical gear ratio if he wanted to go quicker/faster. With those gears, he has 'stump pulling' power off the line, but the GN engine doesn't sit in it's 'sweet spot' for very long before he has to shift. !M!

Check it out: GNZ !M!

Sorry, I don't have any more information other than it's all wheel drive and RB26dett powered. This AWD topic came up a few times in the past and that picture was saved from one of those threads. !M!

I believe this is a Skyline drivetrain !M!

Very funny !M!

Huh? !M!

Thanks, you old fart! Ripe old age of 29... but really, like I was last year, I'm 24 Evo, You got one of those huge intercoolers? Wow I have my fingers crossed hopping my Z will be able to make Reynolds. If not, I might have to trailer it down . !M!

Holy crap, you're not kidding! Looks like 2 90's or make an S shaped down pipe. Your plumbing idea is pretty creative. I love the engine detail, right down to the colored bolt heads. Real nice! !M!

Its time for anther update! Should have been sooner, but my internet conection has been down for a while. I have to give a HUGE thanks to Scottie (Scottie-GNZ) for giving me first dibs on his GNZ parts and all the help he has given me. One hell of a great guy! So, I built the engine at my buddies house in his nice, clean, dry basement, but how the heck do we get it back up these stairs ? With a power dolly of course! I whipped up a engine cradle from some scrap wood on a job site and bolted it to the engine, then strapped the whole thing to the power dolly and went up the stairs. Once the engine was upstairs, we unfolded the engine hoist and strapped a chain to the engine. My car is so small that in a 2 car garage, the engine hoist was in front of the car and we were able to install the engine without opening the garage door. Here's a picture while we were dropping the engine in . A little finagling (is that a word?) with a pry bar and the engine was almost in place. We (my buddy Ross and I) were having a hell of a time getting the engine mounts to line up with the cross member. Turns out that the brand new drivers side, stock rubber mount had a slight bump in it, seen here . You can see where it was hitting, the paint is chipped off. I ended up using this old used one . You can see that there is no bump on the mount on the used stock one directly below the bolt holes. The old one will be fine for now, but I would like to replace it in the future. In this picture , you can see the mount in place. You can also see that, due to a few scratches on the steering rack, there was a slight problem getting the harmonic balancer on and off, but with a little finess, it is able to make it past the rack. Had the engine been a 1/16" lower, the harmonic balancer would have never been able to come off without loosening the steering rack first. Here is the drivers side with the poly mount installed and the relocated steering shaft, which you can now see is necessary. At first I wasn't happy with the placement of the engine, because it was about 1.5" offset to the drivers side, but after I got the down pipe on, I saw why this was necessary. The engine could have also come back another couple of inches, but again, after installing the down pipe, I saw why Scottie placed the engine where he did. Here are a couple of shots of how close the down pipe is to everything here and here . I don't know why, because Scottie didn't have to do this, but I needed to smack the fire wall with a ball peen hammer to make the down pipe fit. I feel sorry for my passengers toes . Also, I needed to move the brake line going to the front passengers side, because it was really in the way. I need to bend up a new line, but first figure out how to route it, because there is not much room. Here is the radiator installed . A big thanks to VetteTek for the radiator! It's mounted solidly, but after I installed it, I remembered Mr. Coffey saying that mounting aluminum solidly isn't a good idea. So, I'm going to pull it out and widen the holes in the radiator and install rubber washers on each side of the mounting bolt. This should let the core support flex a little without stressing the radiator. An interesting side note, the radiator was previously installed in a 240Z, but the mounting holes are just a little bit off from the ones on my Z. Here is the intercooler installed . You can see Scotties lower mount which had to be modified to fit on my car. I actually flipped the horns (beep beep) back to their original position and are helping to fasten the lower intercooler mount to the car. Here's the top intercooler mount . Kind of a bad picture, but it mounts under the top of the core support. Now in the "intercooler installed" picture, for some reason the pipes don't line up with my car like they did with Scotties. It seems the intercooler with his mounts, is a bit too low and the intercooler itself is just a bit too wide. You can see what I mean by looking at where the pipes go through the core support. I'll have to do some cutting for everything to fit . I had to cut this chunk out for the intercooler to fit on the passenger side. Scottie said he didn't have to do this on his car either. You know between that radiator not fitting, the intercooler not fitting, and the slight interference with the down pipe, it just goes to show you that not all 240Z's are alike. Here is the cover I made for the LS1 fuel tank. It's held on by small "rivit on" fasteners. Works awsome! Hatch open and hatch fastened in place . Here she is back on the trailer ready to go back to storage and in this shot I turned up the brightness so you can see where the oil pan and transmission pan is. I guess I have to watch out for those speed bumps or large rocks (right jeromio ). Here's another shot . Damn, who needs a grill when you have nothin' but intercooler! Now that the hard part is done, I need to figure out what to do with an extra 3 feet of wiring harness and plug it all onto the engine. Then it's to the gauges for a pretty sweet upgrade, which I'll do a seperate post on that install. Then it's all the little things, like brake lines, fuel lines, ect. !M!

I was supposed to do an update, but my internet connection is down, so I'm at the stupid library. Scottie, I'm giving you a call tonight. !M!

Well... sort of. Had issues with the motor mount placement and am having a hell of a time getting your intercooler mounts to fit on my car. There is definitely differences in the core support design between your '71 and my '73. I'm most likely going to have to make up my own mounts. To be honest, the tranny mount was the easiest to put on, time consuming, but easy . To get the down pipe to fit, the fire wall needed a little lovin' from a ball-peen hammer. It's a close fit, but it will work great. I'm going to do another update with links to more pictures this afternoon. Oh, I can't find any pictures of the intercooler mounted in your car, a straight on shot. I have just about every other picture, but can't find that one picture. I could have sworn I had it saved on my computer at one time. !M!

Well, on a good day I'm 6' 3". Just a few minutes to post a quick update before I go to bed: Should have time to do an actuall update tommorow. !M!

Going through some old pictures, I found some of my old '90 CRX, so I scanned them into the computer. I really liked that car and thought I would share them with you guys. I know it's not a Z, but I think it looked pretty cool. I built it back in '95 and sold it in '98 for something different (My Z car!). It was painted a deep/electric Corvette blue with a lot of purple pearl in it. I drove it from Wisconsin down to Cocoa Beach Florida once in the time I had it. The guy I sold it to, 2 weeks afterwards, let some drunk dude drive it. The drunk guy then drove it square into a concrete building destroying the front end and tweaking the whole body. A lot of work went into that car... I was just reflecting a bit More pics: CRX 2 CRX 3 CRX 4 CRX 5 CRX 6 CRX 7

Christmas was good See here . Also got a Century canvas punching bag for Jeet Kune Do and my OWN set of nunchukas (I love using those and my rattan sticks ) Just sucks I can't use them, because I fractured a bone on my right arm, just behind my wrist. I got a Palm pilot thingy so I have something to write stuff down on and a book called "Learning To Remember", because I have a horrible memory. I would say the best part was having some family here that never spent Christmas with us before. Was pretty cool, except for the fact my brother-in-law works 3rd shift and he stayed awake the entire time... poor guy. !M!

Yes. !M!

Just finished 'er up a couple hours ago: And since nobody here has seen my engine yet... and remember, it's not the size that matters Kind of a crappy picture, but it was the only decent one I had taken: I'll be doing another update in the appropriate forum maybe tommorow or Tuesday. More pictures to come, like the intercooler installation, radiator installation, downpipe, turbo, ect.. I am so happy! !M!

That style of wheel fits the Z nicely! Nice Z aslo !M!

I like the way you think Glenn I also have to agree on the seperate forum that only the Admins/Mods can post in to reduce all the clutter. We have talked about this some time ago, but if i remember right, nobody wanted to take the time to collect all the information needed for this to happen. We still have Jeromio's FAQ page to work from, that could be a starting point for information. !M!

Sorry, I don't have the mounts, but you can have both of my black gaskets, no charge. PM me your address if you want them. For the mounts, just fabricate some out of aluminum sheet from the harware store. I did that on my last set of headlight covers and it wasn't hard at all. !M!

My whole family got a kick out of that . That was great! !M!

Well, my '02 Chevy S-10 Crew Cab has been pretty good to me. I work in construction (build houses) and there has only been two times that I couldn't fit anything in the short-short bed, a 40 foot ladder and a 18' piece of 5/4 X 6 RS Cedar. Almost everything can get delivered for free nowdays, so I don't fret. I can fit a 4' X 8' sheet in the back though. In the last 45 thousand miles, my S-10 hasn't given me to much grief to be worried about long term. Just thought I would add my thoughts, because I know you guys have these Crew Cabs up north too. Although I'm a bit partial to an S-10, because I owned a custom '82 with a SBC swap, these are still pretty good mid-size trucks. !M!

Bought my headlight covers from MSA and had those gaps too. Spent a lot of time getting the black seals around the covers absolutely perfect, but they still leaked when I washed the car. I just gave up on my second set and didn't use the seals. In my opinion, it looks better without them. I also second the solid mounting with some stainless steel screws, don't even bother with the double sided tape. To make things so much easier on yourself, remove the headlight buckets! !M!

Welcome Tom! But these, quite well, may be: Click here !M!