Alf

Update # 15 8/30/07 Hello everyone, Talk about a drought in updates, it's been way too long. Alot has gone on since last spring. Over the past few months I have gotten a considerable amount of work done on the hot rod, though not as much as I would have liked. I've been spending alot of time working and working on other projects, but now that I'm back at school already progress should pick up once again. We towed the hot rod home at the end of the school year. The truck pulled it like it wasn't even there. As soon as I got home I started building this engine run stand so I could break my new engine in for my Camaro. Then we finally put that together after a year with a half built engine. Here's a video of the break in - - - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEEeNS5VRbo I spent at least a month and a half working with my dad and his heavy machinery service business. I did alot of final welding on the bodie's frame since every tube was just tacked together, not very fun. I also mounted the computer in a hidden location. Over the summer I swapped out the stock Model A spindles and hubs for 36 Ford pick up hubs and spindles because they have a steering arm attached. The new parts actually are a mate to the body, we found them about 50 feet apart both with green paint. I modified the hubs by cutting off the drum since I'll never use it anyway, then I used slightly modified Dodge truck wheel studs and transfered the bearings and races. Bam just like new. I also did some work on the frame. Since I had an engine hoist handy I figured it was a good time to pull the motor and do some welding. I flipped her on her side and cut six holes for the body mount bolts. I also lowered the skid plate a quarter inch since it was rubbing and I welded in a new crossmember under the front of the engine. Its not done yet but its getting there. Thats all for now, it will be a couple weeks untill I get back into the swing of things here and then I'll be getting some more work done so keep your eyes open for updates. Alf

I'm still alive, update coming shortly.

If you have fabrication skills or know somebody that can help you that does, you shouldn't have that hard of a time doing the swap. Here are some links to help get you started. http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=118962&highlight=z31+v8 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=116185&highlight=z31+v8 http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=108065&highlight=z31+v8