alainburon

Excellent job sir. I like it.

I was in my buddy's 69 camaro the other day and he has the speedhut GPS speedometer. It was a cloudy day and apparently it could not get GPS signal therefore it was not working. Not good at all in my opinion. We were using a cell phone ap to determine how fast we were going. Sometimes old school is the best way to go.

Thanks Keith, Well put sir. Speaking of American Iron. Here is another part that did not come from Japan but will go on this S30 Hybrid.

Thank you, I like the wheels. They have been on this car for a long time. Some people don’t like them because they are too drag race looking instead of resto mod. They have also told me why run an American wheel on a Japanese car. I guess the LS3 is not American either….LOL The main thing I like about them is that not everyone and their sister will have a set of these on an S30. I bought them from Jim Cook Racing back in the 90’s and they were hard to come by back then. I also see there are a lot of more options for drag radials for 15†wheels and with the power this thing is going to be putting down drag radials are inevitable.

Wheels and tires are done.

I agree. You can't go wrong with NX, I have used them before without any issues. Nitrous Dave has been doing custom plumming for a long time as well though and he was closer to me as I wanted to drop off the intake in person and point out exactly what I wanted done instead of trying to explain it over the phone. I guess I will soon find out how good they are right? Thanks, It does not seem like it but it was a lot of work. No need to wear shades just dim the dash lights...

Thank you

Finally the dash is done. I had sent out my original gauges to be restored and have the faces painted white. I also sent out all the plastic and metal trim to be chrome plated. The gauges where hand painted, incredible detail and the pictures do not do them justice. I think the hardest part was having the plastic chrome plated. The disassembly and reassembly was no fun and games either. I’m very satisfied with the results but to be honest for the money I spent doing this I could have bought 3 sets of aftermarket gauges. Either way if I had to do it again I would do it the same way just because I always like the look of the factory gauges and wanted to keep them if I could.

Excellent set up. Can't wait to order my 416 stroker too. Just waiting to get the car back form the body shop.

Finally got the intake together, now it will be headed to Nitrous Outlet next week for them to work their majic on a direct port system. Will post pics when I get it back.

LOL You guys may be right. texis300 all you need it not to look at the chrome directly so it does not blind you. RebekahsZ, have you been talking to my wife? LOL she says the same thing to me especially when she sees the receipts from the chrome platers. The good thing is I don't have much chrome left to do. I wonder if there is a chrome rehab clinic I can go to?

Not much progress but did get some more chrome. It’s funny how getting a chrome tensioner can be such a PITA. First I bought a new tensioner from GM then I had to purchase a billet aftermarket pulley since the GM factory part is plastic and chroming plastic is another PITA. Then I had it all chrome plated of course.

Nice set up, can't wait to see how your numbers improve with better tires.

Nice work, I wish I had the skills to do that.

Just got my Nick Williams 102mm Throtle Body. This thing is big. Also received the FAST injectors and Mast Motorsports Black Label fuel rails. Just waiting on my FAST 102 Intake in order to have it custom painted and send it off to have the direct port NOS done. I will post some pictures when I get it completed.

I'm using Airline Plating which is local for most of it, for intricate parts I'm sending it to Dallas to Al's & Associates and for plastic chrome I have found that Datsun LLC does a good job since the do real chrome plating on plastic not chrome paint of vacuum metalizing which is crap.

I know one thing for sure, chrome is not cheap. I have a small fortune in chrome parts already, thank god I'm almost done. If I had to do it over I may have gone a different route. I just think chrome is more period correct for a 70's car than carbon fiber for example. Not to mention it's timeless. Nothing like looking into a classic cars engine bay and see a nicely chromed out motor. The same goes for the interior, the S30 interior has always been very dull, black gauges, black dash with no accents of any other color. A few chrome accents against a black background should bring the interior to life. I guess we will see when I get the car put together if I made the right choice. If not I guess I can do it all in carbon fiber and put 22" rims on it.....LOL

I don't want to go overboard or is it too late already?

Not much progress but more chrome to put together. Just got my NOS billet brackets chrome plated and fitted on the bottle. Working on my direct port set up now, should have it done in the next couple of months I hope.

Good news, the body shop is back on my car and. They just finished the RR flare and the rear valance. Moving right along....

No sir, I had to go out of towm on a project but I will be there next week to see how the car is coming along. I guess I could....LOL. I will put it in indor car shows but I will drive it as well. This will not be a garage queen that's for sure. I should invest some money in chrome cleaner.

Not much going on besides I bought the alternator bracket, had it modified and chrome plated. Still waiting on the body shop.

My JCI A/C compressor finally came in. I had sent it out to be chrome plated. It took a long time but worth the wait.

Thank you very much, I'm sure when I start putting this car together I will have a few questions.

I understand what you mean but this is restoration and fab work with a show quality paint finish, long way from an average paint job. The work these guys do wins best of paint at most large shows their vehicles compete in. Work like that in Houston is by the hour as they have no way of knowing what is under the paint until they take it down to bare metal. There is over 300 hours on my car so far and I brought them a shell with no interior. If they had to disassemble it would be more than that.