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Thanks jpndave
Just a comparison between old and new
and a look at the new enclosed fuel filler route
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Custom rear lower control arms near completion
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Port lid for the new surge tank done, now for the guts of it
next week all
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1 hour ago, 1969honda said:
Love the use of a hub and old brake rotor. Very keen to see the finished tank, looks very unique and functional; also sounds like a great use of the storage bin space!
Thanks Buddy
We are all a bit insane to have started these projects so no holds on how we accomplish the result I say
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When necessity is the mother of invention
Core of the tank is now complete and can now to move onto all the ancillary pipes and fittings
I’m having an alloy surge tank fabricated to sit inside one of the storage bins then route fuel and vapor lines between the 2 within an enclosed alloy conduit
An alloy bolt down lid will be made for the main tank where I’ve provisioned the access hatch and on which the pump filter etc will hang off for the main tankI still have to weld in a filler neck and breather to the main tank to the vapor tank also
Then finally a round alloy plate will go over the top of the tank to seal it off from the interior and meet certification requirements
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Been a few weeks, unfortunately illness and waiting for John Lange to finish the custom rear control arms have slowed me down
So moved onto the rear fuel tank fabrication, using the LPG donut tank as the basis
First was chopping 65mm out of the height through the centre aa well as removing the center tube section
Then it was a matter of fabricating a centre rise section to clear the spare wheel well hump
With the modifications, I’ve worked out it should be between 58-60 litres plus another 8-10 in the additional surge tank
All in all so far a perfect fit
See you all next week
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Been a busy past 2 weeks
but made some progress today
Chassis reconfiguration is now flush with the new rails
Gearbox rear mount is next up
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Fancy you writing this on my build thread and then me spending the last hour at 4am catching up in yours
“Fantastic project and work. Every aspect of your metalwork is so impressive. Honestly, it almost looks like you could have just built a new Z from scratch!”
Seriously? You kidding me right? I mean my work looks like the construction on a sardine can compared to this Hercelian “Transformers” build......... Pfffffffffffft
I am seriously going to raid some ideas 💡 I got from your thread and also outright steal others.
Please don’t leave any more sarcastic comments on my thread LMAO 😆
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On 4/24/2019 at 8:32 AM, Ironhead said:
Fantastic project and work. Every aspect of your metalwork is so impressive. Honestly, it almost looks like you could have just built a new Z from scratch!
Thanks buddy
but it gone the final step and now I’m truly over the hump
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Modeling done
time to bend metal
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Tomorrow’s next adventure
CAD design of the front tunnel section ;)-
John
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6 hours ago, jpndave said:
John,
Keep up the good work! I enjoy following along on your progress. Very ingenuitive solutions you pull together for lots of this.
I'm very interested to see how that HVAC turns out.
Dave
Thanks Dave
yeah it’s a journey as you well know, sometimes it’s well mapped out and others you literally trip over what you’re looking for
if any of the info or ideas I post here helps another member out then I’ve done my duty
how goes your pony Dave ?
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Sometimes you stand back and think, I could have done better, today was one of those days, so a bit more thought, polished up on my metal shaping and sliced and diced before playing geometry on a sheet of metal and then “HAND BENDING” the tunnel !
A priceless day having reached a mile stone.
Cheers
John
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8 hours ago, ubergumgum said:
Fabrication looks really awesome!
From what car is the HVAC unit?
Thanks Buddy
HVAC is out of a 2016 MX5
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Tunnel sections are still being mocked up so in the meanwhile focused my attention on fabricating the new seat rails.
basically because I’m dealing with a flat pan the seat rsils sandwich that pan to the new rails and lock in to each rail
i have 2 options, slice them so I can notch in the tunnel or leave them and later install a series of rivet nuts so I can add an aluminum plate enclosing the tail shaft once installed to create a totally flat pan
i also received a new addition this week, integrated air and heating HVAC with full climate control, it’s about 25% smaller than the original Z set up so this is going to be aninteresting mod once the tunnels in place and I can mount the dash to work out the hanger points and fresh air feed
Cheers
John
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Today’s effort
Both pans now in including the rear tunnel plate, this was all done as one assy so as to make everything uniform and kept square in the process.
Next the tunnel will be formed then the pans and rear plate will be cut and trimmed to suit
A lot of fine tuning to be done with small mods and fabrication around the pans, plate etc but all in all happiness that this major structural work is coming to an end
Even had the first chance to place the AMG drivers seat in place and the smile was from ear to ear
Cheers
John
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Well progress is slow but steady
Im certain these old Zeds were built using recycled Bud cans from the 1970's, any how all good
Got the first pan trimmed in to the remaining floor sections with much slicing dicing and welding, the result? once prepped, sealed, coated and colored Im pretty sure it will look the goods,
Only just managed to sit the trimmed 2nd pan in place before sun down.
Until next week......
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Love it when a proof of concept works out as well as you imagined and planned it
So first pan went in today on the passenger side and lined up nicely after I blended the reinforcement beads flat at each end to allow mating the pan to the forward and rear sheet metal.
cheers
John
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Picked up the pans I had fabricated today
Fun starts tomorrow
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That’s all she wrote for this long weekend
Added some additional gussets at the horse shoe and sat the rare spares pan in just to get an idea how all will sit with the new pans on order and am satisfied all will line up exceptionally well
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5 hours ago, artishard116 said:
I see you had the same wonky (2+2?) higher floor pan/taller rail on the passenger’s side as I do. Currently working with John from bad dog to come up with a fix as my fab skills aren’t on your level. Awesome work!
1975 2 seater with what we call over here the Californian floor pans due to the provision of a bulge for the cat converter of the day and a very irregular metal pressing
check back when I have the pans this isn’t as hard as it looks
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Time on the rotisserie today making a new lock mechanism
cars upright now ready the pans
Sirpents 260Z / C32 AMG Powered RS30 - Australia
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