hwvigo

A quick drive in the Z.

Ditto on the ditto And as for hoses-- http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/116370-ls1-gurus-info-needed-on-radiator-hoses-what-are-you-guys-using/?hl=%20radiator%20%20hose

Track time this weekend first trip to the autocross and possibly the drag strip all in one day. I have a clunk coming from the back of the car I can not find and its getting louder. It makes a big clunk if I down shift due to shock on the drive line. If anyone has thoughts please let me know really want that noise gone. Still having a bit of trouble with a bog on hard acceleration timing I think. But all that aside I plan to have fun this weekend and if something in the rear end brakes I will have found my problem. And I won pic of the month for Oklahoma Z&G Facebook page. With this shot. Will have vids from the track to post next week and possibly some time slips wish me luck.

I made a bracket for mine and mounted it in the stock fuel pump location. You are looking to use a much nicer filter than I did but the principal should be the same.

Ok I have got the Toyota brakes on with SS lines along with a new wheel cylinder for the driver rear drum with new SS lines and the whole system bleed out. Oh did I say that this is my second set of calipers I got the vented type the first time and like a ding-dong bleed them out and went to put my wheels on and the calipers hit my wheels. So I bought a set of non vented and problem solved. While the car was on the stands I decided to change out the old leaky trans tail shaft seal and re check ever bolt on the suspension of my car. All was good went and test drove brakes felt better than ever. I had done a good old tune up on it also re gapped plugs messed with the timing re tuned carburetor, and it runs much stronger now I have never had it running this good brakes the tires loose so much so I half to feather it off the line a bit and when you get on it and it shifts in to second it shoves the tail out to the right about a foot or so. So I decided it was time for its first trip up on the highway in 5 or so years all was going good till my temp started creeping up. Come to find out my lower radiator hose was sucking shut so popped a spring in it and the problem looks to be fixed. I decided to throw together a little OKZCC dinner last Saturday and had a very good turn out and meet a hybridz member josh280z, really nice guy gave me a ride in his ZX it’s a very nice car in the works. Then on Tuesday night I decided to go to a 99% American muscle show at the Tulsa Fudruckers. I got a few dirty looks as I was pulling in and them some very odd ones when my Z was loping through the parking lot finding a place to park. Had quite a few people come check out the car and many more due double takes as they walked by the engine bay, Had a very nice photographer come by and love my car and too some killer shots of it and I plan on getting a full shoot done when I get some work done.

M 10x125 by 25 or 30 Here is the link to the correct bolts http://www.courtesyparts.com/bolt-p-234543.html

Well today marks my Z,s 39th birthday my Z was delivered to my dad 7/18/75 so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my car and also marks one year of having the car to work on and much has changed. I am so happy with the way things have been going and can not wait to see what the future holds for me and my Z. Datsun card On the way home one year ago. Right after I got it running the day after it came home. How it looks now. How it looks now

It is very safe for street use, the relays are mounted in the stock box on the right side of the bay them the wires travel down through the stock wire holders down to the frame rail and follow the harness to the front. Keep in mind that i did weather proof the relays and connectors with rubber insulation tape and shrink wrap then silicone the pin exits on the relay and then wrapped the whole thing in E tape. I am good at over kill!

Just watched this and it seemed like it should here.

Well it has been a busy 3 weeks for me. I got married on June 28th and it was a killer wedding followed by a amazing honey moon in San Antonio TX. Got back on the 4th of July and ordered some parts as a birthday / wedding present to my self Toyota S12+8 calipers , SS lines for the Toyota calipers ,SS lines for the rear drums, Poterfield 4rs pads for the Toyota calipers, and also had a buddy grab me a Taurus fan for the pick and pull so I needed a fan wiring kit so I grabbed one off eBay. Now the work starts, I made the choice to tackle the Taurus fan first for most this is a easy install. But in my case due to that have a Johns cars v8z kit not so much the water pump was much in the way of the fan just slipping in so i trimmed .5" off the shroud still not enough. So I pulled the radiator so I could have a good look at how to get more clearance and the 280z radiator has wing that fold in over the core and add 1/4" of height so those got very carefully dremmiled off along with 1/4" more of the shroud and all overhanging bits of too. And it fit after all the cutting and trimming all it needed was some foam to seal and protect and to make some mounting brackets and re test fit, so I bent up some mounting brackets and all worked out good. So then came the wiring I decided to go for a 195F thermo controlled low speed and a switched high speed the kit I bought off eBay needed some work and a extra relay and more wire to make it work how I wanted I used a 60 amp 5 pin for the high and a 40 amp 4 pin for low all power and ground wires 10 gauge with 16 gauge trigger wires and soldered connections. I was able to hide the two relays in the stock relay cover under the hood and ran all the wires with the factory harness for a clean look. Filled the radiator with distilled water and water wetter and jacked up the front and burped the system and tested the new cooling setup and low and behold @ 195F fan kicked on and with in 2 mins temp was below 180F. I could not be happier that fan moves some air sitting in my garage it never got hot! Much better than my old fans that did nothing to keep it cool. and That all I have had time to do other that paint the new calipers Brembo gold because we all know gold brake calipers make the car stop quicker,but all the parts are in and I get need some time. A few wedding pics

That is correct and most the time we end up adding more right before the track goes hot because we have a MPH restriction we must try to keep with in and the Z is the test car so it's a good judge on how fast you can get in the straights. We lay the course out different every time so in a month I will have some new vids to post and my z might even be in them!

Videos from the track day!

On Sunday we had great day at the track my car was not able to make the trip, but we had a good turn out and a ton of fun, a few spin outs and one blown transmission. so all in all a amazing day at the track. And a big bonus for me I got to ride in my friends 425 hp ls1 240z and with 10.5" wheels wrapped in Hoosiers it was a hell of a ride!

Nice gift!

Things brake at the worst time but some times you look back after you have been pissed off and go wow I was lucky. I have put a few hundred miles on the car sense I finished up the suspension so it was time to go re torque all the bolts and re check everything. Found a few slightly loose bolts nothing to bad I also re tightened my gland nuts due to a slight CLUNK when I let off the gas. As we all know that means un hooking the brake lines and a re bleeding of the rears. Called a friend over to pump the pedal cracked the bleeder air comes out go to tighten it back down and the threads are striped out of the wheel cylinder. A few select words were said due to the fact I was planing on auto-crossing the car for the first time this Sunday. After I had cooled down I realized how lucky I was to have not got to the track this weekend with only 1 thread holding the bleeder in it could of popped out under hard breaking. So now I have a new wheel cylinder on the way and am starting to piece together a rear brake swap for after I get my S12+8's on the front in a few weeks. I also found the cause of a exhaust on body noise turned out do be a busted rubber exhaust isolator, so I made a new one out of some Eaton syn-flex hyd hose its some really tough stuff rated up to 3000 psi and a strong braid in it so should last a good long time. Till next time. Will S. On another note I got the final design for my fan shroud done in solid works looks great if any one would like the fine just let me know the I/D is 16 1/4" x 24 3/4" with 10 3/4" fan openings by hwvigo & Alex M.

Love this build and the quality of the work you are doing keep it up, love all the little touches they make a big difference.

I am wondering how many of us use instagram and use #hybridz for our photos. There is much of love for the Z out there and I love sharing my progress and changes to my Z via instagram. I figured i must not be the only person on this sight to use it. So if you have a instagram account fell free to follow me if you would like hw_vigo and use #hybridz on your pics to spread the word about the great community we have here. Thanks Will S.

Neal chance racing makes top notch converters. I have worked in there place fixing there band saw they are super nice and you can order direct from them. Not to mention they build some nice cars and they only work half days Fridays so they can get all there cars ready for the races. http://www.racingconverters.com/ncrc/ not a great pic of one of their camaros .

You have a very nice place to start, good luck with the project.

Did you attempt to crank with it hooked up backwards? And just so I am understanding your post it is now turning over with good spark on all plugs and fuel. do you still have stock efi?

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Sounds great and congrats on your first motor build its a nice feeling knowing that you built it and know every thing that has gone in to it blood sweat tears and money.

It has come to my attention that I have not posted any specs up on my build so I thought I should fix my oversight. Engine specs - GM 350 small block - L-82 350ci/350hp GM Camshaft, Hydraulic Flat Tappet, Duration @ .050 in. 222/222, Lift .450/.460, - Stock 350 truck heads with porting - Stock valves ,rockers ,lifters, push rods, connecting rods ,and pistons - 1 rams horn exhaust manifold with porting , 1 standard exhaust manifold with porting - holley street dominator intake - (daily) edelbrock 650 cfm carb or, (race) holley 800 cfm double pumper - MSD street fire HEI distributor with matching wires - Accel header plugs - Moroso valve covers and air cleaner cover wrinkle black - K&N air filter Cooling - Speed daddy 3 row aluminum radiator for 280Z - 2 ten inch puller fans rated @ 950 cfm - Gates hoses - GM high flow water pump Transmission - TH 350 stock GM - B&m shift kit - Stock stall Suspension -Tokico HP shocks blues all four corners - MSA lowering springs -240Z rear top hats - Energy suspension full poly bushing kit -stock sway bars - Custom rear strut tower brace by me Driveline - Stock R200 - Custom R/T-Z diff mount with GM ES trans bushing by me - AZC solid diff mount - Shortened Chevy drive shaft - Johns cars Chevy to Datsun adapter flange for diff Interior -Recaro seats form 82 mustang gt - G-Force 5point latch style harness Exterior -unknown front valance (would like help indentifying it ) - Fiberglass rear wing one piece - 15x7 Eagle alloy 5 star - 215/60/15 tires - repaint from original green to gloss black

Love the work the car is beautiful and keep it up can not wait to see the end product.

Nice love the cst-v.